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SATURDAY, JiliCHMl'.Kii 8, 1853.
Agent! tor the Argui,
J. 1:. M(.Hi:ihk, Lafayette.
C. A. Rkrd, ,S'.
Morua RimoLrii, Riililiiu'ttij.
W. Harlow, Molnlla. '
1L C. RAYMOND, 'wcW 6Voi'.
JU. Da Vl, lilomuinytcm.
FtA" W. Hkowi, CornHi.
Amok JhBVEif, P'" IVry.
SOLOMON AlLRIt, (il'y.
J. K. l.ri.E, ".
John McKi.x.m, CulapiH,ia.
Rbv. Wilson liui'tf, Won Point.
I. A. lin n, Jarktomntlc.
II. 1I.UR1, t'iiiriiiniill.
Jbdok Smrlukv, Pre, (W.
Jno. 11. 1'niijrrow, 107 (7o. .
It A. X. 1'HRi.ra, Ualnhary, UL
Jaw Concerning Newspaper!.
' 7 If tulni'tilirni oiuVr Ihe ilir.ntitiiiuiin" e of
their pepr, lh pnbUlier may continue to eut
them Kill ' urtumgn mt ymd.
(Tr If iilMerilKni ni-glcil or refuse to tube tli. ir
firifr"in ol olfii, w oilier J t, lo which
I bey cult tl.vj am lirl.l rc.jn.ilg uul.l lliey
elite all rrt or.iu' , (lioulil lliriv lie any.
1 jf If aiiliK iibom remote lo o'li'T p'ae, with
out informing Ilia iblilinr, ami ill r i will
to lh former dirri'iini, Nicy am held reoii.iu.e.
XT It iw "iffi'iienl for a i-tiiuii"er, villi n
er it not tukuii out of liia office, lo reluru ono
Willi "not Uken 011I" wrillen on the margin, but
lit mutt writ a letter to Hie fwlilialier, ipvinj th
Mow tils' potl-tfliof , and ilnl itf that tint pauer ia
Mt taken from Ilia "Hi e. Odierwito llic tn
muter ia held rrionililo.
". . . . h i. 1.1 i.'il..i laniililii't wet a laborer' hirt sh-evct
it in 110 ri.mllc of 1'andor.y , which ougm w - . , , ,
be Hnoln and read of all men" Id Orogon ; J through in a whole day, thai after w. erne
and that U... uav have .it onnortuoiiy of.hero w m-glectrd diguing our polatoc. for
for our r)uc ; tut direful pcru.ul of llm!
The Norlhera ladlta.
f " Wilh eotidry fp.-re discovered In Uia mi-aiou
building, iu Idler wiilten liy lln piiral, I'uudo
ay, for Mamlacou, Iho lii-ml cliirf uf llm Yakima
tuba, tddmokd to Hit ofl'tcer ill oonnnanil of Ihr
trooia, t !iy of whirh ia eomiuiiu caUil Willi lliia
report. Hurt Win alio round nn account book
kept by Uitf print Pinduny, liich ia now In the
eualody of Mnj. liuiurak 'J'liia badi oonUiiK daily
tlllrieaoT rnd')' Iraunaciiui.a wilh Hi lurf'mu,
and clearly deiitoiulrulr tin.' iidiiutiililo fuel llml
ht baa furniahed the Iiidimn wilh larre qiiautilira
of tiiiiiiuiiiliiiiii uud leaving it I nialior uf doulil
whtllnl giptl or gunpoiriltr waa hie 'rincinl
tlock in UaUo. 'I'lio pr.vat lixl uUindoneil Hie
miu:on, bill it Kve uiiiiiiilakiible evidenct of U'
iiir eartd ftr, and ntt-iidrd lo, during liii tbwnoi-,
I17 toiBt Vakiina Indian paiUliioneia.''
Tlio ttbuvc, wliic'h w clip fioiu Col. Net-
Willi' report to (Jor. Ci'rkv, fully bcni u
out in tlio po.iit'mn wo took n month ago in
rnfurence to tlio coiinrciion of tlio Cnllioliu
prlost in llic Iiuliiiii coiiiitir with tlio pruv
ent var. Il will to rccillrcU rl lliut ill lluit
tiino wo ttntrd novo nil vry Htronqf circiitn-
atniicM whicli Aired (lit conviclion upon
4ur mind, tlmt tlico iuIchU luid nnotlior
tninfttnn In nppmnlituli nnmnrr ll,n Ttiilt,,n I
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tlmn tluitnf pri'acliiu "pdico on vurtli iiinl
rood will to mon." Tlio fuel lliat in this,
M well m tlio Cnyiio w, iliinc piii'sU
liavo bei'n tluti'dcil in tlio very net of trans
porting liirgo (jiinntitio of pAwlcrin tliedi-
roctlon of the camp of tlio enemy, ingeilier
wltll llio proteclinii they iiceivo from the
invades, ivlien Nilili il lo tli eviileiico cmi-
doiiia o, wo repctfullv reiuot Oor. Clr
BY to tend u II copy of il for publication;
rmiJor-y, undoubUdly, wm tlio "author and
finUliPr' of it, and it ought tu "C1in.l1" him.
There i not a ahadow of doubt tut to cu
lorsed every word of it, and bo ought to
thoulder lli rc-sponaibilitjr of il, although
ha neakiii'lr endeavor to bift it off upon
iho ahouldcr of bit brother Kunmiukin. If
Catholic prionts, or any othor piiet, ara to
bo p-rniittd lo liva among the Indian, in-
ligatu them to 11 bulcbary of tbo wbite,
wlieiiever tin-re is a prospect of iho country
becoming etirI by Anglo-Saxons, to fur-
iiinl them with arm and ammunition, and
become members of tho Chief ' Cabinet, it
is about tinifl that we knew it, and prepared
nurselvea fur I Ills wily foe. rnnJozy in now
Kamaiakin't Secretary of Sla'e. Perhaps
iov. Clhry would do well to tend up an
"envoy extraordinary" to negotiate a treaty
with Secretary raiidozy. Wo venture the
prediction that 110 treaty will bo worth a
farthing unless it ha Tandury' signature.
- Prom all tho iufurmaiiun wo can gather,
nil the Indians north who arc cp''.il"''I in
0 a
the war are tnrh at an unthr thi control nf
the Cmfmlie prleuli, whilat all ihe Ncr Ter-
ccs, together with auch of the Caj uses n
till ailhero to tho Protestant teaching of
Whitman, Spalding, and Walker, and re
fuse lo ndopt tho "larrmcliin" of tho Catho
lic pi ieslt, arc firm friends of the whites. II
this is not literally correct, we abould be glad
to be art right, as wo wibh to take no advun
la? from a wrong statement of facts.
There are other matter connected with
this whole transaction that show tho "cun
ning craftiness" of Jesuitism, to which we
Uvo not time at present lo allude.
Tlio whole caso tecnis to to a plain one,
nltloiigh we have thought wo noticed a
itiiilieil non committal policy on the pnrtof
every otlmr journal in Oregon. Wo have
opi nly and fearlessly apoketj our honest son
timetiU on this as upon all other questions
nfTecting tho public good. Wc always like
to tee a public journalist bo cither a "man
or a mouso," and wo always respect a man
who with a becoming dignity defend what
hoVlieve to be right, and exposes what
he believe to bo wrong. Put there i a
general impression among editors that iho
mail who would to uro of hi tread and
butter must run up a large subscription lint,
by covering enough "grounds" to please
the crowd I hat travel the "broad road."
a time or two, till after tho "mU t W
thinking it would to phwnntrr to encoun
tcr lb" cooling mint than the hot tun
Wr
Th l.tiiur'
ti. llonu. of lt.-rrt tt!iituti.a orgonurd lniio-
whole treaty will probably ju.tify the action! wiy0B, Monday. Fnd. W.y.nira wa.put in
oftboAdmini-tration. Wo atate tins ua ,h(, cliir, pre iem., .ndJan.ee '-"
duty in itin( the matter right, a. by our a.rk. IUP. Do-. V.UM
, , , , 1 n..i l,nk wore cIiimii a comni.ltet on craeniiaia-
nreviou.articlo, the view presented rflil-ta wtraetta.B a
e.l somew hat np.ni the fiovernors of Simoda, I ' tmehn .o le (iul l)U1!l I (Q ft ft i)0l.iomc. n1J ju,jc0Ui
. a in !.... n:.... TI.a Ail. . i ii: . . .
time tltn right foot prses the whinky plank
of llu-ir' respective parly platform. ' ' 1
That the prohibition of tho manufacture
and nlo of spirituous liquors i just ns rjiurlt
a pilllliul qu-stion a tlmt of any prit.clplo
silvoeati d by nny party in rxitlenco, wuii-u
thoiiifht our eximrienco wa.ii't nuito equal IIakoladi, and President Pierce. The Ad-1 m Tuesday. Pr. Henry si Crvalti-, (vril-nf nl f our ponplo in securing their
6 1 .. ... . ... . - .. 1:1.- ..II it.. nf ua. Iihi una .... .1-1 i. ..I. ilm m. nilirrs oil . . . .. i . r
to tho ''anticipation," at all day long we
waddled through tho mud, determined to
save our "murjihies," ollhougli thn cold
rain fell on our bended back nt such a rate
that it only took about ten minutes for the
old "swallow fork," that served a a roof, to
convey enough water down into our boot to
take up what room thero was vacant. That
took about a gallon J for in that early day
we were all dependent upon the Iluiidsoii'
Day Company for boots, shoes, mid other
clothing. This, it was said, was nil made
up in liugland, by Dr. McLaughlin's meas
ure, and tout over here with the express un
derstanding that nobody should go naked
for not being able to gt into tho boots and
breeches. This, by the way, was n benov
olent idea, which would hardly ever have
got into a Yaukee merchant's head. Now
as we woigh something less than 140 Ibs.t
and the "good old Euglish gentleman" ex
ceed 200 lbs., it Diay bo guessed what a
Ogura wo cut, "ruin dig-in-a-taty" in a pair
of the Dr.' boot mid a pair of heavy Eng
lish corduroys mado up after his pattern.
At all events we hare a eery distinct recol
lection of trying to trnighteii up occasion
ally, with a very vivid impression that what,
between what was in tho toots, what bad
soaked into the corduroys, and what stuck
to tho old "swallow fork, (we brought that
from the States,) wo bore about our body
something less perhaps than half a barrel
of water.
We haven't time just now to sny any
thing inoro about Oregnu winters, but shall
resutno the subject hereafter. It has been
raining for the last ihree weeks after the
sood old fashioned "mists'1 in which wc
Mpccted" in the potato patch,
miiiintratioii. like all the reMof us, ha sin ; tlld it , ,a:a wi.hed 10 tddnts Hie m.mWni 011
enou"h 10 bear, without laying on unjust Monday bight in reference to Hie fcouil.ern war
charge at it door.
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Important from the South.
Mr. T. J. McCarver, Asst. Com. Cn.,
who left Roseburg on last Saturday, hat
handed us a letter from hit father, Geo
McCarver, which overlook him by express
llic night after ho left Roseburg, and from
which we gather the following news, with
some particulars furninliod by I. J. McCab
VKK
A man by tho name of Rice, who lived 011
the south sido of South Umiia, not fu
from tho mouth of Cow Creek, was mur
dered, together with his wholo family, ex-
cepting a lad somo 12 or 15 years of age,
on the momiii'' of Dec. 1st. Mr. Rice saw
tho Indians approaching about daylight,
aud sunt his sou out of the back door to
alarm the neighbors and get help. The boy
states after he had got a short distance, be
looked back sawabuut 100 Indians around
the house, heard some 11 or 20 guns fired
and soon after saw the house in flames. An
express reached Rueburg later in the day,
which brought word that several other
bouses in Rice's vicinity wero in flames.
Tho news has created great consternation in
Umpqua. Remnants of Captn. Gordon,
Ilailey, and Chapman's companies had been
ordered out from Roseburg to pursue the
Indians. Roseburg is on Deer Creek, about
six miles beyond Winchester, and about 13
miles from tho scene of Indian depredations
Mr. McCarver also brings word that
Mnj. Stratton, express messenger, reached
Roseburg on Friday, the 3Ulh ult., blinking
V word that Mnj. Martin, with somo 3 or 400
tW The reader is referred to our 1
ajvcUien, had found a camp of Indians consisting
Urrgoa Winters,
This makes our eighth winter in Oregon
and it comes about as near being an average
,ono as any we recollect to have seen. The
oldest seiller in this country never saw two
winters alike ; wo teliuvo thero has never
tiiineil in Cut. Ncxmiili's rei o' t, forces the ! ocn winter known horo in which the land
conviction upon the mind of every impartial iulTurcil with tho drouth. Rain wo always
man that out of theso prifett, in Winning
tho future historian of Oregon, in speaking
of this war, might very appropriately quote
tlio laliguago of Kuuas to D'ulo in reference
to tho tack of Troy, El tujut pars muyna
Notwithstanding (Iieso Jesuits liavo been
deprived of over a hundred pounds of pow
der, which was taken from ono of them in
InntilH from the Dalles lotlm Walla-Walla,
yet from Ihe testimony of Pnndnzy'a ac
count book, it seems that thov priests have
teen able to mmigglo into the Yakima
I'ouiitry, nnd sell In thn sma;:es, such "lurir
1M:llitie if ammunition" as to make il
rgry plain to many that, "yiniwinir" has
entered more largely into Painlozy's "stuck
in trade' than the "ajosW has. Tho let
ter which was found upon llie priest's table,
purporting to haie, been ritn by this
laudozy as amanuensis fr Ka niai a kin,
tho whole tenor of which is said to bo of an
intimidating kind, and aimed to fri ;lit, n or
discourage 'our soldiers, (liUi character
this Pundoy has showu biiu-vlf in under
stand about m well hi a I'ei jeo would be
x peeled to,) f.istens the conviction upon
our miad that tho priest, if ho was not the
original Instigator of the war, is now en
gaged heart and soul in "aiiliu,j and abet
ting" tho savages who thirst for tho blood
of our citizens. We are told bv soma thai
expect, and rain wo always get in quantities
that justify us in concluding it has "set
in, 1 some lime between tho middle of Oc
tuber nnd tho lentil of November. Some
winters wo liavo a great deal of snow, and
some nono. Twenty-ono days is the utmost
limit that we have ever known the ground
covered with snow J and in our long resi
dence in Oregon wo have never known the
llicrmnmoler down to zero but once. In
tho noted cold winter of '48-'40 tho mer
cury stood futir degrees above zero on tho
coldest day. The next spring, ns wo were
on board of an English vessel tounJ for
California, together with some huudred and
upwards nf our Oregon neighliors, who had
got tho gold fever, nnd weiitoircuruingOr
egon, wo referred a disputo upon a prnposi
lion as to whether Oregon was as cold as
tho States, to the captain of tho vessel.
Somo lil'iy of our passengers swore that Or
egon was colder than New Kngl.tnd. The
captain, after being informed of the state of
the merctiiy in '48, decided lhat they were
right, as ho had never known tho mercury
to fall to Rero Fahrenheit in Nova Scotia
during many winters hs had spent there.
We uro still inclined lo believe, however.
that our ctimuto is not Quite a severe ns
that of Nova Scotia.
Our coldest weather may eencrnllv bo
looked for between the 20th of December
tising columns for tho terms upon which the
publications of Fowleks it Wells can bo
had. If n man has lust three dollars which
he wishes to invest to the best possible ad'
vuiilu'je in periodicals printed east of the
Rocky Mountains, we should advise him (if
nt liberty to do so) to seud for Life Illus
trated and tho Water Curo and Phrenologi
cal Journals. . With the Biblo to regulate
the inner man, and theso works to teach him
how lo tako can) of ihe temple of tho soul,
a man might be set adrift upon the ocean of
life with a better outfit to make the passage
ft ly and pleasantly than many now have
ioso libraries embraco hundreds of vol
Wc have heard these works enquir
ed aVra creat deal in this country. You
will rw know where to find them.
llt
s
Wool for tUo Vrcsldvncy.
A Washington correspondent of tho N.
. Times says that tho recent American
victory in California is considered the open
ing gun in tho campaign of 1950 for Grn.
Wool. California accepts him in opposition
to tlio Democracy. This correspondent
says, that "the relations between Gen. Wool
and the Administration have been cold Bnd
distant, if not positively hostile, for more
than a year. The recent correspondence
between Gen. Wool nnd the AVnr Depart
ment betrayed upon tho part of tho former,
a feeling of personal griev ance, not iho less
deep seated because official etiquctto con
fined the expression of it within tho limits
of courtesy and moderation."
Oregon would probably be as well satis
fied with tho Gen. iu any body eke. '
niiuoiign 1 aiwony migiit liavo left the Ituli- ana : tho 'Mth of January. ' About this
nn beforo the war Vuke out, as be should j l'm0 0l,f almanac ought to say, look out
nave uone tut day uu became apprised of the "or snow; or tremendous, heavy, cold dri
tiosliio intentions of the Miuge. yet il is
now entirely out of his power to do so, and
the fact of bit having written tho li tter in
obedience to tho command of Ka mai-a kin,
is no positive) proof that l'sndory endorsed
! letter, or approved f it. In reply tu
this w opposo tho fact, that, as Kii inni-a-kiu
did not uudiinttaud writing, Fundozy
tould hat tfrltU-H ir An Ac jil,i,J. If lr.
tts forcibly detained by the Indians, nnd if
ht, pruferroJ lo leave them ami join th..
whites, he could easily lisve stated thi on
paper, and made every necessary arrange
ment by which the ofliivrs iu command
could hum effected hit release. Taking all '
lh circiimstancn together, although it Jet-1
mlicu'ly ;iifffn U bo Kanlaiakiu Jc
ving rain, at least. We have bad one win
ter which all came and went in November
The ice froze some two inches thick. Tho
frotii ruined a good many potntoes that were
dug and remained uncovered. The first
thaw that came brought continued mild
wtaiher, mid o hardly had even' anothor
bite frost during tho w inter. Dnr'tng what
is termed a "mild winter," we aro blessed
with a clear sky and a warm sunshine, per
Imps 0110 half the tim from the first of Xov.
lo tho first of April, which embrace thr
Oregon winter, or "rainy season." As a
jtntral thine. we mar look .,t t... 1
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such as rniMid the streams in the time of I
Noah, "abont thi time." We td heard
so much in the State about Oregon "ui'ists"
. , The. Janaueto Treaty, Agalu.
It w ill bo recollected that some two
mouths si nco w'e stated that Commodore
Rogers, in negotiating with tho Japanese
authorities in behalf of Reed and Dougherty
had boon unsuccessful in his efforts to bring
the Governors of SimoJa and Il.ikudadi, to
seo the justness of his interpretation of tho
clause iu tho treaty which gave to "tempo
rary residents" certain privileges. As we
never had seen the treaty, we made up our
opinion of the case from the official reports
we saw published in tho S. F. IIerald.
The arguments of Com. Rogers there pub
lished, nnd based upon particular portions
of tho tn aty quoted, were ingenious and
we thought at the time conclusive! Con
sequently we thought tho Administration j
Oll'rht to Compel the JananeHO imra.nn..n
to nequieve in tho construction put ujion
tho treaty by Com. Rogers, as teusible and
just.
List week wo stated that tho Adminis
tration had approved of the Japanese con
struction, and nothing would be done to en
forco a proper regard for the treaty. This
week we have to state, that a careful read
ing of the reason by which the Administra
tion justitice the Japanese construction by a
critical examination of the whole tieaty
eetns to present tho thing in a verv differ
ent light from the one iu which it present
ed itself to our mind from examining the
quotations from (lie treaty made by Com.
Ro"er. Tl.a i.,,n..i. ... ... 11
of 22 lodges, at Little Meadows on Rogue
River, nnd had ono of his men killed, and
five wounded by them, without being able
to get at the Indians. Tho Indian cam
was on tho other side of tho river, nnd Maj.
Martin, with a part of his furco we lit-up the
river to draw the attention of the Indians,
while a portion went lo a bar below, where
tho river was very narrow, to construct a
raft. , The Indians opened a fire upon these
men from the brush upon the opposite bank,
which were so thick that not e.ven the smoke
of their rifles could bo seen when they fired.
The men immediately laiddowu flat behind
the rocks which tbey piled up as n defense,
and lay there till night. A Mr. Lewis, of
Capt. Jonathan Keeny's command, received
a ball iu tho neck, through nn opening in
the rocks, and died iu five hours. Two of
dipt. Williams', ouo of Capt. Koeny's, one
of Cupt. Rice's men, besides ono of tome
other company, were wounded. Tho men
left tho bar at dark, leaving a largo beef
which they had tied upon the bank on the
day of tho fight, aud which the Indians had
killed in shooting across the rivor, together
with a lot of blankets, and a part of their
guns and ammunition. Tho next morning,
upon visiting tho bar, the beef, guns, and
all, were missing. The Indians had crossed
over in the night nnd appropriated every
thing to their own use. Martin had sent to
Roseburg for reinforcements and forty days'
provisions. Ua thought he would stnv
there and watch tho motious of the Indians
till help arrived, and then give them. buttle.
The Indians are said to have their women
and children in camp, which' will probably
impede their progress in a flight. The
forces sent for by Maj. Martin, are retained
to tight Indians in Lrr.pqua, nnd will not
be sent to his assistance. Tha probability
is, the Indiatiswill not be seen anymore
till ihey turn up'in snmo other direction.
SIT Wo learn from Mr. Dryer, that
news had reached Corvallis that Capt.
Wright, with twenty men attacked a party
of30or40 Indians near Table Rock, and
killed eight, with the loss of ono white man
killed, and four slightly wounded.
Col. Nesmith has made a long report to
uov. mrry, comiiianik-r-in-chief of the Ore
gon Militia, giving a full account of what
was done by him from the time tho volun
teers left the Dalles for the Yakima couniry,
uji 10 ma time incv returned on the 19th
ult. Tho report contains nothing new that
we have not already published,
'
trrau.
By somo unaccountablo oversight last
week we failed to discover a mistake in our
proof sheet, in reference to the Pennsylva
nia election A ft... wrt
- " ' were lour can
didate, in tho field who ran as follows,"
should bnv, been inserted, "in Allegheny
county," which may probably be et down
as a fair sample of tho way the vote ranged I
1.1 me omer counties of the State.
V-an r 1 T ..."
o tot. Aesni.thhas resigned the office
01 uoionci. Keason not known.
The Council was to iireaniio at 3 o'clock P . M.
P. S. Since llm abivewa in type.wa liie(
been infoiined by Mr. Usrr. w no came 11u1.11 ....
the "Eiileriiriao" yeaterdny evening, thtl the Ug.
hut rirn!ud. Delawn Hnillll w cli cteJ
Speaker of Ihe llouae, and Deiiiifcon Prwidel.t of
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the Council. Notliiiif tw una ocm uui..-. .
teal of government will p.-i bably bt moved fruin
Curvali:, X.ck.u e iiin'y was nut represented in
the Lej'nlnt'ire.
. I rots ibe .North.
Newt from Utilln up to Dec. 2d. The
snow was falling on tho volunteers. Col.
Kelly reached Utilln on tho 2111 ult. nud
took charge nf the forces. It n tho iu-
tontion to inako a forced match from Ltilla
to Walla Wulla on tho night of the 3d ult
and irive the Indians battle on tho next
B
mortring enrly. He had about 330 men
The weather thero was getting bad.
Tho Clackamas an I Polk companies un
der Maj. Armstrong had been ordered to
the head water of John Day river lo look
after tho dock of the hostile Indian, which
was said to be grazing there in large qunn
litie.
. Temperance aad Politic.
. Astoria, Nov. 28, 1835.
X W.L. Adams, Ea. Dear Sir: I have
often wished for a personal acquaintance
wilh you upon the temperance question.
m. . .. .1 !.
lour paper advocates tne proniuuory prin
ciple. We have by hard labor and much
sacrifice on our part nt this place kept up a
Division of the Sons of Temperance. Thero
is temperance principle enough in Oregon
to carry forward our object, nnd aecuro a
prohibitory law, if the men who hnvo, as
sumed tho leadership of the temperance
ranks would go lorwanl, ami leave out or tlio
question political party qn-stiolis. All good
men nnd nil candid men can unite lo secure
a prohibitory law. Party politics should
not interfere in (he case. I know it is the
interest of tho Rum party to make this a
political question, anil so long ns they can
make an honest Democrat or Whig believe
it ia a parly question they will matingo to
cheat us out of the benefits of a prohibitory
law. I Ins is good policy on their pa a, lor
while good men of both parties are contend
ing about party n-'cendency, 1 lie Rum party,
which is distinct nnd united, are pursuing
their business and reaping all t'io profits of
tho follies or quarrels of both Democrats
and Whigs about this question. .
Ihe idea that the t.-iimeranco question
should become n Winy or a Democratic
move is ridiculous, and notip but designing
demagogues of the Rum fraternity will ad
vocate such a party distinction. 1 do not
know what can b" don-, or how a move
can bo made to ctl'ect a united action upon
this question.
Several Temperance convnitioua'Iinvc nl
ready been held on the subject, but nil ap
peared to produce but little or no results.
The cause seems to be backward instead of
forward. If there was an efficient Grand
Division of the Sons of Temperance in Or
egon, which wo are eniiiled to if our Depu
ty do;s his duty, we might hope for nction.
As tho matter now stands, I would sug
gest that you make an effort to combine the
feelings of the Territory on this question.
If you nro a Son of Temperance, let us
know it, and let us know the number of Di
visions, officers and members there are.
The Division No. 4, nt Astoria, has about
45 contributing members, and has initiated
since its organization somo seventy. It
keeps alive tho question of prohibition, and
makes the Rum influence squirm and curse
a little. Still it needs the influence of a
Grand Division to make its influence more
fully felt.
I am induced to send you these discon
nected though's on the subject of Temtier-
atice, because I find in a s'.ray number of
your paper tnat reaches mo occasionally,
that you are, ns I believe, about right on
the question of Prohibition. There nre
quite a number of substaii'iid men in this
county of the same opinion. Our present
Representative goes to the Legislature with
!... . :!.. ... . .1 .1 ,
um uiiu ui.-ijomy over uie i rotiiuilory can-! (hat tho
ivespcciiuny, 1 ours,
W.H. GRY,
didate.
AST We prasumo that not ono in a hun
dred will understand tho precise "ground"
on which friend Gray stands, after reading
the above cemtiiiiuioa'.ion. That he is a
prohibitory man all will admit, whilst few
perhaps will be able to discover the policy
on which he would act in endeavoring to
secure his object. lie applies his battering
ram 10 temperance a a party question"
at pretty much tho same anglo of the struc
ture against which Pro. McKcan knocked
his brains out. If he has torn any thing
down, ha has certainly failed to build up a
substitute. ' In other words, if he has made
out the case that temperance ought not to
pence, iheir protection, nnd their financial
prosperity, is a proposition too plain for .
argument. Whether tho nflirmntivo or
negative of this proposition bo maintained
it inaiten not a tingle straw for oor prctcnt
purpose. That thero is tuch A thing a
"rum parly, distinct, and united," Mr. Gray
has already informed u. Now will he or
some othor gentleman bo good enough to
point hit finger right at that "party" ir
Oregon, nnd let us know whether it be ttry
Whig, Democratic, Loco Focoor Amorican
party, or is it mado up of individual from
all theso parties, forming a fifth, "distinct,
and united party"!' At nil event, Mr,
Gray seems to have discovered that there it
a "Rum Party" someulure, without telling
us exactly of its locum tenens. '
Now, if after wo find this "party," which "
bas iiiade ihe rum traffic a "parly question,"
wo oppose therti with a temperance party, .
we necessarily .make temptrance a party,
question. If tempernuce is ihe only avow-,
ed principle of our parly, it it nono the let
a party question but a littlo more to.
In the States, the temperance party and
the liquor purty, liavo nppeared under difi
furcnt phases. In New York tho Whig,
parly wa the Temperance party, nud Chwlt ,
was elected Governor upon a Whig plat--form,
sanctified with a Umipcrance plank. t
Tho rummies ran n slimy plank into tho .
Ila'd and Soft Shell platforms, upon which (
Brotison and Seymou r slipped up and broke-,
their necks. In Maine, we believe the ques
tion was made prominent by the popular ,
vo'ce, tho grent mass of tho Whigs suport- (
ing it, while the most violent opposition-,
clinic from Mich Democrats as stuck to their . ,
original platforms, and refused to endorse-
the measure. In other Slates the temper- ,
anco movement has been either ldent'fiedl
with some one of tho existing parties, 01 ,
been kept "iadepeiideut" of ihem, with !
varied success. As lo the policy upon which) (
iho matti r should be urged, it is owing nl- '
together to circams'auccs. Ihe people in
any given country must be their own.
judges, as to w hether policy that would be
wise in Maine or New York, would bo wise-1
iu Illinois or Oregon. At the risk of being ,
classed among "designing demagogues,"
we shall advance the "idea" that both
Whig and Democrats., nnd all other pare
tics that love their country, and aro labor- '
ing for ita prosperity, ought lo make tern- '
pernneconeof their "moves." If they would
'o so, nnd their organs would take the pro.
per stand upon this question, we should toon ,
be in the enjoyment of what we desire, with-.,
out feeling like quarreling with the manner 1
in which wo came in possession of it. ' . ''
It is folly to think of making a temper- ,l
mice move in any shape, without meeting. ,
strong opposition from tho party which ia--,
led by the organ at Corvallis, , That organ
advocates whisky as n wholesome stimulus,
and leaves no means untried, to villifyamf
ridicule temperance men whe wish to make '
iheir influence felt at tho polls. The" pro- "
fessod temperance men in that party (like ;
ono of your "tons of temperance" nt As-",
toria) who are all'lhq time bawling "don't '
mix temperance with politics," will, where '
tho issue is made up between that party and ;'
the temperance party; no matter under
what auspices, support a liquor teller on
their own party ticket beforo they will votw ,
ior any man running on a temperanco tickot '
It is not possible to get tho matter before 1
the people in nny shape whatever, without "
encountering th0 determined opposition of ''y
the "clique." Suppose, for' instance, that
all men of all parties in the Territory agree ,1
question of . Prohibition shall btv't
thrown tcforo tho people next June, as A :
"separate nnd distinct" question, to be sup1 i
ported or opposed, by voting" "for" tf '
"against" Prohibit.. Does any man suppose
that the Corvallis Statesman would not uio, ',
all its influence against prohibition up, to, :
tho last issue before the election, and henh h
although it may have averred during the-"
whole canvas that "it wa, no party quet
tion," docs any man opine Hjaf a tingr
ticket printed in that, office, wouldn't 'cornel "
out .with "Democratic, Ticket" for a head J
and "against prohibit," fc, , . tail I -And ,.!
how many "Sons of Temperance", who bow l
support this parly would dare to "our-laif1 "
this beautiful ticket by marrhig Its nether'
j extremity f U0iV manv "nrr.ael.Ar. ,.f ih."1'
DO tliade a ll link in nn .Mi-l.. ..!... ' in , . '
-,, , 7t'-"JF'':orm,an.i Kpei (r) are laero, whrt wonk) hot' only
if he ba. shown tha. this is a tub wLich vote tho Vem, ticket,", but "rally all the,
ought to stand upon its own bottom, ho J JeVs" and "Sag j'f.
nirtv h t , """"-l leairancfc w we pcuw t0(is8 w)l0 b.tppued to. be toa
party, and comneinir rim ... .
,. f.,r,,k th 1 1 . ,"ur"u men get mere oq their own leff f 1
- . miner ne would, have the
tub placed in such immediate
j thar r!;llfo"t". that temperance men
hibiiion wBlbe'brooght beforo the people,"'
as a"farty issue," in spite ofus. :. ' '
1 he question now U , Wk.i k..
can rest th lei", 1 , -, . ,- 1 " ' our r
I can rest the let leg oq ,,, wh.le a the same H7 in Oregon 0r own. opi aM