Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-02-02
From Pierce County.

The following is from a responsible
man, residing i'll Pierce county, who
avows himself ready to sustain by cvi-
dcnce the charges he makes. Our COL
umns are open to " free discussion"
and through them all may he heard on
matters of Territorial interest. We
must warn all who write, however, to
avoid cpithets and personal abuse.
STEILAcooM, Jan. 81, 1861.
Ed. STANDARD: &r-Whcn the sub
mission of a free people whose rights
have been invaded increase in proper
ton to the wrongs they have suffered
when, instead of rising to arms and
resistance, they sink into obedience
the time must surely arrive when that
submission will cease to be virtue,
and the spirit of fierce Indignation SO
long slumbering in the bosoms of our
fcllow-citizcns will cry for vengeance.
"Lct justice be done, though the heav-
ems should fall" Sir, in the name of
two-thirds of the voters of Pierce coun-
ty, | speak. Justice, honor, and de-
cent respect for the opinions of free
people, demand that I should proceed;
for their ri ghts have been invaded, their
liberties threatened, and the dark hour
of tribulation is upon us. Our people
through the ballot-box, delegated to
their representatives powcrwhich they
had not the honesty to support nor the
ability to protect, and whose ignorance
of Justice is only equal to morbid un-
willingness to do anything honorable.
But Il crime of the blackcst dye has been
committed. The delegated power of
our people has been usurped, their sa-
cred rights wrcstcd from them, the tetid
odor of things surround them; but the
day of Judgment is at hand, the field of
pollution will cease in few days, rem
dcring furthcrcorruption impotent from
the creatures of the people, at whose
hands terrific vengeance awaits them.
A decent respect for the common
sense of ourpcoplc forbids that should
dwell at much length on the great adj
vantages accruing to us from the loca-
ton of the capital at Olympia. They
sec and feel it. All the important Gle
mcnts which give power to great ma
ton we possess on Puget Sound. The
superiority of our agricultural lands are
not questioned, our fisheries ineXhaust-
able, and our coal mines only require
capital and labor to give employment
to a great fleet of shipping. England
and France acknowledge the immcas-
urable superiority of our timberovcr all
other, and as those nations increase
their ships, SO is their demand on us
felt for masts and spars. 1t is further
more conceded that nowhere on the
globe can be found so many natural
canals and harbors where the shipping
of all nations couIdride in security, pro-
tcctcd as it were by the hand of Provi-
dcnce. Add to this healthy climate,
and ask what other country offers her
people so many rare advantages? Now
when we consider that all those great
elements embrace an area on the Sound
between tho head waters at Olympia,
Port Townsend, Island and Whatcom
counties, we look in vain for some
explanation from our representatives
for voting the capital to the frontier of
Oregon. But the day is not yet lost.
Something can be donc-the people
arc with us. Arise! then, Olympia
take the lead in this great work; and If
there be noble Grccian among you,
let him to arms, and like the brave Le-
onidas haste to the Pass of Thcrmopy-
lw. meet the robbers ofour rightsin the
gar. and show them that the hand that
deposited the ballot which elected them
to Office can grasp the dagger to pros
tratc them lifelcss at our feet; for JUS
tice to our cause and the first laws of
nature demand it. But what say our
representatives to all this? Are they
not a party to All infamous bargain and
sale. made to swallow it by lobby-mem-
Der and his great master? Have not
some of them been pledged in convcn-
ton to support certain measures, which
they have not done? Can some of
them sleep at night and not dream of
Congress-, champagne and mileage.
Who is it that expects compliments
rv vote for NJ. c., and who is the great
Mandarin of the motley party? All !!
political parasites. you and Your acts
are known and will be duly recorded at
the properti time andplace. Cease then,
you reptiles, to do evil, and return to
the shades of pcrdition to seek the plea
sures of premature end, that yon may
die without blessing, as you have lived
without virtue. PETER PINDAR.
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