, 1859-03-11
Hord o ScrIp HoIders.

ot4t IN " tuulcaNyf nus ulouo lutsS ~ ih-
noTation upon our editorial columns, (the
balance Of the paper, as it now is, being
nearly in type at the time Of its arrival, }
NO have concluded TO set eside an article
prepared, touching local political matters
in oar territory, for the purpose Of saying
few words to such persons amongst us,
who are the original and legitimate owners
Of scrip, obtained for services performed or
supplies furnished during the late Indian
war. We meaH he men 10 sOhOR he scrip
'spas originally due--to srhOn Il teGs first
isrusi, and lOho Aars thus long held on to IL.
We have been eensured, we learn, by
some parties, because of giving publicity in
our news columns two weeks ago, to para
graph stating the probability that the war
debt Of the territories would be, by the
Military Committee Of,the National House
Of Representatives, cut down to from six
to one or two million dollars. It has been
intimated that in thus doing, We sought to
create q panic amongst the holders of scrip,
to induce them to sell at q ruinous discount,
&c. We will merely say that nothing
could have been further from our thoughts
Or purpose. We gave the item simply as
We found it, aud il any faal can be at
tFibnted to us in so doing, the people of
Oregon have as good reason to attach
blame in the premises to the press Of that
territory, for the same item, We believe, was
published there in two or three papers.
But truce to this. Nor is II worth while
20 repeat that which we have said on so
many former occasions, that it was our
hope that every volunteer-all who fur
nished supplies or piled an oar in further
encs Of the late Indian war, would receive
from government the uttermOst farthiDg
Of that which was justly due But will the
debt be paid at this session Of Congressl
and Il 50, upon what termsS
p Concerning the first interrOgatOry, all
the data that we have been able to gather
as to the action Of Congress ia the matter,
we give In our news columns to-day.
Should that furnish any well grounded
hope that the debt has been provided for
at the session jusl concluded, we are una
bic 10 see It; and yet we believe some def
aiss arrangement has been made in regard
to it. All the probabilities being adverse
to the prospect Of payment at present, we
have no desire to arouse hope concerning
u. This is matter, however, that win be
determined by the arrival Of the next Safes
mail. and hence speculation is unnecessary.
But the basis upon which the adjustment is
sought to be made Is the most singular
enigma to US. Congress appointed com
mission to examine and audit these war
claims. and they have discharged their
duty, and reported. A special agent q.
Ross BROwNl was then commissioned to
perambulate the two territories, and report
upon the jssinsss Of the claims; and after
discharging that dnty, and reporting favor
ably, and those reports having been before
Congress for two sessions, the military
committee Of the House seem to have con.
eluded that they know more about the
matter than either the commission Of their
own appointment, their own special agent,
Of the delegates Of the people in Congress,
and recommend basis of their own mann.
faetnre for the settlement As much as to
say-the war debt is upjustly and criminally
extravagant-the commission was corrupted
that did the auditing agent was bribed
that reported faVerably upon it, and you,
ye delegates Of Washington and Oregon,
yOu are aiders and abetters-you are the
attorneys who seek to perpetrate a fraud
upon the public treasury to ill your own
pockets and those Of your constituents!
This is an extreme view Of the subject,
il is true, aud perhaps We are doing the
committee an injustice. Our readers will
observe by reference to the news items on
the subject, that there seems to be general
disposition on the part of Congress to do
sOmsihi4giikz justice in the matter. Should
Il 30 tFanspire that bill be got through
whereby the allowance for supplies, forage,
etc., furnished the volunteer organization,
Do placed upon an equal footing, and paid
for at the same rates as by the regular
service during the same war, the citizens of
this territory. at least, would have but
slight cause Of complaint. We would ear
nestly protest, however, against the pay Of
the volunteers and regulars being equal
lied.
That the war debt has been adjudicated
10 some manner, whether justly or unjustly
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