, 1857-02-27
Gov. SIeveas nnd lls lev EOrk TrIbune.

paper q letter from Gov. STEVENS to the
editor the New York Tri6unc, contained il
a number Of that paper dated January 5th
and received by the last Express, in answer
10 q communication signed CLAW AM
oRDrR," dated from Oregon, which appear
ed in a September issue Of that paper
We never published the letter Of "LAW
ASD ORDER." yet many Of our citizens have
seen and read it, and all agree in pronounc
ing Il wicked and deliberate tissue and
detail Of falsehood and Misrepresentation
from beginning TO end. The reply to Il Of
Gov. STEVENS will serve 10 show its general
character.
Il Is well known TO most Of our readers,
that the New York Tribune, Of all other
papers in the Atlantic cities, has heretofore
been the most SludiOusly hostile, and vio-
lently opposed to our late Indian war.
Indeed lis sympathies, to some extent, ap-
peared to be divided, during and since
hostilities, between the negroes Of the
South and "lO ! the poor Indian (2)" Of
this portion Of the Pacific. Every rumor
Of outrage upon the Indian however false,
that reached the ears Of that journal, was
seized upon with avidiiy, clothed to the
best advantage, in the most distorted fea-
tures, and heralded forth, trumpet tOngued,
to speak against the " deep damnation y
Of the unjust, nnholy, inhuman war our
Inhabitants werO WGging against the Ind-
ans in this portion of the Pacific coast.
II was denounced by that journal as a war
having for It's object the determination of
the Indian race, and the wholesale plunder-
ing Of the public treasury. II recognized
our authorities, virtually, as outlaws, rob
bers and murderers, and our citizens as
worse than border rutiaDs," In its tone,
It's temper and general condemnation of
everything pertaining to the war, it went
almost as far as the celebrated letter pub
lished in the Cincinnati Dollar Woekly
Times some months since, signed "PAcIEIc,"
purpOrtiDg to be written in this Territory,
no doubt by oitizen on tho Sound, and
which has caused considerable 6uttering
in certain quarter, fearing the real name
Of said "PAcFIc may chance to be OBJ
tained.
The number Of the Tribune in which
Gov. SrEvESs' letter is Published, contains,
IN connection with il, two columns Of com
ments and although no attempt is made
ct reply to the arguments. or, as gen
'eral object, to eOn,rOvert the statements Of
Gov. s., there is marked letting down "
and hauling or" as compared with its
former course, in inhamatory denunciation
Of the war, the manner Of its prosecution,
&c. The letter Of Gov. STEVENS, or some
other influence. has, it is very evident, pro-
dueed Q marked impression on the mind Of
the editor Of the ThibuHr and although |
he still maintains that il the Indians had
been rightly dealt with, there would have
been no war, he has nevertheless abandon.
ed his pencbant for /" shriekiDg" over it,
and appears 10 be not SO persistentIy obsti-
nate in believing all that Gen. Wool and
his satellites may have written, condemna-
tory Of our authorities and volunteer or
ganizatiou, but taciIly admits that hereto
fore the wool" may have been pulled
over bis eyes, in some measure.
We regret that our space will not per-
nit us to publish the 7ribnnss comments
in full. As We ere thus prevented. how
ever, We propose briefly TO notice the posi-
lions taken, in order that our readers may
be able to determine how much of the
ground assumed is tenable, or in how far
they are in accordance with truth.
The Thbuns predicates its entire argu-
ment as to the injustice Of the war, and
comes to its conclusions from the following
extract Of the late report Of Mr.. NANNY
FESxT, commissioner Of Indian affairs:
1T cannot be disguised that portion Of the vhite
population Of the Pacific Territory entertain feelpes
deeply hostile 70 the Indian tribes Of that region and
are aariOu' for de srteT~inatiOa Of ths Tues."
Now. we are decidedly in favor Of the
doctrine that every tub should stand on its
own bottom and We can speak with
assurance for the farmer, mechanic, lam.
herman, merchant, business man and la
bOrer, Of both Washington and Oregon
Territory, that they are not in favor Of, or
disposed to be agents in "Me erfermiraticn
Of the lIndiaul rac II moy be possible,
that in the gold mines of California and
extreme southern Oregon, "A portion Of
the miners may have thus expressed them
selves concerning the Indians, and this
may be the portion Of the white pOpula-
tiOn Of the Pacific territory" alluded TO in
tbe report Of Mr.. MASSYrEsSr bat We
enaak knOwinoiV whom wa d;sclo;r, -.