The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-07-21
An INSCRIPTIONS Opposition.

MR. EDITOR: Let him who is without SIN
cast the first stone" once spoken in rebuke OF
pedantic selt-righteousness, by one who evil
IDENTIFY understood the failings of human nature
as few have yet done. How applicable the
words in our own day, even among those who
would rank themselves AS the devout followers OF
their author. This reflection mas forced itself
upon Us again and again as we have from time
To time watched the course Of the opposition
press.
Fairmindedn,ss Is one of the greatest accom-
plishments of human nature, aud without doubt
the most difficult to exercise when dealing with
things and persons to whom We have party an
tipathy. We have read and watched the COM
meuts frequently made by the opposition
press. and have in vain looked for one iota of
credit when the Ministry have done seryice'for
the benefit of the community, while the least OF
its errors have been met with singing vltupera-
ton. The darkest picture and the worst side
are alone Illuminated for the beuefit of their
readers.
In the so-caIled " Madras muddle,' IN spite
of what can he said to the contrary, one fact
stands forth to attest III favor of the course pur-
sued. We have been save! and protected from
a smallpox scourge, aud well might the citizens
of Honolulu be thankful for such result. Had a
different course been pursued, such rs 'opposi-
ton" papers now advise, and smallpox had APP
peared, the Board of Health would have suffered
the most mercIless newspaper censure.
Ia the question of leprosy, sight seems to be
lost of the fact that within the last few months
large numbers of lepers have been brought in
from the outer districts to be segregated. In
f~oes-'La most determined efforts have been made
to let none escape. having occasion u haar.
from reliable sources, | find that most Of these
Ieecrs are old standing cases that have been
afflicted with leprosy, some Of them pronOuncedly
SO, for five or six years. We would now ask why
did lot former administrations when the party
of the opposition press were in, segregate these.
Surely there must have existed criminal hegli-
gence in former administrations, or else this dis
ease would never have made the inroads that it
has. In its earlier days, when its spread was
still limited, n little decided action would have
held it within due bounds, but now, when it has
reached a giant growth, the Ministry is expected
to do what is simply superhuman. It's time has
been too limited to even develop It's full plans of
action.
The writer is not one of the few in favor
of DR.. Fitch or his theories; decidedly the con-
trary, bnt yet l look to the fact that a former
Ministry placed him in the position he now
holds, and the present Ministry has had but a
fair time to test him and his practices. We have
no doubt that errors of this kind would be more
readily rectified if the opposition press was not
so viruIent in its methods. It's opinions would
certainly be more respected if offered in a fair
minded manner.
When Abraham Lincoln faced the bloodiest
of party hatred, in his nobleness
of mind he gave utterance to the sentiment:
q With malice to none, and charity for ALL"
Would that this were more often remembered!
ARGUS.