Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-05-29
His Loyal Record EXPOSED.

! "
Sound, an old Cariboo miner, whose vcracity
is unques,joned among all who know him, in
reply to the testimonials" in last weeks Re-
publican:
To THE vorERs or WASHINGTON TERRITORY:
! BY reference TO the Territorial, Republican, Of
the 18th May, you will sec column headed
- Fais,hood Lnmasked-A Loyal Man rmdi-
caied'"
The first Of these communications shall
notice is the statement Of Mcdonald, relative
to the oath taken by Garfclde to the British
Crown When Gariclde was ruled from, the
legal bar in British Columbia, he went to Hon.
N. b. ligbee, the Supreme Judge Of the Colo
ny, and offered to take the oath of alcginnc G
to the Crown, il he, by so doing, would he al
lowed to practice in the Courts. This have
from Judge Bigbes himself.
To the third specification, Mr.. Mcdonald say
that ;arieIde delivered but one political spcecl,
while in British Columbia. II Mr.. Mcdonald
VII brighten his memory, las he says he was
in that country during Garfeldes stay, he
will remember that Garfieldc made more than
ore speech while therc--Onc Of which was on
| the fivoritc theme of the Orator: ''PrOgrpSs, ~
and those who have been in the country long
enough to have heard him often, will recognise
the theme.
! will now notice the letter Of W. T.. Boone,
and see how far his statement is to be relied
| on:
| Boone says in his letter to Garfclde: 81
| was present during your conversation with Mr..
Hocdcr in regard to the war, hut do not now
call to mind the particular expressions made use
of by you at that time" lie also says, "that
during your whole stay in Carihoo, had the
pleasure Of being your constant companion
that We occupied the same cabin and even
the same bunk-that we had frequent CONVEX
sations about the war;" &c. Now will UNI
dcrtake ~ show that the assertions Of ". T..
Boone are, in part at least, false. To do this
| will have to tell you where Mr.. Garfclde was
at that time, and, also, that I had II better
| chance to know Gariielde' sentiments than al
| most any other man in Carib0O. Cariicldc was
taken sick while on Williams Greek, aud his
friends, Boone included, came to me and beg
ged me to take ''his Honor to my house AM,
take care Of him, for, said they, II he cannot
have better treatment he will certainly die.
told them ut once to bring him along. They
| carried him to my house and my wife and |
gave him our bed, while we slept on the floor
and we watcd on him, day and night, for seven
weeks. During this time Boone was abscn,
| frequently. and at one time for more than tw o
weeks, 50 You will see that Mr.. Boone has sta
ted II falsehood in this instance at least. he
lievc, it the truth were known, that Garicldc
wrote the letter for Boone to sign, which he
did without reflection upon the facts or knowl-
edge OF its entire purlort.
Now with regard to MIR. Garicdc princi-
pies, both political and moral, am compelled
to say that think he has as little rs any man
living. The only kind he practices are those
that answer his purposes hest. During his
sickness at my house he claimed to he IL Ken
turkian. and frequently avOwcd his sympathy
for the South and was never more surprised
in my life than when read his speech at Vic
toria on Mr.. Lincoln's death, Cor had heard
him often say that :. Lincoln was an old fool,
not ft for Governor of State, much less for
| President Of the United States So much for
Mr.. Garfcldc's political principles.
Now abOn: his moral principles With his
iissolute habits You are all perhaps rs well III
formed rs am, but ] will take this opportu-
nifty to state some additional facts known to
myself by sad experience:
In the year 1863 | was agent for mining
claim in Caribou, belonging t, man by the
name Of rrinllc. This claim | sold to Gar
ticllc, and agreed to take the money as it was
taken out Of the claim. During his sickness
| paid assessments on that claim for him,
amounting to 1908; also went to consider
able expense to furnish him all the delicacirs
that could he procured in that country. For
NINE Of These things hare I rrrr received a cent in
mon'y or a ~ord Of Honks. After Ga, frldc got
well he sold this claim or transferred it to this
same VI. Il. Boone, from whom could recover
nothing. Garicldc then slipped out Of the
country rs though he was afraid Justice would
ovcrtakc him il he remained longer. After |
found he had gone, wrote him letter, from
i copy Of which herewith suhjoin few ca
tracts. This letter was conveyed to him by
tho hands of Capt. B. l.. IIcnncss, who has
since assured me that it was dcivcd us direct
cd, and to which | received no reply. The lot.
ter was as follows:
RICMrIELp, October ~, 1863.
Mr.. GARFIELpE-
Sir: shall not say /" FRIEND for as such
yOu have not treated me aud my wife but |
am just going to write few lines to let you,
| know how feel with regard to the treatment
have had from you. | want You to under
stand that it is not the amount of your indcbt-
edncss to me that care for, but to think that
took you home to my house, and that myself
anu wife waited on you and attended to your
every want in the way we did, :: and
after all this you would 60 away without even
coming TO see us. think you might
have known enough of my nature from my
treatment of You to have been satisfied that
all wanted of you was that Won would call
and see me, and if you could not pay me, say
that you were in Strengthened circumstances,
and that You would pay at some future time
but nO,you went away AS if you had done some
thing wrong. X You have becn
represented to me as Il Mason il such is the
case think you have made a wide step from
the pail, Of virtue that is taught in Masonry,
and would never sit in Lodge with yon until
you, by some means, repaired for the manner
in which you have treated me and mine.
! remain, &c.
II. N. STEELE"
have not given the letter entire, but enough
I" show my opinion Of him then, which have
had no cause to change. So much for his
moral principles.
With regard to Mr.. ". II. Moore com m uni
cation, all have to say is, that he is man
with whom ] have had no acquaintance. If
he has been as intimate with Garfelde as he
says nc has in Cariboo, think | should have
certainly known him. With this / leave the
subject with you.
| II. n. STEELE.
In addition to the above, we publish below
the affidavit of c. II. Jones, Esq, of Port
townsend, in regard to Garfelde's Cariboo
~