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the rrntret of Ike Pilgrim.
: Lafayette, O.T, Feb. 18, 1830.
Dear Adams A company of travelers
et out on foot fur the kingdom of Natioual
Prosperity. They bnd one horso joint
property, which carried their baggogo
They proceeded by easy stages, whiling the
time witb pleasant conversations, exhibiting,
the greatest degree of good nature and
confidence in each other. They had not
proceeded many miles when they full in
With a straggler, who carried a heavy pack,
nd seemed weary and enre-worn. lie
begged their assistance, and as they vere
kind-hearted men, they readily consented
to let their horse carry his baggage, whilst
they bade him cheer up, and gave him all
the encouragement in their, power. In re
turn he related to them tho persecutions
Which he had undergone bow for many
yeara he had been upon that road traveling
towards the country of National Prosperity,
that he hnd started as the guide, of sev
eral lurge parties going that way, but hail
never gut farther than where they picked
dim up that his company always became
dissatisfied with the road and gradually
dropped off, some joining other parties, and
some striking out for themselves, until he
sons foft quite alone. The sympathies of
the pilgrims were awakened they were
even affected lo tear? by the past sufferings
of their new found companion. 'After a
few days, Growler (for such was Lis name)
began to exhibit a spirit of arrogance and
haughtiness which they did not think ac
corded well with his situation as their pro
U'iei he assumed to know tho only road
which led to National Prosperity, and he
soon began to speak contemptuously of any
one of the company who suggested a turn
either this way or that, and they soon came
to see the true reasons why he had been
abandoned by his former companions. But
as they were anxious above all things to
get forward ou their journey, they submit
ted with the best grace possible to the dic
tation of him they hud so lately found in
such distress.
About this period they one morning
found a man lying in a gutter beside the
road in a wnful plight. When they had
pulled him from the gutter, and scraped the
filth from his face and mouth sufficiently to
permit him to speak, he related to them how
he had just been thrown from his mule,
wliich had gono on and left liim as they saw.
Ho also earnestly begged to accompany
them, which request was conceded, notwith
standing the strong opposition of Growler,
who said that he knew him of old, that his
name was Soft Soup, and tliut he was too
treacherous, filthy, and mean to be admitted
into any company of gentlemen ; but the
pilgrims had learned to rogard Growler as
a mere bag of wind, and he had been so
loud and boisterous in condemning every
thing that it was even fatal to the truth for
Lira to Co10"86 ow oaP was a
L,m of much cunning, and though he was
in fact traveling towO'ds the kingdom of
"Self-Aggrandizement, he soon learned tno
views of our travelers, and proposed to ac
company them even as far as the kingdom
of National Prosperity, the roads to which
ho pretended to be well acquainted with.
Now this was a great relief to the pilgrims,
who snatched at anything that might possi
bly relieve them from the assumptions and
'dictations of Growler, who had grown al
most intolerable. Soft Soap determined lo
t. n tn i;D nwn AflvnntnfTp. and
KnddIsu mind th. the
pilgrims should carry all of the lug2age.
whilst he rode their horse to the kingdom
Whentbeywere
0I BUiAoora. ua SnftSn.J
tom.ng near tue.orns oi '
oio '"-' -JW '
i -I'
M be opposed by Growler, who,
tnow wou
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" 'nosed by mother. Though
if it was proposco v .
Ltofthepilsrimswereinfavoogomg
to the right, tbey decided in council upon
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VOL. 1.
turning to tho left, In hopes of getting cleur
of Growler, being led ly Soft Soap to bo
Novo that though a little further around it
would eventually lend to National Prosperi
ty. Hut Growler readily found an excuso lo
go with thorn, saying that ho could not con
sent (to see his countrymen led off to de
struction without an effort to savo them ;
and following behind, he rated them all in
unmeaured terms, not even sparing the
poor old hor. who, frightened at the clut
ter, kepi quickening his pnef.
' Now Soft Soap begun to think of pulling
the balance of his plans into operation,
which ho begun by awakening sympathy
for the poor old homo, and ha persuaded
them that as the roads were very muddy it
would bo well for him to ride and pick ibe
best way for the poor beast, the pilgrims
never suxpecting in their honesty but thai
Soft Soup was putting himself to great in
convenience for their benefit, and thinking
that the poor horse would really be better
able to accomplish his long journey tlirouglij
his skillful riding aud cuidunce. Growler
was so wroth with this arrangement that he
A ll to swearing so savagely that the horse
snorted through fear, and seemed anxious
io be off at his best pace, which at once
convinced our travelers of tho superior
management of Soft Soap,' when in reality
the additional speed was owing to Growler.
Now this could not lust always, for the
poor brute was taxed tar beyond bis
strength, and soon begun to fail, upon per
ceiving which Soft Soap commenced shift
ing the load by littles on lo his companions,
who were naturally so good-natured that
they were readily imposed upon by the
plausible stories which he told them, whilst
the hitler snarling and opposition of Growl
er only set them stronger on doing whatev
er Soft Soap proposed, who continually ex
cited their hopes by drnwing high pictures
of the ease and happiness which they wero
to enjoy when they reached the kingdom of
National Prosperity, where lie assured
them that every man would receive a hand
some farm, fenced and cultivated, with a set
of negroes to work it, and, better still, fre
qucnt donations of money from the king of
that country, who was so rich and generous
that he did not require or expect any of his
subjects to work ; in fact, he assured them
that all these were kings except the niggers
(who wore much happier and better off than
they could be In any other situation.) Our
friends were so well pleased with all this,
which accorded with their wishes, and they
and Soft Soap wero abused so loudly by
Growler, who they all agreed was influenc
ed more by malicious spi to than by his judg
ment or reason, that they hardly noticed
the increase of their loads, or that they
were verging fur to the left of National
Prosperity, as it was laid down ou the chart
of Conservatism by which they set out lo
travel.
Finally, when one day the poor old
horso died from exhaustion and starvation,
Credulous, who was one of the biggest men
among them, made no objection to receiv
ing the bridle iu his mouth, and tho saddle
upon his back, into which Soft Soap lightly
mounted, assuring them that it was quite
neoessary that he should be upon the look
out, as they were now approaching a coun
try infested with divers great giants, who
hud slain, devoured, and dispersed many
companies ot travelers. Among omer
names, he mentioned those of Antinebras
kabill, whom he represented as a monster
having seventeen black heads; Coldwater
pledge, a giant sixty feel high, who, armed
with a huge syringe twenty-three feet long,
demanded of every man who passed through
his domiuions"lo sign away his liberty'.' to
him, and upon those who refused he squirt
ed copious streams of a fluid called cold-
water, which Soft Soap was asured was a
deadly poison, although he frankly confess
ed that he never had tasted it ; ana this
was the only question that arose during the
whole journey in whieh Growler complete
ly agreed with him. Tbcy were both am
ply provided with an antidote which was
given to them by Roigutrednose, a powerful
kin" and tho natural enemy of UoWwater
pMge, and doubtless ifthey sWul.imeet
this monster they would make common
cause aga.nsl b.m.
The pilgrims of course were great
frightened at these dangers described by
- wh iM became more oM to
until Uit'Y were umicuuj wmu.i
n. i j ,
upon one of them and in the lead, lest
tliov should walk into the clutches of Ne-
braskaUll or Coldwatcrpledge.
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Now Soft Soap advised that they should
proceed through tho land of Sophists, as
Squuttersovoreigoiy, its king, was his inti
mate friend, and would doubtless escort
them through the country of Ncbrukabill,
This plan was at once opposed by Growlo
to tho litter end, who raved like a manioc,
and swore that Squnttoniovereignty was the
most unprincipled, blood-thirsty monster in'
the world, and that if they should full into
his hands he would be sure either lo cut
them or make them slaves for life ; and
weut on at such rate swearing ami xtri
king at all who came near him thai I hey
ware convinced he had gone crazy, and
agreed among themselves that they would
put straight-jacket upon the poor fellow,
and leave him whenever he reached the
castle of Moderation, which Soft Soap as
sured them he would pass by. In the
mean time, Growler kept close at their heels,
in hopes, as be said, that he might yet save
them from destruction, but, as they believed,
for tho purpose of gratifying his spleen and
morbid appetite for slang which nature and
disappointment bad rendered as necessary
to him as bread..
Ii will be seen now that Soft Soap has
come to have things pretty much his own
way. Since tho death of I he old horso the
pilgrims, far from being distressed about
carrying him, quarreled almost every morn
ing for the honor, and had upon several .oc
casions even come to blows. Otia day when
Soft Soap was mounted upon Credulous,
the latter generously proposed that Growl,
er mijilit be allowed tho privilege of car
rying one leg in the ropes that such a
mark of confidence might do the poor fid
low good. Growler, overhearing the re
quest, pricked up his ears, and looking
more good-natured and pleasant than he
had appeared for ninny days, and spoke
in such terms of kindness and praise of
Credulous, that they all thought bis reason
was returning. Kut bolt soap was too
cunning to permit such an indulgence ; he
saw that his power was mainly sustained
by the opposition of Growler: so, halting
the cavalcade, he solemnly dismounted
from the back of Credulous, and sternly
'bidding him to bend down, he administered
several hearty kicks lo his posteriors in
the sight of the whole cavalcade, telling
him that he had taken the first step in irea.
son, but that as he never threw away a
good rifle because it missed inee, he would
suffer him to return to his honorable ser
vice upon promise of future good behavior,
whereupon, with tears in his eyes, Credu
lous acknowledged that he' had erred, but
pledged himself to do so no more. The
pilgrims trembled lest they should meet
the same fate ', Growler howled and froth-
ed at the mouth ; and thus his ascendency
restored, booted and spurred, Soft Soap re.
mounted, and the cavnlcado moved slowly
on its way. HUM f LAI.
for the Argue.
Lebanon, Feb. 7ih, 1830.
Friend Adams Our legislature, just ad
journed, has appointed tho first Mondny in
April next on which "to take tho sense of
the people" as to the present policy of a
State Government, and as we have but two
months left for preparation and decision, it
is time we were casting about to see what
will be our condition nnder the new state
of things.
Your Lafayette correspondent II. F.
thinks the question of "economy" worth not
a moment's consideration. If not then we are
abundantly able to bear all the expenses of
a State government, and the question rests
upon our preference fori-full and indepen
dent franchise. Although, in Orison
(where none but Democrats in office is the
rule) we have a Governor, Secretary, Mar
shal, Judges. etc., Federal officers, appoint
ed by the President of the U. S., and pro
bably as good men as we shall elect, yet all
men prefer to choose their own officers.
So you sec that the question "not worth a
moments consideration" is the one which is
to claim the attention of the people of Ore
gon for two months. Let us see the fig
ures and then we will see that the tpte dtxa
of II. F. is not worth a moments consider
ation.
Hitherto we have had fonr main sources
of wealth, viz : Gold mining, trade to Cali
fornia, immigrant capital, and thp appro
priations of Congress for the support of the
Territorial Government. Now gold dig
ging is followed desultorily by few of the
Oregon people, the trade to California is
almost confined to a very slim traffic in
wheat, butter, and egg, and immigrant
capital is reduced to a moiety. The a
mount received from Congress ulno remains
about tho sumo. Wo expect no increase
of "dust" nor ouy grand discovery of gold
California is independent of our beef, pork,
flour, butter, and eggs, and Kansas or No.
wHa ii nn pninil career of the em.
yiigrant Miull we then coiiciuuo w nave
no nerd of. "Federal Money."
Until the present we have iiniorted hats,
caps, boots, and shoes, clothes of all kinds,
besides tea, collee, sugar, nud molasses, to
bacco and whisky, etc., etc, and exported
hul little, except' gnld und our good name.
Now that the bulk of our dust and credit is
gone wo are about to produce something,
we shall export what we can, import w hut
wo must.
Wo are on the point of reformation truly;
our eyes are open to the fact thai unless
wo make our own clothes we shall go na
ked. But il requires money to build wool
en manufactories and start tanneries and
shoe shops. Shall wo or aro wo aide to
dispense with federal support and tux our
selves double. Now, friend Adams, you
understand the question of coil better than
many of of us do. Will you my dear sir,
please to give us, in your next issue, the
nuiount appropriated by Congress to defray
the yearly expenses of the State of Oregon
from the first year. Please allow, (in order
to approach the truth) a full complement
of Stute ofiicials, with each fair salary,
for 1 am informed that the expenses of the
Stale of Wisconsin increased in four years
from 830,000 to $'200,000. Take into
your account the probable expenses ofjudl
cial cases that will stand recorded State of
Oregon M A, B, C. D, and E, instead of U,
States t'j. the the same, also, the expenses
of county courts.
Wo are informed by advocates of State
Convention that the change from a Terri
lory to a Slate will increase the demuud for
an' price of our produco and make times
better in all kinds of ways. Now tho ino
dus of reaching such a result is wholly un
known to me. If you understand it, let us
hear from you. Let us imagine the State
of Oregon and that I had Lelpt to elect Mr.
Curry lo the Gubernatorial chair, and all
of the officers down to the shrievalty, and
also that our Legislature bad sent Jo Lano
and Delaznn Smith to the Senate and that
Mr. was representative j now al
though wo should congratulate ourselves
upon having been instrumental in placing
such honorable men in high and lucrative
offices, would the fact essentially alter the
prices of produce nnd make better times 1
If so, answer quickly, and we can make the
trial to prote that fat offices give good ap
petites. I can readily understand the advantago
of a full representation in Congress ; how
our members there might "log roll" a light
house to the mouth of the Columbia River,
and expedite the collection of our wnr claims,
but that it is in their power lo increase the
the consumption of our produce in California
and Australia, or regulate a direct trade
with China or tho Sandwich Islunds, or
other tropical climates.sothutwheatshould
bo eaten by their inhabitants instead of
rice, I must bo permitted to doubt.
Sumo time siuco I adopted Mr. Uurlbut's
theory that tho true office of government is
to "conserve human rights," so that I don't
expect to be enriched by any just legislation
though wo may establish laws, build light
houses, or pay just debts.
Yours truly, T. W. DAVENPORT.
Musical Test of the Female Voice.
The iulUietice of lomper upon tone deterves
much consideration. Habit of queruloiis
ness, or illnaturc, will communicate a cat
like quality to the sinking as infallibly as
they give a peculiar quality to the speaking
voice. I bat there reuiiy exists amiaoiu
tones, is not an unfounded opinion. In the
voice there is no deception ; it is, to many,
the index of iho mind, denoting moral
qualities; and it may be remarked that the
low soft tones of gentle and amiable bcitigs,
whatever their musical endow mi nts may
be, seldom fail to please ; besides which,
the singing of ladies indicates thecultivatinn
of their tastes generally, and the embellish
ment of (he mind. For an instant compare
the vulgarity of a ballad-singer, her repul
sive tone of voice and hideous graces, to
the manner of an equally cultivated singer
in good society ; or watch the treatment of
a pretty melody from the concert room at
the west end of London, until it reaches the
ears from nnder the parlor window, and ob
serve how it gains something new of vul
garity with every fresh degradation. Er.
Ml MMi.RirTIMX,
'Viva Hotter Year.
WO. 40.
For the Argue.
Hlata Cev-rawa.Xe. 1.
Lafayette, Feb. 1 1th. 1830.
3tr. Editor In a fbrmpr letter I gave
three of the prominent pecuniary reasons
why I should vole for a Convention on the
first Monday of April nezi ; any one of the
throe being sufficient in my judgment to
justify every tax payer in the Territory in
voting for it, s a matter of personal pecu
niary in tercet. There are many considera
tions aside from those of a direct pecuniu
ry character which should induce us to fa
vor a State o'gunization, some of ihn most
Important of which I now propose lo notice
very briefly. And first, its influence upon
population, and improvements both local
and general.
If any one will lake the trouMo to ex
amine the progress of population in the
Slates of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Iowa, and Missouri, for I he first five years
before and after (hey becamo Slates, he
will find a very large per cent, of increase
in favor of the first five years of their ex
istence as States. Now while it is possible
that this difference may have been tho re
sult of other causes in one or more of these
instances, it is not within the bounds of
probability that a uniform result could
have been produced by anything short of
some general cause; hence it follows thai
the increase of population must have re
sulted from tho Stale organizations; and
there are very many reasons why this
should be so, that will on reflection pre
sent themselves to every reflecting mind.
There has been but very little, if any,
addition to our population for the last year,
and I verily believe that if we remain a
Territory for the next five years, our pop
ulation will very sensibly diminish in num
bers, and in every element essential lo our
prosperily as a people. . The longer we
hang on to the skirts of "Uncle Sam," the
less inclined will we become to rely upon
our own resources. The moro we lean
upon others fur support, the less Inclination
will be felt to dispense with their aid, and
in the very naluro of things our ability to
take care of ourselves will be actually di
minished instead of being increased, by do
laying a State organization. There is
such an entire absence of stability, perma
nency, and independence, implied by the
very terms "Territorial Government," that
no man who properly estimates the value of
self-government will submit to the vassal.
age one moment longer than his pecuniary
necessities require.
The inquiry is now a Very common ono,
Why is it that we have in Oregon Tcrrito.
ry a bitterness of party strife and proscrip
tion not found in any of the States of the
Union, where the people are called upon to
support tli is or that party supremacy by
their voles and influence 1 To my mind
the reason Is very apparent, and the ovil
only to be remedied by the organization of
a State government. I need not say that
every reflecting and patriotic man of nil
parties admits It to be a great and growing
ovil, and which now threatens to destroy
that union of interest and good feoling bo
necessary to the welfare and prosperily of
a republican people.
It is not because our people are not as
kind, charitable, and patriotic, as any to be
found in the States, neither is it because
the leading politicians aro moro selfish and
corrupt ; for the same evil is to be found in
all of our Territories, and il results from
precisely the same causa.
As a Territory wo are entirely depend
ent upon tho government at Washington,
and consequently our parties are fornwsd
with exclusive reference lo questions of na
tional policy. We know no such thing ns
local or State policy, the effect of which
in the States is, to rally men belonging to
the two great national parties around the
same standards at the local elections, sus
taining the same local interests, and strug
gling together for what ihcy conceive to
'oe the Stale's welfare and prosperity.
The natural tendency of this is to soften
down the asperities of parly feeling, and lo
demonstrate practical 'y that we are all
brethren of the same great republican fam
ily; with the same aims and ends; the
same mission to perform, and the same po
litical destiny lo fulfill. In the absence of
influences of this kind in our Territories,
the people find themselves year after year
arrayed against each other in a struggle
for the ascendency, until they begin to feel
that they have separate and distinct inter
ests, and finally imbibe the opinion as hon
estly as they form any other ; that the party
opposed to them are really less honest and
patriotic than themselves; and belioviug
this, patriotism requires that they should
fill all the oilier of the government, local
mid generul, with men uieu of their own
party ; hence arises the parly proscription
aud vindictivcucKsso prominent at (his timu
here In Oregon.
Tho remedy I proposo Is, for us to unilo
by acclamation on Iho fust Monday of
April next in Ihe cull for n Convention.
Let the conservative portion of all parlies
unite In (he election "f Delegates, so that
no ono party shall have n controlling influ
ence in the Convention ; thus removing all
leinpiallon to tho furmutiou of a partisan
Coiislitution, by giving to all a fair nnd
equal representation. This run be accom
plished if the great mass of the people tako
tho matter in bund, us I uoufidenlly beliovo
they will do in tho present instance. It i
urged by somo that il will be very difficult,
if not impossible, to frame a Constitution
that shall meet tho approbation of the great
mass of the people in iho present sluto of
party feeling ; but 1 would ask those who
urgo this objection, Will any thing bo
guinud by delay I Ou iho coutraiy, is it
not fair to presume, judging from the past,
that this objection will gather strength by
lapse of time t I believe tho present is tins
most propitious time for iho formation of u
State Constitution that has existed since the
question has been ngitulod, or that will oc
cur for years to como. Who does not
know that tho two great purlieu of the na
tion are now broken up into factions; an
Administration w ithout a party, and tlio
character nud principles of the parties yet
lo be formed out of tho chaotic elements
beyond the ken of our wisest statesmen.
What better limo could b) desired, then,
limn tho present summer, for laying tho
foundations of an iudependent Stnto, that
shall develops a policy of its own, upou
which lo found a heahhy party orgamza-
Hon. W lien tins slmll nave uocu accom
plished, a new era of prosperity will have
dawned upon Oregon. Our people will
cease looking to Washington as they now
do, nnd look to Oregon as tho goat source
from which a permanent pecuniary pros
perity is to be derived ; and hundreds that
are now looking back to tho States from
wliich ihoy came, indulging the feeling
that Oregon is not their permanent home,
will vow feally to ihe new and rising Slate,
und redouble their eflbrts in securing for
her an agricultural, manufacturing, and
commercial development, that will make
her beautiful' valleys ihe envy of the
world. Men who now look upon each other
with suspicion and distrust, from their long
party opposition, will find themselves
drawn together around the same parly
lender in a struggle for the success of somo
measure of State policy, that shall ill us
trato practically tlutt both parties are alike
patriotic, and in pursuit of a common in
terest, oven when they travel different to
ihe same goal. ' ' '
It is very certain that remaining a Ter
ritory will not remove the evils complained
of ; whilo there is god reason lo hope:
that a change of government will improve
its administration, and give a new impulse
to our prosperily. .The only thing involv-
ed iu tho experiment is a few dollars and
cents, which can bo spared without injury,
as it would only pass out of ono pockot into
anothor, of our own citizens. A. G. II.
Views of tlie Ui'lUsli Ministry on Ibe
rears vuenimn.
VV bat nasses at Cabinut Councils is pre-
sumed to kept a profound secret and yet,
... i
somehow or other, tilings do oozo out, ami
become the suhi'ict of conversation in favor-1
ed circles. Persons who have friends in tbd
Cabinet, tipoke very plainly lust night, in
ho West end, as to what Ihey alleged to
liave taken place at tho Cubinut Council
vesterdav. It is stated that n majority of
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the menibors of Lord Pulmerston's Admin
istration wero iu favor of actually intimat
ing to Russia that the western rowers were
readv to receive nronosnls for pultinu art
end to tho war, and at tho samo lime letting
herundorstund that tiny were tnsposeu to
accept of such proposals as tbo need havo
no hesitation iu olTuring- His added, that
Lord Palmcrston decidedly Tufusod to ac
cede to either of these propositions, and took
care to leave no room for any ono present
to doubt thai, rather than become a party
to the suggested courso of procedure, ho
would prefer resigning at once.
AVe are further assured und have no
reason to doubt the accuracy of our infor
mation that the noblo Lord is even pre
pared that England should proceed uloiio
with the war, assuming what is generally
staled to be true that Louis Nujioleon is
prepared to accept insecure and dishonor
able proposals of peace, rrom the reit.
ence offered to his Lordship's intended pro
cedure by a majority of his Cabinet, it is
Ihe opinion of bis personal friends that be
ouuht at once to resign. We hope ho will .
. . if ri.. t.. i? i
In tliutcase, oeiore me inr.siiim.i iioiiuays
are over, he w ill be borne back to ihe Pre
miership on iho shoulders of tho people,
aud become the most poweiiui ami popular
Miwtf.-r of uiod-.ta limes. .o.Wi.'fi Jd,