Nuhou, Volume II, Number 16, 19 September 1873 — The Attorney General Again. [ARTICLE]

The Attorney General Again.

, Mr. VVhitney, the bookseiler,'who has c!iarge of the CJovernmeitt types, publichcs the f.»llowing remarks; " We ure ini'urmed that Mr. J. Moanauli has written to Mr. (.iibsou, denying the truth of the statement circulated by the latter thafc the Attorney Generai told the mutiueers that if they dld 1101 surrender, foreign intervention would be eolicited. Mr. Moanauli declares Mr. Gibson*s statement tu ue a base falsehood; as every one kuows it is, and knows where it originated. v The Mr. Gibson spoken of, is no doubt tlie editor and proprietor uf tlus journal ; and who says that persoually he does not know anything about the matter, and personally did not" circulate/' the statement referred to. But the Nuhoi* dij publish on the 16th inst., certain words said to have been spoken by the Attorney General; but we did not say, nor are we aware that anybody ever said, that these words were addressed to the 4i mutincers ;** and furthermore Mi\ Moanauli has not said that the statemcnt in respect to the words is a '' bāse falsehood;" but simply that he did. not hear them. Here Mr. Moanauli's letter. Honolulu, JSept. 16, 1873. W'aliek M. GiiiSox, Esq., EdUor of Ihe Nuuoi, Sik ; —in your issue of the Nuuou this morning in an editorial headed 4t The Attorney General } ~ you state that during the mutiny on Tuesday last, Mr. A. F. Judd 3 iii the presenee of Mr. J. Moanauii, a highly respectable ■ and intelligent īlai waiian gentleiuau anu other witnes>es made use uf the following words ; t4 Ina hoomalu ole ia keia l.aunaele, alaila, ua pono e hele mai no o Amevika e hooiualu a huki i ka hae Amerika /' Now ?i »Sir, as I never heai'u suc'n language used by Mr v Judd, and never eommunicated anything of the kind toyou, I am very mueh misrepresented by being alluded to by you as a wituess in the matter. I respectfully ask you to retraet what you have said relative to me in your next issue, as a simple aet of justice. [f not, l shall appeal to the pubhe and exhibit your a«sertious In their tvue \ r Qvy respeetfully, J. Moanaull We never luul the honor. to meet Mx\ Moanauli and to qouverse with hiiu until tlu- day we received this letter, when aeeidentally meetu.iglum on thc sireet, we made ;i remark respeeting the letter we had reeeived. Ue eommeneed the eouversation iu the English language, but was obligcd to eoiuinue it in the Ilawaiiau, on aeeouut of his impcrfeci usc of the forcigu toi\gue, and froiu tlus and otlier evidenees we were well assured, as thc pu\die will tvel that tbe ietter i?igued hy hiiu was not his eompositlon, but the produet of a legal mind, of one probaMy interested in the matter. llo\ve\ v we fclt our>elves obliged to aecept this as a genuine nssuranee ou the jxirt of Mr. Moanauli, and we should have, simply published hi;s staten\ent, and there the matter wovi!d have rested; but this harum Mi\ Whitney, tbo fuglemnn of the Ministers, taunehe> ,out his eharges of ft bn?e R\!sehood "on gvounds that not exls?. and in e;>n>e<juevrev o! lus aetion, we

moie |leeply in the ras«; tiian \ve intendei ; f glve ull t!iC inforruation vre ean on t!ie subje:-t The remarl£.s \ve publi>hfed on TiK.sday, ar I f ~ tributpd to the Attorney General« were to us, written on a frlip of paper. by Mr, T)avī' Malo,; the nephew of the historian Malo. a vc-ry ; tellig(int young Huwalian, and weH edueated in Engli<h lnng«agr*. Tle h(is ufslsted us in t!:=Hawaliau departiuent of tins paper, nnd wo !,w never yet had occas!on to c(oubt the correetne. ; s his information. Before; recelving thi« i.aoia randa of \vords, \ve heard from a large nuniber r natives that the Attorney feeneral had u-e-1 treasonable " (kipi) līis langur g was e-o mueh talked of 3 and believcd In the that \ve should have saii somethīng about •: I o even if \ve had not receWed a written renait :* IP: "i ;■ ■ : r: the words. After the denial by Mr.|Moanauli 3 \ve 5-oiight morc preeise verifleātion of the 6tatcment. weha * published; and obtained ! the following -eti>" irom Mr. Malo. / " j HoNoiiii.l% Sept. 10, IS7*> M. o'lßsfOX, Esq.,| Me ka mahalo:—Oiai \xs ninau mai oe iu*i; m owai }mi la ka loaa, ana o na olelo e pili ana i k Loio Kuhina Judd, i ai raa ka nup»epa Niuou o keia kakahiaka, hoi i haawi aku ai u kou Uma ma kekahi apana pepa. Ke makeunk nei au e hai aku uakakauia ia mau huaolelo e k - kahi kanaka Hawail nona ka inoa o fC Niagua." a o ke koj>e oia mau olelo kau i haawi aku ia Uaiolelo inai oia i fea wa a % u i kojx- aī i v olelo ua like kona lohe ko Mr. J. Moanaulai o laua pu ia wa i oielo ia ai. Kau; kauwa hooioht\ ..-/■K.. DAVPi> Mai .......

f TR A XS L aJT ĪO N' ■ ] . | lloxo|Lrix s Sept. H a/hr M. Giōson> Esy.—Dcar Sir—Slnecjv - abk mc from wheuee I ohtamed the reuii\rktributed to the Attoruej General Judd, wlueli ur=. published in the Ni hoi of t!us a?; 1 whieli I hauded to you \vrjittcu on a *lip of ixqvi I deslre to that thej weie \vnttcn ■ Ilawailan named Xiagara ? aiul I !ianded • copj, 110 said io lue aj the tlme, that he, well ai J. Moaniuili, wero presetu whei r ! ; words wer. tald. Your 01» % t Serv"t, I " ■ •. "1".;-.. " ■ : ■ |: . ; ■'**]' ;1; W> tUcu requested a stateiucnt from 11 or Mr. N. Kekoa, who is jrcferrcd to in the atv»vletter, We will mentiop that Mr. Kekoa i> weil educated Ilawalian, ha> long ; - an a§sistant in a mcdiea! office, «nd i> n >w th Secrtitory or Uis the i*overnoi » r rhi- Ulu\ \ ile \crote to us a$ fo!low^ ! Hox<jurM'» lt>, !^7" H' V Gi!*son-\~si! y —l hu\e t?u words sjx>ken bv Attonicy General Jndd in th this morn\ng. Thcy a\\ N att true, ex<N v the \lronfe ua pono. I wrote do\vn thc*e w.»rdapoken hy Judd while lu s wa* talking to J nauli. r rwo othcrs \tcre \ilth tue and he\vd t*u * nnd f ga\T to T*avid Malo a eop\ . ! ¥ours trnH, N, fo»\ to the t of t!iL<. we K\d vnteiview wlth Mr. Kekon. and w - the t!me we ever hul a cwVersatTon wit % huuJ lle savd t!mt there wew tw\» otlK" pre4n\t who heai\l the \vot\U, and who>e* tc>t v moni" ean v bc prodiuvd If ncedcdi !Ie did n

_jr_Stiry ; " but that ho clcarly understood. frorn thc \ttorni'y Generars remarks. that foreign inter- ■■ .ntion \\ds thxcatcned, aiul'ihe words seemcd so •emarkable that the Secretary wrotc them down . r. ilie time, and areesactly thesameaepublishe<l ? ,v jeh thc ib >vc exception, r\ns coMUL*\tiqn-, as we understand. lookplaee ii ;fuesday 5 , wnen the so-called mutiny was at its within the govcrnßient premiscs, and on stcp-i ncar the entrance to the "Governor ? s 'inee. \-Ve are sorry to have taken up mueh space ,;:th this aflair; "but as the oucsfeion ol' veracity v;is raised so very rudely by '!Mr. \Vhitney, we •uit it ueeessary to go somewhat fully into thē \atter. Tl)e puhlie might wonder why Mr. ■ Vhitney was so forward as to announee .a deriial iy Mr. Moanauli before anything was published; •ut they must remember that thc latter has a rela'ive engaged on W/s paper, whieh circumstanec :..iay have had somc inĀuenee 6n the course takcn, ! f the public, and more especially the Attorney •' .eneral (against whom we havc no grounds for :; ny personal animosity) feel that this afiair has •'•een rather unpleasant-]y stirred up, and rnade so aueh of, lct them thank Mr. Whitney, who is oontinually launching out language. without ap;reciating its bearing, or its consequences. We ? 'andy no epithefs. but leave our plain st'atement, ■nā the'Ci?tmiate of our. veraeity, with an intellipub]ie.' ■