Year: 1868

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 In Yavapai, and perhaps other counties of the Territory, the active supporters of Cover nor Mccormick give as a reason for working for him, that he is a true Republican, and the only loyal man in the field" He, him self. put this argument into their mouths while here, and they have tried their best to make good use of it, by denouncing every Republican who does not throw mp his hat for his fighty Excellency, as traitor to his party. To show these men the utter ground lessness of their assertion, We quote from an article entitled The Third Trial and Defeat, '' which was written by Governor Mccormick, and which appeared in the MINER of Sept %, 1868:

 "Thcre is an old superstition that the third trial will insure success; but in the move mcnts of the opponents of the Territorial ad- ministration it has not held true, They have just gone through their third annual at tempt to defeat the administration at the bal lot-box, and, in view Q! all the circumstances, they have experienced more complete and overwhelming discontinue than ever before. In 1864 they supported Leib and were beaten; in 1865 they went for Allyn, and were beaten. In lSGG they rallied for Poston, and again they are beaten this time with the disagrccable knowledge (so far as the radicals are concern ed) that they voted for d man in whom they had no confidence and whom they openly denounced in lS64 as seCcssiOnist.h Of course, the opponents of the Territo- rial administration nwere mostly republicans, and it seemed to have done the Governor a ! powerful sight of good to sec the party thrice balfled Again, he says:

 l ''Now we do not say that Poston ever was a : soccssjonist. The MINER certainly had no ! knowledge of such being the case when it i supported him for Delegate; but there can be | nc better illustration of the inconsistency of the impractica5le radicals of this county than they have given in upholding him after all they have said of him in years past, and in deed, in view of what many of them said of him during the late campaign. They have shown that for the petty purpose of personal spite against the Territorial administration they were willing to take up with any candi- date believed to be antagonistic to it. They have set aside principle, after clamorously claiming it as the basis of their policy. and heartily co-opcrated with a man of questioned loyalty, in preference tc one never suspected of entertaining disunion sentiment"

 Well the above is pretty cool. This pink of loyalty did not say that Poston ever was q secessionst, yet admits that his loyalty wa. questioned.

 The Governor next throws out milk-so to the pliabe Republicans whom he was 1T the habit of moulding to suit his purpose and then wades into the bulk of the party in the following fierce style:

 Men of southern birth, and naturally o southern sympathies, may in several instances have been appointed; but only the "imprac ticables" insist that southern sympathie and reasonable sympathies are one and tn, same thing. In our judgment, when mel yield cheerful obedience to the laws and {, the officers of the government, we care no where they come from, or how they talk-i is folly to call them disloyal, and it is a noto ricus fact that none of our people have ac ted in better faith towards the General ant Territorial governments than the men iron the southern States taking them as a class Accepting the policy of the latter as pre-emi nently fair an desiring that nothing shoul' be allowed to interrupt the peaceable an, speedy development of the rich resources o the Territory, they have set the turbulen radicals an example of good citizenship whicl they would do well to follow"

 What do you think of the above, "Imprac ticables," you who are now hurrahing fo Mccormick, and swearing that all Democrat are secessionists and traitors? Will you stil continue to denounce Rush and all who sup port him, as secessionists Will you stil claim that no Republican should vote fo Rush, because Mccormick is running and ha asked for Republican votes, on the groun, that he has always run with that party?