Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-04-01
FROM MT, IDAHO
Nj. IDAHO. March -. 1850.

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have b en- am u. TIL first to suggest tn
'ttachiu. Of the norrhrrn counties OF Ida
NJ to Washington, wc pre~ane ycn al,i,t
fee! dc P in' rast 10 the situation Of the
question. ! remember wall when Non
Ana We. cut of from US lawn: ID. n,r
| Faw strip OF Il.ho between VI utasa and
Washington. NJ one then thought that
&c could lon: remain 10 this i.ylated eon
iiiion' cut Of from the south By the ian
passable mountain. Of the Salmon river
rans~, and from TIL eas, By the Bitter
R'o, rshge. aud only separated frum
Washington by Political lin, whieh i'm
ply reqn red that ngres, 81 yuld -. v
-reat a mistake they IN de when they
left US in this isolated condition, but here
We have remained since the spring Of
1865 without sny relief from our situa
ton. contend NJ against all the incidert
10 such IS slsti0n Of people from
advantages Of the sympathy and
differentiation Of other portions Of the
territory, who are practically as far re
moved from u. as they would have been
bad they lived in the Siutwich I-lanls.
~ 10 Alaska. remember well vaen
yourself and Slater, who has been dead
for several years, worked for the rectify.
inc Of this boundary, aud restoring thi.
pan handle to Washington, and giving
US some advantages in common with
some other territory tina, we could ap
proseh without 50 much sacrifc as WIS
required to APPROACH South Idaho. ]
remember well that your suggestions 10
your publications 10 the Lewiston Jour.
nat, the Radiator, the Signal, the
Nor'herner, and your constant urging il
the TELLER, and your oft repe.t d declsl.
atoms upon the stump III the different
counties and precincts upon the matter
have always met the hearty endorsement,
Of the people Of Northern Idaho. and ev-
cryone then believed that your views
we're correct. But notice that a new
oracle has lately appeared from Old Eng.
land to give us new light through the
columns Of the Ners, and be says tina,
these .annexationists, "mo.s backs" A,
he calls them must by "driven to the
wall. | think his language is. "the
moss backs and their musty theories
mus; be driven to the wall" IF the
hardly pa,uralizcd English editor of the
Nelos had any modes,y OF sense of
shame, he would never lend himself TO
displace or disparage the counsels Of the
early settlers of North idaho, certainly
not until he can suggest some counsels
that are apparently much better. He
has touched ia his paper many import
ant questions. bu. suggested no new
ideas upon them, only such as
you have advanced years before, and yet
he states them as if they had never been
thought or dreamed Of before, much less
published. He apparently wants to &c,
N aud ride some hobby that he thinks
will make him popular. 1t matters not
what side he is OR if he can only create a
sensation. Changing sides without as
signing cause is all legitimate journal
sm with him. II he supposes the ma
ority Of his readers do no. see his incon
'isteneies and eerrymanderings, he is
bigger John Bull" fol than the MAORI
y OF the John Bulls who come among
as to counsel in American affairs. |
nave wondered that You passed him by
With so little notice of bis egotism and
pirit of dicta,ion. We are wont to d
oppose that the majority If American d
eadrs take his full measure as they
cad bis bo;nbss,ic ctFusio :, anl hence i,
10 occasion for our Noticing them.-Ep. I a
Tor one am disposed to stand by the o
'ioneers OF No.'h Idaho, having come n
ere quite early in the settlement of the q
ennlry myself and having known wha, f
&c have had To contend with like t. 4
&c new c1msrs who have entrrpris 9
nd sisor. but think they will make I
'ea: mistake il they take the advice Of a
ne Ae'os man and seek to push the b
n ss-backs ani"y!a timers to the wall L
hey are liable to rebound like the boo.
erang and s!ay these who throw them b,
Mr.. Leland | ,hius you have worked 5
mostly and faithfully for annexation. 4