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

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Immediately subsel uent addTcs' 10 =.
Re Young. This would prove hat. 70 tbs
xtent Of entering that office a. any rate
nd even bevond that point, he was carried
onward By some influence which thor
ugnIy controlled MIN. and which wa
either temper nor revenge.
trust / may be pardoned. If, in thi
lace, add single reflection to Mr.. Nc
aiIister's beautiful and philosophical ailu
ions to
THE PLAY OF HAMLET"
rs furnishing in that realm of magma
ion in which the deepe5t truths OF hu
nanlty are exempt. ed, an almost exac1
snaIOgy IN principle of the case at bar
would be amazing, if not so frequen tly
laraIleled by him, that the great dramat
- st, who wrote with pen dipped in the
human heart, should have Anticipated the
psychological discoveries Of modern times
put, in his masterpiece. he has fully de-
Teloped the existence Of impulsive jnsan.
ty of transitOry nature. At the opening
u the tragedy, the Dani h youth is i'm.
pressed with the deepest melancholy
and stirred by an underlined suspicion
Ihat suspicion Is almost ripen, d into Ger
salnty by a supernatural event-the ap-
oearance OF the ghost and its reveal tiOns
but still there is a lack of proof. and, in
Hamlets breast, a shade of doubt Hi
eccentricities. verging on mental derange
meni, were at Hrst assumed, but
chineTy of the pIav. he Secures con
1rmatlon, which, by the confession of the
Queen. becomes inconteS able. Now the
murder of his father and the adultery Of
hls mother are fully attested. His reason
eotters, but it IS still not CethrOned. He
struggles with himself but is borne on by
an apparently irresistible fate. His man
ner becomes morose, his brain irritated,
his expression di- tempered. but still, and
especially upon all SUB ect5 except the one,
bis thoughts are often strong and his
words apt and full of meaning. His quar-.
/ lrar n CrIV a mr. OF III.
Iustration Of
FILTAL DEVOTION
To father slain. is forced upon him. And
when he finally ataOS the ki.g, with all his
knowledge Of that kings foul and most
unnatural crime and of the meditated and
indeed accomplished treachery against
himself, the act Is sudden and unpremedi-
tated, the result of a slowly developed AID
Irresistible force which oyercame his will
and controlled his mind. In all this,
which, though partly fictitious, is wrought
out or such COnSummate and prophetic
knowledge Of human nature as secular lit
erature cannot equal, you can trace re-
semDIance-mOre than q resem blance, an
anaIogy-to this case. Here is a young
man, ralr In appearance, refined in accent
and in manners, naturally gentle and af.
tectionate in Oi5pOsi ion, who has commit
TED no crime, sOlled no reputation, i'm
brued his hands in no mans blood, and yet
THIS young man, ter undergoing physical
sud moral torture for four years, suddenly
confrontS his fathers most VindictiVe per
maps his only, enemy and there IS instantly
the beginning OF a catdStrOphy. Both are
shot. You must look far below the sur.
race, you must study the record If you de
sire 10 trace this transaction to its sources
and you will find them in the causes which
nave been enumerated before you, as well
as in the facts which TRANSFERRED in the
Chronicle office. And rem m er gentle
men, entreat you. the depth and inten.
slty or the ties that unite true father to
an appreciative son. Those ties are con.
n nTrr Tau and a.lyV rloI~ il,
All history and in all literature. They
have been
RECOGNIZED IN EVERY NATION
And in every age. Filial devotion was not
only enJoined in their law, in that sole
commandment which was accompanied
by definite promise, but it has usually
been a strong characteristic of the
Hebrews. When they were about to be
cast out OF their own land, the rebuke of
Jeremiah was that they had not walked
In the old paths, and had not needed the
voice OF their fathers as the sons Of
Jonsdab had done.
And the warning voice OF the prophet
Was again heard when he said: They are
all grieyous revolters, walking with Sian.
derers."
But the seer looked benignantly on the
house Of the Rechabites when he transmit
ted to them the promise of the Almighty.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of
Israel: Because you have obeyed the
voice OF Jonadab, your father, and kept
all that he hath commanded you, there
fore, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God
or Israel: 'JOnadab, The son of Rechab.
forever"
Maine in his ancient law, attributes the |
strength of Rome. as well as the permas
nence OF her lnhuence aICer her pO4ILIcAI |
oechne and fall, to the steady maintenance |
Of I ne pdt7'tG pOtest0s, Of which paternal |
was the foundation.
History and general literature are re-
plete with illustrations of the strength OF
The tie between parents and children
w no has not been thrill d by the recital of
dann1bals oath at the altar of eternal |
annuity TO Rome because of the treatment
)r his father, Hami Car BOTea, had re-
'eived in the first Punic War; of H,neas
.arrying OF his aged father amidst the
lanes Of Troy; of the
RECIPROCAL AFFECTION
Between Hector and his father. Priam: of
;oeur de Lions remOrse at his fathers
ather at MS ir5t battle; of the Greek
Iuphrasia and Of the Roman lady who
Iourlshed their fathers from their own
reasts; OF the Swiss lads who scaled a
crag and captured eagles in
ne eyre TO obtain the means to succor
heir father, who was supposed to be |
ylng; OF CasabianCa perishing on the
hip Orient, at the battle of the Nile !
ather than to disobey his father; Of |
harles Lambs conservation oehis father:
Poor old Lear's crushed and bleeding |
cart, through the unnatural treatment of |
10 daughters GOneTil and Regan, only !
llngated by the hdehiy II Cordelia; Of |
eiarIus, eulogizing the two sons of Gym
cline:
Oh noble s.raful
b. worthiness Of nature. Breed greatness!
owards ather ards and Lsje things sire base
OF Lucius. the son of Titus Androni-
Is, when he kills Saturninus, who had
his father:
Can the son 5 eve beho d the father bleed?
There need for need death Tor deadly deed | ,
But time wears on and cannot multiply
csc examples. which SD JuId touch your
elings, already deeply moved, l doubt
IT, BY Mr.. McAllisuer ) pathetic descriD-
IN of the cOnnectioA between son and
, father and al least bring you into har-
ony with the fundamental
REALITfE rs OF THIS CASE
William Center and DR.. Lane have testi- I
d 10 the deep .ection between this de- !
ldant and his father, and that fact, in !
ew ofouVown knowledge and OF tall human .
perience, should lead you to an int lii I
Mt comprehension OF the raVageS which r
ars Offoul ouss against his father would :
1duce IN the nSltlYe nature OF this \
tendant. l think then, gentlemen, we =
Ght now 70 be prepared TO assume that
ne important matters have been demon q
ated In this trial, suCn as: The accident | g
d its results. The Il bscess and its results. G
e articles and tner libelUu5 char .cter / a
d their falsity. The peculiar and serious ! II
ect OF these two last publications. In D
0ader terms, the concurrence of both ! Il
and exciting causes. n
will now, at the risk f being for mo- Ii
mt tedious. read you the hypothetical =
estion of my friend and associate Mr. a
ylor. This is his condensed, terse. ex- a
,ssive epitome of the facts. Listen to it a
N, although you have heard it before a
1 as / read ask yourselves whether it 4
-ught eXtenuates or sets down aught in q!
Lce"-whether ii is not clear and &C q
-ate beyond all possibility of dispute, l "
ID from the testimony Of DR.. Wythe, ii
20 94l. land | ask you gentlemen as | II
d to connect with the sentences out of OF
ich this concise and thorough presenta- A.
q OF this case by my friend Mr.. Taylor nI
,nnntrncted what | haNa already said ,.