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the grandest views to be obtained II
our territory, the famous Boise
basln-known throughout the whole
world--whose yield of precious met
al was never excelled only by the ia
nous Ballerat mines of Australia
10 stand on the summit and gaze a,
the vast amount of work here done II
the last quarter of century, it seem,
almost incredible that great moun
tains of wash gravel had been wash
ed by the efforts of man, who's thirs,
for the particles of gold concealed ir
the great gravel banks is never salts.
fed. Memory leads me back tc
1864-5, when the Basin counted he,
population by the thousands, and
gold dust was as plentiful in Idaho
City as silver was supposed to be in
Madrid after the conquest of Mexico
by Cortez and South America by ri.
zarro. Twenty-four years! Just
think! Many of us were stripping
boys just raising a little down on our
faces that resembled fuzz on peach,
a gay, careless and reckless crowd OF
young spirits that feared no danger.
and many who had actually fought
their way into the mines, across the
plains, having had more than one en-
counter with the Sioux and their allies
IN secret-the brethren in Utah, who
consider all Indians their brothers
and teach their young that the In
dians are one of the lost tribes of
Israel, and call them Lamanltes. No
wonder many who came to Idaho IN
lo64-5 were poor. The noble red
man was always willing and ready to
take the scalp of any unsuspecting
pilgrim who dared to wander awav
from the nam camp, and their friends
and brothers of the Latter Day
Church were always on the alert for
the emigrants' stock. Their desire
for stock was not satisfied even by
the government of the United States
in 1856 under the weak, hesitatine
administration of the Democratic
imbecile who was present at that
time, when cavalry horses were sold
at 81 per head and six-mule teams all
complete with harness and wagon
sold at public auction for 81 per
team, bought by the church of the
Latter Day Saints, and more than
S5,000,000 worth of government
stores was donated to them for their
sympathy in the cause then pending
between the North and South. The
leading officers of that donating ex-
pedition to the cause of their pecu-
liar religion y subsequently became
the heroes of the South. The breth-
rem answered the continued calls OF
the Lord for more horses and cattle,
and the emigrants suffered through
their instrumentality. Their teaching
to the rising generation is that the
government is their personal enemy,
on account of what they call their
persecution. The many unmarked
mounds that denote a grave from the
North Platte to Echo canyon can all
be traced indirectly to the influence
of the Mormon Church and the ennis
saries among the Indians. Shall we
in this enlightened age, since it has
become absolutely necessary to enact
laws to compel them to live within
the bounds of decency, permit them
to exercise the right of perjurlng
themselves and voting for their Dem
ocratio friends this fall? For the
sake of the future of the "Gem OF
the Mountains " forbear, and think OF
the many iniquities committed by
these people, and | can assure the
standard bearer of the great free
trade and presumed Democratic
party of Idaho that an election gained
with the assistance of the Mormon
element of his party will reflect nc
honor or credit on him, though 1t may
prove productive and prolific in the
way of few dollars wrested from
the poor and enslaved members O.
their church through their priesthood
even unto the Aaronic. His name
will in the near future go down IL
HISTORY as the man of more than ordl
nary ability who sacrificed every
principle of manhood, honor ant
friendship to be elected to Congress
through the lecherous Mormon
Church. Such mark of infamy vii
ever rest upon the character of
name that enjoyed the confdene'