The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-06-09

spread interest shown in the matter, even
In the matter of these beautiful flowers
that We see around Us, [ should say tina |
must have received myself at least a mill
ion primroses in the course of Yesterday
and to-day from all classes and from all
parts, from Royalties, from Princes>es,
from peers, from peasants" This consecra-
tlon TO his memory of his favOrite flower,
the Ioveliest flower of spring, could he have
tOreseen ii, would have gladdened the heart
OF Disraeli, whose spirit was full of ro-
nance. There Is no prettier conceit of his
own in Vivian Grey" or "Nenetiau"
than this which links his name with this
Vernal star OF EARTH But still more
must his heart be stirred if he can now look
down on the scenes amid which he but
lately occupied so prominent a figure and
note how the friends and adyersaries of
times past are united now in cherishing his
memory and speaking naught but good of
the dead. The London Times of April Goth.
devotes a lengthy article To this subject in
reference to the ceremony of the previous
day. \ few quotations from this will be of
interest in themselves, and also possess for
us in this country \ special interest through
he very pertinent prophetic application
that may he made of them i'm relation TO
one Of our own public men. THE hottest
foes of his policy says the Times of Lord
BeacOnStield "are now in their hearts
ashamed TO remember that they applauded,
or even tolerated, such rude and clumsy in
vective as was current during the Eastern
- l. ACSNAliN4OAl " [OA DSNOAAo
field rs one who never told the truth eX-
cept by accident would now he Kissed, we
venture 10 say, among the most vehement
provincial Radicals And further IN in
the same article we find such passages as
these which explain some Of the reasons
for the change - Assaulted ~ tn abuse
more violent ana i-ncessant-than any other
politician of our time has had to face, he
never deigned to answer his aSSailautS.'
1.-THE same firm conviction that the world
will take 4 man in the long run at his own
valuation, il only il be consistent and uu-
wavering, was at the root no doubt of the
remarkable indifference to the intellectual
rivalries of society which Lord Beacons-
field displayed throughout his whole ca
reer." His attitude was at first Knocked,
and then misconstrued, but in the end il
gained over the interest, the sympathy,
and the support of large masses of men,"
" His patience and perseverance, his Vigi-
lance and reserve, were at length rewarded
by success His policy was mot inaptly
described by Lord Salisbury a. q protest
against tendencies dOhich seemed to neglect
and eface the peculiar glory Of The English
people,"
There is in this community, small though
it be, one who has been "assailed with
abuse more violent and incessant than any
other politician of our time 1t is not
however so much this point Of resemblance
that struck us when peruslng the article
i'm the Times as that recalled by the
passage which we nave quoted i'm italics.
The whole career of the Hawaiian Minister
of whom we speak, whether spent in the
'coOl shades of oppos ton or i'm office has
been one long and emphatic protest against
tendencies which would neglect and efface
everything that pertains to the Hawaiian
Race and the very race itself. Old as the
days of Kamehameha III, who in his later
years very nearly fell 4 victim to them
these tendencies are vet young, vigorous,
and ever at work. Most of the white men
in Hawaii who are not under their infiu-
cnce are too indifferent to protest." This
one man alone, of late years, has lifted up
his voice and poured forth all his energy in
vigorous protest against every scheme pro-
ject or doctrine that has betrayed "tend-
ency which woul neglect and efface" the
Hawaiian in his own land. The day will
come for him as it did for Disrael when
the hottest foes of his policy" will be
ASHAMED to remember that they applauded
or even tolerated such rude and clumsy in
UectiUe > as that which from week to week
is hurled against him.