, 1860-03-16
Tho CaDlLoI.

a DRf DUBJECr-AIter nH tne hu0-OuO
kicked up BY number Of willy politicians
and scheming knaves last winter, in agita-
ting removal of the Capital, not few of
our readers will be surprised to learn that
the removal Of the Capital" does not meet
with favor from the constituency Of some Of
the men who worked most sednlously and
increasingly to accomplish their object. In
fact, as the following letter will show, it is
a dry subject" even to those who were
alone TO be gamers from the passage Of the
bill, and is not, as was represented by
some Of the gentlemen Of the lower house,
" the all.absorbing topic with the people Of
Clark. .cOunty,in which every other wish is
mergsdT The letter is dated Vancou-
yer, March /, 1860" and is addressed to
gentleman at this place, who has kindly
permitted US to make this extract: ~
The Capital question Is quite dry subject here.
IN vain do our delegation try to make the people be-
ieye that they have by their last rol left the dead
toood for next year. Their constituents tell them that
the North has been soaping them, in order 10 make
use Of them TO break down the party TO which they
claim to belong"
We agree, most unqualfedly, in this
disbelief Of the Clarke county constituency
as TO the honesty Of the NOrtRs protesta-
tons Of friendship and goodwill for Van
couver, and also agree with them that
some Of their late "agentsP must have
been most ngreeably " sapopi6ed" I" by such
men as Chenoweth and others Of like lk,
who declared, openly, that his vote for
removal Of the Capitol to Vancouver was
only dictated by motives of rerezge, which
he declared Ito be sweet As was we'll
remarked by gentleman at tue time, and
10 reply 10 this sentiment" 1t is probably
the 6rst time so honest an admission has
fell from mans lips" That mems votes ore
often cast from bias or prejudice is IN
doubtedly true, but to Judge Chenoweth
belongs the honest credit Of openly nvowiRg
it. Olympia (wherein it is moOted the
Judge became possessed Of a block of land,
some six years since, upon the most favor
able terms and circumstances) having in
Cured Mr.. C.'s disn.easure, for reasons un-
known and unae.,iuntable, unless it he that
somc democrats reside here spOn whom be
would vent bis spleen, he adopted this
mode last winter Of aVenging himself gen.
etalIy for political rebufs which he has so
often sustained at their hands, and which
are none other than their denunciations Of
MF. G. as diserganizer; as man who has
violated every time-hOuOred usage Of the
democratic party as one who has exerted
oil his power and influence to secure the
defeat Of our party's nominees; been guilty
Of the lowest political trucking TO our enc
mics 10 promote the success of the repub-
lican party, and thus establish republican
domination over a Territory which, unles
be and his coajutors prsVe successful in
their present attempts, would probably re-
main democratic for the next twenty-five
years. Doubling, then, as the citizens of
Clarke county well may, that the votes of
such men, on any question, are uncertain at
best, We join with them in tho belief that
some men last winter were perhaps ngreea-
bly,, but at the same time most ludicrously
"soaped."