Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-09-01
An OLD PUBLISHER
4 ROLiND EOR IN OIfrER.

EDITOR SATURDAY PREss-.Nr.
beg leave to reply to lettcr signed
Qucrist, which appeared in the Adver-
tiscr of the 2Sth instant
If writer possesses an honest name,
and has the courage OF his or her
opinions, he or she generally appcnds
that name to any letter either may write
TO the public press, scorning to find
shelter behind the masked battery of a
miserable pscudonym. II the writer
had put aside vague dcnunciations and
silly assertions, and from the standpoint
of an honest signature kept TO facts
and principles, | would have answered
with becoming gravity; but as it is |
must take the letter upon its own
merits
Poor little Qucrist, have you just
opened your eyes from a long and
peaceful sumber? or do you "sce
through glass darkly" that you fall
into such quagmirc of blunders?
Your letter bears no date, which
renders its age uncertain. You say the
"harangue" was delivered last Satur-
day evening, the latter is delightfully."-
vague, Altogether, the first part of
your letter shows guilcss innocence and
Inconsistency truly refreshing, The
address, which ! think is the one you
endcavor to critizisc, was delivered in
the Y. NJ. c. A. Hall on the evening
of Monday, the 18th of August, 1859
Take word of kindly advice, my we'll
meaning but somcwat inaccurate little
critic, and when you again indulge in
the dangerous pastime of writing to
the papers, keep cool, and, above all,
keep to pain statement of facts.
Firstly-To put it in the style
adopted by you, 'AYas the so-callcd ad-
dress an original production from the
lady's pen"
The address waswrlttcn by me, under
considerable pain and difficulty, and
the principles cnunciated, though per
haps crude and ili-eXpressed, are mine.
Secondly-"Did not one or more of
the meek and lowly oppositionists,
under pretcncc of dealing out tany to
the Algeroba Lodge of Good Templars,
make use of that body as sor. OF
masked battery, from which TO fire
their balls of personal hatred and
malice at the ministry, our laws and
lawmakers?"
Alas, poor ministry, poor little laws,
poor lawmakersl How flimsy, indeed,
must be your armor, when the feeble
darts ofmy "politico-religio-
harangue" can so pierce itP
Thirdly-"How long docs the lady
intend 10 remain upon the Wcbsterian
emincncc? and what kind of stand
is it?'
must confess the first part of that
sentence puzzles me; but if "Wcbsterian
eminence' applies to any literary merit
that the address may have shown, then
| am sorry to say | shall never have
the pleasure of meeting my friend
Querlst upon that proud eminence,
AS to the character of the stand, il is
one of plain facts, founded upon sober
colored truth, not so brilliant in hue,
perhaps, as the ranbow-tintcd vapors
that make up the childish plant OF
Querist, but facts and truths are stub
born little giants, and have a disagree
able way of holding their own against
"stabs in the back" or in the face.
Fourthly-"Is il right and proper
that the Y. NJ. c. A, building should
he usel rs n disrnntentcd and d,eop-
pointed political party spout-shop3"
What elegance of language Wha,
scintillation of witt How proud the
ministry must feel at having such a
chivalrous and courtly champion
And how withered and shrunken and
little the opposition must feel, as does
the author of that unfortunate address,
LEA HASTE.
Honolulu, August 90, 1884.