Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-04-27
Ex-Governor Stevens on his Travels.

Ex-Governor Stevens on his Travels.
The last Vancouver Chronicle notices
the arrival of Ex-Governor Stevens, i'll
that city, and address made by him to
the sovereigns hastily collected there.
The following, however, is not any
part of his speech:
"GENTLEMEN: You are aware that the
Government, in the list of defalcations,
and unallowed and unsettled accounts,
published by order of Congress, and
which has been rcpublished by the
Douglas and republican papers, charged
me with being behind with the Gov
crnmcnt to the amount Of about forty
thousand dollars. have been a dele
gate for Washington Territory in Con-
grcss for the last four years, and en-
deavored, by all the influence L could
bring upon the Administration and all
the explanations could make, to Sc
cure a settlement and allowance of my
accounts. The officers would not do it.
Mr.. Manypenny declared that my ac-
counts were irregular, wrong, and un-
lust. and should not be allowed. Ihavc
no doubt you have seen Manypennys
statement. In this state Of things l
could do nothing less than throw my
self into the hands of the breckenridge
party, and trust to them to get me out
OF difficulty. The idea of taking
Chairman for the National Committee
from Washington Territory, did not
suit Mr.. Yancy, Toombs, and Rhctt,
at first, but when they came to under
stand my peculiar qualifications-as at
terwards evidenced by my dispatches
to the Pacific States, in which | claimed
great success for the democratic cause,
when we were uniformly bcatcn-they
did not hesitate to give me the post. l
worked hard; worked faithfully; and
when we were defeated, adopted the
disunion projects; l favored general
secession of States, the breaking up of
the Union, and the forming of Pacific
republic. You will see many of the
facts stated in that vcritable paper, the
Pioneer ant Democrat, accompanied
with marks Of real grief.
"At this time you are aware that we
held on to the offices at Washington.
Floyd and Toombs and Touccy and
Thompson were in their glory there.
and what could they do better to re-
ward their services than to settle my
accounts? 1t was all l asked from
them. 1t was done; and have now
in my pocket certificate of the settle
mcnt. mean to use this certificate
hereafter, every where / go, to show
how have been traduced by the Doug
las and Republican parties. 1t is Il
truth, however, that my own democratic
friends-Manypenny at the head and
Buchanan at the tail-did me for Il long
time the most damnablc injustice.
They impaled me on high, in their otfi-
cial documents, as terror to evil docrs.
II have only left me the certificate
of my settlement, which l do not fail
to publish wherever can find news
paper office. The San Francisco Her.
ahl has published it, with appropriate
comments. The Portland AdrertiScr
has done the same thing gratuitously.
The Pioneer and Democrat has given it
to its numerous readers with remarks
written by myself. anticipate its
publication, with n commcndatory no.
tice, in the Vancouver Chronicle, and
in several other important and equally
influential papers. l shall read the GER
tificate in all crowds into which may
fall, and to my personal friends us l
have occasion.
"Gentlcmcn, You can readily under
stand how much l have been abused
by the Republican party and by the Re-
publican prcss-grossly, foully abused
and belicd." [Uproarious applause.
Now we venture to say that if EX-
Gov. Stevens will make such speeches
about Washington Territory, every man
there will believe him. lie never did
make such speech, and never will.
He will not admit that it contains
word of truth,-though public opinion
may lean together in another direction.
We hope tho Stevens organ at Olym-
pia will be satisfcd.-OregOnian.
HENRY CLAY ON A SOUTHERN Con-
FEDERAcY.-It is only ten years ago
that Henry Clay gave utterance to the
following words, in response to a South.
ern Senator, who threatened Omitted
South as a redress for some wrong:
eff this Union shall separate, (said
Mr.. Clay,) new Unions, new Confedera-
cies will arise and with respect to this,
If there he anv-I hone there ia no one