, 1859-06-03
That aMask.p-A few weeks since. /

That "MaSk."-A few weeks since, in
noticibg q communication or two that had
appeared n the Puget Sound Herald, we
took occasion to soy that "our amiable CO
temporary had doGed his assumed garb OI
neutrality and would enter the canvass in
The support Of the opposition candidate,
Col. WALLACE, for the delegateship." For
thus expressing ourself, the Herald Of the
9th ult., says we have "fouOd mares
nest"-.nre extraordinarily sagacious y
says the Herald was never pledged to neu-
trality in politics, &C., and says
."Pease read the second line on the title page, and
let us know il the word neutrality" or ever was
found there"
Well, VIC looked for the motto which
originally appeared over the editorial
columns of the Herald, and on examina-
tion find it had been, long since, withdrawn.
This we had not before noticed, and hence
the reason for our remarks, as above quo
ted. When first issued, the motto Of the
Herald was
"Piedged to no payty's arbitrary stcay,
We follow truth whereer she leads the way
On the strength of this, and the saluta-
tory Of its editor, the PIONEER AND DEMO
Graf, of March 18th, 1858, took occasion
to say
$50 long as neutrality in political affairs is claimed
for the Herald, the first line of the motto is guaan
tee that it will not be made to subseve the interests
of faction Of any political party"
The "soft Impeachment" of "neutraHty
in political afTairs," was not then denied by
the Herald. Perhaps it was net then cou-
sidered convenient or polite SO to do. But
we then felt quite certain that Is months
would not elapse before it would be found
in the service Of the opposition. We have
no possible objection to this. tits exactly
as we anticipated. And VIC are by no
means any more "astonishcd " that it lril
support Col. WALLACE for the delegateship,
than that it lcould have supported any 9th
er candidate that might have been pitted
against the democratic nominee. And the
Herald now says it twas never pledged to
neutrality in polite" ''it was never
our Its intention to publish neutral pa
per, nor yet party paper, bnt paper "in
dependent" in all thing" "A rose would
smell as sweet by any other name"] How
could it then. consistently, aSithboId its sup.
port from the Independent candidate for
Congress? ["ITow many things by season,
seasoned are."l And yet this same mo.
party " Independent paper, that Ainches
when allusion is made to the "oOlors" under
which it sails, has, for the last few weeks
kiadly thrown open o liberal share Of its
editorial columns, and given place to com
munications containing stale persondl and
political abuse of members Of the demo
cratic partyl Such course is contradic
tion Of terms; and whilst the Herald has
an undoubIed right to act as it pleaseth in
the premises, we have IN equal right to
direct attention to it, 1t is true that
name of Col. WALLACE is not sported al
its masthead for delegate, aside from
which, any unprejudiced mind, by pcrusnl
Of its columns for the past few weeks
would, we venture to say, pronounce it as
decidedly party paper rs the PIoSEET
AND DENOcRAT, or press Of Oregon. As
severations to the contrary, by its editor
are simply ridiculous. There is nothing il
a name or an assumption, worth any thing
adverse to stubborn facts; and as for the
"seurrility" allusions Of the Herald, We
refer its readers to two communication
which appeared in the May 9th number
of that paper, headed "THE DEMocRATIC
CONVENTION" and "OUr-AND-oUT DEMO
GRATIS" We have no earthly desire to quar-
rel with tho Herald, or presume to dictate
its course in any respect; but in>the matter
of "seurritity" would remind its editor,
that we are prepared to exhibit columns
with him on that score at any time. But
we have already made this notice longer
than we intended.
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