The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-03-04

dashed t. pieces BY the shrub giving wLy. In
this strait a rope is passed 10 him by some PEI
pie above. who shout To him tn make it fast
around his body and they will haul him TO the top.
But insteHd Of doing - lie commences To criIicise
the quality Of the rope, and doubts whether it is
sufficiently strong for the purpose. The conse-
quence Is that in a few moments his mangled re-
mains lie at the bottom Of the precipice.
Now sir. this is precisely what the Gazette
would have the poor lePers on these islands do.
refer to a leading article which appeared in that
astute paper on tie 22nd inst. 1t is exasperat-
ing to see a man actually comparing a leper seek
ing relief from the most loathsome disease in the
world To one who purposes going a trip in 4
balloon, with an aerunaut who has never before
been on sucn an expedition, and whose machine
is OF faulty construction. What analogy IL there
between Il drowning man, eager to clutch at a
straw, and one already in pefect 50 ETY.. who vol
unfairly expose, his life to deadly peril. The I'M
questionable good already wrought by DR.. Fitch
is imsolently sneercd at: the thousands of cases u
syphilis cured aud relieved are entirely ignored
and the Doctor himself grossly iusult-d by hav-
ing his medical acunen called in question.
Such an article Is simply an outrage on com
mon humanity and one naturally seeks for it's
motive. 1t is not difficult to discover. 1t is
plainly an attempt u excuse the criminal negli-
gence shown by the Government physicians in
the past. They hive been Content to do nothing
and pocket fat salaries. The idea of n man who
starts something new and does some work il quite
too di-tas'c[ui to them. The Gazette allows that
the Government Dlspensary rather languIshed"
bef"re DR., Fltcn's time. 1t is u scandal and a
I abu,,a thar r hos haan oII,gy,3 20 4, W.,
introduced syphilis and it's attending train of
evils into these islands Was it indigenous TO
the soil? M! IL followed close on the footsteps
of the bible and Of civilization, even as war.
bloodshed and desOlatiou, with evil. envy, hatred
and malice have done elsewliere But a little
over Il hundred years ago the disease was un-
known here and the i-lands teemed with a peo-
pie who were healthy aud Happy, though i-mor
norant and barbarous according To our ideas.
And what are they now? Decimatcd in num-
bers and tainted to the very core with the ioul
touch of syphilis. Money ie being poured Out
and more ia called for say the Gazette. ask
on what nObler object money could be expended
| forget at this time what amount of money has
been spent. but If l Iecollect rightly, it Is in the
neIshburhOOd Of one dollar per case treated. Ar
appalling expenditure truly. when such rigorous
economy is exercised in other matters; sucl
small salaries are paid; such unpleasant journie'
to foreign lands undertaken. Pause says thu
Gazette. Est modus in rebus' says the peda,
goGue. Pause by all means, gentlemen. Do thu
thing in such a way that the remnant of the Ha.
waIian race may be swept from the face Of tn
earth. Reject all new theories and practices
and stick to old f~ogyisn. What became OF Cali
Loo ,uIan no aSSert.,1 chat tho aortb ,oo,od
when the recorded observations OF writer's TO
all time previously had never hit upon the sImpl
fact? In short, what has every innovator, VIII
seeks to benefit his (ellow-cresture, to encounte
at the FIRST start IF.
The concluding words of the article are il
keeping with the whole Of it, viz. That it i
cruel to raise hopes with the probability o
their being dashed to the ground again. | dem
the cruelty. 1t strikes me that were the write
of the article in question, afflicted with the dir
complaint himself, that no fear of having hi
hopes frustrated would keep him from trying th,
most improbable means of cure. He would rust
from country to country, and from physician Il
physician, and every VOL I'd of hope Whispered t.
him would be rs balm from heaven. Neither d
| think he would complain of the expense if tn,
the whole revenue OF The Government for a dozel
years were to be ex Icnded IN II, case alone. Blu
that you see is II different thing.
am, Sir. yours, etc,
A FOREIGNER