The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1864-11-05
rn ! EIEcTIoN-A REv.Ew.

is Of charactd which loses nothing Of iti
interest," ,Slishi it this week.-ED.]
Under the above caption, the Idaho States.
man IF the 25th inst, contains an article .
full column ii length the piteously whining
tone of which is only equaIed by the funny
statements OF pretended facts concerning the
late election in this county and Territory.
Nelghbor, the best way to swallow an ex-
ceedingly bitter pill. is TO take it with the
best grace possible. In an old and rare, bat
exceedingly valuable work on ethics we re-
member having read several years ago, falsif-
cation of the trath was scientifically and
systematically classified iEto three distinct
branches. /. Solid lying. z. Embroidery
of facts 3 Suppression of truths equiva-
lent generally to positive falsehood. The
article ingeniously, though very weakly and
perhaps enthusiastically pleads all these dis
tinctiOas and makes general average Of the
matter. The writer evidently forgot or else
had notthe manliness to practice the philos-
Ophy of Uncle Abe," when badly, though
fairly beaten by Douglas in the Senatorial
canvass in 1858 ID illinois. He told friend
of an inquiring turn of mind, that hs, 6alt
like the overgrowu boy who stubbed his toe
against stone, aud told his cOmnades " he
was too big to cry, and hurt too bad, 10
laugh" 4s.ser7f
The writer of the article ia question, as
sumes in bis own Language, in, speaking of
the result of theelectiones
"This has not baen done By legal votes, or
"by the neal sentiment of the people,"
NeyeHwas fairer election held, on a mere
full, free, honest, legal, peaceable and thor
Ough expression of the-sentiments Of Ameri-
can citizens and freeman, made known at any
election held in. any pant of the United States
since the adoption of the Federal ConStitu-
ton. NeyeEwere fewer illegal votes ROliedin
proportion to the number of voters, HanE
such were polle@ anywhere in, the county,
known to Republicans, they were by meme
bers Of that party. We know Of no illegal
Democratic. Votes. polled, on that day. he
says further in the same connection :.
"Fraud and alb sorts of tricks have been
{. practiced to carry the election. The immi-
'igrant vote alone, would more than balance
" the majority Not dozen immigrants in
I" the Territory had been here long enough to
be entitled to a vote, and nearly all of them
"yoted the Democratic ticket. X T Every
{" conceivable inducemeHt was made to bring
e shenn 10 tia polls,- and tAa7 -Gopperhead
"lawyers of Idaho City, published a circular
pretending it was from the. bar of Boise
" county, putting false andt ridiculous cour
struction upon what Observation-Disclosures,
"in order to induce them to take an oath that
g they had resided in the county thirty days..
!" and in the Territory four months. The un-
(" scrupulous manner 10 which they swallow.
i" ed the oath showed that theE were used to
/" such. things, and have as little regard. for
!" the. oaths as they have for the government
!" they seek to Destroy $500
Now it is difficult to. find an equally false.
equally weak, equally maliciouslK sIanderOus,,
and equally contemptibly mean string of ass,
sertions in print anywhere in the English or
any other language outside of Boise Basin.
If any person at all acquainted with the facts
can select single sentence of the above ex-
tract which does not contain an absolute
of facts, he will have to do it by
aicAing. out words here and thsre and CON
structing sentence for himself not psnned
by the writer Of that article. Not content
with falsely charging,fraud and trlckew upon
the Democratic party leaders, and with max
ing conceited assertions about legal geatle
men, the,latchet of whose shoes he will never
be able orworthy, mentally speaking, to UNI
loose, the immigrant, poor, houseless, home
less. exile, driven by the devastation and ruin
caused by fanatieism and intolerance of the
from happy homes to seek
safety in the moHntains and Ealleys,ef Idaho,
must come in for good share of virii6cation
and abuse. ,nhah& Cod thu. legal voters of
Boise.county by Q, large and decisive majority
exclusive of legal immigrant votes, number