, 1880-04-19

OuSIy " prosecute tuc TIHS S>icaueIS loT
damages, but searching investi tigatisn
failed to connect a single responsible man
with the felon act it proved to be the
exclusive work of the lowest and most
ignorant rabble, instigated, undoubtedly,
by cowardly sconndrels Of the character
of those who revive its "reminiscences for
malicious Misrepresentation. There he
ing no law then in force to make the city
liable for mob damages, the next State
Legislature passed such an act, every
Republican Senator and all but two or
three members of the House voting for
the bill. Under that act John B. Felfon,
'hen Chairman of the Republican State
Contra Committee, prosecuted suit for
US against the city, for which he charged
no fee, a'judgment a vas obtained and
paid. All these facts were well known
tn every intelligent man connected with
the public press upon tins coast, and it
we had been blatant traitor" or had
afforded any excuse whatever for mob
violence, the subsequent events mention-
ed would not have occurred.
In this connection, we may mention the
fact that we have file. including every
number of the paper which we published
in San Francisco. 1t is open to the in>
spection of any respectable man who
chooses to examine it, and we challenge
the production oi single sentence, ut
tered or endorsed by US, favOring seces-
sion, justityi"g treason, denying the right
Of the Federal Government to prosecute
war for the maintenance of the Union,
or suggesting any terms of pence but
upon Union basis We were never mo-
lesieG, nor our business int. fered with by
the military or civil authorities, or assailed
in any way but Ivy lawiess force; or our
personal character ever assalletl but by
persons far below us III the scale OF social
recognition. Our patriotism and fidelity
to the Union was uniformly recognized
by persons bigh in authority who were
personally cognizant of our political
status The following invitation would
never have been extended to a "blatant
traitor:
national LINCOLN MONUMENT AssocI-
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.,, Sept, 26, 1874.
BERIAH Brown. Esqr
Seattle, W.T..
The National Lincoln Monument Asso-
citation begs leave to tender you most
cordial invitation to he present and par
ticipate in the ceremonies connected with
the unveiling of the Statue up"1 the
Monument erected in memory of ABRA-
HAM LINCOLN, which will take place
at the city OF Springfield, on Thursday,
the 10th day OF October. 1874.
JOHN NJ. PALMER,
Chairman Committee Arrangement :"
During our ten years residence on
Puget Sound. we have had abundant and
repeated proofs OF the confidence and
high esteem of all who are themselves
respectable, and ample assurance tina, no
intelligent man here credits the ott-re-
pcated slander that the mob by which we
suffered IN San Francisco fifteen years
ago, was provoked by any disl"yal act or
utterance of ours, or ly any expression of
sympathy with the assassin of the Pres
dent.
To man nearly approaching the ordi~
nary limit OF human life, with little left
to HIM hut record OF nearly half cen>
tury of active public duties without a
single dishonorable or disrepu,able act
inscribed upon it, to be called upon to
defend himself against printed and
broadly circulated charge of being guilty
of the highest degree of felony recognized
by the laws-the crime OF treason
though based only upon an incident ir
which he was the victim and not the az
gressor-is not a pleasant duty to dis
charge; but it is nevertheless q duty
which he owes to himself, to his famil,
and to society, all Of whom are sufferer
by the stigma and the man who make
such charges, unsupported by any testi
mony to sustain them, is social parish
to be dctested and Stunned by all VIII
have any regard for social order or pei
sonal decency.