The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1867-07-27
WHOLE NO. 153.

the statement in the Montana Post, In
which the actual vote in that race is
published, as falsehood,' when it is
true, and he admitted 10 gentleman,
since the article appeared, who is, also,
an aspirant for Congress that he did run
as an independent candidate,at the time
stated. This is another evidence ofl,ard
cheek on the part of Cavannugh. We
have had il from the lipS, OF gentlemen,
90 whose statements we would give more
credit, than to any denial of Cavanaugh's
that in that race IN Colorado, ,Cavanaugh
on the stump, stated that he was asked
If he would accept a Democratic nomin-
alton. and that he had replied THAT he
wanted no nomination from the Demo
Gratis, that he Lad been endeavoring for
eigheeen months 10 spew up all the De
mocracy in him"-that ''he regarded
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation,
as wise and useful in its conception, and
that il would render Lincolns name i'm
mortal"
In the third place, we know. that dur
ing the race for Congress in 1865 in Colo
RADIO, that our Democratic exchanges
from there, We're all down on james NJ
Cavanaugh, and continued So. until his
departure 20 come out herc,aud the only
complimentary notice 0f him. that came
under our observation was in the Denver
4ftHSs a lttAtAiItAA paper anu 10 Atlt hIlltit
which he requested US 10 publish.
Again, in all that we have heard from
gentlemen in Montana, who knew Cav
anaugh in Colorado, the opinion gener-
ally entertained in regard to him. was,
that he was trhOtLy unreliable as Il DOIttt-
ticidn, and that no confidence in that
respect could be repOsed in anything he
said.
In view of all the objections above, be-
sides others we have heard of. IL was our
deliberate wish that the Democracy of
Montana would not be reduced into the
support of a man of such doubtful polit-
ical principals. These objections did
not have their first movement from us
they came from the persons who knew
Cavanaughs antecedents-me who
stand nigh in the confidence of the De
mOcracy of Montana. We heard a De-
mocrat, who has filed high positions in
this Territory ever since its organization
say he would not support Cavanaugh
even ii nominated by a regular cOnven-
ton OF the party. We have never gone
so far i'll regard to any aspirant.
notwithstanding the broad denials of
Mr.. Cavanaugh, we shall wait for better
evidence, and our opinions as 10 his po-
litical st0tVs In Colorado. remain un-
changed, for a great deal of what is
charged against him is established his
tory and he cannot escape from the force
of it,
1t has afforded no pleasure TO go into
this expose Of any one claiming to act
with the party to which we belong. The
whole thing has been forced upon us by
the unwarranted assault made by Mr..
Cavanaugh. 1t was wholly unexpected
from such source, considering the rela-
tioas existing between US. The excuse
of which the gentleman availed himself,
that Gen. Meagher was assailed by the
DeH1Ocr0t, had no foundation in fact, and
was seized upon in order TO ride into
favor by Identifying himself with the
acting Governor We have always CON
sidered Gen. Meagher perfectly compe-
tent to defend himself, when assailed,.
and all who know him are fully aware
he does not lack the courage, no differ
ence who may be the assailant If Mr..
had not improperly, and
very indelicately, obtruded himself on
the Democracy of Montana, he would
not be surrounded by his present diff
culues, and these grave exposures of his
political recreancy and unreliability,
would not have been published, although
they were known in private circles. For
our part, we entertained very kind feel
ings personally toward the gentleman
and never dreamed that we should ever
have any controversy with him. We
were taken very much by surprise when
we read the report of his speech in the
Gazette And, aside from this, we never
regarded Mr.. Cavanaugh as a formidable
candidate for Congress-there is not a
gentleman named In connection with
that Office that has not stronger claims
on the Democracy of Montana than
{ 10y oh
more votes in convention, and we never
believed for moment that he would be
and therefore. thought his
as springing only from vanity
and impudence, OF which he has an
abundance.
But, this late speech of his, is just
repetition of his career in Colorado.
There be was constantly engaged in
stirring up strife and wrangling in the
Democratic ranks, which resulted in his
being. an Independent candidate and
defeating the regular nominee What
other gentleman, aspiring To a seat in
Congress, has made an assault upon
another, because he was probably his
competitor for the same position Has
Judge Mayhem, Mr.. Waterbury, Judge
Orr, or any of the other gentlemen spo-
ken of assaiEng any one? II is left TO
this wrangler and broiler, all the way
from Massachusetts in search OF Con-
gressional honors, " swinging around the
circle of the Rocky Mountains, and
taking desperate chances, for political
advancement, but pulling up stakes for
a new latitude every time he fails. We
know of no hope for the success of his
ambition except he can go to Washing
ton as Delegate from the " Bad L0ads" "
of which he would in name be a fit rep