Washington Statesman

MISREPRESENTATION. -- SOME of the Abolitionists are busy circulating a report throughout the county that we made a statement in the STATESMAN of the 6th inst. that George E. Cole, the Democratic candidate for the Delegateship, "would renounce, as a candidate, the views he entertained in private life."

We emphatically pronounce this a misrepresentation. By reference to the paper of that date, it will be seen that we published an extract from the Oregonian in which that paper charged that Mr. Cole would "qualify, as a candidate, the views he was understood to entertain in private life." It will be seen, further, that we denied this charge, stating, upon the authority of Mr. Cole, that he "would not qualify," &c.--that is, that his private views are his public views.

The Oregonian might have used a better word than "qualify;" nevertheless it expressed just what the editor of that paper intended it should, and if any abolitionist has misunderstood our denial of the charge from a lack of knowledge of the English language, we can only regard it as fortunate that editors, when communicating ideas, can at the same time endow such readers with brains. By reference to "Webster" it will be seen that he defines "qualify" as follows:

"3. To abate; to soften; to diminish."

"5. To modify; to restrain; to limit by exceptions, as to qualify words or expressions," &c.