, 1855-08-03


MAN, as traitor 10 your country and 10 youy
God This is the end.
This is the way that | went in, and now
you shall see the way that came ont. AZ
ter being in there awhile thought-no |
didn't Miat-I knew that it was completely
under tiles control, and was conducted by
the wings, and / set about finding ont what
was sought to be accomplished by them
tand as | enjoyed the confidence of certain
whig members, Il guess they are sorry of it
now l soon found it out, and what was it
Would you believe it ? They ,e0nted all the
democratic rOtes for their delegate 10 Congress,
and the election Of a maj0riiy of rhigs to The
merit Legislature. Who ever heard Of such
presumption? | must say that | was sur
priscd-I was aStoniShcd-not at their
wants, but that they should so soon under
take to practice such deception, believing as
. | did, that their hader was more shrewd
politician, and that he understood human
\ nature better. All old fellow, YOU are
pretty Slrewd but you amt as slrcwd as
/ thought you were. | remained in the order
until | found who it was they desired to
have elected, and how they inteuded TO
bring this about, and then withdrew. As
soon as concluded to withdraw, address
ed the President and members note Inform
| ing them of few of the reasons why !
wished to withdraw. 1t was wor+ed-in the
plural, and before presenting it'll SHOW ed it
to nearly all Of tlA dcmocratic\ members of
the order in Olympia, and eight 4f them sub
scribcd their names under mind (By the
way, have few remarks t0/ make to u
certain few who refused to sign the paper,
before am done with this. On the night
of their meeting / went in and presented the
note myself. - They refused to grant our re-
quest upon the reasons set forth in. the note.
Five Of us were present, and we We're deter
mined to get ont Of it any how, 50 we then
made verbal requests, and they could not do
any other way than grant them, although l
have no doubt they were unwilling to do so.
However, before presenting it, drew OIL a
copy, and that you may all know what
said to the order, will give it publication.
Here it is:
OLYMPIA, June 25th, 1855.
TO The President and members # Pine Wig-
aoam, No.
GENTLEMEN-Belieying that the objects
of your order have been misunderstood by
us and its tendencies miSapplied, and that
its organization in this place WAS mainly for
the promotion of corrupted wings and whig
Notwithstanding as we do, that an at
tempt has been made to whecdle the demo-
cratic portion Of the order inte the support
of the whig candidate for delegate to CON
greSs and mdjOriiy of wings to the next
legislature from this couuty-and having he
come fully satisfied that the order itself is
ant-democratic, being pfoscriptive in its
character, consequently dangerous to the
welfare Of our common country
Believing us we 10, that by our further
connection with your order, that we will be
compelled to forsake all our former political
rights and preferences. and adopt those Of
an unsteady and deceilfat character, which
is more than liable TO lead US estray and es-
TRANCE us from that policy of governmental
affairs that we have ever found to be the
most sound and correct. .Iff..-.
We therefore ask and request that our
names be erased of of your books, and that,
too, in such manner that it will never be
known to the order that we were once mem
bers Of it, or that we entertain any sympa-
thy for the organization.
We have no desire at present to sell our
political birth-right for the advancement Of
the principles Of that party for which we
have ever held an aversion, nor for the emu
lation of any man or class of men who we
know to be totally disqualified to fill Offices
Of trust.
You have our decided permission to erase
our names from your books, and henceforth
we will knotO nothing of your secret plOttings
that will not meet with our most determined
opposition.
(Signcd,) URnAN E. Hicks,
--.--. and eight Others.