The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1864-12-10
A CASE OFJEALOUsY.


should have unhesitatiHgly given the prefer
Il ence to Idaho Territory. It is overrnn with
thieves, gamblers, highWaymen, guerrillas
Land. murderers. It is. the home of the out
law, the paradise of crime, the lair of the
ESCAPED conyicts of every State Outside oi
the confines, of5the lower regions, better ma
terial for the formation of aPea ce Democrat
ic party cannothe found than Idaho
we publish. the foregoing from the Virginia
Enterprise, as, q sample, of what we see in
nearly every,paper published in the Statesoi
Nevada, California. papers also very fire..
quently indulge in a, similar strain of ignor-
ance, falsehood and, folly, The cause Of
most of these. idle dsnunciations is found
in the supposed collision of interests between
this Territory and those States, California
breads the annual deportation, of its most
enterprising citizens; and Nevada welters in
modification. and furious, unreasonable jeal-
ousy, because Idaho has surpassed it in
general prosperity. While the silver mines
Iof Nevada have proved. the sepulcher Of
thousands of sfortunes, and the ruin of crowds
of hopeful men, Idaho has sent forth con-
slant stream of the precious metals, enriching
its citizens, gliding its reputation, and build
ing up the Territory Upon. substantial
foundations. During. the past year Nevada
has caved inl"--its. mining, stocks, have
fallen from thousands of dollars to thousands
of cents--itss towps have. decayed- a
large, portion of its former population have
left the country In. huge disgust. Over all
Nevada there hangs cloud of dependency.
Capital | Capital !, Gapitall 1.-THE wailipg
cry comes from every paper we pick up, from
every letter Wa. receive fromsits desert wastes.
We pity, their distress, but cannot excuse
their malignity, H8Ga
The fact plainly told, is, that Idaho is a
better country now, than Nevada ever has
been or ever. will be-. In silver lodges It'll
equals, if it does not excel. Nevada; in gold
lodges it has no equal IN placer diggngs, it
is second :on1y to California in its best days.
Gold andsilver lodges crop out from every
mountain, and thedebris eprich every stream
The man who couldstarve to death in Nevada,
here has fortunes door leftswide open for. his
entrance.
A California paper calls Idaho ga frozen,
desolate country, fit only to- emigrate ftom-
q country oyerrpn withoutIaws and Vigilance
Committees, People who. live here will
scarcely recognize theypicture, but,they will
pretty likely set down the author.of the exs
tract as an !" egregious ass" The winters in
Idaho are,n worse than the winters in the
mountains of California. The climate. is
healthy, tbs. seasons pleasant, and more of its
people are. contented with their present re-
sources and. future prospects than can. be.
onnd in any other portion of the Union.
In morality, Idaho will compare favorably
With either Nevada OF California. There has
'een more murders, .rohberies, and crimes Of
very character committedAin either of those
states during the past year than in this Ter
itory-and we would be safe in saying there
las been quadrnple the number. There is not
low, nor has there ever been, Vigilance
Committee within the present limits of Idaho1
'erritory-nor has there ever been cause for
ne. There never has been community
brown together suddenly and from all quar-
ers as this was, which can present as credit
BILE a record none in which peace has been
etter4 preserved. Although there. were no y
rinted copies of.the laws of this Territory 9
btainable. until within a few months, the
eople have obeyed the, laws in spirit and :
etter, &c
: The predominance.o the Democratic. party n
ere has been made an, excuse for a new. out a
curing Of .vituperation and falsehood by the t
nose States. As in the foregoing extracts, a
ae.abuse is wholesale, including as murder p
RS, thieves and ontcast the. whole of the v
epuhlican party as well as the balance of %
the community. That party in Idaho 10
erritory is fully the equal in. intellect and g
irtue, and every other quality of manhood Fl
r womanhood, to the fraternity in Nevada or II
alifornia. The Republicans of Idaho are.no :
lore outlaws than the Republicans in any G
ther country and as for the components of L
le Democratic party here, they are fully ablel
} hold their own with any men, Of any class, t.
! any country, in everything pertaining to