The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-21
IS IHEO. h, DAVIES GUILTY.
lie Is Advised To tead Up on the
Seditioa Law.
Ills ACTS SEVERELY seRBTlnizEB
w 81 a Nfitss s.saag ia9less.seal
Against 'is as .iasst's Ehas,a g19ss-
his Wsfds compared HitI tbe
wards sf iie sfatata,

Ia referring Lo our calm review q
the DaViesiaH literature, which Daef
ited aud reeelgsd, under the pFesea
circumstances of our political afaifs
tie most sober, conscientious aIld iasl
consideration, as We believed, Hy
| Davies sends ~ ns these severe words
"in fact, the only serious statement
that your Nv, r., A." makes is when
he gives himself away aud you awa,
by writing, for the purposes of this
review we sbhIi answer that they
(Mr Davies propositions, arc correct
aud cannot be gainsayed,'
We regret that our very sober and
conscientious review of bff. Davies
literature Is not sufficiently serious.
We will now make another ATTEMPT
which, with the aid Of the Attofaey-
General, if he will give IL, may con-
vince Mr.. Davies that We can. and
this community can, be very serious.
Mr.. Davies will please follow US
closely, and it might be well for him
to ask his attorney 10 spell IL out with
him. Lawyers are useful persons In
such matters. We will cite law
which was taken from the English
statute on the subject:
"An Act concerning seditjoug Of
fences. Approved Jan. 30, 1893.
Section j. Everyone commits q
misdemeanor who publishes, verbally,
any words or any document with q
seditious intent.
'fSec. 3. a seditious intention Is an
intention to bring into hatred or con-
tempt, or to excite disaffection against
the provisional Government OF the
Hawaiian Islands, or the laws there
of, or TO excite the people 10 attenlDt
the alteration by force of any matter
established by the laws cf the Pro
VlsonaI Government, or TO raise dis
cOntenf and dISafecfIon against the
Provisional Government, or 10 pro-
mote feelings of in-wijl aud hostility
between different classes o. people in
the Hawaiian Islands.
sec. D. Any person guilty OF any /
within the meaning Of /
this Act, shall be punished by impris- /
onment at hard labor for not more
than two years. or by fine Of not more 1
than $1,000"
The following are extracts from Mr.
Davies letters, published FROM time
to time during the last year. and re-
on Jan. -, 1894. They are
not therefore, 10 be regarded as
views which were believed to be cor
rect at the time, but have now no
orce and effect, but they are, in fact
and law, re-affirmations of former
opinions, and If seditiouS in intent.
IRE To be regarded as fresh QfteranceS
If a late date.
Mr.. Davies informs us that the one
'hlect for which he ''entered the lists
vas the defeat of annexation, by the
reservation Of Hawaiian independ-
nee" There is no " diSafffec.San |
gainst the Provisional Government .
II opposing its policy of annexation.
hd we have Therefore. confined the
Ntracts 10 those words only. which
ave no reference 3Srecsl2 h, .a9aues,-I
It'o9l, but tend directly 10 excite <N.;Ss-
ontent and disaiiection'' towards the
government by reason os its over
hrow Of the monarchy. The words
nd the statute should I've read ln con.
ection,
On page ~ the ,lamS>Aiet. tefevx{as
: the establishment ~ the Provisions. :
GoNefnmenJ Mf Davies SAWS: ~ !
" That Judged a. acts only, they con /
f'"'N F" hi'fet 'tHd tftsAtiPSs CRIME. 4
DO hot these words disclose Aa ss,s :
MT TO "excite discomfort as4d ,Sss. :
'tiefactionp"
On page 6. he SANS "HsVerc s5.ae
awaiian ia bound 50 defend shA3 :
lrohe aud dag against all as~aslAAss :,
Jeept the Hawaiian people, These ;.
q Words which excite the lYeoillA ! :
" to oppose dMneTdfSon bat fA ne / :
ore the throne and ,iefead il. No
eN not excite diseoNtent and ,iss
tiefaetion?
ON page l8, he SAWS UMN A>,>a "a :,
NJ under Che iust counsel ~ the =
hited states, lhat they tthe 4. Is :,
~ ietiaca their sters Is the A,o;n9 u
here theN parted from the ,-,y,,StiA,. =
~, that thrN viii enter into = aegs :,
T7p1cf gcgfb f6e o5,7 scgegrkoa ~ :,
= heW ohN etc 10 not these a
't'le excite iistohsent AMI ,iisafsa,. ~
,Nr' ~
~ rape -, he 4oytcs 0s,,A Az AVS. -
~ the y Y. linAvs. aN3 AA,,,tSAN.cs + ~
~ - which q s. said te9are3ihp aA n
Nat'no, hnt so point ri fact. II 1< = ] "a
'rnstitoN t0 r0nNeN ana make oven a.
We tnitrd 2tafra - sfdfr8 5Fn1 -.
T7, nna tho Goverhn1cut ~ thfs s{c n,
h'o cannot afford 70 i'ut itself in q,
position of = iccrirct of stblrn X
io t'ht threg W6teis c<cite ,t4iecar tc
II hhd iffcti6na7 ~
~ raPe oi,sfatet January 6fh. 7sas / ~
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