The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-11-25

country. The new ministry was well re-
ceived by the Assembly, and policy dictated
to our conspirators hat they should keep
quiet. They were abashed, too, for the
time by some rude disclosures made by the
former Premier. The rafting minister fed
the country, where he will probably not
show his face again in haste. The conspir-
ators became very meek they had the wis
dom to put themselves under the wing of
an honorable noble whose long experience
had taught him that discretion is often the
better part Of valor. Their organs adopteda
more subdued tone. The Assembly, under
the lead of the ministry, passed the immi-
grafton vote and appropriations of the most
liberal character for the development of the
country and for fostering the great planting
industry. These things secured, and the
Assembly once fairly prorOgued, our con-
spirators set their heads together again.
Evidently there was nothing to be said
against the ministers as to their general
policy, and yet if the great end were to be
attained il must be by bulldosing the King
into dismissing them. Then began the
foolish bombardment, which, for want of
ammunition perhaps, seems to be somewhat
subsidized just now All the ribaldry and
the mud-slinging which is the damning
characteristic of the worst phases of Ameri-
can political strife, were employed as weap-
Ons and the private characters of ministers
were assailed with the most shameful slam
ders and most filthy insinuations. Then
came a series, not finished yet, of wonderful
inventions as to what ministers had done,
or were doing, or were about To do, or were
thinking of doing, or were wishing they
dared think about doing, with scathing de-
nunciatiOns and lofty moral discourses hav-
ing these imaginary things for their texts.
Meanwhile in the foolish hope of bringing
the King into a condition of mind so abject
that he would be ready to do anything to
escape a continuance of his share of the
bOmbardment, His Majesty's conduct was
assailed. The most constitutional King
that ever sat on the throne of Hawaii he
was accused of endeavoring to substitute
for the constitution, his autocratic will.
Taking a more intelligent and businesslike
view of his duties as a constitutional mon
arch than any King before him, he was ac-
cused of meddling with things that do not
belong to him-asked virtually to abdicate
and spend his income in luxurious ease
meanly and basely maligned for the very
conduct i'm which he has shown himself
most admirable and most anxious to do
well. But why follow up the recital.
Every one knows what has been going on,
and every one knows how much result there
has been. Any one might have predicted
what such a fatuous course would result in.
These people capped the climax of their
folly when, after lscturing King Kalakaua
about constitutionalism," they grave1y
asked him to dismiss a Ministry, at the head
of which stands the man for whom was re-
corded the largest popular vote ever given
to any one in this country-which has COM
manded the support of a large majority in
his Parliament throughout the session
which has since been industriousiy en-
gagged in carrying out the views of h Par
lament as expressed in its legislation and
its appropriations. Men whose strategy is
of this order need never expect to win their
battles.