, 1856-04-25
CoyELANp. March lS. |

in that self-renowned "whig" (the fuson)
organ, styled the Puget Sound Courier, an
article under the caption of " STEVENS Il
Co." and signed 80" cohmniationg and
denouncing the political actions OF his eX.
celleney, Gov. Stevens, from the date OF
his arrival in Washington Territory up to
the present time, in such terms as are un-
worthy of publication through the medium
of q public press, and disgrace to the
moor, unIettered hind that indited the ar
ticle that follows under the above caption,
the author, though unworthy the name,
charges Gov. STEVENS, Of having sown the
seed of war, in every trail, and in every
footprint, that he has followed or made in
forming treaties with the Indians within
our country. Is this true? or is it false?
We leave to the candid and unprejudiced
citizens, we care not to what party they
may belong, the response; but we sincerely
believe that the authors own conscience
smote him when he gave birth to the as
sertion, and told him that it was false as
false can be.
Let US view the character Of Governor
Stevens, both in a gubernatorial light, and
as superintendent of Indian Affairs in
Washington Territory, since the date of
his advent up to the present time. Imme-
diately on his arrival in Olympia in 1858,
worn out and futigued, as he was from the
arduous duties which were incumbent upon
him to discharge as an explorer and sur
yeyor Of a National Rail Road route from
the east to this country, he set himself
busily to work, both mentally and physic-
ally, by night and by day, in making pre-
parations for treating with the aborigines
Of the country in the ensuing spring. For
some mouths subsequent to the date of his
arrival, settlers were rapidly spreading over
the territory, and the busy sounds Of labor
were seen and heard on every hand, though
upon lands claimed by the natives of the
soil, and to which, of course, they had
legitimate and equitable claim, and claim
that no American citizen would diVeSt
them of without a due compensation there
for Governor Stevens, with his eagle-eyed
vigilance, saw at once the necessity of
treating at an early day with the Indians
in order to avert contentious between them
and the settlers not that he thought that
such would occur, for the natives evinced
the most friendly relations towards their
white brethren at that time, but the Gov
ernor, ever awake to the interests Of the
territory, fact that has always charae-
terized him since bis advent in our midst,
and knowing full well the duty reposed in
him. and the obligation be owed the cti-
zens Of this territory, and especially the
primitive claimants of the land, he set out
early in the spring with his plans wisely
laid, and well matured for forming treaties
with the different bands or tribes through
out our borders and suffice it to say that
he succeeded beyond the expectation Of
every citizen in the territory. The plans
he1ollowed in treating with the tribes upon
the lower Sound, were well devised and
'admirably carried out, as all conceded at
the time of his treaties. His chief forte
seemed to be to deal Justly with the Indi
ans, and by all means, to pay them liber-
ally and fairly for the lands they ceded to
the United States He also used every
means that bis ingenuity could possibly
suggest, TO have impaired to the Indians
the nature, the character and the object of
the grand council at Walla-walla, Il
make this assertion and stand prepared to
prove it.) He furthermore, gave them to
satisfactorily understand the weight and
the responsibility of the treaty stipuldtiOHs,
by and between themselves and their great
father, the President of the Unitd States,
and they left the treaty ground well
pleased, as those present will testify. If
their tHDl-tWMs have kcaIipied it has arisen
through misunderstanding men, who have
sought, and still seek TO villify Governor
Stevens, and to engulph the country in a
long and bloody war This has became
the ultimate result, and no doubt real, pri-
mary cause of the existing war; not Gov
Stevens, as "76" hypocritieally asserts, or
from the natural Inference drawn, but by
traitorous men, whose chief aim is to des-
troy the present administration.
From the spleenishness evinced by "76n
towards Gov. Stevens, because, perhaps,
he has removed some two or three persons
from certain positions and given place to
others, to the end that the public interests
might thereby be the better subserved, we
are naturally led to infer that he, "76" has
at some time Of very recent date, applied
to the Governor for captains commits
sion in the volunteer corpse, and it has
not been granted him. And why2 "76v
will reply because he is a whig Not so,
my dear fellow; the fact is simply this,
"16 y you, doubtless, "a and Of yOurself,
constituted company Of II men, rank
and file, and, on the Governor being ap
prised Of the fact, could not consistently
grant you the request Obi thou veritable
a16," thy magnitude in stature reminds
me Of the adage ! once heard used when
boy, "thst the greater the ass, the loud
er can he bray'-very apropos, conceive,
to the late article in that gassing Courier
Of Feb. 29th, which emenated from thy
gifted pen.
We have you spotted 40" as we'll as
some Of your concomitants who assist you
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