The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-08-06
GROWING WORSE.

we hau nOpeu InaU "Trip tO Nne
Volcano, and an absence from the
close apartment whence emanate the
editorials of the Advertiser, would
have impaired a touch of sunshine
to the mind of our brother the an
nexationist editor. We had hoped
that the vision of beauty on which
his ewes must have rested would
have entered his soul and caused
him at least touch of sympathy, if
not of enthusiasm, for these Isles of
Eden in dark purple spheres of sea.
Such hopes are, however, dashed
and broken The editor returns
breathing fire and sword, and the
first fruits Of his return may be con
templated in the leading article
which appeared ON Thursday morn
ing. While seeming to pose as the |
disinterested patriot, the champion
of economy, he cannot disguise the
main object of his attack; and ena-
Dies us, ultlcG u ulilIlIu'tt VI SlNi' 10. D..
sues, to distinctly see that he aims
as usual at nothing less than the
throne and its present incumbent.
! The article we are now considering
is not merely inconsistent with itself
and former editorial ststements of
the Advertiser but is founded on as
sumptions which can scarcely be
seriously considered; nor is it alto
gether free from suggestions which
are positively misleading, as must
be we'll known to the editor. Not
very long ago the Advertiser stated
that if the Queen would consent to
one or two changes in the personnel
of office, she would be the most
popular ruler since the days of Ka
mehameha. Now we find the condi-
tion altered or at any rate an addi-
tional obligation added to the origi
nal one. She must now show dis
position to discard every unneces-
sary expense, and desire really to
identify her interests with those of
the country at large. We cannot
help thinking the country at large
in this connection means the two or
three gentlemen habitues of the
aforesaid editorial room, and the
three or four others who would like
| h II.llen, a int -
as they call it, with the United
States.
Now, why is the Queens name
dragged into this discussion at all
Has not Her Majesty shown beyond
all question that she has identified
her interests with the interests of
the country at large? A contribution
of twenty thousand dollars within
twelve months to the needs of her
subjects constitutes a record above
all cavil Can the Advertiser demon
strate so conclusively that it has the
true interests of the people at heart
Has it not invariably sided with in
subordination as against order? Ha:
e it not always sneered at any attempt
u on the part of the executive to main
; tain peace and suppress insurrection
J. Has it not, over and over again, takel
:, advantage of the departure of the
:. steamer to San Francisco to prin
coma ,rt i,lo or Coma npmmunipa in,
casting ridicule on the government
And this is the paper which nov
counsels the Queen as to the righ
course she should follow if she woult
lend more stability to her throne
We rather imagine that Her Majest.
will respectfully decline to folloy
n even the e1 cathedra pronuncia
II mento of our infallible guide, philo
" sopher and friend the Advertiser
d Surely the editor lost sight of hi
y, well-known logical methods ant
" metaphysical accuracy when h
q wrote the following monstrous state
ment: "The incumbent of the roya
Office has no standing except as tn
G representative of the people" H
ty was more probably thinking of tn
- editor of the Advertiser. The pre-
= position is preposterous. Except i
relations with foreign countries it
" not easy to see how the sovereig
can be called the representative {
the people. Has Victoria no stanc
IT, ing except as representative OF I'll
. constituents The Crown, the Lore
and the Commons, so we have a
. ways understood, are three distin'
elements in the political kingdom
,n Now, if the Queen be nothing bl
al the representative of the peopl
- what about the Lords Do they r
~ present the people2 Whom do the
40 represent No, the people in polite
m are represented by the Commons, ii
" aristocracy by the Peers of IL
~ Realm, while the Sovereign repr