, 1865-02-24
Protest VS.. Protest.
BUMMER HOLE, HASH ALLEY,
Walla Walla, W. T., Feb. 23, 1865.


case will permit, admitting that you are
annoyed Sensitive souls } by the occasional
visits of struggling members of our profess
sion, must still, in justice to aoe, as well as
from feeling of charity for you, place the
Matter concrete on the record square,
In your local leader of the 18th you pre-
fer grave charges, make sad complaints, and
threaten the use of the editorial prerogative
an enpositO, without giving your readers any
data by which to arrive at decision as to
whether you were really aggrieved or only
| trying the sympathetic dodge for notoriety's
sake to avoid an apprehended social oblivion
either construction being admissible from
the indefinite manner of your charge.
As regards "protest 1st," we only have
| your elimination" as to the manner of their
loss, but those well posted on the surround
ings of the establishment you inhabit may
be able to account for their loss otherwise
than as charged but as you give no names,
only intimating bummers did it, we tell you
that no one of the profession, in good stand
ing, would interfere with your style of ex-
changes, for fear of the very commandment
you refer to- Individually, we know of the
whereabouts of some-you, doubtless, too,
and others also, and thus the "protest" is
"thing of the Imagination" as far as we are
concerned. No hummer stole them, sure
Nos. l and 2 censure the conduct of all
who visit you-even reaching the generation
past How are the unnitiated to know that
it is against the rules to read your copy? or
that it is I'll manners to read what is placed
directly before them? Print your rules and
stick them up, and then the one who sets
them at defiance "is your man." You do
not seem to attach the proper result to the
act of reading your paper in advance Of its
issue. You want to sell your papers. You
speak Of matters concerning the public, or
individuals. |, or another, come into your
Office, "over your shoulder" read your re-
marks and go out. Memory short. Give a
friend the outline, only; fill up with the i'm
gination-perhaps right, perhaps wrong.
Friend is concerned, and tells another. He
has short memory and does as l did and
so on, until the public becomes excited and
sinks quarters to await the publication of the
paper. Thus, you see, what you considered
"ill-mannered annoyance" proves pecunia-
ry profit; and all this through those who
exhibit "inexcusable curiosity y'-bummers
Men form their opinions from reading, &C.
Right But of what benefit would they be
if they were unspoken; if of value, what
difference aohere spoken? 1t strikes me the
printing Office is just the place; for if worthy
of notice you have the advantage of intro
duction and gain the credit of origination );
big thing-wonder you didn't see it. On
the other hand, if erroneous, your superior
position enables you to crush the theory in
| the bud, or get an even start in its discus
sion, and your ''sage' has remarked, "there
is no danger to be feared from error if truth
| be left free to combat it." We bummers are
anxious you should exercise this freedom,
and thinking we detected an improper spirit
| in the sentiment of your protest we ask of
you to investigate before deciding. Your
reasoning would make the deaf and dumb as
good as anybody and give the blind no show
at all, and as our profession embraces both
classes and we recognize only equality, we
desire to set you right, logically, and our
selves the same, socially, entering this coun-
ter-protest against your insinuations.
PROTESTANT RUNNER.
Don't take back a word. Bummer and
his associates are bores AS to the logic,
we have nothing to dispute; we only see the
matter in the original light. We give the
retort place for the want of any thing else,
and declare him one of the bores to whom
we alluded We knew of what we spoke,
and said just what we meant
Our Exchanges from the Sound, make
mention of political addresses delivered at
the NJ. E. Church, Olympia, after the ad-
journment of the Legislature, by Hons. f.
P. Dugan and o. B. McFadden The Dem
ocrat describes the addresses as able and en-
tertaining, "although some difference of SEN
timent was discoverable between these gen
tlemen." The Pacific Tribune explains the
difference of sentiment to have been that
Mr. Dugan expressed himself decidedly as
being War Democrat, while Mr.. McFad-
den expressed himself as being Peace
O6nOOidOs DUN opCdhCio mClC pldlh dusA
positive in their denunciations of the suici-
dal policy of the Administration.
ANOTHER REASON FOR DIvIsIoN.-An
acquaintance, who is afraid that our Lewis
ton neighbors have exhausted their stock of
reasons in favor of annexing Walla Walla
County to the proposed new Territory, says
he has good one to offer, which is, that
the great influx of Chinese to the mines of
Northern Idaho, and their permanent occu-
pancy of that portion of the country, ought
to cause the people of Walla Walla to en-
brace the opportunity of annexing them
selves to so distinguished a population.
We don't see the point-"no sabbe."
BRIDGES SWEPT AwAY.-Mullan's and
Schnebly's bridges, on the Touchet, were
swept away last week, by sudden rise and
gorges of ice in the river Mullan's bridge
| was swent entirelv aWav Mr. Schnehlv