, 1864-12-09

natter imagine our surprise, on locking
over the succeeding issue of that paper to
find it taking the opposite tack, in an arti-
Gle about column and a-half long-eom-
pletely overturning its former suggestions on
the question of division-counterac and
totally annihilating all that it had previously
said In this last article, the Age asserts
positively, that the division of Idaho is i'm
practicable can't possibly be accomplished.
Besides, the proposed division would "rob
Washington Territory of the most valuable
and enterprising portion Of her domain, by
grabbing Walla Walla Valley to the vest,
and the Bitter Root Valley at the North,
the Grand Ronde Valley to the South
(Which belongs to State,) and all we can
get to the east" In other words, what the
Age first thought would be acquiring addi-
tional territory toward making up Western
Idaho, Legitimate, and for the perma-
manent benefit of the inhabitants, it thinks
now would be most horrible 1t would
be monstrous outrage on the rights of the
people, and low-lived, tbieving transac-
tion
Bah This is pretty age in which to
allow compunctions of conscience to rise up
ghost like and interfere with little stealing
operations like that, when all around you
from one end of the national domain to the
other, you can behold gigantic thieving
operations going on that in comparison
would sink into insignifcance any petty theft
that you might commit Why not 90 ahead
with the stealing; if it is stealing, everybody
else is engaged in like manner. Don't let
robbery deter you from doing the estate
some service" The suspicious will say
you wouldn't go on advocating division be-
cause there was no stealing about it; or, be-
| cause you could make nothing in the opera
ton while others might gain something by
! it; or, that you had gained your point on the
! Capital question making the Boise Basin
| ties succumb to lewiston else you would
"division" right along, and take the chances
of securing the Capital, even then. Men
scarcely ever turn so sharp a corner without
first seeing the way around. And the Age s
sommersault is surprising, in this matter
Its sudden foppiugs are almost inexpllcable,
enigmatcal We "gub it up" division Or
no division
Since the above was set up we have received
a letter from Lewiston, which will be found in
another column, that defines the proposed boun-
diaries, the manner in which the division ques-
tion was disposed of, etc. etc.
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SHERmAN's -Sherman's expedi-
ton in the interior of Georgia, appears to be
the all absorbing topic just now. Where he is
going or what particular thing he expects to
accomplish by going, or the objects to be OBJ
tanned by the move, are matters of wonderment
and speculation, and it appears to be as much
a matter of surmise and speculation with the
government authorities as it is with the outsi-
ders. The information given through the de-
spatches in relation to Shermans movements is
so contradictory that we make nothing Of
it. But the preponderance of the news
would seem to favor the idea that he is march
ing directly for Charleston. The movement will
/ continue to be regarded as a hazardous one,
and if the expedition gets through Georgia with
out being totally cut to pieces, it will certainly
reflect great credit upon the intrepid daring Of
the commander jeff Davis announced some
time ago that Sherman was cut off from his sup
plies and that his army would be harassed and
finally fall an easy prey to the rebel forces. On
the other hand, it appears that Sherman had nc
! fears about the safety of his army and started
/ upon his present campaign, from Atlanta, conf
| dent of ultimate success. If he fails in his ex-
pedition everybody will say he was hot-headed
short-sighted, rash and was not possessed ofha1
the tact and ability which had previously been
accredited to him; but if he is successful his
fame will at once assume a substantial shape
and he will be accounted the greatest General
in the land. In making his present move he
very probably counted upon the disafection
among the Georgians, to favor his success
many of the people of that State being of the
opinion that the Confederacy was making rapid
! strides toward Capitalization and despotism, out
/ of which disafection was bred, and portion OF
the people agitated the question Of a recon-
struction of the Federal Union. Gov. Brown OF
/ Georgia admits, in a letter to Sherman that the
State may be oyerrun by the Federals, but says
the people cannot be subjugated, and thinks
that the people Of the North will lose their own
liberties in the effort to deprive the Southerners
of theirs He argues that the Union might be
reconstructed by peaceful negotiation, but that
/ it cannot be accomplished by warlike means.
Sherman's campaign eught to show the truth or
fallacy of that doctrine. If the campaign meets
with success, it will show prostration of the
rebellion heretofore unacknowledged by the
ebelleaders, and would warrant a belief that the
southern masses are ready to accept proffered
/ peace, and submit to the decress of the Federal
Government; but if Sherman's army shall be
conquered or routed, it will prove that the re-
bellon still maintains its vitality and is moth
| ing like subdued yet.
Late papers from Indiana, (Copperhead) com
plain that the October election was conducted
unfairly They state that Republicans only
received furloughs in the armies and were per
mitted to return home to vote They also state