, 1857-07-03
KuItiSS SkOOkum.

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tains letter from this importantly parsonage,
in which large amount of bilingsgate is
attempted to be thrown upon that old hero
of democracy, Hon. SETH CArIIN. The
man whose name heads this article, as call
ed by those acquainted with him, is "KuL-
rus" SrRoNG, in juxtaposition to the honest
Strongs in our territory The name is well
merited, for he is just exactly very kul-
liss." During our short experience in the
territory, We have never known a man so
impertinent as the aforesaid kaltiss hon.
Jre.
The impertinent and unmanly manner in
which this would-be-somebody pitches into
Gov. STEVENS and the venerable SETH
CATLIN alluded to, on the occasion of an
address delivered by the former at Month
cello in June last, is well worthy of the
head. and heart Of the miserable kultiss"
pup who made it. We ask our readers to
look with an unbiased eye upon that hardy
old pioneer to our shores, 81, CArIIN-who
participated in state councils before his ar
rival here who has reached an age when
anxiety for Office has been obliterated-
who has no selfish ambition to crafty.
Look at him, fellow-citizens, with one foot
on the verge Of the grave and the other
Il
fastly following-he who has served you in
your territorial councls-who for honesty
and probity of character, has no superior,
and then will you, we ask, suffer to go unre
buked the foul aspersions of contemplate
pettifogger-have it said Of you, that
Judge CArLIN must sink, whilst his calum-
niator shall swim and laugh at the destruc-
ton he has wrought? No, frccmen Of
Washington territory, you that lsnol0 that
good old man,-the storms that he has
struggled with-the perils that he has sur
mounted, have too much Of an honest
heart to sanction the abuse heaped upon
him by the press of Steilacoom, heretofore,
and in the present instance, than to give
the most severe rebuke to those who have
attempted to cast reproach upon his grey
hairs. And who is the calumniator Of this
good old man and our democratic nomi-
nee for congress? Echo answers, who
As we have been informed he is a contempti-
bic. impertinent two-penny pettifogger who
resides at Monticello, whose only virtue is
that be has got a suficiency of brass in
his face to establish an insurance Office,
and il he failed, it would not be in conse-
quence of lack of capital. We ask the
people Of the county to which he belongs,
are you going to give your support to a
man who has weathered the trials and pri-
vations Of an overland trip across the
plains. for the purpose of tying up the con-
tineIta&ith bands of iron-who has endur.
ed every species Of privation for the good
of our beloved union-who has encounter
ed every kind of obstacles-who, when the
late Indian war broke out, through the
people themselves, procured provisions and
supplies Of all kinds, and, too, without a
dollar in the treasury Of the territory to re-
munerate them for the supplies thus furn-
ished-who throughout the whole campaign
eyinced a sagacity equal to the require
ments Of the people-who knew every day
the amount os scrip that he was required to
sign, and did not know bat that next morn
ing his scalp might be placed on q pole
around which the sayages might have
amused themselves in war dance?
After all these things, (and who will
deny their truth p who will say that Mr.
ABERNErHY is the best man we can send
to congress to procure a liquidation of the
right indebt dness due our territory by the
general government during the period the
Indian war lasted !? What does Mr. AB-
ERNETHY know of the different claims for
services and otherwise, held by our citizens
for duties performed in the field, for beef,
whilst those citizen soldiers were tented on
White river, Puyallup, or elsewhere-for
clothing, whilst pursuing their toilsome
journey over mountain or plain? We
make the general enquiry, would it be as
likely that person to whom had been en-.
trusted the important aud delicate duty ol
governor and superintendent of Indian af
fairs in foreign territory, would not know
more of the people generally, who has had
the experience as aforesaid-who has stud
: led their character and understands their
5 disposition We ask, would not the first
) mentioned man be more likely to secure to
every individual the amount that is due
him by government, than by man who
during our whole Indian troubles never
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