The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-03-02

argely in gamblers phraseOlogy q
letter, every line of which bristled
with malevOlence. He smacks his
lips with unconcealed gusto at the
idea that Wilcox would have been
shot if he had attempted a revolution
in any European country. He drags
this in; it has nothing to do with the
case or the argument. Wilcox owes
his life only to V. V. Ashford, who
prevented the missionary" volun-
teers from butchering a defenceless
prisoners, and to a native jury that
could not be bullied or bribed to find
him guilty. 1t was not the clemency
or liberality of the missionaries that
released him, as it was not their YalOr
that defeated him, but the German
company that have become his best
friends, and by aid from an American
q blush to write the world war vessel.
Then again, he makes out that I am
liable to ninety days imprisonment
for certain phrase occurring in for
mer communication. How eager he
is about it! What an unanswerable
argument it is to put man into jail!
How much easier it is to imprisOn,
rack, burn or hang perverse truth
teller and to prove the justice of the
procedure by the law and gospel than
it is to convince the world that truth
is no truth. But he was mistaken in
his reading, and it is largely to correct
what might create false impression
that [ take the pains to write this.
When / said ''vicious and ignorant
Judges" [ did not refer to the judge on
the bench before whom Wilcox was
tried, nor to the Court in any way,
but to those who, like Diogenes
and the present disguised lam
pOonist - who is probably the
same person - set themselves up
as judges over their fellow-men.
The words are so inapplicable to the
Judges of the Supreme Court whose
good intentions and learning have |
never been questioned, even by those |
who have many criticisms to make in |
other matters, that no one except one |
seeking to accuse could think of them |
in that connection.
No answer can be made to such a |
letter. 1t says nothing; it is without |
wit or reason-it is simply insulting. |
1t is without provocatiOn or excuse.
With all their trying they have moth
ing to accuse me of, except of
being fOOl-and melancholy. As to
lIlC IOOl, L IcpIIGu Will SOi1lS DUH
that had been examined
for that complaint officially, and pro-
nounced sound. My manner and ex-
Drag about my learning, but [ have
been treated as if 1 had, adj nausuem.
All ha! All ha! He got only 81 per
cent. in Hawaiian primary examin-
alton! Great glee. / didn't care then
ind don't care now whether it was
ninety or twenty-it didn't signify
to me; though / believe SO
Der cent. is about as high as is ever
allowed by anyone not missionary
| am not in politics; l am not seek
ng to be elected to anything; L have
not tried to get any office. Your
name Placehuntern is out of your
own imagination. 1t is not true, nor
smart, nor funny. 1t simply shows
your intention to be insolent and in
3ulting. You do not know of a single
attempt or move that 1 ever made to
obtain "place )" and if / had, is
here anything disgraceful about try
ng to get work and get on in the
world? If Office-seeking is such an
awful crime, what terrible sin must
be! / wrote once for
IAa Leo-a serious offense, but lawful
md honorable, and sometime past.
Now, [ have done nothing; | am
nothing that can furnish any excuse
or the attempts to hold me up to
public scorn and ridicule, to make me
Unpopular and disliked, to interfere
with my business and prospects. Why
must be forever nagged by senseless
little expressions of animosity in
newspapers It amounts to perse-
,ution / suppose it is because they
ire not afraid of mel can't protect
myself; it gives play to inherent
There is nothing in
he missionary code about not kicking
/ man when he's down, "fair fight
put yourself in his place." or any
hing of that sort. If Il man wants to
De insulting, why does he not come
,ut like man and say it face to face
IN the streets or highway? There is
,ne reply to an insult-a blow.
Mr.. Editor, it is time for you to put
/ stop to this sort of thing it is I'M
manly, ungenerous, and Improbable.
can stand good deal, but there is u
distinct limit to my forbearance. I
iesire to be left alone hereafter.
D. L. HUNTSMAN.
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