Tjc (Drcgon drgusf.
w. i uki, suito aid raiirniEToi.
OttSOOIf CITYi
SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1857.
tUT W- ('ami ia sullmrij. lo do any but.
In eonuccll wild TU Argus Office during my
Mac. W, U ADA M.-s.
"Tin Indians An attempt U being
tnaJ't lo establish a jri-nl national ao(;ia-
lion, Imlcpoi, J.-n t of church or slate, (or
jne pro'i-ction, ciuiiMtiun, nixj education
of I ib In liiwi wiihmour territorial limits.
Thi injustice done lo t!ii unhappy race in
well Known, but iixli vi lu ,! are too ready
lo leavo all repiruljoii iu (he government,
ml government it seemingly too neglect
fit of it duly in iIih in, liter, JVron in.
forested can obtain nil information rela'ivo
lo ihe movement by addressing John Hue.
n, 1 5 Lnighi Street, New Voik. "
Jllustrulal.
So il sec-ins 'lint lo our fellow ci iwn
John Recsou in lo b lung the lionor of in.
n'C'uraling a plan of "(.ro'iciiic, civilizing,
nn i cdj'jai iity " a ncn w fitch both the
"church" nnd tho "iucjM have spent vast
aunts of money njinn, ib about the same
results atidued by I ho poor woii.nn who
"spent alt her living upon liyifian."
We wish we had fuiili f,jU to a grain
of miHt'ird wed lo b ic-ve that these wild
trill"! will l healed of ll.cir Maladies
when they touch the hii n of il.e ga'mcnt
llmt Mow lii'lvt Doctor B.esuti's philan.
thropio plan from mortal cyca.
)i was Timothy pjim, ho bi li.ve, who,
after laboring asidu..udy ai nn ng.-nt of
the church for forty years among l lie sav
ages, reined hi labors in di.giisl, assort
ing hit solemn coi.iiciion thai "they Mere
entirely beyond the reach r-f gospel inflii
nc?. The a-ony of Gi'tliH-timno, anJ
iho tortures of Calvary, wliidi, among civ.
iliA'd people, am dvudi tijK,n to s.fi. n and
subdue the heart, IihiI m o'.hrr influence
upon his lawny auditors than to make
them grind llicir Icclh, clfi.cli their finis,
nnd exclaim ' Urate chief I good wor.
rior! no toward! "
If additional proof were wanting "thai
among ludhn whoso chnrae'ers huvo ul.
ready bn formed under savage influ
ence, the auie views of moral irutlmnnd
f.ict Jj not awiikvii the Mino euliinpnls
and emotion in ibi ir breads tlmt tbrv do
in ours, wc wilit instance the " reial l
the UmIIcs" a few yearn ao, b, n in the
very crisin of llio excitement the ludiaim
atnppeil prryii'2 anil demanded of thn mis
kioiiaries a ruinNu of a gooJIy number of
lilankda, nrowded iliey coiiiinued jirnjing!
The case of the inaniucre of Doclor Whit
man and f,imily nmy e well also bo men
tioned, where tho aavaes who murder'
tliuir friend mid benefuelorg kept nn
thoirunuul form of fumily worship iinino
diately ufur tho mamiucre, and grasped
their Iliblm in hands yet wul with (lie gore
ol Ihoir slaughtered victims.
Wo have never known but one pious.
, praying Indian w ho secured our confidence
ill Oi.iir.iM II.. ..... I I Ti .
... v..Bw. ... liinnjl III 1 1 1( (I IIIM 1 ClU
nu tit, seemed familiar with tho history of
prophets, pntnurchs, and apm,tles under
both dicpennHtiom, and spoke feelingly of
Mr. Leo who ho autd built up n lurgo
AluihoUixt Inilian church nt the Iall.
yet this Indian beeftd one of llristow'a
o,xon iu llio up.er end of thu alley, and
thn last we heard of him ho was cuuht
ah'toiing a man's hogs on SotiviVn Island.
Thuro nmy be better upreinums found
among the lo.it sheep that onci cotniinsed
tho llocks of missionaries who havo either
been driven fioin their fields of labor, or
who havo retired to speculum on tho "divi.
demls of Mission property." Indeed w
believe there nro a few, very few, who,
like Stickns and Oiler Skin, Mill maintain
Ihcir inttgiiiy. Whether they nre really
any betler than they wore before they ever
aw whito lin n, reinains lo he investigated.
Tho remills of thu elFirts of the "Stale"
thus far in their behalf nm too well know n
o require enumerating. Under Siaie pol
icy wo hava seen thein almost constantly
involved in wars with the whites, or in do
mestic feuds, and, instead of taking ninny
steps in l ho "march of improvement,"
they aro rapidly " marching" toward ex
tinclimi.
What friend Ueesou's plan for "protect
ing, civilizing, ami edueuling" ( w o see he
doesn't pmposo to t'hi istiaui.o them) may
Lp, we mini confess that, so fur ns benefit,
ing the older Indians much is concerned,
we have Utile fuiih in any plan our inge.
nuity can devise. Tho "hydraulic works''
of Fowler nnd Wells, nnd the Graham diet
of fiiend I!eeon, niiyhl he employed per.
wp to a slight advantage, provided you
Jiad help enough to hold I htm while they
wore being put through the operation, nnd
even then wc fear thu result vtoull prove
as disastrous as the Dutchman's expert
jiient on his horse. We seo no reason j
why the children may not ho " protected,
civilized, and educated" logood dantRgc,
provided ihey are taken fniin their parents ;
nnd perhaps tho desirrd result may be ap
proximate! by liie present policy of the
Government as adopted on the (.J rand Hondo
lieservaiiiin. If fiiend lleeson can devise
a ph. ii for protecting (cooping) the children
nj then raising ibeni undot tho influ
ences of good manual labor schools, he
lie will have completed the "wind work"
at least of truly commendable Indian
policy. All he will then need will be the
cash lo foot the bills and a sufficient num-
. I it n . ....
ber of U. S. auWiers to catch the InJiacs j
and compel them to ai.pt the plan. In 1
V evil t" iu he will nel ,1ri , ,
conduci liiin to the council ground of the
nations when he goes lo divulge his plans ;
for if lie thinks to win the Hos'iles" with
such smiling blandishments as lie had in
store fur Old Sum at llio lime bis borte
took the "stud" in Rogue River, he will
probably lose bis hair, and have nobody to
blame but himself.
We In the mean lime await further de
velopments of the new' plan.
t7 Wh puldi-h lo day coinintinic
tion headed " Will It I'ty," wrinen by a
free fitale mnn fiom Mis.ouii. lie is con
nected with no religious denomination,
we b licve, hut seems to be actuated by a
higher sense of moral integrity than many
who profess to just religion enough, ns
liny think, to lake llietti lo II t'.cn.
Thet'ticle in the Kilctn psp'r to vbich
fliir correHronrlciit alludfi. Im.t
ouratlcmion till of s.,c, u we l)0l nllrr0.
fluently miss soeir.g iba sheet, the publish
ft having sut.h a 'consciousness of its rot-
lennes and a drea l of having il exposed,
that ha refuses lo e xchange. There are
rr.a;,y people in Oregon who call tl.em
selves democrats, who have felt themselves
slandered by tho N. Y. Tribune when it
hatonco or twice been guilty of a soft in
sinuation that (he Oregon iana wero a con
sciencclcss, sordid sort of people, govern
ed by cupidity and avniice, and ready to
eml.sik in any ystrm of robbery or plun
der that wouM "psy." Tho locoh'CT pa
p'rs inOreg'iu have tnk n particular pains
'o prejudice Oregotiinns against the Tri
buna fur its ' unwarniiitaVIc attacks" upon
our fair fame ; nnd even the Advocate has
beeu ' iiistaiit iu season, and out of sea
son," in rebuking il.
At length one of iheso locofoco papers,
faithful to the sordid and debasing instincts
that characterize its publisher, has claimed
for the Oregniiiaus mro than the Trib
une ever charged 'hat they .arc, with but
few exceptions, governed by uch " pay
ing" considerations as govern pirates and
thieves; a peoplo "whoso god is their
belly, and whoe glory is th'-ir sliamu."
None of these Oregon papers w hich
havo denounced tho Tribuno bus yet had
thu independence to rebuke tho charge us
"slander" when il comes from tho reek
ing columns of a home journal, so steeped
in debnuul.eiy nnd imbedded in deism that
it sells nt every thing like conscientious
scruples, humane and religious influence',
nnd tnorul motives, nnd seems to bo gov
crn'din nil i's political nieasur. s by no
higher c"t)sidi rmiotis than control il
brigand und outlaw.
Tho commutiicaiion wo publish is well
written, and indicates n clear head and
honest heart ns its sourco.
SjT Al tha locofnco convention last
Monday, Jo Lb no was of con ran nomina
ted ns n cuudidato fur iKlegatu. Resolu
tions were introduced reading tho Stand
ard out of iho party. Tho resolutions
were pnssed, with the Clackamas delega
tion and somo few ollurs voting nay.
The Standard delegates from Denton and
Clalop counties wero not permitted lo lake
their sonts in the convention, Delur.ou
Smith was there, nnd by an overwhelming
torrent of bis inimituhl oratory, submerg
ed nearly the whole nuilitorvi uho cama
near being strangled, nnd were ready to
say yen to the motion to reud Lehmd out
of the purly, as soon n.s they could get tin ir
heads suflici'iilly above thu flood" to hear
I lie resolutions put for adoption. Well,
Smith lms succcded in his pet nlensurofor
gratifying his revenge, by having the
Standard excommunicated by the Tor i i
torial convention. This of course is all
llio v oik of a fiVv office-seekers, who do
tho dirty wink or keeping the party nut.
cbinery in full blast. The great mass of
the voters of Ihe country, who from an
ignorance of its principles support the
party, have hud nothing to do ns yet in this
osi racism. Tho Yamhill delegation, for
instance, voted iu tho main for the resolu
lions, W'hilu I lie majority of the pcoplu in
that county who belong to tha party are
opposed lo ihein. Tho delegates from
i hut county owed their election to the
herculean dibits of the small fry biishites,
who outworked and outwitted the Slau I-
ardites in diutuiiiiiig up a mass meeting
The same may be said of other cotinlits.
If this locofoco party nil like nny other
pi-litical party, it would m'tlcr little with
the voters what measures wero caniedby
intrigue and extra g nciulrhip by a few
ni live pa'tisans, goaded to despenttion per
haps by personal haired or envy. The
sovereign people when it came to voting
would do just ns they pleased. Not so
wilh llio patty calling it.-ulf the democrat-
in party. I he leaders base all their cal
culations for success upon the political
serfdom and ignorance of those who vote
their ticket. Tlu-j are mndn to believe
(without evidence, simply by bard lyin)
that this is the party that is b. st caloula
led o save thu Union and rotnhr the
country prosperous and happy; while the
truth is, it embraces more avowed disunion
ists than any other party in existence, and
its principles aro funduiuinliti'.Y nt war I
wilh that which makes a nation great and j
prosperous. Hy lints nj'pouliiig to their I
ignorance and prejudice, they aro fist
bound to the parly by cords that they hate
lo have severed, l'eing thus firmly tied,
the next s'ep of the leuders is to inaugu
rate a policy which deprives the memliers
of the party of what little liberty they
: ,i i.... ...i ' .
iiijt inmui'ia it.rv iiih-, miu , uiicei.widie
' l,,.. noWfr'of iba r,art in iha band,
of a few men.
jn orJl.r r,eif,ct (Lis, the Piletn sheet
his been made the vehicle through which
the leaders have been for the lust sit
months Incessantly urging that accordiivu
lo ' 111 tiiite-bonoied usages of our party,"
the members of a Legislature are bound to
support every thing caucua does, wheth
er the menihcrs choose lo go into the cau
cus or pol, even though il b in direct vi
olation of the wi-be of their constituents.
Tho sumo rule of courne holds good in a
county caucus. A majority of preciuc'l
delegates may oe brougKi over to a meas
ure that is despo'io and grossly obnox
ious to the t'toplo ; yci, if a majority of
the delee ,,., Cnrfy , measure, the mi
nm'.iy is bound lo submit, and the mem.
bers of the party tire bound to support the
measures at the polls, or be read out of
the parly.
This principle h.is beon opposed by the
j Standard ,.,d C'ol. Kelley, with many ot,
ers, but the Salem Convention of last Mon
day fully endorsed the position of the
clique as correct. This being s fled, of
course every member of the party is ben ft
of in mhood and independence, and made a
mere tool of. No man of intelligence can
deny a word of this, and consequently ev
ery one mut admit thut democracy now
means nothing more nor less than political
aluvery, digiiatin;r a parly d.-spotio and
tyrannical iu its policy and subversive of
all lb ends nf a doniocia'ic f nn of gov,
ernment. That such a parly enn only ca
culate upon thn ignoruueo of the people to
support it, is equally plain, and we dare
any mun to deny il.
It now remuins lo bn seen whether the
peoplo will abide lint decision of the Sa
lrin convention, disc'uiiiiiue the Standard,
and swallow biishisin al the polls, or
whether they havo independence enough
left In think and act for themselves. A
few of litem will still be fieeiiicn, but w-e
opine the great mass of them will take llic
bit in i heir mouth, 'i-t down on their mar
rnw boins to let IMiisinn la-h on iho "al
forcum' well stiilfe'l with "bushistn," and
show no moro symptoms of rebellion
against .Smith's circular saws, ns he plunges
them between the ribs, thun a slight switch
of the fiy-whipper, which will soon hang
straight down through excessive fatigue
in packing Illusion wilh his 'democratic
nlrouses.'
t'.tt'.arss Kuiur I'.anc.
Win. Steele oT Ashtabula county, Ohio,
iu writing to tho Ohio Farmer, who plant
ed forty-four hills of sugar cane, with
four Mnlks to a hill, rays :
-About the 20th of October I cut il
to the ground, stripped ohT the outside
haves, mid, for tho want of n more per
fect machinery, I pounded iho stalks; af
ter wiiich I cut ihein up two or thrcp inches
long, and l;..i!id thrni iu wsternUmt an
hour; then strained and boiled down the
Injnor frequently skimming il, frmn w hich
I obtained to -.'.ill ois of the article w hich
I send yon. y ibis process, impeifect
ns it was, I think I saved about half the
virtue, of the stalks. I s.-nd you this as
Ihe result nf my experiment with an article
which is new; and ns many have rai-ed
it, nnd let it rot, or have fed it out, I make
the statement with the hope of inducing
morn thorough experiments by tome of
your many readers, ns il may bo raised on
good low ground, nnd I think to good
profit."
The editor of the Ohio Farmer says that
the article sent him was of u remarkably
pleasant flavor, far superior to that manu
fuctnred from the sugar enno of tho South,
nnd not bad to lake ith buckwheat cakes.
IU has no doubt bill thu home-made ar
ticle will soon siiper-vdo that produced on
thn Mexican Gulf, or iho island!) of Cuba
nnd Jamaica. We sincerely hnpo il will
do the t-umn for Or.-jon, and we shall anx
iously await the result of experiments
miulo this season by those who are plant
ing the seed.
(W We learn that the diflioulty wo spoke
of soma weeks since, os having occurred
between Mr. K.-nnutd and his employer,
on Muddy, was of a nature that implicated
no one ns having enli-rtniiird any thoughts
of commiiiinjr homicide. The employer
of Mr. K. says ho ucled wholly in self d...
fence, and went no further in ihe matter
limn to protect himself. The exaggerated
account that was brought to us gicw out
of an iidi.-eretion on the part some pass-
C1-s-by, to retail news before they under.
stood idl the facts in the case. We cheer
fully make the correction ni this early date,
not w ishing an erroneous impression to be
made concerning nny one.
CttrTlio two communications nn the
fiist page of this paper wpre mislaid when
first they came lo hand, or they would
have appeared sooner.
(KT M. Tutlle, Ksq., ut the Dalles, is
authorized to receive money and receipt
on our uecount.
iT The frost has cut off most of the
peaches in this section this year. The np
pie crop never promised fairer. Dr. Bar
clay informs us that lust year he saved all
of bis peaches by suspending small bun
tllos of straw among the branches of the
trees. This year ho neglected it, and has
lost the w bole of them. He says ha no
ticrd en frosty mornings, that while Ihe
straw was coverd with frost not a particle
could be f mud on the leaves of the trees.
ST The Senorita brought up lsst
Thursday a company of U. S. soldiers for
the Coast Reservation.
(Wllio Independent Steamship Com-
mod-ire arrived at Portland yesterday. -
We are indebted to Dr. Steele for late pa-
pts. She vV.'. tejve Sjnlsv mnrnip'.
p
o. V. LAWHO,
An InJejxndrHt CundiJule for Cwjrttt,
naant.nr.iine.il 1 1, a Mm-. n,l nlma aL
which he propose. ,o take the stump
discourao upon Tha rights, duties, and
powers ol llio people, tho duties of
Kenrescnlative,
A FRKB STATI,
The dirnitv ,.f Utior ..reserved from earn
. . , , r, ...
peiitton with easts and color ; Agricul-
ture, Mechanics, and Trade, allowed to
expand in Commerce, Railroads, Carul
Sic; Illinois compared with Missouri,
New York and I'.-nus) Ivanla wilh Virgin-
ia and Kentucky; Results thai slave
labor dors riot build Khilroads, Telegraphs,
Canals, Clipper ship, Ocean bieaincrs and
those public works ilut' make a S'nte great,
prosperous, and powerful;" besides a grcal
many other subjects.
lie proposes to speuk at I.afiyi-lte Tuea
day, April 24 Dallas, Thursday, Apiil
30 Corvallis, Saturday, May S Klkioii,
Umpqua, Turtdny 5lh R'w burg, Thurs
day, Till J-icks'iiiville, Salurduy, Dili
Ashland Mill-, Tuesday, I2'h Euyene
City, Tuesday, I9ih Albany, Thursday,
2)st Sulem, Saiurdiiy, 23d-Oregon City,
Tuesday, 'J3:h- Portland, Thur,diiy,28ih.
The hour for speaking at all theso places,
is 2 o'clock p. .M.
t. Will u PayTi
Mr. Adams Though by no means an
inattentive or disinterested observer of the
discussion goino on among ihe people of
this Territory on tho subject of slavery, I
have taken no purl in it, believing the
fears of lh friends of free institutions
were shinned by a danger more iiimgin
nry than real. There are so runny rea-
sons why Oregon aliould boa free Stale,
and so few In the contrary, and the decis.
ion of the question pot being mixed up
with pnrty issues, il has seemed lo me to
doubl the result would be doubting the
good sense of the people, and I s'ill think
il parly leaders wero to act as they profess,
and leave the people to themselves lo tie.
cide without exciting pony feeling or
rousing dormant prejudices, Oregon will be
a free State.
A.s it is a question whether negro stock
will be a paying investment in Oregon, the
argument on each side being equally
Weighty, those governed only by this con-
sideritiioii will be similarly divided.
Th. ro are also other elements (though
one e.f thu leuding journals of tho Terri
lory denies their existence) involved in I hi
eiuestiori, which will exeit a powerful in-
fluence in its decision by the people.
If thpre are some of the Christian
churches that hold the relation of master
and slave to be consistent wilh Christianity,
by tar Hie greater number insist that it is
not, and those even who tolerate it look
upon il as one of those evil results of our
fallen condition, which no good Christian
desires extended or increased.
Since therefore the most that can be
claimed for slavery by professors of Chris-
liunity is toleration where il exists, und no
authority whulever cun be tortured from
the Scriptures to encourage or even sane-
tion its adoption where it does not, I conti-
denlly believe that no conscientious Chris
Itnn, whatever bis sect, will by his vote or
influence endeavor to introduce slavery
into a country and among a people now
"reo-
There n re others (t hough the aforesaid
journal ttserts lliero are no') who, not be-
ing members of any Christian body or in-
lluene-ed in this mutter by the dogma of
any church, legmd pnlriotism not as an
"ahstraction" which it will do well enough
lo boast of on 4th of July celebrations,
and shout over at Jackson suppers, but an
active principle, and imposing a sacred
duly ; feeling themselves to be members
of a commonwealth whose good it is the
first duly lo promote, and also an integral
part of a Government whose niissiun is to
"extend and perpetuate civil and religious
liberty," in di.charging lite trust reposed
in them by that Government, consider their
duty to their country paramount lo private
interest or personal pre fere nee.
It is plain such men in casting their
votes upon a subject so momentous as that
of imposing institutions upon themselves
and their posterity perhaps foi all time to
come, will not he influenced by selfish or
mercenary motives; and ns our own land
turnisiies examplrs by winch it is easy
lor the least observant lo perceive Inch
are most prosperous the free or slave
o-a.es, mere is no uinicui'y hi deciding
which is the belter policy, still easier if
possible is a decision arrived at on the
ground of principle; all sides admit that
slavery is contrary to tho spirit of our in
stitutinns, that it basils existence in the
Union upon precisely the same footing
nn.in u,-lii(-li .1 pok.i. ... .An.A r .k. , m. -! . I
" B"",c " "le
tian churches: tolerated as an existing
evil, and to be trea'ed a, such.-its hard
ship, to be amehorated and its spread pr.
vented. For these reasons I have ex
peeled the vote of the pan.ot lur,.
corded on the side of freedom a, certainly
as that of tho . conscientious Chris.ian ;
hence my confidence in Ihe triumph o
freedom in Oregon.
My eunfi leiice in this respect has ben
shaken by the leading editorial article in
the Statesman of the 31st of March. As
lhao'gan. or more correctly the dictator,
of the ruling party of this Territory, the
position taken by the editor of that paper
infallibly indicate, or dictates .he co.rse to
U followed by the party he rules, and M
fir. I tb-nV rrttJ-h t tS m-r-tn- of th
Territory, he has been able lo accompnu
1 ends. In '.bat article lie says:
I " TIlO Olllv real OllestionS hern Sre, i
to . TZrLSZ
I,., wl0 f-V(,r , ,! ,ial (t i., m.d
a and those who oppose, that il is not
and will not. ' ill H l'y " I" tit" ques
ll"n akel, ami Hie opinion of tno votora as
' M ",lllC, or l"J wl" .Ul,""""
it- l'id our climate, productions, atiu
m,rk,to gnnrtinDHbly favor slave labor,
Oregon would unquestionably knock fur
admission into the Union us a slave Slate.
" """" ll.ey do, or do noi, to a aunicieni
exif'iil lO wnrrniii inn iiiiriiNiiuiM'ii vi oin-
very tchftlfr or nut it will be a xiying
tu,litttt;on fur 0 ,,,, ,, mntidcrutiun,
,, thf only one w;o iei'c Ve result will
arpinil."
Thai a long course of success has ren
ib-r.d llieediiorof ihe Sintesman arrogam
"nd imperious, and his abettors groveling
and corrupt, I was ready to believe, but
ihnt ho ahould thus shamelessly publish lo
'he w-oild their baseness nnd Ins own, be
trays not only the conumpl he feels for his
follower, bill thai ho sincerely believes
ihere lire no higher motives for human ao-
lion llian pecuniary Interest
Paul says, that comeih to Cod,
must believe thai Ho is;" to which may
be added with eqi-nl truth that no man acts
until bn believes perf. .rinunco possible,
practices a virtue until be believes it ex
isis, or rises nhnve his own standard of
perfection. Did the c-diior of ibo States-
man believe that thero nr such sentiments
ns conscience and put liotisiu, ns moral in
fluences, though they form no part of his
own motives, and ho is now perhaps too
well known to deceive anybody by pro
fessingthut ihey do, yel it seems a ''decent
respect for the opinions of others," if he
thought such opinions existed, or iheshort.
sighted policy that be does admit, would
have caused him to suppress the avowal of
sentiments which he hohls in common with
the brigand, the pirate, nnd the thief.
Though il is an admitted truth. " To put
money in their purses has been tho ruling
motive of some w ho have tuken a prom-
incut pat in our late Indian disturbance,"
yet almost ihe whole population have been
innocently drawn into the contest, and arp
now interested iu iho speedy assumption
by Conyress of ihe deb! created by it.
liy this loo palpable ino'ive of the leaders
iu this war, the people of Oregon have be
come obnoxious to the charge of peculation.
li i, urged by those -ppo-i-d to the as-
Mimption of the debt by Congress that In
dian wars being "a paying business," is the
reason of their fr.iiucticy j and how are
we now lo repel this charge when the or-
gan of the ruling party iu llic Territory
declares that ihe people know of no other
rule of action than the ptiyinQ principlr ?
or how are we lo expect Congress to vote
money which in this view of ihe case can
be regarded o:ily us the price of the inno
c nt blood of women and children, whether
white or red, shed lo "put money in the
purses of men" w ho "in their hearts have
aid there is no (J.xl ! " ?
But, to return from this digression, in
conclusion I shall briefly say, that I hold
ihe elective franchise to be a trust reposed
in each voler lo l. used by him sucnjly
for the public good, and t.e who lends it lo
the support of either man or measure for
mntivca less patriotic, und prosti'u'rs this
high irustfor individual advantage,
whether "il pays" in the shape of dollars
and cents to him in hand paid, or in an
nflice or other reward in lirospecl, is in ei-
I her case and to nn equal degree guilty of
ill.- lane motive of (Worry, und must in the
eye of all parties appear as much tho vio-
lutor of irui.li and duty as he who delib-
erately commits a perjury in a court of jus-
tice. If, ns iho editor of the Statesman
nys, ''wilh the constitution will undoubt-
i-illy be submitted to tho people separate
provisions making il both a flavo and free
Stale," and this momentous question is to
be decided upon the " paying principle
alone," conscience and patriotism bein"
both denied an influence in politicul affairs,
I ee no reason why i tie convention should
limit the separate questions to be submit
ted to negro slavery alone, as there may
be many among us who consider robbery,
iheft, and even murder '-paying" institu-
tions in Oregon.
If there bo in Oregon a Christian who
from prejudice or imbecility so construes
bis Bible as to find in it a justification for
the extension of negro slavery, let him
iota upon the question as a conscientious
patriotism shall dictate ; il is his duty to
do so, as it is a matter between himself
and his God. Man has no right to condemn
him, and if ho has scrutdes of cnnselene
on the subject of slavery, nnd for that rea
on votes agiinst il, ihe rights of con
science should be sacred, and none should
couple bis name with opprobrious epithe s-
. . , .. .
"in, lastly, it mere is one a.,, ri
lowers of ihe editor of the Statesman who
.l.ink. he has a conscience and sometime,
acs under its influence, or believe there is
,och a thing as patriotism, and think, at
s0,,,e national fti,al hn feh j, ftW ia
his bo,om, , bin, withdraw from the -uto
h,ge of . man who denving him both would
d.base him to hison level.
.
frwh-Nc-k. Clmrman has bought out
t,lar""'n & Warner' Bakery, and has
ni" n die stand with gr,.,, improvements,
tll,rmiin & Warner Mill continue the
r,"nm'";i' department, hich they are
f,n!arfi!nK constantly,
Kr The wea-her ha, been warm and dry
for wera, w
fry Th:rser olt,
Uaw Iks IMtMua U Ta lt Utalta '
Tha Ut Si.nd.iri hoist th, , of
Jo hana at Its mast-heail in In candidal,
for Consresa, notwi lulanding tha (ftm
convenion nnd.' a platform for Lsu i9
aland on, en., plank of which t-oiisi.n
declaring ihe Siandarl a dead cock ni,,
locofoco pit. On., wing of the p,rlv j(
sanguine thai Jo Lane will aland square,
toed upon th platform, nnti Standard tn(j
all; while I., land still hus lo his b,,,,
Iho only remaining hope, that Joseph wi
"disipprnve of iho pro.eriptiva course uf
the oliea'chists."
Wi ll, wo"kuow just how this thing will
be s'-l'led, entirely In the anti.ruciiun of
all ibo editor concerned, so as to hca
thm all lo spread themselves for Jo Lain
durum the caimi . Tho follow ing M 0f
thediamnw.. s.-e by f.iith coming olfieo0
after Lulu's arrivul :
ACT f.
Scr.NR I. I'rirute room In Portland,
Dramatis Personie KniTon ofStanimb.d
and Jo Lake.
Eo. You must b? aware, General, nf
ihe rec-iii eflor's of lbs " OHma-liv" ' .
create ili-seii.i.uis in the democratic party
Jo. Il hi. been wilh feelinsa 0r '
spuaknbl.i angni.h, my d'ur Lehmd, thai
i nave icaru. u oi si-nous divisions aiming
my people in Oregon. The Hireai.n.
dissoln'ioii of tin- Union, which caiiedm
a journey lo New Hampshire lo prevent
never filling me with half the trouble. '
I'.D. Ion ceilaiuly would have nail
your iiill'i-nee against ihe prosci intiun it
you hud been here.
,lo- If I hud been here, Godknoti!,.
thing never should have happened,
I'.D. I have contended all ihe while
that you would never approve
it.Anirorc quarrels in mv famile
Why, H-suiillv not, especially when il
comes to di it ing one of my own darling
child. ell from my own democratic tulle.
hn. My d.-mocriiey has been ou.stion.
ed, sioiplv b -cause Bosli
Jo ltn-.li 1 Out on him fur his in,pB.
leniv ! lie may b- n very gooil deniiK-rai
Inn you know he is guilty of aume great
illdUc-eti.nis.
Kb. III! says, f.'enernl, thai Von will
nol nppr.it)' of my il- mocracv.
io.lrtung aid embracing him-m
W r, my d. ur Kir, nothiii! could be fur.
the. from mv niind. Ood knows thHi of
all my Oregon pip.-rs yours bus b-en tha
fbst I have always opened when the ihiiil
reached Wadiitigton I have on more
llnill "-lie-neeii-inii perused your iutaliisbls
sheet w le n h i-id.-.l lo nn- just nl the ail.
jouriimciit i. Coiigre-s, befiire I Went lo
my r..o.ii to l-.i i..r up. 1'hj. God bles
yonrdear Soiil, is morn than 1 Cun any ft
any oth-r paner.
Kl). (nrivinn) Then, I presume. Gen-
rid, V"u mil liardly go b. fori' the pcolile
slainliiio no the Siil.-m pb.'form.
Jo. As to tin- S in platform, lust be.
twe.-u y.ni and me, I wish it was kicked
10 the h.we-sl bottom of the hol'nmlr-.
pit! Il is i.-, bed nn u:;ly jib, but, my
dear old ir-d fri-nd, we must .eaiinge
thai pliitt'o'iii li'i-iiii- just as ihe psrty
manages dial inf, nnd shivery question
Ss.y in.liii. ab nit it Huii uo'hiiit! ubvutit
$AX MlTIII.VR Alll-T ir!
Kb. (j)u.J Y.-s. but how i.s a psrty
to be hi mid to,', i hei bv l.avini) a cmidt-
late st. iii'lin' o.. a iilunk retiudiiitioir some
f k in.-iiiliers ?
Jo. Sav iio hing about it. find blew
your dear soul, the democialiu paity si sin Is
on the piinci, h-x of the Nebraska bill;
I t the people, il.. a t. you see, regulate slave,
rv, polyijaioy, and platforms, hut we poli
ticians must n't ngitete. Say nothing
utiout il Leluiid, for (tod's sk-, say noth
iHabiiiu it. ()).',' e jittii from his melt-
el.) II re, tut;., a little of that which has
always settled th,. nerves of your humble
servant under ihe most vexn'ious politics)
adversities. It is a flask Presideni Pierce
reqiie-ti d nu- to fill fiom n favorite cie.k in
his cellar, and I lin e saved Ibis on pur.
pose for t on.
Ed after taking a horn) Well, Gen.
era I, what influence do you think this
Salem proscription will hate on my sub
scribers, provided I go for you during this
campaign ?
Jo. Goil bless your soul, ihe 'hing will
all work wi ll enough ; I shall let! the peo
ple that the greai democratic par'y Manila
wholly on the principles of the Nebraska
bill il is neither slavery nor anti-slavery
neither L' -land nor and Leland Bush
nor nnti Bush liquor nor anti-liquor ; and
has n.i'liiiij; to do with pilygamy one wsy
or another ; and udvisc them by all means
to hjng luylhcr, not to agitate ; in Isct,
lo otj nntlrnii ubnut these things.
lo W'dl, that looks a good desl like
I lie kind of democracy I have advocated
all thn time, nnd I shall pull at the old
s'ring know ing that all will be well if it
ends well. (Exit editor.)
ACT 1 1.
Scknf. I. Room in Salem.
Dramatis P.-rsonoj Editor of Czap's
Organ and Jo Lane.
Ed. Have yon seen the platform, Gen
era1, of the Salem convention f
Jo. (iod bless your soul. I wo'e it ou(
reading it coming up on the boat,
F.D. How do you talie
Jo. Take il As i dr. rve. e7-iir.
ami i lie whole of
"i. When I drink with
a f.iend, 1 v,'WllV8 et I,;,,, p0(lr out iha-
iquor, r.,,,1 j ,,cn tu j, jllst at im gives
H Ui me, and nil he gives me. Just so I
take the platform ; f wouldn't cross a t at
dot aniin the wboh. cor corn.
Ed. Then von think we have dotio well
to kick the Algerinc Standard out of lh
psrty J
Jo- TIip paper nnd its editor oi)fht to
hate been kicked to where th bad darkies
g ', long Hgo ! Leland won't do, O'd bless
your soul, he won't do. I never dared l
exhibit hi sheet in Washington asadem-'K-ratie
pau-r. I kept the Statesman all en
file, and disiiiitiilied democrats who visi
ted my room considered it ab..nl the first
paper in the Union. In ftcl, I had
.me hopes of oeiting vou in to edit lha
Union during Buchanan' administration.
Eo. brig , letting up) The Albany
Etening Journal is alive yet, I auppose I
Jo. I dun! know; I never read ihosa
black republican pars.
Kd. Did vou ever see The Argus I Wa
call it lh Airsonsc.
Jo. No: Ltland's rarer was all tha
L'vV rpub!:;s-i paper I Tsit f-rn O'f