The Oregon Argus., May 10, 1856, Image 2

l)c (Drcgau CVrguo.
ORggOW CITY;
SATl'BIMV. MAY 3, 1X0.
Hrl C 4iitvranl.
Whtre is llw Milt of government I Is ft
question which ho Leon in di.pulo among
iho political Muji of Oregon for the last
four yearn, willi tho exe ptiou of lime
end half it lima during which '( wn nought
by our law-makers at Salem, and Corvullis.
Tin strife that w have already witnessed
tmlween tha representative of the various
places which Intro solicited the "localion,"
hui Wn such as a clashing of large pecu
niary interests generally causes. The zeal
of those tngnged in the controversy has
teen increased by aw overestimate, a we
t h ink, of the real advantage to a given
locality, that are secured by becoming llie
capital of a Stale. The me re fact of W
co'iiiug the capital liaa never niado any.
thing moro iban a second or third rate city
in any Slate la the Union. If a city Lai
natural advantages for commerce or navl
gallon, it will grow up with the settlement
and improvement of the country whether
it boasts a State Louie and the domicili of a
few government officials, or not. If it Lai
not llicio advantages no artificial moans
audi as a hot-bed application in the way of a
scat of government can ever supply the ne
cessary backbone for a grcut oily. To bo
dire the location of the capital upon the
middle of a prairie, might bo the means of
making a respectable town, and enriching
llie proprietor of lLo soil, by enabling hi in
to sell hit land as town lots, which bo oilier
wine would Lava been compelled to culti
vate. Hut at the same lime, a transfer of
the capital from such a place, to a thriving
commercial or nriiiiifucturiiig city, would
linrdly muke a perceptible difl'urence in the
valuo of projierty there or In its increase
of population,
Tuoicat of government quostion, which
ItM so long been a bone of contention in
iimv about lo he act at rott. The Lcgisla
turo, in its iinbound.-d liberality, Lave at
last shifted tho responsibility from their
own shoulders, and thrown il upon thoso
tho people. On the fu st Monday in J tliic
we shall all be permitted lo say just where
wo would liko to hare the Scut of Govern
incut "more permanently located.
livery man can now veto for Lis own
county scat, or oven for his own "claim," if
he chooses. What a refreshing privilego !
At tlm first blush, this seenia lo boa real
democratic prerogative. Many n pour
man, however, who goes to tho pulls with a
heart swelling under a licly sense of Lis
importance as a frcoman, mid rejoicing in
the prospect of tho iintranimclcd exorcist of
Lis privileges a a sovereign, w ill find that
even on ihi question he is compelled to
volo I'iVk uoee under the waich of sumo
agent of iho clique, which of course will
Lavesomo interest at stake, which Lo as a
parly man will bo expoctcd to support.
Just Lure tho voter will awuke to tho con
sciousness llutl lie is under n locofuco ad
ministration, instead of a democratic one.
Wo have notluarnad as yet what paitieu
l.ir "point" tho party Las sctilod uponns
iho ouo to be supported ns a "party candi
dale." The ono nt which they Imvo made
tho Loavicst investments will of course be
the ono which all the real saints will be ex
pected to support. Asa blind, (Ley will
of colirso tell llie people as ihey did concern
ing tho State government, this "nt no party
question" (.III no -but after tho election
is over, if iheir "candidate" happens to lose
it, the Toiu'.s organ' will cuing down on the
bolting brethren, as "allies of dark lantern
im, and floating puliiical excrement."
Viewing the right ofvnting on iho ItH-ation
as n privilege to which is nttaehrd soma
degree of responsibility, the people ore be
ginning to enquire to what point shall we
tirt-tivt lo haul the carl, u n which the capi.
tal is now reposing, preparatory t0 being
wheeled olT in June, followed by tho "pub
Jio printer in disguie" and the whole reti
mioof officials, each carrying a bottlo of
liquor, and a "p.W signed by tho .."gemlo
in.iu from Linn.'' Wo are quiio suro that
every virtuous man in, Mnriou county has
prayed that the cart may, like ihn Trojan
Iiorse, after tregibiing, groaning, and sqeak
ing. take up its final march tosoi)io"bouriiu"
from whence it will "never return." Wtt
honestly beliovo thut it would be U tter for
lh Territory ir that "bourno" could be so
far removed that it would lake our Legis
lators at least two ytars to reach it. Hut
as it is to be brought at rest somewhere
wiihin the limits of the Territory, and as
there is likely to be a rivalry among some
of tha localities that are talked of, it is best
to meet (he question fairly and discuss the
merits of these localities. Portland, Salem,
Corvallia, and Kugene city are ihe promi
nent candidates. Now wo have been suli
tiled by loiter and otherwise, to take
ground in favor of one er the oilier of these
places. We have not done so, knowing
bow extremely sensitive people are upon
those local question, and bolicviitT as we
do that the result of the vote, is a matter rf
lillle importance, so far as ary pecuniary
benefit to either side of the rivrr or lo anv
particular locality is concerned. So far as
local bias is conc rncl, w are probably as
Weil qualified lo give an impartial opinion
as any publisher in rejon. t n,v
landed intercstson both sides cf tha Will
amelte, which pvee us an . ju.il Interest i
the properrly rf bo:li sections, anJ makes
pass as some of our statesmen who boast,
ihat Ibey "know no north, no Muth, no
east, no west."
The great object in settling tLii question
ought to be to satisfy the northern and
southern portions of tne Territory, and cure
the jealousy of both sides of the valley.
Portland is too fur to the north to suit tha
convenience of Rogue River. Such a lo
cation would Inerense the jealousy oflhe
soulh, and caue them to renew their efforts
for a dismemberment of the Territory.
Salem and Coivallls are both too fur to
the northward of the ccnlre oftheTcrri
torv. to suit Rogue River, and are both
calculated to foster the local prejudice of
the elihvns "on either side of the river.
The citizens of these two crescent cities
have both tasted tho sweets of iho "Seat of
Government," and so far as we can learn
are not over anxious to taste them again.
ICugene city i nearer the geographical
centre, and would doubtless satisfy the
southern population, wLich at no distant
day will bo numerous and influential. Cut
Eugene ciiy being located on llie west
bank of the Willamette it liublo to tlie
same old objection of being calculated to
foster local nreiudiees. The west side of
the AVillamclte might agrea to it, but the
eastern settlers nover can Lo fully satisfied
with this location.
In order then to obviate every objection,
and put the capital, not only in tho centre
of Oregon, but in the centra of the world,
and sccommoduto both sides of lLo river,
wo propose lo locate it in the forkt of the
Willamette. Let tbe city be built just at
the junction of ihe twa rivers, and lot this
be a final settlement of the whole diffi
culty. Wo hope we have given general
satisfaction in thus committing ourselfupou
a giavo question. We have paid our un
divided attention to the matter, and wo
cannot see why our proposition is not a
good ono. It certainly cannot be styled a
"sectional" move. If it cannot bedignilied
as a "national" ono, we certainly think it is
cnlitlod to the name of a Territorial mea
sure, nnd ono every wny worthy of a man
who lives in blissful ignoranco of the cardi
nal points of compttfs as we said before.
Tate of Horror.
Y'o heard a flying report somo three
weeks ego that several Indians had been
murdered at tho Cascade, but we forbore
lo say any thing about it till we should
learn tho particulars. AVo Imvo since learn
ed the particulars, and with n frco crim
soned with shamo for the human kind, wo
proceed to lay them before tho public.
Tho Indians murdered, consisted of the
family of Spencer, a chief who resides at
Vancouver, and was made up of his father,
nnoldgr.ty headed Indian, his (Spencer's)
wife nnd four children a daughter nearly
grown, and throe younger sons, one of
which was n sucking babe. Tho Indians
had been up .to the Dullon, in the service
of the U. S. Government, and were on their
way back to Vancouvor under charge of
Col. Joseph Meek, and Laving regular
paws about their persons. In making the
portage at the Cascndus, it seems that they
were overtaken by seven men, (if such they
might be called,) nnd forcibly taken from
Col. Meek, whoso lifo ihey thread lied, nnd
ouo after Iho other was murdered by means
of n strong cord which was tied Around the
neck and twisted with n slick till life was
extinct. The girl was violated by these
(lends be foro her lifo was taken. Tho un
nuls of Indian barbarity furnish no iustauco
of cold blooded, diabolical, cowardly, vil
lainy, that can much transcend this act,
which Las stamped the character of our
Territory with a foul blot, which will stick
to it long after the perpetrators of that act
and those who countenance it, arc dead and
damned. A few moro such acta as this,
and Oregon will bo a by word nnd a hiss
ing ninong the civilized nations oflhe earth.
liT Wo learn that the City School will
be opened on Monday next, for scholars re
siding in Oregon City only, at the building
on iho alley, nearly opposite to Ir. Bar
clay's residence. Tha City Council Lave
secured the iei'viecflJujss Quiver, who
tonus with a high reputation as a success.
fill teacher at 1'oilland and other places
ill Oregon.
t& Kythe politeness of the Captain
and Clork of the Enterprise wo are now
permuted to send our mail south at an
earlier dato than the regular mail leaves
here. By this means our subscribers will
be sure to get their papers regularly. The
mail from Oregon City to Salem we are
told not unfiequeully fails to connect with
the mails leaving that place on Tuesday.
Some iioople are almost discouraged from
taking papers, on account of thairregulari.
ty oflhe mails. Kor two weeks past (ex
cepting the present) w hare not got a
southern mail till Friday and Saturday
morning, when it should have been here
Wednesday nn. The OrtMtuan and
Tuna in bragging on Thompson as a
1'oslal Agent, we fear halloed before they
were out of the wood,. We have taken a
great dial of pai, l0 et our mail off in
good season and w will continue to do to.
Tho most of the northern Tuluntrers
have been disbanded and cone home.
Col. Knu.r is now on Lis way in. I'p to
la-l Monday not a man bad volunteered
...
out of any of the compamcs, to remain and
h Id the country, as they were invited to
lo.
XfCol tADisri leam oo the next
tcauierfvr Washington t'itr.
. i .1... .1.. Ii..ll u ill li li.k.-n bf
apprHiirnu iiibi m vmw -.
the Indians in a short time. Several strag
glingwild Indians were seen last week in
the neighborhood of the Dalles. The friend
ly Indians represcul, that there are tome
000 savages camped within twenty mile
of the Dulles. The main body of the reg
ulars la In tho Yakima country, but about
60 aro camped nenr the Dulles,
Win. Lo-
can, fioin Yamhill, and some four or fivo
others, aro living near Harlow's Gnto.
Their situation is considered dangeroui.
We k-.rn that the school at Mo MinvillA
is in a flourishing condition, and bid, fair tol
(Schools.
realize the fondest wi-hes of iu patrons.
We have received a circular from Eu
gene city announcing that a permanent
school has been opened iu that place under
the superintendence of Prof. J. II. IIooers
aided by competent assistant teachers.- 1
We wish the school abundant success, and
we will be happy to have some friend in
that quarter lo report progress,
For the tfrforrtatioDTuio readers
of the "Points" organ, we will assure them
thai our authority for saying that there
was a post effico in Clarion kept in a "dog
gery," was a man of truth and responsibili
ty, although, we see Lis name on tbe Mar
ion county ticket as a candidate for office.
Tho words he used before us and another
person wcro, "a sorl of a doggery." You
can call us "liar" lo your hearts content,
as 'twill do us little harm.- Every body
ought to know, that we pretty much quit
lying some time ago. Out we hope none
of the small fry will call us a coward.
New Psptr.
The Relittout Esjwtitor, a Baptist pa
per printed at Eola, Tolk Co., O. T., has
been received. We have no space iu which
to notice it this week.
tV "We received per lost steamer a
work written by Judge Cha.nb, which wo
have not yet had time to read.
05" No news from the Soulh this week.
OCT The weather has finally settled.
Aflor ono or two excessively warm days
this week wo have ordinary May weather.
La Fjiyettb, OX, April 19, 1856.
Dear Adams Oregon in her present
distress needs an impartial historian ; for
there is not ono of tho official sources of in
formation which can make a fair and full
statement of those fuels which aro neces
sary to place us in our true position before
the General Government without crimina
ting themselves. Tho accumulated blun
ders of their own ignorance nnd incapacity
havo made it a law of necessity with those
who should protect us hero nnd vindicnto
us abroad, to pervert and falsify history,
to misrepresent public sentiment, and to
malign us ns a people. Our public high
ways are iufested, our citizens are murder
ed wiih every savage barbarity, our towns
aro burned, our property is destroyed, bus
iness is paralyzed, tho plow is rusting in
tho unfinished furrow, and the very heart
of the country is threatened with devasta
tion whilst those who should be concilia
ting all differences, and directing every en
ergy against the common enemy, a re sow
ing disaffection and division, building up
personal schemes nnd strengthening rotten
factions with tho very blood of tho people.
In the midst of all the horrors of on In
dian warfare, not exceeded in tho annals
of history in point of extent, bolJucss, con
duct, success, nnd cruelty, wo see the pain
ful exhibition of nn old white headed vet
eran, whoso locks are yet glorious with the
laurels of Buena Vista, held up in his
driveling dotage to popular scorn and ridi
cule, by the very men whoso folly, indecis
ion, aud falsehood have placed him in his !
present position, and who deceive them
selves with the hope that by crowding their
guilt with ingratitude, and offering up their
dupe as a victim or sacrifice upon the altar
of publio indignation, they may shield
themselves from the shame which is justly
their due.
There are facts in the history of the
present Indian war which could not bo for
gotten, though they havo been permitted
to sleep in silence. In tho charitable, hope
that such amendment would be offered as
can be mado for errors that have been fol
lowed by such awful consequences, a time
ly ooufession may go far to soften the stern
ness of justice, but it Is crime to forbear in
mercy to one who can unblushingly hold
up a large portion of his fellow-citizens to
the world branded by him as monsters, that
he may appear what he is not, and never
will be, consistent and innocent. There
has been a partial disclosure in the corres
pondence between Gen. Wool and Gov.
Steveus, in which tha injustice of heaping
the blood of (he people and volunteers of
Washington Territory and Northern Or
egon upon their own heads, is rebuked with
crushing and wilLering facts, which were
uuknown only to ihe criminally ignorant.
Weol in his letter to Stevens says :
Whilst I was in Oregon it was reported
to me that many citizens, with a due pro
portion of volunteers and two newspapers,
advocated the eitermination of the Indians.
Ibis princiiile h:u lwn ,ni.,A
eral instances without discrimin,i!iii, 1.
tween enemies and friends, whirt,
the cause in Southern Oregon of sacrili
. iu ,-vMutr
many innocent and
cing .
th.caseof.U,j.Lup,o.ajllup.;;;,(vJ.
unlem.) who killed 25 Indiana,-18 of
w horn were women and children The..
-ere friendly ladi.M n lhrir vtty t0 th,
'
Judah, V. S. A., rnorU, U rttul.ulory oj
iht eonduet ofjfaj. Lupton.n
It Is unfortunately true that J 9 of the
Indians killed ly Luplon's party not
warriors. And I do not doubt that a great
portion of the cilifns and volunteers of
Oregon would gladly sea tho Inrt Indian
swept away. Hut I do deny that thure
has ever been an unprovoked act of war
committed on them by tha citix-ns of R-guo
j p.jr( f( m tjlBt 0nicn and children have
j kIaufhtersl in any other sense than
, I.......I Va,n Prill!. (iin.
j iney were si"r,u,u,u " -
Wool it certainly too old . soldier to expect
warfare to bo fice from those calan.
ilies ami horrors wnicu among riiugniemu
nations are termed metilalle. During tho
year preceding the outbreak there had been
some 6ftoen persons murdered on Apple,
gate, Indian Creek, Illinois and R"uo
Rivers, and it was not only unsafe to travel
on tho roads in small parties, but minors
were actually murdered In their own cabins,
and it was loudly complained that the sav
ages when pursued sought refuge on the
Reserve, and upon some prctne were al
ways protected by the authorities of the
Goueral Government ; and it was only as
a last rciort, nnd in self-defense, after bar.
ing observed the doctrine of non-resistance
with Christian foibrarnnco, that the people
determined to respect no longer a peace
and extend a friendship which appeared
only to invito the Indians to increased bar
barities, and gave them by this system of
ostentatious peace and secret murder the
garrison and troops as their allies. There
is no authority high enough on this earth to
fix innocent blood or the first act of war
upon tho heads of Maj. Lupton and his par
ty. Luplon's attack, planned with wis
dom and skill, was made at daybreak, nnd
if women oud children wcro tho principal
sufferers it was only because tho warriors
wero already gone upon that expedition
which opened so fearfully the next day ;
ono day earlier, and tho unfortunate Lup
ton, now dead, and sought to be dishonored,
would have crushed the serpent ere it un
coiled its full length.
Why did not Gov. Curry, in his feeble
notice of what he terms "this remarkable
production," stalo llieso facts in reply to
tho most important charge made by Gen
Wool against the citizens of Oregon, and
tho only one which was left unanswered by
Gov. Stevens, ns not lying within his know
ledge. He is loud in proviii that Tcu-
peu-mox-niox was slnio "in accordance
with the strictest usngo of civilized war
fare," but ho adds no forco to what Stevens
had said beforo him upon that subject. His
silence upon the charge- ire furred against
Lupton and his party, thnt"Mi'jii-ouoM
art is the cause of the present outbreak in
the Rogue River country" leaves tho world
to infer that it is ttnanswcrable. Dare he
maintain this position in tho face of Dr.
Ambrose, tho ollieial witness in the caso,
the Legislative bill acknowled-nn" Me ser
vices and providing for tho payment of
thoso thus branded ns more than murder
ers, and the knowledge of every man who
hnd an opportunity to know the facts.
Tho truth is that ho nnd not Wool is the
author of this libel upon human nature;
and tho memory of the dead is blackened,
tho patriotism of the living is rewarded
with insult, and tho honor of the country
nnd the truth of history nro sacrificed to
givo consistency to a falsehood conceived
and promulgated in factional malice. Here
is a portion of the ''production," which I
consider much moro "remarkable", than
tho loiter pf Gen Wool several copies of
which are still extnnt:
"Gen. Order No. 10 Oct. 20. 185s.
"Information bavin" been received that
armed parties have taken the field in South
crn Uregon, with tho avowed purpose of
waging a war oi extermination against the
Indians in that section of tho Territory,
ana nave slaughtered without respect to
a'! or sex a band ot Inciully Indians upon
their reservation, in despite oflhe authority
of , ihe Indian Asent and llie commarding
officers of Ihe United States Iroons sta.
tioued there, and contrary to Iho peaco of
rIV.'i r. .i . it . .
mo lerruory, u is uicrciurc ordered that
the commanding officers of the battalions
authorized by the proclamotioo of the Gov
ernorof the 15th of October inst-, widen,
forco ihe disbanding of all armed parties
not duly enrolled iu the service of iho f er
ritory by virtue of said proclamation."
Wool, in reiterating these charges, by
narrowing their sweeping application and
correcting "the want of geographical
knowledge displayed" by Curry in assert
ing that the Indians were slaughtered "upon
iheir reservation," proves that he was not
like the latter, his own authority. I ari
not a defender of Gen. Wool, for ho has
committed military errors which I caunot
reconcile with ihe prestige of his former
life under any other supposition than that
he has outlived the energies of his mind,
and is gliding into his second childhood
But I must say that I huve been struck with
Ihe manner in which he Las borne himself
towards those in comparison with whom he
is yet a lion, even in his driveling imbec;li
ty. Ho has acted upon his own responsi.
bility, and has not pointed to the sources of
his information from the shameful con
sciousness that he has committed ihe error
of being deceived.
There is such a thing as excuse and pal
liatiou for even gross error in a life ti,a,
there i, none him whon 6 . I
U hain of follr wJl .
I , ? 7F' "nJ ,rrtfSulu'io. !
u" Ly on. manly fihiLition of inJe-1
" ,0"r--". IJ-ot
. -.1. .llu t.unil
see praisea UeuH oui wim -j,-!,'""' -
to those who Lave gisen their time and liai
arded their livea Iu a service In Mch L
u l..i i.sucs through eud preserves his rep-
ui alien from the oionous detractions of
envy and partisan nmlico Is peculiarly lor.
lunate. Hut I am unablo lo perceive Lst
.i;on of lLo Malory of lLo prcsciit Indi'
an wur, oilier lhaa Curry'a own retort, is
lustrous with the sUdom of those plans
which ihe Secretary of War is modestly
Informed "it remain" on'y in prt hf i,,,e
to viiidicuU." Heaven know that our
triumphs have net been so numerous that
..sail
wu can alfVI t' w Hu-ir lauii woau
cast of every braz-n biow.
Let l ho ho, half-nakrd, feeding upon
horse flesh, and iu the faoo of every hard
shin, have freely shed their blood in do.
fenseof the country, be covered all over
with glory, but there i imt mio leaf to
spare f r that head w hoe wi.snoM lias rcn,
dcrcd the QusriermaUer'a and Commin
ry's departments inefficient and useless. It
is in the conduct and appointment of these
branches that the wisdom of the common
(kr-in chief appears, ami it Is hero that tho
nerves and sinews of war are strung or un
strung. The official reports of the differ-
ent officers in the field form a melancholy
history of opportunities wasted, plans de
feated, and courage paralyzed, for the want
of propor supplies. This responsibility
cannot bo shifted to the shoulders of effi
cient Agents and employees by a principal
who bus surrrndrcd up Lis own manhood,
and given up Lis friends to be disgraced
without cause, to make room for troop
of Generals without armies and Quarter
masters and Commissaries without ability
to feed themselves.
Or was that wisdom apparent In Order
Xo. 10, which declared I hat four companies
were sufficient for the suppression of hos
tilities and chastisement of the Iioguo Riv
er, Shasta, and other Indians, and disbanded
the Regiment of Col. Ross under circum
stances calculated lo prorcnt any man be
longing to the minority party frcm continu
ing in the service without a sacritico of all
self-respect, and this at the very moment
when a scvero and decided blow would iu
all probability have ended tho war. In
stead of which decision and energy we
have had an inadequate force, divided in
council, poorly provided, meeting with con
tinued reverses, and unequal oven to tho
defense of the settlements; the Indians
have received fearful accessions to their
numbers, and their massacres havo indeed
become "cold and bloody." I fear that il
will take a long time lo "vindicnto the wis
dom of these measures," or lo prove that
the blood spilt nl the mouth of Rogue River
and the Cascades nil lies on (he honry locks
of Wool. An outraged people is a fearful
tribunal, nnd though its justilo it sometimes
tardy, yd it is certain. Guilt itself bo
comes tho most formidable ally of justice.
ond envy and treachery will surrender up
one by ono tho ringleaders, until Wool
Palmer, Curry, and a host of others as
deeply died in blood, but of less responsi
bility, have passed under the axe. ''Piej
udico and error live but for a season ; the
alcnibio of time will prove the indestructi
ble truth." A Democrat.
Sublimity, April 29, 1836.
Friend Adams -Dear Sir : In thegreat
struggle between error nnd falsehood, ho
tween righteousness and unrighteousness,
tho victory to bo won by the side of virtue,
if won at all, must always bo through the
e tt .
uu vi mums, iiumau agency is now,
and always has been, tho principle means
emplwyedby tho Almighty in bringing
about moral reformations in society, Ii
Las pleased God to operate on man by man,
Hence-, in every reformation that is brought
about, instead of being effected by iho nb
stract power of the Deity, men as ncnts
if you please, under God, have always to
lay tueir shoulder tcyllio wheel, and go to
work. Whenevovcr the field is fully ripe
for the harvest and the laborer strips off
his coal and walks into it with his sickle, I
am very apt to look upon such a laborer
in the moral vineyard of God's heritage as
one especially "called of God" to work in
that particular field. When I see human
agency at work to accomplish just what I
oelieve tho Almighty intends to accom
plish through just such means, so long as I
uave no evidence to the contrary, 1 am dis
posed to look upon that agcucy asofGod'i
own appointment. With this view of the
subject I have no doubt but what you are
laboring uudcr a commission from the Al
mighty, to bring about a reformation in the
cause of tcmperauce and political action in
Oregon. I am satisfied that you are lav
ing a good foundation upon which to rear
a noble superstructure. -
"When the wicked bear rule, the people
mourn.". The people of ourTerritory have
mourned under an administration of wick,
ed men, and wo may continue to do so for
a series of years, but I see nothing in the
signs ofthe times that ought to discourage
the philanthropist or induce him to relax
his labors. We havo a population made
up like that of all new countries of the odds
and ends ofsociety. Our citizens hail from
every part ofthe world, and the crest ma
jority of them come here with a stron at
tachment to the principles of democracy.
They hare been taught in their fatherland,
fc7n.lT 1! ir
n"'oo of all repubhean gcvemmcnU.
Ue! "". i tneir attachment to democrat-
ic principles, become so much attached to
ccivc at orihcdojy what oTce ?tker
choose to designate as democratic, llnee
theso political Judascs, who aim at filling
their own p"cken, have obtained an a! mo
unlimited control over the people, by put.
ling on the dcmocraiic robo. Hy t;r
past legislation, they have opened the ryes
of few of the real democracy to tee tht
wolf grinning through the sheepskin.
Their 1 .issing the vita race law with the
avowed object to whip in the "parly," ,U,
claiming that the sovereign voters of Ore.
gnn were their tools and slaves, their elect
ing as public printer a man who is perhaps
iho embodiment of the mo. t corruption of
any living creature, a man who, In order to
kill off a I'urihuid candidate for tht same
office, piibli.hcd a dirty assault ujon the
character of that person's wife, orn ,),
signature of a rcneguJu Irishman, who, la.
sii-ad of being hung a he deserved, u
promoted as the party nominee, for lt
office of rcni'-jiilinry Huporinteiident. Utn
professing to bo democratic legislators, were
Isd by tho nose ty one man, (from Linn,)
and his great object was fully accomplished,
when tho high road lo honor and the gov
crnmcnt treasury was macadamized by this
Iri.h tool, and tho publio printer, Ly pitch,
ing in Ltland'a family to (ill up the mud
holes and for this dirty work, these leg.
Ldatort resolved io reward llieso two charac
ters, at faithful servants of "democracy."
Look again at the manner in which these
men thrust back temperance petitions lo
tho facet of the petitioners, refusing rcn
to let tho people vote upon a prohibition
law.
Their effort to ngain force the peoplo to
form a Stalo government in order to create
offices for them to fill, all tho time deny.
Ing that It was a "pnrty question," but
when the election it over, denouncing those
democrats who refused to take on Ihe yoke,
as "floating political excrement" and "al
lies of dark Iautcruism.n
Then again look at the distensions and
divisions, they have produced in the army
by their illiberal persecution of such officers
who had hitherto failed to support Jo Lane
They have turned out goej men from ol
fice, and replnccd thorn with representatives
fromsnlooPs and gambling establishments,
thus driving what few respectable men
were still in the medical department to re
sign, These aro only a few specimens of
the administration which shamefully calls
itself democratic in Oregon. The peoplo
aro beginning to toe the difference botween
democracy and locofoism, and nt tomefu
lure day, if not this year, we shall live to
sec the downfall of this wicked dynasty.
Tho Devil seems to be fat oring it just
now in this county for I am informed that
we are to have two distilleries erected with
in ten miles of this placo. .
The Devil has certainly come down upon
us, nnd as he seems lo be "exceeding wreth,"
I have some hopes that his limo is short.
At all events let us continue to "watch
nnd pray," nnd work loo.
Yours, Respectfully, M .
Cascades, May 4, 1856.
Friend Argus Nothing worthy of note
has occurred the last three or four weeks.
Capt. Winder, iu charge at this plac, has
taken possession of this place, (Johnson's)
one halfof Bishop's, and part of Hamilton's
for a military resorvntion. I understand
from report ihey arc to mako this the head
quarters of the 0th Regiment ; they Lave
forbid any private improvements in any
way or shape. The Indians to the number
of 98 are still held as prisoners on ''Peett"
Maud, living on Uucle Sam's expense.-
They keep pretty close for they well know
there nro a few good marksmen round, A
stray Indian is occasionally teen about, and
ho always manages to escape. I am sorry
to see the volunteers leaving tho field ; God
knows who w ill protect theso poor Regu
lars. I do hope "Old Wool" will send up
a regiment soon, as I am afraid they willgo
in. We wero much pleased to receive per
Dcllc a package of papers called States
man, and lo scenn old familiar face Bush's.
Daugcrtcotype of himself; it is so striking
a likeness that every body knew it at once.
I think that newspaper publisher! are get
ting hard up when they follow up Dtt.
Tounsniid's oVBrondeth's plan of none gen
uine" without a likeness of the author. It
is a beautiful print wonder how many ha
sent to the immaculate Jo at Washington.
Don't Bush think he is smart J The vol
unteers think so, (over the left.) Euclosed
please find 25 cts. for 5 acres of Delusion t
farm. How about that convention and the
old apostle? aint that cli que awfully rowed
up i I do not believe "absolora salts" would
save them. 1 1 do hope that the first Mob-
day in Juno will use them up worse yet.
ict us hear a good account from old Clack
amas. '
Tho weather here it quite cold much
rain. ' Yours trutv.- Sviiii "
We notice an editorial in the Statesman
in relation to the disputes between our gov
ernment and that of Great Britain, a great
part of which is stolen almost word for
word from tho Albany Journal.
T UrrefBcau.
Jacob "W. Yohe, of Marshallsville, Ohio,
i& iuformed that we will : insert hit adver
tisement when w. receive fire dollars. '
Those communications which are not
written lo order, and are fatherless, we are
ttill rejecting. Hope it will m-t through
your hair by-and-by.
Cj$w The dt-pflis of fuMirva m ;..- fiw
Hit Andes, are evaa mm ,.. w
hijlila. Many of tbt ro dnernd Ik low tbe kwl
the sea. Al Chola it one 501)0 frt At, o. at
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