The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-23
ONE. D|GN|TARY Learns
SOME AMERICAN HISTORY


would not now require that / fur
nish you my authority for this
well known fact of history-Van.
couver's hatred of Americans
for what l shall show you tomor-
row, from Greenhow's History OF
Oregon and Washington stand
ard government publication-was
and is a part of the RECORD we
laid before you. 1t was all con-
tanned in Judge Wickersham' S
presentation of this case before
you. 1t comes to you as a sur
prise today. That is why l keel
reiterating that you did not ex-
anime our evidence, Doctor"
Gives Him History.
So II was still another day that
| secured a pass from the captain
of the guard and a negro guide led
me thru passages so devious that,
despite the number of times
called upon him. / never learned
the way. ! entered DR.. Braid's
office and with little ado and nc
comment put in his hand a copy
of Greenhow, open at page 256.
Half of that page-as you prob
ably knows occupied with an
editorial note by the author which
reads as follows:
vancouver himself was
certainly man Of great
courage, perseverance and
professional skill, possessing
also good temper and good
feelings, except with regard
to the people of the United
States, against whom and
their country he cherished
the most bitter animosity.
While admitting, with frank
ness. the merits of subjects
of other nations, as discover
ers or as men, he did not
hesitate to adopt unworthy
means to deprive the Amer
cans of the reputation which
they had Justly earned by
their IabOrs In exploring and
to black en-. their characters as
individuals; for this object,
he made use of misrepre-
sensations, misstatements, In
situations and cOncealments,
whenever occasion presented
themselves, and that which
he would have commended in
Britain, or excused I'm a Rus
sian or Spaniard, became
criminal I'm his eyes when
committed by citizen of the
hatred republic"
Now let us pause for a moment,
dear reader, you and me, that to-
gether we may contemplate again
the picture of Rear Admiral Rich
ardson Glover, U. s. NJ. retired,
Ill and trembling with the excite
Nent of his hurry to be present,
testifying before the U. S. geo.
graphic board in order that the
will and wishes of the people of
the state of Washington might be
thwarted and that this Captain
Vancouver's right" to perpetuate
forever the name of his friend, an
other of his kind, upon a monu-
uloht III AuSI iCd, III Jul oWu Stdtc,
upon our wonderful mountain,
might be held sacred and of more
moment than the wishes of our
people-this Captain Vancouver
who did not hesitate to adopt un-
worthy means to deprive Ameri-
cans of reputation Justly earned
and to blacken their characters as
who made use of mis-
representations, misstatements, in,
situations and concealments to
this end and with whom that
which he commended in an Briton
or excused in a Russian or Span
lard became criminal in his eyes
when committed by a citizen of
the republic he so hated.
When Too Late.
An admiral-Admira Clover
of the United States navy, retired,
did that.
Well, despite this vain. conceit-
ed and ignorant old man. and de-
spite the vanity, conceit, ignor-
ance and stupidity of the present
members of the U. S. geographic
board concerning this matter. it
shall not be so. AS in all other
cases, this is matter that will be
settled when II is settled right.
You will follow me Monday that
you may learn how Andrew Braid
had never heard of our Captain
Gray and of how, interesting as
the work had grown. I was COM
PEELED to- give over teaching him
the history and geography of this
case, which he really sought to
learn when II was too late-after
the decision had been rendered.