Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-08-12

thcsr nrc iuatr,uunsuf The hluudcts and err,t
mistnk,a NJ this Ministry that vo nro uuv watch
,ug. iuung ull th,Hr tliuat tpgUth,r thee ID,
abundant around Tor declaring dizzy cannot have
uut tHnhdruca, llVoAu pnsui.
llrouus kaataa. isJ O.. i,sil
Fuyrr. car numerous totd.ir viii rec In tho
culumuH ~ Foreign NUVs. vhut ip uplup on ii
lryri Tho war Hhiun ~ Great ntititn hnyo ut.
tcara thn city " Alexandria, and the EfNptIlu
nitc has brcn uu'rly defeated. The cause Of thit
uIiat1tfuuo m tho Guyoum,nt Getting d,pnlv ia
d,ht aud her refusal Co accept the pnIdtuca ~
tuu,a who know how tu. mako tic Government
pluHpttuuH
WuAr vut M ur typ PIN onr issue " last
Saturday, we pointed uu' some unprnpitiuue aigit
Liat nrn lowering ln ilNWHus political hotiluu,
uud tho most ut uur thoughtful tcadcI1 will not
deny tho truth ot what has thus lar been rout,d
,.t INi4 a perfectly evident To- tuur',n,i.f,t
miuda. 10 what lima boon written tnu rlsu to-
HdIrl th.a now observation. ,ls Tint tho rudtnrp
aud the teaching uf the foreigners who were for.
mrIly uird mud esteemed good and competent arc
now condemned and rejected. The true friends %.
this ltud and ut the former people ~ th" land uro
du"pr.d and no longer cuuildnd In. While Thus
rejecting these who arc fitted tn e. their rultl,s
b. in also uaau that Oh, nation Inns rushed hcadlpug
into pleasure. We du not disNprroyr ~ ulcnaurri
hut hrutah pleasure, pleasures TINT blind % man,
TINT draw hm AWAY from high, noble and honor
able d'rd1 and FROM That which can profit him,
Tina Hnrt ut pleasure he evil, 1t mpnVci shup the
indiytduH aud the unttru; and this Is the kind 1T
pleasure wc have seen increase throughout the
land.
Asn nation we nro young. Hnwnii il only
child. oar populttipu hunters only about sixty
W,uwud nut the Government "a ambitious Tor
palace suited TO country with u population OF
thr"r willI1a. How many soldiers have we
Probably not two hundred ia all; and vct the Gov
cramrut wt8hus Ia spend moro than hundred aud
cutv two thousand d1lHR ON the military. We
are not WUtlEu people we have to enemies to
hlui NJ ships vt war, yet the Government wishes
every yUlt Is spend sumu thpu3uud3 Of dUllnIH for
tho instruction nj youth in the nrt Of WIZ On land
aud on sc1, And 40 IN many other thrga that
might h' iustNuCcd there Is an entire di ,prpppr-
tpI hctNccu the appropriation and the amount uf
work done between the work laid out and our true
rank Hs n mutton.
What will bc the end " these clouds We are
pointing ont Tho Government or the individual
that should go on tia way thoughtlssa vt the con-
sequences OF it, policy, would indeed loo in nu
awkward prrlicymunt thcmuhomA LOAF Ono
result of these things will lie decrease IN the
comfort OF the Ito OF the people. Every Govern
ment That lrvshcs money on things that nrc not
desired Ivy It's citizens. and that do not make for
their prosperity, but which have 90 he paid for
out III taxes imposed on them IA but pulling from
under the feet OF its people the foundation of
their comfort Government is dependent for
its prosperity upon its ctihcns, butnot upon those
who Rru poverty stricken, ignorant. and shiftless.
Its prosperity IL enhanced Ivy those who get gain.
who cultivate the ground, engage in commerce,
are diligcnt, and increase the number of virluous
homes IN the land. II is tho part Of wisdom for "a
Government 30 beucht this important c,nss uf it1
citizens. The result of burdtnIng this class " Ill
Ice disaster.
Here tx point worth our consideration, that
, the eyes Of all enlightened Governments aro di-
rected TO Hawnli. II can he pardunod 10 US it We
iall into errors and commit mistakes and are not
peefcct in Every point. But il we give ourselves
AIRS and net hnughtlly, running into wrstcfulncss
aud ridiculous expense shall find ourselves
dcspiHed. Ii is impossible to fure4ec
all the results which will follow from the duinps
of the recent Legislature, and the measures now
planning 10y the Government.