.. ... -J -
l)c (Oregon CUcjus.
w. L. u, r.u.Toa x ritorsirroa.
FATL'KLiAV, Al'M'ST 4, J05.
riua Lund toward ionic other body, erti . Awo-m, Ju'.y 12th. IW5,
lewcuoniitl t,l, thl
.1 l l.n, f JullU AJ.I.U KOW KttlUlltZ.
tllU ,110"! j ... ,, ... il,t u limn 1inu
VVOH, WHO U1IU'I
' . ., .. . i t.:..L :.( vou will ttliU Die I0ii""'o' ..,., ,,f , n nw ft.,
",,iritutwifc-u.i,i" (wbich b embraced in il.at ,..rtyd.-ig.l'w "' -rrJ ; tiun laws, mid a monomania generally U.un
v. i..: ... ,.,..s.l.-r "..LW-tionttbl,-." . tli. !-!:." , . . !,mriiti0, connect! with ti danger of
; z , ru u,o,,-, am,.,,., ; . r : ; w i . u
... . . lit, i tn Ij-. .iilifr
Ull IliiHglilllcaillWlltillWi IKJ'n w v
sucked o(T by the superior force of a for-
rol,i,y.i.on.iiyuo,f"riiiM.rt nj my e'Hiuiiuiii-
cation "I .-"h, ' Tint A"'
cign .Uracil, or bo thrown o(T, I- iu . .lJZ
ir t. orb, w w - foa,,,,., oiml.purpu.
(.mt with fiagme.it of their
Mhall Orriiua heroine a Hrpnrialt tli public 1
Thin i certainly n very fast age. l mi-! tul,iu,, atil exclaim, a
!ec ingenuity and Yankee ? ut-rrri, ever
ctivo, rentl'-Rrt.atia untiling, arc scouimg cv.
vcry latitude, A; Inking a p';p Into the hith
erto unexplored regions of lia'ure' empire,
horover geology, mineralogy, or ethnology
jironiiw to furnidi u g. in that will "'ay'
tlio indomitable Anjflu Suituii for ironing
desert, ncaliu mountain, mid plowing!
oceans for the purpose of bringing up otnc
now trwino from (no Sn!y iIk-ji" of mi
ture't arcuiiH, m a contriluti"ii to tlio al
ready mug ni lice nt mlKcuin of the world
urioili, or an oir-iing to ninliw1, w li'ali
dciniind, p"tliap, tin n I I i I i' n : 1 1 nnine to the
noiilfiichituro of soino ology, already devi l
ojigd through tilii)in Lig -suf luio Ufirto
mid octal on. AVInruver niii'-ral rourc-
are to bu developed, ancient rniniof d iart-
Lee throu"hIpHeeitUo .natter how It- r J u l e...ot d-U-r ) V " ' 1 ' ' , , , ,, ',!, C011.I,, ,. ' ndvncated n "rwo"""'; ' , 1 1Hv, favored the nboiniunblo dut-triun of
tir&t -rri1 Just,adt,ow:
w,liin io biv.-, U ki"i' w """"-y ,to , , ... i;r ...:!,, , "ob- the name ot nil cni.iiiu'.i....... - . xlla,..t (v,m n pctitiuii or tlio citiA-n i,r
,.v.uiiuriuiii.-ly.iMk, iiiii0HnMm. ii.(K.rBt. J ' . f h:l110 ihmg m an Abulitiol.t.
I ,-. withlhe n:o rcmrk, k. .1,. j ' lo tl.o tatcw of all M.ch a aj pruieo t , yoU wUh for miy ,g
vilttr il. wli.t you una Curne. I " Illltio..
Litiotn Leiiiu can maintain a moni'iitary i ,,lilir ,0 (:,)., well knowmj iiwi luiury mi
. ... .1 l-.ul.t..li.r1i.inufflN.-UU-.lllllllU"llv.llluiii.i
l. l(,i HlMll OI Ull H" M.'.".' - 1 1"', . . ,
"-' I. I..
other trlijf ct,
"I en iiKHiuri.li uf ul I mrvey,
My rit'it ili" ' 10 di'I""-"
Old fogy if fi may aeldoin to looKe'i lor
xcqitingfar in toward the center of at
traction, and new "foyini,M or Young
America, may g ncrally bo seen in tlio full
manure of bin giant stuturo either on nie
out'-r extremity, or inuking ulridc toward
it. llcneo to talk in plain KnglMi and
without a figure, as oth' n hnvo talked be
fore u, we iiiunt expect to look for all orU
of fait idea in u new country like oiim, Cir
removed from ihc "growing shackle of the
older States." Star of all sorts of brillian
cy, from that of a glow-worm lo that of a
Jupiter, and of every conceivable magnitude,
may hereafter be expected to arie in our
''lit in to
-'.r.'ir , ;r '' f vcr emKtt ,,ow m i(i,. ,; .he i.wt -r u
nuiiri..i ir ..... , .,.,.,.. I . ...,.
,,..r,u,..Lu. V-:. ' - ,....c.:..R.i ,1.,., WW American
, ..: i. . l.,...mA I wit in Mtiikefi. I . .ii.
lit i
Allvmaile, Ainlit-rtt, fluvniinii, aim uoodi
hind enmities, drawn up by Adam in 1707,
. ... . t. liij tueilin.a ni.l
llll'l WlllCl, WO C.MIBCI iiuiii in" b J"7"
I ... i i: I....I .
"l-wy.wu 'H U you i 1 Aii( von"r . fnrtIl ,ubm:t ,oli1(I
I.m win ,.b.. but lioi.i, I wui ui.Miuen.
Vu iKny Imvita .lvo.ni.l, Af4miim r
Durhumt.m. My fr rn I, I n vtr m cnwii ya . f
uny nu ll ih'nr- lv '""'l' i"l ' ""
veiled olijtclwnMtfm: Hut lu youittiiy luv
iiiK mlutmeil uiili-iiebin-ku, knw ii.kIiii.k, Iio I
or iilwliiiniii'in h'ch ar cirla.fily ul.jicliui.iiU! hi
a noulial m- r. on I nun lli I"" f"r u-l"i!
loierl,
ll.
,. ...1 mi l.:i.hullf HIIW Ullliuoui II. I mi -- ..I,.,
u. rf ii.- know ni.tlniirs iniU dufk-AII Hut eoliMa't evil lind Voltr word, and in , e xriiu the iirr.Judwn ul llie un'.ituti. nm.m.
. I ... u u u. tl.i.t i.,.ria MiTH COIlVtVt'U I . t n-
ZZ 11,1 m ru.l,r ,..)- r:ou,ly. ., b. ',fl h '"'"'' ,,,t;,'t . ",u , uc . 1 I ,,, knPW ,lat wo should be called
( . : .... I..!'. 111. it'll 111 r . . .1.- 1 u u ..I a tikimi 1 ii 1 . u'liri .in.
... 1 , . I.. .. 1 .,1 liiu-k to our nr-i i-miu " "" "i; ' - wimoinoi im iu i"
tor who und. rl.ik. to nlvocalo only wl..t UIUR ' ilmufciy of Hi .iib.iiii.if llii r'iuiiioi.wa!lli,
an- ulkct!o,M "UtlW n,U-t He l own , I '. , . , ,,, ,. ,.. 1 in their h-mm,
' - '1 iii' mi aie iiispwou i" . i,ivi'iiinieal,
iud.n; a- to w hut th'-y are. W bell we came , ,,,,u.rv, iut win r Jic c .h.li 'iii.. . Ihi b i
(,. von r onildaint nwinsl u for adveatin? ,.ft it. . - fur ; iwrxkeac will, n .luii, y -'l,; ,,, ., Urentrmnrd in Juluri
- ' ' . , .... I m . 1 coMttilii'.l, acreuiiiiiiii--"j ; -!,,, ,.. :,. u llie Vinieu oituri, or iuuii u
''ol'ii-cliotiabl' l-liit wo were H.il leamii .ublcet to ropi-al or in ula-iu "'iy u, d,,io .if ihu irea'y of pemw
which eloscd our revoluliun.iry war, unuwnnni-r
'W'i Ik' v ai da-pored to !o, v the iu; Ml on VI,.)nrl),i ,r, ,lt fr Uir Hit- cupicity to act
1 in Iho impui tiint ofti. eiil H.11W, ;i ana or feriy,
rili.i
laii'
1 mi
,rt, in'tiad'ol i and n...'y. I am wry. Uut Wl! k,0UJ ,l8vcr get a due to your b ,!,,. I,., ,,;!. ul .he ''. e,.l('1
ilftC di.ran.ty, a, the word w, entirely 1,:
"."'r . iT. :. 'lli..... ,,' -..ii I. ...I V..Uii. .. I...;....... u'l.il. ii. in would pro.o only i
llif.l hi l.u.-uui ii uiino"ui ii. ! uiii; lo II. ueearriuin nniiii- - " - i.,ni.f. 1 nillv.
'. CIIMIIllllI'li; , nv ii
l.'IIIO
' llll
riirii Hliril 111", houeter. with a vrry iiwt '"inpin
.n. the 'I'll'' ri lic I.etwMii fie lii:i( ihe 'IV ni- r-
' . . i . . i ... i. . iu.. i.
am enr wttii a run rum u.-ii u.
. II .1 I,. ,L,.,..I..I,
you we wi-re ,,g ,i, e,,. u.,u . ou,
our head," and dispair rf -er bctig , ( . , -
d gr-atncM are lo I... ,li,i,,huned from the ' I "lita-ai, uicoiog.ea,, ..... ,u... . , ,,, ... . 1 lu.iy to n u.-ive ,. jour ...t.., .... ... j politicians to trv to put
d,K0fn,cu.,.l,,i,,a,,.g'.'.:.Wenrie.,d i,,, like the Stur .f H.,.,.,!,,, an orb.t , a . itl V-illt-S! - .i.t natt-rc! ott.f ue , liould i ZZ 2 com, In Cct Jlth
U fragment, from the crmU that compose I '"". ' !"'"''!,' "s ,u ' n " J-,"''"; to do. liut upon again M.atehmg up y..ur fl ,, t.:llllic,s
. . ... . ' -.., u i.m il.n in ,. il.i.t ,,.,'' ' i I'.ULoai'fe.UKika -wail! l.ohurdi,ifiir L.-.i t ...... I K.;'l f,il.P vou have ! t,Klr I"'"H' ' ' . ' J ,..
the layer or aaci'-nt o!camc erupl on-, j in rwv v " "-i ill b iu I weh b " i" b- mul" to . li'nuu " " . .
nddilionto lu madelo botanical rii nee, or s'o'"-'' "'y he f""'' j""--a eaily '" lie- imvu i,li truly occuj ied iii' r lima ihun 1 iuteiid- no idea what a relief we found ill pnnj:in?
criiitholiigic.'.l r'-' anh, by a vi.it to the
i .. .. . i i . i. i. .1.. .
wild, of the Ai..:,Z..n, or a j.ilgrini.i lo tin- '' "u iijfin,mc,a-ii u,r r u-1 .....i
bank.iofIlio'J,,b.-r1orwl,niev. ran.'W Ii. Id '''-"-' ri,ii,h.,w mark tlio upot '!,. r,-
it to bo op. ii''d f,r agriculture and the vmi
j.ot of gold can be borne r,ff by the lucky , d I., a I . .l.,w o wri:, un.l ...oi. p r ,..; ft (r. tUf 0)i.nt(, , fl vicw no
"" "" --' .... .. ., , , I . ...... ii,,.
imicli mil u)ing l.tliC less tlinn lliree OI wnai nppeiireu io;uu
i:. . ..iii. n
j jl H C'AllilllL,. ml III llli
out nrlof ritili'Dtiot. nut rerru.-ni nt, for
intituling governmenU and giving law to
the aborigine, there tl.o Yank'-e adventurer
i the lift to mark the in.. with hi fu'it
p'intii, and unpack hi "outfit," car. fully se
l(":tid with ai w to hi puit'ciilar enter
Jiriie, pr. paiilory to a llnuougli "prospret
ing" of tlio eliun'ii fiii of hU iip'Tatinti.
Yunkee, or Am rie.ui, ent.rpiii.o ha nn
fdialically placed it own ieal upon Ihiinge.
Tlio groat leading meaHUte, plani, mid
idea, of tl.o tin. "4 in which we liv, and
which make up tin distinguishing feature of
tlio ago, u.iiverMil'y admitted lo bo
"fat" one, urn all of Amerii-an growth.
In oil th world' Mr, on all thn battle
field, and on n! the iicean, foreign ni l'
loretgn pi'owu;, n;el i Tiiyn naiigi.ioii,
liavg ri lin tantly )n.M il up tlni paiui to
An.ericau competilinn, and Klnod back for
Young America to had oil', in giving char-nct.-r
to the lii-lury of tlio niiieticuth cen
tury. Madam Trollop many year ago carried
back the discovery to .'ingl.ii.d that the
great ruling ideu among tit wa mutinn, nt.ii
the leertt inaiii Hprii.g that kept tl.o great
wheel of American c.iterpri-o whirling on
it nxi wu Koiiietliiug very m ar what an
unsophisticated plireiioliigi't would call
"acejili'dliveneM." This hn thought was
Abundantly proved by the ipirsliuii which
always followed the first nod of recognition,
or grip of friendly greeting. "I low do you
get along !" aeeiucd to solicit about tlio
only information worth knowing to n Yan
kee seated astride of autite modern Pegasu,
or hobby firmly screwed down to tlio great
revolving wheil of American fortune, or
"mnnifeit da-tiny." "(.Jetting along," then,
the thought was the great leading idea of
our Continent, especially of that part of it
which wa really embraced by lliu pod,
who nvcrrol
"Nopi.it up I ii a r n:. iv. in our juiwrra,
Tlio ln'iui.Krn dull. hi'. it ia our.."
Now thi great revolving win o. seem to
bo governud by the same laws of motion
that regulalu all ponderable bodie of a
dimilar construction. Hence, tho farther
from the centre, the greater the centrifugal
fon?c, or disposition to lly otV, and the near
crtho circunifeienee the greater the motion.
Tho gravitating influence, wo suppose, is
nlso overoii.ne.or weakened, by an increase
of the distance from the centre and accord
ing to the general laws of gravitation, varies
"inversely n the npiare of the distance."
Thi every fanner and tradesman huvosonui
knowledge of, from their aeiiiaiutiinco with
tho wo. king f grind atones of various si.es.
On changing the figure from that of a v heel j
to that of an obbtlo spheroid, Wo lind the!
Miuo principle to hold true. The ciiunto
rial pait of such A figure being farthest re
moved from the centre of motion, and con
tcqucntly moving faster, have a proportion
ally greater Miitiifugal force. If tho re
volving body, like the earth Kf 're it cooled
oft, should happen to Ik soft, so a r. aililv to
yield to a shrill force, there will bean cleva
tiou at the ciuatjrial pait,at tho expense
nf a depression iniiueihately in the vicinity
of the polar r' g'oui.
.-..nr. K.iliinTe hv Mil '111!
I tli.n ll Iho hill's Kniidi.trulli.or ltvliieou'
ii' is would lie in r-
The Aiiucs. you won!
All thii t' 'in' true
w lu re should we natu
rally look for the l'.,-test nun, and tho fast
est ideas, but upon the ety periphery of!
One audi Inn, thank fortune, hit' ly ris
en, and kliono tlirottglt the bett' r art of
two columns of the ".Standard" of political
orthodoxy, lately flung to the breeze on a
pole from the top of Collin's building, very
near the culminating apex of tho equatorial
,'k'V atioti of Uncle tSam' Vmiuioi.s, fur all
the g'i) ing world lo wonder at. It calls it
s. If llie " of Kmpire," which wo have nil
read a great deiil about, hut which none of
us would ever have had tho unspeakable
pleasure of seeing "riso" if a very lucky
s'ar had not guided us to a locution in this
western world, where, with a good glass
vvc could make out the outlinos of this iu
valiu.blo "Standard," slowly climbing a rod
from the top of Coffin's building, with the
assurance that tho " of empire" vviui shi
ning ou it, although inv isible lo tho naked
eye of him who attentively gazi d at the
sheet from llie ground below-. Judging fiom
the feeble, (lickeriii'', mid uneei tail, light it
sheds, wu have b.eii compelled to think it a
star of a very "inferior magnitude,"' if, in
deed, it bo u star at nil. Wo hnvo some
times been inclined to think it n dark lan
tern, w hich dart nil occasional glare upon
the surrounding d.irkncs through some
fracture in the caso that enclose it. Again
we have taken it for an ignis fatuus, arising
from pome dampness in Collin's cellar, or
perhaps n mere fillibustering fragment that,
having approached too near the political ol-
cvalion, from which Walker and Kinney had
boon unfortunately thrown oil", was now cut
loose from us, and was thus far on, in its
straight lino orbit, better understood us n
tangent.
Sometimes it scctns, liko nn expiring
candle, to flicker very dimly in its socket,
and, settling slowly downward, seems half
inclined to return to earth, and not fly oil
after all. At others, it shines out to the
full extent of it borrowed brilliancy, nnd
starts oil' with a new impetus to tho full
length of the string that binds it to the pole,
as much as to say, "I'll go, whether any
body will go with me or not."
On the whole we are inclined lo think,
from its motion, that it lias conduJe-J to
wait for company, nnd has no notion of
leaving Uncle Pain's galaxy, although many
of tho liimiiiaiics that compose his family
"are even now antipodal on a most excitini;
question, and which arc cultivating a spirit
of disunion by their nltei cations."
It seems not wholly devoid of doubts
and f.ars us to whether "policy" would
justify the "trip." Will it "pan out)"!
seems to bo a very hard question, which
this vv hich, from careful observation, w-e I
think possesses two legs encased in a pair of'
uuiueiitioiiabhs with huge pockets, ae-1
knowledge itself unable to iiu.wir. In ;
fact itseeiiisto bo in doubt as to whether;
wo can break the "b adiug sliit.ir," 0r over-'
eome the centripetal force by which we are
bound back to "Uncle Sam's e.mi1. .l.,...-'' ;
of stars, forming lhat grand ball of polilic'al ! .'" 'lS " CouU bo "IUd lo giv e
power on which is iuscriM K I'hiribus ; '" our''ir-Uno iues,") entirely exon.iates
I'nuin. j us from ull blame, mid places you in the
At all event,, it ,,l.,inlv h0ws itself to i nttU'1,rJ l'rdieanieiit of making an objec
shineby borrowed light, and as it seems to '"""' ""d tlu'" M,1,w,,,'s,' yourself by a
Wsulieititigmorrliht, ,,nJaswefeelc.i'-iSUl'0'1Un't """"H-'ment t,at it was
able of sending it a lit,!,. 0f that .'real d... i 01 ' a lll'"'l'-'r l'f Jour ow n, growing out of
, r:...:Wi, truth, or 1:M,ihi.- , , ; j t iL, j ,i1POrs
uliliiiUerby iiim rlini ll. a ill ""fr ' o' ' , v
i.M be ixni. bV for deluding which we had taken to our bosom, lou
ninsetfully Vi'iiri.
KAMI.f. .Midi KAN.
1'. S. Your ihfiiiiu.iit is m rliki ii about my
votitip; iu the hgiidulur. fur a Utiite law 1 never
did it.
Oat Pair Fi uml, Sam'l T. Mcluun:
Your henrtfeli iicknowlcdgmeiit of "obliga
tion" lo us fir inserting your previous com
munication is cortainly highly appreciated,
mill the subdued tone in which ynu crave
an humble comer in our paper has induced
us to believe, that the forme r publication was
nut wholly unavailing to yourself, and has
also inclined us to place a little dill' rent
heading over your epistlo No. 2. You seem
to express a great deal of "regret that it"
(your communication) "occupied so much
of our valuable lime." Our time, dear sir,
is wholly devoted to tho work of doing good
to our fellow-men, and as long as we can sec
as much fruit resulting from our labors as
vvc think wo have w itnessed in this case, we
shall bo sufficiently compensated without
any further expression of "regrets" or "ob
ligations." Tho fact that you were not able
"to discover that we said much'' docs not
discourage) us, as wo did not expect you to
see nil tho truth tho first time. If you have
been able lo see a littlo already wo (dial!
have great hopes of your seeing more here-
lifter. You say "Let those who best know
judge between us." Now, if you want a
court of enquiry to sit in judgment upon
iho comparative "weakness or intemper
ance" of "iii," you may just as well select
your own judges, and proceed to trial, fortre
shall not bo there, having never called for
any such judgment, and having never yet
made any comparisons of that sort between
"us." Y'ou acknowledge that you had seen
the two first numbers of our paper, but that
they were "a poor indication of w hat follow
ed." Y'et with tho very next breath you
allirm that you "thought the cloven foot was
visible," but "hoped that you was mistaken."
Now, my dear sir, if we failed to make the
two first issues a clear "indication" of what
was to follow, it was not for lack of efibrt on
our part, for w o certainly never had any in
tention toduceivo you or any body else, nnd
tiled w ith all our power to throw out in our
first two issues an uiimistakeable index of
w hat was to "follow," nnd the very fact that
,yet even was pretty positive that you saw
the outlines of a hugo "cloven fool," (w hich
we suppose you are now satisfied were really
tho nether extremities of the newly discov
ered animal you call "Obj. etiotiablisms,")
. .1. . i . . .
.ions mat III THAT TIME, 111 Volir luil'miellt.
make the devclopcmciit in tho following
line: "Do you deny having advocated
Anti-Nebraka, Know Nothing, I'reo Soil,
or Abuliiioiiistu V As to tlio Auti-No-braska
query we answer (if yon arc not al
ready answered) No, Ve, with tho great
majority of all political parties, who have
expressed an opinion at tho polls, have op
posed tho doctrine of the Nebraska bill us
highly "objectionable"
YVc have, iu tho lauguago of tho Hon.
Ke.nnetii Ii.vYNoit, of North Carolina, look
ed upon "tho repeal of tho Missouri Com
promise as nn ut.cnllud for and unutcetnary
act, un outrage fern, n violation of plighted
'faith, nnd I would have seen my right arm
wither, nnd my tongtto palsied beforo I
would have voted for it," nnd, in tho lan
guage of Thomas II. Uknto.n, we consider
it "a juj'glo worthy cf lie trick of one egg
under three hats at the same time, find under
neither at any time." We consider it nn
exceedingly unwise, impolitic, and unjust
pieco of legislation; ns pretending to sur
render into tho hands of tho people of Kan
sas andNi braska rights iid privileges which
thoso of other terri'orics had not enjoyed,
when at tho snmo time it curtailed their
rights, and that to an alarming extent;
as making a great parado about the new
fledged doctrine of "squatter sovereignty,"
when in fact it is nothing more or less than
squatter tyranny; as n bill, when sifted of
all its political farrago, which contained
iioihing more or less than what might be
expressed in three words, 'Tolygainy and
Slave-sovereignty." But we have no time
just nt present to examine tho merits of this
bill ; suffice it to say that tlio originators of
it will doubtless succeed in their villainous
attempts to dissolve tho Union, unless they
are checked by a restoration of the "Missouri
Compromiso line." Y'ou perhaps fairly un
derstand us by this time as to our position
upon tlio "Nebraska bill."
Y'ou next want to know whether we have
advocated "know tiothing." If you mean the
natural school, we answer, No ; or if you
mean to a-k whether w e have ever advoc.itr,d
'Wrot societies" cf any kind, we answer
No. On the contrary, you ought to know
that vp have always favored open or::ai.iza.
tions of all kinds, while at the same time we
may have difemlal seen t societies of all
kinds against the silly and unwarrantable at
tacks that have ben ma le upon ihein by
men who have, like simpletons, cried out
lustily against them without ever bavin? of-
of their dupesin this manner. Henry Clay,
William Henry Harrison, Tom lbnton,
John lfcll, of Tetin., nnd hundreds of others,
men who hnvo opposed the principles now
embraced iu the infamous Nebraska act, have
all been denounced as Aboiliotiisls by men
who have about as clear on id' a of what an
'abolitionist" is n they hnvo of n ttanscen-
dcntalist. Not one in three hundred iu Or-
iho ii'iioriincj of our liiwsui.d iialtirnl purtiullly to
III countries of lluir birth, ore not nawmulilo
vautra for declurinif lliinto bo one of III rie;lilajii.
coiiiiiimiiciiWi! la future In udnplive liliicn."
Adams' Writing, Vol. A", p- diX
What! nob dy to bu iillowd to ait on n
"grand or petty jury, in civil or criminal
casct," utiles ho be n "native citizen of the
United States" ! ! This goes even uhend
of tho most ultra doctrines of the K. N.'s,
! so far ns wo understand them.
I'.ut let us take another extinct, Hi ot.er
to show Ion demonstration that this ania
Adams was the real founder of this obnox
ious sect of "American." If you have any
"tears to hed, prepare to shed iheni now."
Uut pause, beforo you wish a thousand
curses on tho head of the old federalist who
originated tho following extract, which wi
tako fwm an "act establishing eh meiitiiry
schools" in Virginia, draw n up by this same
who go blubbering around about author of "Americanism," nnd eou.-ider lhat
you thought we had quite plainly ''indica-! f red a tingle valid reaton against them,
ted our future e. nrse," and the fact that you ll' there is any rtason why we should jnin
ght ii ic.i.v Mtstakvn does Hot at all j m the shout raised by demagogues, we have
7,
tnrovv the bl.iin.'on us for not having been
sutiieiii.tly explicit, for your latt di-coverv,
tlnt jou was ,f mis'aken, and that what
you then took to be a real and veritable
"ho. f," has turned out to be one, (conse-
iiently as clear an "indication of what was
latum, and as everybody knows it is in
" '.-, v.. mi- ,eii .er.i'iiery o -.. .s , ,
the great circle thai embrace ihe arc!, r !Ult ,,w ? ifil ! condescend to 1 ay ye never charged Us with ad-
I'ncle S.,.' dominion, I And where, but ' ' tt "UwT WOlk- ' i tr to or l-urliamistn.
npou the very culin:uatin..;.,vx of tl,.. ;,ir,'rilit "', ""uh, perhaps, a, we think it
toriaKlLvatioii, .hould we U k for a galli-; n,w':,r.v m,,Kr 'he present circumstances
eringof tl, iillihu.leiing jaitij.-s, iie,,. ) f"r " lo ""'
tient of the restrain' of a greatly weakened T ,'9rrp'i.
Kravitti, force, ,,.,,1, !;!. tu fr b.u U M-1 V"v Mei .m V "",;,,k' ,
, , , v .'lev itrtv nptcn licit wn-k
ward the ceutre of the lllilo oib on which! ' .
Ih. y weM reared, vro.chi.i.f out their in,, do-1 UMiJ-lM libLT rmcJ " V
never yet seen any. But, my dear sir, we
are always after light on all subjects, and if
you or any of your friends have any togivo
us on this or any other subject, it w ill be
most thankfully received. We have always
made it a rule to weigh impartially the evi
dence on both sides, and we, are not so do",
matical upon any nrticld of our creed but
that we may bo converted by evidence.
Hut be assured that nothing short of that
will induce us to change our opinion.
If, however, you mean to enquircwhether
we have advocated iho principles of the
American party, o answer that in the
main, we have, as we consider them sound
and unanswerable : nnd
Wdl, you charged us, iu terms, state that upon the success of' that, or of
with advocating "objectionable isms" and some similar political nartv .lUtinei frnm
j . I V 's"ii
; a defective eyesight.
"abolitionism," and shouting the prui.is of
, noc-acyl could, if their lives were staked
upon it, give a correct definition of cither
term, nnd point out the dangers of the one,
or the benefits of the other.
Y'ou seem to havo had your difficulties
about tho "underground railroad-' entirely
removed, nnd you now inform ns that tho
ron.-on why you suspicinned us for being in
favor of such nn "internal improvement"
was, that as wo had lived in Galesburgyou
"did uot know but wo hud been a manager"
of one. Then your whole dillietilty is ac
knowledged nt last to have been a mereiw
picion, growing out of ignorance, or what
you more politely call n "did not know.
Now, my dear sir, if you will candidly re
view your whole ground you will certainly
find that tho major part of your difficulties
are based upon this satno "did not Xvioie"
rock, on which so many millions of poor fel
lows havo split, before yon tdovo your own
canoo on it. I ou seem to let us a little into
the light ns to this "Galosburg underground
railroad," for, bo assured, friend McICeuti,
that although wo lived for years iu C-alcs-
burg, wo never knew before that there was
actually such a train in operation there.
Wo sometimes heard sly intimations of it,
but never canto in possession of the fact, as
wesiipposid tho "managers" kept it a pro
found secret from all excepting ihe memlsers
of the "corporation." Uut ns ynu lived near
tiale.sburg, and as you seem to speak posi
tively when you allirm that "the business
iMa canicd on, something in the iratnier of
tho Know Nothings, in tho dark," we are
compelled to infer (and very fairly too, vvc
think) that you did "know" something
moro about this "underground l iiownoth
ing"allair than you had any right to know,
unless you was one of the "mai-agcrs."
It can't bo possible, Iho. McK. at., that you
have inadvertently divulged the fact that
Vou aio nothing more than a "renegade ah
I'litioti st" tailed on to the democracy in Or
ei'on, in hopes of getting an office. Heaven
forbid 1 Although the leaders of the party
in Oregon are composed of many familiarly
know a as npostalo Whigs and renegade nb
oiitiotiists, we do hope that you nro not one
of thnii. Y'our "developments" certainly
look suspicious, but we are inclined to think
it a slight mistake, growing out of your tru
ly commendable zeal in cutting and slashing
away at the hugo monster "objectionable
isnis,'' which has annoyed you so much.
But for want of further time and space,
you must excuse us for cutting tho matter
short here, although we would liko to say a
few things more, by way of removing a few
more of your difficulties.
S. In reply to your note, in which
you say my informant was mistaken as to
your having voted for the license law, permit
us to append the following note which was
addressed to Dr. Lock wood, (our "inform
ant") together with his reply to the same :
Oregon City, Ann 3d, 18S5.
the shade of Jell'crsmi has no doubt had nn
awful reckoning with him I nig before now,
(if they have ever happened to mei t in thn
spirit world,) and either blacked his spiritual
eye, or lashed him "howling through tho
nether wo. Id" with a scourge of scorpions,
for having thus ruthlessly plunged his dug.
ger into the yearning bowels of tin) giant
who carries "inulern democracy' on hi
back. Uut rend the extract :
"And it is deelurcd nnd enacted that no p-iton
unborn, or under tho a;' of twelve ye omit llie
passu", of Ili a uet, unci ulso who is ciiiki inentii,
sliull after the age of fil'leeli years, be u cilii n of
lls (.'omiuoiivveiillh, unless he or she can .rue
rm.lily it. 8o.no tongue, iialivo or acjuircd.1'
Writings, Vol. IX, p. 4J I.
Ho.rible! 'Why that throws Gardner,
tho Governor of Massachusetts, clear in tho
shade. Gardner only recommended that
persons who could not road should bo de
prived of voting, but this shuts out the poor
iVllow who cannot "read readily." Had
this law b.'eii in force now in Virginia Wise
would have b en beaten perhaps five thous
and votes ; w if in force in Oregon Oaitie
would have goiio in by 2000 majority,
Adams oirght to bc-
No 1 no Lwe wcro
Mr. r. t .-i-.. .' r:r:r 1 J
to slate upon what ..authority you iu.'ormed me that ' ) 0U US 111 tlie f;lce WM tl)at our
OTuni. j. .iKKeiin voim tr the liquor license
whilst lie was a member of the lef slaiure 1
, W. L. AIAMS.
then specified the "underground railroad."; either of the old political parties rests
M 6 wis hei fair v nin folk- ,.,.,, ... ..! I f . t ...... ; th I ... I ... jt. i .. .
. p' in an oi . ""'I iioi'c- ui our poor L non. winch ". i . , "" ""sircr, mat un the
' - i ItlllrT Af th.. hit. ....
your objections, and so wc hud hold ofyour
eimiii,0 as you presented them ; but
when w0 came to your generalisins, what
i could w do but to take th:a fjr what
, URKno.N Citv,Aic3. IS35.
-Mr. Ar.Ma-Sir :-Ii, reply t your iutcrrera
lory, w ill v, u ulraw niati- nmn i,i ...i.-.:...
tho ; yuuaiferincd uietliatSaiii'l T. .Mek'eau voted lor
ll .,n 1 1, ......
....n u. i.,e cin un., nt tie close of a temperance
Astoria, I
that he did
"visage was suggestive of bolls and bars."
ou may think yourself lucky, young man,
if you never meet anybody whoso "visngo
is suggestive" of a rope.
braska" a?i,a.o,s have well nigh sundered. i.,h.hZ. rf M,! viE 5 ' "1
i our next qu-ry is whether wa have not I ". un'i'n''0,,'d h.m to .tate, aud I am quit
advocated "Abolitionism."
By referring rght back to our first issue
lifvln's Speech.
On our outside tcf day will lo found a
VPfV r),in M,-.rs .1. ? .1 . TT II . T
n-embVr 7Z tJHZ " f The speech contains some
U;e law, but am now jerrv for it." ' i strong j oints, forcibly presented, but WU
'H. T. J.0CKWC0P. 'ctanot endorse it all.
mistake,, in the name; it wasn't Adams at
all that wrote, the above it was Thomas
J'jjnon, and you will just inako the cor
rection.' That ' alters tho case," said the
lawyer. Wo know Jefi'.Tson was a patriot
and statesman ; so wo shall eoti-idcr "the
case fuillu r, "and if, and if," eLe.
An VV.n.uit v.lvact.
Iu our ndvi.-rti.-iiig columns will be found
a very elegant extract, from the classical
coiiipositioiiofihe lion. (.') Fre-d Wnymire,
of I'olk county. P'or the information of
our readers in the Slates, who may be- cu
rious to know something f tb0 history of
the author of such exquisitely poetical effu
sions, we may as well state, perhaps, that
he is an ex-Methodist clergyman, (he only
claims to havo been a licensed exhorter,
however,) but now one of the assistant
editors of the Corvallis Statesman, tho
organ of what is called 'democracy" in Or
egon, and one of the leaders of thai party.
lie now holds eight ofllees in Polk cunty,
and we are informed that he Is n caudidato
for Vice President iu 1850, nnd expects to
be chosen chaplain to our next legislature,
lie is looked up to by his party ns a great
man, n full impersonation of their principles,
and ono every way worthy of their confi
dence. For further particulars ns to his
talent, moral character, principles, and chass
tity, which his party hero is proud of, wq
refer you to our advertising cojuntns.
"Nature lins marked beware upon a visage
itpgestive of bolls aud bars." Conallis Statu
man.
This explains why we have been taken
for an officer of justice by several blacklegs,
who, upon meeting us upon tho highway,
have dodged into tho brush, and you ac
knowledge that the reason why you turned
pale and your teeth chattered tho 6rst timo
(