Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-07-05
Three Damon.iac Lies Nailed.

Three Damon.iac Lies Nailed.
We feel called upon to give the lie
to the author of the article in the North.
west of the 2Sth inst, in three several
instances, Notwithstanding the nlan Da-
mon Processes to be a man of prayer.
LIST. lie says DR.. Henry edits this pa
per. This is lie No. l. That the DR..
contributes to the editorial columns OF
the STANDARD we do not deny, nor new
have denied; but that he controls our
course, or writes even third part of
the matter appearing as editorialin this
paper We deny. The doctor has been
our advisor in many instances regard
ing party policy, in common with al
most every other prominant Republi-
can, and We have in equally as many
instances, pursued directly the opposite
policy from that advised by the Survey
or General. We deny that any one,
whomsocver he may be, has any right
to dictate authoritatively our course.
We plead guilty to the crime of which
we have been charged by nineteen of
every twenty of our adversaries, Of be-
ing young, but this ofitself contains the
whole sum and substance of our Offend
ing. That we would be placed in COM
petition with older heads we well knew
when we assumed the editorial chair,
and that we would be slandcrcd and ma.
ligned by those cnvious Of the "honors
Of war" VIC fully expected. Hence we
have only been disappointed that such
of our contemporaries as knew our posi-
ton, should wiltully refuse to render
us our just due, aud should transgrcss
in a manner unknown in the annals of
journalism, the common courtcsies
known among all craftsmen. We havo
been tried, and Notwithstanding the cf-
forts which have been made to dispar-
age US, we have the proud satisfaction
of knowing that men eminent in our
ranks have expressed themselves ms
satisfied with our capability, and with
this we are content. We have never
asked or received bonus as the price
of support of our party, and we arc,
therefore, free from tramel or restraint.
Can the North-west say as much?
Lie No. 2 is that we are secession
Democrat! This charge is too absurd
to require comment.
Lie No. 3 is that we are sustained by
sinecure in the Surveyor Generals
Office. Upon this point We desire to
say a few words. The STANDARD has
not missed an Issue since it's establish.
mcnt. The first year we laborcd in
ccssant!y as it's editor aud printer, and
as the result made a fair livelihood.
This We were content to do in the fa.
ture, but becoming acquainted with
DR.. Henry we gladly accepted q posi-.
ton in his Office as copying clerk, for
which position we claim to be tolerably
we'll qualified. We accepted the posi-.
ton less rs a matter of profit (for we
pay the same money we receive rs SAL
ary to others to perform the same work
We previously did ut the CASEY but that
We might have few hours morning
aud evening for recreation and rest.
Since our appointment, we defy any
one to prove that We have not render.
ed tho Surveyor Generals Office faith
full service during the business hours,
Us clerk. We have labored over hours
when necessary, and instead Of the po-
sition being sinecure. we have really
done more work than could have been
legitimately asked ofus. We haze erery
reason to beiiere that Damon knesc he ,cas
stating rhat ,cas false rhea he made tie
assertion. He also knew that with the
economy which the STANDARD has been