Nuhou, Volume II, Number 5, 29 July 1873 — A Curious Coalition [ARTICLE]

A Curious Coalition

£t Men well known 'to be of tlje most opposite views, on almost evcry other theoiv ' politles or morals, —oi life !ong antagon!cn; ;'.j practice and foucd and fraternizing iogetncr, speeeh makiog. v*tV: ing and talking in " advoeacy of the proposr: cession of Pearl Ilarboi. iS What ' fellow feeV ing' isit, that makes |them thu« wondrous ki: ? to leaeh othcr just now? " |A valued eotempoiary mitde the a T x-ve :lat: ment as far as quoted 3 but did not anfcwer tliu eoneluding enquiry, We propose to uo thi? Btj.t before doing eo we; dcsire *to mention , r the Xi incoDgruous eieiiients" that have into the eomposition j>f this curioui eealKiui Wc tind now togethcij the cautious,—thc pie. yuuishly eautious !>unker anel his * ; pig-headed " opjx)nent, one of thc anti-eoolie contraet ap - anti-eoolie ehampione of old tiiner'. aldng with a diBtinguished merehant, the elCjufent esponent of the planting interest; cli<|ue in the Fort Stijcct Churrli, and # soill i I thAiv crities oifthe Bjeach ,"" and like the eoal ition of the old elay whig eampaign, we aldng with these the ! u puritan and the hlael all in the same boat and bound fjr Sā!i Biver. . Kow this is eurious, and it would puzzle i Btrhnger and perhaps some verdant citize£S knW the reason why,and whenee this - fd!ov; feeling " in sueh a motley erowd, Thc eaplaae. tiob for it is to be found in an Ameriean politie«i ] phi^e.— ct the eohesive power of thc pubU pliliidei\" It is ns potent in the metropolis : f Hawaia as in the metjropolis of Ameriea. Ou. indebtcd and diseontented Adullamites originat< tbe sehemc, anl those affiliated with the2i ,i„ vaijious interests or to them for and buttei\ make up fhis eiulous eoalhl . .