Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-07-05

tive tongue to override ell bounds oil
decency, discretion and common sense,
but it remained for Saturday last to
demonstrate the utter meanness and
cowardice of that individual in assailing
Surveyor General Henry with his coars-
est abuse under the shield of the digni-
ty and good order of a public meeting.
We need not refer to the maCy instan-
ces in which the lying, slandcrous
tongue of the individual in question
has brought the coward into trouble,
for they are the by-wordon our streets.
We need not recall to the mind Of the
reader the public cowhiding Tor caring
if he prefers the worl) he received a:
the hands of Governor McMullen, sey-
eral years ago, aud assert that he ran !;
nor need we refer to the sportivc, puer.
lie freak of the said Byon, in beading
himse!f double and patting his back, in
tending the panton,ime to express def
ance of the Governor; neither need
we assert that Byon run the second
time when the Governor renewed the
attack. These things arc matters with
which the public are perfectly CONVEX
SAINT. There are other evidences of the
individuals extreme cautiousncss
which may not be as generally known.
We care not to go to Washington City
to enumcratc the insults which have
been hcapcd upon him, enough can be
found here to show that his capital con-
sists solely of sounding brass. Per-
haps bnt few of our readers know that
while Byon was acting as purscr of the
steamer Constitution, that he offered an
insult to ladies, and when called to ac-
count by the T. protector, exhibited, as
usual, the "white feather" 1t is also
not we'll enough known, generally, for
people to appreciate the joke, that when
Mr.. Ucffron told him he lied, in March
last, that Byon merely contcntcd him
self with replying: You are not man
Of enough consequence for me to take
notice of that! 1t necessarily follows
that Gov. McMullcn was to be classcd
in the same catcgory-he, too, was not
man of enough consequence, not.
withstanding he belonged to the
renowned chivalry" and possessed
the additional qualification Of holding
the most honorary official position
known to our Territory. OF course
not. Kendall knows how to distin-
guish and reverence "caste" which in
this instance means "ncrve." The
sncaking cur barks loud and long, but
when Tray joins tho crowd he sticks
his tail between his legs and "runs."
We admire the brazcn-faccdncss of
the man Kendall! We admire those
eyes, bloodshot from constant rolling
We admire that sardonic scowl said to
denote firmncss! We admire that
bulldog bragadocio which lie delights
to deal out to- few admiring followers
But more than all do we admire those
scrpcntine legs which know so well
how to take care ofthat scarccrow body
and ounce of brains!
We have heretofore avoided person.
alitics in exposing the mscalities of
Kendall. We preferred to confine our
solfto his official acts rather than to at
tack his personal weak points, though
repeatedly urged to do 80 by oul friends.
We did show up his official tyranny
and unworthiness, and he was removed
from Office. Having no disposition to
kick fallen and disgraced man, we
have refrained from referring to the
loathsome Object Of these remarks un-
til lis untrammcled tongue rings loud
from every street corner in debasement
of those pre.emincntly his superior in
all that constitutes the right to the title
ofman. Thisha been borne in silence,
and his slanderous inucndoes have gone
unrebukcd until forbearancc ceases to
be virtue. He should have learned
wisdom from his official experience,
aud have saved himself the disgrace
and us the unpleasant duty We now
perform. These assaults eliminated
OH Saturday last, and We find him, the
man who was sent out with q commits