, 1872-12-05
Ru9et Sound 9ispatsh.
Who Are They?

The Courier, which We are bound to
say is ordinarily courteous to its cotem-
poraries, if not conventioually polite to-
wards its party recusants, assails US in
nearly a column of ''elagant invective," I"
for having presumed to say "Judge
McFadden will go to Washington as the
representative of no party, but with a
stronger moral endorsement by men,
bers of the Administration party than
Garfielde ever had" This amiable and
innocent endorsement of the man who
had been chosen by an overwhelming
and unprecedented majority to repre-
sent our common interests at the cen
tral government, is characterized by
the Courier in the following choice Ian
guage:
"Here is matchless. intrepid, auda-
cious etf,ontery for you, which bids de-
tiance to all sense of shame
Under other circumstances We might
deem such epithets stronger than the
facts warrant, and unjustifably abusive;
but common charity compels us to con-
slider the mental agony which thus
seeks relief by objurgation. The type
and press upon which this TRADE is
printed were bought by Mr.. Garfielde
to be used in promoting his political as
pirations; the-editor of that paper owes
his appointment to Mr.. Gartielde; every
man personally interested in the paper
was dependent upon Mr.. Garfielde for
his position; upon Mr.. Garfielde's sue
cess depended their retention of the
official honors snd emoluments they
now revel in, all their political hopes
and aspirations for the future. His de-
feat was to them Il cruel disappoint-
ment, and we have NJ disposition to
mock at their Calamity, resent their
railing, or prolong their agony by dis
cussing the causes of their defeat. We
would not "crowd the mourners." but
duty to the living demands that post
humous spite should not be permitted
to damage the fame or impair the inhu
ence of quick successors. When
we spoke Of the "moral endorseme Mt"
which Judge McFadden bears with him
to the seat of government, We used the
term in contradistinction to that party
endorsement which is most frequently
the result of personal intrigue and chi
canery, and is never test of merit. In
this view, we are willing to submit our
controversy to discriminating public
to judge by personal comparison. 1t
will not be denied that upon a strict
party issue su h as WAS had two years
ago, there is an Administration maiori-
ty of not less than 700 in the Territory.
Hence the result of the late election
shows conclusiveiy that not less than 25
per cent of the Administration vote of
the Territory was cast for McFadden
Who are these Republicans who voted
tor McFadden ? The Courier represents
them as the most worthless and disre-
putable class il the community; disap-
pointed office-seekers, sore heads. and
all the denizens of all slums of vice
All these it counts as Republican losses
the corollary of which is, that they legit-
imately belonged to the Republican par
ty. This is a very unjust reflection mp
on the responsibility of that party. We
know in this county the Republican
candidate for Sheriff was elected by a
handsome majority against the violent
opposition of every form of vice and
lawlessness in this community. Judge
McFadden received at the same poll ISL
majority.
Gartielde ran behind Mr.. Atkins, the
Republican candidate for sheriff, $50
votes ON total vote of 556, and every
man here knows that Mr.. Atkins did
not receive a vote from the Hcentious
and vicious portion of the community
1t is certain that McFadden received not
less than 125 Republican votes in this
county without counting one of the vi
cious end meroeanary votes ascribed to
him. AS to the moral character and So
cial standing Of the class of Republicans
who voted for McFadden, they have no
superlors IN or out of the party, in Wash
ington Territory. They include a large
majority of the men who control the
capital, business enterprise and public
confidence, in all the public and private
relations of community; Lime. .tenths of
the capitalists, the bankers. the mer-
chants. the mill-owners, the loggers and
the most prominent agriculturists. We
said that Judge McF adden will 60 to
Washington as the representative of no
party, but with a stronger moral en-
dorsement by the members of the Ad-
ministration party than Garfelde ever
he'd, and we but stated the literal truth.
The BANNER COUNTY. The majority
of 1S1 for McFadden, given in King
county. is the largest majority given for
either candidate by any county in the
Territor, and the majority of 113 in