, 1856-06-27

will triumph, and he will be driven with
discontinue from all and every unworthy
and untenable position, which his arrogance,
malice, and hostility to his countrymen has
stimulated him to take.
Gen. Wool, at the time of writing tbat
letter. had not visited the seat of war y
He has never visited the seat of war in
southern Oregon; he had not been within
thirty miles Of the locality Of Indian depTe.
datlons in northern Oregon and southern
Washington territories; and he never has
travelled five miles III even any distaBcel
into the interior Of Puget Sound country.
mat country Is laid desolate and the m
habliants murdered BY barbaroua hands.
Southern Oregon is the same; and we feel
Justified in the assertion that had not the
brave volunteers met tbe blood-thirsty
hordes which carried utter devastation and
bloOodshed where ever they went, that the
Willamette valley, in Oregon, would also
have been made the scene Of human butch
cry and the country laid waste.
Gen. Wool may talk and write as he
pleases he may prefer as many charges
as his added brain is capable Of conceivine
he may cause delay in the payment Of
the just claims on Government Of a brave
and patriotic people but be will iud that
Truth crushed to earth viii rise aQ.in;
The eternal years Of God are hers
While ESToT, tooindhd, tDritlss n poia,
And dies amid her WorshipersL"
Let Gen. Wool explain the cause Of the
taking and burning Of the Cascades in
March last, within thirty miles Of Fort
Vancouver, in which from twelve TO fifteen
Of its inhabitants were murdered. Lat him
answer why be forbid Mai. Rains 10 com
plete block-houses there | Let him answer
why he let the Indians take and retain
possession for tipe this key TO all his fu-
ture operations east of the Cascade noun
tains These are questions which the,
people-whom be traduces in the pIenitude
OF assumed wisdom-would like to have
him answer.
He never visited the Cascades until the
town was destroyed and It's inhabitants
murdered, at which time it Is said be show.
ed much contrition, and wept and ac-
knowledged he had been mistaken in rela-
tion to this war. He has paid flying
visit To- the Dalles and asidefrom that he
is at this time really as ignorant as child
In practical knowledge Of our geographical
position, or the nature and number Of the
enemy we have to contend with. The old
man is evidently in his dotage, and It would
be equally an act Of kindness to him, as
well as an act Of justice to this coast, to
GIL his position with an officer who is Ell
cient, and one who will not make war on
those he Is sent to protect aud one who,
instead OF wasting all his sympaihies upon
the savages, will have the courage to feht
them, and defend the country.
Gen. Wool charges the people of Ore
gon and Washington Territories with high
crimes and misdemeanors which charge,
if true, would consign us all to infamy, in
the estimation Of any Government or any
rational people. unfortunately his charg-
es against US are FALSE, damnably false.
He cannot prove bis bare-faced assertions
against our people.
We charge Gen. Wool, in the name of
the sovereign people OF Oregon and Wash
ington Territories, with deeds Of omission
and commission in this unhappy war ;
whose rights and liberties he has disre-
garded and jeopardized and whose coun-
try when laid waste aud made desolate BY
a savage foe-he has sympathized with the
the foe, and laughed at our calamities, and
Knocked when our fear and desoIaiion came.
We charge him with having betrayed
his public trust, and dishonOred the Ma.
tional character Of his country.
We charge him with violation of the
eternal laws Of justice in waging war
against our citizens, and Of extenuating the
wrongs Of the murderers Of the white race.
In the name Of human nature we charge
him with outraging, insulting, and iRjuring
the whole people, regardless Of condition,
age or sex, by bis supercilious attempt TO
prevent justice, and falsify our struggling
people, and in making statements with
reference thereto, which the most reckless
should blush to own. ~