The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-11
vITUPERATION.

II,
-,t,o,, in speeches, vituperatoh III
,,riting. when writing became d me- 49,
Of communication, Vltuperta.'o ,.,-
,,o,,hhlets. before the era OIL
,,oners and vituperation IN Ihe =,
-, is the history of the Worlu' -
,,,ohably will continue to De u'e
+o,.v of the world, till manNiilu 90
s,,,,d some nobler and better metroo u
attaining it's object.
Ir'i..ayo+ior as a political force was
used bv the prophets of lsrael.
,sad bv Egyptian seers peloi
Israelites formed the hierarchlc'l 81
.rnment. 1t was used IN
.s,,s+ the popular leaders, and against
the popular leaders by the Coii9 ~,
80 Scraps have come down u U''
,ba rolling periods of DemostheheS an
49,. charm biting wit of Aristophaile''
.-a,icb has winged many a smart Vi
modern times. We see 1t III
,vben Cicero numbered MS ci''@'io
,,brases against Varro ana we NM"
of II again in the party clles
overthrew those popular leaders
..racchi whom their own Constituent
1asarted. Vituperauon was railp''ii
-, under the rule of the hhalllS'
1,othing could be more intemperate
4han the denunciations of the two great
sections of the Mahomedan rehsloh
Come into more modern tunes aiiN
+ha same is evident. The Saxon VIZ"
narrated the Norman, the Norman
t',r1ad the compliment. The Round
heads vituperated the CaVahers WIN
.ha obiurgations of the Hebrew pro-
,,be+s who were pastmasters in the
ct and the Cavaliers objurgated the
Roundheads with equal Vehelneh'e ~
the terms of a jargon when mas lohe
since gone into oblivion. The frehcn
enumerated the English, and the hIs
lisb ENUMERATED the French during 'ne
neriod of the Napoleonic wars anu are
mt to do so STILL at times. Even
washington. the peerless man OF ms
century the peerless man of his coun-
.rv was ENUMERATED by his own coun-
4rvmen. and by men whose Nei'
names have sunk into oblivion
C,ear as the lesson has been Vltu-
narration stin holds the field. Inc pre-
sidential candidates of each party are
the mark for the vituperatlon OF lhe
other party. Every one conhec'eu ~
anv way with the advancement oi
-, Government meets the same
treatment. s,-,-
This is not a pretty picture Oh huiiiaii-
itv. Under the reign of relgloh Vi
beauty in Greece, under reign Oh sIelh
precept religion in Rome under pure
theism among the Arabs under the sou
and tender and holy precept OF CHRIST
ianity. under olgarchy, under tyrahh"
lin the Greek sense) under monarchy
under republicanism in all it's various
rbases. under theocracy, the same tralI
comes forth. Nothing can De zone
without vituperation. Nltuperalioil
NAV be regarded as probably one Oh
the most powerful devils that surround
Beelzebub's throne, and he has hVeu
and inspired all mankind from the re-
motest past to the nearest present.
The theory of each side in contest
ia that those who think differently
should be annihilated. This inspired
the Jews in Palestine, the Romans at
Numantia, and Cromwell at Drogheda.
This is the ultimate result of untram-
melled thought in one direction. In
the United States it does not reach to
such results, 1t allows the vitupera-
tive language, but it stops the action.
Though some times vituperauon
reaches murderous action as in the re-
cent case of Goebel, and other cases
which might be easily cited.
But one comes to the calm question
of why need there be SO much vitupera-
ton. Why need such gross charges, as
are constantly being made, be Haunted
in print, when those who write them
know that they are unjust and untrue.
Mckinley has been represented as a
self seeking potentate who is willing to
battle his country in, blood for his own
selfish ends, and Those Ofia few friends.
1t is utterly untrue, and the effect of
this heated language is. shown by the
vote that made. Mckinley president for
a second term. Cleveland not so long
ago, was represented ais a man of the
vilest moral character Yet he was
President of the United States on two
different occasions.
If goes into the lower government
records one finds the same vituperation.
OF course this is not confined to the
United States. In Europe it is the
same. In England public men are
branded as self seekers, 'murderers of
their fellow men, dishonest and so
forth In France they are "sots,"
"cochons," "canaille" and so forth. In
Germany there, are some very choice
epithets.
To read all this ONE would think there
are no honest men and no patriotic
men in the world. And yet history is
peopled with grand names which have
been besmirched by the mud-heavers
of their time. What good then is this
constant vitupepation The bulk of men