Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03

80 Stsb uI Iecenoer last.
as PIP insed, in. c 0 daal c With the a.
} ttr Ter llory. Sd liassf Douglas coun
4, bY the sf:bsLal IA. : sing. saaa,y bu.
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On he 18th day OF December. I CALI,
II The Executive Office. and enquired :,
7Ee Governor # tie aTpoinIm n lad -
g rtifea - him BY the elsrksof, ,heycOun.v
3ribaaal. He repEedEshsts;t had. H..
respectfully requested that he would e,ps.
ti,e commission to>be rnaleroo,-as soo,,.
2essbls. aaspg st tee same time as,
reason for The request, that had under.
Stood that there were many wfiis Thai o,,,,r.
TO be served at once, and llaflhere was,,
that time no officer in the county 10 ~.
cute taeui.- he Governor appeared =.
.to.appfeeiate the force ef. these re.so,o,.I
Iahdee+eni Betrayed some exeitemen, !, ~
Suggestions I had made, In The eours.o or
a rather warmI conversation that enspsa
he seid-4f Befora make this appo;D,.
ment. l wish toisnosvh ,phetGer you ,ni.aa
20 act iniaieql2y to nae o.. not" Iexpress.
ed my surprise at the question. and said
that its seemed to me to imply that he de.
sired 10 Impose conditions upon ms befsre;
he discharged a duty required Of him bv
the lssv.elif, such was his meaning, had
only, TO .sa 70 that IN executing the Office 10.
which1 had been appoiated5 I should en-.
.deavor TO be guided only by my oath. and
BY my duty, and whilst did this, should
pay no regard to hiiH,s his wishes. or his
opinions. The eehveFsa,ioa Continued for
some time longer, and at the close of il,
he said the commission Should be made
out between tia; time and the next day.
Some days after, having heard nothing
from The Guverlor, wrote bim NOE
formally demanding my commission. nd
inform ng him that in case OF refusal,I
should be constrained to use legal means
to compel him.tof sue it.
Before sending. it, however, learned
from R. H. Bennett that in an interview
he lad had with the GovernorI he lad been
informed By linn that lie fthe iGovsrpor)
had understood that was aboatapplyinc
Tor a mdR9Gaaas. that thiswas unnecpssa-
~ as he lad never Intended 10 refuse 10
i>sLe, lie commission. and. tia, he1ropfd
huve itei't ms promise tut for The al tsenceg
oil ti'e Secretary Of the. T,rritory. adding
that as soon as the Secretary returned the
commission Should be rliadc out. Hearing
tllis, l delayed sending the letter till the
23til, seieA (t!ie Secretary having return.
ed on The 26ih) / mailed it, merely add.
ing postscript, shying that sEouIa with
out further delay, pursuso the course l had
ia the letter. have never received any
reply 10 thar lv;t2r. - 20. - 80 :. :,
l now connect 1qtllea fart ofatle k4teri
whi3ii Charges me, upon the. information
OF " nnanyrespecia'sie ciiIzeas. .ofSLecomp-a
ION and q Douglas copnlly'r' With having
been engaged in several fights, shooting
scrapes, Sc. The only shooting affair in
which have ever been engaged in nv
lie, occurred on tle 5lh of December.
eleven days before my appointment blythe
Co,nniiss toner's. Court, when the facts were e
as notorious os they have ever been since. =
and therefore could moi have been alleged
by many good ci,izens.' or by smenbeis
of the tribahat from which 4 received ny
appointment" as a reason why / should
not be conmiss stoned BY the Governor.
For if il was Justification of the Gov
ernor, to whom the laws gare no discre-
uon in the matter. InTefusing The commits T
sion, was it not a proper ground for tils
with whom Of course il was en- !
TREY discretionary, 10 have refused ts q
make the appointment? Th g only other
affair to which the Governor could, pessi- 7
bly, have alluded. occurred on the 26tt Of
December, afzer my first demand Cor my
commission, and after such- a delay rs
amounted TO refusal, and .eannet, shere-
fore, be assigned as stbe use Of liias re-.
'usal. Although do net nov design TO
90 into defense ,of.wI,at Idid upon these
occasions, yet l Will merely SAT- that Ihaye
never at any time shrunk from a |. q i in
and am nov filing 10 submi
ny conduct to the desisien of aidry of my
conscious that / haze only. .ex-
,reised the right Of every freeman 70 de-
end his reputation aud person. aud that ]
an subs;antia,e dis by testimony Hiisaslh
To the other grossly Injurious personal
reflections of The Governor, have at this
Hne, no reply to make; not regarding
myself as accountable 10 him for my offi-f
;Ial or personal condaes, I shall enter into
neither explanation or 5delence.s9I shall
lowese er, not have much fear Of The jndg.
ncnl Of that portion of the Iutlic to which
either Ills Excellency. John W. Geary. or
myself IS known. zaaa bio 8 zaset ss9
am, GenlIeInen. a. a - ~ -. ss.az