, 1857-04-10

/ II permitting a rep, ton OF tie outrage.
In, uajority OF The re pie oi the county oi al
palii,- and ~ des nj liticdl oluun. were p'tscn'
ihcu ana 4 the -u's, qen' meeting. There wa, not
single dissenting voice rsi-td upon Tie res " ~
cund, mining the Governor nor smonc the v'lunl''r'
Ieiong tn The CpUuiy. then in tie hgld nor d" W.
IC'icye he finds single defer der The for bf'u-hl
into cuuIt was lrm distant portion Of the Ter tory
AVID many 81 Il mem ot- WCIr Ci1tn> 81 Greg. d.
Even among them, many optniy expressed Their az
gust at the seNisc. The critical condition ol The
lrdian war nj th- time mry Ne j9drtd from TIE TACT
that two whole companies 81 VoluItCcrs under CON
mgrd of lictteualt C.l ucl have teen keIt ior 2
fortnight laying in wait MT for enemies, but i"r
courts Of justice, tor as we just now learn the same
ptr orinau6e T. cugciiug ut q yWIi IL.
In cor. u-nn, We m1.t declare Our honest belief ar
citizens of Washington Territory, that the nmCd"te
removal or Governor Scycns from '!iCe is absolute y
fcqUi-itc fordhe peace and safety Of this commaHity
or naturally artoeart ard dririuoeT'rg cnA'l'r T.
nt toyDrWeening aU' III n. md even un~crdrH1HS ~
the Icqui tie l. eject his objects, he has ee
fuIthcr iniaued hy the immodelate use Of ardent
spr,ts ard IN h- ft- Of intoNicAton knows no bound
to his language or his actions Standing ie'p'n-l r
for orr statements We place them in yoar hands tn e
used "a you may thiLk oNptdeEt; and are withlcr'
Your ol cdept servants.
GEORGE GIBBS
Il. A. GoLrSBoR0uGH.
Hen. SECRETARY Or STAT,
beshngton City.
As will be perceived hy the closing SEN
tencc of the first paragraph, they are in
duced 10 address the Secretary at length
merely because they understand that Chief
Justice Lander does not intend to report
this matter" Their motive in doing so is
simply their desire ostensibly, to see the
laws faithfully executed, aud which they
represent have been egregiouSly violated
by the executive But We surmise that
such is not their least wish. Were such
statement Of affairs required, it is our opin.
ion it should have emanated from the "Chici
Justice" himself, as this matter would prop
erly come under the purview of his appoint
ment. Yet as they understand" that he
docs not intend to report this matter,
these onicious gentlemen rClanieer to give a
detail of transpircd events, which otherwise
might have remained hidden, and their
Nmes gone to the grave in obscurity. As
it is, it will probably be perpeiuated in
memory oniy in this coanection-with mar
tial law.
To show the ingenuity Of their maneuv.
ers, let the reader but carefully peruse he
third paragraph, and We believe they will
come 10 like conclusion with ourselves E:
that they endeayor to prejudice the Secre.
tary before even pretending 10 Sire facts.
They come to the grave conclusion that
he (Slcvens,) has been actuated by an ar
rogant and unbridled love of power y and,
further, that in arriving at this opinion,
they "do so adviscdly, upon an intimate
knowledge Of the man since his first arriva
in the territory" We stand ready to adj
nit that whatever they knew of the execu.
tive, was from "hiS first arrival in the ter.
ritory." They undoubtedly were among
the rery first to pay him homage. Ap-
pointed by the governor as clerks, &C., in
the Indian service of this territory--ap.
pointments which gave but little satisfac.
ton, as our readers in this vicinity are well
aware, and did but little credit to the gov.
ernor, save in the ability Of one, learned in
the Indian vocabulary and tongue, 10 com.
petenlly perform his duty-and retained
IN this position until the public voice dc.
manded their removal, their fawRiag dis
position and bearing toward this arrogant
parsonage was truly sickening to the COM
munity. But at the very moment the
hand that has fed them is withdrawn, the
tables are turned, and base ingratitude as
stris its sway We have referred to these
facts solely and aloae to show that person.
al enmiiy, originated as heretofore stated,
are the basis Of all the hatred OF these men.
After lengthy detail of events which
led to the proclamation of martial law by
the e&esatve, in oil which they arc unable
TO fud anything to Justify him for SO doing,
and in some LearRed illusions to treason,
and the proper trihGH,l by which it. Should
be judged, 1--WE have no doub; Secretary
Marcy will be thankful for the legal opin,
ion of these gentlemen, they boldly, in sub
stance, assert thatit was contrary to law
and unnecessary The former point must OF
course be deemed as settled by the decision
of the president, as contained in the letter
Of the Secretary Of the State Department,
in which he says, while the president does
not bring into Qustoa the motives by which
you were actuated, he is induced, by an i'm.
peratiye sense of duty, 10 express his dis
approval of your conduct, so far as respects
tie proclamation of martial law" We
shall conceal nothing neither for or against
Yet We must and do insist, as the senior cd,
iior of this paper has done from the first,
that necessity, with an eye to the public wei
fare, furnished full and ample justification
JDou this ground have we ever insiiIied