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Freedom of Sjie-icH nud Freedom of the Ircss.
There are certain politicians and partisan press
s throughout the loyal North wlio are constant
ly mouthing these sacred words, as though they
really inu.int to give the. public to understand
that "they were the only truly disinterested advo
catos of these great cafdiiiiil principles, aud were
sincerely devoted to the maintenance) of these
.great caidinal rights of a free people. To test
their siucurity, it is only necessary to let those
whom they stigmatize as abolitionists speak out
against si very, hen the cry of these men is,
arrest them, send them to Fort Wurreu, Fort
Lafayette, or some nllier (Jovernment prison.
Their idea of iivc-hiiii of speech and of free
dom of the pr-ss seems to have this extent, no
inure,- freedom for u to advocate and defend
lasiy,-ltr our Juu' tsutitlircu .brethren's sake,
but no freedom to speak or print a word against
it!
Whet- Charles I.igersoll, of Philadelphia, is
arrested and imprisoned fur denouncing the Ad
ministration (if Mr. Lineolu foolishly, us we
tli.u';, ami no d.iulit the Ad oiiiisi ration were of
the same opinion, these sticklers for free speech
mi J a free pr-ss cry out tyranny, despotism, etc.
11 it in tiu' next breath th.y are like Joe Greg
tiry's wife, on the ra ;;.!. because Mr. Wchdjll
l'a .Hi us aa J .Mr. Horace Givoh y are notnrrested
for exercising this .-a me right of free speech, of
which these sa ue gentlemen claim to be the
champions, pur excellence.
Just now t li -ro is a spasmodic effort going on
in the country among the seedy politicians of the
Democratic seh ml, to resuscitate the old Demo
cratic party witii a view as they say but more
e pecially wi h a view, as we think, to office, lo
maintain these old doclrinesof free speech.
Mr. Vullaudigham makes speeches in Ohio
and elsewhere, brim full of freedom and of free
speech; and Mr. Thomas 15. Florence of Wash
ington, starts a paper in Philadelphia to advocate
these very principles. But let tin abolitionist
speak any where in the treo North, aud they are
among the first to cry out, "away with him, cm
cify him." We do not say that cither Mr. Vul
laudigham or Mr. Florence do this personally;
but we do say that they arc the representatives,
of a class, and that they ulliliate politically with
those who do it.
Now, if these people mean anything by their
advocacy of free speech and a free press, let us
have it ull around tho board. If they claim the
right to talk and print in fovor of slavery, let
those who wish it have the same right to talk and
print their views against it
Said the illustrious Webster : "Living, I shall
assert the right of free discussion ; dying, I shall
assert it; and if I leave no other inheritance to
my children, I will leave them the inheritance of
free principle and the example of a manly and
independent defence of thein." Xational lie
publican. Coxobessiosal Casvass. Iii the present na
Clonal House of representatives thero aro 107
Jlepublicans, 43 Democrats, and 2!) Border
State Unionists three fourths of whom vote
with the Democrats on the negro question. Un
der the new apportionment, the six New Eng
land Suites have twenty five members. One
Democrat has been elected in Maine, and two
others may be chosen in Connecticut, l'ut ex
tending the probabilities in their favor, the Ad
ministration can reckon with certainty upon
twenty cf the twenty-fivo New Engluml votes.
The telegraph informs us that the Democrats
have elected eighteen of the thirty one members
from New York, leaving the Administration
thirteen. Pennsylvania has chosen fifteen Ad
ministration members and nine Democrats. In
New Jersey, four Democrats aud one Republi
can have been returned. Cannon, Unionist, is
reported to be electej in Delaware, but that
vote is too uncertain to be counted as an accession
to Administration strenght. In Ohio, fourteen
Democrat and five Unionists have been elected.
In Indiana the Delegation stand seven Demo
crat to four Unionists. In Illinois, nine Dem
crats and five Unionists have been chosen. In
Michigan, four Republicans arc certainly elee'ed,
and two districts are doubtful. In Wisconsin,
three IUpulicai.s and two Democrat have been !
EUGENE
' chosen, and one district is in doubt. In Iowa,
six ucpulmcaus have been elected. In Missouri,
two emancipationists are known to have been
elected, and from tho seven other districts no re
turns have been received. Kansas has elected
one republican. From Minnesota no returns
have been received. Oregon has elected a Union
Administration reprent itivo. Now, if we give
tho Democrats five members in New England,
seven of the nine members in Missouri, one in
Delaware, the two doubtful dtstriets in Michigan,
and tho one doubtful district in Wisconsin, their
total strength would bo seventy -eight votes to
eighty straight Administration votes. Hut there
is a probability of at least an eipial division ct
the Missouri delegation, and doubtful districts
are not necessarily Democratic. T icse figures
make the struggle closer than we anticipated, and
render it evident that tho filteen votes of Ken
tucky and Maryland, and the votes of such por
tions of Virginia and Tennessee as may bo re
organized will be of decisive importance. Hut
the point that can safely be made is that in th
free Statoj, as shown by the Congressional vote,
tho emancipation proclamation has not been
condemned, notwithstanding the absence in the
field of hundreds of thousands of Union war
men. Sue. Union.
TlIK CALIFORNIA CoPl'Ell
Interest. The
Stockton Republican says :
One of the most important branches of trad :
in this State, is the copper bu-iness. This in
terest has ii. creased rapidly within the past year,
and almost every day one or more teams arrive
loaded with metal from the veins of Copperopolis,
Campo Soeo and Latieha Plana, and the huge
piles which frequently accumulate on our levee
aro truly astonishing. From the Mercantile
Gazette and other sources, we find bv actual sta
tistics that there has been shipped from the 1st
of May to the 30th of October, 1802, about sixty-
one thousand sacks i f copper ore, estimated at
one hundred pounds each, which would make
sir. millions one hundred thousand pounds. There
is also a copper mine down the coast, below
Monterey, from which one thousand and sixty
sacks was shipped, tho sixth of October, to New
lork. 1 lie total number ot sacks, ol one hun
dred pounds each, shipped from this mine during
the year is fifty-tour thousand six hundred and
seventy five. Tho Crescent City copper mines
also contribute largely to this class of our ex
ports. Concerning them a correspondent of the
Bulletin, writes :
The copper interest hero continues to thrive.
New claims are being located, and the work on
some half a dozen claims has reached a point
which satisfactorily proves their richness. There
is already some taili among copper men here !
establishing a line cf schooners to carry the ore
to S in Frainiseo. The steamer's charges at'i so
high that much could be saved thereby, partieu
triv as tnev could bo rreisrutcd up witn goods
for this dace, Two schooners, from 100 to 200
tons, could doubtless be kept running in that
business next summer to profit perhaps three
or four.
The Loudon Xetos of a lato date, speaking of
breadstufi's, says :
Cargoes of oorn continue coming in from
America, augmenting from week to week the
excess over ordinary importation ut this date.
One consequence and illustration of tho fact ap
pears in tho decision of purpose of the Mersey
Docks aud Harbor Board, lor some tune it
has been in contemplation to provido increased
accommodation for the corn trade of Liverpool,
and last week it was determined to erect ware
houses on both sides of tho river at a cost of
nearly half a million. Gladstone has been ad
verting, in his speech at Mold, to the dread that
a former generation had of our not being sup
plied with home grown corn to the full extent of
our needs. What would our fathers have said
if they could have foreknown that wo should
prefer, as safe and profitable, a certain degree of
dependence on foreign countries for food, and
that already Liverpool would nee 1 such
storeroom for grain which it woul 1 suit the
Americans yet more to send to us, in the crisis
of their civil war, th in it suits ns to receive.
The commodity is the sound and saving element
at a moment of singular complication of fiscal
mismanagement in America; and our share of
the benefit is that we shall be spared any excess
ive dearness of br,cad this winter.
Covernme.nt CuiiRENcv. Upon inquiry at the
Trei.nry recently, we learned that on ihi last
day then reported, forty eight thousand dollars
of treasury notes of the denominations of ones
and twos were printed.
Every rflbrt is made to press tho work, but
the dllieulties are great. Each note receives five
distinct impressions, and an interval f rdry i gis
necessary alter each impes.-ion, lhe whole
amount of Treaury notes below the denomination
of five dollars, authorized by law, is thirty five
millions of dollars. It is easy to calculate when
this amount can be printed, with a proper atten
tion to the safeguards against counterfeiting.
Day before yesterday, tho Trestiry received
from the printers thirty live thousand dollars in
the small postage, or cnango currency, lor
several days before, the amount received had
ranged fro n sixteen to twenty two thousand.
These small notes require only two impressions
in printing them.
As to the Treasuary notes, they are as yet
scarcely visible in he general cicu'ation ol
tho country. At the West, they cannot be
properly said to circulate ut all, being bought
and sold at a premium, for remittance to ti e Eist.
the issue sofar made has JjToducd no inflition
of the currency, or at any rate, not enough to
arrest the tendencies to depression in real estate
and other fixed property, resulting from a state
of war. We believe that if it becomes finan-
j cialy expedient for tho Oovt.'nmcnt to increase
the "amount of Treasury note to 50'),0W0 W,
CITY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 22, 18G2.
' it may bo done without much hazard of disturb
l g values ana prices. auonut jupuo., oep. i
Worse Men than Traitors.
There is a class of men, who like tho
iwia liil-.,l l.xlVil nill'tllillV
IJourb
There are thousands of just such poor, mean,
dark and narrow minds in America. They bo
hold going on about thorn u grander struggle
than history has yet recorded, w hose result is to
determine no less a matter than tho fate of the
present and coming millions of the ntjy.' world
w hether they shall be free aud equal c-i- duljDct
to a slaveholding aristocracy whether or not
tho American system of popular government
shall give place to a slavo umpire or become the
rule of the continent and tho beacon of the world.
To solve this problem a million of men nro in
arms. The irrepressible conflict between freedom
and slavery has been forc?d by the advocates of
the latter lo the issue of battle. The genius, th
energy, tho valor, the wealth, Hope and religion
of the nation, all heart aud soul, thrown on the
side of tho right. The tenderness, faith and con
stancy of woman, the strength, courage and honor
or man, are enlisted in its behalf with stun a
spontaneous and electrio oiitgushing as will make
tins epoch forever one of tho sublunest exhibi
tions of human capacity. Yet there in men
living among us who can seo nothing in this ter
rible upheaval of passion, marking the birth of
a new a; id better era in the moral world, than the
despicable attempt ol hot-brained fanatics
to elevate the African to absolute equaiily and
social fellowship with the white man. The intel
lect, conscience, bravery, blood and treasure of
tho loyal Statesaro being expended otdy to the end
that tho oppressed and hated black man may sit
at white firesides aud marry white women ! Th's
is the constant cry of the Peace Democrats the
moles of our changing politics. Thev never ro
joieo when the flag of the Republic, waves in tri
umph over the discomhted hosts ot pro-slavery
treason. 1 heir hearts aro not thrilled nor their
eyes moistened by the narrative of heroic deeds
ill behalf of u:i imperilled country. They take
no pleasure in repeating or republishing tho elo
quent sayings of Union orators, the strong denuu
ciations of rebel wrong that have fallen from the
lips of its victims and fugitives. They do not
labor to swell tho contributions to tho fund that
is to carry healing to the wounded in freed im's
light, and they sneer at cent le-heai ted women
wr.o flock together to scrape lint for the torn ho
roes. No inspiration kindles them, not tho faint
est gleam of the fire that is blazing in millions of
patriotic bosoms, warms their hearts or glows in
their eyes. They seo only a wicked and foolish
fanaticism where others seo devotion to eternal
principles of truth and justice; and can only cry
out with scowling faces, "Abolitionist ! Aboli
tionist ! Abolitionist !" With them, this word,
instead of the evil out of which it grew, is the
"sum of all villainies." With it they b ast the
noblest civilization everywhere as a failure and
degradation, blot out the glory of earth's purest
names and brightest deeds, and stamp as fiendish
tho most generous, self sacrificing and eounigious
impulses o( human nature. If you dispute with
the n, they can only answer "Abolitionist ! Ab
O itiouist ! Abolitionist !" This is tho epithet
hurled at tho defenders of tho Union by Beau
r gard, tho rebel General, who first directed the
stolen guns that first brought shame upon his
country at Sumter. This is the epithet that gucr
rilla bands apply to defenseless citizens v liom
they rob and murder. In tins name thousands
have been martyred to liberty and Union. Lit
all true men uud women scorn and hate tho base
creatures that, secure under tho folds of their
country's banner, employ it to heap contumley
upon tho sentiment and tho actions of loyal
Americans. We shrink not from its application,
for some of tho greatest hearts and dearest
names of humanity havo borno it, and in the
coming pages of American history thero will
cluster around it the holiest memories and most
inspiring traditions. Manjxvillc Appeal.
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How the Elections were Carried.
The Indianapolis Journal furnishes some f icts
which show what would have been the complex
ion of the volunteer voto from that State :
" In tho Ninth District, w here the Retuibli
cans had 3,000 majority in LStJO, they have now
not more than 100. Ihreo thousand 'Aboiitnn
rebels ' have gone to the war from that district,
and are now in Kentucky. If 0,000 ' Democrats'
have gone from there (as tho Louisville Demo
crat had asserted), how is it that the total vote
of tho district is nearly f.s large as ever? On
the other hand, this county, which g ive but 35
' Democratic' majority in 1S00, now gives over
2,000, and has 1,500 volunteers in tho field.
Either those volunteers were all Abolitionists,'
or tho last majority was the most infamous
fraud ever nernetrated. Tho Eleventh District
in IStjO gavo a Republican majority of 2,000.
It now gives a Democratic majority of 400.
Over 2,000 Uuion men have gone to the war
from tho Eleventh District. Vet the vote of the
district is as largo as it whs in 100! Schuyler
Colfax devoted his whole energies to recruiting
volunteers in his district, and was warned that
by thus drawing oil" the Union men ho was en
dangcring his own re-election to Congress, yet he
persisted. He obtained about 220 majority ;
whereas, if ho had persuaded tha Union men to
remain at homo until after tho election, his ma
jority would have been numbered by thouaip's."
We believo an investigation wo'ild reveal the
same condition of things in Ohio, Pennsylvania,
and New York. It is ridiculous to claim that
men w ho believe that the Government is engaged
in an " Abolition war" have volunteered to fight
its battles. That class of voter have remained
at hoiiiB to engage in political intrigue and ton
coct their plans for a diversion in tne North in
fivor of their ancient associate now in open
rebellion. Tho great army of citizen soldiery
are thoroughly loval und in favor of employing j
n . t i n- . I
every means jr tne suppression oi rcueuioii. j
i and" wishes
under the in
'of these men w ho aro marching on
Kill !;! I lull .,t llii . I. tin, K..uii, n nuu I .1 t.t t ),. i
II1U irmtll IJlli. II iipiui.i I illV llll II
'opinions to tie disregarded because tliey Ii vo
preferred to go to tho tented field to remaining
at homo to onjoy the franchise while tho very
existence of the Government was nt stake. We
do not believe that the President will gratify the
fiictiouists by such unjust action. Wo can readi
ly conceive that tho Chief Magistrate did feel
disappointed at tho result of the Fall elections,
as he probably did not anticipate a factious war
faro upon tho Administration while engaged in
a life and death strugglo with rebellion ; but that
he will bend before the blast, while ho has abun
dant evidence of being supported by an actual
majority of the loyal men of tho land, we do not
believe. Slow to decide, his purpose is otteti
inflexible. lie has given the "conservative
plan of warfare a long and disastrous trial and
has formally repudiated it. Wo aro inclined to
think that the net results of the recent " Demo
cratic demonstrations will be a number of
offices nothing more, .Sue Union
Tab Si'iunu. Tho Territorial Enterprise
mentions the discovery of n tar spring, which is
located between iMudand Pyramid Lakes. Ill
spring emits n thick, bituminous fluid ; tho dis
charge being quite hot where it bubbles out ol
the earth. According to the Jinterprise, tho In
dians frequent the tar spring for the purpose of
pitching their baskets and willow water vessels.
Hope yon arc not trying another dodgo similar
to Lor bra blue mass discovery, or that " petn
lied man," neighbor? It's well, you know, to be
cautious. O'i ass I 'alley Xational.
Si'ecllatixu. Speculations are rile in many
ways concerning the conduct nud movements of
Government lately. The elections in the North,
resulting in so many Democratic viitories, may
be attributed to the union of tho two wings of
Democracy, ami the fact that tho peace Democ
racy havo remained nt home, to a man, except
what few may have been drafted. Regarding
tho movements of our armies, it may bo that no
decisive action is intended until it is seen what
the rebellious States will do towards tho entailer
pation proclamation. It they send llieir repre
sentatives to Congress, every section so represen
ted will he preserved with their slavo property,
If the .South still holds out after the 1st of Jaiiu
ary in rebellion, then the root of it will bo root
ed out by tho total abolition of shivery. This
talk about foreign intervention is all a humbug.
The rulers and some individuals may havo spite
and speculation ..at stake, but tho English nud
trench people will never interfere in the fight
that liberates the slaves. They have instigated
it, expended millions, and sacrificed many of
their soldiers in tho causo of emancipation. The
shillings and changings now progressing seem to
be of no great moment : but when tho first of
January arrives, we believe tho i iirht man will
bo in tho right place, and that Abraham Lincoln
has the back bone lo stand up and support the
i rm y in crushing down tins rebellion with do
terinineJ will, or sink in tho tllbrt. YreHa Jour
ual.
A Petition.
EulTOItS Rlil'UUI.ICAN
Tho following article
was published in a Boston
paper, many years
ago. Its object was to draw attention to pre
vailing inaccuracies of speech
which ought to
be carrected. Iho errors still exist. Soino of
them aro fastened upon tho tongues even of the
liberally educated, by tho example of those who
first taught language to their childhood, and by
all surrounding custom. A rc-publieation in
your paper may not be without use. If it con
tains " wretched puns," and other foolish matter,
I hope they may bo excused f r tho sako of the
good intended. C.
A Petition to the People of the United States :
About sixty thousand slaves, owned by the peo
ple of tho United States, make tho follow ing
supplication to their masters, not for emancipa
tion, but for tho amelioration of tho condition ot
certain individuals of their lace.
Most sovereign, rightful and excellent masters,
we arc the words of the English language
your lawful and perpetual bond servants, whose
names aud origin, characters and duties, are so
faithfully exhibited in Noah Webster's M'eul
dictionary. By far tho largest part of us have
received nothing but the kindest usage from our
owners, from time immemorial. Somo thous
ands of us, indeed, were it possible, might die of
having nothing to do but sleep shut up m the
dormitory of the dictionary, or in tho composi
tion of some most learned, or most silly book,
which tho mass of the people never open. But
of this we do not complain. Nor do we account
it much of an evil that certain Yankee make us
weary with tho monotonously long drawl with
which they articulate u into use; nor do we cry
out against tho painful clipping, cutting-tip aud
shattering to piece given us by tho African race
for we servo them a faithfully as wo do their
white fellow mortals holding that ns it regards
all tho relations of human being to us, all men
' ore born free and equal." But now wo humbly
pray that you will hear what we do complain of.
Wo complain th.it certain of our brethren are
exceedingly abiiied and made wretched by some
thousands and pel Ii.iji million of our owners.
Their piteous groan have shocked our ear;
their unrctrieved sulli:ring have pained our
sympathising hearts for many years. We can
endure no longer we must speak.
i our ancient servants come, then, supplicating
you to take measures for tho relief of the sulfer-
ing of tho individual of our number whose
name and particular suhj-rt of complaint shall
now be enumerated proceeding in alphabetical
order.
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inrimencwM accurate calculator iipiispen
iLan mo i. resident ignore the views
NO. 45
J sabFo to this mighty and
I grievously complains tin
1 money seeking nation.
that he is obliged to work
for thousand without the use of A-head, and de
prived of ono of his two i's. Here i a Dictum
of his mutilated form Rethmetie.
Attacked nn important character that figures
so conspicuously in military dispatches, and U
so necessary in medical reports is forced by
many to the uso of t, more than his constitution
will admit. lie cannot perform his necessary
business, yon know, without tho use of t twice
during every job, but to havo it forced into him
three times causes a chango in his constitution
and nppoaranea which ho cannot comfortably
bear. Seo how Attacked is altered bv mora t
than he want Attackted.
Across is another poor fellow w ho has a sinii
Inr affliction, lie is forced to tho uso of t when
his constitution cannot bear it at all. Seo what
a spectacle a little t makes of him Acrost.
A'arn that most excellent friend nud profit
able servant of tho Working-men's party, com
plains that thone whom he serves tho best de
prive him of what little o's his laborious condi
tion demands. See w hat Earn is brought to by
such improper treatment Aril.
Errand tho neecessary attendant on every
messenger, is in the same slate of suffering from
tho same causo. Errand is niado Arrant, which
is " notorious, infamous and ill," (and of cotuso
not to be endured), as you will perceivo by look
ing in the dictionary.
As other sullbring brethren mako their piteous
complaints known wo will lay them before tho
public for redress.
TllS PuKSIDENt's PllOCLAMATIOK I NoRTH
Caiiolina. Tho Manchester (X. II.) American
of October 14th, contains tho following:
" A gentleman by tho .name of James M.
Smith, a native of tho eastern part of this State,
has just arrived in this city, direct from the inte
rior f North Carolina, lie has resided in that
section for tho last seven years, and had nrevi.
ously lived eight years in different part of the
South, lie escaped to tho Union lines id. Now.
hern. Smith states that tho proclamation of
President Lincoln has produced the greatest con-
stennitioii among the large slaveholders in that
portion of llio State. Indeed, so great is their
terror that a large body of them have united in
a petition to the Governor, imploring him to ute
his influence with tho Confederate Government
to secure tho return of thu troops belonging to
that State, in order that they may bo protected
from a slave insurrection, which they believo to
bo iinra nent. The Governor has also been re
quested to call a convention of the people to take
measures to bring the State back into tho Union,
that they might avail themselves of tho offers
contained in the proclamation, llo says that as
soon as it was known that tho proclamation had
been issued, measures were taken to prevent any
more of tho soldiers raised there bv conserinf ion
from leaving the Slate. lie is of tho opinion
that in a very short time, tho proclamation will
he known to tho slaves m every nook and corner
of tho Stite. Smith also dec!ares that the morn
intelligent of the non-slaveholders in that locality
H'eauy ujoiec,i mat, 1110 proclamation poliey
as been adopted by tho Federal Governinnni
They believo that tho abolition of slavery will
be of immenso benefit lo them, a it will uiva
dignity and respectability to labor.
Gov. Skvmouii, of New York, is a cood Union
man, nndjpledged himselfas such before election.
J ho ulhindigh im kind were all defeated, excent
tho Woods, of New York city, w ho irenerullv
control tho "Dead Rabbit" vote.
Goon Use. Now that Woo 1" is elected bv
tho Democracy of New York, the Shasta Courier
advises Govi r.imnnt to uso him lo warm nn thn
inside of Fort Lafayette,
Tub Mountain Democrat has been excluded
from the mails, by order of General Wri.dit.
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Moiik New Steamkus ron this Coast. Tim
Pacific Mail Steamship Company are building
in new J oi k, two large steamers for this coast.
They are about the zio of tho Constitution
Tub receipts of treasure at San Francisco, sinca
last steamer day, wero 2,2o0,000 a very largo
sum. Tim receipt for Federal taxes during tho
month past amount to $ 100,000.
Making I!i.ak White. A man named Stowr
advertises his "Runaway Negro" in tho Rich
mond Examiner, and this is hi description of tho
precious contraband :
'Said Alfred i nineteen years old, pretty well
grown, has blue eyes, light flixen hair, skin
v hi 'c and disposed to freckle, lie is very intel
ligent, and may bo mistaken for a free born
white"
Said Alfred is, no doubt, a near kin to tho
commonwealth of cousin in Virginia.
Gkntii-itv, is neither in birth, wealth, man
ners, nor fashion but in mind. A high sens
of honor, a determination never to take a mean
advantage of another, an adherouro to truth,
delicacy and politeness toward thoso with
whom wo havo dealings, are the essential char
acteristics of a gentleman.
A minister observing a man who had lost
hi wife, very much oppressed with grief, told
him that ho must havo patience; whereupon the
mourner replied, "I have been trying her, sir,
but she will not consent to have me."
Wiit i a eundlemr.kcr the most hopeless of
men ? Bec.iuso hi wot kc nre vicitd, and Lis
aided work is brought to light.
A bi gger woman, when questioned if she
wa not an Irish woman, d roped m curtesy, and
added ; "Sure I am, your honor, and Lave been
since I was a child."