Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 48, 27 February 1894 Edition 02 — CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We ho not h>.ld or.iv!»?> n=>poti>i>‘le for the op:ni»ns or the ut««--n»nces of our c->rres ( x)nJents.J Ei>it()e Hulomi a: I h:»ve rend yr>nr article on Rev. S. E. Bis!iop’s slanderoas report to Hon. J. H. Blount and 1 mnst eonfess that I fully agree with Dr. Jobnson that “>l>inder is the revcnge of a coward aud dissimalrttion his defonse.” St\ift says, “the worthiest pieople are the raost injared by slan>ler, ;ts we usually find that to be the best fruit whieh the birds have been picking at." Have we Hawniinns ever said or uttered one word of abnse against our opponents in nny of the statenients made by ns to Mr. BIount? Have we raked up the bistory of tho past? Have we suiil ought against tlie dead? for sooth not —we have deeraed it beneath oar dignity to do so. ai;d have always considered it contemptib!e in auy mau. and moro so if lio be a preacher of the gospel, to def«me and injure tlie reputation of ins fellow men. aud especiallv wheu he reviles tbe dead. \\ e Royalists “conld a tale uuf>.)ld who.se lightest word. would barrow uj> tuy soul, freeze thy young blood, oiake thy two eyes like stavs, start from their spheres, thy kn»tted and conibined locks to j>art and eaeh particular hair to stand on eud like quills «pon the fret ful porcnpiue. ’ Bat wo have fought the fight and battled iu an O O honorable manner ever believing ‘that abuse is no argumeut. Yoi xc» Hawaiian.