Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-09-16
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addressed to the " SATURDAY PRESS.
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When ono sits down calmly and considers
he record Of him who now occupies the posi-
ion Of Premier Of this government /, would
seem as II, virtually, premium were placed
upon fraud When w. NJ. Gibson first entered
the Kingdom, he came as deliberate, shame.
less, and blasphemous fraud, and stamped
himself as one Of the most thorough and com
plcte sort. Nor has tho glaring record ever
been wiped out or modified by subsequent con-
iession, restitution, or good conduct. lie still
remains the same systematic deceivcr tina, he
was in the beginning. This disreputablc fraud
the sovereign has been unhappily mislcd into
promoting to the head Of his government. 1t
is an in,olerablc grievance to have such a char
acter over us. II is grievance especially to
Americans, whom he impudently claims to
represent, when, as we showed last week, he
does not know his parentage. 1t is grievance
and wrong to every man in the kingdom with
any sense of honor and deccncy
Not Gibson himself darcs try to disown his
organized fraud. No, his mos, apologize
friends, whose conscicnces he has supplied
with his oily tongue, dare to deny it. We will
once more set forth his scandalous record, no,
from the satisfaction Of recalling his sins and
tollies, but because his occupancy Of the high
place Of Premier, TO which he has elbowed and
squirmcd his way, makes his exceptionally
evil personal character Of sufficient, consequence
to be carefully noted by every person who cares
for honesty and nobility Of character in those
to whom grave public interests are in,rusted
What are the acknowledged facts of his his.
tory1 AT the age Of forty.6vc in the full vigor
Of manhood, he adopted Mormonism, as he
has often unblushingly avowed, not from any
faith in its tenets but because he saw in it an
ethcien, system for controlling men. For one
or two years he employed his deceptive tongue
in propagating Mormon doctrines, which he
despised, and in cultvating an unctuous rclig-
ious diction. lie was then commissioned by
Brigham Young to proceed to the East Indies
in the interests Of Mormonism He worked
his way as far as Honolulu, and finding here a
| couple of thousand adhercnts Of his church, he
| changed his plans lie summoned conven.
ton OF the 'saints" at Waikiki, in the mean.
| time providing written commissions from Young
and his associates, which purported to appoint
him head Of the latter-day saints in Hawaii
| Armed with these credentials, and his own elo.
quent and cunning tongue, he filed the Assem-.
bled saints with vas, enthusiasm for the little
Zion on Lanai to which he pointed them He
extracted from their impoverished store several
thousand dollars in coin, to raise which, many
gave up their all-for details of which see
Shepherd Saint Of Lanai" Taking the
money thus obtained on false pretences, he
founded the she-r ranch of Palawai.
These are the notonous sacis of Gibson's life
as spurious Mormon for several ye.... II,
cannot, and never has attempted to deny them
During this PERIOD in the full ripeness of mind
and character he lived the life of wllful i'm
poster and deceiver. lie never scrupled tc
perform the most sacred functions, baptizinl
converts, laying on ordaining hands and com
missioning priests and apostles He never
feared to appeal to the Highes, and Hottest il
support Of his authority, nor hesitated to cal
blasphemously upon the name Of the Deity OF
OF the divine Redeemer, to witness his owl
sacred endowment. Are these charges deemet
violent OF exaggerated We appeal to tn,
written record to prove their truth and moder
alton. The fact is, that this man Gibson
showed capacity for reckless imposition Of ne
common type.
Convicted impostors are plenty, but very few
Ind their way afterwards to places Of power il
respectable communities. 1t is great publ,
wrong that such a character has been foistet
upon the intelligent public Of Hawaii as chic
ruler, and it is wrong that will not cease tc
irritate and disturb until it is recti6ed. Ever,
man with any regard for honesty feels himsel
insulted and outraged when such knave i
set up over him.
We have here kindly community that ha,
for years tolerated this remorseless deceive,
who, with his glowing eloquent tongue ha.
swindled the poor native people. Some hav,
even tried to find extenuating pleas for him, a.
not TO be Judged by ordinary mles but wher
it comes to having such character set over u,
We begin to revolt; all that is honest and
decent within US rises up against the imposition
II is, therefore, time for US To tell the sovereign
in plain and unmistakablc terms, that by keep
ing such person in authority, he is shocking
the public sense Of decency; creating an in
creasing sense of insecurity in public affairs and
damaging the state financially and in even
other way. There is no natural tendency tt
revolt among us there is no serious revolu
tionary element. But some things are inioler
able, and We would be unloyal to the sovereign
and false to the interests Of Hawaii did we dc
less than say that no real peace can exist Will,
the present state Of things continue.
II Is under the auspices OF Walter Murn,
Gibson tina, the King is now preparing to re
ceive his Crown. His Majesty is expecting Il
borrow additional lusire for his throne by re-
ceiving Crown at the hands OF this renegade
Mormon swindler. The grand ceremonies I,
which the world is invited, are being engineered
ythiseminent knave, This Prma,e, this Grand
fanjandanm OF the Laiter-day Saints OF