, 1863-06-27
THE WASHINGTON STATESMAN
sAuTRpAY MORNING. JuNn 81. 1863
A Warning.


They have hatched up the idea that if the Terri
tory of Idaho is not organized before our cleo
ton the people of that Territory will be entitled
to vote for Delegate in this Territory under the
old organization. This they have been trying to
keep among themselves until near the time Of
the election and in carrying out their Internal
plans, they have dispatched emissaries to all the
mining towns in Idaho TO look after the matter,
among Republicans only and to spring it upon
the people too late for the Democracy to have
time to organize. 1t is said that they have the
cooperation of Gov. " Wallace in this outrageous
scheme. and hence his delay in issuing his call
for the organization of Idaho. Wallace has been
at Olympia near two months, and we have yet to
hear of any steps that he has taken for the Or
ganizatior of his Territory. Why his delay un-
less be is actuated by some such scheme as the
above ? Their style of argument is We will
try this on, and if we beat them we will count
the votes if not, we will throw them out, for we
have the power to do it."
We warn the honest men of both Washington
and Idaho-the true lovers of their country and
its NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the Vaccinations of
these insidous reptiles to be prepared for any
emergency, and to prevent the calamites that
would follow in the wake of consummation of
their Internal schemes.
WHAT THEY OvERLooK.-It would seem that
IN the excitement about the new town-site at
Uma;lla Landing persons going there think that
the Boise mines the only mines in the upper
country to supply, and that all the trade Of these
mines will center at that point In both of these
cases they are widely mistaken. In the first
place, the mines on the Columbia, at Orc FinO,
Florence, Elk City, and 'Warren's promise as
fairly now as they ever did, and it cannot be ex-
pected that the packing trade from these places
will 60 down the Columbia as low as Umatila.
Besides, it is asserted by those who ought to know
--thos- who have travelled over all the routes
that Umatilla Landing has no advantage over
Wallula and Walla Waa in point of nearness
to the mines, and that so soon as the new road
is completed across the mountains, the advantage
in point of excellence of road, will be eminently
in favor of the two latter points. Lewiston, too,
sets up claim to advantages from nearness of
navigation to the mines Therefore, it must be
expected that the trade of the Boise mines will
be distributed between all these points, according
to the convenience of the packers and The interests
of the merchants shipping the goods; for there
are merchants in all these places who have
branch stores at Boise, and they, of course, will
send their goods from their old established hou-
ses. To our mind, the idea is played out" that
any one town will ever spring up in the upper
country having advantages sufficient to guarantee
to it anything like majority of the trade of any
of the mines and so will every one conclude
who has ever visited the differe mt mining regions
of the upper country. The towns that will
thrive most and live the longest will be those
having the best local advantages, independent of
the mining resources. Many of the business
men who are now establishing themselves at
Umatilla Landing, we are told, have never been
above that point, and with the stir they now find
there it is not strange that they should think
they have found the great center.
What we say upon this subject is not from any
desire to detract from the place, but from fair
knowledge of the upper country, and from what
we deem good reasons. We say for Umatilla
Landing, that having got fair start in the Boise
trade it will remain lively place this summer
and fall-so long the packing trade to the
mines continues but it will by no means get all
the trade, no more than it does now. The town
has no local advantages, and never can have any
of great consequence; and when the mining
trade stops the life Of the town will die with it,
and during the winter it will be the dullest point
in the upper country. Next season, with good
roads opened, and plenty of supplies on hand, all
the other points of which Umatilla Landing may
be considered rival will start even with it, and
they will make good use of their advantages.
WHAT Is THE Issue ?-Those who be-
lieve in the abolition policy of the Admin
istration first, and the Union next, will
vote for 10 Raynor at the coming election.
and those who believe in changing that
policy for the Legitimate object of the pres
ent war-the suppression of the rebellion
and restoration of the Union, will vote for
Cole. That is the main issue-whoever
votes for Cole goes for the Union uncon-
ditionally, and whoever votes for 10
goes for emancipation, negro equality and
every act, right or wrong, endorsed by
the leaders of the Administration partJ.
Nobody pretends days that eman-
cipation is now, or ever was, a necessary
war measure. 1t is strictly party meas
ure Every one with five grains Of COM
mon sense knows this to Le so. We sin
cerely believe that this perverting the
object of the war has done more, and is
doing more now, to embarass the Union
cause than all things else combined.
As WE PREDIcTED.-The Washington
Standard, Old Henrys organ at Olympia,
comes out furiously for Raynor for the
delegatesh:p. The old Gorilla has got
home, and the editor of the Standard has
heard the particulars of Raynor's nomina-
ton and makes a valiant start to do the
dnende honorable to Rev. 10. for the
''cold shoulder" he turned upon him when
he first got the news of his nomination.
The Democratic candidate is denounced by
him as a ''copperhead," with all the vehe-
menCe InaI Is manifested by the COlIeS-
pondents of the weak sisters" at Port
land, and all the fine sayings that were
laid in store for Old Henry (Who would
have been the candidate but for the coup
de main of the '.fve-sixes" from Walla
Walla) are now plastered upon Rev. 10,
who didn't know two years ago whether he
was a Union man or not.