Nuhou, Volume II, Number 7, 5 August 1873 — The Champion of Ministerial Policy [ARTICLE]

The Champion of Ministerial Policy

That is to one who asBumes this attitude; bvit wlio fcc!h no diminution of complacēncj In tbc positio'n., on accounfc of lilb Belf-election } and who is a!so tlie (]iritiDguished mouth-piece of ttc mereanīile and planting intcrests, as it must be admittcd lfiat thcre is a tacit acquicscencc in liis assiiiiiption of dignities, This gcntlcman, sceks no alias. but boldly writes over the respcctable Bignaturc of 11, A. P. Carter, diseusses; i)unistcrial. oppoeilion, and quotes from a certain eouBervatiYe advocatc, the phrasc " vaetB of igno-' i-aiiee,'' as applicable to the sourccs from whenee oppoisitious; for instance ourSj ean draw their inV|iiration; and to this \ve maj reply, that vasts of eoneeie, aee a niore usual source of inspiration to j ;i mn)titvK]e of advoeates, who have no' other! wamini" for their championship than an ovcr-| Nveening eonlidenee in their pcrsonal mcrits to | nieet the exigcncies of thc 'siiuation. Bot we ave I ° ... } attributing motivee; arid we niust &av, that we! fuive bcen provoked to do so l)y a writer who| m\js with Bueh an air of pub]ic virtue, and >vitli | a certain officiai dignity, that must oppose j rho6e who woukl eimply hang upon the drag! ropes of Ha w;iiian progreBS and iinserupuloiisly j pandcr to their own polītical ambitioiiBj or bitter : prejudiecB by appeahng to nativecredul3ty,'' ; Tiiis i* the voiec of the virtuous patriot 3 - verely rebuking the unprinciplod demag6gue. | lie, is no pander indeecl, beeauge above its needs,: and Jet he adinit that he dcrives his inepiration ! Jrom".hie' ledger. Sueh an inspiration ever| prompt6 the most earnest advocacy, and i>« eienfc tQ convinee a man. of the dieintereftedness' of iiis philanthropj ; but usually those tvfio are i not likcly to sharc direetly with liim in his emolu- j mcnt are not diBpdscd to harmoiuze with bim in r !iis-views.,' . e..-- ■ i He severe on ihoae, who in tfie discussion of our public measures seem to bc influeneed by a' national prcjudicc; when he ought to reeognize tliat it is a vcrj gcneral one, and it prompts to a great estent thc viewt* of nearly cvcrj lbreignei\ ' who takes a pait m llawaiiai; politie>. !>ut; therc are two or three notablc exeeption?f, among \ whom Ī8 thc suMee of tb ? s dk:us- i 110 has no prejudieo In *iegaivl to oatal | *borcs; he would sell them to thr for a j prieo jct, to inuntāin thc 'ntegiltj of ihel Jaiid 0f *our bkth ? has cvcr bcen esteeniod a vir-1 tuo. We wQuld: commend the sui>jeef, to hia; ;om»''ōt, patriotie eonßideration ; uik! if 1 ' feols • tj) 'uueh temptcd u d cxcitcd i-y t.Le 1 > L ■«.f g=un - :>i pObition, we trufct that he wll! a? i 1r i )fl liie jouth eoial his forvid bro\v, v. Itb + \ l *y! •»f thc casca<ics-" 0f hie native iand, i lle opprceso6 U3 with large view.s, lu-u.iul to u* ēonidwhat gvandly. " lle proposc& to foi j \ his natiou au advantagc in the Luarkoti? of 4 iorty! milliona of and yet as it is eouteucied! that our sugarsVou ? t auu iuter-' fero with of the AUuniie we! mnet be content with the aud tay at the| «noet one million of whie!: aie 4 uitc' -uiough ft>r our iai.J l-ieie ic.no® ns<3 in preNOuting fovt; uMi 1, oi.r vVa..-!tej' vi§ioiK ( • j lie to iccog īi 'e i!/ t all 'fccliug of u:A;ou- j ality h\* dcd ncd iii tl.e v< orld ; tLat soue eeheuie • f eonfedcration } un:\crs;'.ī l>r. hu? m,- 1 p<nvcde<l former di*tmet;v \ . \A[:d oi*gaui:at!ou!?; :nd eluim» that with tlie ti«, u of E;igl: na t or Pnniee fbr thc pn>ent, C u\\ t!aev eo-ir.;tv;e-. *oeh as Bclgiu:n t e - • . f e\.>v,

' raaik, Sweden Spain. ltaly $wīkrri<ml? ur*~1 well coutcnt to waive all natlonal and | are willmg to pcrmit a foreign flag and a fortifie«l plaee to he established withi'n two or three miles of Brussels, Atheng, Copen]iagen. Stockholm, fMadrid, Rome, or Berne. Would he dare to i make eueh a proposition to tlie smallcst of thes<' IStatcbV No more thaivhcwould have <lai'e«{ r«» |do so, in thiB Kingdoiu ei 0 i t nionths ago. But thc logic o.F vj* ws, and the i?tyle oi' ; some of his remarke overwhelia us. and vet thev j must be all right; hecause thej are si identieal ■ ■ i witli tho.se of the able editor of the A<?c€rthcr. j llowevcr wearca littlepu22:led with this lang.uage. > " Thc envy aiiel lioßtility whieh tlio prospective' ! succei?s of anv of the communitv escue in the j minds of those wiio umvilling to ?trivc for, ean-. j not expeet to attaiu any-■ of the sueccss woukl ( | ccrtainly sum ā Jalscr rigtit to walk by them the ! ee.U intercst of thoae who, in strtving for them- | Kclves, eannoi help but elevhte othcrs." Whew ! I \Yc have got a heaelaehe —and we eannot get it | cured, until we have straightened oui this lingual | kinkj The muddie may he in llie typcs, or it | mayj ho in tiie writerv who o.ught to iook out ; better for his iiterary progeny. Ain this it> a I mongter without head 01 kiil ; but let us see if; i we cānnot put both appendagcs to thc creature, [aud jiroduec eome reasona!Me language. ; I We must suppose that lie meant to &peak thus: { a The cnvy and hostitity, whieh thc prospectivc i i succcss of any one of the community, (who does j j not belong to any Te.ligious politieal clique) mnv : j excite in the minds of those who unwilling (or | i unable) to strive for, cannot expect to attain to ! : that position of recogni/.ecl serviee io the eountry : ■ whieh he may achieve, may endcavor to bcar him | down with personai ca!umny, being unable to meet . : him with anv otlicr weapon; yet his resolute will : ; and consciousness of right prompting his action, 1 ; he mav hope to promote his sdf intercst, in ren-; dering a publie eervice and in thus strivhu fbi himself, cannot help but clevate others," j : lsi this the view of the sage retired to the | bhadcs oi Waikiki? Ur shall we ievei*e thc 1 i proposition in his case, and say that he di«eu&ses : Ulie publie good in hopes to promote his self; : intere<?t? As lie indulges in a wide latitude ia | ' attributing. motives. we may say that his inter-; ; ested object is as transparcnt"as his style is ; obseuie; and ior the advoeaey of the eause he | cspouscs. he has the t: illimitable rangeof ; conceit at his comtiiaud nd ean draw on thc | 4 { vasts ' ;.of grandiioquent u^pUon