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THE DAILY
PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER
Six Pages.
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Let all the n-I thou alm'il l
Thy Couatry'd, thy iod', orl TrutU'a.
WEI NE DVY. : JUNE 1. 1SS3.
CHARLES NCRDITJFF.
Several of the letters of Mr.
Charles Nordhoff to the New York
Herald from Honolulu for over two
months past have been republished
here. Severe comments have been
made upon thera, and many mis
statements of very gross charac
ter have been specially pointed
out.
We wish here to call attention
to the fact that absolutely no at
tempt has been made at any time
to establish the truth of these state
ments of Mr. Nordhoff. His friends
in the royalist newspapers have
extolled his journalistic reputation,
and declared him to be far above
the reach of his Honolulu critics.
But they have never for one mo
ment dared to maintain the truth
of any one of his statements, whose
falseness has been asserted.
They have thus tacitly admitted
the charges made against him ; and
he goes from among us branded as
a falsifier, and without a single
word of real defense uttered in sup-"
port of his slanderous statements.
The only defense whatever made
for him has consisted in throwing
mud at his accusers.
Charles Nordhoff will long bo re
membered in Hawaii as the man
who basely ignored the popular
and triumphant campaign of last
fall in opposition to the lottery bill,
and in the face of that conspicuous
fact, slanderously charged the busi
ness community of Honolulu with
forcing the ex-queen to sign that
bill!
With the brand upon his brow of
this impudent slander of a whole
community, we dismiss this un
worthy falsifier.
JDDOE COOLEY'S OBJECTIONS.
If the Supreme Court of the United
States had rendered a decision adverse
to annexation, the royalists could not
have made a greater ado over it tfaau
they have over ex-Judge Cooley's ar
ticle in the June number of the Forum.
And yet that article is based from be
ginning to end on a total misconcep
tion of facts, and reads much more
like the paid for opinion of an advo
cate than a judicial decision made
after careful examination of both sides
of the question. It has been said that
a learned Jurist is rare'y a great states
man. The life-long habit of fixing his
attention on technical questions of in
terpretation and construction, and on
legal precedents, does not tend to. fit
him to deal with the policy of a grow
ing and changing nation. Casuistry
i3 not statesmanship. The develop
ment of a living and growing nation
is not to be fettered by far fetched
legal inferences and Implications.
We have not space to notice all the
misstatements of the article, such as
that the Hawaiians bad been "a bar
barous race of cannibals," that the
Provisional government took mea
sures to put down by force "any ex
pression of opposition to its action,"
etc., which have a KordhofHan flavor.
The article in question betrays abso
lute ignorance of the history of these
islands, of our struggles for constitu
tional government during the last fif
teen years, and of the causes that led
up to the present crisis. On the other
hand, it entirely ignores the peculiar
relations between the United States
and these islands during the pa9t fifty
years, as well as the responsibilities
and obligations which the American
government has already incurred by
Us own action in the past.
If we were living in the year 1353,and
If Gen. Walker's filibusters had car
ried out their reported threats and had
overthrown the constitutional govern
ment of Kamehameha III, then there
might be some justice and propriety
In the way In which Judge Cooley
speaks of the white community in
these islands. Ou the contrary, it is
the same party that first procured the
recognition of Hawaiian independence
that secured for the Hawaii in people
their land and their civil rights, and
which for half a century has been the
eliitf bulwark of the Hawaiian mon
arehy, Ion; after it had become a de
moralizing sham, that at lat has
been forced in sheer self-defense to
put an end to it as incapahle of re
form. The revolution was not a move
ment of filibusters and oflioe-seekers,
but of the principal taxpayers, the
leaders of industrial enterprises, the
most conservative and patriotic citi
zens, who had endured the rule of
carpet-baggers and palace parasites
until "forbearance ceased to be a
virtue."
Most thinking men in the islands
had long been convince! that union
with the United States was the only
way to permanent peace and pros
perity, and the only way to eave this
country from eventually becoming au
Asiatic colony; but the crisis was
precipitated by the madness of the
reactionary party itself. The com
missioners who went to Europe in
1S42 and procured the recognition of
Hawaiian independence were not
more patriotic citizens of Hawaii than
the commissioners who lately went
to Washington with the offer of an
nexation. Prompt action, as they
believed, was demanded by the finan
cial and political Interests of both
countries.
The most intelligent, patriotic and
courageous natives take the same
view of the situation. In a crisis like
this, other factors count for more than
do mere numbers. Even if it can be
proved that a majority of the native
population, forgetting their obliga
tions to their fellow citizens, and
blinded by race jealousy or misled by
demagogues, wish to take a step back
ward towards barbarism, and to wreck
the future of our common country,
must their ignorant prejudices be
allowed to decide the national policy ?
Would the judge appoint the defend
ants as a jury to find the verdict in
the case? His other objection to the
name "Provisional," and that a "pro
tempore" government is not author
ized to treat, etc., is in the course of
being answered by the logic of events,
which are proving it to be not only
the best but the strongest government
that we have had in this country for
many years, and the formal endorse
ment of it by the people will not long
be wanting.
A complete review of the article in
question would require as much space
as the original occupied in the Forum.
The main part of the article is occu
pied with an attempt to prove that
there are certain limitations in the
constitution of the United States, in
regard to the acquisition of territory,
which forbid the annexation of the
Hawaiian Islands. The writer admits
that no limitations whatever are ex
pressed In the constitution, which en
dows congress with plenary authority
" to make all laws which shall be
necessary and proper for carrying into
effect the foregoing powers." These
alleged limitations must, therefore, be
inferred from the probable views of
the original framers of that instru
ment, and from considerations of
national policy on which statesmen
will differ according to their personal
predilections or pany connections.
In regard to the former considera
tion, it may be said that the Fathers
of the Republic had no conception of
its future greatness, and that the con
stitution has already been stretched
by interpretation or construction to
sanction many acts which they would
no doubt have condemned, such as
the issue of treasury notes, appropria
tions for rivers and harbors, and the
erection of the interstate commerce
commission, of which Judge Cooley
was formerly a member. To be brief,
the limitations which he thinks he has
found In the constitution, forbid any
treaty that would bring under the rule
of the United States "outlying states
or colonies or territory not acquired
with any expectation of being brought
into the Union, or not capable of be
coming harmonious members of a
family of contiguous states, constitut
ing together one common country."
Several pages are taken up with his
objections to outlying colonies, which
he says the American government Is
not suited to govern. He assumes
that these islands are proposed to "be
taken in as an an outlying colony,
not as a territory of the sort we now
possess and govern, and not, so far as
we are notified, with any expectation
that they will ever be accepted as one
of the states of the American Union."
The writer is evidently not aware
that the United States already have a
thriving colony, firmly rooted and
growing, in these islands, built up
aud fostered b3T the former policy of
its mother country during a long ser
ies of years. Nor has he been informed
that there i9 ample intelligence and
wealth in the islands to carry on and
pay all the expenses of a territorial
government under the broad regis of
the Union. And in good time there
is no reason why it should not become
a worthy member of the great family
of states. Again, his whole article
shows that the race question is upper
most in his mind. To Hawaiians,
indeed, his numerous remarks on this
point, e. g., that "the people to be
brought in are people of colored rr.ces;"
that "if we receive the proposed gift,
we are bringing incongruous elements
into the Union;" his remarks on
Grant's scheme of annexing San Do
mingo, in view of the possibility that
it might "extend the Union over in
dependent states of colored people,"
etc., etc., are really offensive.
He feems to forget that southern
California, when it was annexed, con
tained a population of barbarous In
dians together with Spaniards and
people of mixed race. These inlands
ire better suited in climate and other
respects for white labor than a large
part of the southern belt of the
United States, with undeveloped
resources capable of supporting with
ease live times its present population.
Under the security of the starry flag,
skill and enterprise will work the
same wonders here that they have In
Southern California, and the race
question will soon be happily settled
for the common good of both races.
The process of Americanization will
be rapid and complete. Another ob
stacle, in the view of our author, 13
non contiguity of territoryi our great
distance from the main land. Both
these last objections apply in a much
greater degre3 to the annexation of
Alaska. Instead cf beln,; "contigu
ous," it has to bo reached by tailing
several hundred miles through Brit
ish waters, it is occupied by savages,
unfitted for citizenship, and the pros
pect of its becoming fit for a regular
territorial government I? still very
remote.
But the world is rapidly growing
smaller, these Islands are now with
in six davs' sail of America, our near
est neighbor, and will ere long be in
Instantaneous communication by ca
ble, so that the objection of non-contiguity
is fast losing its force. It is
well known that the plan of the great
statesman who brought about the an
nexation of Alaska included these
islands and a future Isthmian canal,
which last has become almost as Im
portant for the future progress of
America as was once the possession of
the mouth of the Mississippi river.
The mere fact of the possession of the
Hawaiians islands would prevent any
other power from ever fortifying them
and turning them into a standing
menace to the Pacific coast, such as
the Bermudas are now to the Atlantic
coast of the United States.
We are obliged to pass over Judge
Cooley's remarks on the acquisitions
of Florida, Louisiana and Texas,
where he is cn familiar ground and
h'13 views are valuable, but they have
little or no bearing on the Hawaiian
question. He abruptly breaks oiT
with the rejection of San Domingo,
without indicating what course of
action he would recommend with re
lation to the Hawaiian Islands,
whether a declaration of war against
the existing government and the
forcible restoration of the ex-queen,
whether a full protectorate, or a "dog-in-the-manger"
arrangement, or fin
ally a complete renunciation of all in
terest or responsibility In the islands,
leaving them to become the prey of
any hungry power that may covet
them. The discussion of these ques
tions will therefore be reserved for a
future occasion.
HA WA II A N AFFAIRS.
Even James H. Blount, who was
sent to Hawaii by President Cleve
land as an executive commissioner
and afterward appointed United
States minister, seems to be worn
out with the shillyshally and dilatory
policy of the administration, for he
has forwarded his resignation to
Washington, and when a democratic
office hcider resigns matters must
be in a bad way.
The fact is evident that Mr.
Cleveland aod hi3 cabinet are sadly
at a loss to know what to do about
Hawaii. It was very easy to pull
down the edifice constructed by the
Harrison administration, which, had
it been completed, would have re
sulted in annexation, bat all the
genius and statecraft of the demo
cratic party do not avail, it would
seem, to build up anything in its
place. The only mggestion that is
made is to establish a protectorate
a measure that would suit nobody.
The Provisional government has
shown its ability to maintain law
and order, and there is no disposition
on the part of any foreign govern
ment to take forcible possession of
the islands and overturn the existing
order of things. What need, then,
can there ba for nn American pra
tectoratef
It is the duty of the Administration
to come to a conclusion on this ques
tion. If we are to accept the offer
made us nnd take iu the Hawaiian
Islands as a part of our territory, it
should be done without further delay.
If we are to decline the offer, it is
only fair to Hawaii to make the an
nouncement of the declination at
once, so that the people of the islands
may negotiate other arrangements
for the future.
It probably seemed to Mr. Cleve
land a brilliant stroke of policy to
withdraw the Hawaiian treaty from
the Senate aud bejjin negotiations all
anew, but the trouble is that his
Administration has done nothing, nor
does it manifest any disposition to
take any active and positive mea
snres. Whether the President want
ed to satisfy himself of the state of
public opinion iu this country
regarding annexation, or whether he
was influenced by some of his back
stairs counselors and advisors at
Washington, cannot be said. At any
rate it is plain to see that nothiD?
being accomplished and that the Ha
waiian i.liiir is making no progress
in any direction. S. F. Chronicle,
Juno 8th.
The Chewsure3 in the govern
ment o'f Tiflis, according to the
publication of the Imperial Geo
graphical Society of Russia, con
stitute a race of 7000 people, who
know nothing about money, their
unit of value being a cow. A horse,
for instance, is valued at three
cows. Injuries to a neigbor's per
son are requited by paying so many
cows.
A POPULAR TEACHER.
Miss Louise Dale to Dcp.irt To
Day. Miss Louise F. Dale, the talent
ed and popular music teacher
of Oahu college, returns today by
the steamer Australia for the coast.
During her sojourn of over two
years at Punahou, she has won the
aloha nui and kindly feelings of
all who have met her. Oahu col
lege will miss a most highly ac
complished musician, and the
music pupils will likewise miss a
good teacher. The Central Union
church choir, where Miss Dale has
been both organist and musical
directoress, also express regretful
feelings, and the music-loving
community of Honolulu parts with
a sweet singer of high order. The
successful reception given at Oahu
college in honor of Prof. J. Q. Wood
and herself ou Monday night, was
an indication of the high, respect
thi3 community ha3 for them.
THE PACIFIC HARDWARE
COMPANY
Have received lewis' combination
sprav pumps, for which you have
been waiting". This pump comprises
THREE ERAS3 MACHINES,
instead of one. A Spray Pump,
Agricultural Syringe, and Veterinary
Syringe. Also,
MASON ti PA VIS' WROUGHT STEEL
EANGES.
Unquestionably the best for all pur
poses. Douglas Pumps.
Hem's Vegetable Presses.
Mops, Shoe Sets, Brooms, Brashes,
Ball Wickiog, etc., etc. lw
Sltuttcn SqUs.
r.Y .IA.S. F. MOJtOAN.
Wai f liouso and Lease
-OF
V.lLTJA.BL'Ij;
City Front Property
AT AUCTION!
On Saturday, June 24
AT 12 O'CLOCK SOON.
The undersigned has been instructed
to sell at Auction, at las Salesroom, on
Saturday next at noon, the Valuable
Lease (with the commodious Warehouse
Buildings thereon) of that block of land
situated between the stores of Hyma.11
Bros, and L. B. Kerr, having a depth
of 100 feet and a frontage on Qaeen
Street of 61 feet, containing in all
5,350 Square Feet.
This Valuable Property being on the
City front, ;a one of the mo-it central and
convenient places in the city for the ue
of firms requiring storaie. The entiie
groun I is covered with an Iron Hoofed
Warehouse, with fire-proof wall in the
rear, and can be used lor storing mer
chandise of all kinds, a lare il jur room,
zinc lined, has been constructed iu one
end of the warehouse.
T lie lease has 10K years to run, at a
quarterly rental, payable to the Govern
ment of 62.50.
Jas. E. jVHorga.il,
3403-td AUCTIONEER.
'The Gorman'
NEW EUROPEAN!
100 Elegantly Furnished Rooms
0TJL.Y TWO BLOCKS
From Main Entrance to the Fair
31G-31S 65th Terrace, Chicago.
Rates: $1 p srDay and Upward. lst-Class Cafe
3359-Sin J. F. GORMAN, Paor.
JSP The Latest Parisian Fashions in
Hair Dressing.
MMB. J. PHILLIPS,
I, n dies ' Hair Dresser.
Hair Culturist and Toilet Artiste.
836 Mark-t Street.
Importer of Human Hair Goods and
Toilet Articles for private and stage use.
Private Rooms for Hair Dressing,
Shampooing and Tonic Treatment.
3410-tf
Special Notice.
MR. GEO. A. OR D WAY RETURNS
from the Coast on the steamer
Alameda and brings with him a fine
stock of Furniture, with which he intends
to start in business for himself in the
Robinson Block on Hotel Street. He
will open his store about July 1st, and
would be pleased to wait upon all those
desiring anything in his line. 3410 lw
MISS BURROW'S
Dressmaking Rooms
99 HOTEL STREET.
Prices lower than elsewhere in Hono- !
lulu. Latest styles as worn in London
andParia. A specialty of Washing Dress
es. All work neatlv and promptly
finished. 3340
2Cnn CVflwifiscmtnts.
307
Jum ig, 18Q5.
Have you felt, recently, that
you would tike to add a piece
of exquisitely cut glassware to
vour stock of table ware ?
There's no reason why you
should not gratify the desire if
it exists. No other store in
Honolulu kenpj snch a hand
some and Timed stock as wc
have and thi prices are quite
as low as you would find in
any of the" New York shops.
We might mention Rock
wood pottery in the list
of things desired by peo
ple of refiued taste. The
coloring of this ware has fre
quently been mentioned in the
Art Journals as being superior
to anything of the kind manu
factured in the United States.
One piece of it will add much
to the appearance of your
cabinet.
We have added to our stock
of glassware a large quantity
of fine engraved glasses which
we can sell you at very low
prices; you would consider
them cheap at double the
money. One r;attera goes to
yon at $1.50 a dozen engraved
as well as any you pay $2.50
for in other shops.' The Gre
cian pattern, higher in price,
because there is more engrav
ing to them, but the glass is no
finer in quality than the others,
either of them comes under
the head of pure crystal.
You've looked around per
haps, wTith the idea of buying
a lamp ! have you found any
to suit you better than ours
and for more money than we
ask you ? In banquets, our
styles are the newest; in piano
lamps, none have been design
ed since our last lot was
imported; in Hall's lamps with
colored glass or plain white,
our stock is up to date; pre
eminently the head.
The Hawaiian Hardware Co.,
307
Fort Street, Honolulu.
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Canadian - Australian Steamship Line
mTSNTH CANADIAN PACIFIC It AIL WAY.
The Famous Tourist Rcut3 of Iha World.
Tieltets per CnnHilian l?ai:iMo Hallway are
5 econti Class and 10 First Class,
Lpss than "by United. States IinB.
STEAMSHIP SERVICE MONTHLY.
3"'THIOU'G II TICKETS Luael frcm Honolulu to Caxada, United States
and Europe; ftlo, ;o Brisbane and Sycn'kt.
FOR BRISBANE AND S YDNKY Stoamers Fail 21st each month FOH VICTO
AN'D VANCOUVKii, B C.Stenmcr.-J sail July 1st, Au. Ul, Au$. 3lst
Oct. 2-1, Nov. 1st, Dt c. 2 1 and Jan. 1st, lS'JJ.
FREIGHT ANI PASS. AGENT-
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M. M ttrn, S in FrA.-.dsco, C ! ;
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Invoices of Goodd ex Amy Turner nnd Australia just to hand for the
PACIFIC HARDWARE CO., iD.
A Water Filter at Low Cost; Cone Filters for Water Cocks. A NEW LINE OF
CHAND KLIERS !
Hall, Banquet and Han-ins; La nips; Revere Garden Hose;
Turkey aud 03trich Dusters; Tuck's Packing; Coe's Wrenches,
Zinc and Brass -'ilers; Cow Bell; Carriage and Machine Bolts;
Nuts and Washers ; Sal So la ; Ox Bows ;
Cot Nails, Galvanized and Plain; Cotton Waste;
Horse and Mule Shoes, Horse Shoe Nails
Tinware, Rinsing, Dish and Ditiiy Pans, Cork Screws,
Charcoal Irons, lard Brooms, Locks, Night Latches, Yalo Locks,
Disston'a Saws, Files and Ciitie Knives, a lull atsortment;
Ratchet and pefford Brace?, Hook Hinges, Brass and Iron Butts,
Chisels, Squares, Bitts, Chest Handles !
Cup Hooks, Paints, Lamp Black, Puttj', Brushes,
Insfctioid. Wash and .-"pr.iy Pumps,
IMPOKTANT TO LA DIES ONLY!
CAMELLINE !
Km- i'lvs v'wz and B&tutifyiug flit Complexion
Contains nono of the poisonous ingredients so generally added
to such preparations, but is entirely harmless.
" have made a careful analysis of CAM IJLLINE, and find it to be
absolutely free from all 2oisonoun or delaicrious substances too often
j present in preparations for the complexion. It i compounded with great
care and skill, and I can recommend it as beiny perfectly harmless in its
effects upon the skin or health.
xi Wry truly Your,
"Signed.) THOMAS PRICE, M. L .,
"Analytical Chemist."
CAMELLINE, Fluid White aud Flesh Color.
CAMELLINE, Powder White Flesh and Brunette.
SST FOR SALE BY
H0L LISTER & CO., DRUGGISTS
Fort Street, Honolulu.
gSAJIFLE BOTTLES FREE.
S. TREOLOAN & SON.
GREAT KHDU0TJ0N
lotting: !
Cash Prices!
Paire of Pacts
made
air.
200
100 Suits made to order at $22.60 a Suit.
GOODS AND FIT !
WAKRANTED REPRESENTED
H. S. TREGLOAN & SON.
GREAT REDUCTIONS !
NEW
Fine Tailors' Goods, Cashmeres!
SERGES, DIAGONALS, life.. Etc.,
Entirely new patterns. Suits made to order at prices ranging from 18 to f2-V
j"Good3 guaranteed to fit.
GOO KIM, Nnnanu Street,
I CjHFor Freight and i'aasatw anj 4;j
! general iaiormation, apply to
Theo. H. Da vies & Co.
j Az-ntn for H.iw.tiian Inda.
Stoves and Ranges
l l'i IU',, APOLl.O, WELCOME, I'KIZC,
WKSTEKN. DANDY. A eupplv of the
favorite KEDWOOD.
IN-
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Cash Prices!!
to order at $6.50 a
LINE OF"
Clothing ! !