Arizona miner., 1866-01-10
rnSrnN ANn GOODWIN.

closed his purchase, and he was among the
first 20 move on bchalfof Territorial govern
mcnt. He was chosen our first Delegate to
Congress by large majority, and we have
reason to know that he worked for our best
interests at Washington with ability and un-
firing zeal. 1t was not generally expected
that he wtfd he a candidate for reelection,
Indeed he Mad openly stated that he would
not be, but when he changed his mind and
placed his name before the people, many
friends rallied to his support, and had he I.
made the canvass Of the Territory he might (
have been elected We charge his defeat /
more to his absence from the Territory than
TO any marked hostility to him here. Living
in New York, it was impossible for him to /
meet and refute the thousand and one scan |
dalous stories started against him, and to
make the satisfactory explanations regarding
his public course, which he, doubtless, could
have done if upon the ground. When it be
came apparent that the whole southern coun-
try was against him, and that he could not
be elected, the MlNER, which had hoistcd bis
name, turned its support to Governor food
win, in order to aid in securing the defeat OF
a most Objectionable man, who, unable to
cope with Colonel Poston, had he been here,
was likely to succeed through the advantage
Of his absence. 1t was from no disregard OF
F the Colonel. but from desire to prevent the
everlasting disgrace of the Territory, that we
upheld Governor Goodwin, who, as every fair
minded man will allow, was justly aud homer
ably elected, and has a clear title 70 his seat.
We are both surprised and panied TO learn
that Colonel Poston, while yet ignorant of
, the full returns, and before the Governor has
arrived in the east, has made an attack upon
him of most bitter and unwarruntable char
acter, and further intends to contest his seat.
i Now. If Governor Goodwin was not elected,
( Colonel Poston certainly was not. In Pima
q county he received but brs ont OF nearly
% four hundred votes, and, in the whole Terri
&c tory, he had some hundreds Of votes less than
n either Goodwin or Allyn. He has, in ouI
&c Judgment, and that Of our people, including
Us his saa. friends, no grounds whereon to con
r. test, however severe his disappointment, ans
er we believe lie viii not Go 50 when the pre-
er else state Of tie ,ase is made known tS 80
Of As, in the camrai N, certs..=-s.'s ~.
OF showed cvidenss->.--s--..ln q ms sup Nters
We Of election q insanity U their ne'nod
! many lsr-eerng, by which the Colonel lo,tf
"a tlsgffriends, 80 since he seems to have beer
.ystie victim " these weak and foolish men.
/ who boast 4 an influence which they never
h'd, and whe give advice which. if allowed,
can OILY result in injury. The Colonel may
well bee to pc saved from such g ftieuds.n IL +.
is, doubles, by their unscrupuous misrep-
rcsentaton that hv lv. Dvcn a,,,...,rh 10
step which he must ever regret, and which
may plsce it beyond the power of those who
honesty desire, and have had the ability to
serve linn here, to do SO.
Theresolutions of the Legislative Assembly,
printed in the A1SER Of to-day, " ere intro 5
duted by member who voted for Colon, :
PqFtoa at the last election, and they wer
upheld by the members Of both houses. {,
they are by all the Coloncl's partizans. savir.
tie few demagogues TO whom we have alludes /
! they arc emphatic and severe, Colonel Pos- {
ton has only those TO blame who have IA 5
vfigled him into assuming an unjustitiab!e {
ana unfortunate position, towards man with {
whom he has been, and should be, upon thel
best possible terms, and who became his com
petitor only for the public good.
We know that Colonel Poston felt that tho
election Of Allyn would be great calamity.
and when he is brought to realize. as he must
be upon examination of the figures. that il
was even possible, much less probable, he can
but thank Governor Goodwin for his course
and rejoice that the credit of the Territory is
saved. We sincerely hope that the Governor
and Colonel, even after the ill-adyised manYoi
testo of the latter, will have an amicable " as
derstanding and again become cordial p pl
workers on behalf Of the Territory, for gich q
they have heretofore done so much. .
PIONEER SocrErY.-Aftert the diefnment ia
OF the Legislature, Mr.. Roe ! ~ other ii
members, with our citizens .seneyyl srsred G
with zeal upon the forIp4fls ~ AriHs@ al
Pioneer Society. Sew ,aIr. fngs we're tsld, Z
- ,,-os sarn. .~tf. oatrtfI 7.