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258:, a position he had previously held for the Washington Territory. Wallace promised to resign the Idaho Territory governorship should he be elected a delegate to the Congress. He was elected despite a strong Democratic showing. In December 1863, the new Territorial Legislature met with William B. Daniels as both the secretary and the acting governor of the Territory. In his inaugural address, Governor Daniels said in part:
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Shall Idaho, the largest of the territories, take her stand in sympathy with a cause (slavery) so vile, and cloud the morning of her existence with the darkness of treason? No, let her, as her name indicates, sit among the mountains, a gem of the brightest luster, radiant with unconditional loyalty,
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