Tbera win within doors a terrible din, f In ;
As Abe doffed hie hat,.ntid slowly walked
1 A Happy Veari' Mid Abe, with a
smile,
4 No happiness here!' responded the ilo,
' Vour faces,' said Abe, ' ere picture of wo,
You must have the chills, or tic-dollar-owe,'
' l'r both,' said Brick,' tud then, too, my
lircr
Fools as If punctured with a vile sliver.'
'Somebody,' itaid Abe, if thus yoo are
irk.
Must have been after yoa with e kliitrp stick.'
Sharp stick! tlio Devil! why, friend,
nor ve you been
K'nce Climkaiou went out, Chicago went In?
For more than six months, I daren't Indeed
Lew. iiIjIc to walk, or ride on my steed,
T like passu go on cars, or under a' aail.
lint what J 'v run mi te some dcv'lish mill
The men und tho boys, and women, by Jowl
Bftcin l.ituly Willi mils mast deeply in lore,
Wherever von dodge, wherever you tuek,
You meet name chnp with a rail on hin buck.
Ihue black walnut rail huve oil seemed
to bu
Split out of the logs on purpose for mc,
1'or iionn, ns I hear, but mc and my friends
Have over been snugged by their hutcTuI
end.'
Said A be, ' I sympathize with all your worn,
Ami hato to iiring your atory to a clow;
Hut business urgent culls me here to-duy,
f) please attend m v. hut I Imvu to say.
.My nuiDo is Abe, ' Old Abe.' of Illinois:
It seems tlmt I hu to been the enple's choice
10 laxe tne helm und guide tiro Ship of
Dill If,
With noblo Hunilin ax my truKi v Male.
Tlio Fourth of Murch Fm bound lo cull on
you
And briii; on board with mc a bran new
crew. Cobb,
So yon, and Com, and Toucry, with old
Might just ua well look up some other job,
The ship, from Mem to stern. I'll overhnul.
Knock down your llgureheud, aud pluce a
muni
Where sculptured durky long lius stood,
tinu tuia
Tlmt Southern nigger capital controlled
A government which first was mude fnrull.
Your dnrky down, I'll mine my ouken muul,
'IV .!... .... I e
itiii.uiw bum. uiuiuin, luiuiiguuu irec,
Control the ship, instead of shivery.
Tho ninety thuusniid olHeers you've mado
I shull not need; they'd better try the spade
ur mum nwiuie 'twould surely do them
pooit
To try henceforth some tionrat livelihood.
I must have houcnt men fur nil my nosls.
Aud such, Covode hug shown me, uro uot
your hosts.
Tlio ship, I think, I certuhily enn steer
For teas thnn Eidilij MAom spout eiich
J'r, more,
ami vara enough, In four years, lens or
jo omul a ituilroad to Puciflcs shore.
Tho public lauds I also wish to give
To such as by their honest labor live,
And by a proper tariff to protect
Home enterprise, already biully cheeked.
bo on the fourth of March, Fvo called to
snv,
Pli-usc take your Democratic traps away!'
At t li is. Old Muck Htuinpe'd madly on tho
noor,
And aquafortis Yancey cursed and swore,
Jo L i got up, and leaning on a clutir,
Clutched nt his shirt, and tore his matted
I':t"r. Suid he,
uamn urcgonl (Ilium I'ukedoin, tool'
'Dnnin all the States with constitutions free I
J n Oregon, damn every whiffet whelp.
My gold haa ever paid for me to yelpl'
.May Dolf, iimj Wlutcr, mid each whining
l"P.
that a busuly dared the battle to eivo tirf
no uuuuiy uuuiueu: ana may cacti id(Ot
head
Henceforth chaw lalmtm for its dnilv bread.
These f links will strire in vain t bleed Old
Jo,
When back to nativo lhwkum hills I go!
Thut ' coalition,' gotten up by Nez,
t'orrii have been cruttinl, despite what
icrry says.
If Mclteeny's whole disunion band
Hud tried to make a decent jackass 'stand.
Or coming back, hud made u vig'rous shove
itu Uiinyoii black,' Hie owi;.V fore,
Two Democratic Senators, I'il sweur.
oiiiii eiicu novo graced a Senntnriul chair,
Or Oregon, which would have pleased me
wen,
1 or want ot bene tors, might to to h 1!
" in ' rmti lit win I M :. I . I.
Tlmt 1 coalition
known,
Chiipmun might huve
Would oiid in Yanceyisin overthrown
On the Pacific Const, which Owin uud I
llau loamy hoped to speak for till we die.
I ro ihivcry rmj.' bow cun I bear tho
thought.
That hlrcliii"; tools I have ao dearly botidit
Mioultl Tail me in this dreadful trying hour,
auu see me coony ticked from place and
power,
y ono whom I had fondly hoped was (lend,
oinco 1 nan uucK cut oil Ins stubborn head
Damn Oregon I her war debt! aud her
claims I
Damned be her soil, her sunshine, nnd her
rams! her corn!
Damned be hor wheat crops, apples, and
And damn each slob'rinf; brat hereafter
born I
Damn Oeo.L. Curry 1 damn the stupid goat!
i- ui iiiiiimi inu mid nrct K no ilureil not vote,
Jior dared he vote for Squatter-Sovereign
Hut like a toad, or some nocturnal Imp,
Crawled iu his hole the duy the hVht
waxed warm, rmm
riM.!..l.t... I... .1 . . . .k
j iiiiiRing v una mo creaiure would not
His future chances for inv nresent sent
Aud that, by a ' good Lord, good Devil
cneiu,
lie may turn up some day far hence,
f the poor devil keeps astride tho Tenee!
Damn fiddling Whiteaker! if ever ho
J'roclamis for Oregon a Jubilee, Tthniiks
a 1 I . - ii. it si, ... .
jnti icis me itiaeK itepuliticans give
For playiiiif olTon me such sealv nrai.ks!
Damn Oregon! and damned be be who fails
lo damn tlio man who ever dared make
rails!
Damn all her women! and her girls in teens!
iMiun mr, supply them wore with
'fcoai'."' rrtwri
I litis Joseph s)(.ke, and rolled upon the
While Abr'am bowed, aud started for the
tioor,
A kitchen cabinet was stmifrhtway called,
" " ueicuiiij jo one snle was liaul d.
Old Duck was chairman of the motley crew
iui iuiii avnuc mey enose a eunuch
Jew.
Their oraton were Yancey, Chesnnt, Orr,
And twenty mors whose voices were for war,
While douirhfaco BLrler, Cushinir, Urn-lit'
and F.tch, '
Did Into threatened tree sea miWi, pitch.
n n Hath-t llirtiigllt with P'. k:unn that nil
Who pnitliM on ircunnu would nut fad lo
full, fur air.
Anil tliMt their dangling shin would k ik
Liko Absalom's when hanging by I lie limr.
I'oor Muck, und Urn k, and Alabama Cobb
Fear'd treason might not prove a pay ing Job
As Union men in ell the btates would rum
And blow their scheme of treason to the
skies,
At thin, I)isnrflwr Yancey cnrserl and swore,
And bawled some louder tuuti Jo Luiio
could snore;
No on Id his Slate was Democratic sure,
And thut nld Aluhnm could not endure
, To see Old Ami in Presidential chair,
A ml never rend her ihirt or pull her hair.
' J!y Jorel' said he, ' we've hod the spoils
so lonif,
It serins to us as absolutely wrong gold
Tlmt nuuht but Demricruts should hiimlle
Which brings all comlorti thut uru bought
ami sold.
Wo euro but little for the Northern lash,
Hut Uoda in heavcul how can we yield the
casnr
Besides, we've howled so much, and threat
eiieil sont, more
What will be said if. wo should howl no
If wo should tamely yield, and stop our
noise, hoys
Weil he the lungliing-stock of beardless
Who'd call us cruveii cowards, and would
swear Mmr.
Wo feared the beust we'd roused up in his
" Ah! now,' aid Duck, " I m the very pluu
Urt xifily iIuk a, m iluwly u yuu onu.
Howl terribly wltili. and llitm n g a
'l'u iln-keu oil", iiml rluwly to ru in.
Pnliu Old Ab will, in ytiur urgent call,
Dony llml lm iuti ndu to rut yiu nil,
And miy lii government will nurdy be
Kitdurtililtt, lo such MMyitu und me.
Kui li ilrclamlioti inudo, and yuu cun buck
Moal qimrvly down, or nt nlil ingV lick j
And Northern iudnlU will n4 iiiiilerabinl
but Hint you're lirvr. un.l reullv liavu llie naiij.
You know how ixiMihg (jroi(iii eul mid ilatilied
Ami IMurlliern men lit (.unrtM frei-ly lanlied
Willi itira l),itiinuiillireiil, if onou Ihey aliuuld
Hut dara (li culo J,reoiniilon waa nol (fund.
nvn : .ouutem auvrueu Iter Ihreula u will an
nine. I whins.
Which Urtirgio, feiintr, alra'(lilway eeaiiU lo
la iieuriria a rour Ilia Ina lerrilio now
'l'u ilouilila(!r alinka, fur Imv.iik alinwn ua how
A Ml.ila m bruva ami rauiant may beino
1 hut view n her own iiruwaia ainkea her dumb?
Ua Northern apauirla nut nvuecl Ihe rour
Of Cnndmu, Ihe Dimniou w ,
Ainea Andrew Jai-loou inmle the withered ling
Dry iii her lre.ip.on, mi l IhiiI dowu her rul"
Til m nrifiird Illicit d ull nl mute ag.eed
Of doubta an l feura he had their bonn f.ee 1.
They mid h a viewa were ull no t'oubt correal, '
And thill the hau l mint nol, at ye, be checked,
Hill tlmt tiiwurd the n.unli af March Ihey mi-lit
Itevinl lo Aim their tiuriioau nut to fihl.
Thta autd, und Kuuuch lien wrote down tlio ulan
Ana etiiiy irave lit ein.li uwiininii inun.
To alow nwiiy in bri-Lchea wck. I aiiut'i
Of aiii li ua fiiired Old Abe, mid haled Dong.
Iluil, Oremm! all liuil ! Ihv vtrtr'li vole
The bour like Ilea. I of dumiieil I) auiiieii ainote j
Thy liulb rl ijuivereJ in Ina aculy Mile,
Thy eluldreu nhoiitiil wlieu the mciilrr Hied.
Thy lovely vulleja, und euch mountain glen,
nuifd i 01 muuii aerra, rvuir out Jree men.
The hunt) of Nature, on ihv nluc d Inuw.
Ilua written ' Frki 'mid aui'h ne ace lliee now
Kind frienda, a, lien ! I know I need not mv
I hoie jou'ie linpit on ih a New Yenr'a Day;
My enji of h.iineKa i nearly fall, I know
I Intel, dear frieuda, Willi von il'a alwi ao.
(iird up vour to ne. and k.wD vour armor briiht
iiu itiai woiiiu ivcur the eruwa, till uioM mu
fight.
Okeoh.n CiTT,.Jiiaary 1, 18BI
filje (Oregon ClvguSe
)fT. It. Adams,
Editor.
OZkSOON OZXV:
SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1861.
Captive Chii.ihikn. Iiuv. Mr. Atkinson
has shown us a letter from the Rev. II
II. Spalding, dutcd Walla Walla, Dec. 22,
which states that a Snake Indian, long in
tho Nez IVrco country, had just gone to
tho Snakes to negotiate an exchange of
seven Snakes taken by Maj. Stein, for the
four white children captured at the late
miftsacro and still held in captivity by tho
savages.
Since writing the nbovo, wo have seen
tho following paragraph in tho Portland
Daily Times or Jan. 15, which information
was obtained from A. J. Pain Tinli.ni
Agent for the Nez Terces: " The two
Snakes who went out in search of the cup-
tnred children have returned, nnd report
that they became impeded by the snow
in tho Salmon mountains, and they were
compelled ; to return. They express tho
belief that the children are dead. They
oiler to go out again so soon as spring
opens." ,
Utf " We have been so often stamrered
by tho failure of the most brilliantly por
trayed prospects of riches, thut the heart
sickens at tite recital." Timet. ..
Well, you deserve it, if you have. We
told you long ago thut Jo I.nae was a
poor paymaster, and so was the Democrat
ic party. These " brilliantly -portrayed
prospects of riches," have been held up to
many an t ' honest ffaze," by " Honest Jo
Lane." Hut few of them, like you, have
ever realized anything, but a little of what
Jo took out of his saddlebags which gen
erally made the recipient "stagger," uud
feel " sickened" afterwards. .
Nkw PxruR Wehave seen it stated
tnal somebody waa " going to start a new
paper" at Astoria. It is certainly an in
viting 'opening' for ambitions literary
merit, nnd the onlv wnmtee la tlmt
prospecter hadn't discovered the ' hole'
la-fore now. We hear the nliine l.,i
several months schooling," and will not
iniposo upon the world with any of volir
' cheap literature.' We haven't yet learn
ed its politics, but presume it will be devot
ed to " news items," and the " salmon in
terest" of that section.
MT Jo Lane has writtrn a letter In
which he favors secession because of the
election of Lincoln. As Prentice said of
Yancey when he came to induce Kentmk-
iutis to vote for disunion, we hope Lane's
tracks will b shoveled from the soil of
Oregon, and thrown iuto the Pacific Ocean,
or Int, South Carolina.
KAi.ra, Jim. loth, 1801.
En. Anon: The lute news from the
Soiiili'-ni States is reirurdiil hcrmbouf ns
of a slurtliuir character. Tint few Jom-dIi-
l" r.tp.liliutra mh n.ii.1 i..i.l.i l ....mmmi liaitln.
IN MIW Kill! l! .Kill .J IT.III, I Ml
obtained a full orbed view of the rule-or-ruin
Milicy of their brethren. If a dissoln
lion of this mighty nation must tuko place,
ami doe take place, who can arrotriile lo
himw If the honor ol such nil exploit? Who
will have the hardihood lo assign as a Jus
tification for such an iinprt-cti-iited calam
ity the election of a Itepiibliean President.
Are the musses of the moi who form our
Government to be salit-ficd with such a
mU-rable, flimsy, foolish ghiwt of a reason
ms tlmt? The election of a Itepiiblicun
President causu fur the tlismrmlu ritient of
these States! Who says it? Is il men
who love the country for its Institutions,
for its (rerdnin of speech and the press, fur
the freedom und protection extended to all
religions, a thinn- not known in any other
nation lo the same extent? Is it men who
feel grateful for the privileges of the ballot
box, the right to select their own rub rs,
their own legislators, and even instruct
them what to enact! Fortunately for mir
" Stiir-Spiingled Manner," It is none of
these.
Men whoso disappointed hopes and
blasted aspirations stir them up to frenzied
acts men who upon the iniiuiruration
of Abraham Lincoln behold their hopes of
preferment ami gain melt away like the
mists of morning before tho splendor of the
rising sun they, and those they can Influ
ence, form the bawling, yelling cohorts of
Disunion. Does any one who can claim a
reasonable degree of sanity imagine thut
the most prominent among the secessionists
tH'lieve this Union unsafe in the hands of
Lincoln? If so, can yoo imagine upon
what this belief is predicated Is tlivre
any reason for it? Lay aside, if it is possi
ble, all political difference, nnd nnswer the
question. It cannot be because hu is the
exponent of a pnrty declaring their advo
cacy of the Homestead Hill or tho speedy
construction of a connection between the
Atlantic mid Pacific States. It cannot be
because he is the head and front, the great
standard-bearer for the present of a party
pledged to the abolition or interference
with the institutions of the South for the
party discards that sentiment emphatically
I know that it is quite common for men
desirous of exhibiting their skill iu tight to
the world, to construct something which
exists only in their own fertilo imagination
for tho sole purpose of showing how easily
it may be demolished. Such are not to bo
ri'irardcd us the true exponents of the prin
ciples advocated and maintained by a party.
it slioultt always, in the language of (.nl
Crockett, " be sure that we nre right," and,
in order to do so, we should go to the true
sonrco to obtain the information sought,
and not to the person whose delight it is
to distort tho same.
It cannot then be that tho South fears
interference with lirr institutions during the
iidininistration of Mr. Lincoln hence no
cause for disunion can be discovered iu this
quarter.
llicn, in tho name of reason, where is
tho cause? Who will show il? Mr. Lin
coln himself is no more odious to the South
than Mr. liiiehaiinii probably was to tho
ortn at Ins inauguration. D.d the Re
publican North talk of secession then?
Yet the same cause for hostile demons! ra
t'nn was nlTorded her then as to you now.
When the causes for secession movement
are sought, they nre hard to find, if found
at all; and when found, are absolutely in
significant. ' Men who lovo this Union
will readily di-cido no cause exists for its
dismemberment. Let us hope such a ca-
aiuity will bo averted anil the ndmitiistra
tion of Abraham Lincoln be one ol peace
and prosperity.
I lie local news is rnthermeasrpr: a lurid
fingered "gent" entered the drmr store of
D. Y. Cox, ami extracted from thndrnwi-r
about forty dollars. Some suspicion is en
tertained of the person; this occurred whilst
the owner of the establishment was known
to be absent. He had gnno to the Court-
house to hear a lecture delivered by Rev.
Dickinson before the infidel association
on the niclit of the 12th inst. It is to be
hoped that the thief may bo detected. I
know not which deserves the most praise.
tno iniuiet association tor inviting and
treating courteously their lecturer, or Mr,
Dickinson for accepting, and administering
the best remedy nt his command. II
certainly acted upon the scriptural precept
thai tne sick need the physician. ' The
ectnre was .delivered at the Court-house
n large and very attentive audience.
Much praise is due both sides for the mntn
good feeling exhibited. Such conduct
upon the part of ministers would have in
my opinion a good effect upon the infidel
world. It shows a sp rit of toleration for
Ihe opinions or others, winch always has
good (fleet. Ally.
Not Lost, wr. hopk. Among the many
passenrers carried away by the good
steamer Pacific this week, we regret to
chronicle tho departure of Mrs. Auory
IIouirook nnd Mrs. John Dkjikxt, ladies
who for years have adorned the society of
Uregon City. 'Ihey go on a visit to the
Eastern States. The kindest wishes of hosts
of friends attend them in their perilous
voyage, together with prayers for their
safe and sieedy return to onr midst.
W- Mr. Cell, of Tennessee, though a
goon man, will not be chosen as one of
Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet.- Let the gtiessers
stick a pin there. Mr. Rates of Missouri
and Mr Sherman ol Ohio stand about as
good a chance as anybody. The former
would make a capital Postmaster General,
and the latter as good a Secretary of the
Treasury, as any man living.
Tix-Paykrs! In another column John
Tlioinas, Sheriff of this county, gives notice
of tho times he will be in the various pre
cincts for collecting the taxes. You would
do well to be ready with the money, includ
ing mileage and the four per cent.
Uastsxro Jesse Applegate, Esq.. has
II
rcsi?ted the office of Postmaster at Yon-
calla. Umpona ronntr P Cn...i.. i...
, -j. . iiv-uui iiaa
been appointed in his stead
WThe quotation from Jackson
ia
IWhanan'a late message, i the only manly
thing ia it. It looks liivra likt a diamond
la a cart-load of dunr.
LATER FKOM THE EAST.
PATF.S TO !KC. 24.
Sr. Loi i. P ' 2
To the House. Iiwlav. tlm tSik r pre
sented a letter from Hie South Carolina
delegation, dissolving their connection with
the Ilnuw, since their State had ainumcd
overturn capacity.
The proceedings of the South Carolinn
Convention, on Saturday, were mostly
ai-i-n-t milliner trausuired.
It U kni,Miu.-il the revenue laws of the
United Stales will bo adopted; that the
Collector will be rcfiuircd to lake an oath
of alleiriuuce to the SlaUi. . Postal mutters
rvnniiu uueliallired.
The Commissioner received their creden
linla nu S.ilunlav. and are now on their
wnv to Washington. The President w
send a spvciul message to Congress on their
arrivul.
Gen. Cushina; lias returned to Washing
ton, and reports that the State of South
Carolina is acting with a view to co-opera
tion with all l he slave States
Toombs has telegraphed to Georgia that
all his proposition ol compromise were
treated with derision and contempt by the
Republican members of the Committee ol
Thirteen; that every Republican member
voted against each of Crittenden's propo
sitions, anil the majority then declared tlmt
they had no guarantees to offer, which was
silently acquiesced in by other members.
He says that the Coinni'ittee ofTiiiny-three,
etimpoed of a majority or Repuiuicnns,
seeks to amuse the South with delusions.
Finally, he urges Georgia to secede by the
4 tit of March.
Senator Johnson was burnrd in effigy at
Memphis, nu Saturday mirltt.
Senator Scwurd spoke on Saturday
night, at the banquet of tho Newfoundland
Society iu New lork, and counseled Ira
ternul forbearance, Hn said tiie secession
feeling hud been getting Weaker since elec
tion tin v. and that within sixty days ull
the trouble would pass away.
In the House today, Cochrane In
trod a ecd Union saving resolutions, to which
Haskiu proposed, as a substitute, an in
n.iiry into South Carolina affairs. Noth
ing was done, and tho House adjourned till
Thursday
Iu the Senate, Pugh and Douglas sub
mitted iinifiidiiicnts to the Constitution,
which were nferred to committee.
Nicholson mado a speech on tho South
ern side. He had scarcely hope tlmt the
demands of the South would be granted by
the North.
Davis submitted an amendment to the
Constitution declaring slaves property.
Two defalcations have been discovered
in the Interior Department: one Iu the
Indian Trust Douds, and the other eight
thousand dollars in cash.
Intense excitement was caused nt Pitts
burg, on the discovery that the U. S
Quartermaster was about shipping 125
guns from Alleghany Arsenal to Galveston
and the llalize, supposed for the purpose
of stripping the Arsenal and placing the
guns where the seceders could get them.
Maj. Lyttingtnn, in command, declined to
give any pos tivn information nu the stil
jeet. Leading Democrats telegraphed to
Washington to have the order counter-
mantled, saving that tho people would not
suhvr the gnus to tie removed. A pubbc
mecting was annul to ne called to consider
tho subject. It was reported that muskets,
shell, balls, cavalry accoutrements, etc., to
n considerable amount, had already been
shipped. It appears that the fort has
never yet been mounted with llie proper
gnus, 1(1- licit Loliimhinnsjind a J-iiOtniilcrs
I ho rostuiaster-Ueneral will stop the
South Carolina mails; tho Postmaster iu
Charleston having signified his intention to
rc;gn after secession takes place, there can
lie no distribution there.
Ihe St. Louis Democrat announced, on
the authority of both Lincoln and Rates,
that the latter will occupy a place in the
new Cabinet, probably Secretary of the In
terior,
Mr. Hamlin, Vice-President elect, had a
long conference with Gen. Scott. The
General expressed the hope that tho pres
ent difficulties would be overcome ami set
tied. Hamlin und Cass also had au inter
view.
The New York World I. nrns that the
British and French Consuls at Charleston
have been approached by the Secessionists,
with a view to secure their, co operation,
out, tney replied "mat any coinmnincn-
tioin to them would be transmitted to the
State Department nt. Washington."
Ihe New iork Tribune says positively
that Lincoln is utterly opposed to any con
cessions or compromise, und will hot yield
one iota of the position occupied by the
Republican ptrty on the subject of slavery
iu ino lerr.tnries,
r.xroBTs. ine rneitic takes awav
n.. .n
about 400 tons of freight, principally flour
anu apples. 1 lie t'alitoruia sails to dav
with another large freight. We think our
farmers will have no good reason to com
plain hereafter. Send in vour produce ami
yon win nnd a market. Hitter have a ree.
iilur trade with California, even though it
be small, than none at all. Timet.
Nez Pkrci Mi xes. The Times has
information that in tho course of a month
a large number of persons will leave San
Francisco for the mines in the Nez Perce
country.
Fire. Kelly's Temia rauce House -was
endangered by fire again on Wednesday
afternoon, caused by a stove-pipe burning
out.
Suspended. The Peonies Press at En.
gene City has suspended publication far
me present. ,Mr. Wure retires from the
concern.
KS- " Amicus'' laid over. T. B.. Sa
lem. J3.00.
Tutxu. W ara uu.ler t.blLntiona to Tracv
A C'o.a Eapreaa for late paper, and alaa to Mr.
Samuel S mio-.o., of Man.. a emintv f. ihe ,n.
Mr. 8. haa juat return, d from San Kran-
ceo wnn a pikeilul of rocka.' b.vin; iUI b a
'at year crop of apptra (bra rnol round Mm.
a raMnmbl ombrr T Ihe a jtita that ara
to b teeo in that aiuk-re-l af darauat
S FiilciKM Xtairra Flaur-. Vl.-. tr.
ark... i .1- . ..
- pr iv. i ox; Mia ti.vs In
' "r" iwioa; Dareyf.1.0 12 p., (,.
drrd I be; pouiua 6 I (.V par I0o lha
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Sih-rvH nf Lieut.-Uor. lorn nf Miuwi,
at Intiimiixjlit, Xoo. 22, inaviro
Cuerehn.
W hear much said against the policy
of foerclng South Carolina in case sue ai
i..nmta lo sccetle. What Is coercion but
the enforcement of iho low? Is iinything
..u intended or n riuircdf becessioii
iiiill.nciitimi can only bo regarded by the
(Jeiicral Government ns iniiivuiuiii aeinni
in ion individual responsibility. T huso COIl
cerued ill il cannot intrench themselves la'
bind tlio forms of the Stale Government so
as lo give their conduct the semblance of
legality, and thin devolve tno rcspomoiiiiy
upon Hie State Government, which ol itself
ia irresuonsiblu.. Tim Constitution and
laws of the United Stales operate upon In
dividuals, but not upon States, aud precise
ly us if there were no btutcs.
In this matter tlio President has no dis
rrction. IU has taken a solemn oath to
enforce Ihe lows and preserve order, and
to this end he bus been made commander-
in cliief ol the army and navy. How can
he be altsolved from responsibility thus de
volved upon him by tho Constitution and
his oiTieial oath? Can it be done by the
resolutions of Conventions, the advice of
the newspapers, or even a decided prepon
derance of public opinion? There is but
one way iu which the President cun be nb
solved Iroin his duty lo exert ull the power
reposed in his hands by tiie Constitution to
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enforce uie lows in miiiui ciirounu, which
is by acknowledging her intleiH-ndenco.
The Constitution provides that Congress
m iy admit new Slater- into the Union, but
there is no provision for turning one out or
for permuting one to go out. A state
nine admitted into the Union becomes a
part of the body nf the nation, ami sever
ance or secession is not contemplated by
the Constitution us permissible or possibf
If Congress possesses the power to ac
knowledge the iiiiifiM-it'lfiico of a State
ami thus place it without the pule nf the
Union, it must result from a it inexorable
necessity produced by u successful revolu
tion. While a State is in the Union there
is no power under the Constitution for the
General and State Governments to enter
into negotiations and to treat with each
other. No Government possesses the con
stiliitionul power to dismember itself.
the power does exist in this Government to
nckuowledge the independence of south
Carolina, or any other stale, it can only
be exercised by an act of Congress, The
President of himself would not possess it
and, consequently, until released trnm his
duty by such acknowledgment, he must
exert his power lo enforce the laws. If an
attempt nt secession lm made, there is but
one nf two courses to lie pursued. Hither
to allow the seceding State peaceably to
go and set up for herself us tin independent
government, or else by tno police or milita
ry power of tho United States compel nil
observance of the laws and submission to
constitutional obligations,
Let us consider what would be thecon-
scfpienee of adopting the former course.
If wo allow a state peaceably to secede,
wn tliereby concede tlio ngnt in tho most
substantial and solemn manner. . It would
be sheer nonsense lo allow a State, es
pecially a weak one like South Carolinn,
to secede, and yet deny tile rmhl of seces
sion, nnd thai other States inav not retire
in the same inanni-r, whenever they see
proper. .Wo cannot, therefore, allow
South Carolina to secede without conced
ing the right, nnd thereby settling the priu
ciple ns to the remaining States. The
right of secession conceded, the nation is
dissolved. Instead of having a nation-
one tuiglity people we have but a collec
tion and combination of thirty-three inde
pendent and petty States, held together by
a treaty, wmcn nas intiierto been called a
Constitution, of the infraction of which
each State is to be the judge, and from
wlin-li any state may withdraw at pleasure.
It would not be twelve months until a
project nf a Pacific Confederacy would be
set. on foot. California nnd Oregon, being
each sovereign nnd independent, would have
a right to withdraw from their tin-sent
partnership nnd lorm a new one. or form
two separate nations. In doing so they
would act with a fur greater show of rea
son and far better prospects of success thnn
South Carolina. They are separated from
tho other States by thousand of mile of
Darren plains and snow-clad mountains.
Their commerce is naturally with ihe Knat
Indies and the isles of the Purine Ocean
Tho tio of commend il interests between
them nnd the other States is weaker than
that which binds together any other sec
lions of the Republic.
The right of secession conceded, and the
way to do it having been shown to bo safe
and easy the prestige of the Republic
gone tiie National pride extinguished
with the National idea scccssiou would
become the remedy for every State or sec
lional grievance, real or imaginary. And
in a few short years we should witness the
total dissolution of that mighty Republic
which has been the hope uud tho dorv ol
the world. We should then have before
us the prospect presided in the history of
the petty States of Greece, Italy and the
Principalities of Germuny. Need I slot)
to argue the political. intclUctunl. social
and commercial death inrnlriJ in this
wreck uud ruin? We must then elimr to
.i. . 1 1 . "
me niea mat. we are a Nation, one and in
divisible, ami that although subdivided by
own- lines lor loeni ana domestic purposes,
we are but one people, the citizens of a
common country, having l.ku institntim,.
and manners, and possessing a common in
ten st in that inheritance of glory so richly
provided by our fathers. We must ther.
fore do no act we must tolerate no act
we must concede no idea or theorv thnt
looks to or involves the dismemberment of
tlio Nution. And esneciallv must Vat nf
me iniana smu s cling to tile National idea.
ir south Carolina may secede neaceablr
so may New-York, Massachusetts, Mary
land, and Louisiana, cutting off our com
merce and destroying our right of way to
the ocean. We would thus be shut np iu
the interior of a continent, surrounded by
independent, perhans bostifo nuiimm
through whose territories we could obtain
egress lo the sealioard ouly opon such
terms as might be agreed to by treaty.
Emigrants from foreign lands could onlv
reach ns by permission of our iiArhliors
and we could not reach any Atlantic port
except l.y passports duly rittd. In ench
a COildit on of atTairs the iw-nrinnrft St,,t..
would posea immense advantain-s. which
may he illustrated and understood he com
paring the wmlth, nrosjicrity and 'power
vi vt arauvani siogooms jrita tknee shnt
in III II.M . m
.oiblo then that KM.iM.kf T llh
Arkansas, Mi.ur or Mali J
nccouie so infatuated, so ntUrli d w
as u i MibKfjl to the doctrin. ffiW
I... ho right to ; secede, ,lcrel
existence of their commerce, t71?!.,l,
institution, their everything
power ' of Iiouisiana,
does, the outlet of tl,o MiMlsilJ';
entrance to the Gull. As the
stands, the pert of Ntw York Is Z
y of Iho nation, held for h,U,,
the States, the revenue tleri
being disbursed for the bcnrOt of sh
Hut we are told that if we us. iZL;
compel submission to the luwai. e 7
Croli.w, it will so excite snd ,,"
the other Slave States as to lead
make common cause with her t
willing to believo thnt thl. IkJl
widely spread, and that sympath, !il?
South Carolina traitors will uitr!
than the devotion to the Unl aT
such be tho case, however, itahoald not t
my Judgment, clmngo the t-oorse we
to pursue.
If tho peopi, of lb,
lea will iml ......!.
Southern Stntes will not permit thee
meiit of tho lows in South P.r.ii.L
wouhl be evidence that they were Ir.ter.din,
lo follow her example nt their own nl
vrnlci.ee. If they intend to stay u, nu
Union, nnd adhere to its fortune, th
will thrust no obstacles iu the
General Government to prevent iu
pclling obedieiico lo tho law,. fttn
prico and pride will nut (l. termiae their
action in a mutter so mniuenlons, i,roT.
ing tlm destinies of millions for all Umt.
Hut if such is their purpose, and such Z
condition of public may prepsr, fo, ,
worst. I am not willing to bo-follawerj bv
any other Slates certainly by not mori
than one or two. If Smith Carolina u
out of the Union I trust it will b at ibe
point of the bayonet, after our ticst cObrta
have failed to compel .-r to submit to U
Inws. Metier concilia her indeieiirjrir( t,
force, to revolution, than to right and aria,
ciple. Such a concession cantiol be ,rai
into precedent nnd construed int aa ad
mission that we nre but a comhinntion af
petty States, miy ono of which hai i rijlit
to secede nnd set up for herself whenent it
suits her teniier, or views er her prtntiar
interest. Such a contest, let it terminals
ns it may, would ben declaration to th
olln-r States of the only terms upon wlikh
they would be permitted to withdraw frou
(lie Union. ,
The lopping offol South Carolina Iit the
sword of revolution would not d slurb the
unity 01 1 lie balance of the nat on; hut would
simply be a diminution from its aggrefnt,
power lo the extent of her resources irul
loiiiilutiou. .Notwithstanding thtj Anirri-
can Revolution terminated so disastrously
lo tho Mritish Government, nftersn enor
mous expenditure of blood snd treasnre
accompanied by such hniniliaiion of llie
national pritle, still il preserved tho htf.
rity of the remaining portion of the empire.
1 1 ud our claims to independence bets nt
ouee recognized and conceded by the mo
ther country, and tho thirteen colonies
peaceably allowed to constitute a separate
government, nnd take their place smeng
the nations of the earth, nn example would
have been set, nnd an admission mode, of
which every colony, island, nnd depeudes-
y ol tne empire would have speedily clnim-
o.l tlm bent fit. The Camillas, the Kist
and West Indies, sad A nst rain, would, ia
turn, point to this epoch in Mritish history
as a palpable and unconditional avowal ef
tho doctrine that theyliad the right, under
the Mritish Constitution, ntnnv time peart-
cebly to terminate their allegiance to the
crown, nnd secede from the empire. A
admission ol the existence of a right so
made, could it bo retracted at nil, could
only be nt the end of numerous civil snd
Moody wars. ' .
Shall we now surrender the Natios with
out a struggle, and let the Union go with
merely a few hard words? Shall wa en-
on rage fuint-heartrd traitors to puns.
their treason by advising them in ndranot
tlmt it will be sifj and successful? If it
was worth a bloody struggle to estnlilah
this Nation, it is worth one to preserve it.'
And I trust thnt wo shall not, by snrrerv.
tiering with indecent haste, publish to tls)
world that the inheritance our father, pr
based with their blood, we have given op
to save ours. Seven years is bnt a day in
the life of a nation, and I would rather
come out of a strugglo at the end of that -lime,
defeated in arms and conceding in
dependence lo successful revolution, than lo
Purchase present neaco by the eoneessie
of a principle that must inevitably exptodi
this nation iuto small and dishonored irag-
meats. Hut of the result of such a strug
gle, I should entertain the utmost hope snd
confidence. ' - .'!; '
He who eomnnres onr glorions wsr for
liberty nnd indenendenct against crinrlinf
oppression to another wnr to be set on loot
for the propagation of human slavery, to
rush out liberty of soeech snd of the presi,
and to innngurate nnd revive, with all its
nntold nnd indescribable horrors, Ihe Af
rican slave-trade, must have an indifferent
idea of the justice of that Provideace who .
holds in his hand the issue ef battle. To,
employ tho language of a great statesm, ,
Surely the Almighty has no attribute wi
could take sides with them in soch a cos-
test." I will not stop to nrgne the right or
secession. The whole question is soroureu .
up in this proposition: "Are we one na
tion, one people, or thirty-three nstinns, or
thirty-three indenendpnt and netty Staleit 1
The statement of the proposition famishes r
the answer. If we are one nation, then no i
State has a right to secede. Secessioa ess
only be the result of successful revalatk.
I answer the question for yoo, and I know;
that my unswer will find a response i t
every trne American heart, that we are (
one people, one nation, undivided, snd
divisible. -..--. ; ,;
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Alivs again Wa notice thst oar ex
changes chronicle the rcsuscilatian, for tbs
third time, of Coon's Express atRosebnrg. ,
We haven't seen the risen number, lV
we presume Conn does battle in the
of Garrison abolitionism with his sees',
tomed ability. .
MiSTAsr.. In noticing last
week
th'
proposed shipment of floor to Liverpool, v
stated that the floor was being BT0,,, '
the Willamette Palls Mills. W shoaW
have said the Zina Cilf Hill, hm ',
the name by which, tho , establukaieat
known. . . . : , ,i i - .. '
The weather this week lis beta
slightly wintry cast-e-raiauHj,-
casionul sprinklings of snow, s tx