Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-09-27

truth and policy between right and
wrong For The stupid misjudgmcnt
or malicious misintcrpetation Of out
enemies We have only contempt tenn
pred by indifference
Succlnctly stated, the objections
made to our article OF last week may
be reduced to three counts. NrJI -
That We had "gonc over to the enemy /;
had sold out to Gibson - Only fools
we beg their paidons, persons con
spicuOusly devoid OF common sense ~
believed the first count But a few
malicious dctractors busted themselves
in insinuations about it. .Scc0Rd That
Gibson would get great comfort out Of
the article, because it seemed to defend
him for doing what had been done by
previous administrations. We have
great respect for some OF the gentle
men who feared that Gibson might
torture the articles Of last Saturday
into a comfortable endorsement Of his
own sinuous indlrccton. The fact.
that the Court Journal had the dis
cretion not to notice it is the best
assurance that their fears were ground
less. 7Hird-That the altogether inn
personal attack upon lew--a knot,
we said within the Independent party
was il-iimed and altogether injudiCious,
tending to divide the party and to
discourage faithful and honest
leaders" --
Atthis writing the thirdcountis the on
lyone ofthe three concerning which there
may be an honest difference OF opinion
1t is part of the Press fight to strive
for the exercise of an honest difference
OF opinion ia all things. Now as to
our article being "ill-timed.' If ever
there is a time when criticism or
censure ought to do a man or a party
good it is after task has been partially
completed, or partial defeat sustained.
The end may yet be aiar off ? lmme-
dlate action does not threaten; but the
work in hand is fresh in the memory
and the causes of failure or OF lmper-
feet success are clearly to be seen.
There is time to think over the past,
to avoid mistakes, to plan intelligently
for the future. II ever there is a time
tor similar action it is now. We are
thirteen months this side OF the next
election. "rhe wisdom OF beratingthe
crew from the quarter deck, before
going into action" does not seem an
exact parallel, because we fail to recog
nize the nearness Of the struggle. We
think both government and industry on
the islands will be worse before they
are better We believe that another
two years OF Gibsonism andunres,ricted
Kalakauaism will do more for the unity
land the purifcation) of the indepen
dent party, and, consequently for Haw
allan progress, than all the talk and al
the writing that has yet been done
about it. The 'pocket nerve" is be
coming more and more sensitive every
day. Impending taxes, whipped on by
already impended commercial disaster
will bring us together. When we dc
really come together the men OF mere
policy, the selishly virtuous, the drones
the incapables, the men who would
once have gone into Office with Glbsor
and who have never had the grace tC
confess their folly or promise bette
things, must be content with place
in the ranks then, or else b'
drummed out OF the party. The soone
this combined organization and re-orga
ization can be accomplished the bette
say we. And if plain statement o
what we consider a perfectly maniies
truth be treason" to the Independent
party, we are willing our deIactor
shall "make the most of it.
IL, is better to be right than t.
rule" ~ had rather be right than b.
president" "rhere is nothing sacre'
under heaven save truth '-brav
words, grand thoughts. We are con
tent to echo them in the defense tina
has been forced upon us. II we car
not lead the Independent party t
victory, we can, at least, do yeomen'
service in the ranks, That much is a
ready to our credit, And yet, il
remain within the party pale comes I
mean submission to the dictation {
the sort OF men we SO accurately de
cribed last Saturday SO accuratel
that one shot brought its bird to ba
within half an hour of the papers issu
If that sort OF submission is necessary
then count us out--aga i,s shall 90 Z
good COMPANY And again yet, SO Ion
as the sparrow hawk does not aspire I