The Hawaiian gazette., 1883-03-07

befc-e tAe pubic. insssnaeh ss they .esl
thst they share with Mr. Grieve the teu
resrcnSibihty a whstever may have ceen
his acton in the rnstteg,
The manuscript cS this psossrsfasi's VS.
hnsas-ht 70 this cfiee by Mr. WIN. Aulst
W, informed our fcrenan thst !, WSS
~ ~ Al the ccronStton kalaS 1he
SsnrSrriut wSs handed over o the
t,rsu,an of our printing establishment,
Tba t,raof WAS TAKEN sway q be reSd
Nv rhtse hsvinc the matter IN ehsrge,
si,,a VS. returned with = request pOrport,
in- 70 co.re froyn His MsieSty's Chamber
lsir. thSt he rVySl Srncs be impressed
upoa Il. The progrSmmes when printed
were taken 70 the ChslnberlSin's ofhee hy
Mr.. WA. Aud. and were distributed by
StSH osseers at the Saturday evening en-
tertainmsrt at the Palsee grounds, We
were asked 70 send and did send the bin
for the printing 70 Mr.. Gibson, Chairman
q the Coronation Committee.
Not one Of Cur firm had cause 70 Sup
pose, Or did suppose, thSt there vere any
rmproprieties IN this programme. When
ih0ss who were informed u. Or knew, the
significance Of certain portionS Of that
document expressed IN the public journals
their indignation. the Peatsc C2a1asrst'l
-ifsrtissr urtruthtully Snd n,shciouSly an
ncuneed that the uroSrarnrne was got up In
this otkee. and that we without Suthority
hsd placed upon II the royal HruoSs that
Journal the day after our printing bsll was
sent Is requested 70 the Foreign OdSoe,
declared that It's eSitor had sen the bilA
snd that il SET forth thSi the programme
was sot up by Is.
Il became essential that Mr.. Grieve's
reputation for good fSith Snd integrity,
which Is sS unSulhed Is any mans IN this
hirSiorn. b. entirely vindieated and the
blSne placed upon the shoulders where II
belonged Whatever mSy be the view
which HIS Honor the Police Magistrate
mSy take q the law of the ease. that
object hiss fGlly been Sce0inplshsd We
greGsly mistake Il another Object Is not
StreaJiy STAINED namely. thst no gentle
man U lsdy under Sny prVteNt of ignor-
Snce o. is possible significance VIII here
sitter cSre 70 be present Gt hrla exhibitions
Il i worth some temporary annoyance 70
have such stigma placed on thSi 6nd of
performance,
To the Hon William Il. Castle. exit
torney General. by whose manly action
these results have been reGched tins com
munity owes s debt Of gratitude which
ought never To be forgotten.
ThiS l. PLAIN statement Of the case
Mr. Grieve's ehSrseter IS an honest. up
right and worthy man stands too high for
any breSth Of dstrScti0n to even smirch;
his esreer here hiss been one Of the strict
est integrity, and no one can even imagine
for & moment that hSd Mr. Grieye been II
the slightest degree cogniENnt of the
SllsSed contents Of the Ehg's C9rra-tigs
EziE Pr0grHrms. he would have per
mittsd one line Of the wretched stuff %
have been set IN the Office over which he
presides. II there has been error, 1t ESs
indeed been unwilling; II be hiss trans
gresSsd the law. be has done 80, lured on
By the idsS that Whist lie was doing hal
the sanction Of the King and was as inul-
cent IN character IS such q document
ought 70 hsye been The fact that Mr..
Grisve wSs led 10 believe that the king'
Chamberlain. Col c. H Judd suth0rized
the imposition Of the Royal cost of arms
i IN itself sufficient to shsw how he must
have regarded the pamphlet. Could is, OF
could any one else imagine that an enter
were invited at which European ladies Of
culture were Sctuslly present, should be
heFSlded by programme Of an obscene
eh4rscter; It certainly passes belief that
either Mr.. Grieve or any one else could
hSve even suspected such thing
But If Mr.. Grieye and his partner
Alstsu I. Atkinson. have u1vittingly and
unknOwingly printed s document which
the Courts Of the country shall stigmatize
IS obscene; what must be the guilt Of
those who Unlisted and got up the pro
grarme Of the Kisg's C9rgaE,Iga HEiis g
the document was circulSted where' II
the Kings palace By whomt by one Of
the Kings 4idss.
II Mr.. Grieye snd his partner are to be
muIet IN penalty. how much greater
should Be the penalty Of those, who know
lng the psrnicious character Of the doeU-
ment. boldly and IN de6snce Of al morality
circulated the filth among the innocent
ani the pure II Whist we are told Is true,
every pure minded woman and man IN this
community VIII revolt al the shocking i'm
morality Of those persons, every pure
minded woman and man VIII sympa-
thize with Mr.. Grieve that he should have
been trapped into sn spparsnt eonniy-
a1ee with tnose whose hideOus immortality
Of thought exceeds the worst phrases that
stain the pages q the Roman SuetOnius
snd Martial. whose mental depray makes
one well nigh hopeless for the future Of
this people, the leaders Of whom can
acqUiesee n anything 50 vile
Mr. GTisve VIII come out Of this ordeal
with unbleuished character. q morally IN
nOcent man. would that the same could be
said Of al who have had any connection
with the Efag's CgrvEEtigs Hsia PragrsE.iHsi :