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THE OREGON ARGUS, rust.isiiao cvasv asruausv mosmino, BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. TKfDti Tkt AbOUS uill km fur-i.l.J Thru DMart and Fifty Ctatt pr annum, in 'p tuotertotrt l nrtt Vollart est a it ctuoi tj ten at em office in adtanei Wken tkt mtimtv it not miA tm I.'.... Vollart will h charged if paid within til mamas, ana r ins uoiiurs at tut tnilnf the year fy- t t uoimrtjortxt monthtNn nbtcrip tiont rtetined fur m Um H7" Nt piper ditcontinnti until all arrearnget mrm mm, mnivmrn ai inenptiunoj llff putiHKntr . WnaMt be at, tlallarl Not I. suij Ihe Squire, A he eat by Ilia liie, ' Knjoyiiig In cheer, : Willi his wn o'er hi ear, , I'll not bo an Kditor. . Thoufh UlaclMtiina'a a bora, ' And full flHy in ire Over which I've had to port, Kv ar since lia ilnya of yora, ' I'll not ba an fcdilor. Anil he shook hit grey lirtit Till Ilia templet grew red, 'Neath each silv'ry thread, , Aa ha furthermore a H : JV, ' nut bt an Jior. Though I ilarv.il at the law, Wjih a poor duply craw, Like a prisoner of war, An I lived till I saw Mynelf minua a crejilor, I'd not be an Editor. Dul who'll be an E lilor 1 Not I, aaid the I'hysiuian, I have a higher in on, With all my erudition, Than u sloop to the condition Of nothing but an-Editor I Fuf the rUculapin art, Of Cadmus, hud theaiart, And ie dexiued yet tu fill A broader minion still, As tin- world's regenerator ; I'll not bt an Editor. Dutwliull bo an Iulitort Not I, said the Divine, It it no work (if in'ne, To waste these talents fine, In scattering pearls 'I'm o swiue j I'll uot be an Editor. It ware very wrung fur me, Toin'ngl in so free With the world and sinful cares, . And its multiliidiiinus snares; I was made for something better. U not bt an Editor, Itut who'll be tn E lilor I I'll uot, Slid the I Vt, Oh. mil couldn't "go it," I'd nil her dig and lit it, Though all the wnrld should know it, Kulier fur, tlian be an Editor I For the pulling and thu hauling, Of the ICIilorial ( ailing, WoulJ set the ,lue a' flying, And ul is! if I were dying, I couldn't win asm l fnun her 1 fin, t It not be an Editor I Ilut who'il he nn Editor? I wilt mil, suid the Professor, lly the Virgiu Heaven bless her would miliar play Confessor, Or saints' interceMior Hut I'll not be an Editor! For miracles might be Wrought in 'ugii cuse for me, Ilut Imiii neuralgic piiua, And the luliryiilhine chains, That vex kit India-Rubber brjtios, There is no emancipator. tie til not be an Editor. Yet, who will be an Editor 1 Isi! one large-hearted man, Whose great soul outrau This l.fe's little span. Sa d: ' will and I can," Like a Greciun pluloxiplier. for woik 'we all must do, Work fur miud and b sly to-i, .Noble work, gmnl and true, tsonl. here's a lield for you J Yet, I II be an Edilur ! (So he hradird up h a lia r, Laid his bruud fureheud bare, Smoothed the wrinkles that were there, 8ut in the ' Sanctum" i hair, And he wat an Editor. Ilrighl glowed the living pnge. With thought and Wisdo n sage; Counsel true, und Poetry, Reason, Wit, Philosophy ; lly the fireside, tu the home, lu the cottage, 'ueuth the dome; Uy the way-side sciillered free ; Kveu u'er the foaming sea, Where'er thinking uiurlala roam, Mark you, then hit work will come! Youth will seize w III s..ul of fire, Manhood pore when labors lire ; Old Age read with brigliteuiug eye, Maiden in her gayely) . Childhood e'en in its innncrney ! All who've heart and soul mid brain, Will norm-thing from hit efforts gain : H id blett the Editor I Yet Heaven alone took the gauge, Of how much he served his age : For God icat hit creditor. Anduter Adrertittr. K Vew facta. . In Noah's Weekly Moaacnger we find, among .hots, the following questions and answers : la it true thrt there aro more persons in the United Statea who can neither rend nor write than in England, Irelaud, Austria or Prussia? It is not true. In ISiO there were one million fifty-three thousand four hundred and twenty per sons i the United Btates whu could uelther reud nor write, or about five per cent. In England it Was nearly fortv, and in Ireland sixty per cent. In Austria and Prussia wo judge the per cenlage to be about the same as in the United States. Was Irelnni a Inn-t of learning, possessing col leges and men of knowledge, when Inland was land of barbarism ? Not exactly ; but in the eighth and ninth centu ries, when England was scholastically obscure, the scholars of Ireland were among the most distin guished at the courts of the Saxon 'k.nga aud Charlemagne. Did trial by jury orig'nate in Ireland f No. Trial by J iry was, in some shape, a part ef the old feudal institutions of France. Italy, and Germany. It was introduced into England during the Saxon heptarchy- Alfred, according to other authority, ia entitled to the credit of originating it. The trial by jury, in faot, seems to be coeval in England with the history of civil government. Blackstone suggests that it was common to all the ancient northern nations. I see it stated that three hundred thousand pounds ef opium are annually imported into this country. What becomes of it ? Who devours it ? It ia net knowingly nsed by ten per cant of those who make it a part of their enjoyment every day. It ia incorporated into much of the Turkish tobacco which fashion lias made it so commt il faut to smoke now in meerschaums, amid every sphere of respectability. It is now extensively em ployed in imparting to certain cbo'ee atea their in ebriating and Daroutio qualities. Ia some ground eoffjo and in Ma ; in nure than one spec.es of chewing tobacco; in i(w eordiala, liquors, and wines; brandiee and other spina; ia these and many other articles of luxury to which we as a people are devoted, the bdefol drag ia frequently uiogled by umwrupoloua dealers, and thus thou sands of people are daily perpetrating a deliberate suicide, innocently wondering all the time what it ia that so disorders their nervous sj stem, and enfee bles their powers of digestion. tJ Daddy," aaid a hopeful urchin to his pa ternal relative, " why don't oar sehoolmaater seed the editor of the newspaper an account ef the lick ings he gives the b -ys r "I don't know, my eon, replied the fcnd parent. bat why de y a-k each qoestioe P Why, thsj paper says that If r R hu uoaed three thoraied hides at h e es ib.'ishaent dnnng the past Tear, and I know that oM Grimea baa Udo J ear hide i I more'i twice that many aimee." Ik A Weekly Newspnper, devoted to the Principles of Jcffewoniun Democracy, and advocating Vol. IV. Tint Ohkat Stkam Battkiiy. Wo find in tlio New York Jouruul of Cominerco the following dcMcription of tlio monster ' Count IJiittt-ry,' iirojvctvd y tlic luto Mr. Steveim, of Iloljokvn, ami tu the cliurgo of which Cominodoro Gregory, of New lluvcn, Conn., Iim k'Cit ordered: " The utoniii Imttvrr nt Huliokcn, which hiiit been ulmnt six vcurrt in tiroofsn of con struction, now nearly Imlf linislied. The work tiiwti it will noon be liroti''lit to a clow for tlio proti'iit, owing to the wnnt of ni)rniriiit;o:m. The structure l tome 4.ri(f feet lunjr, with a I ion in breadth of ubotit 30 feet, mid ilcith or hold from 20 to 2 3 feet. It is very sharp nt the bow mid wi II propor tioned. The ribs nre about tliree feet nimrt, tlio ontsitlv being covered with heavy sheet iron, riveted on in imres ubout three feet long and two feet wide, and, with the execution of the center, tlio 8'dcs hn've renclietl the hight or mini seven to ten feet tibovo the kelson. On either side, and about midway, the sides extend up twenty or twenty-five feet. There are two tiers of rafters, one of winch, no doubt, constitutes tlio lower deck, and is about eight feet iibuvc tlio kelson, und eight feet above tlio lower deck. Might engines anil ten boilers hnve alrendy'bccn niljustwl in the bntterv. The top will be shclicd over with iron of thesnma thickness as tlio sides, thus reu- leriug the battery, it is supposed, bomb proof. The tipper and' middle decks will probably hold 2,000 pcniiw. The battery will be worked by a profiler, ajid, it is ioi ied, will make a run of eight miles on hour. About $800,000 hnve iilrendy been expended on its construction, and it is esti mated that $100,000 will be required to finish it." Tito idea of the inventor was, that in an attempt to blockade or bombard New York, this ' monster iron turtle, ' (as some hnve cnlllcd it,) being impervious to shot nnil shell, could steer boldly among a hos tile fleet, 'scattering fire-brands, arrows, und dentil' among them. It is expected to throw hot shot, hot water, and missiles of every description enrry tons of liny, and other combustible material upon its bow, to bo set on fire when among the enemy's ships which would make them noxious to keep out of iU way. Besides, it would be manned by a force capable of res.stmg u 11 attempts at ' boarding.' We should think it would prove an ugly customer. Tiik Chixese Lanoi a e. The Chinese have fixed upon some four hundred sylla bles, which answered well enough in the in fancy of language und of thought. When ideas and wants increased, and each word became oppressed with the number of ideas it had to carry, instead of launching forth into pollysyllabic words, they surmounted the difficulty in a more simple and economi cal, but far less effectual way, by giving cacti of their singlo-syllublo words two or three, and nt lust, (in some of the dialects,) seven different lours, or accents, as the French Missionaries cull them; thus multi plying or rather splitting up the four hun dred original words into nearly two thou sand. These tones are those changes of sound which we cull changes of pilch, as hitrh or low; changes ofrc, as strong or weak; and changes of inflection, as ris ing or fulling, or circumflex. Tlio defects aud poverties of the spoken languages of China, are such that the Chi nese themselves do not understand each other with the ease with which Europeans understand one another. It is not unusuul for the litorury Chinese, when conversing together, and especially when the subject is beyond the circle of common tilings, to make strokes and signs in the air, to indi cate 6ome written character, and thereby help themselves out of the ambigutics of speech. All this shows how inadequate their language is to the requirements of thought. Their thoughts are impeded and cramped, like the feet of their women. Considering tlio restraints of their lan guage, which so imprisons the mind in commom ulace things, and discourages high aspirations and origiuul thought, the Chi nese have done well, and made most ol their means. They are good cultivators, respectable mechanics, excellent traders and merchants, good fathers, mothers, and the most dutiful of sous. It is a pleasant sight to see them at their cheerful lubors. 1 uey are ouiet and orderly citizens, except . the occasional quarrels between clans, which are to them the tides of existence to pre vent stagnation, serving instead of our cru sades and revolutions, our thcoligic strife and political campaigns. In grace of man ners and in cleauliness, they are iuferior to the Hindoos, but superior to them in most of the other departments of every day life. ( Their climate is more invigorat.ng, ana therefore, they are more energetic, save hen the Hindoos are elevated into heroism. Chinese heroism is rare; chivalry could never find place among such people. The Hindoos have an eye for beauty, aud, in some things, have achieved it. The Chi nese liave an eye for the odd and the curi ous, aud they have achieved the grotesque. S-V Man WOfnSn who eootinuallv abases her husband, won't 1st auylioly elae do it feha j thinks it sucn a luxury mat ana anus uecu -, noDul.te it Or A man hd a sign up, - cheap ladits' shoes lor sale hers " He found that not a My eo'erM kbtfars. No wooder-the ladies do sot lika to ba called ebeapthey want is ba dear. upn xam. OREGON CITY, OREGON, APRIL' 9, 1 859. IIavti. Iluytl is aguiu a republic, and Soulouqnc, like the first Nnjiolt'on and Louis PhillipK, has thrown himself upon the hospitality of the ISritish. It Is the usual story. A man rises from obscurity, by well-combined tuct and mental energy, lo sovereign power, and then becomes in toxicated by his position, commits Innumer able follies, mid thus works out his own overthrow. This lust instance ought to be conclusive proof that black and white hu man nature is substantially the same. Geffriird, the new President, is a very durk mulatto, about filly years of ago, of whom all reports have thus far been favorable. Ho is said to be lu favor of cultivating friendly Intercourse with foreigners; and if his good judgment shall provo to be at all equal to the shrewdness nut! determination with which he has managed the overthrow of the monarchy, his accession will open a new era in the development and prosierity of Ilayti. He certainly ouught to have' the sympathy of the American cop!c. MoVKUKXT Fort IsPKrKXnF.NCE IN Act). tiiai.ia. The people of Australia appear to have been considerably disturbed by fears of a war between France and England, the more especially us the French nre mak ing extensive warlike preparations, at New Caledonia, which is within four days sail of A ustralin. This uneasiness wus seized upon by ltev. Dr. Lang, a notable politician, ns well as celebrated clergyman, to broach the subject of political independence of the mother country. In a lecture on the 23d of Angust, which was largely attended, he boldly advocated the policy of a separation of the colonies from England, in order that they might not 1o liable to capture by the enemies of Great Britain, as being a part of the British Empire. Ho thought that Britain would not only consent to a separa tion, but that such a step would be highly acceptable, Inasmuch as the dissolving of their political connections would In no way effect their relations socially or commercial ly. Hu also announced thut a petition to that iffect had been prepared for signature, to be forwarded to the Home government. At last accounts the tu' ject had been pub licly agitated, and popular opinion had not developed itself. Dr. Lnng's petition states that the population of the four Australian colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, und Tasmania amounts to a million of souls, and is rapidly increasing. PllVSICAL I'UMBUS Of ESUCUAKCS IN TIIK Crkeks The cooks gathered st cU, anil (in-pared our llu .l llli.l-dnv in, si Its with a rlicu of leii.on iu t, liiiasluu fmhimi, where milk was lint to he had a dih of cutlets ur h ie i rgg bread und huiiry. Our ili'iigoiiinu-iii-chit'f spread the bible nnd served as waiter; and the horn left to graze under the eyes ot the two uf"Viites, I'erieliH und Aleituidfs. The r jid flwlhn lice which lh. se two ubi.rifJ ill pte of the heterodox txiiinjile of Ihi ir elders uid uot in the I. nat seem In impair Iheir strength and activity. They had been ax hours mi fil without brenk ng lliiir f.mt, au I nfter all, Ihey bioke il with nothing stronger than brrud and olives, their C"iiliiiit diet for '.x week before. The ni'iet stalwart Englishman would have brokeii down uiiiirr rueh u regimen. AH lha nations of Southern Kurope Sp iniurils, Indians, (irceks endure privations nnuh belter limn northern na tons; a fact w! ch must be bae :n m'.ni when, in the hiitnry of ami nl Urer k warfare, we read of armiea inurihing longer dittani es in shorter lime than would he possible wiih French, or Uenmm, or Kngl'ndi tnips, even w thout a train of artillery. Our troops require more elnboiaiely pn pined food, und more of it. Tha " food for thieo days" which a n old Ui et k anldier can ie I in hU luisueuck, would scarcely serve a modern Kn"lisli soldier for one Any.l'eloiionneiut: Miles of Study aud Travel. Letter from a ltnarolag Hcboot Ml. Deax Mas I am now being teacdiml theSpan esh langwuge ! wieh my Tuteor says I Irnin it with grate lasihty, ive improved amns.iitfly in the eng hali lints ive been here! I Sieke and rite the real new stile now und my comuueiidiioiis are being very much admired among the pupils of the school, i come willnn won of gelling the medle fur bein the best eiiglith scollur nt the clothes of the last quarter, end i slimid a done it, but i was llein sick a bedrf and coiiident attend lo my sludys for a hole weukt and so t gooi oces iiyiiniiiina ; uy ine uo, . . . . . L 1 11 I . I .. .1.- L . ... Marl (what sliokiu Dun eugutn you uongni.; line ashamed to show ytwr letter to any of the niaai s ses among my skwnintainres fur instents you say wile the woller wus bilein the other day elielf rah and so furlh now yew idniod sny w Ie the woiter was being bihe per too! riiesjnsas iukorrekly for in stent he says in his letter fretich guils are fnliin vrrv fast instead of saying friinh guds are bring fe li hue really shocked that you and he donl keep paice with the march of modern Improvi wuiit, but line bein called this miu t lo excite my ipsni-h les son, so i must w.nd orf. 1 supeisciibi; myself your affec'.iutiate dawter. MisANti McKisseu iir.N,n nv. fViHAt."--A certain oolit'eal speaker was addrcss.ng a large aud race in Vir ginia, and descanting venemenny upon wo uoi Fourth of July themes, when h a ayes fell upon a little German Jew, a peddler of ready-made cloth ing, who seemed to be very much impressed with the arguments of the urulor, greedily swallowing np every thing ha uttered. This was loo fiA an opportunity nit to make the most of. and iooking the little pedd.er full in the eye, he eicls med : " Furriner, didu't yu come to tli:e country to es cape Iroro tjrann eal, down-trodden sol oppressed Eunipa f Won I yon nee 10 tneso nappy sour i:u. - l..l nr fruA..m wlier. the ffresl r phla of Lib r y is guaranteed to all f Didn't jou, furrinerr Ilepsused lor mapiy, wuenuia n.uepeuuir squeaked out " No, sir; I cmee to this country to sell aheap ready-ma 'a elo hi a,'' of the orator, the shoots and roars of the multitude, cannot be deer bed. The speech was finsHieo. mV A mhm mtmm. nm.irliililf the Other HflV. ..I.- n vrvhins hud roL "bat sverv- .... "--"-r--'. . . . .. Uung, ' replied a triena. - ny n uwv - Woman "Oh. I forgot women are alweye dear." J-Jf It was oce-e remarked in the hesring af a tula girl of thine-a. that all things caiita by erunca, and that the world, lika a mo.hro.Kii, sprang up in Ihe night. " I sboold I ke In know, ar," niid the ch id, -where the sied csme f.orn." yavar aeknawledga aa enemy or laa aa affront, if yen can help it Yeaiam t'.anaty HrDHbllcan Co vent Inn. rurniintit to previous notice the Republi can of Yunihiil comity nu t in convention nt Lafayette on Saturday the 'JGth of March. Tim convention was culled to or der by Geo. L. Woods, Fsq., of the county committee, and S. M. G lnmre was elected chnirman, and V. 1). Dnuitls secretary. The chairman stated the object of the meeting to be to elect four delegates to the State couventiou of the 21st of April. On motion, a committeo on resolutions was appointed, consisting of the following named gentlemen, viz, J. It. M'Hi'idc, A. A. SkinntT, ami Geo. W. Burnett, who re tired for the purpose of preparing the same. During the ubsenco of the committee, Dr. A. U. Henry took the floor aud made an elaborate speech, the close of which was received with applause by the audience. After an absence of an hour, the commit tee on platform returned to the meeting and reported tlio following preamble and resolutions, which, after some discussion, iu which Messrs. Ibirnett, Skinner, Henry, and M'Bridc participated, were adopted. Whereat, the quest. ons of polity and ex- fftiicncy winch gave rise to the li:g and Vmocrntic parties have been disposed of, thus reudi'ring a longer continuance ol those organizations nn necessary, and II htrrat, the principles which he nt t lie foundation of republican government arc iu dunger of being totally subverted and siiMTscilrd by the principles of the old Ked- eral party, under the present Democratic Administration. Therefore, Wf, the IKoplc of Yamhill county, in muss convention uNieiiibled, with out regard to former party associations, and for the purpose of re-establishing and sustaining tlio Uepublicnn principles of Thomas Jefferson iu the adnvnistrntion of the government, do band ourselves together in n party organization under the uume of Xutioit'il Republicans, pledging to each other a fair and liberal toleration of opin ions on all questions of policy and expedi ency that do not ignore or contravene the principles embodied in the following resolu tions, which we put forth os our political creed, inviting all who endorse them to unite with us in their support. 1. Resolved, That so far us nntural rights are concerned, 'all men ure created C(jtinl and endowed with certain inalienable rights; that among these, are life, libirly, and the pursuit ol linpp:ncss.' 2. Resolved, That nil political power is inherent in the people, nnd that all govern ment should be founded upon their au thority. 3. Resolved, That wc agree with the d's tiuguished Senator from Illinois, (Mr. Don his,) 'that while, a Territory may, rind should enjoy all the rights of self-government in vbrdienct to it organization, it is not n sovereign power, but thit its sover eignly remains in abeyance, suspended in the United Stubs, and cannot b with drawn from the hands of the Trustee and vi sted in the people of the Territory villi out ihf content of C'ongrca.' 4. Resolved, That wc will maintain the integrity of the Constitution and all its com promises, nnd upon nil questions of consti tutional interpretations we will be governed by the opinions or those who framed it, and tlio uniform practice of tlio Government from the ndmiiiislrat'on of Washington down to that of Mr. Fillmore. 5. Resolved, That while we disclaim all right or desire lo interfere in any way with shivery iu the States where it now exists, wo will me every constitutional menus in our power to prevent its extension over Territories. 6. Resolved, That we arc opposed to mixing tip the Anglo-Saxon nice, with the Africun or any other inferior race, Hint we are unalterably opposed to bringing about in any way the sociol nnd politicul equality of the black und white races, and that we sympathize most fully in the wish expressed by Henry Clay, viz: 'That every African in the United States was in the country of his ancestors.' 7. Resolved, That all legislation should be based upon the will of the whole people, and not on that of the majority of the rul ing parly; and that nil officers tire account able to the people for a detailed statement of their acts and doings. 8. Resolved, that the attempt of the present administration to force upon the people of Kansas a constitution which they hud repudiated and rejected ut a fair and valid election by more tiion ten thousand majority, wus not only a wicked fraud upon their rights and wishes a violation of the nrincinles of the Kansas Nebraska bill, but in violation of the fundamental principles of Republicanism. 9. Ri solved, That wc arc in favor of ev ery nieuns calculated to promote the speedy construction of the Pacific Railroad, and other works of iuternul improvement of a national character in fuvor of retrenching the present enormous exieiiditures of the General Government, and of the most rigid economy in the administration of the State Government. 10. Resolved, That we will appoint four delegates to the Republican State Conven tion to lie held at Salem on tlio 2 1st of April, with a view of perfecting our organ ization on the basis laid down in the fore going resolutions, and for the purpose of nominating a candidate to Congress, Ac., with power to name their substitutes in the event of their being unable to attend. Mr. Crawford offered the following addi tional resolution which was udopted with out dissent. Resolved, That we have no sympathy with Abolitionists, and regard those who seek to interh re with slavery in the States where it exists, nnd those who seek to force it into States and Territories against the will of the people, as alike enemies to the barmonv and perpetuity of the Union. 8. M. Gilmore, A. A. Skinner, J. R. M'Bride and Caleb Woods were chosen delegate to the State Convention. On motion, J. W. Cowls, Oliver More, and Geo. L. Woods were continued as comity committee for the year. On motion, vofcd that At proceedings the side of Truth lu every issue. No. 52, of this meeting be furnished to the pub lic piqicrs for publication. Uu motion, atljourncd. S. M..GILMORK, Ch'n. W. B. Danikls, Sce'y. For the A rgnt. Ta Ik Though it is the undoubted right of American freemen to withdraw at pleasure from any politicul party organization, pro vided no pledges aro broken, without apol ogy, or making public the reasons thut de termine their uction, yet custom, our regard for tlio good esteem of others, a love of ingenuousness, and the interest wo feel in present political issues, lmvo induced me thus publicly to withdraw from the Demo cratic party, and to give some of the rea sons for my withdrawal. Having co-operated with many of you iu the udvoeucy of a political fuith once professedly dear to the Democracy, but now, cither by resolutions or practice, repudiated and denounced by the great mass of the party, it Is to me a plensurcable privilege, an esteemed duty, to soy that no material change of sentiments has influenced my withdrawal, and that none is necessary to separate Democrats of former years from the present Democratic organization. Adherence to the Cincinnati platform is abandonment of tlio present party faith and practice. It (the platform) fuiled to promote Southern interests, fur ther than to elect Ruchnnnn, and, therefore. cardinal principal of it squatter sover eignty which alone secured his election, nnd without which Pennsylvania would never have given him her vote, must be re jectedyes, pronounced unconstitutional. Douglas was removed from his chairman ship of the Committee on Territories on the charge that lio did not represent the views of tlio Democracy on popular sovereignty, and but for his triumph in the lute canvass for the Senntorship, would now doubtlessly be an outcast from the parly. Professing to confer sovereignty on the citizens of Ter ritories by the Kansas-Nebraska bill, the Democracy havo perscveringly labored to thwart the will of the mnjority of the fiee m?u of Kansas, and to thrust an odious constitution upon them. Failing in this list, they subsequently adopted tlio infa mous English proviso, whereby, for a time, they (to their shame, bo it said) have gain ed a partial triumph over that, falsely culled, toverein people. Instead of a democracy that proclaims tho freemen of tlio Territories sovereign, and empowered " to regulate their domestic institutions in their own way," nnd "to legislate upon nil rightful subjects of legis lation," wo btive this negropholito Democ racy that proclaims sluvery sovereign, and asserts that neither tho Congress of tho United States nor the freemen of a Terri tory can prevent tho introduction nnd per petuity of slavery iu Territories, however much they may desire it. It spreads hko contagion, irresistible, regardless of tho wish or interests of the people; and uided, in compliance with the President's recom mendation, by a law similar to that nv plied to Kansas, it may continue to annoy communities mainly opposed to the institu tion, and to distract the legislation of Ter ritories for a long series of years, with the certainty of being finally uprooted, greatly to the mortification and detriment of those whose interest tho luw was intended to serve. Tho repudiation of principles dear to the sovereign people, approved by every administration from tho formation of Hie Government to the date of tho Dred Scott decision, and the consequent condemnation of cither the wisdom or justice of every Congress held prior to that date, iu which our most eminent statesmen participated, nnd in some of which some of the most dis tinguished of tho fnimi rs of tho Coiistitu- J tion took part, should cause us to hcsiUtc before we subscrilie to this new ly-adopted fuith of Democrats, and proclaim to Amer ican freemen that the founders of our Gov ernment and the frumcrs of the Constitution, for want of knowl.-dgo or want of princi ple, legislated in open violation of the Con stitution nnd the rights of the people, and thnt eleven Presidents approved on uncon stitutional law. I will not make these chorgts. I believe our ancestral statesmen understood the Constitution, and that they respected its provisions. Our former stuU s mcn and Presidents had an equally good opportunity with our present stutesmeu to lenrn the requirements of the Constitution. Even Taney himself, who has been uikmi the bench since 1830, never discovered the unconstitutionality of the obnoxious por tions of the Ordinance of '87 till after their repeol. Will yoa adopt this new theory, abandon your former professions, and charge the Democracy with holding hith erto, as prime articles of faith, principles violative of the Constitution? I would rather object to innovations, to new dog mas, even to the opinions of a conrt given aprmrently for political fffect, npon ques tions not pending for decision, and opoo repealed statutes. When it was decided tht Scott was not s citizen of the United State-, n4 therefore could not nt in ker IlliCWI mitmtnamdamammmammMMmPMf -. ADVKUTItflNO RATKJj. One aqaare (12 lines or leas) on UiMrh'oa, $39 - - two insertions, 4,00 - thru Insertions, b.it Kach subsequent Insertion, 1,00 Reasonable deductions to those who advertise 1 th year. JOB PRINTING. Tut raotairma ur th ARGI'8 is usrrr to Inform the nubile that lie has just received a large atonk of J Oil TYPE and ather new print- -inir mati-riul, nnd will be in Ilia eeily rei e at udilitiotis eni'ed ta all th nqnirement of th e Irs ' eal ty. IIANHWU S, l OM KMS, HI.ANKH, CAKDS, CIKCl'I.AHS, PAMPlll.KT-vVoTtK nnd nlher kinds, done te oreVr, on short notice. courts, there was then nothing further pending for decision there was then no suit in court. Oilier loved professions of tlie party lmvo been wantonly violated. Economy in tho administration of the Government, that idolized principle of the party, hu been abandoned, and our Government expenses have now reached $80,000,000 perannnm. . At an early day our annual expenses am ounted to only eight or ten millions now eighty millions. But recently, in Fill more's time, our annual expense- were leas than $50,000,000. OpMxcd to protection, . they hove increased tho expenses of gov ernment so as to demand the highest rate of protection to meet the annual expendi tures. And notwithstanding tho hue anil cry against bankrupt laws, tho Prcsidcut recommends thnt Congress pass a bankrupt luw especially npplicublo to banks. Tho - udvorutcs of I'vcii-hiinded justice to ill parties, they persistently refuse to pay ui for services iu the lute Indian war, rendered ' n obedience to the call of authorized agents of the Government, and indicate their sus picions against tho justice of our claims by subjecting them to ro-cxnmiiiation after they have been approved by the pror officers. Under tho patronago of the De mocracy, yon lent your means and your services to the Government. You servd ; during a winter campaign against the In- diuns. Democrats directed your action j they arranged and re arranged, filled and re filled, the mora valuable offices; how much to your advantage or disadvantage, is for you to judge. Clerks, commissaries, minrtcrinasters, adjutants-general, surgcous, and surgeons-general, were ull democratic. You wero democratically enrolled, demo cratically quartered, democratically fed and clothed, and If any of you suffered tho loss of feet, legs, or arms by amputation, it was done uo doubt democratically; but you are not yet democratically paid. Is ; there yet necessity for further Investigation of your claims already passed upon by tho proper officer- und two democratic commis sions? A democratic Administration ought not to havo overlooked our demo cratic Statu so entirely ; there was no rec ommendation that our war debt be paid. Faulkner, democrat, nnd chairman of the committeo on military affairs, plainly inti mates a suspicion that ull has not been well managed. Why is this? Democrat should act in good faith (ut least with each other), ami not bo nntiocessnrily suspicion. Perhaps the expense of tho war, which amouuts to $11.21 per day for each roan in tho service, may seem extmvagunt to a Virginia I temocrat. But why criticize our acts? Why investigate? Why not do as Democrats did Willi tho I.ccompton consti tution tako the official reports ? Hul . not ull in reference to this war been regu larly conducted, yes, democratically con ducted ? True, there seems to be some dis proportion between the amount to be paid to each volunteer, which is by our stntuto $t per day for man nnd horse, nnd tho ex pense of keeping him iu tho field. . How it ' should cost nearly tloublo as much to feed and clothe the volunteers as was promised for the pay for services of man and horse, may not easily be explained to the satisfac tion of men at Washington. 'Twould doubtless be considered censorious to charge any considerable portion of $7.21 for offi cial services; more liberal to ullow most of it to havo been expended for edibles for beef, horse beef, mule beef, and beef gen erally. Queries will nutiirnlly arise wheth er all has been economically managed or not, but sure'y our claims have becu suffi ciently Investigated, duly attested, nnd why now go behind the official reports f why delay payment ? $100,000, I he aniiuul in terest on our war debt, is too heavy an an nual tribute for ns Oregonians to pay to Democracy. Had tho Interest on our claims for one year been paid in hand, at rates procurable in Oregon, it would doubt less have been worth more to many of tho claimants thau any sum they will hereafter receive. This unnecessary delny is not iu accordance with Democratic professions. I submit the question whether or not we owe much to the Democracy. But I will here return to our local party fuith that endorsed by the mnjority of the Democratic party lu Oregon to the Dem ocratic scourge: a platform with a penalty. That there exists no necessity for disciplina ry resolutions to punish cither the freemen, of the country, their representatives or deh. rgntes, is a projiositioii too obvious for de bate. Penal resolutions for whom ? T'h frci-Ditn of tk land, lest they should vote. agreeably to their own judgmcuts; lest tbey fail to appreciate the wisdom of tliosa who, have made nominations for thcoi. The. nublic eood is unquestionably aa all-suffi cient motive to porty action, tud. should control the vote of every freeman. Tarty discipline merely to protect part, il not simply unjustifiable-, bnt contemptible. i mj me political nominees a good, pair jiose T.h re the people are limber, enough to, submit to it, but oevrr can promota tb public welfare. Cocrciv rwolutkmj