The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-04-09
Communicated
STREET TALK.

ton of the Emperor of Russia hardly interrupt-
ed its discussion. Somehow people got the inn
preston that the privilege of petition was ques-
toned, and why Because several Of the peti-
TONERS made apolegetic excuses for their sigma
lures before a Court or Committee of Enquiry.
Why should they have taken any pains TO
excuse themselves 2" said a plain spoken King
street man to me. why, sir, in the United
States, a lot Of fools might petition for the disso-
luton of the Union, and their document would
go into the waste basket, that would be all. In
1870 they started q paper in Washington City
called the Lmperiatist, and some people in the
Great Republic prayed for the establishment of
an American Empire, They were not noticed
and nothing came of the discussion. But we
will suppose that all those petitioners had been
ummone before a lot of big wigs of the Supreme
Court, aud had been catechizcd in u way TO make
them feel that they had made some absurd and
improper use of their privilege. They and their
friends would have fought the question, and the
old man eloquent, " John Quincy Adams would
have risen from his grave to defend the right of
petition.
But. said l, the petitioners in this case give an
- assurance that there are mitigating circum-
stances, now better known, 20 &c, and is il not
quite proper, that they should be called upon TO
confirm those assurances in order TO satisfy the
pardoning power
Eyes, that is all right, my son, after such nm
assurance, some additional information about
the case from some source must be reasonably
expected. But this is the way, ms / think. that mn
entirely diSiHtereSted and unbiased Committee
should have gone about the matter. A noti6ca-
ton or request should have been published.
calling upon the petitioners TO furnish the infor-
nation, or testimony, that would enable the
and Privy Council to get n better up-
derstandIng OF the case and now suppose that
M nna had cp1,a f,uy..4I IL. 4--u1'
fest that the multitude Of signers had stoned
without thought on consideration Of the purport
Of the document, that they had been duped by
the getters up OF the petition, and these promo
tiers in such case would Justly merit the scorn of
the community, for disturbing a due and salu-
tary exercise of justice. But they did not work
the thing this way. Individual petitioners were
s. cited TO appear, " &c. and a constable went
after them. And you know how we all feel
about the presence of II constable on our
premises, and should he drop down upou ma M
our dinner, it would spoil our appetite for the
time. And 1t would make some feel that thew
had put their foot into something, and were
going to get n wigging. And if they were nor
vous, or poor, or IN want OF n job, or had need
IN any way to curry favor, they would begin To
Ieel low down IN their boots, and wish they had
not signed the COMPOUNDED thing ana when i'm
the presence of authority, that asked them
rather abruptly what did they know, and WHY
had they signed such n paper, they would be
tremously eager to assure authority that showed
a. hFAti blins lIiL lltN niu been mistaken
and mlsled, and that "a new view of circumstances
had entirely altered the case in their minds. and
they now took the back track. But il operated
otherwise on others, and the large majority of
the slgners. They felt that they were doing "A
good deed, although they had not reasoned ont
all the bearings and application of their actions.
They were not TO be catechizcd out of their good
feelings and purpose. They resented the cita-
tiOns and the constable, and i'm "a spirit of man.
ly independence stood their ground: and lost a
good deal of their respect for the auHorifv. which
is the substantial result Of the discussion so far -
He went on saying There is good deal of
cowardice in this community. / mean the FOREIGN
part and it is obliged to be so. We need more
men IN the country with money in their hands.
with more enterprises, TO offer EMPLOYEES n
greater variety Of opportunities. At this time.
men seeking a living here, or looking out for a
job, or an Office, will cringe as though under a
plantation lash, when reminded that they have
asserted themselves rather too freely"
Then you think, said I interrupting him. that
an opposition bank or two more, with lower
rates and plenty Of accommodation would AXE
this a free country.
You hit the nail right on the head: " said
the King street man, as ne TUNED on heel. and
left me.
QUARANTINE.
Sauntering along the esplanade Tuesday after
noon, / met n - salt" from Frisco. who indica-
ting with "a backward bob Of his thumb the
LikelIke about to depart, said " Amt all your
quarantine regulations here n l. farce 7? /
JUDI ~ III OHA 1Ab kIIlE ils. va md DnHn
guarded in quarters, rs ! have been told. like a
badger in his hole, by a lynx of the law. for the
past twenty days, so that it could be nroven
that he had no small poX in him, and nobody
could spot him with the disease. before he went
home TO wind"ard. Well, he gets ont TO-DAY. a
clean, quarantiued man, kept clean Of tba in
lection of the town by a five dollar a dav v,otct
and a fifty dollar fine for any one who ventnred
10 break quarantine by q shake of his 6ipper.
and he gets on board the steamer that tx 10 send
him home sound and uncontaminated But.
good Lord he mixes with the officers and crew.
of the craft-some forty or more Of them-who
have all been cruising round town TO their hearts
content, and / just saw him shaking fippers
with a crowd Of shore folks, VIII {. may be every
one spotted with smallpox for all the authorities
know. A dev-h curious little place this is,
anyhow, mister"
ABOUT TIRE PoNARE.
As 1 stood looking at the Pomare anchored
out in the stream, a man about the wharyes gave
me a nudge on the elbow, and asked me for a
match, which having lit by a deft stroke ON
the frightened seat Of his pants. and hovino LILA
up its flame, sheltered from the breeze by both
palms, to a stump Of a cigar between his teeth.
he let off the following between puffs, by the way
of thanks:
That's a nice craft;-to cost. for purchase. re-
pairs, outfit and voyage over twenty-four thou
sand dollars Of the public swag; and to return
after eight months cruise with eighty odd sick and
solemn, or Solomon, daTkies for the money. Wei
she's a nice craft sails like q tub, and bea. 90
wlndard like a mud scow. They want 70 mi
another ten thousand into her, and SO, = her OF
after more darkies, just for the sake Of yaccinat-
ing them as they wont get vaor ,notad in their
spontaneously developed f. am n own calves.
Now; they had better Sind her, with a diving
gang, to look up The treasures of that Spanish
pirate sunk 3f Kaj-ua somewhere. They can get
enough Toys rou.nd town to go on the lay, and
leu a Royal v, rocking Commissioner be apPoin-
tea to supe.rintend the job. This would get the
Pomare out of sight, and give a lot of GROWERS IN
this eInbargoed town something to do" he had
noTs sucked his stump to a quarter inch mp
between his firm set lips, and after splitting IL
out, having ascertained that my cigar case was
empty, he turned to buttonhole a man who was
putting away at a three inch grandma.