The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-10

article. although based on erroneous
premises, is not sufficiently oo1ectlonaole
= warrant severe criticism. But il repeats
| -Ud argues one false charge, which IL
among me worst preferred against Claus
| SprecE els. namely: That, under cover OF
| the reciprocity treaty. which would admit
sand wich island sugars Of grade equal
10 Is Dltcn standard, he was import
| ing Manila and Chinese sugars, which
were half refined at the Sand,
witch . Islands and then brought
| This means. as Mr.. McAllister said, that
! Mr. Spreckels had been smuggling on a
| gigantic scale, and the aspersion was with
| ont possible YestiSe OF truth, because. as
| Mr. Spreckels shows, IN these days of tele-
| graphs and steamers the name of every
/ vessel hat sails from a thlne5e or Manila
| port with sugaEis known at Honolulu and
/ al san Francisco, nd. indeed, all over the
! world, long in advance Of it, arrival at its
destination and be idc5 all this there is no
! refining done at Hawaii. and the Manila
/ and China sugars are so different from the
sugars gr wn there that there is no oppOr
tunity for deception, even If the crimi al
intent 10 deceive existed.
This article in abiding 20 Mr.. Spreckels,
uses he EXPIRE sion n. and his ring and
cTlticl5cs
THE RECIPROCITY TREATY
As furnish ng d" II medium for Illicit sugar
traffic" which. in pain English. is Snug.
ling indiCtaU e o-.ense. visited
o. ). we're pc. alties and indellible disgrace
Again, an eui-orIal article Published in
he LhrOH5cte SePtcm Der ., los, found on
ecord pages i23 and l24, entitled - The
~ugar-Coatcd Candida c." his article.
Ike many other, Il ostsnsihly dire ted
against aul = eumaun ana is null Il libel
Ills matter against n III. We are II I.
IOWeyer, trying these Ilbels AMI, never
o~i1g sight OF the distinction
nave 81 ably 'ndcavored 10 dra "
D'tWccn Legitimate Journalism and
2c.s mai .ournai m, between tho
At and free criti ism OF pub
j. men ana pu5!ic Iueasu es an.
Hdmclcss iuya-iDGs Cf private life, ana
"a n.eIess al acSS upon private character.
wish To say th@t. # il be true thai i'-u.
.c"mInn was The :.rt en- lie Of Claas
PtecneI f'r a.. ntzrcs7. and II L " re- tr-je
nat ;he preference Of aus >Urecl.C.s wa
BASED upon the belief that The Wow, q.
al! Ne mana upon the recIp. Ocity
rsatE VoE Il sub ervC his bushes, inter
Its. W fully recognize the rights OF the
lHyOHIri@ in Ii faI:. empha ic bat decent
manner to OppO T. MIR. y eUmaun ami to
,, &c its opposition upon that grolnd.
u" attitude IS c-ea and pos tive, q cause
[ s Sent.aIy right. 1t Cmm -.nds itself
your [UCSHi eHt and to the Judgment o
very man who re poets DO h liberty a 81
Cpu alton. " . are not t be ca o.Cd OF
rIven rom our impregnab.e position ~
my lea OF the
FLI-isY sOPHIsTRIES
Which sometimes usurp the place OF a.
<nncIt by any ate Upt TO blend ana con
use imma5 rial and material witnes-e
~ any artICI GRO denominations. like that !
)f Claus Sprcckcls. in which every point /
ne really antag 5nized in the CurOHi l. |
article, was lnuU5triOuSly avoided. We |
are not u Trying slavery, or prouag or /
nine INNING alton, or the sp cad Ut lep- !
rosy-Claus Spreckels never usCi. ed or |
palma ed them. " e are not saying Ihat |
yne thTOHicie had not the right in al /
ruth and honor. to prefer the pu lie in
crest TO he private interests OF Claus |
opFccGels II they happened to conflict
which. IN most respects, at any rate, they
lid not. We do not propose in any man
ler to be diverted from the real issue or
dcyiate hairs breadth from stan ard
which the best informed journalistic intel
Igence Will approve. We are not to be led
ntO attacks upon the liberty of the press,
1ut we will not confOund with that liberty
he stunned license of the ChFOa3cEe to
its statement OF facts and !
eckiesSIy to invade every sanctuary OF
ne human heart. And we insist here as
have insisted for these many years. that
10 newspaper, not even the Chronicle, is
LOoVe he law; that life and reputation |
re Of equal value, and that if the State
VIII not protect reputation. men will de-
end themselves and their families.
Ye have strict statutes and most biting laws
he needful bits and curbs to headstrOng st-efs,
III = for these nineteen ave let sleep
ven like an oergrown Lon in a cage.
LAYING bound up the threatening twigs of birch.
MY 10 stick 1t in their childrens sight
or terror. not to use; in time the rod
ecomes more Knocked than feared; 20 our dscrees
lead to Injection, to themselves dead;
nd Liberty plucks Justice by the nose.
THE Personal ARTICLES.
We complain, and justly, of vioIence
3ut let Us not rUuI eos mo z WrUnSo OnIy
hat affect the body, but those also that
ill the soul, and then. the law being en-
orced, not IN une direction only, but in all
directions, men will not be driven to de-
end themselves, but all will be within the
Ircle Of justice aud life and character will
% no longer separated, but hold within
ne citadel of polished civilization.
But to the Ia t article | have mentioned.
A Sugar-Coated Candidate" What does !
allege! 7 hat the Hawaiian sugar
is the second greatest abomina-
ION on this Coast; that within a year, in
lOre than fifty articles. the Chronicle has
xposed every phase of its frauds and |
utrages; that it is infamous, brutal and I
wlnlsh; that 1t means to push lis frauds
bsolutely without limit. OF course this
oes not mean Claus Spreckelsl OF course |
MS language is not personal and it is not :
belous
The Chronicle published an article on I
cto6eT ., 1852: refer to page 757 of record,
ntitled, "Lilliputian Magnates" | have
etcired TO this m re than once. but the ar '
cle IS short, and l wish to read it in full, G
0 that you may determine whether Mr.. :
loyd's hippant disclaimer of any sheer at [
irs. s. reckels is borne out by the facts. '
nd how you would like your wives to be I
ubllShed in the same way. Let me read J r
THAT MIR. Lloyd said There is not an t
AID anything snetringly or contempt :
ou7ly bout the mother of this defendant &
hat has been repeated and repeated be- q
)re this Jury, and now want to 90 ect to
. because it is not the case" (Record, Y
age H5.l Again: - claim that there is l
othing in this article which casts any +
neer at all at Mrs. Spreckels. c
oW, TO say that we have ever said any 1
ming in relation TO this lady, or in dis ?
to her, is not true" Record. a
age 9i7.) n
" LILLIPUTIAN MAGNATES." =
This, it will not be forgotten, was the /,
dit ry oo ection tothe hypothetical ques- d
on !ered by my learned associate, Mr.. t
aylcr. l will read the article: San d
francisco is honored with The presence of e
,vera magnates of the lilliputian 81
t ave kingdom i:1Lo Ct the sandwich y
y the steamer City of New York. .
lrst IN the party are Sir Claus nd o
ady Spreckels. Then comes Colonel k
Ter arland. Abide camp to his Ma esty, u
ing kaIakaus. who is en- route 10 Portu-
al on the c ngenial mission of inducing
Dor Portuguese 10 nd themselves to .
awallan task masters. Next in the list N
his E>ce.!ency kaPanO, postmaster L
en"ral OF the toy royalty, who, as envoy a
OtraOrdi airy and Minister peniI OF n u
airy, Is commissioned by his master 10 s.
)nTer trlGkets upon his barbSTic brother II
tentates OF ia. an, China and Siam. The L
sting uished visitors hope 10 be able to "
zach home in time for the coronation of p
lelr august master on the l-th OF Febru- 81
y next. and which is expected TO be a II
ludy, though cheap show" \
Now you have the words of this article, | IL
hich IS not only full OF sneers but cow b.
IDLY and abusive 10 the last degree. Mrs. b
lreckels, a matronly lady who has re- Oh
dc in san Francisco certainly for thirty m
ears the mother of thirteen children. in / CO
udlUg the defendant, accompanies her [ ii
ISbaHd on a business visit to the SAND | SO
lch islands. where he labored hard Tor II
wen months to advance the interests OF ! d
le Hawaiian { commercial and sugar Com pl
any; and on his return this is the manner NJ
winch She il DaT1Pd nv mn FIia IT