eifor. id ubtliluio the will of mall mi
Horny for that of Rn overwhelming majori
ly of the pnopla of Kann ; llmi ii will not
acllle tliu Ivutiaua question or localize the
issuo ; that it will, I li-ar, be nitunded by
civil wnr, extending, pcilinps, throughout
the Uniun ; and thus bring this question
back aain upon Congress an J belore the
people io ill most dangerous end alurniing
lined.
The ProtMent take, a different view of
the subject in bin rnesiagej and, from tbe
event occurring in Kant mi well m hnre,
it is evident ihut the question pasting
nuin uicnrini una prnuuee ; ana tiiat, an
Governor ot Kansas, 1 should be compelled
to carry om new instructions, dmering on
a vital question, from those received ai the
date ot my appointment. Such inslruc
tisns I could nut execute, consistently with
my views of the Federal Constitution, of
the Kansas and Nebraska bill, or with my
pledge to the pioiilu of Kansas. Under
thus circumstances, ne alternative in lefi
me but to resign I lie office of Governor of
Jhe I erntory of Kansas.
No one can more deeply regret than my
self the necessity ; but it arises from no
change of opinion oo my part. On the
contrary, I should most cheerfully have
returned lo Kansas to carry out my origi
nal instructions, and thus preserve the
peaco of the Territory, and dually soitle
the Kansas question by redeeming my
pledges to ;he people. It is not my inten
tion to discuss, Hi this lime, the peculiar
circumstances and unexpected events which
lave modified the opinions of the Presi
dent upon a point to vital as the submis
sion of the Constitution for ratification or
rejection by the vote of the people, much
less do I desire any controversy with the
President on this subject ; yet, how
ever widoly my views may differ from
these entertained by liiinon this question
views which I have entertained all my
life, and which, ni involving fundamental
'principles of public liberty aud tht Consti.
Hution, are unchangeable yet, as regards
all these great Democratic measures which,
I trust, wilt constitute the policy of his
Administration in other respeots, it will
give mo ploasure, as a private citizen, to
.yield my cordial support.
I have said that the slavery question, ns
a practical issue, natl disappeared from
- Kansas long before my arrival there, and
the question of self-government had been
- substituted in iu place. On some future
occasion I shull dissipate the delusion
which lias prevailed upon this subject, and
show, that after three years' experiment,
when I arrived iu Kansas, there were lens
than three hundred slaves there, and the
number constantly diminishing ; thai, as
proved by the ollicial records of Congress,
published and authenticated by those dis
tinguished Southern statesmen, John C.
" Calhoun and Jefferson Davis, the winier
- climate, even nf Eastern Kansas, is colder
than that of New England, nnd lhat the
pre slavery Territorial Convention of Kan
sas, consolidated with the pro slavery Ter.
ritorial Legislature, on the 4th of January,
4oui, ncariy ntro monins ociora my am
' val there, did distinctly abandon the slav
ery issue, nnd because, as set forth by one
of their number, "the pro-slavery party
- was in a small nnd admitted minority,"
"and the co-nperaiion of the free-Stale
democracy was invited, as the only hope
of success, not to make Kansas a slave Slate,
which was conceded to be impossible, butto
make it a conservative- Democrulio free
State." Even as Into ns tho 3d nf July
loo", when the Democratic Territorial
Convention assembled at Lecompton, in
consequence of the laws of climate and the
well-known will of i he peoplo, none con
tended that slavery could be established
there. Nor was it uniil my Southern on
aeneuts interfered in the affair of Kansas,
and by denunciation, menace, and other
wise, aided at a critical period by several
federal olhce-linlders of Kansas, including
iie surveyor genciui, (the president of the
Convention,) with his immense patronage,
amuracing many nunurea employees, in
tervened, nnd, ns 1 believe, without I lie
knowlodge or approbation of the President
ol the united Mates, produced the extra
ordinary paper called, tho Lecompton Con
stitution.' Vet this uct of intervention bv
Federal officers to defeat the will of the
people seems to be sustained by my oppo.
nents; whilst my intervention, h's it is
called, iu obedience to mv duiv and oath
f office to support tho Federal Constitu
tion, and lo take caro that our organic law
should be fairly executed, by endeavoring
to secure to the peoplo of Kansas their
rights undir that act, is denounced and
calumniated. It is still more extraordinary,
mat me nypoineiical remarks made hy ma
as regards climate iu its connection with its
influence upon tho question of slavery in
Kansas, after that issue had been abadoiied
there, which views were consolidating the
Union between conservative, free-Suite,
and pro-Blnvery Democrats, so as to pre
vent the confiscation of the small number
of slaves then held in Kansas, have been
denounced by many distinguished South
em Senators, who, when the Kansas and
Nebraska bill was pending in Congress,
and when such remarks frein ibem, if ever,
might nllect Southern emigration, were
then loudest in proclaiming that, because
of its climate, Kansas could never become
a slave State. Indeed, it seems that all
persons, in and out of Kansas, whether in
public or private life, may publish what
opinions they please in regard lo these
questions, except Iho Governor of that
Territory, who has so little power and uo
patronage.
And now be pleased to express to the
Tresidcnt my deep regret as regards our
unfortunate difference of opinion in relation
to the Lecompton Constitution, and to say
.to him, that as infallibility does not bo-
-Jong to man, however ex halted in intellect,
.purity of intention, or position, yet if he
.has committed any errors in this respect,
juaythey be overruled by a superintending
Providence, fur the perpetuation of our
Luiou, and the advancement of the honor
.and interest of our beloved eountrr.
Jn now dissolving my official connection
with your department, I beg leave lo ten
der my thanks for your constant courtesy
and kindness.
Most respectfully, your ob'l serr't,
R. J. WALKER.
l)c regent SVrgus.
w. l. a da xi, kditos and rsoraiKToa.
OKIQOW CITY I
SATURDAY, FEIMUAKY 8, 1858.
13T The " National Democracy" have
made a call through iho Occidental Mes
senger aud the Standard for a State Con
vention to meet at Eugene City, April 8ili
In order to post our readers fully as to
the objects of this convention, we publish
tho circular iu this number. The great
object of the movers is stated lo be a res
toration of "harmony and unity of action
in trie Democratic masses of Oregon,"
Tho call lias already produced considera
ble harmony (over the lefi) in this sectlou,
Tbe office holders and office-hunters about
town are slightly perplexed, and hre cipher
ing around to see which pa'ly will be most
likely to whip, before they take sides.
The country people setm lo liko the idea
of a new Organizutlon. They have long
Deen Ungustod with the clique, and Lav
only waited an opportunity lo be led ofj
Cel. Kelly will find little difficulty in keep.
ing them all straight. Those about town
who still adhere lo the clique swore terri
bly al first, and appeared quite restive, bul
we believe they have finally quieted their
nerves by hard drinking. Judyo Williams
and several others of the unwashed, bul
now badly terrified, have gone post haste
to Snlom. Some think they have gone up
to embark on the Salem platform for Salt
River ; some think they intend to have the
caucus sovereignly creed incorporated by
tbia Legislature into the ' Territorial act,"
so as to "save iho Union," while others
think there Las been only a call for an ex
tra session of the " Jackass Jubilee," and
Williams is engaged as the orator for the
occasion, in cose Marple fuils to get there.
We think ourself that these Solons have
merely gone up to charier lloyt's " Wal.
larnet" blackboard, in order lo work out
that Senatorial problem, which recent
events seem to indicate was first demon
strated upon the hypothesis thai if A. B. is
equal to C. D., Ac. It being finally dis
covered lhat there is no equality between
theso democrniic angles, of course the
would-be Senators find themselves some
what flabbergasted in iheir calculations,
and it becomes necessary to rcpuir to S.
Icm, with their saddle-bags full of chalk,
Newi from the Atlantic States.
The steamer Pacific reached Portland
last Saturday nlghi, and left on Tuesday
night, carrying out about 300 Ions of flour
and bacon. The Santa Crui reached
Portland on Wednesday night, bringing
dales from New York lo January 5 th.
Conorm. Mr. Pngh, of Ohio, Las of.
fered a Kansas compromise bill in the U.
S. Senate, which is not very likely to pass.
It provides fur the immediate admission of
W (Jn. Win. Walker arrived at Nw " OrMo
York on Iho B2jofDec. on his nereis of Fiaww.CiTizNi-Ajrfer.bly t the
honor, and immediately delivered imrir "l,,ril wf our American institutions, found
up lo U. S. Marshal Itynders, wiih whom
h proceeded lo Washington and was band,
ed ever lo the Secretary of Slate. Gen.
Cass remarked lhat he did not consider
Gen, Walkers prisoner, as it was the bui
ness of the Ju 'iciary lo proceed against
him. The Marshal ibeii fold Walker thai
he wasal liberty.
The Administration are evidently clia
Kanas under the Lecompton constitution, I grlned t Commodore Paulding's course,
wiib the slavery section stiickerj out, and and condemn his officiousncss in Lading
the whole subject of slavery lo be referred troops on foreign soil, hi act being a vlo-
lo a popular vote on the 7th nf April next, 'tion of International law,
the r.turr.s to be made lo the Governor.
. .. I ' no W"'U iiruirnuous uarr
- mH ou, .no secuon prescribing Bp imon8 ,ho j,,
uiuu ui Burring mo constitution, anu
permits llie people lo change I he same
when they choose to.
Senator Gwin nnd Broderick from Cal
ifornia are active in favor of the Pacific
Railroad, and the prospects are much in lis
favor.
No reconciliation has been effected be.
tween Douglas and the Buchanan Lecomp
ton wing. Broderick denounced the Le.
compton swindle in severe torms, and said
ho would have applauded the free Slate
men of Kansas if ihey had whipped the
members of the Lecompton convention,
cut off their ears, and banished them from
the Territory.
Congress adjourned over from Dec. 23
lo Jan. 4.
The plan of Jo Lane and others for
raising volunteer forces to fight the Mor
mons, receives no favor at Washington.
lemocrsey in Washington
about the arresi of Walker bv Commodore
Paulding. Buchanan is lo be called to a
strict account in reference to just how far
he has had his finger in the filibuster muai.
A correspondent of Forney's Press writing
from Washington say lhat the Kansas
difficulty is a mere nothing lo it. In speak
ing of ihe new outbreak, bo say : " The
flame will grow and rage more violently as
the news passe Sonthward, until, reach
ing the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, it
will, like a prairie Are, sweep everything
before it, and involve the whole South in
one grand conflagration of filibuster furort.'
The Administration adheres to its Ulan of v"4 Aer drk, some of the Czap
i .
increasing Ihe Regular forces to moel the muu wmseivea wiw breaking
03" Our representatives in the Legisla
ture came down on the Enterprise last
Thursday evening. Wo learn that the
Salem charter was adopted by the citizens
of the place by a handsome majority, de-
spile the most violent opposition from the sentiments of a majority of our political
brethren, coming from every section of the
Territory. Mcu are to be judged from
ed upnil lh great doctrines promulgaied
in the Declaration of Independent, and
ever faithfully adhered lo by ihe National
Democratic party, it fa the inherent rigid
and inalienable prerogative of a free pro
pie lo reit every form of tyranny, and to
oppose every encroachment upon the righ
of ihe masses, let these come f'om what
source they may, even le the last resource
revolution.
Rvellirmlng these sentiment, snd do
daring thia Immunity, the undersigned,
democratic members of ihe present legisla
tive assembly of Oregon, have deemed
Important lhat I hey should, in this man
ner, confer with their democratic conethu
eiiclvs, In order that corrrcliou of the great
abuses which have crept into ihe domestic
organization and usage of our party may
be speedily wrought, and thai a Jiealthy
sound and wise administration of it doc
trinrs and government shall bs r-lnstitu
led among us. Siandiug solely upon the
great national democratic platform, and
cnfesing- allegiance lo none other, ihey
appeal lo their democratic fellow citizens
to join them in the good and imperative
work of re-organization.
Il is clear lo every intelligent mind, that
under existing ci'cumstnncre the demo
cralic party of Oregon is fat propresssng
towards a centralization of might into the
hands of a few who assume to be its elm
sen representatives. That they arc not so,
is best made evident from the manifest
lor.ipher a liule about that ''sppoiu'on-
ment" and the chances for the U.S. Senate.
We hope they will succeed in "saving
the Union," besides having a good time of
it generally.
t3T The address lo the " Nationally
mocracy" which we publish is Renounced
of course by ihe cliqueitea as a very wenk
afTuir. Many of them have asked us what
we (nought of it, as to ils real merits.
We have (as we always do in such cases
read it over with great care, and we hope
we shall not prejudice the mmd of any dom
ocrat against it when we give it as our
private opinion lhat it has every ear-mark
of sound and reliable national democracy.1
We hnve no doubt but what it has been
drawn from the great fountain-head reser
voir ot Washington City, unless il may
perhaps have been produced by boiling
down "ihe conservative Mr. Bew-kannn'a"
message, and suhjocting it to a pressure of
several Ions to the square inch. Its bad
grammar inclines us to this opinion, ns
also the fuel lhat Ihe word "Democracy"
oeing used;us twenty time times in it, in
duces us to believo that its influence will
be irresistible. W noticed Luland read-
ing it on a comer to a crowd of aapintT
democrats. He of course swelled consid
erably on Ihe word " Democracy" when
ever it occurred. We noticed a eradunl
weakening of the knees among even the
bushites every time "Democracy" rolled
out on Ihe still air and was echoed back by
me "basaltic formations" bnck of Main
street. Bv the lime the taeniu.ninik m,
had died away, tho bushites had all be-
come so weak that ihey were generally
supporting themselves by leaning againsl
the walls and lamp-posts.
The fact is, if the Salemites don't get up
a pronunciamonto with at least one more
use of iho word, they are gone in.
Mallear? M. Rico and Gen. James
Shields (democrats) have been elected U. S.
Senators from Minnesota.
tO" TLe financial cilsl hi measurably
f used over in tLe East, and the banks have
enerllyicsuiDsd sperie payment.
03 The Legislature adjourned last
Thursday. No business of great impor
tance has been transacted during this ses
sion, unless we term as such some thiity or
more divorces which have been cranted
besides as many roads which hare been
laid out or vacated.
in the wisdows of seine who had oupporied
ihe charter. This was in good keeping
with caucus-sovereignty democracy.
We notice lhat ihe San Francisco
Times of January 5th reports that the
steamer Republic had got aground oa ihe
Columbia bur, where she had lain fur a
week, and consequently questions the pro
priety of running such largo steamers on
the Oregon trade. This i a mistake. The
Republic got aground in the Columbia
river Ikvo Astoria. The water oa the
bar is amply sufficient lo float all such
steamers as the Republic, and we have
often been informed by sea captains, upon
first visiting Oregon, that the difficulties
attending ihe Oregon trade in consequence
of the bar at the mouth of the Columbia
had been grossly exaggerated abroad,
Ihe captain of (he Helen M. Fiedler
from Baltimore assured us that the en
trance to Astoria was actually safer than
that to New York city.
Trouble la Washtagtoa Territory.
The P ioneer and Democrat says lhat ihe
U.S. Army officers and others, embracing
Wm. F. Tolmie, Chief Factor of the Hud
son's Bay Company, intprposed nnd pre
vented the execution of Le.-chi, the Indian
who was under sentence for murder in thai
exigency, without calling on Oregon nod
California, which are regarded as already
having run the Government to too much
expense in fighting Indians.
A resolution was introduced into the
Ilouse Dec. 23, by Mr. Warren of Arkan.
sas, requesting the Commiitee on Territo
ries to report on the propriety of excluding
Beruhisel of Utah from a seat in Con cress.
The resolution was adopted, after a good
deal of opposition from Boeock of Virginia,
Marshall of Kentucky, Boyce and Keiltof
South Carolina, and same others.
Tub Mormons. Official despatches
from Col. Johnston had been received at
Washington dated Jan. 5. The U. S.
troop wcro below the mouth of Ham's
fork of Bear river, nnd intended to lake
immediate possession of Fori Bridger.
Brigbam had sent in some strong doeu
meats lo Col. Johnston, avowiair hi de-
lerminaiwny " go it while ho i Young,"
amJrrslsTThe 17. S. troops lo the last ex
Ireiniiy. He command tho troops lo
depart immediately, and lella them thai
polygamy is one of ifw "democrstio insti
tutions, protected by the Kansas-Nebraska
bill, and that if George Washington was
now at the holm of government he would
hang ihe Buchanan administration as high
as he did Andre." The U. S. troe.D will
winter near Fort Briditer. as the snow on 'rr''7' T'19 sheriff was arrested snd
the monntaio precludosthe possibility of k1 incnii(ij till after Ihe lime fuod for popula
OO" Tbe Legislature has laid outa road
from this cily to Portland, crossing the
Clackamas near its mouth.
It also chartered ihe cily of Salem, not
withstanding strong opposition from the
clique.
IW J hose who are in want of thresh
ing machines would do well lo read the
advertisement of W. C. Dement Co.
They are well posted upon the wants of
iue people, and have bought ihe best ma
chines that could be procured in the States.
Farmers who have used them tell us thev
cannot be beat.
To Correspondent.!!. M. U. w
will publish it, if after eeing It we think it
would be of general interest.
N. G., Corvalli jou are still ewinr
ns 13.00.
K. The Constitution of tht State of
New York permit negroes to role who are
worth 8230.
iheir reaching Salt Lake before spting.
Kansas. The Legislature of Kansas
adjourned on the 17ih Deo., after loving
repealed some of the bogus laws ad pass
ing a Militia law, providing for a Major
General and eight Brigadiers and other
officer,, lo forma Military Board, organize
and enroll all men subject to military duty.
J. II. Lane was elected Major Genera).
Secretary Stanton vetoed the bill, which
was immediately passed over his head by
a two-thirds vole. No steps seem lo have
been taken, so far as we can discover, for
submitting any Constitution lo Ihe people.
A civil wnr has already broken out in
Kansas. A correspondent of the N. Y.
Tribune 6ays that a gnng of ruffians at
Fort Scott, under preiense of collecting
taxes, were in the habit of stealing horses,
hogs and cattle, to resist which the free
State men organized a vigilance commit
tee. One man who had stolen a hog was
ordered by the vigilance committee lo re
place it. Upon this Rev. Mr. Stewart who
was acting as a scout for the free Stale
party was taken prisoner. The free S'ale
men collected to rescue him, when 45 free
State men and 70 Missouriaas came in
collision, tho latter retreating. The free
State men then took up a strong position
at Sugar Mound, where ihey were joined
by large reinforcements and headed by
Lane. At Inst accounts the U. S. ihmm
were advancing towards ihem, and were
within twelve miles of Lane's camp. Their hence.
mission was to arrest Lane. He had called
a council of war and was determined to
resist the troops if they msde any attack on
him. John Calhoun had fled tbe Terri.
tory.
The Lecompton "Constitution with
slavery" was carried by a large majority
en the 21st Dee. The vote polled was
very light among the actual settlers.
Ihe execution had transpired. The excite-
ment among the people is said lo have been
intense. Indignation meetings were held
by the masses, Gov. McMullin joining in
them ; and the Legislature, after denounc
ing the conduct of those who interfered lo
prevent the execution, by resolutions, me
morialized Congress in relation lo the
matter.
their actions, sail in accordance with this
basis, it I undeniable thai these self con.
stituled usurpers of the popular will, are,
by a most notorious course of prescript'on,
and by seeking lo re-establish arbitrary
anli democratic regulations for party con
trel, fast bringing odium and ruin upon
ihe faith. Should ihey succeed, despot
ism will become established over the peo'
pie of Oregon, than which the rsnkesl
despotism is preferable Iu.
From tho council of this centralized or
ganizuiiou, it has been proclaimed lhat the
will of the eonniluency shall b disregard
ed; that the representative shall obey the
dictation of a caucus, in opposition to the
instructions of hteconstitueaey ; that if ihe
represeaiaiive refuses his allejiieace lo cau
cus ia compliance with the instructions (
thes cviisliliients, he shall no- longer be
allowed communion with the party ; aaci
that his eoiisiiiui'ncy slWII ifiareafirr be
ranked as unworthy of fellowship, if they
dare to again lrct thai rcpreentaiive
to any uflico or position whatever.
These men have further asserted iheir
right lo introduce and establish iumivntiuns
concerning iho government of paiiy trjail.
izaiion in Oregon, without first consulting
iho dcmocriilio masses they profess to re.
pieseut. They have lecenily com
mitled a most flastrant violation ol
r riirhts bv crraiinir a iivstrm nf
' n " J
11... r ii ... ...
i. How.ciurens, it i, ,.ol .7
w.rise ppo,,uon , lll9
jo bp, upon us, and thn, w. a.I.U tn r.
ly assert our ribi. as freemen aadasd.
ocr.,. The element, of , hi, "J?
centralizing power sr. s,i 0UJ . f
Will, bo,b fear and sorrow h.v, w"'t
urssed the lyr.nny which ha. been . '
oised by this faction-. he persl,,.,,.:
which thev hava ur.t.il i . '
' e ..r uesiuai i..
a? -
'""lelly
wards supremo control and tint
which has marked iha
. - T v' '""l sires.
rty o insnliously obtained, durinff ...
residence here, at 8alem, a your rep,.
Mutative. It is because we hsv, i,
these evil, perpetuated, lhat w deemiu,
pressing paramount Importance, befor, J
depart for our respective Lome,. ; WJ..
be recreant to p.rtyfM.y, recre.nl Mr
distinctive constituencies, and lo
principle of representative or indi.w..
duty, were we to conceal ihes fl(! from
VOU. f. U.-aaial.
w VU1
utterance. Il
OO" James Douglass, Her Majesty's
Governor of Vancouver's Mand, has pub
lishsd a proclamation in the Olympia pa.
per, requiring all persons who mine upon
British soil to pay a license of iwenly-one
shillings a month. Tbe idea has been sug
gested probably to Gov. Doula by our
recent legislation relating to mining Chi-nnmon.
fcT We sec by the Inst Standard that
Mr. Ilecs stated in the Legislature that
The Argus charged double what other pa.
persdid lor advertising legal notices, such
aa the law required lo be primed in this
county. Mr. Rees has been imposed upon
by some bushite, as his statement is un
qualifiedly false. Our published terms have
not been deviated from.
(tr Attention is called to the advertise
ment of Buchtel & Holland. Those who
want work done in iheir linn will do well
to patronize them. A photograph like
ness of a family group would be worth a
great deal to a man' children many year
JViw Foundrrt. Messrs. Hurley,
omiin a uo. are collecting materials for
new foundery in this city. Their machin
ery has already been purchased in Lowell,
Mass., and is said to be a very auperior
set.
see by correspondents of the Ohio States.
man and other democratic paper tnal a
great many voters were over from Missou
ri. The frauds at McGee, Johnson and
Oxford re about the same as thosn per.
petrated while Walker was in Kansas.
The tickets banded round by the faithful
were printed thus:
" Democratic ticket.
Conitiluiio tcilh laiery.n
Tho Republican Legislature of Kansas
has passed an act peraniiting the people lo
vote on iho Lecompton Constitution on the
first Monday in January as follows-
Constitution with slaverv (Vamiiniin.
without slavery agninst the Constitution.
Vr those who are indebted to u would
We No u a great favor by paying as soon as
possible, as we are very much in need of
money.
IW Jl will be remembered that the
present arc iho most exciting times lhat
we have ever experienced in the hisiory of
in, Government, and every man ought to
take a paper. A hint to ihe wise is suffi
cient.
ter The Jacksonville Herald of January
10th recommends a response to the cliou.
call for a State convention al Salem.
C3T The news of the capture of Walkar
produced intense indignation when it reach.
ed New Orleans.
apportionment lo regulate the number of
delegates to a convention to be soon hold.
en, at which the initiative is to be taken for
tinseled ion of officers in view of the ad
mission of Oregon as a Slate into the fed
eral Union. By ibis proposed apportion
ment great injustice will be dono lo several
sterling demouratio counties, for it seeks
by procriptive detrao ion from those conn-
lies to render them powerless against the
control of a few favored coiiniies. And
when we reflect iha, in these emtsculaled
counties, peopled by a democracy iil less
fdiihlul than lhat of any of the favored
counties, there are to be found a majority
orihose who will not bow to the edicts of
ihis oligarchy, it will not be disputed that
ik Central Committee, in regard lo these,
is tinctured with more of vimlictiveness
than even the commission of the parly er.
rors with which this junta charge them,
would warrant. The democratic faith is
founded upon 111 eternal nrineinles of
triiili, equality and justice, Its usages and
regulations are subservient to these high
attributes, aud must be established agreea
bly to them. The faiih universal, una).
terable ; the usages may differ in form, but
can never become paramount to the fai h
Peculiar regulations exist in many of the
otates of the Union, dissimilar in methods,
but alike in their practical effects. These
regulations must conform lo popular will.
Doctrines control Ihe understanding.
Parly governmental rules can be establish
ed, altered, or abolished, only by ihe con.
sent of the masses, and any usage adopted
and in vogue with them, must continue
in full form until ihey choose to establish
some other in ils stead. This prerogative
cannot be wrested from the masses. Yet
the Central Committee uurp the wrighl
lo abolish a received system with the de.
mocracy in the recent apportionment, and
institute an innovation of ibeir own crea
tion. The system proclaimed, if adhered
to, wiil work ruin lo the parly. If applied
in our national domestic councils, it would
disfranchise every New England State,
New York, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, and
v isconiia, ia 1860, for the reason that not
one of ihem cast an electoral vote for
President Buchanan, in 1856. The sys
tem is against all precedent in Oregon J it
is truiiful with discord lo the democracy.
It is, therefore, clearly the duly of every
national democrat io Oregon to nppost its
consummation, and to disregard the call
made under it. This we pledge ourselves
to do by every honorable means.
sens, Democrat of Oregon, t jrw
Ihese great wrongs, and lo r.e.ukii.L,
among us the practical benefits wbien deaji
ocratic doctrines, and received democratic
usages, must ever endow a eousirv .i.k
Proscription Is antagonistic to our
it canrot be mad onfoasabla lo proper
party rule. It is alike tb. fr.priDff. ,1
instrument of Fcderlisnv unfit for ih.i,s
cralio application under any oigr.cv
botever. 'It strikes al the liberlr.f .
stienee, the freedom of speech ni Wm.
Let il never dominate iu Oregon, ,
our party purity, aud lo corrupt ita admia.
I.iration. And with ils abulilian, it i, tjt
duty of every good democrat to se thai
none who might desire it re,tnrsijM u
clad wiih the power to accomplish dire
an object.
We fcrvenily hope that this pDe u
onr Democratic brethren will be U,
vently received and endorsed. W at!
assurud il will be. For il is only br ih,
means herein proposed that harmony and
imily of action can be restored in ih den.
ocrotie masses of Oregon. It isourchief.
est wish losee this gratifying result boift.
about,, and w will ardently, rnaiifallj hv
bnr lo achieve it. Believing tU, w
suggestions will receive almost universal
pprabaiion, by whieh ibis unity of action
can be obtained. This is according to la
established apportionment (before tbe 1st
innovation) ami by elections for delegstss
upon establish' d democratic usages..
We resy.'cifully suggest iha. ih, Do
motraey iu eeV couaiy alialluhWegard ihe
call' of the Central C'liimiiioe, and will
hold iheir pnciucl meetings and Csaaty
0nruniisns in the accuotomed manner.
Let Delegates to the Suite Convention b
chosen, agreeably to the previously r
ceivrd apportionment, to that no injuttiea
will be due to any. ,-
After consultation wih Democrat
from every portion of OVegrni, tile undt
signed have deemed it advisable thai laV
State Convention sliuiild be held on tL
Hth day of April, 18-V3, at F.ngene Cii.
The County Conventions will, tLereforo,
please to hold i heir meetings iu accordant
with this: '
The following is in Conformity with lit
Apportionment last sanctioned by the De
mocracy :
Marion
Linn
Lane
Benton '
Tillamook
Pnlk
Yamhill
Clackama,
Multnomah
Umpqua
DELEGATES TO COUNTIES-
Washington
Wasco
Clatsop
Columbia
Josephine
Jackson
Curry
Coos
Douglaa
Wm. M. King, of Multnomah.
Nathvn'l Ford, of Polk and Tillamook.
Timpus Scott, of Yamhill and Ulaisap.
F. A. Collar d, of Clackamas. tl
A. Shuck, of Yamhill. ' ''
Geo. Reus, of Clackamas. '' . '
Jas. II. Slater, of Benton.
S. p. Gn.LiLANn, of Clackamas.
Wm. Allen, of Yamhill.
Salem, January 57, 1858.
San Francisco Markets. TU
steamer brings tho new of brisk tradtia
the provision line in San Francisco.
Oregon flour (Salem) ia quoted tll
00, Island Mills in thia city, 916.00, Li
Cily Mills al about the same figure. Fruh
Butter, 67o ; Oregon npples 23o. , ; i ,
OO" The Piorce Administ ration ciaai
into power with over sixty millions ia tU
U. S. Treasury, and we predict lhat U
Buchanan's Administration goes t we
shall be more than sixiy millions ia dbl.
Turn Down Shirt Collars. A sUa
up collar stand for an Englishman thai
is, if we may judge from the remark ia !
London Times, respecting the remiC
tbe Waterloo bridga murder :
" The shirt collar was obviously intend
lo he turned down over the neck-lii fff1
which circumstance it is reasonsbly
ferred lhat the deceased person WM aota
native of this country."
IVXA&S.XB9: ;
Al Salem, on tba 1 8th alt, by the Bv. B-
11.11, Mr. G. Smith Sraioo, lo Mas was
ColL4.d, bclh of Oreejoo City.
nr. wiiuei iiilua of WHO CkstTT
For Iha inafant ntlief and raDlH eOTO of OSORSSV
eulila, hoarseness, croup, broocuiti. influeMSi f
in the brraat or side, lie.
rr Rm r.irr.nna a than an soanv ""
feils, look well at tho sigBitoro befor P"rk"Jj
take none oolno it has Ih " "8u "J
Il Park" enrraved oo Ihe auuide wrapp. "
others are base eiiilerfeits. M
PARK WHITE ar Iho only
whom all order, should be addraaeed. A-,
porters, wbok-Mie and retail steals of n
patent medicines warraoted jeaoioeJ 32
iagioa st- Sao Fraaoaeo. , ,
Da, A H. STEELE,
435 " tfr-fMCiry-.