The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-03-17
EDITORIALS.
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deal recently by the discussion Of an alleged
ci Gene publication, a programme # Ha-
walIan liu.as or dances. which has been
upon It's attention very prominently.
mainly because William X. Castle. Esq,
made = mistake in -Uppo-iug that the AD-
vEH- f~ER Office had printed thc programme
ana not the GD-cHc Office. He has adj
HIItted tat he made thi5 mistake. II he
had known that the friends Of the oppo-i-
[ ON had printed IL, he would not have
written the letter on the subject published
III that paper. But now that il j. lone
amt has been III court. and the whole matter
before the community, the effort l. made
edit0rialy to prove that the GuzeHe folks
were a. innocent a new born bates in
respect to the real character of the ALLEGED
iIthy document, which they printed. The
moral in~uOceuce''of Atkinson and Grieve l.
dwell upon, and we Will not pretend to sup
pose that either Of them i much advanced
IN hula lore, Notwithstanding their long
residence in this cOuntrf but we l. ust say
that they have some trS.-ciass experts in
their establishment, especially Mr.. James
Aud, the foreman, a brother of Mr..
William Aud. who is a Hawaiian
born and native in all his associations, and
thoroughly cOnvcr-ant with the Hawaiian
language. He was fully compcteut to
Judge Of the precise character of the dOcu-
ment placed in his hands TO be printed.
Although We viii admit! that the publisher
of matter in a foreign language, especially
printing u newspaper in q language that Is
A'A[A-H eHA'A AA'N Wi O., 10 ~ lt4aAt- llEdN
readily overlook improprictias or indis-
cr,tiOus Of speech, of which he has not
obtained exact knowledge vet we do not
think that any sensible proprietor of a print
ing establishment will receive Il lengthy
document, written in a language with
which he Is not familiar, and allow it to be
printed without first gcttiu2 some correct
knowledge of its contents. Mr.. Grieve had
every opportunity TO get such information
from his foreman, but we do not wish to
enter into a discussion of the guilt or
innocence Of parties implicated in this
matter. We Will simply give expression to
a feeling OF surprise, which feeling i shared
by a vast majority of the community that
so much discussion and pursuit should have
been provoked by Il publication which
bears no comparison in improperly with
other publications with which the Hawaiian
mind and Hawaiian students are perfectly
familiar. We need only cite Andrews
copiOus and from u linguistic point of view,
very valuable dictionary, yet known H. pre-
senting within its pages Il most remark
able collection Of obscene words and most
filthy illusions. Again, the KuO .Ou, news
paper published in the native language,
and owned and edited by foreigners, can
furnish in its past columns expressions of
obscenity and of licentiOus allusiOn, that
Will make the hula programme appear, in
comparison, an innocent production. But
when we come to study the pages of
L~die;EdlUdi, a Hawaiian omance printed
and published in this city, we find a tissue
OF IlDl0lllOuS luSlS ana associations, which,,
if translated for English readers, would fiji
them with amaZement, that an eX-Attorney-
General OF the Kingdom, Hawaiian born,
should pass by such a record of impurity
also that of RO6idR0 10 and the libidin-
Gus compositions to be found i'm the
KtOEOn and i'll Andrews Dictionary
and now raise an cutlery about the
improperly of the hula programme. 1t
will be clearly seen that some political or
partiZau motive, based upon a mistaken
ImnFg@<IOu- nTOnntgI fha Tprppt nppGacIl-
ton, and by no means any inspiration of
public virtue. 1t will be readily appreciated
that we ave some characters who can
- strain ut a gnat and swallow Il camel"
HAWAII, the smallest of the family of
independent States, receives, perhaps. more
than q proportional share of attention. 1t
has about One-twentieth part of the popula-
ton and about cne-tenth of the area of the
Kingdom of Servia, but will any one say
that the consideration in which the two
States are held by the civilized world bears
any relation to these several proportions.
1t may be said that there is more interest
ing political hope in Hawaii than i'm Servia.
and why? Because Servia, though a very
promising young State, Is ciTcumscTibed by
her geographical position, whereas Hawaii,
seated in mid-ocean, has the boundless
seas, as well as her own territory, as an
arena for her career. The hope in Hawaii
is very great, because her peaceful achieve
ments are somewhat remarkable. With Il
population of about 10000 souls, she, besides
providing for her own support. produces in
exports values to the amount OF S7,OOO,O 900
within a year. This Is the largest proper
Tomato product export in the world, and
with such Il start what might not Hawaii
hope to do, with q people and Government
animated with n high, patriotic purpose.
1t is, indeed, men that make a State. WHY
should Mt COnstantinople rather than
London be the chief mart of the world ?
Why should the mud flats of Amsterdam
aHI Of Venice haNva lnIl Grf.1. LT-I 80,
prise above the most favored positions in
the globe? 1t was owing TO the spirit and
character of the men who laid political and
commercial foundations in such uufavor-
able situations. Now, here in these Islands
we have a pre-eminently favorable situa-
ton and opportunity. The political world
looks on with approval. Great and in
fluential statesmen are interested in con
~tcmplating the order and development of
Hawaii and it will be reasonably sup
posed abroad, by linking minds un-
acquainted with the exact state of things
existing here, that a little State so
situated, so favored by nature, and by the
generous consideration of political Powers,
will be animated with a united and
generous purpose, to fully respond to the
generous hope of this civilized world, by
working tremendously together to promote
the national glOwth and advancement.
Surely there are no difficulties in the
institutions Of the country. Viii any
careful observer. who has studied the stu
alton, feel assured, that an enlightened
king, q mild constitutional government, a
moderate rate of taxation and general peace
and good order, could be profitably cX-
changed for Il crowd of foreign officials of
any Great Power, whO representing only
the political views of their own remote
capital, would come here stimulated with
the spirit Of greed Of transient official adj
ventures? No sensible man of whatever
race or nation or political view would, after
a careful study of the situation of Hawaii,
advocate the change, and any one would
feel, too, that no true statesman of any
nation would desire the change. The sensi-
be man we have supposed would, ifa settled
resident after a careful view of the Oppor-
tunities and prospects of this little King
dom, be animated, with a generous senti-
ment to strive, with a patriotic feeling. to
contribute every effort and Influence to-
wards the realization of a great political
hope in Hawaii. Not any hope of military
or naval reuOwn. No : But ola great hope Of
wonderful agricultural production, of vast
commercial enterprise, of notable increase
in people and products, of possible achieve
meuts IN arts, science and manufactures
and Of the illustration here. i'm the isolation