The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-06
JUSTICE To THE memory
OF THE WORTHY DEAD.
Rev. Myron Eells Comes to the Defense Of
Marcus Whitman With COrrObora-
tive Testimony

| fore ooeyEng IL they would wait until they
could hear from Boston again. Messrs.
Esls. Spalding. Gray. Gsiger. Human.
+. Is. Whitman, Isoysjoy. and Mrs. Walker
on this Coast. DR.. =. j. Parker. Of ith-
AGA. ~. Y: DIR. W. Barr0ws. and DR. Ed
ward Hale. both then OF ST. Louis. all say
that he went 10 do what he could TO save
Oregon 10 the United States. Hines His
tory OF Oregon, which was evidently
j written about iss5. as II gives no material
history Of the country after that year,
when he left Oregon for the East. speaks
| Of the departure Of Dr. Whitman with
| the avowed intention Of bringing back as
| large a party OF emigrants as he could.
DR.. Whitman. In letter 10 his home
board In 1sf7. also says that he had this
| object in view.
DIR. Whitman went east with A. l.. Love.
| JOY. OF the immigration OF Is2- AT st.
| Louis he made the home of DR.. Edward
| Hale, dentist. his home. and while at
| St. Louis met DR. William Barrows.
then a school teacher. afterwards author
| Of Barrows' Oregon AT Cincinnati ne
| stopped AT the home OF DIR. Weed, agent
! OF the American board al that place, and
| father Of Prof. c. l.. Weed. who wrote
| the recent article about DR. Whitman for
/ the Ladies' Home Journal. He then went
| to Ithaca. y. Y. where Rev. Samuel Par
| ker lived with whom he had come to the
| Rocky mountains in 1855. According to
| Samue. J. Parker, II. D., now living there.
| then u years old. and son CT Rev. Sam
usl Parker he asked the latter to go to
Washington with him, fearing that Ore
| gen would be lost. Mr.. Parker. however,
did not go. as he did not think the dan
ger TO be as great IA DIR. Whitman did.
SO Or. Whitman proceeded alone 10 Wash
| ington. Thus far the evidence IL clear,
| with no testimony conflicting except a
simple denial by some that he went with
any political or national motives. based
| on the fact that he went on missionary
| business. Hence his opponents have said
| that he went solely on missionary bush
| ness. but the evidence Is against that
| statement
| AS TO what occurred az Washington, the
| evidence has not been so clear.
| DIR. Geiger states that DR.. Whitman had
| been a classmate Of the secretary of war,
/ that DR.. Whitman went to him and
! through him obtained Introduction TO
| the secretary Of state. Daniel Webster.
| with whom he talked about oregon, and
| the saving OF IL 10 the United States. but
: that Webster said that IL was 100 late,
| that he had signed the papers and given
/ them 10 the President. that DR.. Whitman
went TO the president. who heard his
| statements OF the value of Oregon, and
| the possibility of taking Immigration
| there that a, last the president promised
| 70 wait before proceeding further in the
! business until Dr. Whitman should see
| whether he could get the immigration
| through. whereupon DR.. Whitman SAID.
| THAT is all / want"
Messrs. spalding. Gray and T. d. Whit
| man give "A more detailed account of the
conversations but there is not room in
/ this article To relate IL all. and II is not
| necessary for the purpose now discussed.
! As far as have been able to trace IL. the
! evidence Of what occurred at Washington
| on this subject comes from what these
four gentlemen state that Or. Whitman
told them namely. Messrs. Geiger. Gray.
| l.. h. Whitman and Spalding. Messrs.
| Spalding and +. Il. Whitman add that
| Webster had about traded oregon for the
| Newfoundland cod fishery. 20 SO into the
! Ashhurton treaty. but these latter SIX
/ words are a plain mistake. as the Ash
burton treaty had been signed several
. months before pr. whitman reached
| Washington and although both Webster
! aai Ashburton had considered the sub
iect OF the Oregon boundary. vet they had
! becn 50 far apart that 81 had been though.
| hes; g. onl; It entirely. lest IL should en-
! danger other points. which were believed
| 70 he ~ greater Importance.
| Mossrs Gray and Spaliirg add that SIR
George simpson governor general Of the
Hudson Ray Company. was there near
that time. using all his Influence TO in
duce the government TO let England have
Oregon. and that II was his arguments
which had convinced Webster. This has
been denied by some. bat with no other
/ evidence than that having been around
The world Isl ISL ard 1872 he could not
have been there az that time. He started
on that Journey March 2, ISL. came across
thu Atlantic went to Boston hut no far
Their south. was az Fort Vancouver Sep
TENDER list and again eAFiS IN December
after n visit To Sitka, whom he went en-
around the world. and reached London
October q. 1872 In his book ne discusse :
largely the political subject Of Oregon.
and the claims ug England 60 Il. lie says
this. The United States viii never pos
seas more than "a nominal Jurisdiction.
nar long possess even that. and supp aSl0g
that the country 30 divided tomorrow 10
the entire satisfaction ~ the most unscvu-
ruious patriot IF the union. I challenge
conquest 10 hring my prediction and It's
own power 10 the tcss ~ imposing the
Atlantic tarim an the ports 81 tAe Pa
cinc~ As be arrived AZ London ~ 0cto-
ber lie cuoId easily have been az Wash
/ iaEtcu by February or March or before.
In additions pr W TolrnLe. wha came
! 10 oregon ln 1884, unsler the Hudson Eay
Company. and vas long n charSe of Ftrt
NiSfuaiiY wrote fne that he yefTssrr 'assr>
hearing THAI Gov. simpson YES ~ Wash.
lngfen some tims dlpoDatis{ng lor The
company hut BE- could not remember bat
year Hence. rnr Tolmie aa Engiisnman.
agrees W1yh N~ssrs- Gray and Suald{uz
{ that he was There sornt time fo- that ab-
Ject. ~ accept the evidence. A. no vas
net thers before hss journey around fbe
world ard there - fsc- 3 particle - evt-
: ssucs. chat hr vas AZ Washington aftcf
the srrsug q iSgz the evidence "a thar re
waS there AZ MessFs. Gray aot Ss.a}slag
say
Thc neNt Questinr p shat were tg.e ia
PEERS referred ~ hy ny .tsetger ahseh hal
been s5gues, aaa Which Mezzr7 Snats.r-
ar3 = II Whstrsae ASA speak - a.
theugh they mistakenly t~fer taeHA Cd thc
Ashh0rfan FTeaEy.
As there VAS Ee treaty in regard 90 Or
. .~un fngU r. rVssress. ara as 10 sssts pa-
( peTs have nern fousa whiSh sueak a
+ Webster trading ~ Oregon for New
. fsaualani souav say the ~hc}e statement
snuss BE- False.
Seaa after the Asahsrtaa treaty VS.
esxnvA 81 Aussst. tS1e E.ogt Ahsr.ss..,
ha8 throush "a : Fox the Bylt.sh rs5n-
i~tcT ~ WasAtUEsou. consulted With Sc
sesAFy Nek<1s~ a3seeE sssugnguE ~~e3tfa-
faxs on ths Oregon ,saezgian. Ta}S u ;
sAs-e..s.sT tNzE [ae. rFFssg q. s.ee..s,.t-s-