Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-02-08
Letter from Victor smith.

against the charges prcserrd by his personal
enemies in and around PORT Townsend. No
one whose good or i'll will Mr.. smith nerd
care anything about, believes them. and for
this reaspn we are inclined to doubt The pnli-
cv Of his treating them with the consideration
that is implied in notice throa-h the COZ
ulnns of our Journal lie il certainly Ear
above the reach III such ,indictive SANDERS.
and. Therefore, b. can afford To pass them by
without notice. We will no,, however, a.
sumo to dictate To him. but defer ,o hi> >gpe-
Nor jusl x, In~:li. and comply ~ith his rcssesi
10 ruhli-h bis card. which, in our o,,inaI,. -
eacera=ily .lisl-osc- Of tn, g AFFIDAVIT, makers"
that We shan hear no ,.so-. f-ogn them for
hong iimr to cosae.
P"gr TOWNSEND. FL. {. 1851
EDFTus ST,>B,eD A litter Of -osae
l'u-ih has h'rn pr.ran-l FIR yeu. i'ui ihs
..siidasii. in ihe lasi NoSfL- ,1f. in SUP
pm 81 the Restitution which ib" L-riSlztare
hy u,.snininu> vote nsfu-.f to consider, RAW
h'. more ltirit aisy-.s.d ri.
The pint 1. L. established 10 the sasisiae-
tea # al N,lisisHa>.d I..sH. - that the in
',I..i ;-rsc. fully offered he ia the town of
fo-i Ans-l.~. W..s accepted 80 h. secured. and
was >ecurd forever to the fund for schools
and other public Improvements in said town.
Then l. no i'";,oIt ancc ia this matter, excep.
wi4al was given il hy the introduction Of the
above, incniion-d resolution have no
p,cuniary interest in said town. because |
preferred To- wait until the public was fully
informed at the probabilities az that point at
the same time. ! made arrangements to re-
move my family To- Port Angeles, whittier a
portion have already gone to prc-empi land
toi Which there is abundance for thousands)
in the neighborhood and prepare the way.
After my small subscription to war loan is
paid up, there is no fear but there will be
town lots in abundance for sale at the place
named - Territorial villages are of slow
growth.
The records of the company. always open
to tho public show that early in October last
the interest offered me was accepted, paid for,
and secured to the public improvement fund
without reserve. This was only form of
selfishness, for there was no way in this new
country whereby the interests of my children
and the agrccableness of my own permanent
home could be moro chcaply or better secured.
TO secure the objects of this dedication he
yond the contingencies of my own life and
watchfuness, wrote in November last to
Col. Taylor of Astoria, Oregon, (at one time
pressed for the Scnatorship attcrward confer
red on Col. Bakery stating carefully and in
detail the object Of the instrument recorded
in the town comrany's books, and asking his
assistance in securing that object. This let
ter was read by and its objects explained to
Lieut.. .Jno. w. White. Col. Taylor's answer
acknowledging receipt. expressing approval.
etc, is in my Office, and is at the service of
any gentleman calling. And, if called for,
the original letter to Col. Taylor may be pub
lishcd-iI is public property because intended
to secure public object beyond all contin-
gencies to the town company, to its records, !,
or to myself.
This will satisfy all whose good opinion is
desirable, that the makers of the " ailidavits"
have, unintcnionally no doubt, erred in re-
porting recoIlections of verbal conversations.
"lle is a poor judge of human nature who
don't see that man often prefers his 'hobby'
to silver coins" There is nothing else in the
protractcd and exhaustive newspaper efforts
of my enemies (cncnies for the hour only, l
trust,) that requires notice. The gist of their
aim appears to DO to prove two things
First, that am an anti-slavcry man. Sec
ondly, that | retain here and there Demo-
crat in Office Let the first be considered as
proven. AS to the second, my reply is, that
when the Comlnandcr-in-Ch Chief turns Demo-
Gratis ont of the army. will turn Democrats
out of office in this district
And now word to my Stcilacoom friends
and the Herald of that town. The indiscre-
ton of an ironical nllusion to the distress Of
the "Departmcnt ut hearing Of "Ezra's"
poor opinion thereof. is one for which nm
apology is now offered. 1t WINS out Of place.
The Puget Sound Herald, however, has
the following:
COLLECTION or CUSTOMS.
The following communication should have
appeared last week. The writer is one Of the
most sensible and practical mes on Puget
Sound. and his views are therefore entitled to
consideration and respect. We commend
them to the attention ri Victor smith and the
Department.
The prominent paragraph in the article
thus publicly commended to my attention is -
follows:
.Por, Townsend. the present seat of Gus
toms. has for years been Patterned IN the spells
Of the Gov,rnrns4,i. 80 rauch 80 that iss peo-
PIE Jared sump,aors',. and their eyes stuck
out iih fai." perceive Thai irsnI--i in
,sa,.ss" is nov raging ihece. with the fsrse-
ity IL the celebrated kilkcny cats. AL Cur th-
rar,sc-e Of bol-,ssiag up this - rotten borough"
AT the EXPENSE 81 osn rising ccsnu.encc hus
! pass by Port Tow uss-l.a a- would the
smallpox Having neither Shelter. .nrhos-
age nor water. DO VIA, the Devil never did
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