, 1860-04-20
Third Auditors ReDor,.

Dy the arrival here OF the last states
steamer. we were again placed in posses
sion Of that delectable production of the
Third Auditor Of the Treasury, The report
Of r. J. ATKINSON upon the claims grow.
ing out Of Indian hosiilities in Oregon and
Washington in 1855 and 1856" Being
far more vOlaminOus. (entering more into
detail } than the pork Of this gentleman
upon the same subject which pteceded it,
about year since, the people Of Washing.
ton and Oregon Territory will not be sur
prised TO 6nd it still more bitterly and
strenuously opposing the payment Of the
debt they have SO long held against the
geherql government From page to 1872,
(the number Of pages embraced in this re-
port. it will be found a simple repetition
Of the slanderOus charge Of spectators, rob
bezs, &C., with which he was pleased, on q
former occasion, to brand the people Of
Oregon and Washington, who patrioiically
defended themselves against the savages 0,
the country in WHICH they had been invited
BY Congress to settle. and against whom
BY that dnviintlon, they had a right to
claim lat least to hope) our governments
protection. Failing to receive this, there
was no alternative left to our people ex-
eept to leave the country (as many did do)
or manfnlly, and as best they could, make
4 firm and decided stand against people
who had become our enemies from the bad
iaiih exhibited towards them by our gov
srnment, in falling TO ratify the treaties
which had BEEN made with them by its
agents That this was the true cause of
The var Of 1855 and 1856, there is not a
resident Of Washington Territory who will
for moment question Its e6eci was the
expenditure BY our citizens. and those Of
Oregon. Cf over 100000, advanced for
he gorernmeni, fcnv years agO,-in proper
y, labor and military services Of the most
ardnous character. Il Is for this they ask
to be Temunerated. They have asked for
no interest; they expect no thanks for hav-
ing done their duty. in 7 defending their
lives and property They solicit only to
Be rsimbnrsti for their actual outIays and
ssrslees,-for The pefmanent injury sus.
tained By them. III erippling the business
Of The merchants. by the heavy advances
they were compelled to make to vigorously
prosecute this desuliary war, from which
many have not yet recovered; for the per
Ananenl injury sustained by the farmers, ii
two years cessation Of their Ogricnltura
pursuits; for the injury sustained b.
the mechanic aud laborer, in the inter
Fuption Of oil branches Of industry and pur
suits; in The damage sustained by the Ter
ritory IN The cessation Of her manufactures
and propoflionally in her commerce; fo
all this they ask nothing. II this the
never could be made good. But they di,
hope. and had expected long ere this, t,
have received the principal. every cent o
which Is inst, Aud yet this is the deb
which a meniul government uAeel grease
charges as accrued from war got up 70
The purpose Of speculation! aud these ar
tne people, be would insinuate, whose ulte
terror designs were a nefarious robbery O
the national treasury
lsthis the reward of patriotism and de
sotion to countrya Is ii for this the vaiian
army Of our country is found arrayo,
agAinst nsf Is il for this, falsehoods ar
rssoried to BY them, to delay the paymen
q this debti II so, it is. indeed high tim
this formidable arm Of defense we're at ono
remoaeiAed, premium set upon coward
and base defamers, thar thus the rank an,
file may the sooner approach the arm,
standard Of some Of its leaders.
But Il is as useless for US to disprov
either the truth Of some of the siatesment
, Of the Third Auditor, as those Of some o
the military aides whom he has called t,
his rescue, and upon whose reports that o
Mr. Atkinson is founded. The evidence o
some eight military gentlemen who hav,
favored him with irreieranf answers to perti
penf questions, is far mere conclusive ant
satisfactory than the plain, simple anc
pointed replies, verified by afidavits of oveI
twenty genLIemen from Oregon, amongst
whom is the governor Of that State. The
opinion Of men who cannot distinguish be-
tween Ca5use horse and a jack ass, al
Indian POney and an American or blooded
horSe, is Of far more consequence, and more
conclusive to him, than that of the farmer
who Is engaged in rearing them. Their
Judgments as to what were the prices Of
the country, the necessities for purchasing,