, 1859-06-24
aRoaring Of The LiOus.v


Under the above heading appeared q csmmunca
Hon in tho Puget Sound Herald Of June l7th, dated
At rori Townsend Nay slsi 1859. The article is In
snoasy written and upon It's surface bears evidence
Of honesty and candor To the attentive reader how
ever he win detect an under current underlying the
whole Of tbitler and malignant as the waters Of the
Dead Sea.
The writer starts out with giving pretended audi
enos at Port Townsend 10 The candidates for delegate
70 Congress, expressing enlightened ~ views as to
their ahillics-expreszcs an Lmannered satisfaction
a The performance Of perhaps or two rOWdles, and
proceeds to complain as to the manner the Custom
HOUSE Al Port Townsend has been conducted, and the
Fsderal ofoosn the Territory supplied. The balance
Of The communication Is devoted, almost bodily to
ne Pioassr and Drmoerat. As specification in the
Nh Of particulars. "A vorER" charges that tho Gus
tom House has not been properly conducted or that
itI ailtlrs have been mismanagsd. II we remember
adghi, We have had two Custom House officers before
The present worthy incumbent NJ h. FRosr. was ap-
pointed neither Of whom It would SEEM in the prop
sr rendering Of their accounts, gave satisfaction to
ths Secretary Of the Treasury. We learn that Col.
Rnosr has acted promptly in the discharge Of all the
duties pertaining 10 his once; and we are at loss to
how, with the aid Of his intelligent and reliable
clerk. MAJ. 81. II. vAS BoEKELES Irregularities Of
any moment ahnpld occur. The "irrsguIaritiss com
planned Of, apprehend are more matter Of pocket
Interested patronage, as 10 where the benefits shall
Be- bestowed, than aught else. Col. FRosTs accounts
stand an right at Washington.
The next point "A vorER" attempts to make ia
That an the officials holding Office at the time Of Gov
srEvESs' election 20 the delegateship, have suhse
quently been removed. Ths Is entirely untrue. The
democratic party Of the Territory have not, within
the past two year, petoned for the removal Of any
man from once They have petitioned Il Is true, 70
have vacancies supplied at proper times, but never
for the purpose of making vacancy for any asplant
The terms Of oaee respectively held by Judges LAx
nEa and CHxxoEErH bad expired at the time theil
sncocsors we've appointed and we have good cause to
know that Tie petitions for the appointment Of theii
successors were by far more numerOusly signed thar
ihoae Of the then incumbents
From the stand points above noticed, "a VorER'
proceeds % declare that the Pioneer and Democrat
not democratic but 'stevens' paper;p that within
ts columns, freedom Of political discussion Is disaow
ed that is columns are exclusively under the eontro
Of Gov. srEvExs, or under his immediate infuence-
10 all Of which We say most unqualaedly the above
statements are false. From the style Of "a Worms
article, It wOud seem that he made pretentlons Of be
ing democrat but was not pleased, generally, with
the style q the Pioneer aud Democrat. Ever since
1855 there has been opposition press in the Terri
tory and especially about the times Of election It hat
busied itself for the defeat Of the regular democt;
party nominations Of the Territory The opposition
can have this comfort in knowing that the same pape,
which opposed the Of the last Indian war i
now the advocate Of the election for delegate to Con
grcss, Of a man who has, for the last two or three
months, been doing all he could 10 bring the war debt
into matter Of disgrace. "a YorER' must consider
that the PonSsr and Denoer1t is very potent If Il
can drum up" in each county, delegates to attend
Territorial Convention almost unanimously one WAY
of thinking sach charge Is fAl.ity upon its face
md an insult TO the intelligence Of those upon whom
il bTehected. As to our democracy, we can point
Aot only % lhe past files Of our paper here bot re
cord extending from lsll to the present time and The
past will bear evidence that We have ever coupseled
on The eve OF nomination being made, that the
Sassss Of the party should attend and do their own
ba-iness In their own Way;-thAt il belongs to them,
and not schemeiag politicians to decide who the pn
lie servants should be.
or all the officers appointed under the democratic
administration Of Mr. Pierce for this territory, Gov
srEvs Is really about the only one that has made an
indeabe work in aid Of its protection and prospective
prosperity. From the first, his interests have been
Unidentified with those Of our citizens. He discharged
al bis public duties with fidelity that command. re
Seet Of even bis btterest opponents and because be
has been faithful in the diseharge Of every trust re-
posed IN him-beeause he has been faithful in the
performance nf every legitimate duty because he has
ever been found devoted to the true interests Of the
territory an snvioa' mob Of political aspirants have
been be.etng his path, plotting his political destruc.
uHn Aswe have intimated on 4 former occasion,
tle result Of tie preseat election will hinge upon
triumph Of the people themselves, or dishonest wire
working politicians over them II Ia. pio,,,r e55
Dfn'oe'a has been peculiarly more partial towards
Gov srEvnss than it has to many Of The nj, ,uD,.
POoPs' government has sent u.s. il is because tb,, be