Elje regon Clrgus.
w, i spins, (uitui and raorsisroa.
OMOOCT CITY I
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1857.
tW The coumiunication aigucd J. K. L.
wu written by a Tret Slat friend up coun
try. We hops none of our fiee State
friend will get at logrerhoads upon quse.
tions of policy. Really wo believe that
ibsre would bo no issue between I. E. L.
and "An 01dfahiuncd Democrat," if I Ley
oould rightly understand racli other. This
it our opinion, though wo may err. We
did not understand 0. F. D. to coram!
himself m to tbo policy of running Ro
publican csndidalcs for delegates lo a oun-
venlion to form a constitution, much less
(o say that delegates must bo stretched or
eborteood on hit Procrustean machine
Wo tbink with J. E. L. that the grCal ob
ject in electing delegate to frame a con
stitution la to secure men who tan It relied
on at fret Stale men. Tbo course surest
of securing sucli mon, it seems to us, will
recommend itself to the friends of freedom
in all the counties. This of course will
he best elected by a union of the friends of
fros State of all parlies. Upon the mat
ter of these delegates wo opine in nearly
11 the counties there will be no parly is
sues. Wherever we fhd sound, reliable
free Slate men running as candidates, we
intend to voto for them. In this way we.
expeot tbnt a free constitution will be
dopted by an overwhelming majority.
We believe that two thirds of tbe people of
Oregon aro today In favor of a frco Stajo,
and wo have no idea that tho leadare
of tho domocralio party daro to make
tbo slavery Usue if tlioy even desired.
That tbe domocralio party a a body
is a proslavery party iu the Stoles, is abun
dantly proved by the fact that in every con
teat between slavery and freedom in Kansas,
slavery even backed up by a lawless vill
ainy ho had tho sympathy of democrat
io papers, and the canto of border rulTmna
has been treated as tho cause of democ
racy. Nevertheless, thousands nnd tens
of thousands of men who supported Buch
anan did not io understand .ilia matter.
Tbey even were ledtobcliovo by " select
commiltics" sent to sleep w ith them, that
the great issuo was, Fremont versus
"Buchanan and Free Kansas"! Suol
men were true to freedom, and we
hare many just such men in Oregon who
will support freedom in up He of party
-drill. By a little watching from the Re
publicans, I ho leadira of the democracy
who are now free stats men will be ltd to
avow their preference for freedom in louder
and stronger terms, instead of going over
to tho support of slaverr. The friends of
truth novar yet lost anything ly being
vigilant and contending earnestly far the
: faith, no matter against what odds. The
i recent atrugglo which resulted in the elect
ion of Buchanan has revealed such swarm
ing hosts rallied under tho flag of liberty,
that it has operated as a very sululary les
son to those who find themselves tompora
rily grasping tho scepter of power by a
41 mighty tight squeeze." Tbe atrcng'.h
of tho freosoil party has operated upon
the doraocrncy in a way that hah cmiscd
many of its leaders to ac t as though it
was necessary to secure the North by be
coming qnito freesoilUh as a pnriy.
It will do however to watch them. Iu
i i.i i. ....
'oeeu ma policy oi tins chameleon pnity
shifts with the current, and, tho moro il
ia watched tho more it shift.
In tho mean lime, if the Republicans,
who are " exorcised" about organizing
.just now, unito with the free stato dom
ocrala In electing delegatos, it would be
nothing amiss for them to edict couuty
organizations, to nominate county candi
dates, and especially to try to elect mem
bcra to tho Legislature who have some re.
sped to tho wishes of the ptoplo, who are
in ravor or making tho government as
pure as possible, and of cleaning out the
Augean stables in Oregon.
IU'lutttioa. .
We learn that A. F. Hedges, the Indian
Agont for Oregon, hat sent on his resigna
tion to Watdiington. Tho responsibilities
connected with the cflice, the uncertainly
of appropriations to meol liabilities it is
absolutely ueeo.-sary to incur In advance
of Congressional action, tho inadequacy of
the salary, nnd sickness in his family, are
said to bo among the prominent reasons
hich have induced tho Agent's course.
Gen. Palmer has gone to Washington,
and may be persuaded to accept of a reap
poinlmeut, notwithstanding his solemn as
severation that ho would not have the office
on any terms. Nesmith has been recom.
ended to succeed Capt. Hedges. Couldu't
tbey have recommended a belter man I
tV On our nulsido will be found an in
teresting, article on root culture by Rev.
O. Dickinson. We aro glad fiiend Dick
inson has undertaken to plead tho causa of
the "poor cattle." They need an advo.
cate who can blow a I last that will be heard
from Astoria to Siskiyou fiom a bettor
trumpet than that of Munchausen. If they
were only the ' constituents" of some of
our politicians they would bj well f d and
liquored, as often as the Jackson Jubilee
comes round at least ; but as ihey have no
voice in elections, and aa thry are strictly
temperate in their habits, we suppose
thoir interest must be looked after by the
benevolent and good. The article will no
duobldo good, and to encourage fncnj D.
to write more, we run a sure him that he
has already decided ont mind, which has
been wavering Utween turnips, potatoes,
cabbage, and carrots, In favor of tbe latter.
We bsvo staked oft a liberal square in
our gardes which will bo cultivated In car
rots for the cow,
aTTbe ailicleef UiviJ Neweoin on
the first psge ou fruit culture, is of luter
ot. We hope our (aimers will give the
public the benefit of their experience on
all points connected wilb their calling.
What Mr. N. nixes by " quacks" In
the nursery business, wo cennot opine;
but we oertaiuly think bo mesne to maks
no invidious companions. Mistakes ore
common to all men and it ia not strange
that a nurseryman should aomc-iimas buy
a tres which proved not to bo ganuint.
We hear that Lsdd and Luelliug both
made some mistakes at first, hut we ihiak
(hoy havs all been rectified long ere this.
tr Ws )sro from Wu. McKay, Esq.,
who left the Dulles a few days since, that
the snow was still sfoot deep in that vicin
ity, but was rapidly nieltiojaway before a
warm r'a'o. It had been four feet deep at
Iho Dalles and one foot at Walla Walla.
Much of the government stock bad died,
but oatllo driven thcro from this valley bid
fair to make tho trip, although they were
very poor. Most of the Indians had come
in and drlivorod up their arras. The Ya
kimas and Cayusos wero pretty much all
that aro yet out. Ono of taj regular sol
diers was tskon prisoner by en Indian chief,
s brothorof Kamaiakin, end retained as a
prisoner.
Tbe regulars will remain In the field
during the coming summer.
Treat rsiel Hswas.
Mr. B. F. Cooper, from Sleilacoom, in
forms us that tho Indian Agent in Wash
ingten Torritory has quit foeding the In
dians on the Reservation, nnd turned them
looso to go whither they will, on account
of the want of government funds. In the
nbecneo of Congressional appropriations,
the department at Washington refuses to
recognize. Gov. Stevens' drafts. Our own
Indian Agent is in the same predicament
and contractors nro now famishing, mp
plica for tho Reservation on the faith of the
government. Tho beef contractor is to
hare eleven nnd a half cents for beef fur
cishrd when appropriations nrs made.
Congress would do well to fork over the
money soon and eavo expends. Ws he
Here that appropriations will be made for
this purpose during this session.
(ttP The vote in the Salem canons on
the resolutions rending the Standard out of
the pnriy stood :
Ayes Berry of Jackson, Drown, Drain,
Ray snd Smith, of Linn, Gates of Wasco,
Harpolu, Grever, Consor, snd Jeb!es, of
Marion, Matthews of Jospphine, Rogers of
Coos, Rose of Douglas, Wiilker of Polk,
O'Biiitnl of Douglas, Umpqua and Coos,
and Muffilt of Clatsop 10.
Nays Allen, Shuck, nnd Daily, from
Yamhill lind Clatsop, Avery and Bennett
from Benton, Brown of Multnomah, Collnrd,
Kelly, Lovejoy nnd Stark wcalhor, from
Cl.icknmns and Waw, Cochran and Mun.
ronfrom Lano, Miller and Smith of Jack
son, Ford and Welch of Polk and Tilla
mook 10.
The great question thai divides these
partisans is, "Which aro tho blackest dom.
ocrnts the bushitos or Standard pnriy 1"
Thoso who voted aye think the bushiles
aro. W think so too. Now, Dclazon,
don't claim that we belong to your party
becauso we voto together od this great po
litical question. We aro sorry for LclanJ,
hut we are compelled from principle to vote
ognmsl lwn.
"for I was tho on v rrlilnr in' I In a
I urntorr that dared faco dep. Wool nnd
dennimco his conduct." Drucr't Sncrrh
There was another ediiQrj.n Oregon who
was worf than ten drtys in advnnco of you
in tno use of Oen. Wool's name, os nu in
efficient officer. At least that is our reo
ollection, mid we nre positive enough to
stato il as an incontrovertible fact.
"Here's to Buchanan,
A cannon complete,
Who in '60 conquered
And left nt his feel,
The gallant Fillmore,
And l'aihfinder Fremont,
Whose glory's departed,
In darkness forgot;
Their calibre's small,
With cartridges light,
The one ill. begotten,
And tho other w spiked ;
Now the Union is safe
Wiih old Buck and I'.icck,
Let us drink them a health
From tbo wine of the grape.
J. D. Boon."
MW The above politico ct-ecclesiastioo
morsel of doggerel was offered as a toast
n tho menngerio of besotted ofliceseekora,
who madu night hideous wish their howl,
ing on the occasion of the late Jackson Ju-
bileo in Sulem. This J. D. Boon is a !.,"
in Iho M. E. Church, and, holding several
oflioos under tho parly in power, stands as
a sisrl of mediator betweeu ths church and
the black democracy. Ha seems to occupy
the same relation the body political nnd
the bojy thcologicnl that the fleshy liga
meut which bound together the Siamess
twins occupied between Chang and Eng,
erving as a sorlof conduit through which
it ia hoped to infuse the ipirii of the latter
into tho former. He belongs to ths
same category of political persons with
Rev. Matthew Hale Smith, who took the
stump for Buchanan during tho late can
vass, Rev. Waller Harriman, who did the
samo Iu Nw HampsLire, ller. Geo, K. i
Shnw, lats editor of the Norway Adver
tiser, who sold his services ss a political
parson for a clerkship in Washington, Rev.
Tbeopbilus I'ikc, who publibed a cam
paign Buchanan paper in Philadelphia,
Rev. J. C. Lovejoy of Massachusetts, who
took an active pari Iu the election in favor
of Buchanan, after having been a violent
abolitionist, and we night add to the lit
the names of Rev. Dvlezoii Smith, and Rov
Fred Way mire; (wo beg pardon of Fred
fir putting biin in such company.)
None of these "political parsons" have
ever been denounced by iho locofoco pa
pers. It Is only psr.ons who choose to
voto on the oilier aide who aro at all obnox
ious. Il Is more than iniiisatad by some,
thst Boon's (oust was washed dowa with
tho' juice of com," instead of the "wine of
the grape" as In tbo dopgsrsl. At least it
is Mid that after aucb toasts as
"Tho 'border ruffians,' sound on the nig
ger question, snd some in a bar fight,"
there was a tremendous smashing of bot
tles, crsshing of crockery, yells, howls,
siths, blssphemy, and vomiting, during
which it was the "parson's" duty to rub
lbs palms of his great brswny hands vio
lently, roll up his eyes, and groan "Amen !
Amen"
What an appropriate place for a parson I
Take it all In all, we doubt whothcr be
will enjoy a "lovo feast" in just such an
other crowd till after he "tbu files off his
mortal coil."
fW Thejaycathsr is quite cool, with
plenty of cold rsins mixed with occasion
al anow squalls. The river has fallen
some ten feet, which has again started the
boate whioh had been wnterboand for more
than a week. Tho waters hare been as
high on the west side of the Willamette,
that tho Portland mail did not reach La
fayetlo for several weeks.
OCT A remurkablo tragdy occurred et
Monmouth, Warren county, 111., on the
12th of December. It seems a Mr. Flem
ing and his two son's, one S3 and tho o:her
29 ycare of je, colled at the room of a
young man named Crosier, and threatened
him into signing a rolraetion of a calumny
affecting tbe old man's daughter. After
the document wss signed, the old man
stepped out and locked the door, w hen one
cf the young Flemings drew a pistol and
presented il at Crosier "s head, w hilst tho
ether drew a raw hido and commenced
whipping their victim. Crosier drew a
dirk nnd plunged it to tho heart of the ono
who plied the lash, and as quick as thought,
makings bnckhsnded thrust, sent thefital
steel to the heart of the one who held the
pistol. When the old man entered the
room, he was stupefied by witnessing both
of his sons Blrctclie J as bloody corpses en
the floor. Crosier had been eriMgod to
Fleming's daughter. All tho parties wore
said to bo respectable, and two of them
wero members of tho church in good
standing. '
fctT Tho communication in hist week's
paper signed John I!econ should have
been dated New York city.
For iie Argui.
Mr. Editor I see in The Argus of the
10th inst., which by (he regularity of the
mnils has just coma to hand, a communi
cation over tho signature of 'An Old
Fashioned Democrat," wherein the writer
lakes for his text an extract fro'm Deluzon
Smith's speech, which ho demolishes most
effectually, no doubt, in his own judgment.
But to my judgment a rather singular
position is assumed by this Oldfnshioned
Democrat wuoru fie quotes jMiitn as say
I t . At J
ing "that the. agitation of tho slavery
question will como before the peoplo with
tho Stato question," followed by his inter
rogatories nnd remarks insinuating that
thcro need bo no agitation of this question
beforo tho people. This position, and the
arguments used to sustain it, to my mind
nppear absurd.
Common senso tenches that the question
has to bo ngitated before tho people, either
in tho election of delegates or at the time
of submitting the constitution, and this an
0. F. D. well knows if he knows anything
about democracy ; and this tho Rcpubli
cans very well know, w ho nre just now so
much exercised nbout organizing their
party. Tho only query then is whether it
bo moro proper to disposo of it in the se
lection of delegates, or let it, as Smith
says it will do, "coma before tho peoplo
with tho State question." As s friend and
advocate of a free State, I decidedly pre
fer the latter course for various reasons,
two of which I think enough to givo 1st,
because il is only in this wsy that the true
sntiment of the people can bo hod ; 2d,
it is the only teay in which we can secure
a free Stale government.
This is a practical age, and Americans
aro said to be a practical neonle : if n.
they ought to practice with things as they
find them, without wailing to have them as
they think they should be. To illustrate
my meaning : There is a political doctrine
in vogue, (just now highly popular with
the dominant party in this country,) de
nominated "popular sovereignty," w hith
has been embodied in a law by the highest
legislative body of our Government so fr
as it relates to the subject of slaverr.
helher (his law is good or bad I shall
not slop to inquire it U in force, and we
must work under it as w s find it. Thea
the problem lo be slved by every practi
cal man detirous of securing free institu
tions for Oregon is, AVhst means are best
calculated to stcur this desirable result I !
Do they consist In organizing a party on
this distinct Usue under the name of Re.
publican, or any other specious nnme, or
by denouncing the entire domocralio party
and especially its lenders in Oregon as
proslavery or bypocritioal f Or will this
prevent "agitation before the peoplo" t
An O. F. D. insinuates that it will ; but I
believe a majority of the people think dif
ferently. Will not success more likely
sttend our csuso by fraternally uniting with
men of any and all parties who prefer liv
ing In a free State lo a state of slavery,
and voting for such delegates as will pledge
themselves to lesve ibis questioo open for
the people to dcoido at tho poll when
(hey come to vote on the adoption of the
constitution I I do not hold that this
course will avoid agitation, but I do hold
that the agitation will be no greater than
under the former courso. And not only so,
but the free Slate csuso would in this wsy
receive scores of ablo supporters, where,
uuder strict party pressure, the question
properly at issue would be almost entirely
Ignored, and we would wake up to find our
Slate in tbe fell grasp of slavery.
But An 0. F. D. seems to think that he
and bis coworkers who, from deep and reli
gious conviction and intelligent principle,
sre opposed to sluvery, and feci constrained
to use their best efforts to enlighten thoir
neighbors on tho evils of the institution,
must fix the standard to which -every mun
must cemo ere he ia fit or qualified to vole
for or enjoy free inslitutions. Do they
not in effect say, " Gentlemen Democrats,
as well as Whigs and Know Nothings, if
thero aro any of you left, come up here
snd fit yourselves for making Oregon a
free State. First, you must renounce your
favorite doclrino of squatter sovereignty
as set forth in the Kansas-Nebraska bill ;
second, you must renounco and denounce
all parties, (except our party,) and es
pccially tho Democratic party nnd its lead
era; third, you must resolve to indorse
the principles laid down in the Thiladel
phia platform of the 17ih Juno, 1850 ;
fourth, you must profess to bcliero and
teaah that slavery is a moral, political, so.
cial, and religious curse. Now, gentle
men, if you subscribe to thoso few plain,
intelligiblo articles, you nre entitled to del
egate n few of us, and we will go up and
make a free Slate constitution without any
agitation whatever."
Docs not An 0. F. D. know thnt men
prefer a freo to a alave Slate for various
and often very different reasons. Ono be
causo ha dees not consider slave labor
profitable in this latitude; another thinks
the white and colored races should be kept
separate as nearly as practicable; a third
becnuso he believes that slavery has a fen
deney to engender idleness nnd dissipation
where it exists. And so on to the end of
the chapter. Wo may find thousands of
roasons nnd causes that prompt men lo
prefer a free to a slave State. Occasionally
we find somo " who from deep nnd reli
gious conviction and intelligent principle
are opposed to slavery." And wo must
tako into tho account another n numer
ous class that care little or nothing about
Iho matter, but will vote according to tho
dictates of prejudice nnd tho impulse of
the moment.
Now I would put the question to the
conscienco nnd judgment of An 0. F. D.
and thoso with whom he nets, if their ob
ject he what they profess, that is, to secure
froedom to Oregon, would it not be safer lo
avail ourselves of every fair nnd honora
ble aid for that purpose! Do you not
know that each nnd every mnn's influence
is measurably limited to certain bounds
nd parties I Then I CO'P'end that the ouly
way in which we can havo a fair expression
of Iho people on the subject, the only way
in which we can secure a desirable result,
is to encourage every man in favor of free
dom, of any and every parly, to advocate
the advantages of a free State on bis own
plan and in his own party. Let the ques
tion go Wforo ihe people on its own merit,
il... 1.. . 1 . ... i .. ...
miu Mm,, uiiijr , iei us nave no siuo issues
attached, to drag it down. It is tho pecu
iar doclrino of no particular party orclique
but has advocates in all parlies, and none
abler than in tho Democratic party,
But Bays An 0. F. D., "How shall the
people act intelligently if the advocates on
one sido are to be gagged and silenced, and
essential facts withhold " In answer, I
would ask the writor if he and his'cowork
era are not as obnoxious lo this charge as
those against whom they are attempting lo
wago a malignant war f By denouncing
tne democratic party and its leaders as
proslavery, and organizing yourselves into
an antislavery party, you drive all who feel
disinterested, all who love their party more
lhan ihey prize the advantages of a free
atute, into the proslavery embrace; you
lie tne nanus; you virtually gas and si-
lence those leaders in. the democratic party
who otherwise would be advocates for a
free State.
In conclusion An O. F. D. exhorts all
who desire Oregon to be a free Slate lo
watch during the coming struggle the
movements of U. binnh dc Co. On behalf
of the free State cause, I will conclude with
a well known exclamation: "Lord deliver
me from my fiieuds! "as least some of
them. j. e. L.
January 22, 18J7.
Modf.s.1 Eloqcbsci. " Ah me!" said
a pious old Scotch Isdy, our minister was
a powerful preacher ; for (Tie ihort lime
he ministered the worj smong us, be
kicked three pulpits to pitcs, and banned
the inards out of five new
Fur tht Argut.
Astoria, Jan. 20, 1S67.
ir. L. AJumt Si : As Dryer and
Bush-havo fratorulzed on tho most Import
ant political questions of tbo country, as
well as in slandoring individuals, and as
they both have singled mo out as one of
theft victims, I will notice their course and
conduct as cditois of public journals
Il appears from tho Oregoninn of the
3d Inst, that Dryer is not satisfied wiih
venting his spleen against me by descend
Ing to Ihe level of a low and disgusting
partisan pettifogger in the Clatsop coun
ly contested election case, but has aecn fit
to follow me into matters relating to prri
vale transactions. Now, if he can find
any palliation for his conduct in this, or
any gratification to his fiendish and ma
lignant disposition, he is welcome lo In.
vestigato my business to his heart's cou
tent and make what he can out of il.
It would be as much in place for me to
publish to tho world his bacchanalian and
licentious oonduct in ibis neighborhood
wilhin the last year, as for him to take the
courso he has wilb me. Tho only thing
according to his statement I did to cause
him to be so wratliy and show so much
vindiolivcness, was stopping his paper;
and, as it is now slopped, I hope he will
keep it stopped, and not commence send
ing il without my request; but, as il has
caused him so much feeling on the subject,
I will give a few reasons why I and many
others commenced taking his paper, and
why land many others will not now take
it, judging from thegenornl dissatisfaction
expressed with tho paper and lack of (ion
Gdence in its editor.
It is well known that when Dryer first
started the Oregon ian its editorial columns
teemed with low snd uncouth jeslings and
scurrilous nbnsoof the Statesman, then in
prospect and subsequently established,
nnd it is also as well recollected that on
tho first appearance of the Statesman,
Bush opened a battery on Dryer with
about the samn kind of missiles that Dryer
had used sgainst him, and so completely up
set Dryer's arrangements that it was one
or two years before ho could recover from
the shock ; and after he did recover so as
to see where he stood, ho found Bush had
led oT under the assumed name of De
mocracy against every moral question
then before tho country, including thnt of
temperance and a prohibitory liquor law,
Ac , so thut when Dryer thus discovered
bo had lo adopt a new courso, and, as ihe
people of tho Territory had just decided
by n vote in favor of a prohibitory liquor
luw, he mounted il as his hobby, and there
by secured for the Oregonian a good cir
culation among tho temperance portion of
the community, and I, as well as others,
having hopes that he might continue un
advocate of temperance principles, consont
ed to lake his paper. Bui as he had nei
thcr tho moral courage nor ability lo main
tain tbe position, Bush hud unintentionally
driven him into, he abandoned these prin
ciples, and Lccnmo the advocate of thn
Know Nothings and other factions, and
moro recently claimed lo bo Whig and
Republican nltnrnaly, as their prospects
showed up well, until ho finally mado a big
leap politically into Bush's embrace and
adopted his views of nil the prominent po
litical questions of the day, and where I
hope he may be kept, if it should bo nt
the expense of a small office from the par
ty, and save the mornl part of iho com
munity any longer the- mortification of
having him pointed to as the advocate of
their principles.
Now a few words with Bush in answer
to his question in the Statesman of the Cth
inst. why I did nol present ihe bill for the
repeal of tho .'aw relating to Public Prin
ter. Ho tnceringly asks the question 80
as to imply that ho was ihe cause of my
being ousted from my seat in the Legis
lutive assembly, and I think very correct
ly too, for I belie vo he has as complete con
trol over a majority of iho members of
ihnt Legislature, as a Southern slave
holder has over his slaves.
In relation to Iho bill, I had drawn up
such a ono as I believe tbe people would
have approved of, (and one thnt many of
(lie members consciences would have ap
proved of if they had dared to let it be
known,) and would have presented it but
for the contested election case having the
precedence and being urged to a final vote.
In favorof the measure I stood pledged lo
the people of this county, nnd was elected
by a majority of the voters notwithstand
ing every government appointee and coun
ty officer, from the Collector of the port
down stood arrayed against me; and I
am well informed that tbe repeal or amend
ment to that law was a prominent question
in many of the counties of this Territory,
and wherever it was made a question
IDPmUra vara . 1I i i .
" r fsin-rmijr eieciea in favor
of such a course, but a decree went forth
about ihe time of ihe meeting of the Leg.
islature, that to meddle with it was anli-de-mocratic.
and any member of the Le..i.
lature who would not shut his eyes against
his pledges to his constituents and' pn it
blindly in sustaining Bush, could not in
herit an office from the incoming adminis-
trat.on. Therefore it become important
that the bill should bo kett nut r
House, which a majority could do by' giv
ing Ihe contested election the nrecedenr..
until I was finally got out of the way and
ihertby many doughfaces avoided tba ne
cessity of having their votes scrutinized by
"d consuiuenis. ror it is a fact of nte
that a majority of the members with a (-w
honorable txcaplibns, that w.rs sltcteJ
from the counties moot opposed to that law
and Bush's course, proved to be the mot
subservient tools of his io the House.
These are iho reasons ths bill was not
presented. I believo Bush, with that arch
demagogue Delazon Smith to aid him, eaa
accomplish or prevent the passage, of any
measure they may desire tefuro the pres.
ent Legislature.
3 Tuioi.
tV Tbe following proposition will b
discussed at the M E Church in this city
next Mondny night :
Whkrka, Tho nbtnlute rights of man
are derived from the laws of nature and
of God ; and theso laws require man to
abstain fiom the commission of any ic(
tending to his own injury or destruction i
and they also imperatively require that
those natural rights should be so used is
to not interfere with, or prejudice the peace
and happiness of any other human being
and wherea, the use of alcoholic bevr
ages is destruction of the peace, happiness
and wcllbeing of society, and tends only
10 ilia destruction, misery, and death of
human beings; therefore, -
Be il Resolved, That the manufacture
snd sale of intoxicating liquors is a viola
tion of the absolute and relative rights of
man in society, and that their total sup
prcs-don is imperatively required by poaw
live law.
Kffeclt of latcmtcrtace.
In a memorial of citizens of Fortagn
county, Ohio, to the Legislature on tht
subject of liquor prohibition, wo clip the
following graphic description of the evils of
intemperance.
Who will say, after rending il twice, tltf
11 Is not every word ofjt true I
"And yot its march of ruin is onward!
It readies abroad to others, Invades the
family nnd social circles, and spreads wear
and sorrow all around. It cuts down youth
in its vigor, manhood in its strength, and
age in Its weakness. It breaks tho father's
henrt, bereaves the dealing mother, extin-
f wishes natural affection, erases conjugal
ove, Mots paternal hope, and brings dowa
mourning ago in sorrow to the grave. It
produces weakness, nol strength ; sickoess,
not henlth; death, not life. It oiale
wives widows, children orphans, fathers
fiend, and all of them paupers nnd beggars.
It hnils fevers, feeds rheumatisms, nurses
gout, welcomes epidemics, inViies cholera,
imparts pestilence, nnd embraces consump.
lion. It covers the land wiili idleness,
poverty, disease, anil crimn. It fills your
jails, supplies your alms houses, and de.
mands your asylums. It engenders con
lovcrsies, foster quarrels, and cherishes
riots. It contemns law, spurns order, and
loves mobs. It crowds your penitentiaries,
and furnisher your vigiims for your scaf
folds. It is-the lif' blood of the gambler,
aliment of tho counterfeiter, the prop of
the highwayman. Il countenances ihe
liar, respects ihe thief, and esteems the
blnsphcinor. It violates obligations, rever
ences fraud, and honors infamy. It de
fames benevolence, hatos love, scorns
virtuo, and slanders innjccnee. It incites
the fa'her to murder his offspring, helps
the husbind lo mas-mere his wif,-, and helps
iho child to grind his pnrricidul axo. It
burns up man, consumes woman, dolcsts
life, curses God, and despises Heaven. It
suborns witnesses, nurses perjury, defiles
Ihe jury-box nnn slams tlio judicial ermine.
Itbiibcs, votes, disqualifies voters, corrupts
elections, pollutes our institutions, endan
gers our Government. Jt degrades lh
citizen, debases ths legislator, dishonors
tho statesman, nnd disarms Ihe patriot, ft
brings shnme, not honor ; terror, not safety ;
despair, hot hnpo; and misory, not hsppf
ness. And now, ns with the malevolence
of a fiend, it calmly surveys its frightful
desolations, nnd, ins itiate with havoc, it
poisons filioity, kills peace, ruins morals,
blights confidence, slays reputation, and
wipes out national honor, then curses tho
world and laughs nt its ruin.1' ..
TnB TEiitJANTEPEC RorjTE. The Sew
Orleans Picayuno announces ihe'complet
ion of arrangements for tho establish
ment of a line of communication across tho
Isthmus of Tehuantepec, with the Pacifio
coast. The Tehnnntepec Company of
Lou!:l"na has contracted with parlies
resident in New York and Ohio for the
transportation of passengers, mails and
freight over the road now in course of coa
st ruction over the Isthmus. The contrac
tors are to furnish carriages capableof con
veying eleven to fourteen passengers com
fortably and conveniently, and to havo
them ready at the eastern terminus of the
road by the 5th of February. The con-
traclora are also to provide horses and
mules, and all necessary.
There seems to be a dfficulty in
the way of Col. Bissell, of Illinois, being
inducted into ihe office of Governor, now
that he is elected. The Constitution of
that State provides that "no person who
has given or accepted a challenge to figbk
a duel is eligible to any office of tho State.,,,
Col. Bissell once accepted a challenge fro
Col. Davis, now Secretary of war. This
occurred at Washington City, and the qoes.
lion now is whether the organic law of Illi
nois can take cguizance of the matter, sioce,
it happened beyond thoir immediate juris
diction. This will Lave to be determined!
by tbe proper State tribunal. 1
OCT The Philailrilnlita P..muv1vniin'a -
W astu'ngton correspondent says :
You will perceive that the Richmond En
quirer suggests interference, on Ihe part of
Congress, to the disgraceful condition of
things iu Utah. There is a growing sea
tnnent on Ibis subject, and I am glad that
so influential a journal as the Enquirer
has taken hold of it.
KT The N. Y. Jonmal of Commerce.
says another slaver sailed from that port
recently. She was closely watched, bo
the Government officers were unable to.
detect anything which would justify them
m ucuuning uer.
&5" A shrewd liltla t-ll..w wKA hail inst
began to read Latin, astoni.hed his master,
by the follow in; translation : Vir, a man,
Cr''n, a trap Virgin, a m in trap.