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t)c rcgou Clrgus. W. L. DNI, KDITOS AKD riOPRIRTOt. 01UDOOW CITTl SATURDAY, AI'IIIL 4, 1857. tV At Mr. Buchanan ia dow President, nd, from hit official position, i enabled to do more for Oregon than he hat before had power to accomplish, we htve thought fit to call to hit recollection hit first love," by publishing an extract from hit leltor of March 29:h, 1817, to Mr. Shively, of litis territory. At that time, Buchanan wat Secretary of Stale under Polk. The prediction which we print in ilalict lias reference to the Great Pacific Railroad, which we do hope will begin to be fulfilled during hit administration. TIlit with the Republican parly it a darling project, and at Buchanan bat cut blmsolf loose from llio alrict construction policy laid down by Pierce in hit first messsgw, Ly avowing liimiolf In favor of the road, we hope he will not let tlip this fine opportunity of immortalizing hit adminittratioo by enter ing heartily upon this great project. If lie now " fecit the decpett interest in th protperily of Oregon," we ask him to ninn ifott it by assisting forward an improve, meul which, when completed, will anon make our State one of the first in the Union in point of population and weal b. We want to tea our riven and harbort whitened with the sails of thips of all na tion! tent here to discharge their mighty cargooa, preparatory to being embarked upon the great landed " highway of na tions." With thia commerce, and the teeming millions of laborcrt that would flock to our thorea to cultivate the toil, and rear manufactories upon our uncqualud water privilege, we thall have an ample market for all our aurplut produce, and Oregon, Washington, and California will becumo, in point of wealth and intelli gence, tho New England of the Pacific. These are no visionary dreamt, but calcu lations laud upon the best of data. Bui to Mr. Buchanan's letter : The people of Oregan may rout as sured that the government and people of the United Stutct will never abandon thorn or prove unmindful of their welfare. We Lave given a sufficient pledgo of thia de termination, by the zeal and firmness with which, throughout a nuertor of a century. our jui right to that territory was stead- fastly maintained against tho claims of Ureal Unlaw, until at last the question was adjured between the two powers Ly llio treaty or June, 1810. J fiat treaty has secured to in the whole territory on the continent south of tho parallel of 40 de gree, and this we shall nover abandon. We feel the docpest intercat in the pros perity of the peonlo of Oregon. Their brethren on this sido of the Rocky moun tains regard them with affection and with hope. We can perceive, in tho not distant future, one or moro glorious states of this confederacy, springing into existence on the shores of the nortliorn Pacific states composed of our own kindred of a people .spunking our own language, governed by institutions similur to thosn which secure our own hnnpinoss, extending the blessings of religion, liberty and law, over that vast region. Their commerce and trado with tho other Slates of the Union will confer, mutual benefits on all parties concerned, and will bind llioni to us and us to them, in bonds of reciprocal interest anil nflec tion more durable than adamant. Science has discovered, and enterprise is now fast establishing, means of intercommunication to rapid, that, at no distant Jay, a journey from Xetr York to Ortgnn, will be accom- ptieheil in lens time than teal once employed in imveunyjrom mat eily to Atw Orleans; and imporiaut news will bo cummi.niratod by telegraph with tho velocity of lightning. Their foreign commerco with tho weal coast of America, Asia and the isles of the 1 acme, will sail under the protection of our common (lag, and cannot fail in Lour back wealth in ubundance lo their shores. In the mean time, we shall watch over their growth with parental care. I ho president will direct our vessels of war to yibit their ports and harbors ns often as practicable, mid lo alliird them all the pro tection which they may require ; and Con gress, I doubt not", will, at its next session, provide lor them a territorial government, uiifd lo their wishes and their wauls. Your, very respectfully, JAM ICS U I'd IAN AN, Secretary of State. AsTOBii, March 28th, 137. IF. L. Adams Sit : Will yog please say to the editor of the Oregon Statesman, that if ho wat capable of speaking well of an honest man.orol lulling the truth when it would belter roinoto the interests of the Democratic party than a falsehood, I should feel myself slandered by the edito rial article that appeared in that paper oi ins ztin Intl., respecting me proceeuwgs of a Democratic convention held in List sop county ou lhe7tli of March. At that Hiatal. The bogus Legislature of Kansas which wat elected ly Missouriant has paid little or no heed to Gov. Gary't suggestion They havo passed the bill over Geary's veto providing fur bailing prisoners in cer tain cases. Tho obnoxious, unconstitu tional, and antirepublican enactments of thai Legislature ttill disgrace the statute books. The Legislature hat made pro- editor can only tlandera man by speaking visions for a convention to form a cons! it u in hi DM!, I forbear any furiher reply lo his " long iqnirt" made at me in lilt pa per of the above dale. Very respectfully yours, . W. II. Unix. A greater number of falsehoods could not well be written in so long a communi- csilon respecting a public meoting, than Bush has given respecting that convention. If he ever had a true friend in this couinr, they havo not tho face to attempt to de fend bun in his malicious falsehoods. tion. The election of Dil'-gatet is to come off on the third Monday in June. This constitution is to be submitted to Con grest. There it no provision for lubmill, ing it Id the pcojle. From the whole frs ru ing of the act it appears that it It deter mined to make a tlave State of Kansas, in spite of every thing. All the officers who have the whole engineering of the thing The circular la too absurd a fraud and I throtitrh. are creatures of this bogut Leg. falsehood, to merit a reply. i.lature, and nroslavery of course. The a"' kill nrovidw lliAl tbe slmrilT. shall make a 7 wic .ru... wi.eu . w , , nf .; ;,;,;, ,.H fif ,L. Tj,,rj.. . .1 !.. .. .1.. .1 . " - M-r y. .... """" ry who ,r8 ,her4 0 firl f ApriI, IV wi, mail l,lll-UUU 1 J IIUV IB CUIIIO- I rati' II V .H . L" . i if I ... . . . .. This "list M subject to the bogut county ..... s r.i.j. j. i d . i. ,k-i ' ' ' ivi-w uii misriiuuuv. t tt.'tB law iiiiii i . . . , . . i. linn cnun, oppoiiiii ineyiurrf ivr uoiuiug would compel tho locofoco pnpert to tell the truth all the time, aad in two yeart there would'nl be an bonest man found in tho Territory that would acknowledge him self a locofoco. Why, fiiend Gray, what m the " dcniO' cralio parly" in Oregon? A few years ago, and the democratic party was the party that subscribed lo certain principles laid down as the creed. A few yeart later, and the old erred wns laid by, and an up proval of tho Kansas-Nebraska bill was made a test of fellowship. Six momhs ago, nil of every stripe and color, Whigs, Know Nothings, and Abolitionist!), who wubrd to attach themselves to tho party, could do so by going into their convention, and endorsing the Cincinnati platform Undor this golden canon, Dr. Henry, Dr. licit, and a good many others, we are informed, squeezed into tbe kennel with out being growled at, or having their ears mapped by the "mangy beasts" already in. Hut what does it tako to make a demo crat nowt The Benton county delegates, alihough "old liners," nre read out of the Salem convention in advance, because they declared for Col. Kelly, and are otherwise unsound in being unfriendly to the Ter ritorial printer, and in having a slight dc sire to see where thoso "election returns" went to, by the evaporation of which I hey say Corvallis was cheated out of tbe scat of Government, elections, at also the judges of elections, The law provides that the election thall bo governed by the statutes, and one of the statutes mnkrs a bogut capitatiun tux re ceipt an lndepeiisiblc qualification for a voter. No person is allowed lo vote whose namois not on the "list." By this ar rangement, every Missourinn who it in Kansas on the first of April can "list" himself as an " inhabitant," and vote. The bill, tako it all in all, prepares the way for making a slavery constitution in spite of the majority of freo Stale citizens. They hopo to get it through a 'democratic' Congress without even submitting the constitution to tho people. This is " tqunt tcr sovereignly." The Territon'al convention of the pro slavery party in Kansas recently passed a resolution changing their nnme from "Tho proslavery party," to " Tho national de. mocracy." We learn this from a Kansas correspondent of tho Minonri (Slack) lirpttLlican. "So wo need not be surprised if Adams and Hush yet embrace each oilier on the nigger plutlorm. Sdiamo may prevent a public union, but I look for a clandestine union, and would not bo surprised if a pri vate correspondence was now going on." tor. of the Stantlard. Well the fact is we have had a little " pi ivato correspondencn" in that quarter, which will cheerfully bo furnished to tho "democratic Territorial convention" for Tho Clatsop democratic convention was publication, if ihoy consider it of pnrlicu- composed of members mostly guilty of lar interest to tho democratic party. the tame heresies, of mon who went into tho " regular orgnmz- " Adams seems to hava a paternal care f il, S.....I...I i ii ation," and to show their devotion to the LrfW F pai ly, eat up every plank in the Cincinnati The editor of the Statesman and the platform, and made lea of tho old rusty editor of Tho Argus are practically I fear, OtT We lave few mora garden seeds left tucli at we received from the Patent Office, and we will give them away as lung at they last. The ruth for them it great, and we thall not probably bo able to tup ply all who may with them, Our dele gate hit been in a position where he could easily have tupplied the whole Territory with teeds of choice vegetables and plant, if he had felt any imprest in the piosperi ty of the country. If he could have dia. covered any new kind of grain that would yield double the amount of whisky to the bushel that it made of corn or rye, be would doubtless have loaded the mails with it, till Ray would have sworn ns lustily over it at he did about those " mill irons." CO" Jo Lane is expected in on the next steamer. His fricuds in Portland are making preparations to receive him. We understand that the locofoces generally have come to the conclusion to run him for Delegato, in order to get him out of the way when the Senators and Representa tive come to bo chosen. The talk it they are now heartily tired of him, and want him out of the way to give room fur some two or three hundred who have got it into their heads that " rotation in cfilco" ia one of the principle of democracy. t-f Our old friend W. IL V'andervert, of a world-wide reputation as a peddler, has turned up near Eugeno oily, where he is carrying on tbe fanning mill business, and picking up subscribers for The Ar- gu, as usual. (lo tried to moke a com mercial emporium of Milwaukie, but, fail ing, hat gone up to Eugene city, to locnte the seat of Government there, we presume- CO" Our friend and fellow townsman N. Bankor, Esq., leaves on the next steamer for the States. We regret to lose to good a citizen. CO Butter it scarce at 43 cents per lb. Grass ought to be sufficient to enable pen. plo in the prairio country to make enough to supply the towns. CO" We have a few artichokes which will be given to tuch as wish lo "get a start." Capl. Lot Whitcomb died at Milwaukie last Tuesday morning. tlT The Terriiorie! Republican ndJron will bo puhlixhcd next week. CO" Liquor while it remaint in hogshead does but little injury, but when it gctt into fjoltheuds ii causea immense nuchief. tV Rurrit, who wat formerly confined in our city jail for the murder of hit fum ily, in Washington county, died in tl Hillsborough ml last week. Ilo wat thought to bo crazy. tW Tho Standard and Czap's organ are devoting almost their entire editorial tpace to the present family quarrel. The Standard editor parries and thruts coolly, and, when they grapple, almost invariably gets his adversary at a disadvantage. Ilis squirming little enemy, like the naked competitors in the Olympic games, goes into the arena slimed all over, and fights with all sorlt of weapons. Now he pulls Jhnir and gouges ; again he braiidUhrs a tveapon drawn from the scabbard of the Albany Evening Journal or Oregonian. He is getting desperate, and, if J0 Lane upon his arrival doesn't interfere, we have DO doubt he will soon jerk that "favorite old (agger" from the scabbard of Tat Ma loae, and make straight toward Leland's wifo again. If be doesn't make any better tight ia the next "round," we advise his "seconds" to withdraw him, and put lim in "training" for a few daya, by dieting him on salmon skins. CO" The locofocos of the busbites school have had a precinct meeting in Corvallis, nd appointed delegates to attend a Wh ite couuty meeting that was to have come off last Saturday, for the purpose of choos ing delegstet to the Salem convention. Tbe organ of that party says that the delegates appoia'eJ tome time since thalj not be allowed to go into the Salem con trntioa becaute they are A'gftinrs. nails. MrKean and Moffat, and somo few others, (nine in nil) volunteered as demo. cratic " inspectors," and decided that their ttomadis must have a " top dressing" of democratic guano, known as "lusliUiu," This, tho members declined to swallow on tho ground that it wnt not best lo diet babrs on loo strong meat, and as they had already swallowed tho Cincinnati platform, and gone into tho " regular organization,1 they wore by all laws and precedents en tilled to a sent at tho communion table. As they were largely in the majority they kept possession of tho antechamber and passed a resolution in fuvor of Col. Kelly. Hereupon A. B. McKenn, and eight other bushite boltprs, wroto a whining letter to J. W. Nesmith and llio four other members of the "Democratic central committee of Oregon, " declaring that many of the mem bors of the Clntsop convention had hero tofore actod with tho "opposition," and consequently had no right to act wiih tho democracy, This letter is published iu Czap's organ, with shout two columns devoted to kick ing and cuffing the convention out of the ring n-i a full bboded '' Black Republican" allair, as also to blackening the character of Col. Kcily, and winds up telling them that the Clntsop and Benton dele gates shall bo refused admittance into the Salem convention. The Pontile who of course are relied upon to support "democ racy," are treated as so ninny cattle, to bo bought and told at pleasure as chattels, and valuablo only for the hido and tallow. The family quarrel among the unprinci pled demagogues who now strive to head the pnities, is growing desperate- under the when it comes to the Inst of voting, upon the tame platform." Cor. of the Stand ard. Wo must bo very unpopular with the black democracy, or so much oflort woulJ not bo made by the Uo wings of the par ty to fasten upon us the dark crirao of con- irolirg the organs of the two factions. Or perhaps euch organ is anxious to make its readers believe that its opposing locofo co organ has not sense enough to manage the campaign without our assistance.. The fact is wo haro had nothing to do in conlro.ing nny of these sheets, except per bnps in making Czapkay's agent correct ono little deinocratio narrative which h had kept standing for several weeks. That is moro than we have ever meddled witli the Siamhird j and ns to tho Times, its editorials, like its "poems on tomper- anco, must "carry conviction to every honost miud" that they are purely orii nai. e uon t want the impression to gel out, that any of those locofoco sheets con tain the old fashioned democracy we tooch. 1 hat is only found in Tho Argus. So, if any man is now taking either the Stand ard or Czap's organ under the impression that we nre conducting it, he had better discontinue it forthwith, and subscribe for our paper, this is what a great many are doing, with much profit to themtelves. tV We would call the attention of our city Council to tho importance of an act for keepingopen our sido-wnlks. We have abundant provisions for keeping Ihem in repair, but none we beliove for keeping mem open tor public use. ills not unfrenuentlr tba thai tW Tho Table Rock Sentinel has again made its appearanco, after being discontinued for a long time, at we now learn, lor warn ot paper, from it we learn that the miners in Rogue River are generally doing well. An attempt was made to rob Robert Wright at his residence in Rogue River valley on tho 7th ult. Mr. W. was sitting by his fire reading, when two ruffians en- tcred tho houso armed with weapons and demanded his money. Upon being told ho had none, they tied him, and marched im some distance from the house, threat ening to kill him unless ha produced his money. They finally left without even "raising the color." teams are left standing udou the sidn.wnllr eonvietinn tlinl ill pnniM.. ivhn win will A. .?.,.. e - ul '" to neu to aojoining fences, to as oeenuueu lo the democratic votes" of lo monopolize the way, compelling ladies the couutry. to pM9 ntQ ,le j . Reader, did you ever thank God that order to pass around them. We n.l . you was born with sense enough to make law subjecting every man who thmt mn. a man of you I and with mind enough to nopolizet tho walk to a fine of five dob prevent your being told and driven around lars. We also need another section tor by task master, who charm their dupes in to the support of anlirepublictn measures, and corrupt men by labeling them all with ihe name of democracy I If not, you ought to do to immediately. CO" As the Chinese Sugw Cane is at length introduced into the country we have thought best to publish Commissioner M. son's circular relating to its introduction and the manner of its cultivation, which will be found on the outside of this paper. (O The steamship Commodore, which has been fitted up in San Francisco for this trade, and has already made one trip te Portland, is designed to run regularly le twecn here and California. the benefit of such low-bred loafer as not unfrequontly gather in squads upon the side-walk, and stand talking, and blocking up tne road, to the annoyance of such as are passing, and who are compelled to ei ther crowd through them, or take to the mud. CO" S. J. MeCormick, of the Franklin Book Store, Portland, has our thanks for a package of the very best exchanges by the last steamer. They arrived however too late for notice last week. A man who keeps the emporium of literature for all Oregon, would naturally be expected to "hurry up the cukes" a little faster than that; lut the variety is all the better for having ccntumtd time in the selection. Compositions. On ouroutsido will bo found two articles which wcro rend as compositions at the Sanliura Academy, Arid havo been for warded to us by t friend who rCUsts publication of both. We lot them go in as an encouragement to the young ladies. who are striving for intellectual accom plishmenls. We have many young pea pie of both sexes in Oregon who would make good writers wilb proper truiuing. I ue most of them need to be put through a course of rigid criticism, and we are sorry that there are so few teachers in the couutry that aro sufficient judges of elo gnnce in composition to render them fit to passjudgmeut upon their pupils' produc tions. There is nothing of more impor tance in a thorough course of education or even in the distriot school, than teach ing pupils to think for themselves, and then to properly express their thoughts on papor. Children ought to bo put to wri ting compositions as soon as they are able lo make intolligiblo characters with a pen. anu then be trained up under a rigid disci pline that poiuts out and corrects all ten dencies to vagueness of expression, loose- ness of stylo, and inelegance of cemnosi Hon. This of course requires a finished teacher, one well versod in the highest art oi ourmshing the native intellect, and giv ing lorm and beauty to what naturally lies Duneu in the rough marble, and which none but the finished artist is able to find. This kind of teachers is scarce, and more precious than scarce. The man who makes us a wagon, a plow, or a time-piece, uiusi oo a nnisnod workman, while we are willing to entrust the development and training of ouroflspring, possessing an an gelic spirituality that fits them to outshine the stars ia the firmament of Heaven for ever, to the veriest bungler, who, so far from being able to produce a finished arti cle himself, is too ignorant to be able to discover tbe most flagrant outrages upon the grammar of his mother tongue in tbe productions of his pupils. We know not how many efficient teachers in this respect there may be in Oregon ; we hope how. Aval ttiapA mn. . 1 . . - " ""V umo msi gre serving meir country in places we have not yet beard of. If not, the number is certainly not sufficiently numerous to overstock the country with authors. Perhaps on the wnole our teachers will compare favorablv with those of most new countries. What capable ones we already have ought to be encouraged by an ample remuneration for their services, while we suppose we m,,., endure for a while longer the tht. upon condition that they do the .1... know how. far the Argue, Parkessville, Marion Co., March S3, 1S57. Mr. AdamiTh aubject of Slate or ganization has again been submitted to the sovereign people of Oregon. And would judge from present indications that when it ia brought lo a test on the first Monday in June next, will meet with but little opposition. Under this viuw of th question I Indulge in tho hope that the people have well examined Ihe aubject and fully realize tho responsible position in which each it necessarily placed, Before I proceed to discuss mattort con necled with tbe Stalo organization ques tion, I wish to notice a few remarks ad vanced by your neighbor, the editor of the Portland Standard. In bis issue of March 12, in speaking of a convention to nominate candidates, Ac., he goes on to say : " We occaeiunally hear it laid by voteri, that they are not willing to vote for delegates to a State contention, who an not pledged to vole for either a tlave or a free Stale. In thit rtipect we think they err. It it not good policy, in our opinion to make a t'ave or free Slate the question at itsue in the eke tion of Delegate!." Are we lo understand by this that it is wrong for the people to know the senti ments or opinions of the delegates chosen to form a Constitution for Oregon ? I do mesl tiucerely hope that I have miscon ceived his true meaning in the above rr marks. Humanity, justice and reason for bid that a man should even think of with holding this knowlcdgo from his fellow man, much less to endorse it as a mutter of right. Agnin he says : "Inatmuch as it is tin dcrstvod and generally concluded that tuch convention will submit the slave clause to Ihe people in an independent form for their suffrage." Right bore I wish lo nsk this editor where he received his information that the delegates would submit to the peo ple tho slave clauso in an independent form for their suffrage 1 Who nro those delegates I Are they nominated r Aro they elected I And are their official sen timeuls made public thus early f Has he counseled with thorn I Shame, Alonzo, quit that. There certainly never was a time in Or egon when the people were called upon to exercise a moro solemn duty than now; nor when they should better understand tho minds of thrir candiuntes in regard to Iheir official duties, than on the present oc- . , . , , I rule casion. it is an oft repeated remark, (and I a(1(i officers for the State eUotive by the people. . Legislative aruions should pe held bj. ennlally. Tho Leglslsture should not have power to run the Stale in debt to tx ceed fifty thousand dollars. The officer fees ought to be modorate, and tuch at are paid for their services for any certain tpo. ified time, the fees fur such aorvice ahouhj be entered, and form a part of our comti. lution. No preference ought to le given to any of the old political parties iu the selection of candidates for convention. But tvery voter thould be careful and not vote for tingle candidate whose tentimenta In re gard to the form of tbe constitution do not agree with his own. If this rule is strict, ly observed, no difliicully or trouble will enter the ha'lt of the convention. But if candidates are voted for without having a knowledge of the courao they design nur. suing officially, no one can foresee the end of the trouble. Trouble and excitement brouitht about in (be convention will travel and visit every firesido. B, C. si a. i 00"Tbo election of Cameron to the U. S Senate has produced a great war among .1 ..III MM me unwasnea uemocrscy o: i ennsylvsnia. Wagonsellcr made a strong speech in the Legislature justifying his vote, aad de nouncing the President elect for interfer ing in the election, during which he nnw ducod and read the letter of Buchanan; The Grtfonsburg Democrat, in defending Ihe bolters, says: " Gen. Foster, and tho remainder of tU eight men, could neither be bought, brib ed, nor whipped into submission to iLs dictatorial rniindalct of the President elect. Let the Eastern Democracy have a care. Westmoreland will tuttain her representatives. Like them, the can neither be bought by the attempted dpen bribery of plaoe and position, nor be si lenced by the threatening! of authority.' "Mr. Buchanan did interfere. On Ihe very day of the assembling of the Democratic caucus, a letter was brought to Hnrrisburg from Mr. Buchanan, nre. claiming that Col. John W. Forney was his choice for Senator, with the ns-uranee that he (the President) would be under ear. sons) obligations to every man, both in and out of the Legislature, who would aid in his nomination. That wa a direct bribe t members of tbe Legislature. It was a throwing open of the whole patronageof tho incoming administration to effect Colt Forney's nomination. Thero is scarcely a member of tbe Assembly who does net. piiurrairrcuy or indirectly, ror hnnseirov ii friend, desire from Mr. Buchanan's ad ministration some post or position: and each felt that nny thing which he might do io pui mm unuer obligations would surely result in profit to himself. . It was too much to stand, and it was too much for General Foster's frionds lo submit too tamely. They knew the power of tho administration, and felt that it would be folly to go into tho cnucus lo vole against the man whoso pockets wern filled with the commissions for every office in tho gift ef tho coming National Administration," " The fi lends of Gen. Foster are mt rn position of hostility to Mr. Buchnnnior ilia administration. They believe that kia interference with the judgments nnd feel ings of the members of the Legilalre was an unwarrantable assumption of dicta. lorial authority, and it was resen'ed in a jroper way. They cannot be read out of he Democratic party. All the bitter do- ipcialioiia of the Pennsylvnuinn, and all the whining and howling of the truckling hounds who bow in miserabto subservi- nncy before the mandate of tho President, who think denunciations of Gen. Fot- a fact too) that a good end wholesome con- ter and his friends will be acceptable to ttitution is to a State, what tho Billo is to him, cannot drive ihem frem the support of Ihe world nt largo a good, sound, safe, dcmocratio measures. -is ior mi . in. uaimiii, oi l"U ucji stone Club, whose "virtuous indignation" prevades the ununcialory resolutions of that organization, the" Democrat calls at tention to his former bitr " nativism," unerring guide, the influonoo of which reaches every nerve and avenue of the cn. tiro fabric. It therefore becomes ns as a people, whoso interests aro involved, as is the case a.n( lnc "o'ci""' fact that a, the Wil wiih nurulm. in tn ..!,i n ..i:.:...i 'liamsport State Convention of 1830, ha ,.;r , : v, r """ " a bribe 6f thro : "T . "ve'a ner'- t'enty-dolarMcown0M to John S. .-.v, i.euDiimioiiieiiiunuim. isonanur, a delegate from I'hilndlphia prove it. And let there bo no issue be- county, rho indignation of so virtuous a fore the people, except it be in a difference P'"'cian W'H scarcely crush the Democ upon the formation of a constitution alone. racy ' " mor In the formation of this important docu- "ln father's House n mts; Kit ment. nerhans it mU i,;v.u ttons.iv.j0,N xjT. j. nvniilm f.l-i -l . "Ani he measured the city with Ihe nl, avoid an issue taking place upon some of twelve thousand furlonn. The length and the auu ii sucu bo the caso, let "'T"" b"q iuo neignt ui it aro equal' Ktv. us clauses us remember our duty lo ourselves, to our posterity, and to our God. Let us work laiifitully io lave incorporated into our Constitution tho principles of righteous ness, wisdom, justice, and equality of man In touching upon tho subject of our con stitution, it it fair to supposo each porsou has his peculiar notions, and I here lake the liberty of expressing my own, hoping .i .i - " inai omcrs will do likewise. In the first place, I will say that Orcon ought to be a free State. There xxi : io. Here nre given tho dimensions of "the great city of God, the new Jerusalem," at exhibited in a revelation to St. John the Divine. Twelve thousand furlongs, or fifteen hundred miles, contain 7,020,000 feet, which, being cubed, is 406,793,088,- 000,000,000,000 cubio feet. Suppose one fourth of this is reserved fer the Throne of God and the Courta ef Heaven, and on fourth for streets, etc., and there will be left for the inhabitants of the city, one are many u.e . n,a nn. r . . ... reasons why it should be so, and I will u , --'w""ww . i... , .. ' 1 Wl" bio feet. Let this bo divided bv 720. the mention a few of them 1. Theclimate and products of Oregon renuer slave labor unprofitable 2. The vast ranges of mountains that surround us offer good facilities for their escape from servitude at pleasure. O T' I a .... o. i ne great number of Indian tribes on our border California a free State on the South Washington Territory and the British possessions on the North, offer to me tlave aafeassylums from his master. . ine greatly increased number of rea negroes in the Have Stain nv.r l.. .... d.i.rj, ,i io most people a se rious objection to a slave State. 0. but the most seriam nhtutln. . lave State is. thai it rodueo tL -r the poor white man to a level with that of number of cubic feet in a room 9 feet square, and there will be 340,738,000,000,. 000,000 rooms. Let us now suppose that the world al ways did and always will contain 900,000,- 000 inhabitants, and that a generation lasts 33J J'ra, giving 27,000,000 aa the number of persons swept into eternity cry yoar ; and let us also suppose that the world will remain in its present state 10,' 000 years, which will mako in all 270,000, 000,000 persons who will have lived upon its surface since the days of Adam; and let us still furiher suppose that there are 1,000,000 worlds which will be equal lo this in number of inhabitants and duration a negro j and has a tendency to disgrace of Jears' making in all 270,000,000,000,- the white laborer, and in tbe end drivea the 000,000 persons ; then there would be a (,be poor Lite room 9 f" uare ' eh i "l But I am inclined to think that it is un- rIJ bft"'Je our yiDi n0,h necessary to spend time and paper in dis- ,ng of ,h immens number who will be cussing this subject. It is surely not do- debarred entrance into the celestial eity,(a ing justice to the intelligent people of Or- every one can make that calculation tosuit Ifol'fl uPPose,,Wu' frw the himself;) .nd yet ther. would be a. urpl adoption of a single t ave State on tba Pa- . . J . eific coast. eoiaieonuiefa- of 70,733,730,000,000,000 rooms! me us mere In forming our constitution, irmi r, j tnouu tie taken to incorporate in it all rr-per tafe guar Jj such as mtk'n j all than tufficient for the ptople of 260,000 orher worlds equal lo ourt in number f inhalitsnts and dur.itiru cf existence!!