The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-06-28


: Palace Stables etc, etc. etc. with sick
eninQ iteration. Nobody knows, no one
probably VIII know, how much money this
most unsatisfactory fabric win lcost when
complete, II that day comes round during
the present generation, and even now Il
is known that il VIII be avowedly unfit 10
house even our own Royal family, to say
nothing Of the twenty Thousand dollars
worth Of illustrious strangers who are ex
pected 10 come to see the Prophet OF
Reciprocity whoever he may be, place
the Crown on His Majesty's head The
trunk Of the elephant, It is said, can with
equal ease 'rend an oak or pick up PIN
but that IS nothing In comparison with the
powers of the trunk of our white elephant,
which can pick up a road, swallow bridge
or smash botanical garden without wink
ing, and then like the daughter of the horse
leech still cries Givel Givel
aa
Next. as to the coronation. il need only
be said that il is unprecedented and un-
necessary, and, therefore, mere waste Of
money The vote for the ceremony and for
the delightfully."- vague reception of for
eign officials call for half dollar head
from the whole population.
Perhaps His Excellency the Primate
viii kindly explain where he learnt that
David was crowned by the Prophet Sam
uel Daily AdUafiser, June Sth. 1t Ger
tainly is not recorded in the English Bible,
as set forth in the reign of that most pious
and learned master of Kingcraft, james l.
There we are told that the Prophet Samuel
was directed to 90 to the house Of Jesse,
the Bethlehemite,n that there he caused
the ten elder sons of Jesse to pass before
him and said, The Lord hath not chosen
these and directed Jesse to send for his
youngest son. David, who was keeping the |
sheep. and Then Samuel took the horn. |
Of oil. and Amounted him in the midst of |
his brethren" proceeding not al |
together unlike that which our Premate so
pathetically bewails as unsatisfactory and |
imperfect, mot in palace or church, but |
on the steps of a small building At all |
events, the amounting of David was as I'M
like ten thousand dollar coronation as
may well be imagined A more unhappy |
could not possibly have been
Numbered upon.
The ~NiHiae,id Daily sneers at for
eigners who have been allowed to come
here and ignorantly and foolshly rules
them altogether out of court and denies
them amy political right to criticise and
object
Who and what and whence are the
inspirer and the writer of this rubbish
self, as to nationality, inherited or &C
1uiredl Perhaps he will explain himself
on the Fourth of July 1t would be well
I .,
once for all, that the foreigners who have
been allowed TO come here" and their de
being allowed to bring them
selves, their capital and their industry.
and having transformed the Hawaiian PEG
pie from nation, or rather a confused
group of clans of savages to what they are,
having brought them everything they
have, and brought them everything they
know, have now, 1t seems, to teach one
more lesson, though it is only pseudo
Hawaiian who needs it, that the said for
eigners from both sides of the Atlantic
nave the right and title TO criticise. and
man 70 use L in defiance of the Ministerial
lecree. .out of court
50
..F'as ct 90 hoss dooeri' it is well to learn
rom the enemy. so a hint may be taken
rom the Niaisterial, as to the '-paltry sal
nv said to be much less than is vol
lntarily given by some British Colonists
o their Governors. VIII the Xiaiserial
lame the colonies he refers to- The Gov
,rnor General of Canada and the Governor
# Victoria, Australia, receive each sal
nv of $4,000, and those two only. OF
hese. the former administers a territory
# 3.620,500 square miles, a population of
,ver 100000 and a revenue of twenty
hiee and quarter millions of dollars,
While the latter with a smaller area and
ess numerous population, has revenue
4 over twenty-five millions OF dollars. .
How do these figures and pittances com
,are with oursi The President of the
treat Republic receives the same salary
md no more. The civil list of the Sover !
ign Of Great Britain is awarded in lieu OF,
nd not in addition to Crown Lands.
-
But, the Ministerial may say, why not
lotice our economies as well as our ex
,entntures2 - Have we not struck out the
preparation for new steam tug, although
he existing one is VIGOROUSLY inefficient? .
I we have granted an increase of salary
o sundry officials who have occupied their
resent posts for year or so, have we not
efused it to officials whose work has quad
upled on their hands since they first as
umed their incumbencies The fact is,
be increases and the decreases are alike
or the most part unadvisable, unsuitable
nd unjust.
Both the military craze and the foreign
pan bill, as far as yet proceeded with, re
emble only the petulance of a spoilt child,
rying L viii have an army, viii have a
ebtl" And anything resembling disin