l)f (Oregon ClrguG.
. L. AtAX1,
tlilTOR.
OXXOON CITY (
SATl'KIMY, A .'Klin 30, 1X59.
JlEI'l'BI.ICAX NOMINATIONS.
Tor Congress,
DAVID LOGAN,
OP XVLTSOMAH.
Tor State Prison Inspector,
"U'.T. .MATLOCK, of Clackamas.
Fur lt-jirn'nliint, Stale lsqlilvture,
J. K. KINKARjjO.V.
If Tlit elettion will b held on ths Jih of Msy.
DAVID LOGAN, Eq,
Tlie K'julica;i OtH'li'lat" for
Conn'.-!-, will nMrcfs hi.-) fel
low ntiisi.-iH as follows:
Put!, Pt-'k couu'iv Saturday, April 30.
Cnrvallis , Monday, May i.
Kutrrn City. Tut ;;;,', May 3,
Kirb) vil , J. pliirie cvunly Munday, May S,
Jo!. ii O Biwii'a, Tuewiay, May IU,
J.CUUS tWHTT.
hkrlinj W edneiday, May 1 1,
(Luik surne rf.iv, at 4 u m ,
Jrknille
Kv.uavnle
Yanoy's
I.Ol '.HI COI !TV
eu-.oiiilli V .nday. May Ifi,
Routing Turxl:iy, M..- J 7,
Witiclmirr Wrdiiwliy, May I",
Oakland TiiurJay, .May lit.
l b .pi-jkiiig at nth place will coiiimeiiee at
I iiVkl r. M.
fjp Mlir appuiutnieala will be aafiounod
heft-after.
I,, hlout, tlif Pro-Slavery nomine of Ilia
llyrne'e-groiery rsueus, willfp.k nt the follow
ing place, ou ll day. mentioned : All loure, Jo
rph lie county, Saturday, May 7, l 10 o'clock,
1. a.; hailoi'a I) ggmgs, asms day at 4 o'clock r..
M. Ha will lhn meet Mr. Logan at Kirbyvill,
iid continue wilfa him front llial dale.
to expns sympathy for Douglas, for
freedom, or for Northern Institution or any
kind whatever. We ltv now the novel
speetaelc of t free State baring been ioIJ
out to fire-caterst and disoubmiiU ai con
dition of fic-r admission into the Union a
fitate in which seven thousand fire hundred
out of ten thousand roters are to hare no
voice fn Congress, and not a single repre
sentative in a single cilice in Oregon where
Jo Lane can induce IJuchaniin to use the
executioner'! ax. We lav we have thi
stieetacle in immediate prospect, for it hu
U-n secured by Lane's triumph In the
State convention, to far aa the programme
ii concerned, and we shall have the whole
tiling in fact if the scctioiialists elect the Jo
Lane ti'lt-t wU',!i is already made op.
The isite hns heen precipitated upon ni
sooner than we had anticipated, but we
hare predicted it for yean, and every mtn
of any political sagacity whatever might
long since have seen that one or the other
of the two great antagonisms that have
liecn partially welded together to make up
the Dtmocrutic party in Oregon, would
sooner or later ppiiutninaU', and that the
pro slavery sentiment w ould cither compel
the free-State element to submit to lie ruled
OTcr. or drive it oat of the parlv. Jo
jimr-fay, May ii. . j ,., tu rei,H.,ts the fircoatino- ele-
FriWv U ,v It'
KaturJay, .May U, mint, has finally triumphed, and he now
' stands with his heel njion the nei ks of all
I the prominent Kad'.rs of the party who
Iki Hrpabllra C.aitralloa-
n oar Built.
IU Rutins
The proceedings of tlie Ilepuhlican State
Convention In Id in Sulem last week are
herewith spread before the jnople of Or
egon. It Iihi alrewly gone out that those
priKeediiigs were characterized by harmony
and the beat of feeling. It was a common
.remark of friend mid foes that everything
wci;t off phuMiutly. Our platform was
ro'i ii.'. n'd exei'lent by every Itepublieau
in the cuiivii.lioii, and we heard more than
one Iemoirat proiioiince it "good." In
nominating a candidate for Congress, it
would of course be expected that a Tariety
of views would bo entertained as to the
Most suitable k rson to become the atand
urd beurer of the party in the coining con
test; and to make all thews views hnrmo-
nizc by a free iiiti-rchungo of opinions, to
that every man would get his 'lint choice
would lie a rlt that has probably never
jet b. -i attained in a political convention.
After a thorough canvass of the availability
of the several gentlemen whose names were
suhniitird, tlto sentiment of the comviitinu
etiucil to npproiich a unanimity nlmost
unireredeiiti.il nnd the Index of that una
nimity was a very heavy vote upon the Gr4
regular ballot for Mr. Logan. The next
ballot resulted in his t hoiee by a lurge ma
jority. The choico of the convention for
IVnitentiiiry Superintendent was equally
uimii!inniis;atid nfter the convention ad
journal tlrrc seemed to be less diwatisfuc-1
tiou with its proceedings than wo have lieen
neniNtomed to seeing at iiiiilnr gatlu rings.
The result is, Hint with a good platform
nnd candidates neeeptuUc to a very large
majority, wc enter upon the canvass under
the ni(it nii'plrlon. eirniiiistanres.
' " convei.tiou having performed its In
bors to the l.st of il.s ability will, H1I the
liijhts btroro it, it now remains fr . t0 ,i
our wholij duly promptly and cheerfully
to elect our candl.hst s. Let every 11, pub
Jicau resolve lh.it it mm,l and .Iml'l be i.iiic,
and then let him go to work, uml n..ur
'lop working till the ant vote pos.II.lo is
poll. il for our ticket. Look no vonr n,-i-li.
i n
lu.fM n...l.:.. I.. .1. ... .1 . .
, .'i'i.n litem me miiriitv revn t
that hang upon the Uue of this ciii.aign,
and urpi them to go to the pj UIi( ,is!
charge their duly to their country ami the
vi.ite race. The issue in now, for the lirst
time in the history of Oregon, fairlv niiid-
lietwcen the Kepublicans us the friend.
vr free laboiept, nnd the Jo Lane liemoe-
racy us the advocates of negro-brecding,
iiogrtvcxtenwun fanaticism, which, bv favor
In,,' only the invrcMs of n slave-labor capi-
tal, strikes ut the root of free-labor interest,
and swks, by an unjust couitition, to
crush out free labor uud drag p.K.r whites
down to the level of Uu-. Wc KJ ,le
tasuo is now fcr H:e first time fairly made
up, because under tho uianagemenl or Jo
I-ano the blacks have for tho first time run
l their true colors. Tin two thousand
ox hundred fanatics who voted for slavery
iu Oregon have now succeeded in crushiug
out thcfn-e-wil Neutiincut from the lKuio-
cr.it;' party, by throwing Grovcr, Williams,
ml other free .Suite men overboard by
"triking out from their enrd everything
thul wvored of a license for Democrat to
favor freedom aad take an oc-asional M,uint
t the Xonl, Sur-and by then adopting
soi.tal Southern ..x'tioual platform en-
dorning ltucliww, with his Lcotnpton vil-
b-iCN h.v etroru to crush Douglas, hi,
Idcdge, to Lane to keep Adair and other
uegro-brmling fanatic, in offi.-e, and make
ll, a" ""I' of y oBit in Ong.n h.
moving every ami JaLl)Mni4nai)J;U
titutmg such De.uo. raU as Dolf ,IKi 0ffi.
r ia tlir plucca-be,.. ,l,t m,u
oiMuiou.ly down t the slave tniwrr
LylthehM,d,,fJo,,llfirix,wili;
u every otfitr official who has ever darrd 1
have hitherto failed to swallow greedily Jo
Lni, as the tmliodimeiit of .Southern st
t'onal Democracy. 7e heard one of the
most prominent and most active of Lane's
supportcn from Southern Oregon denounce
Williams for writing- his free-State letter,
and the Sah in organ for publishing such
" rotten abolitionism." The publication of
that letter did the work for Williams, and
the endowment of it lias done the work
fur many niorc, ami these headlesa Demo
crats are now as effectually killed off in the
party as though they had joined the Re
publicans. Their bodies have been swung
tip, their coffins prepared, and their graves
dug, and all that is wanting to complete
their bnriul is the decl'mn of the Jo Ln'nt
tickrt hj the ptojJe. Many of them will
throw clods into their own graves by voting
for the ticket made up in IJyrne's saloon.
The Rcpubliciuis, on the other hand pro
pose to represent the free-State interest of
Oregon, und in the coming contest we offer
a platform and candidates that cannot be
very objectionable to any man who has in
dependence, patriotism, and mnuhood
enough about him to revere free institution:
respect a wholesome nnd ecouomrnl gov
eminent, and who is unwilling to inaugurate
a Lane dynasty in Oregon for the purpose
of fattening nn inefficient, iiicoinpeteut Sen
ator to strengthen the slave power. Upon
the result of this canvass will depend the
political complexion of Oregon for some
time to come, and there arc more reasons
why we should strive to secure a victory
than wc are nblo to give In one article.
In conclusion, we earnestly enjoin it upon
all Republicans to work from this to the
day of tho election work late, and work
early work in doors, and work by the
way side to secure a triumph of freedom
over despotism, of the poor man's rights
over a slave capital urislocraev, of a whole
some and judicious economy over an ex
travagant nnd ruinous one, of nn interest
that represents a vast majority of our peo
ple, over the interest of one man, and he
an ignorant, imbecile, nnd dishonest one.
$& The Statesman hoisU the name, of
Stout and fyke at in mast-head, but de
r otca a large portion of its columni to show
ing tlmt no Democrat or houent roan is
bound ty the action of the drunken caucus
that fixed up the programme in Byrne's
grocery, and which was afterward ratified
amid the howla and yells of the convention,
putting one in mind of the way in which
the French Jacobins used to conduct their
procreJingf and send their Tlctimn to the
guillotine during the worst days of the Rev
olution. The Salem Democratic assemblage,
which went through the furce of nominating
Mr. Stout, is conceded on all hands to have
beeu one of the moit disgraceful meetings
ever held anywhere nnd the astoiiWuuent
of a lutely arrived New Engluudcr is easily
accounted for, who was overheard to mut
ter to himself, while coming down the steps
of the Cou-t House after the convention
d ijh rsed to liquor, "There be some of the
most heaven-forgottenest people in these
parts that I ever see!"
Aitmvja of Smith. Delazon Smith
reached Portland by the last steamer, and
came up to Oregon City on Tuesday of this
week. The ' dimmyeratic cannen that was
liot offin the Scnyrety for the youse of the
dimmocrassy of origin sitty' was brought
out and belched forth a welcome as he step-
ashore. Delusion was badly treated
in Portland by the Democracy, as he was
anxious to make a speech, but Williams'
friends choked him off, and sent him on up
the country, probably to overtuke the ex
press that was sent up toSalein immediate
ly on his arrival for what purpose is not
exactly known to outsiders.
Thinks. Hon. Dchwon Smith kindly
remembered us before be left Washington,
and by the last mail we received under his
fruuk a copy of Hunter's speech on the tar
iff and ulso a coj.y of his own remarks du
ring the great debate on squatter sovereign
ty in the Senate. The latier is very accept
able to us, as wc hare looked in vniu over
the New York papers to see what part he
took iu the debate, but the most extended
uotice we observed was that " Mr. Smith,
of Oregon, followed with a lengthy speech"
giving no clue whether he sided with
Douglas or Jeff Davis. We have laid his
speech by for future reference, as we have
not time to even glance over his production
we suspect, however, from its not being
printed at the Globe office, that the 're
marks' ore a little different from those made
in the Senate probably not smelling so
strong of the ' nigger" as the spokeu speech
in the presence of his masters.
Tiif. Feeling is Marion
JxniovrwFSTS. We notice that some of
onr nublic-st.irited eitiwus are building
large cistern, twenty feet iquare awl fight
feet deep, at the intersection of Main and
Third itrreU, near Milwain'f, for the pur
pose of holding water for the use of the
engine In case of fire In that rpiarur.
believe it is contemplated to dig one near
Taylor k Rukou's oho, and we hear tlmt
Mr. Harvey intends to make one at hi own
Mnense or.Dosite his residence. These cit
terns kept filled with water will add very
much to the security of the place from t.re,
besides affording a fine opportunity to the
memlx n of the Fire Comnny of showing
their qualities a 'gullns' firemen infilling
and emptying them evi'7 week, and also
of keeping the engine in trim, which of late
we judge has had very little acquaintance
with water.
igr The D-illes Journal leurns that
quite a town is growing up in Walla Walla
Vallev: it it the county seat of that county,
and hos been named Stcptoevillo by the
county committ'oncrs.
The Spokans. The Standard mye that
the Spokans are willing to sell their land
and place themselves under the protection
of government, to lie provided for iu any
manner the proper authorities may decide,
I They ore tired of war.
iaT We learn from the Oregonian that
the steamer Col. Wright made her first trip
to Wolla Walla week liefore last success
fully. The return trip to the Dechutcs, a
distance of one hundred and thirty miles,
was made in eight hours. Passengers came
through from Walla Walla to Portland iu
thirty houre.
aT We learn from au order of Gen
Harney'a published in the Dalles Journal,
that the military post at Simcoe is to be
abandoned for the present, and a new fort
established at Colville.
5T The Postal Agency for Oregon nnd
Washington hns been abolished. Tlie du
ties of the office devolve upon Col. Fry,
Postal agent for California.
W'e have
couversed with a gentleman who has been
over a good part of Marion county since the
nominations last week, whosays that during
his travels he saw but one Democrat who
announced his purposo to vote for Stout,
while the rest swore they would not touch
him, nnd some openly avowed their inten
tion to voto for Loir an. The action of
Byrne's grocery caucus hns very much cm
bitU red the Democracy of Marion G rover
being a favorite with every Democratic man,
woman (a scarce article nnvwhere), nnd
child in the county.
3T Hon. Lyman Trumbull, of the U.
S. Senate, has our thanks for a copy of the
President's Message and accompanying
documents abridged, and Hon. Eli Thayer,
of the House, for his speech on Congres
sional intervention in the Territories.
Yamhill. The nomination of Stout
over G rover for Congress is coldly received
in Yamhill by the Democracy. Persons
well acquainted with the feeling there rep
resent that Logan will carry the county by
from two to three hundred majority.
CiJtl I'rllowsi Olisuratlon.
The fortieth anniversary of the csliiM'sh
nieiit of Odd-Fellowship in the United
Slates was celebrated in Portland on Tues
day hist, April ilCtli, by the Lodges of
Portland und Oregon City. The exercises
consisted of a procession by the members of
the Order through the principal streets to
the Methodist church, where an oration
Hns dcLvcreil l.y A. Holbrook, Esq., of
this city, ho has a happy faculty of get
i.ik i u goon niiiircsa on all occasions,
whether the subject bo that of Temperance,
I..Iucal:on. Oil. I illowshin. V. iLsot.l'V nnl,
.... ' ' . I
incs, fourth ot July, or whut not, uud in
this pnrticular instance his effort was equal
io unit ol any of Ins former ones, and de
lighted the lurge and intelligent audieuce
who listened to it.
After the conclusion of the services at
the church, the Odd-Fellows and invited
ru .-.s partook of a dinner at the Metro
olis Hotel, provided for the occasion,
which was got up in tho best of style.
Oregon City was largely represented in
the celebration of the day, and, besides
cuutribut iiitr the oriifor. i-hniiluin And iim
sJ - 1 j iiv4 xuv
beauty i iu a plural sense), quite a numbeeyf,
oi our citizens oilier than members of the
Order went down on the Jennie Chirk to
witness the festivities, and nil apjieured
pleased with the ceremonies generally.
Ri sh and IfiniiE.v. The Salem organ
calls Jo Lane's former colored editor of the
Times a ' lying dog,' mulatto, &c, and in
timates that if ' nigger" blood doesn't course
through Hibben's veins, the indications of
countenance, color, eyes, hair, voice, &c,
arc ull at fault.
IvnrPESiik'XT Candidate. There in some
talk among Mr. 0 rover's friends of run
ning him as an independent candidate for
Congress, since iie was f0 rmll.,T ovw
slaughed in the Salem convention last week.
If 0 rover sliould run, there are some sec
tions in the State w here Stout would get
hardly enough votes to count
W are requested to call attention
to the fact that the Jeunie Clark carrVi a
daily mail between tliis place and Portland,
and that the Post-ottlce laws make every
individual liable to a fiue who carries letters
euUiJt of the mall, ou mail route, uuhsj
the k-tters are in Cvrrnuitnt enrtlojft.
W Cris Taylor, Esq., has onr thanks
for a bit of late jupcr from tue SoaJ,,.!,
Island.
tv5 Wc leant from the Standard that
Denily has been appointed U. S. District
Judge for Oregon. A more nliunt tool of
a
the negro-driving sectional Democracy
could not well have been found, even in the
ranks of Jo Lane Democracy in Oregon.
Daily Paper in ronn.ANn. The News
is the title of a l.ttle daily just started in
Portland by S. A. English and our friend
W. R. Taylor. Trice, twenty -five cents a
week. Post and White are agents in Ore
gon City. A. Lelund, Esq., has taken
charge of the editorial department. It pro
fesses, to be inU. pendent. The force con
nected with the News is sufficient to make
it n spicy and interesting little sheet to the
citizens of Portland, provided it will only
pay which will be tested iu a few weeks
.. r
s-aitain Urays Company, or Cross
ing the Plains and Living is Oke'on "
is the titlo of a work just issued by S. J.
McCormick, of the Franklin Rook-Store,
Portland, nnd written by Mrs. Abigail j!
Duniway, of Yamhill, a ludy who has fre-
qmuily contributed to the columns of the
Vrgns, and of whom we have heretofore
given our favorable opiulon as a writer.
The publisher will accept our thanks for a
copy of the book, but we have not had
time to give it a perusal yet. We may
herearter sjieak of its merits as a literary
production. It is a work of some 350
Pges, and is issued in a very creditable ,
style. Price fl.50.
WrThe Brother Jonathan arrived at
Portland on Friday evening 0f last week,
bringing dates from New York to the 2Sth
March. The newt will be found io our col
umns tiii wevk.
Tit Northerner came in on Suuday morn
ing with the mails, and left for San Fran-
o-o on Monday evening
J. Y. Kulllvaa,
Of Siinfrancinco, whose (ffotls in the news,
furnishing line are unequaled, lias laid us
under renewed obligation for a bundle of
the latest Elern pwr, among which w'e
find ' The Century,' a ar and splendid
weekly just started by Thomas McElralh,
former to-ptoprielor of l he Tribune. The
Ceniury is the iniroduciion of a now order
of newspapers into the United Stairs, and
is not so much given Io horrifying details
of every murder or disasler, as to editorials
on politics, finance, lilerniure, A-c., corres
pondence, home and foreign, reviews, tales,
etc., more suited to the graver and steadier
class of readers lhan Io the bustling, light
headed class of American news-paper read
ers generally.
Broke Jail. Four prisoners broke out
of jail in Portland on Wetnesdav night
lai, and stole three mules of.Mr. Stephens
this side of Portland and a horse from some
one else, nnd mado their escape. Thev
ere pursued as far as Molalla by Mr.
Stephens and the sheriff of Multnomah,
where th mules were found. The shenff
con'inurd on in pursiiji ,io Stephen,
returned yesterday afternoon.
XST The official report of tho Repuhli.
can State Convention will Le found on ihe
first pnge of this week' imper.
'or Ihr Argun,
An AnprM to the Cltlirns of l.lno l-.nunly.
Fellow Citizens The time is at hund
when you will be called upon to exercise
that inestimable right of American citizens,
the elective franchise, in the selection of
one of your fellow citizens to represent you
in the legislative councils of the State.
Anil ns the exercise of this high prlvelegc
involves great responsibilities, it is import
ant that we examine well the principles that
present themselves for our support. And
while it is our privelegc to excrcis-e the
elective franchise, it is the privelegc of any
citizen to present himself or to suffer him
self to be presented hy others to his fellow
citizens as a candidate for their suffrns
r any place made elective by the consti
tution of his cotiutry. In conformity with
this right I suffered myself to be nominated
by the ReDublican
. .. ss....B mm m
Albany on the 15th inst. as their candidate
to fill the place in the State Senate made
vacant by the resignation of the Honorable
Urns. Drain. I take this method to pre-
"cov my ciuims on you for election to that
place, for the reason that on calling on the
Democratic nominee (Mr. Geary) he in-
lormeamethat he declined the nomination
and could not tell me who would be my
"M..r mor. Ana as the time was short I
tli.....!. : i . .
.u5,,i .1 ,..c,y ,nat whoever he might be
f wou.j naruij t0 the asm,
of canvas, and it would be somewhat prc-
" Ule 10 " on a community to as
semble to hear a political discussion by an
individual.
IWnf , however, that Ihe intc roil. o( the p.r
ty .ilk wk ch I .J.r.n.thiM ft-Hn from , he
? et of it. , to p., du,.n,
lhIU. my .bj.lM. tiiltw,Tt Jokjf
Pb. to u,. p,rt, fn. i leu,.,.;- .
JrtT " " 'i,e -
ry .he r,., pr;llCiB. lh p
' Lr, ptm"1 "; this pla
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nf D.y uw eliO.es, M io I snlicil Ui. supp
,,,', m.a f.wi tr-l eJwi ' '
p. p.r.Ml i:- a"- I "
,j f, preiMtea. Bui I hart a I lafu
luimy ( Ike Kiumphaiil eb!4w.l l 'f
b.:...4 cftinlf of whsl I b Y-
pl of i Jft ee .nd r fl.t Aa4 Una ai.ikty
lani-iriv. iinlly rt. ilif uJm4 of )our
ia m!II nliaUiil, anl
tfiw ia ouJ.vi.leJ If-ol W jw' vlivfuy. I '"
fully sro thai wt h ariM.iig u niea wliosena
k. U .f,iJ to set. and who rprnt llial ill ac
tion w i!l m'.Klits sgs'n.l luce. Of sikh ft ionJi
I would ia all ranJof sud all kimlaea uk, what
(rest moral or pol IhI refuimaikin lwv you tvf
enn ell..ilil by it.sctiua I Tbo fiu-nds of Lu
ther n.ijjht liato urged llis mno plea in cso of
the ecc.ea .aiical wiouton thai ho on loot j
tetwearo indrb:ej f..r our freed m front psl
tyrannj- M the intrepid, irclfli(b, and energet
m as-toii f Mrt.n Luthrr. Ajmib, wild how
much p:uNtiiiiiy iu ht tluplca kuv b.ta urged
on Ihe pairiou of lh lleVulution i yt wo njy all
the Urapiugi gruwiiigout of our fre :n.titutious liy
the unwuvriini ocikmof llm C'oiilinniluK'oiigrioi
....I liula lun l of niliiiits that cinnioard the
ull'erini snnv. But lluo gentlemen do not pro-
ered ui-on this ptine v. of iuictiou io nl.t.ou lo
uther matt. riiua of lliem ar ptnfeMurs of
th t hr.iiiau ieiii"B anJ ti.einb. r uf the church
of Chr.st, stnl s such are ciiilr.buling to tht sup
nnrtofa livlnj, aciing tninwiry. nJ lh ruin airy
ia in active. ao:i J tiny, balllinir for moral reform
Affiiii, ninny of them are supporters of the Wmpfr-
sikv tnoieinrnt, a movents ui emliracing. I k ths
n. .,..,1.1 run. iN.lir.tul. aecULaud tnof J rtform. In
...r , r
llir.e ; they ar active operators, but in rjr
active iiioveititiil ia relation lo liepnblicsiiUm they
are slarinrd at ihe bar nam of uctiv opemtiuus.
Surely the abut illustration are snflic rnl with
out argument to conviis any rulioiial mind that
Ui h in. n are blindly 0ieruting to tin detriment of
lUpubl vsuiiin, and that tlit.r aclioiia and ef em
tiona in other uiulter stultify their eouts iu rela
tion t this.
But it is srgued tlmt bj Liking ths field you sub
ject yeuraelves to drfest, and every defeat throws
yna fan her from the stlsinment of ) our objeut Ihsu
you were before, or would luive been had you re-
ma Df.1 iuoprra'.iv. Th s i a b.irs aaauiuplion,
wauliag facie an ) prceedetits to support it, and
i-oiilradicted by b ith. lliw of:en Inu tlie Itepub
I c9.ii pirty beta defeated in lh Northern and
Western at;e of tliia L'n on, snd yet it is a
known fact thut tho principles of Itepublieauiiiui
have been steadily advancing uutil the party is
now in the nic. ii.lonl in all, or nearly s'l of ih
Smtea, an l in Cutigreia ; snd it is scknowledced
on all linnla slid by all partita thnt if ah is faiili
f il to her principle sh will in eighteen hundred
and s'xty luik herself mistress of the UuverDmeut
Now who would be willing to r'k hi reputation
for common wtiso by asauining that the purl y
would have been in lur prenetit ci'n'litien, or pre
pared to meet the coining diiifl ct, hsd elia re-
nisined iuojK'ratire. ('oiiuiKm ser.ae mut nt once
ee thnt she would have had no isiatence, and
Dcn.ocra; v would rrigu without a rival
I am very far from being an a,lvo":e of caucus
iverei;nty,aiid would be the last roun thut would
subaiit lo aueh a doctrine; but I claim that it ia the
duty of Ri publicans to upi ort their i:ominecs to
furs they may do so without a liolntion of their
moral sense, an l 1 scout Ihe doctrine that a Repub
lican may support the Democratic nominee, no
mutter what his character or talents. The fuel ia,
the greater bis taltuts the grrstcr would be uiy ob
jection, ss great Uilents would enable him to do
proportionate injury. No man can be a Democrat
of the preaent-duy school, and nma'.n neutral on
the great oiilicul iwue thnt divides the parii.
Democriita are not ths men that will allow their
men of ower or of place to remain inactive. They
are the men that will demand work, and the m m
that has sufficient moral coumge to opiosc any
doctrine of the party, or thut docs not work w ell in
the party harness, mual submit to drill by punish
ment or pay. or he repudiated. Therefore I can
uot see how a mull can justly lay ny claim to Re
publican principles while he suj purls men il:nt are
bound by the very organ iatiou of the parly with
which they co-operate to support measures that arc
diamelr.c.illy oppofed to KrpiiblicaDitin. Korcun
I sie on hut men b ine that cln-ni who, while tlie
piny have grn; p!cd with the mnuster sod is strug
gling lor the mastery, tan remain quietly at home,
uin-once.-md, neutral, or silently stand bv, uninter
ested fpcetdtors. The very existence of tho pury
and much more its success, depends on energetic
active operations; nnd no man cm justly claim to
he friendly to the mrty while he refusei 19 operate
ucl.vcly in advancing i,s piinc pies.
I ennnot, at th.s late day, enter in'.o a discussion
of the gi ent issue that divides the parties, or the
principles that grow out of that iwue. Never
dreaming uf the iiositiiin that I now occupy until it
Hashed upon me 111 the meeting, in the m.dsl of my
labors to promote the interests of the party, like the
electr.c llanh from the thunder cloud: 1 am, there
fore, unprepared with the nt.iH.icul information
and documents uecexurv to such a rliseumoo
Ant if I hud them, I have by no menus the time
lo devois to it.
I can, therefore, fellow cltitena, do little but call
nponyuu to rally round the stadurd of your prlnci
pes and support your for.'orn hope. Let us nlunt
om suiiidanl on Iho enemy's works defiantly, show
nn undivided rtotit, and although we may be de
feated, we shall rain the party from insigni6cance
and convinc the enemy that a few such victories
II cost him his empire.
To my Democratic friends (do not smile mv dear
Democrat., 1 have them, and shall be surm ined
11 1 uo not get some support from that quarter, al
though you have surrounded your dear Democracy
wilh Ihe darning sword of caucus sovereignty nnd
viva voce,) 1 would say, What do you exnect from
nnci autierence to the Democracy t Jlsny of
jouareiuuy persuaded of the wrongs of slavery,
and believe with me that its eitension should be'
arreted and its aggressions checked. You be
lieve with n.e that State right should be preserved
inviolate, aud that they should be at perfect liberty
lo regulate their own municipal affairs, subject only
tO the Coillltilulinn nf tl. I'.l.J .... .
.u'u ounes, ow,
my friends, how are you going to sccomplUh Ihe
one or defend the other of these objects and rtrnaio
m the Democratic party f As there are but two
parties ia the nation, and as the only issue that di
v.des them is slavery, ad ,be Repub:;ealI p,rty
cannot by sny artifice or mpbUtry be charged
w.th supporting slavery, it therefore Mows as a
mstterofeou.se that the Democratic party is the
shivery party, an 1 the supporter of slavery u n
a on; ami it would stem to me that in arrav nir
yourselves so lh. .jJe of Democracy you are set
mg in conflict with your clear convictions. I am
fully awsrs that many of yon are operating nnJer
Ihe mSuence of that pern clons doctrine that it is a
fgrate for . m, u, change his political fsJih ,
matter how clear his cooviciioas may be of tho er
rors of that faith. But a rule reflection ; con
vine l on tint it isa wajs honoreb;. i .,r
Eot, felluw euiiens. would it h. . .
fat yon to cyry .Bt by action what sr, your eW
lh Ptmoerstie parry what it
convict iem ;
ae was wh' )ott eoul ' !' "r,y asp.
port f If not, Uiaa lies party lis changed, sn yo,
ar cKn-l!J I thsego with II l order to gir( jt
your uiport, sad tbu yni ato luMusIbly kd 1 J,
isstly wlial JOM dsprsuot. ' ' !
lut I esnuot y, in '' Vne allowed nis,
what I with. M us all do our duty la our to,
imces, our country, and lo CmJ. And, 0
country, if find will, we will satablirh suck piiaei.
pi of universal juatk aud right as shall lead Uu
a a glorn d'stiny. W. C. O.Lunts. j
r fruss Iks Mat. .
The n'msitii of Mr. Thurston, the aero
naut, who met his death by an unfortuuati
scci-aiou from Adrian, Michigan, 011 the
Kith of September lust, were accidentally
fotitrl, on Sunday week, about ten niilei
northwest of Toledo, nnd nbout ten milei
from the jilucc oT the secoinl asccusion. Tin
rcmsiiis were fully Identified.
Ki-l'reiiideiit Filmore has Iwcn on a rox't.
to Cijcinnati, where lie made a speech to
his American fricuds in tho pnrlor of tin
Ilarte I House. In the course of it he made
the n ii trk thut " he hud retired from pub
lic life forever."
Hutisfactory assurance have been given
that the Arizona emigration scheme is not
connected at all with Walker' Nicaragua
expedition, and the opposition to O'cn. Hen
iiingseii's ntoveineiits has ceased. A com
pany of emigrants is being formed iu Wadi
ington. (Jen. Hcrran is still in Washington
awaiting the action of our Government up
on certain sections of the treaty negotiated
with New Granada in 1846, iu relation to
the imposition of tonnage ou American
vessels uud other taxes, whereby onrcitizcDi
arc placed on an ctptnlity with citizen of
thut Republic.
Mr. Douglas hns issued a pamphlet, em
bracing his speech iu the Senoto on tht
Territorial question, in reply to Senator
lirowne, ot Mississippi, anil others. Ya.t
numbers of it are to be circulated by his
friends end by the opposition. The title
contains the substance of the speech, and
expns-rs his opposit'011 to the plan of
establishing, by Congress, a Slave Code fur
the Territories, etc.
A d s ut,.h from Washington, dated
March 'JO, snys that " official information
w.ll go out in tomorrow's Pue.kc mail of
the rut.tieiition of the t"n treaties with tl.t
Indians of Oregon and Wellington. Ai
this took place during the lute extraordina
ry scsnlou of the Senate, after Congress
adjourned, no appropriation could be made
to curry them into immediate effect, liy
these treaties the title to fifty millions of
uit.s of lutid will be cxtingiiiahed ut a cast
to this Uoverntneiitof three and a half cents
per rterv. uu tltut occasion a r solution
was iians tl almost uuituimouslv, providing
that hereafter when it is proposed to buy
luihiiit .nuts the Semite shall first be con
sulted before catering into treaty klipula-tiois.''
Had tic Roslr die bill pu-sed, the del-
nite uppropriutions for the next lisval year
would Itavu liven filly-one millions, and
uboiit n milliou and a half less than Mr.
Cobb's estimate. The indefinite appropria
tions amount to about ten niiUtonn. - Army
transportation nnd work iu navy yards are
insufficiently provided for; nud it is qnes-
lioiuiiiie wiietiii rrctrenclinuiit 111 these cases
will be found to be true economy.
The Sickles trial will take place March.
2th. K.vSenator Rudger nstsists tho Dis
trict Attorney in the prosecutlou of the
case.
Hon. Fayette McMullen, formerly a
memberof Congress, and recently Governor
of Washington Territory, hns announced
himself a candidate for tho Thirty-sixth
Congress in the Thirteenth district of Vir
ginia, and has taken the stump. The dis
trict was represented in the lust House of
Representatives by Hon. Geo. W. Hopkins.
The New Jersey Lpcislnturchave chosen
T. C. Ten Eyck (Rcmibrcan Unit.d
States Senator, in place ot Wnt. Wright,
Democri t. .
Kxrr.mnoN- to Ctba. A dispatch in
the True DJtn, dated New York, March
2tith, snys:
The Sew York Courier des Etats Uuis
publishes a stnteinent w hich it considers re
liable, disclosing the existence of nn exten
sive secret filibustering organization for tho
invasion of Cuba, the Courier says that
the expedition is fully organized, and ready
to start for Cuba immediately on the re
ceipt of instructions which nro expected by
the next steumer from Havana.
It is represented that the hcad-qunrtcn
of the expedition is in the city ol New
York, nnd that plenty of arms and ammuni
tion arc nt thrir command in various South
ern cities, nnd that a large number ot men
are ready to embark for Cuba simultane
ously, from different parts of the Union.
The Courier also says thnt secret agents
are engaged in Cuba in preparing fuciliticf
for access in landing on the const of Cuba.-
LlElTENANT MlLLIX's MlUTaRy RoAD.
Lieutenant Mullin is ordered to the Pacific
to superintend the construction of a milita
ry road from Fort Benton, on the Upper
Missouri, to Walla Wulla, on the'Columbia,
for which Congress appropriated $100,000.
It is to penetrate the heart of the country
which hns been the scene of Indian hostili
ties recently. When peace shall be better
secured, Gen. Harney will relinouish the
command there, and return East.
Uu this subject the Washington Star
says: 1 he last Comrrcss annronrintixt the
sum of $100,000 to enable Lieut. John
Mullin, 2d Artillery. U. S. A., in enntinne 1
the establishment of a military road In Ore
gon. 1 1 will be remembered that this road
was commenced Inst summer, but opera
tions upon it were necessarily suspended on
neconnt of the Indian disturbances in the
Northwest. The road will extend from
Fort Walla Walla, on the Columbia, to
I ort Benton on the Missouri River, past- I
ing through a wild and hitherto unexplored
region of country, traversed only by menac
ing and roving tribes of the red men of the
forest. When completed, it mnst prove of
incalculable advantage to the tide of immi
gration pouring into the State of Oregon
and the Territory of Washington.
Lieut. Mullin, with his corps of assistant!,
etc., will leave Washington City about the
10th of March for St. Louis, where will be
procured supplies and all essential appurte
tiances for the expedition. From this point
he will start for New Orleans, there meeting
t.u- steamer, and thence sailing fof Califof
nin via the Tehunntepec route. Arriving
in Oregoa, Lieut. Mullin will proceed to or-