Nuhou, Volume II, Number 1, 15 July 1873 — An Impressible Community. [ARTICLE]

An Impressible Community.

We speak of the foreign soeiety of Honolulu. Ifc is ever np or down , hofc or eolei, and readj to be roueed by some new crj; bufc \vithout anj eoheeion or steadfastness. Ifc is a eommunitj without public spirit, beeause devoid of anj naMonal hope or aepiration of its own. lts ehief acti9ity ie in a display of ostentatious hospitality to thoBe whe leasfc need it; and its ruost notable ambifcion to win fche praiee of distinguished sfcrangers. Honolulu is a great toady. It worships o£Bce and influence liowe?er imperfeet]y fchey may be represented, and eshibits all the traits of a weak ebameter, whieh eourts tbejiisfcinetions whieh it cannot win. Yefc the satisfaetion arising from an honest, hearty, mdependeut, self-asserfcion in any liue of duty and effort is worth ten thousand notiees } whieh we iuuy have eoverted and nofc nierited«