The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-07-03
Uhe Albang Br9i5trr,
SAT uRDAY, JULY ), 1869.
Resolutions

BY request we publish the following:
Rcaiutions Of the Orcyon Pres. Of the
Cumberland I,rcsLyteri'n Church.
l. WHEREAS, pamphlet has recently
appeared in our midst entitled s.Protcs-
ta,lism in Oregon" published By Que j.
B. y. Brouillett, a priest OF the sect of
Rome, dated ut New York. 1858, and
purportng to c,p tain detailed account
of the Whitman u.assacre and its causes.
>. And whereas. the said pamphlet
contains many statements refecting great
discredit upon the carly Protestant Mis-
s:onares iii Oregon, and particularly up
ON the lamented DIR. Whitman, Rev ii.
Ii Spauding, and their saintcd wives.
3 Aud whereas, 1t is attempted to be
shown in said pamphlet that the massacre
the result OF the improper bearing Of DIR.
Whitman and Rev. II. II. Spaulding
among the Indians.
T. And whereas, to our asionishment
we find said pampet published in Ex.
Doc. No. 3S, Both Congress, lst session,
IIousc of representatives., accompanying.
ii letter from j. Ross Browne, special
a.ent of Treasury Department. To the
Commissioner OF Indian a fairs, dated at
San Francisco, Dee 18th, 1867.
Now, therefore, it is resolved by this
Prcsbytery:
1st. I hat it is the opinion Of this Pres
bytery, from multitude of most reliable
testimony, now before us on the subject,
that the unfayorable statements. made in
the pamphlet referred to in the proceed
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cstapt Missionaries in Oregon. are IN the
highest degree, false and slanderous.
2d. That this Presbytery regards it,
not only rs duty, but as an esteemed
privilege to express her confidence in the
charac cr of the late DR. Marcus Whit
man, possessing, in large degree, the
elements of a true Christian cha .actcr
and native goodness of heart, and purity
of life. And that to his labors more
than to any other one man We are lndebt-
ed for preventing, what is now the State
of Oregon and Territory of Washington,
from falling into the hands of the British
Government To render which service.
to our Government and the cause of Prot
cstanism, DIR. Whitman performed a
Journey across the continent in midwin-
ter.
Sd. That what has been said of the
merits of DIR. Whitman as man and a
christian of high moral worth is affirmed,
a SO, and with equal pleasure, Of Rev. II.
II. Spaulding, who, in the order of a kind
providence, is now spending the evening
Of his life in our midst, happily surroun.
ded by his caildren and his children's
children.
And further, it affords us great pleas
urc TO endorse what has been often af-
firlncd by others that Rev. Ii. H..
Spaulding, and his amliable and accom-
piishcd vile, now ia Heaven, have dorc
nnre through their labors. us Missiona-
rics, to civilixe and christianize tho Nez
Pcrces tribe. Of Indians than the Govern
n.ent has ever been able TO accomplish by
an outlay ofvast sums of money! And
further, that to their influence is mainly
attributed the steadfast friendship of the
Neg Pcrces, under all circumstances, to the
white population, even when all the SUR
rounding tribes under Roman influence
-werc at war With tho American peo-
pie. - 80.
4th That, from what is regarded as
evidence Of the most reliable character,
this presbytery IS fully convinced that
the Roman clergy. then Occupying the
country, wcrc the principle Investigators
of the s.Whitn1an tragedy.
W. r. BISHOP. Moderator.
G. A. fWouEET, Clerk. d ~