, 1873-07-31


BEKIAH BKOMN. EDITOR
Seattle, w. +, July 81, 1879
The Terminus and Ring Ours
Zen the little dogs. Tray. Blauche and Sweet
See! they bark at met
It is not in our nature to say harsh.
Or lll-natured things o. any mum, and AS
q journalist. we have ever made it II
point of honor to array no one. or IT,
assail any mans acts CT reputation. bn'
upon specific charges. accom- panied b,
the proofs. and never indulge in vitn
peration or abuse. beyond properl,
cha acterizing the specific act which We
hold up to public execration. and in this
essential partit ular. We challenge the
world t. cite an instance in which 'our
comments upon any public matter have
been actuated by self-interst, bia ,sed b,
personal enmity, or restrained by any
considerations of personal friendship
beyond the pnng of regret which the III
corruptible Judge may feel in pronounc
ing the penalty Of the law upon one wh"
has been dear to him in social relations.
We believe, and endeaver to square our
conduct by that rule. that pubic jour
nal, like the laws, shonld acI npon the
principle of "equal and exact justice to
all; special privileges to none." Hence
we can never become the exclusive organ
Of any party. combination. rliqde or
ring, or the insensate echo Of any other
mans opinions. We believe every un-
prpjudiced man familiar with our course
will bear witness to the truth OF this
statement.
On the other hand, we are the object
of continued and persistent assault. Ill
every form of denunciation. virupera
ton aud abuse of which tie English
language Oh gutter slang Is capable. and
in no case within our recollection, has
single specific charge been made and
accompanied by the proof. of any act
or statement of nnrs. to jus,ify these
assaults, or affecting our credibility or
moral and social stan .ilIg III any degree,
excepting the charge which has beconl.
hackneyed by constant repetition, OF
being "oldr'-called contempiuousl.
bv our assailauts. sold Brown" and
'od Beri ,h"- albeit we are considera-
bly, the junior III years Of Gen. Cass.
Judge Rice, Mr.. Ogden, and II majority
of the Directors Of the Northern Pacific
Railroad, and have never been guilty OF
that infallibe sign of low-breeding ad-
dressing any man older than ourself by
his Christian name.
We should not have devoted so many
words tc this mat er but for the tact
hat we have been set upon personally
by all the dogs of the Rug. for the sole
purpose of divertlng public attention
from our Arguments. supported by facts
and figures, against the designs Of that
combinat..., Of -peeulators The argu-
ments they cannot answer. the facts aud
figures they cannot confute; hence they
seek to discredit and east odium upon
the author. and through him upon the
town, by first EakIng scare-ero~ of
him. and then holding him up as the
chief representative aud sole champion
of Seattle.
We have no personal controversy with
any gentleman connected with the Rail
road or Land Ring, and have uniformly
treated them with all the consideration
and courtesy due to their social posi-
ton, recognizing the fact that public
opinion. by use and custom. bas come
to tolerate tie practices in which they
are enga yed. 1t is only in those cases
in which their policy is hostile to pnb-
lie policy, and their interests cnnAlct
with the public interests, that We take
issue with them.
No one will deny the fact that imme-
diately after the organization of the
Railroad Company, a company was or
ganized b. majority of the Directors
and certain outside parties, the purposes
of which were identical with those OF he
Credit Mobilier o. infamous notoriet,-
to make the interests Of the road snbor
dinate to the interests of n combination
of private spectators, whose success
necess .rily involved gross betrayal of
their public trusts, no less SO than it
would be for the President aud his Cab
met to form RI & with members Of
Congress to speculate ON their own pri
vate account in Government reserva-
tions, land subsidies. and jobs over
which they had control. No one has,
or will dare deny that the controlling
Directors Of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road has done this very thing by one Of
the most iml ortant trusts OF the present
age, and the fact canno, be tvaded or
uoliied by denunciation aud abuse Vi
those who state it.
Another fact jnst as patent, which we
have been roundly abused for stating.
ia that SEATTLE possesses advantages su
perior to any Other point ever mention
ed In connection with terminus upon
Puget Sound. With the exception of a
few who think the road ought to APP
proach the ocean as hear as practicable.
we are sustained in this opinion by ali
scientific engineers, all who have ever
been connected with N. y. Rnii oad ana
not belonging to the Land Ring, all the
mariners who have ever navlgnted the
sound. and every intelligent di interest
ed man who ever gaye any attention to
the subject. On the ground Of natural