Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 356, 30 December 1891 — TO OUR FRIENDS. [ARTICLE]

TO OUR FRIENDS.

\ . ■ V We give puhliealion' lo a letter from Mr. Glds of Kaneohe, wherein he wishes to state that'he isa friond of Mr. Wideaiann, and his regrets "that private $nd carfriess tabletalk should" '*be used as mattcr of political sqmbs, ,J -aud his prayerB that vve may live as many winters jas his friend and show as good and I unblemiBhed a record. and all such j taffy. 1 ■ nfortunatelv for both Mr. ; 01ds and ljis grand old frjend, we |had nothing to sav oftheuiin their j private capacitv, or of them trom ;anv private taik with either<tf them. W# know nothing (»f Mr. «WideJmann's privnte life, that is *vrong; ) he is gi>nerouft an J itupuls»ve, aud |we believ« meaus well. We wom |first intbrmed by other«, jnotbv Mr. 1 01ds tal)le,J &c., of what, \\\» | published as ihe 6ubstaiu;e of Mt. | Widemann's private opinlon of our j public couduot, aud liis very ft iond' ly request in a pnvute way \vhat Mr. Olds should do with eithcr Mr. Hush or Mr. Wilcox to pi*ovent their ek>ction as public meu, Mr. 01d« situply c«rroborated tben hh table, what. we had heard from other g\Hii'oe6, and whnt we weh» tmpeli'ed to puhiiieh to prevent as nuieh aa powlt>lv th«se "Irish beiog qiK»ulaetd U> the" injury of these two public men» u ho were IWn* piH>bed iike (\vKar by h s triend in a privatv* w»v,

ofthe old friead of the et iu? Brn?et &$. an<|: Mr. 01ds we km)w are |>©aorabie meil, and with the permißj|ion th«se men, we pray thr,t they speafe. in. an honorably way -of Bush Wilcox, or as these latfer two in aii open way of their puhlie iife: The Lim but speaks in self-defence, and are we wrong ? Is the haad ofan assassin in a private way to be shielded, e beeause, like BrutuB, the hand may be that of an honorable man ? We hope not, for honor 7 s sake. And here, we }enve our two foreiga firiends»3EJiom in thfcir private life we ;esteem; and beg to be excused from imitatmg ? as hoped for by dur friend 3fr. 01ds, we should, "By preferring f mor§ salid friend toj trust to than aay that is embodied in a tenement of | elay for our examplo aiid guide f@r ; this iife, and fior tbas future whieh we hope to enjoy beyond the reach of "private" or f*careless table-talk.?