Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 293, 2 October 1891 — "BE JUST AND FEAR NOT." [ARTICLE]

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"BE JUST AND FEAR NOT."

' 4 No '.'_Au.se. ho\vever jnet. shotild l>e supported or by unj.ust means. The truth ean always ;ifTord to be fair. No amouni of reasoning ean make it right to take ;i and dping evil that good may eome will always yield ovil results." The above paragraph contains in a nuitsheU the prineiples that our politics. And īn order that there will be nu misapprehension, on the part of any one as to the stand KX Leo may be called to take, we take pleasure m quoting the above as prin4siplQStnat we shall endeavor to follow in every <juestion pertaining to matters publie and iri our own afiair. We mention this fact, because we have heard many of our partv, ad- i vocating all ki»ds' of excuses in j advance in case of future contingencies. For instance, it is said, j opium y should .be liceused, &c. Opium is a curse, a poisonous drug, a soul deetroyer. No amouni of argument ean make it right that its sale shall be legalized by law under a license. Nor ean such a proppsition' be supported on any line of argoment except on a ficti©n.