, 1860-09-07
Personal.

that such Of our readers as have perused
the last number Of the Steilacoom Herald
win at once admit that the issue has been
forced upon US, aud that there is no escape
howsoever little such cOntrover-
81 Of words may rebound tothe credit Of
either ourself or our tradueer. Promising,
then. that the present aIlusiOn to Ourself
and our personal affairs lin which the pub
lie cannot possibly be seriously interested)
win be pardOned by our readers, we hereby
pledge to them never again to obtrude the
Ike upon their patience aud attention.
Not having the Herald containing the
communication Of he retired acting CapitOl
Connissioner (whose name shall never here
after appear in this journal, before us, we
shall endeavor to reply to his traductions
and libeIlous assault upon our character as
near as possible from memory. Presuming
first that the course pursued by his excel
lency Gov. McGnL in the premises, which
has called forth the abuse Of the individual
alluded 10. has been such as will meet with
the appreciation of every fair-minded and
honorable man 10 This community. we shall
refrain from any further allusion to this part
Of the communication. being confident that
Mr.. McGnL is perfectly competent to de-
fend his acts and character against any
man. The calumnious shafts which have
been hurled at him, we venture to say, will
be found to have fallen far short Of the
mark. Hs needs no defense.
And now we como to the most Odious
and irksome part Of our duiy-to reply to
the low and groVeling assault upon our NOR
al character Bot for the fact that the
Herald has . circulation outside Of 0lym-
pla and ThDrston county, we should scarce
y deem il necessary to make any reply
thereto at all. In the early part Of 1858
the date Of our arrival here--we formed
the acquaintance Of the few citizens who
we're then residents Of Olympia. Such as
have since taken up their abode in this
place have formed ours. To such oil our
acts ara known, and To them ne laare. The
question Of moral character for disposi-
ton. We shall not undertake to either
defend Or deny a single imputation which
has been sought to aspcrse il. II that
character cannot bear the test Of strictest
scrutiny. It Is right and proper it should suf-
fer in proportion as that Investigation pro es
disastrous to US. Though unwilling to plead
entire immunity from every moral transgres-
sion, we are willing to acknowledge devia-
ton from the rule Of strict christian" duty
70 eextent Of most Of our neighbors, or
mankind in general We do not arrogate
to ourself that we are much better, and can
not admit that ios 5elisre ourself much worse.
Hence we must respectfully decline the task
Of seeking to obtain from amongst our citi-
zensa "certifcateD Of moral standing, wheth.
er as It relates to immunity from vices, "iS
forieafion,D = or other moral transgressions
We migh not be as successful as Others
have been, but Il we were, we should do just
as others have done-not publish it.
But further. The base insinuating allu-
iou 70 our recent prOstration, IS indeed
worthy Of the individual who can conceiv,
bat one caase for every suffering. Has sucl
been his experienced II 50, We can pardOI
him for The stain be has sought to cast upor
our character. As to having exhausted
the skin Of the medical profession Of olym
pia,S and being compelled to seek relief il
California from a loathsOme disease" par
Of that relation Is certainly true. u is tru
we did seek medical relief in California from
apainfuI disease, by which we had beer
prostrated for over year, and about whicl
our friends were becoming much concerned
But as we have declined publishing "cer
ti6cate Of good conduct, we shall also dc
cline to give publicity to the medical desig
nation or nature Of that disease, though W
aver we are not deferred from any disgrac
il would subject us to by doing so. T
those curious therein, we refer to Drs. Burns
Willard and Warhass, Of this place, and t
Dn Hitchcock, Chas Mccormick, of tn
q. s. army, and DR.. Wooster, Of San Frar
cisco. We are utterly ignorant as to whett
er we exhausted the medical skill Of th
physicians Of this place" but we do know "
have not exhausted" the good opinions an
patronage Of the citizens Of Olympia an
Thurston county, and been compelled to m
CRATE to an adjoining county. We cam
bere prior to certain individual; we ar
here still, and trust we shall be tolerated t
remain here in the future Whilst we az
NIT having used. (at intervals exceeding
year. intoxicating beverages beyond ii
bounds Of moderation. and even TO txces