A Proposition (1861)

[Correspondence of the Pac. Com. Advertiser]

Source: The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. Honolulu: June 27, 1861

Americans residing at the Hawaiian Islands, being unable to defend the Union by personal efforts, might do something towards crushing the revolt and treason at home by other means. Those who have seen Jeff Davis must be aware that he id gifted with a long, learn and altogether splendid neck to fasten a noose to; but being also of a slim and lean build, he will be apt. eel-like, to slip from the grasp of the rope. Therefore, it would be expedient to rid the country of him by some other means, and a purse of $1000 or more should be offered to the man who delivers the arch-traitor for trial at Washington or New York. As a nest egg, $100 is subscribed by
                                                                                                  TEXAS.

Honolulu, June, 1861.