The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-09-25


bounds. If | don't, you can shut
me out. that's all. You are an
editor, and know everything; l am
not, and know nothing; but do q |
heap of looking on and thinking. |
think and see many things which |
never see in the papers, and | see
some things in the papers which |
think ought not to be there. But
everybody does not think and see
alike. A knowledge of this makes
me tolerant of much that | dislike.
Perhaps, if | am allowed. | shall be
saying things that others dislike,
and they may not he so lenicnt
towards me. | am not troubled
about that; for am II wild Arab of
the desert and care nothing for the
good or bad opinions of mankind,
as long as possess the conscious
ness of being on the side of truth.
Well. was going to say about
papers, that read them and get
confused. This may be owing to
natural lightness in my upper
story. One paper tells me one
thing. and the next contradicts it.
There is something wrong some
where: they can't both be right.
One paper says the country is all
broken up, the other says it's o. X.
There must be some falsifying or
shamming on one side or the other.
What is itI Perhaps a little on
both. am inclined to think so.
Then | am against both. Long
years ago, when | was making dirt
pies in the sandy desert, heard
story about two travellers meeting
from opposite directions. and just
where they met there was shield
hanging on tree. One traveller
said it was made of gold, the other
swore it was pure silver. After
big squabble they discovered it was
half-and-half-one side gold and the
other silver. So they were both
right; they were both wrong, and
neither was wrong: they were half
and-half. That may be the case
with the newspapers. Everybody
knows that the best intention can
not always discover the exact truth,
and that in many matters the dimi-
nutive mind of man is incompetent
to Judge between truth and error.
But if the newspapers cannot be q
reflex of absolute truth, let them
approximate rs near to it as they
know how, carefully avoiding all
partisan coloring as they would the
dread iSimoom of Bendahir.
That's not all. 1t is not enough
that newspapers abstain from sham
ming: they should take the lead in
exposing and opposing all shams,
of all kinds and colors. The man
who has the courage to lift up his
voice against the sham and bunkum
| lying around loose in this perverse
world, is my friend and brother. |
feel deep yearning within me to be
of service in that line myself, and
would like you, Mr.. Editor, to pub
lish u collection of Arabian tales
which | have preserved with great
care; also some scattered but rare
fragments of Egyptian Chronicles,
written by learned captain who
flourished many centuries prior to
the granite formation; and that
celebrated book, Agamemnon' s
Discourscs," an AleXandrian copy,
discovered in the ancient ruins of
Wailuku by a classical native OF
that city. In these faithful records
of the past there is to be found,
ready to hand, Il paraphrase OF
every species of humbug, impos-
ture, corruption and villany which
has ever astonished or disgusted the
world, from the first conviction for
swindling before Mr.. Justice Adam
down to the Bank Charter and the
appearance of small fish in the har-
Dor. | propose to send you these
valuable MSS. as occasion may offer
or inclination prompt.
| ANTIsHAMUS.
Honolulu, Sept. 10, 1884.
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