, 1869-06-04
GARFIELDE's TREASON.

It will be recollcctcd that at the meeting
in Roberts Grove, the editor of the STATES
MAN charged the radical candidate with
having sympathized with the rebellion, and
read letters TO show that during his Gar
feldc's) residence in British Columbia, he
was notorious rebel. The distinguished
orator" contented himself with a simple de
NAL of the charge. As proof Of Gar6elde's
treason, we give place to the following, cop
led from the Olympia Standard:
To THE VOTERS OF WASHINGTON TER
RIroRY-By reference to the Territorial
RepuJi;un of the 10Th of May, you will
sc column headed ''FdlsehOOd CHmuSked
A Loyoi .Nrn Findicdted!"
The first of these communications shall
notice is the statement of Mcdonald, Tela>
tive to the oath taken bv Gar6elde to the
British Crown When Gar6elde was ruled
from the legal bar 10 British Columbia, be
went to Hon NJ b. Bigbee, the Supreme
Judge IF the Colony, and offered to take
the oath Of alc2ience to- the Grown, if he,
by so doing, would be allowed to practice in
the Courts. This have from Judge Big
bee himself
TO the third specification, Mr.. Mcdonald
says that Gar6rlde delivered but one politi-
cal speech while in British Columbia. If
Mr.. Mcdonald will brighten his memory,
(ls he says he was in that country during
Gartielde's stay) he will remember that
Gariclde made more than one speech while
tEere-une of which was on the favorite
theme of the orator: "Progress," and those
who have been in the country long enough
to have heard him often, will recognize the
theme
| will now notice the letter Of w. E
Boone, and sec how far bis statement is TO
be lied ON:
Boone SAYS 10 his letter to Gar6elde {"
was present during your conversation with
Mr. Rocher in regard to the war, but do not
now call to mind the particular eIpresious
made Use of by you at that time" lie alsO
says, THAT during your whole stay in Ca il
boo, had the pleasure Of beirg your con
slant cpmpaniun-thatw we occupied the same
cabin aud even the same bunk-that We lad
frequent conversations about the war, &c.
Now | wall undertake to show that the as.
sertoS of W. +. Boone are, in part at least,
. false. To do this | will have to tell you
where Mr.. iiAriielde was ut that time, and,
also. that | had better chance to know
Gar6rlde's sentiments than almost any man
in CaribuO. Gar6elde was taken sick while
on Williams creek, and bis friends, Boone
included, came to me aud begged me to take
"his Honor to my house and take care Of
him, for. said they, if be cannot have better
treatment he will certainly die. told them
at once to bring him along. They carried
him to my house and my wife and | gave
hm our bed, while we slept on the floor, and
we waited on him, day and night, for seven
weeks During this time Boone was absent
frequently, and at one time for more than
two weeks, so you will see that Mr.. Boone
has stated a falsehood in this instance at
least. believe, if the truth we're known,
that GnrGelde wrote the letter for Boone to
sign, which he did without reflection upon
the iaets or knowledge of its entire purport
Now with regard 10 Mr.. Gar6rlde's prin-
c'pes, both political and moral, and / am
compelled to say that think he has as little
as any man living. The only kind that he
prse''ces are those that answer his purposes
pest During his sickness at my house he
ciaimeI 70 De Kentuckan, and frequently
a'o"eo MS sympathy for the South, and
was never more surprised in my life than
when l read his speech at Victoria on Mr..
Llncoln's death. Tor had heard him Often
say that Lincoln Was an old fool. not fit for
Governor OF State, much less for President
Of the United States, So much for Mr..
Gar6elde's political principles.
Now about his moral principles With
his dissolute habits you are ali perhaps as
we'll informed as am, but l will take this
opportunity to state some additional facts
Known to myself BY sad experience: