Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-09-08


With human life Of who for gain
Leave on his country flag stain.
And 50 we write that caiiiif knave
Who fellow beings would inslave,
And floats upon friendly sea
The pirate flag Of primacy."
We suggest to the Wasp the follow.
ing subject for double page cartoon
Let the present premier of Hawaii nei
be represented as Don QuiXote, swim.
ming on his warworn charger towards
the dim distance of our nearest south
Pacific neighbor, bearing to that far.
OF sister the boon ofhis knightly valor.
Let him be followed at 4 respectable
distance by the Sancho of the young
Hawaiian party riding that oyerbur
dencd animal, the native vote. And,
on the western horizon. picture the
oppressed tribes of free America
the Sioux, the Blackfcct, the Apachcs,
the Utes the Piutcs, and the gentle
Diggers yearning for consolation from
the great consolci, the great suggcstcr
and the | am of our great kitchen
cabinet
There is a serious as well as n iocose
side to this "primacy' business. If it
does not end in our wholesome chas-
tisement by some foreign power, or
even in the severance of friendly re
latlons, it is very likely to make this
government a great deal of trouble. 1t
is no small matter to be made the
laughing-stock of the world France,
England and the United States looked
on good-naturcdly, while We inflated
our little body and tried to initiate the
strut of royalty. Even republican Cali
fornia did little worse than smile at the
pageant-pantomine of the coronation.
MIR. Curtis laukca has been well re-
ceived in Europe as the representative
of the Hawaiian government and bearer
of autograph letters and decorations.
His reception could not well have been
more Tor less) polite. Bearing the com
mission of gentlemen, he was received
by gentlemen as a gentleman. That was
all there was of it. No significance
attached to the embassy ar to his re
ception. England would just as soon
put her great foot down and stamp us
out of existence, if necessary, as if our
envoy to the court of St. Petersburg
had forgotten to call at St James. So
would France. So would the United
States. II our little points of lately
cooled lava stand in the path of pro
gress, we are bound to be brushed
aside. Let us not permit it to escape
our memory.
There is also another serious con-
sideration in connection with Mr.. Glib
sons expensive child's play. 1t may
preclude the possibility of obtaining
further labor from the South seas. No
one knows better than Mr.. Gibson the
necessity of quieting, of preventing
Apprehension of foul play on the part
of more or less ignorant savages. Once
let the islanders of the Pacific under
stand that they are to be called upon
to acknowledge the sovereignty of a
race that has not conquered them, and
they will laugh in the faces of our
ENJOYS and give our labor-recruiting
vessels ga wide berth or "a warm
reception" as the opportunity may best
suggest
The local public, although probably
uninterested in mere newspaper con
troversy, cannot help being Interested
in controversy to which a lady is n
party. Mr.. Hugh Hastie has informed
the Gazette that the letter signed by
Mrs. Hastic, which appeared in last
Saturdays Press, was refused insertion
in the Advertiser The latter paper
denies the statement The letter was
certainly addressed to that paper when
it reached this Office, Mr.. Hastic in
forming the writer as he informed an
editor of the Gazette. We believe Mr.
Hastie, and think the public will believe
him also.
A friend of these islands, and friend
of the writer, has written these pointed
words; 4" i tell you this agitation about
leprosy must cease If it does not, we
shall have an embargo on Hawaiian
trade and quarantine on Hawaiian
travel. You know as well as anybody
can what that will mean" The writer
does know what that will mean, and he
here states on just what terms the lep-
rosy agitation can be brought to a close;
Segregation must be enforced and the
charge of lepers at Kalawao must be
given to reputable and qualified ply
sician--and one who will not wink at
the release of lepers for political rea-
sons.
To be knave of all work for brigand
of journalism and freebooter of politics,
is TO occupy an uncnviablc position.
To be liar-in-chicf and news-scavcnger
in ordinary for such man as Mr. w.
NJ. Gibson and such a newspaper as
the Advertiser, is to become fair game
for unsparing ridicule and mcrciless
exposure. a'he person for whose bcnc.
fit this paragraph is written has fair
warning Let him call off the dogs OF
his malice and recork the vials OF his
billinsgate, or he will wake up some
fine morning minus the serene obscurity
which is at present his only stock in
trade.
There are those who affect to believe
that Colonel Spreckels is hand-and- glove
with the not yet outlawed outoast who
grins behind the masquc of child s-play