, 1857-04-10


ik, whether they really hrleve "'hat the
immediate removal of governor Stevens
from Office is absolutely requisite for the
peace and safety of this community" And
would they not feel rather Rot should the
governor nat be removed, and "the commu-
ni,y" stiIl found to be " safe y And as
for the concluding sentCncc-thc expiring
breath of this production, in which they
charge "the executive with the imThodera'e
use of ardent spirits !" that 'in his fits OF
lintoxication he knows no bounds TO his Ian
cunge or to his actions is Il charge so low
flung and dirty, lhat none others have been
found so low and mcnal as to accept the
I Job Of rendering the information to the de-
partment. Be this charge true or untrue,
we could not and would not undertake to
defend the governor, or any other man,
against such imputations. BY his conduct
and official acts he is responsible to the de-
partments at Washington alone, and by
them he must either sink or SWIM We
shall not undertake personal defence of
the governor only so far as that defence
shall be for the public good Yet we had
supp osed h! to be about as fit place in
which to nculcate and preach morality, as
is one of the authors Of this letter ft to dis
course upon temperance and the abuse of
liquor. It is a drunken slur, so far as he
is concerned, having IL, origin in drunken
brain.
We will now dismiss this first production,
and proceed to their secoad, dated May
10Th, 1856, an extract from which we give
below =
! We arc positively assured, by persons belonging
to the volunteers that the report has been circulated
among them that unless they sustain Gov. stevens IN
his course they will be dshonoabv dis harg ged and
will receive no ply. Humiliating ait i to believe
that such m tive can actaatc men in supporting
oppression and usurpaton, we fear that it has done
so. 1t is oar intention tp keep yon advised Of the
progress of events here and especially the issues OF
this star chamber tribunal. We seriously fear that
bloodshed must result from the Governor seconrse,
and ure yo1 that you cannot too much hasten to
supersede him.
The extreme malignity of GIBBS and
GoLDsDoRouGH, here exhibited, We hold up
TO public Indignation. They have falsely
and malciousy illuminated the executive,
the volunteers, and the people of the terri
tory. Our citizens know and are aware of
all the facts Such as sustained the.gov-
ernor, who signed yindications in his Behalf,
know whether they were aetuated by such
motives as are above charged. No man
throughout the The territory was threatened
TO be dishonorably discharged, or denied
his scrip, in case he refused to sign the me-
MORALS sustaining martial law, aud GIBBS
and GoLDsBoRoUGH knew it when they
penncd the lie TO Mr.. Marcy. The public
meeting q, Olympia was got up and at
le ded by the citizeus, and not by persons
in the public employment, and GIBBS and
GoLDsBoRouGH knew it.
These charges against the executive,
both personally and officially are known by
the people of this territory to be naked and
false. The memorials sustaining martial
law were the spontaneous expression of the
people, signed by large majority of our
citizens in all portions Of the territory
even in the county Of Pierce, the deliberate
cmanation of oar best and most judicions
citizens, and not the behests Of deSpOt.
1t can be proved by sworn testimony, that
the memorial referred to by GIBBS aud
GoLDsBoRouGH, were sent to Seattle toahOaL
the knowledge of the executive. Should
it be required at our hands We will endeavor
to procure it. But why have these memo
rials never been sent TO the Senate? Why
are they held back in the archives of the
departments ?
In the trying scenes Of the Indian war,
those who fought for the terriory-those
who maintained her integrity and honor
those who managed the business in all its
details with economy and incorruptibility,
are not TO be'whislled down the wind by
such despicable knaves, who left their coun-
try for their country's good who by their
acts aud life have shown themselves simply
10 be waits on the coast, ut the service OF
any persons who will pay their price, at
this, aud for long time past, in the en-
poy Of Gen WOOL at salaries larger than
many of our best men, vastly their supe-
riorS are receiving in scrip. Aud whilst up
on this subject Of salaries, and the exorbit-
ant prices represented to have been paid
to employees in the volunteer department,
We wish simply to state that We know of
at least twO individuals at this time ell
poyed as clerks in the service, who one
year since thought this war was virtually