Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XI, Number 44, 14 June 1890 — Mr. THURSTON'S DANGER. [ARTICLE]

Mr. THURSTON'S DANGER.

Mr. Thurston has probably never notice3 this fact,that his puhlie course aud politicnl and oAieiul raisdoti:eaiiors are at last seriously :<llecting his porsonal character and privato ropntatioh -in &f>ite of 4hs 1 ate-jittmni>ted deferises and denials. It is very high. time that ho aud his politicrtl friends 'awake to a just appreciation of tho personal nnd party peril whieh eertainl3- follows wheu that poirit is reached whore offieial veraeity and intēgrity heeome doubtfūl. lt is'« peril whieh c:tnnot bo avoided b} mui.il piuii -> >n>us or polītic«l .assertioi]s m-ost violeutly • ■made when pubiic coiidemn:itioii. g«nerai distrust aiid-personal ?lisbel-ief are no longer ostenf«tiously paraded by opponeuts, but hio rather iudulged iu through thc mvdin.u of a siuile or sarcasm whciiov< r d!scussion arises. A¥hile the backiug of partv fnends mav serve to soothe wor.si<htl j i'ule. defeated anibition and i.nordm:ite van ity, it ea'u never overcome aiscr<"dituig facts clearir proveu or contes:";ed by ditterent otficial <:<>l!eagties, or restort? cor.lidōuce shakf.n who» faitn h.as departed. As pobt.ioal iejVid inoe ri)Us f precede rel'orm, so good ollieialoi' private 'works j>ois sti-d iu uinst preeede the refaru <>t jit)blte eoufidenee. The paradod ooufideuce of imurediiito frieiuls and in'iiiieal b«ckei-s in no way relieves tho sitii«tion or paliatea the e ud o iiim: there of. lt is for tins reason tliitfc t!ie applause of a fe\v ean neitht>r vindicate. implicated m the. |irt-s>.M!t disgracefui Cabiuot quttrrel nor f:\eulphte Mr. Thurston and hi.s pai'ty from the legitimate re.su 3is of his past tuinisterial eourse and oiEeial action.

j Mr. Thuvstōu has .it- ;i!'i iime*s, ! s!uce. the eō'nāu'muialio.n of the revc> I iniion of 1887, the ,Hok'no>yletlgetl I luaeloi - of tho so-culled pnrty; aml"ag «noh piU't ; v"]i-atler hn husT('peat" etljy blandeml by 4uusaīiig an iliudvisecl, vuipatrj'j'tie. aiul beadstvot]o; courso, whieh ha|€iitletl ia breaking tho politit!al power of t|ie tnissiouary f;u?tion, dismr»ting the s-von]!ēd Ileform, oi' revolution»ry pnvty antl l.ring. in'g (lisgrace antl ,ruortification npon Hawaii nei. This has been aeeonu plished by causing an'd prnlonging dĪBCiissioQS in the Cabinet whieh have af last broken intoan open ministerk] qua)Tol. This quarrel m now usetl to openly tlīsgrace the Kingdom by beiug shrieked iuto the ears of an unoffending but thoroughly disgusted Legislatnre. In the face of sucii a siate of affairs Mr. Thm-st<,n has tliē bi-azen affrontery to pubiie]y annoimee that he is right in everything anel that t}iose of ]iis owu partv t\ntl Cabiuet who oppose or disagree w;th luni aree!itirely wrong' P>nt su}>jxjse Mr. Thurston a tua>lly believes he is right, as few admit, and that he ltad thereupon ,de< termined to continue lus courle at all haaards; in this case he would only succeed in proviug, as he actually lias, his utter personalunfitness for his high position, as the Anditor-Genevars report shows he has proved himself of' ficlally Incompetaufc tuerefor. The fact now generally adiōitted is, thut the public interest lias suilered whiīe Mv. Thurston had ]iis own way both politicaiiy, iii spite of the advico of some of the best men in Jiis p«rty, and fiuanoia!!y, iiv spite of tl)o Auditor-General and his repeattid pi\>tests «gainst n>inistjerial tuet)iods of doiug business. Tneason against Fmnee w«s onee (lrltiied by a Fveneh oitis»u as difft'ring willi Na]tok*on I. Mr. Tharston seūn.s to h«Y6 enlarged uj)on this sareastn by adding tlieret<> I the proposition that tliose who diffor with the preseut Minister of tlie Interior are polific.vl'y iuirelutble und ofllci«lly wrong w.( ivg,a\: to faets or argtunents. Kueii oiHeiui tyrauny uiav be persotuu!v v»leasing while ii iaste, but in the pivsent ii mised a ]Hipviiar indignnt ; on nu v« t< v riblo and cxterniiti/t'ng, po!itieal!y. iluui uu artuy wilh 1« u.iu rs aiul dyna. iuite, Publie eoutideuee ints been withdrawu and it eannot ;,g?tin be luml bv oither Ihe ; :-,st pmf< ssions or pnwei M-.d denuds of His F.\eellene\ tlu iNh;ii.s{t rnf tlie luterior! he wiU bp a lucky nu.n at"ter rt»{irenieni (rom orVice if I of shavp tvutl> do nof fo)jow ;urd weiuul his pvivate reputaf2on nnd jvrson:u oharacter in l'ue eyes of both t!ie o dtd (lieiul (tid si»unu< .. The old onlev of Hawaiian ■< h«ppily fsst pa<sing a\\a\ ' lv rur ii« w Ctb»ntt i-. i. v -Ke* .I *»o to ut 'J.e i:r -;w, ~f t;.e whole Kli.gili .ii it will l-e iti ; stgnnl a pMi{',«-al faihtiv l:.»- i. Cabinot l\a>> beeu.