, 1857-06-12
bid. Cen. Geo. GIbbs.


iains a lengthy epistle Of the above named
parsonage, To tie Citizens Of Washing
ton TsrriiOry," in answer to his and Mr..
GoLDsBoROUGH's letter to secretary MARCY,
published in this paper Of April 10th. Up
on the merits Of that celebrated and iRiqui
fons letter, we win not stop here at this
time to discuss. The masses Of the peo-
pic who have read Il, have already passed
Judgment upon It. That the object Of il
was to throw OblOquy upon the volunteer
service, and 10 procure at once the imme-
diate removal Of Gov STEVENS, all uubiass-
cd minds cannot fail to see. That in that
letter an effort was made 10 the end that
the volunteer service might be totally eclip-
sod BY the regulars. and that the military
skin and ability Of Gov. STEVENS was to
be thrown entirely in the shade by the sa-
gacity Of the officers Of the regulars. in
the conduct Of the war, is most amply man
iiest. Brig. Gen. GIBBs, (Of the militia, }
who never deigned to risk his precious
life in the field Of danger in the late disas-
trous Indian War-who, on no occasion
that We are aware Of, endeavored TO streng-
then the hands Of the volunteer defenders
Of our territorial honor-who reached our
shores, not as o citizen immigrant, but as
an attache 10 q regiment Of regulars, has
always been regarded, as far as we have
heard an expression, as q devotee rather
TO the regular army service, than as eiii-
zen Of The Territory. Is II to be wonder.
ed at, then, that he, at the date Of bis let
ter 70 secretary NANCY, MAY llth, 1856, y
should not have considered himself, in duty
bound, 70 become a tOady to Gen. Wool
an adheraut Of the traducers Of our coun-
tTy. citizens, and citizen soldiers, and the
more particularly, as we understand, at
the date Of his his letter to the state do
partment, he occupied q prominent pay po-
sition in the service Of the regulars at Fl.
Stellacoom. At the same time being the
legal brigadier general Of the militia Of
the territory. The least he could have
dore, under the circumstances, as VIC think,
would have been to take up arms in de-
ftna Of the honor Of our volunteers and
citizens, rather than enroll himself under
the colors Of our territorial iraducers
That the tendency Of the letter to which
We have referred, could have no other ef-
feet, (if any at all,) than to prOcrastinate
the payment Of our war Indebtedness, we
win continue to demonstrate, from time to
time. until the election. We willsay moth
ing further about it at this time, but pro-
coed to notice some things, briefly. contain
ed IN Gen. GrBBs circular " To tAs Citiseas
Of Wdshington Territory"
The indecent and irrelevant iling cast at
The present senior Of this paper, we throw
back with the enquiry" HOlO do you find
yoursslfr 1t matters very little to the
community ? and we presume that the world
would stin have wagged on comfortably to
the last Of time, IL the names Of ourselves,
or that Of GEN. GEO. GBDs had never
been heard Of "PnR he beam out of thine
oion eys," &C., is an admonitiOn with which
many should become familiar. 1t is much
more easy to sec errors in others than cor
rect them in ourselves but no more Of
this, at tkis fine.
The eleetiOneering circular of General
GBBs, published in the number Of the Re
Publioan referred to, is but an ingenious at
tempt to enlist the supporters Of tho dem
ocratic nominee for Congress into an open
support Of the legality Of the declaration
Of martial law by Gov STEVENS, 10 March
1856. The hook is baited with stale ma
terial His friends will not bite at at il.
No one Of his friends that we have heard
of-nOt even the democratic nominee him
self, has ever rested the question Of its
proclamation, save on the ground of an
apparent absolute noosssity, for the preserve
tiOn Of the lives and property of the in
habitants Of the territory,
The taHnt Of Gen. GIBBs cast upon the
Pisneer and Democrat" as being the
ebteial organ Of Gov. STEVENS, at Olympia" i"
U.
issimply ridiculous and incomprehensibIe );
but, passing on, we 6nd that he is deter
mined that he has nothing to explain
away or take back in any of the commun-
ieatiOns [hel has made 10 secretary
MARCY" What an astounding assurance!
But nov, the hook is in your gills. Hope
that the Gen. will not send a copy Of bis
decision to the state department. Here
follows a long paragraph, in vindication
Of his letter to the state department,