, 1865-01-27

The Idaho Capital ouesaou.
WALLA NADIA. Jan n IA

WALLA WALLA, Jan N 1865.
EDS. STATESMAN The b,s been no
change in the capital farce o. a,-iston this
week, aud l bel lieve there can be but one Of
two solutions concerning the course of the
U. 5. District Judge in refusing to take the
responsibility Of deciding upon the illegality
OF Acting Secretary Cochran's arrest and
Imprisonment, upon'the writ of ne eceat, is
sued by Probate Judge: First, his fear of
the excited mob at Lewstoa-many of whom
had lor the last two months publicly pro-
claimed his utter incompetency asa Judge,
and, to effect the present case, wheeled
about and signed petition to the President
for his retention in ofice-and secondly, his
great want OF those firm mental characteris-
tics which, by neither pandering to the ex-
cited passions of people nor Sinking the
responsibilities which belong 10 MS ofioe.
can alone give confidence j. the admiuistra-
tion of law
OF the malieiousness o. these prosecu-
tions there can be no doubt all Che instiga-
tors are already meanly sne 4ing out, while
their irresponsible tools will have TO bear the
disgrace consequent upon the acts of these 4.
dlshonesl agitators; and the rutorv v0fI'
no is the sufferer for want O. code Of ca
rected and efficient laws, such as were D.
Gently enacted by the legislature and
proved by the Governor
The first legislature that convened 10 III
Territory year ago, was 37Es and Fas
locked BY this same capital Questio-
the great errors, and blund rs and
ing sections in the publish d laws
them, so that the entire code
remodeed re-amended an re-ou
the last legislature. Men who have
the clown in the saw dust ring Of other--A.
are now befuoling the 300 inhabitants y
little Lewiston, and the fable of the Fl
trying to swell itself to the proportions of "a
OK is well illustrated by he .ittle men Of
that little place when they assume to speak
for the whole Territory of Idaho
One word about Governor Lyon His
acts are his own | do nc believe be ever
will ask the citizens of Lewiston for permis-
sion to stay in or to leave that place nor
would any sane man believe it an act of bad
faith in him so to do; and to my personal
knowledge he has never neglected the du-
/ ties of his office, and is now attending to
/ those connected with the Indian Depart
! ment; nor will he ever subserve the inter-
ests of a selfish clique, some of whom have
been guilty of strangling defonselcss men,
who were far better than themselves. The
Governor is perhaps too slow and too eau
tious in the present emergency, but believe
he will end this farce ere long in manner
satisfactory to a great majority of his con
stituents five sixths of whom are now living
in the Boise country interested in the i'm
mediate removal Of the capital and in the
protection afforded by the Territorial laws.
! 1t would be a very poor mining eulch in
deed that would not pan out much larger
! population of voters than the men, women
/ and children of the whole of little lewiston,
i one of whose late meetings, numbering some
4 thirty grown men, passed a string Of resolu-
Z tions the gist and chit of which I squeeze
into three, for the benefit of our readers,
! Rcso7ccd, That the President be roqnas
ed to turn out forthwith ever BODY h,
office in this Terutory
4 Resolred, That we are the men TO en- the
places
Reso70ed, That we want liy.sion OF the
Territory Of Idaho and enough Of tbe adm.
cent counties Of Washington Territory ar
tached to continue the capital at little Lew
iston god john CUMMINs,
Late Pres't of the Council of Idaho.