, 1857-06-12

AS to the vindication Of Gov. Stevens which has
been referred to, signed by so many citizens II Is
hardly necessary to speak here
Every body knows with what facility signatures
are obtained TO memorials where payment OF money
is not required and under the excited state OF the
public mind at the time, Il Is hardly wonderful that
that very curious production, with is very qualified
certificate Of good character, and the moderate prayer
with which it concluded should have received many.
But il Is fact that signatures obtained to that
paper at least In this county under false misrepre
sentations. II is also fact that Gov. Stevens EN-,
ployees most industriously circulated and solicited
signatures to it, and finally it is true that the majority
Of those who signed IT, in other parts Of the territory
could not know anything about the necessity OF the
case, II necessity could justify it."-Gensrai
Gibbs Circular in last Republican.
The above extract is not only ancient
alien and sedition law, blue-light, Hartford
convention federalism, but it is a direct in
suit to every man who signed the yindica-
tions sustaining Gov. STEVENS in the mat
ter Of his declaration and enforcement Of
martial law, numbering near one thousand
of our population What better evidence
need be adduced Of the federalism Of Gen.
GIBBS than the above extract? But all
who know him intimately are well aware that
he glories in the name of feaeralist. The
extract quoted, bears all the ear-marks of
that code which AYERS, that man is not cap
able of selfgoVernment that the masses
are rabble, who do not reason for them
selves-ready and willing at all times to
do anything that those loho think for them
might suggest. Such, freemen of Wash
ington territory are the views of Gen.
GIBBS, one of the revilers Of our democratic
candidate for congress.
FellOt0-citizenS in the language Of the
extract above, is it true that everybody
knows with what facility signatures are OBJ
tained to memorials where the payment Of
money is not required ?" Is money the con-
sideration whether you do, or do not sign
memorials2 ? Can you be bribed to sign me-
MORALS, or eau you be induced not to sign
memorials for q moneyed consideration,
contrary to your own convictions Of right
and justice Can you be intimidated into
the signing of memorials? Do you usually
sign memorials without knowing their pur.
port? And yet such charges against your
Intelligence and integrity, are justly to be
inferred from the extract quoted And
again, the inference is clear from the ex.
tract, that "under the excited state of the
public mind" you could be induced to sigu
documents Of which you know nothing
In short, that in signing the vindication'
referred to, 7ou were not responsible fol
your own acts ! Federalism Federal
ism |
We know Of scores of citizens of thu
territory who were anxious to sign the win
dicatiOn" alluded TO, but at the time it wa
in circulation did not have an opportunity
so to do. Such persons, then, and thos,
who did subscribe to the vindication,
are all fools and those who refused to aft,
their names thereto, constitute all the learn
ing, all the intelligence and all the decenc,
in the territory. Such, fellow citizens, W,
consider fair construction of the ideas o
Gen. GIBBS, the federalist, and biographe
of John Adams.