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A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to tho Principles of Jeflersoniim Democracy, and advocating tho nido of Truth in every ksue.- ty Tm Dalian far ait monthtSo sahserlp- liana rertired far a lets period. Of" Ka piper dieemilinuei until all arrearages Vol. III. OREGON CITY, OREGON, MAY 1C, 1857 No. art paw, unlets at tht apiion aj Hi pulilitker. THE OREGON AHGUS. rviLMiiKO avssv mtusimv noaxiNa, BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. Far Ikt Argot. Hit very, Salem, OiiEGo.t, May Q, 1657. So much bos been written and spoken on llie subject of American slavery tbat many Seem lo think I ho subject is exhuusled. And wn may ay thft tuna of religion and lempersnco, politics and mathematical problems. I shall not attempt to adduce new arguments against tlia system of sla very, but will offer n few remarks it by it ahnuld not be adopted In Oregon. The rrtouth piece of tlio no-called Democratic parly In Oregon A. Bush brings the wholo question into nut. shell, and asks, "Will pay in Oregon?" Ho asserts that no other question it at issuo hero. Thin ik certainly a poor recommendation lo the people of Oregon. Morality, jumice, humanity, everything, mul -yield to ibia sordid question, Will ii pay 1" And thereby hangs a tale 1 Oregon, through her champion of Democracy Jo Lane ia knocking at the dour of the (J. S. Treas ury fur the imalt turn of five1 millions of dollar, to defray her Indian war expenses, under odor of a war of self defend I And her people are charged with a prumedi laied acbemo to mb the U. S. Treasury, and that the war was a gotten up affair, for pecuniary purpose, or upon the plan, " Will it pay V This our Durham Do. mocracy deny ; but, on the heels of the denial, are base enough to unfurl the flag f slavery in Oregon upon the dollar-mid. cent issue, " Will it pay I" A party or set of men who could or would avow such a sentiment, would rob ilia U. S. Treasury without any qualms of conscience. Scrib blers are sending in their letters to the Or egon Statesman alleging that the goad cause of slavery in guining ground in their settlement and precincts, and it is manifest that the bias of the party leadera in Or egon is really, or hypocritically, in favor of ingrafting slavery in our Suie constitu tion. It is well known thst the Durham parly of Oregon have stuck themselves on lo the slavencracy of Pierce's administra tion, and sided with thorn hence the bitter hostility of A. Bush to the North or anti slavery party. These are denounced by him wiih all the rancor and billingsgate language which a mnn like him can utter, whose training must be in the drinking ' hells of Sulem." To argue that slave labor and slave property in Oregon would not "pay," would seem superfluous. Yot if the fiat goes forth to the faithful in Or eg'm i hat they must, as good Domncrats, vote for the meaure, they will go it blind folded. It is irue that I lie whole ticket for Old Marion the long seven is made up of free State advocates, and the same may be the case in other counties ; yet this cannot alter the issue if the faithful, by a majorily, vote for slavery. And if slavery then be. ingrafted into our Stale constitu tion, and the word goes forth to the viva voce faithful to vote for the adoption of such constitution, it will be done 1 They will be made to believe that it "will pay." Every political problem worked out by the mouth piece of Durham Democracy in Oregon is set down by the faithful as gen uine, and they could swear that it " will pay" ! Men that can be harnessed and hitched lo the car of bushocracy, and that pull as they do, can swallow down nom ocracy, and digest it. . Many of the settlers of Oregon emigra ted here under the operation of the Mis souri Compromise act, ami others, under the Organic act of Oregon, supposed that the curse of slavery could not reach this fair portion of North America. But the recent decision of the U. S. Supreme Court, and the passage of the Jfi braka till, which virtually repeal the Mi'fouri Compromise Hue, open wide the door for slavery i Oregon or nny other American enilotj and even now, in the absence ,of local legislation to the contrary, mgroes .could be brought here and held as slaves, .and when the Slate constitution would be adopted with slavery in its provision'', then the slaveholders would have tho start of us 1 ; Let slavery be adopted as a settled policy in Oregon, and soon will there be a change in her population. Anti-slavery men will leave, and slaveholders will come in. Yet it is likely that anti-slavery imen enough will remain to take notes and ' observations of passing events. Yet I may -be, presuming on certain events as coming 'tovp&sa, whea those events may never bap pen. 'The President may administer an impartial government, and the anti-slave-ocracy may unite with the opposition and form an anti-slavery administration. I firmly believe that such will be the case, and, if so, we will sea Jo Lane and the whole Dwrhtm corral scamper over to the Mrong tide, and Oregon will then be clam orous for freedom declaring that slavery "will not psy"! Oor Oregon Democracy are just anything yon may wish them to be "for the squirrel." 1 will relate an an ecdote about the 'squirrel,'' and then close piy letter : Jn J910, 1 was on a trip from Spring- field, Illinois, to Duardhtown, in Css coun ty. In crossing the large prairie east of Virginia, the then county-sont of Cass county, I caught a beautiful striped prnirio squirrel, and put it in my pocket, and kept it llicro till I arrived at the public well in Virginia. I there saw three boys, esch about len years old, and observed to them thut I had a pet squirrel for one of them, whose answer to question I should ak thorn should please me best. Said I lo the first one, "Are you a Whig or a Democrat 1" "Said ho, " I am a Whig, sir. 1 asked tho second boy the same question, and his reply was, "I am a Dem ocrat, sir, and sonre my father and all my uncles and brothers." I then asked the third boy the same question. Said be, " Sir, I am just anything you want me to be, for that squirrel." Now tbie anecdote is writien out for the first time, but it may serve as a text to any who may wish to build upon it. z.r. Jake WeMstdes, of Marlon. Salem, May fi, 1857. Editor of the Argus Dear Sir : Fur the purpose of giving demonstrative evidence of your liberality and of my just appreciation of great tal ents and true merits, though concealed in rural habiliments, I bare concluded id write a few brief articles for publicstion in your invaluable paper. Politics ia my theme ; politicians my subjects ; and as I am no speaker, but a plain sort of a man, unlettered, and, it may be, unwise, I can not mount the slump and portray the tal ents and capabilities of my favorite can didates in such glowing eloquence as to captivate the populace, I am compelled to resort to the columns of your paper to se cure the election of mr favorite candidate, I am an obscure oitizen of Marion coun ty, a Democrat in politics, and tho Hen. Jacob Woodsides is my candidate. Jacob is the leading nominee of the Democratic caucus (which met not long since in Salem) for the Legislature, and the first reason that I shall give for his election is that he is an old Oregonian. Now it is evident lo every one that the pioneers of a new coon try ought to be officially rewarded. By such rewards, great inducements are of fered to emigration ; and, in this view of the subject, even his enemies would ex hibit wisdom in voting for Jake; for, lot this doctrine be firmly established, and his emigration is certain. So you see, Mr. Editor, in the worst view of the subject, it is for the interest of all to vote for my candidate. ' The next reason is, Jake Is six feet high and well proportioned. lie moves with great momentum. He is in fact a man of muscular power of capacious stomach He is none of your weakly, sickly, cadav erous vegetarians, but, on the contrary, bis very phiz shows him to be identified with the great beef-eating interests of the country, rrom this proposition I inter, first, that it is the interest, therefore the duty, of every stock-raiser in the county to vote for Jake. I infer, secondly, that, inasmuch as legislation now-a-days re quires striking talent, and has taken a pug nacious turn, it behooves the citizens of Marion to send one man at least who is able to defend her rights and interests. But here I am met with an objection : 'tis said that ray candidate on a certain occa sion, memorable for the opportunity it gave him to ahow his great talents, instead of giving a striking exhibition of his man hood, turned aside and wept. In answer, I remark, first, that the statement needs confirmation ; hence, it ought not to be urged against him. Secondly, admitting, for the sake of the argument, that be did weep, what then ? It might have been the silent eloquence of grief, pily, and com passion welling up from his great heart, and having for its occasion the political corruptions by which he was surrounded Or il may be, gifted, as he undoubtedly is, with prescience, in that dark and unhal lowed Enow Nothing hour, he caught a glimpse of the triumph of Democracy, and of his own advancement, "step by step," up the bright pathway of political fame, and his "real soul, overpowered by the glowing effulgence of the ecstatic vision, turned asido and wept. PHrXMix. Ems.aelas.ltea In Mlssoarl. Below we copy from the St. Louis In teltgencer extrscts from a speech of B. G. Brown of St. Louis in the Missouri Legis lature on the subject of Missouri Emanci pation : There it, tir, already a gradual eman cipation act in force in Missouri. Even now the movement looking to the emanci pation of all the slaves in this State ia in successful progress. Tbe extinction of alavery as a system in our midst is at this moment in the course of rapid accomplish, mcnt. This may seem a strange, bold and reckless assertion, bnt it is true neverthe less. Tbe time at which this act we at in - to operation I need not name, but that il is in operation I will establish by most con vincing ovidence and that is an art strong, r in syntax, more thorough in effect, and speedier in result than any writton law which could be inscribed on the statutes hero, few will doubt when they como lo consider tbe proofs. Look to the laboring population which is coming into your Slate ; which is crowding your highways ; which is extending itself along your streams and railways; which Is building up flourishing towns, laying out fertile farms, planting vineyards' in all sections of this State, und you will see the movement to which I refer. Look again, likewise, and observe that wherever this population has fixed its doinicil or rested in its coarse, (hero it has driven ofT the institution of slavery before it aschsfT before the winter wind, and you will there see how potent and immediate it is in its enforcement bow irresistible in its decrees. The census of Missouri has been taken during the past year, and now lies upon your tables ; and there are startling fact revealed in that enumeration which will bear me out in all that I have said.- To them I wish lo refer you for evidence that this abolishment of slavery, which you are here seeking to stifle and suppress by pa per manifestoes, is already in force, and is fast gathering a strength and momentum that must soon crush out all opposition. The cemut ii the act of gradual emanci pation in Missouri. The returns are be fore its. Let us examine them and com pare ihfem with the figures of preceding years. I hold in my band both tbe con. stis for the year 1850 and that of the year 1951, embracing a period of five years be tween them, and thus affording a fair meth od of analyzing the mutations of popula tion during that interval. I will make thorn the basis of somo calculations, nnd ask of Representatives that they will re flect upon exhibits presented, and then say whether I have been hasty in assertion, or inaccurate in my statement. There are, sir, by computation, twenty five counties in this State, which show an actual decrease of the number of slaves in each of them since 1851. There are one hundred and seven counties in Missouri, so that it appears at the very outset that, in very nearly one fourth of the whole num ber, slavery has positively decreased with in tho last five years. Thoso counties lo which I refvraro as follows : The counties of Cape Girardeau, Craw ford, Dade, Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, Marion, Miller, Gasconade, Perry, Ripley, St. Charles, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, Schuyler, Sullivan, Texas, Washington, Wright, Harrison, McDon ald, Oregon, Osage, nnd Cole, contained in 1851, 21,520 slaves, and in 1830, 17,064, showing a decrease in five years of 4,412 ; of free whites there were, in 1831, 222, 0U3; in 1830, 209,490 increase in five years, 75,797. From the foregoing additions loo, it will be manifest that there 'has not only been an actual decrease of the number of slaves in each of tho counties named, but that the increased white population has been correspondingly large. Thus while the decrease of slaves has been 4,442, the in crease of whites has been 75,797, or if we take the sum total of those counties in 1851, it will be found that the ratio of slaves to free whites was one to ten, while in the year 1850, it is seen lo be but one to thirteen. So much for tbe absolute do- orease of slavery in Missouri. Concur rent with this fact, however, mayobe no led the attendant circumstance, that these counties are the same in which white emi grants to this State is known by every gentleman here, to have principally sett led. Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, St. Charles, Ste. Genevieve, Cole, Osage and Gasconade, have received within the last five years, a large influx of German labor ing population. Others have been settled up by an industrious class of farmers com ing from the older States. St. Lnnis bas drawn its increase from all lands, and tongues, and trades and sphere. o( ','ife, and in each and all the system of slavery has receded before, the ouvance of the white race. Ii is in these counties chiefly that the laboring white; man h come into contact with the laboring slave, and it is there that in the course of but five years, and amid all the excitement of a wild slave ry furor which swept over our State, as a wind of desolation, and at a time when men's lives were held in imminent jeopar dy who refused to accord a divinity to this institution, there and then I say tbe ener gies of tbe white man, his demand for la bor, his frugality, eeonomy and industry, bare compelled tbe nsagea and institutions of slavery to make room for him and go down in tbe conflict. As another, and a strong evidence of what I have stated, that a gradual emanci pation act ia already in force in Missouri, 1 call tbe attention of Representatives lo what ia transpiring and is known to be transpiring by many now within the sound 1 of my voice, in tie counties of this State th.it border upon tho State of Iowa. Tho results of the system of slave labor and free labor and the effects upon the wealth and welfare of communities are there dis tinctly visible in the rival commonwealths. The Iowa line divides tho two as clearly and strikingly as the lucid line of water which distinguishes (he Inrbid and muddy torrents of the Missouri from the blue and sparkling enrrents of the Mississippi at the junction of those mighty rivers. And prominent among the facta which stand out from that contrast perhaps more pro minent than any other, is the relative price of land in tbe two States. In Iowa land of like toil and situation is fully twice as high as in Missouri. This has led lately lo quito a large emigration from Iowa lo Missouri along the border counties. Farmers who have settled ia Iowa are selling out to new comers, and making purchases in the Northern tier of counties in this State, and the census discloses that the white yeoman ry who have taken up their abode there have practically excluded slavery from their midst, and reduced it to an insignifi cant fraction of population. Thus, by a comparison taken from the census of 1851 and 1850, we find that the relative slave and free population is given aa follows in the ten counties adjacent to the State of Iowa : The counties of Atchison, Nodaway, Gentry, Harrison, Mercer, Putnam, Scot, land, Schuyler, Grundy, and Sullivan, con tained, in 1951, 033 slaves; in 1950, 871; being an increase of 238 in five years. Of free whiles, in 1831, there were 25,504; in 1850, 57,255 increase in fno years, 31,001. This shows that in five years there has been in the counties along the Iowa line an increase of 31,001 free white cltixens, while there has been an Increase of only 239 slaves or an influx of more than one hundred and thirty-two whites to every slave. The whole number of slaves more over, is seen to be in the ten counties at the present time but 671, and that in the midst of an industrial white population of 57,255 souls. Sir, it is an absurdity to say that any "system of slavery" obtains in those counties. It is an abuso of the phrase a parody upon tho institution. Slavery there has been excluded, as a sys tem, by settlement nnd emigration J it lin gers only ns an exception, nnd tho few who remain ns slaves, are held merely as the attachment of family pride or tho relics of family inheritance. The foregoing a re but detached, although very significant parts of the census returns for the years 1851 and 1850. Let me now present the sum and substance of the whole enumeration of the ontire State, By the tables of 1851 it appears thai there were, in all, 87,023 slaves in Missouri at that timo. By tho tables of 1850 it will be found that the number of slaves foots up 100,115. This shows an increase in the Stale at large of 12,193 slaves, du ring the intervening five years. Perhaps it would be mora strictly correct to say six years, inasmuch as the census of 1851 was actually taken in 1950, while that of 1850 was performed late in tho year, 1850; but tbat is a point which I pass over for the present. On the oihor hand, however, the free white population of Missouri, in 1851, amounted lo 591,181, and in 1850 to 799,884, thereby giving an inorease of 205,703 during the same period. The proportional increase of free whites to slaves is thus seen to bo 10 to 1. Slavery in tho entire Slate has not been increased in ratio equal to the natural increase of population,' even in less favored climates, while llie increase of free whites has been both constant and far beyond the average growth of communities. These facts con- clusively establish that individual emanci pation and removal of slaves from the State has taken place, to a large extent, in Missouri, during the half decade referred to, and likewise that emigration ia rapidly beginning to find its way here to supply the tfeld of labor, and to develop the wealth that awaits industry, But it is proper tbat attention should be here called to that section of the State in which a large proportion of tbe Slave increase has taken place. An examination will show that it is confined to a few of the more central counties. I again refer to the census tables, aad find the following statis tics, which exhibit this circumstance in a striking light : In the counties of Boone, Buchanan, Callaway, Howard, Jackson, Johnson, La favette, "New Madrid, Pike, Platte, Saline, and Carroll, there were in 1851, J'J,414 slaver, and in 1950, 42,044. Of free whites, in 1951 there were 108,uS9, in 50, 129,903. Increase of slaves in 12 coun ties 10,230 incresae of whites 21,404. Here in these twelve counties, lying chiefly in the central belt of territory that borders the Missouri river, we see that tbe incrrase of slaves in five years has been 19,230, while the increase of whiles has been but 21,404, or a little more than two whites to every slave a gliring evidence of the efftf. whith an increaso of elavejslavej or about onenin'ty thrl fnrtof a .labor has In diminishing the natural in- crenso of white population. In the entire Stule of Missouri, tho nholo Increase of slaves since 1851, as before shown, hs been but 12,402, while (he Increase In the twelve counties just enumerated ia shown to be 10,230 ; thus establishing thai In all the balance of the State in llie ninety- five remaining counties embracing eight tenths of tho area ef Missouri, the increase f slaves has been only 2,202. On the other hand, in these twelve counties, the increase in free while population has been but 21,401, while that in the residue of the State in the ninety-five counties am- ounls to 18 1,299. The contrast then will stand as follows, to wit : Increase of free whites in ninety-five conn lies 181,290 Increaso of slaves In ninety-five counties 2,202 Ratio of increase of free whites to slaves in ninety-five counties in five years 61 to 1 But these ninety-five tountios contain a free white population of 600,021, and a slave population of 37,471, or one slave it eleven whiles. These facts nnd figure demonstrate that in eight tontha of tho State, being ninety-five counties out of ene hundred and seven, upon a ttatut ef pop ulation of eleven whiles to every slave, tho increase of inhabitants exhibits eighty-one free whites to every slave ; thus demon strating beyond all question or cavil, that the emigration which is flowing into our State from the older States, and from Eu rope, is indisputably antagonistic to the system of slavery. These are matters that Representatives should consider well when seeking again to renew a slavery agitation, for tbore is no ono thing surer on this earth than tbat everv disturbance of the question of sluvery contributes to shake the fabric upon which the system rests, and give greater xual and impetus to the ndvanco of white labor. I have adduced twelve counties as containing nearly half of the slaves in Missouri. Let me refer to some of them again before passing on : Two, and those amongst the largest, are especially to be noted, to wit: Howard and Lafayette. In each of them, it will be retnombercd, that the increase of slaves is larger than that of free white citizens since 1851, thus : Whiles. Slaves. Increase in Howard in 5 yrs. 202 7H2 " Lafayette" " 091 1103 This increase, therefore, of slaves has been ut the. expense of the white population, and those who aro so eager in contending for the benoficcnt influence of " Slavery exteusion," will have to reconcile it lo tbem selves, how they give praise to an institu tion which is thus sure even in tbe heart of Missouri, nruid her most fruitful lands and enchanting scenery, to be a barrier to the advancement of their own raco and their owu lineage. The contrast which has been presented between the twelve large slave holding counties of Missouri, and the ninety. five counties that may be almost termed non slaveholding, if we.' look only lo the pro. portion between whites and slaves, is oue that may well call for serious considora- lion. Il is an exhibition ef tho growth of slavery in a small section of Missouri, and of its decline elsewhere undor the influ ence of emigration from abroad. Il tells us in language not to be mistaken, thai the great advance in tho population of this State, bas taken place where slavery has scarcely increased at all. And what docs all this signify I It means, as I have al ready slated, that emancipation is already transpiring in Missouri, for if the statis tics I Lave presented do not amount lo thy, I know not what would. It is grad ual emancipation on its largor, proudest, grandest scale emancipation gathered as a triumph iu the forward march of the white race a trophy of our own civiliza tion. Sir, I would ask what act can you paaa ia this General Assembly, equal to that census return for the year I860 ) There is nothing that you could record as law herete-day that would be half ao ef fective. It is the movement of the mass es of the people, and while legislation may aid that movement, neither laws, nor edicts, nor resolutions can prevent that movement. I have alluded, sir, to the counties in this State, where slavery has since 1951 increased and where it has decreased. 1 have shown that in much the largest part of Missouri it is in process of dimunition. Let me now submit some other facts to show how slight the hold this system, ae a labor system, has upon different sections of the State. There are twenty-two coun ties in Missouri which contain scaicely any slaves. I will cite them : Adair, Atchi son, Butler, Dallas, DeKalb, Gasconade, Gentry, Harrison, McDonald, Marion, Mer. cer, Oregon, Ozark, Pulaski, Putnam, Reynolds, Ripley, Schuyler, Stone, Sulli vn, Texas and Wright have an aggregate white population amounting to 94,095, but have within their limits only 1,019 negro to every irhite psracai. That ia hat would be cnllidany ahereVilin Missouri, practical emancipation, alrra'ly aceoinp lished nn emancipation that aill rornparo favorably with many of the free Stntes. lmaortaac t the Itttaets War. Veiy few people who rrsd the newspa pers realize the vast irwportanee that if fo'ner to attach to the C'hinrts war. The war of 194043 was inaignifitaiiNin com parison. Then, the war grew out of some contraband oplnm which a British subject claimed, and was prosecuted sole. It in order to obtain snfe commercial Inter course with certain Chinese ports. Kow the war arise out of a persistent refusal of llie Chinese to fulfil their trea'y obli gation, and will be prosccnted until the foreign Towers obtain satisfactory guar antees against fraud or violence en the -part of the Chinese iu all future time. This is the) basis, and an aim which may involve a war of the very first magnitude. We have reason to believe that Lord Napirr is instructed to consider the ee-ope-ration of the United Stafws ia the war the most important object to be gained by his embassy to the United States. To what extent ho has endeavored to achieve this end, and hew far he ha succeeded, will soon be known ; it is not unlikely thst the appointment of the new Governor of Kan saa may have been disappointment to him as it deprived him of the co-operation of the man who, above all others, was most likely to share tbe sentiments of tho allies ef Europe in refurencelo the complicated questions ef Chitiefe politic. But ihero is plenty of mcteriul for Chines Commiss ioners in this country ; Mr. Buchanan has ouly to huld up bis hand, he will obtain the ' man needed. Mr. Walker can bo spared for Kansas. Were tbe war conducted solely against llie Chinese, the English would not deem it so important. But they are well aware -now thai behind llie Chinese government stands tho Emperor ef Russia, burning to avenge Ihe losses he has suffered during thn war. From Russia which has always been more of an Asiatic than European Tower the Chinrse can obtain what has always been wanting to their armies olliuers und discipline ; aud like the Per sians with thesuino advantages, insy, un- ' dcr ibese conditions, make their enormous numbers tell with terriblo effect against their asailaiiti. We hear already that the Russian Tleuipotetitiariua hsvo succeed od in ellecu'tig a temporary reconciliation between the rebels and the imperialists ; the cousequenco of which will of courso be to gather the united strength ef the em pire against tho common enemy. Let n few ofticers, tuoderu weapons, and a gener al notion of modern military discipline, be added le the Loan already presented te China by the Kussiuas, and the war may bocome very serious iudceif. TL Cbineso Lave fought well iu tbe Canton lliver ; under Russian leaders, and after proper training, they might almost defy any at tack. Their number alone would laugh to scorn any European armament. They could easily tend into the field several ar mies of n million men cicb, and oould pro vision them. To meet tbem, the English and French have eutercd into the usual war treaty binding themselves to prosecute the wnr jointly, 4o., Ac. It is said that twenty thousand men are abuiit to be shipped from Toulon and Chorbourg fur the Cautou Riv er. Meausiliile, the British government desires to ascertain whether tho atiti Chi nese alliance Cannot be made a tripartite ene, with the Uuilsd State as full partner for a third. The question hatsomaay faces that it is susceptible of a great deal of veutilalion before a satisfactory setlleiucut can be made. It if decidedly net tft policy of tai country to join oiaer powers in carry ing out wars. The United States have not been in tbe habit of considering that they had a sufficient interest in any question which iuterested European Powers to in ducotlicrn lojoin them in any military or political operations. At the same time, it is not certain that this Chinese matter is not precisely the exception which the fore going rule presumes. We are certainly interested in China as largely as England, nnd very much more largely than any other Power. One way and another, tho effect of the steppage of the Chinese trade by the war will be severely felt here. Should the Chinose ports be blockaded, as tbey may be, for a period of years, incon venienco would be felt not only in torn rnercial circles, but in every hoi'.wli0d in tho country. Teas havo already risen Z per cent. Hero are reason, enou'0 why the Uni ted States should not 'M indifferent to tho issue or evonU in China. Whether it happens, to coincide with Mr. Buchanan's views for this country to lake an activo part in the pending contest and be beholden to none, but ourselves for Ihe advantages f he wreted from (-'bins, or not, il is ;e;taitj