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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1888)
THE WEST SHORE. :irTrimpartiiig instructions for the . kii The following P 7T, ,g and in fact, in the transaction of Mch, 8ft J w, ce of affia , a ' nicati0n with the w hi, f'O ll ... . lotion ana as , r IAM M01 W F'" . Vw, M Polk'i term of oflicc j partmenw. q was very rVanmft ana repuuuve iu mo ucu- 11 o.uvytx pie. Added to this, was the great nA oimnni constant struggle with auu u"v. V the Indians, wmuu wucu v o. them continually discontented with governmental tutelage. In r . . . m ?l 1853 Washington lermory was if H lr of the coast Peter 1L Bar. jfe AtNixMi iwTj oi iuu y :tf fife fcj Hum ,t . .i,nMlt LUtory of Uo awn. 7 1 (a to California, ana, m 'A ft f.ft ewrwr of tho CMn " ft rfr,rjof, honor! nd re in hit old age. 0. C. l'r iU im 1 antral figure in Oregon jmlilioi for many jrar-itg the acknowledged lr!rr of th lcmcr&tic par ly in Ut. General Lane'i i.iWy u well known lo MI, tii j'inftl participation in th Indian want, hi wrricw t WwLirigton, Uh m del rate ami M tiatur, hii candi dry fr lt TicrcidoDcy n iU j ro fclavcry ticket with (ipccral UroclcLridgp, in island kin uUojucnt tc lirractit in rriut' lif He dil at hii lin in Pouglaa c.nt; in IW. J Mock dikfUrl dutim of mar. U1 ith tLo vijir and four- n ,' . Ji k,m( 4 tl.ikt marked hit dm. duct throughout hii rutin carin-r, and, after retiring from C.'.oc, in tho fctiito ULtil hiu death, in 1875. Ofrtfon rrtcaikol in a territorial ttato for ten ) m, u(T-fit;g kll tho evili of a partisan government n 1 ititi-i,M j.liticnl trif The jxplo early aspired U U tA and dignity of fcttfhal, and the question f fumij-ij m cviulitutiun was ever present in jwlitica. Hf adjoitiitj tikto (,f Cif )rni!i waa admitted into t! I'u-.a tic v ry mi yrar, und.-r phenomenal con- d.tii t.k. HitLoul ttruukir-.n iT.r. .tii tn;i....'t .1 , B .,.,,.hU ,uu muiuuai bince. m tut iim mum u rcii.lt r the MxtpK0f Oregon dig k.i.trtUl tuth a t rrit.riO form of covernment Tim ;;vv , ff . Oregon, and in June, Jh 0'V voted adversely on the question 1 -;iB i CM 'T of a constitutional convention. V hh 1 U.i OxMrLml ilb ft tcrriturinki fikfmf n.-.i ti . r.;t i-hJiCo fww ,f d.Mvitriit vug the length 0f MI fcti 1 ll U L ft.r 1 Tfc -"uuwmur wuu me seal 01 gov. Ntv xt kt ULitLion. All lag ),v I 'j uv u j-ct Ut tho diwpproval of congress ui imrM BtL. lo (,rn whether or not i M Ul Im a tlu, r.Ldensl toil There was the u .ay ia tllitg Ho fr(xlU,Lt vacancies in the an, IUIIUU J a of a constitutional convention. Twice again, in 1855 and 185b, the - people voted not to frame a con- i . ... rrt 1 " stitution; but in 180, oy an over whelming majority, they voted to frame a constitution to be submit ted to congress. The convention met at Salem, on the seventeenth of August, 1857, and was presided over by Hon. M. P. Deady, our present United States district judge. The question of slavery was especially avoided in the con vention, and was made a special Article. uDon which the people " if could vote separately. The con-' stitution was opposed by some be cause it did not especially pro hibit slavery, and by others be- x - . " cause it did not establish it ; but ' a large majority were in favor of its adoption, as appeared in the election in November, when seven thousand one hundred and ninety-five votes were cast for it, and only three thousand two hundred and fifteen against The special slavery clause was rejected by an even greater majority, sev en thousand seven hundred and twenty-seven voting against it, and only two thousand six hundred and forty-five in its favor. A full set of officers was elected, and General Lane and Delazon Smith were sent to Washington as senators ; but congress ad journed without passing an enabling act, and Oregon was blessed with a cIouWa haI nf nffW.ra. The state ofliciala remained quiet until news was received, early in 185'J, that after a long and bitter struggle in the house of representatives, the enabling act had been passed on the twelfth of February, had been signed by President Buchanan, and that Oregon Territory was a thing of the past H. L. Wells. r