OUKGON STATESMAN. TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1S57. We judge from the Multnomah Connty resolutions, that our friend Robert Thomp son has licen trying his hand at thj healing art, aal has fairly earned the title of I. D., or Doctor of Democracy. We will suggest however to the Dr., that the plaster which he ha3 so skillfully preparcil, though very sweet ami pretty, won't stick. It may stick where there is something soft, but cannot adhere to that which is hard. We are very sorry indeed to learu from the Doctor that the Democratic party is so dreadfully sick. Perhaps it has got, as Mrs. Partington would sav, the " Iroxn erectors.'' With all deference to the Dr., it sccuis to us that eaustie is better adapted to such a disease than " soft sawder." Possibly sonic mem ber of the Democratic body is touched with gangrene ; if so we believe it is usual to am putate such member, and not try by soft applications to uiuusc the deadly virus through the whole system. We would advise the Dr. to tako out patent for his political cataplasm, to be called " Thompson's Toor Democracy Plas ter," compounded with two whercas-cs, four or live milk and water resolutions, and one grain of soft soap, for a " sou ad and con sistcnt Democrat,' made, as Leland says, nn dcr bis inspection, and warranted to be soft in its application to sore heads, which it will " heal up aud hair over" quicker than you can say " Bob." The Dr., it will be seen !s careful to exclude from his plaster all lo cal and personal controversies of the Demo cratic press, as " anti-Democratic and uu just.' , These would make the thing " cement apart," as is the saying, in one of Uncle lien's good stories. Now Dr., we should like to know what our duty is as one of the Democratic Press?'' Suppose a man is cleeled to the legislature as a Democrat and then bolls the nominations of the party and acts altogether with the opposition ; are we to be silent ia reference to that man, for fear of a "personal controversy?" Sup pose another, professing to be Democrat, i trying to break down and sell out the Dem ocratic party to hold np the "intrusts his town ; are we to say nothing about sneh a coarse for fear of a " local contro vcrsy?" Suppose a paper, calling itself Democratic, advocates bolting, and glorifies bolters ; arc we to keep still for fear of controversy with that paper ? Aceordiii to Dr. Thompson, we arc to keep qniet abont all these matters. Hut we must be excused ; we can't possibly take such "doc tor sLuH."' Wc want no local or personal controversy, and will have none with good Democrats, but Dr. Thompson can't make a plaster sfl and sticky enough to stick u . to a rotten " peace"" with bolters and enemies in disguise, and tre don't believe the Demo cratic Territorial Convention will pnt itsc npon GVTf sv.ck patched nn and punk wood platform. Col. Kelly says it is the right and duLy of a democratic representative to remain oat of a Democratic caucus or con rcntion, and bolt the nominations, if he be litres such is the wish, or for the. interest of the district he represents. Dr. Thomj son says this is " sound and consistent Dc laocracv." Tiie Democratic party of the Territory, which the Dr. says 13 " skk nigh unto death,' and must be cured by Liui, have pretty emphatically declared that kind of " democracy'' to be mo,"t tin-sound and i consLtcni." in short, to be totally rotten. It is not the first instance of disagreement between patient and physician. One thing more wc will say about these reflections on the " Democ ratic Press"1 speak oat and let us know what you mean. AVc don't want any otfier paper to bear onr sins. If the Statesman is wrong, say so, and let Q3 know of what yon complain. If you mean any olhcr paper, name it, so thai you can be understood. This thing of condemn ing the whole Democratic Tress of the Ter ritory, may be a very safe, but not a very fair way of striking at somebody. Wc wonder that t his horror of personal matters iu poli tics did not seize the Dr. when he drew np that resolution endorsing Col. Kelly. Why fchonld Col. Kelly fcc selected from all the Democrats in the Territory, and endorsed as a " sound and consistent Democrat V No body has assailed the Col., though wc have controverted some of his opinions, but, as wc believe, in a fair and truthful manner. Smith, Harding, Williams, Nesmith, Drew, and others have been shamefully villiCcd by the Standard. Why not endorse them ? Oh ! wc beg pardon, that wonld be " per sonal." It is not difTieuIt so sec through ths thing. Our friend the Dr., is a very amiable gentle man, and withal naturally enough very anx ious for the nomination of Gen. Lane, lie don't travel round much, and is not therefore very well posted as to public sentiment. lie imagines that in some event it may be nec essary to Lave Col. Kelly's friends in the Convention to secure the nomination of Lane, and so he soft soaps the Col., pins Lis cars back and swallows him without w inking. Wc think this gastronomic per formance wholly unnecessary to give Gen. Ianc the nomination, (we think there are no candidates for the nomination but Gen. Lane and Col. Kelly,) but wc hope it will " work onf well. So far as wc arc con cerned, wc shall have personal and local con troversies when we think the iutcrests of the Democratic party require them, and if this course should happen to rend the Dr's. " Poor Democracy Plaster," wc can only say, in the language of the lamented Snugs, " Let 'cr rin." The Douglas Co. Democratic Con vention was held on the 2Sth ult. Judge Dcady was chairman. Mcssr3. Pyle, WLit Led, Hutchinson and Martin were chosen delegates to the Territorial Convention, and iiiitractcd for Lane. - We have no further account of the proceedings. Tne Vol.-. of Kcii'mi. Kent! the resolutions of the Denton Conn- ty Democratic Convention in onr colnmns U. to-day. The one npon the subject of the supiwrt of regular nominations, is ns sound 1 to as it is at this time pertinent, mat re peating local questions, or, the location of ublic buildings, likewise expresses the true loetrine. If the democracy of I teuton County will plant themselves firmly on that position, and reject the selfish trickster, with his tools and his false teachings, who would sacrifice the Democratic party upon the al tar of his God called "interests" they will justly cutitle the local claims of their Coun ty to consideration by democrats from other parts of the Territory. We have never be lieved that cither the Democracy or the people of Denton county approved cf the corrupt bargain and sale by which Avery sold out the Uuiversity tchich they had and erer vould hart had, for a barren considera tion, for what has proved to be, and what everybody not blinded by self interest, saw would prove to be, nothing. Had Denton County earlier throwu off this selfish schem er it would now havo had the Territorial University. Is there a man iu that county who doubts this ? Wasco County. See the resolution of instruction passed at tho Wasco County Democratic Convention. It has the ring of tho true metal. Nearly all tho meetings of the Democracy this spring cx- hibit a healthy expression, and tho party was never more vigorous and 6trong than now, notwithstanding the alarm of here and there a timid and excited gentleman, about "divisions," which exist only in their fears. The democratic party's not "sick" enough to be in any danger, and has a constitution fully strong cnongh to sprto cni the putrid mat tcr which has collected on its stomach. Aud it would not be surprising if the potions ad ministered by its self-called doctors for hal ing and s4hing pnrposcs, should operate ns au emetic, and throw off the foul matter. Quack doctors arc very apt to be mistaken iu the effects of their medicine. 7? In tiie case of Mr. AVelch of Polk, and Mr. Munroe of l.ano, onr reporter anil other inform ant:! arc of opinion th.-it these gentlemen were cor rectly represented 111 the btmulanl. Hauilnrd. This is the answer to the lie given to the statement of the Standard by by 3Iessrs : Welch, Munroc and Miller answered by reiterating the lie, and impliedly accusing the above named gentleman of stating false hood in their letters. Wc do uot believe the reporter is note "of the opinion,' Ac. Wc arc confident that he believes the statement was fal.se, and that it was meanly imposed upon him by Avery, for wc make uo doubt he was the reporter's oulv authority. We believe Leland has here lied about his reporter. We shall see. The "other informants,' if anybody it J. C. Avery. He may have reiterated Ins falsehood. It is immaterial whether ho has or not. He would readily do it, if he has not, but that would neither make it true, or induce anybody who knows him to believe it. Sickness at Corvai.i.is. Wc understand much sickness ngain prevails at Corvallis, and that a number are suffering from attacks of fever. Five persons are prostrate iu one honse. Within the last few days. Dr. W. Jackson, physician, and Rolicrt Gray, sad dler, have died from the effects of typhoid fever. Dr. Jackson wa3 an esteemed citi zen, a physician of scientific attainments, and a thorough gentleman. His loss will be lamented by his acquaintances. lie came to Oregon from Ohio, wc Ik-Hcvc. EG?" It wiil have been noticed, by the ac count wc published last week, that it is the impression in California that Jack Hurley pushed Siicrifl Jackson overboard, and drowned hint. We understand that, before leaving here, Hurley told Jackson that the reward of $2,000 which wa3 offered for his recovery would never do him (Jackson) any good. Hurley said he shouldn't think a mau could enjoy money obtained by taking a man back to be hnng. Jackson replied that he could bet he would enjoy it, if he Rot it. - Moue " Jeffersoxian- Democrats. In the Congressional proceedings published in the National Intelligencer, wc find the fol lowing : Mr. WEIGHT, of Tennessee, defended the nn- nunl mcssn.ro of the 1 resident, and denied that the Democratic party . evaded any issue, either North or South, during the l.itc election. Ho en tered into an aifniment to show that neither the Republican nor the know-nothing party met the issues involved, and in the course of his remark inquired if gentlemen of the former party would vote for tho admission of a slave State f Mr. LE1TEU, of Ohio, replied that answering for himself, as a Democrat, he would never vote for the admission of any more slave States. Mr. WKIiJIIT. 1'iwr whom did you vote ? Mr. 1EITKK. For John C. Fremont. Mr. MeMl'LEIX, of VirHnia. I read the fron- tleman ont of the Democratic church. Laugh tcrl Mr. IEITEK. I deny the authority of the gen tleman to rcaa uic out. There arc some of Lcitcr's kind of " Dem ocrats" in Oregon. Just now they are ex tremely anxious to " heal the breach in the Democratic party" by plastering their " dem ocracy" into it. Lime Qcaruv. Mr. A. H. Sale, mason, of this place, informs us that he has pur chased an extensive lime quarry 011 Butte Creek, Clackamas Co. Dr. Evans, U. S. geologist, pronounced the stone to contain ninety per cent, of lime. Mr. Sale says he is going to get ont and burn lime from the quarry this summer. JCSJ Dryer says he has returned from California with "his vision, improving." He however, judging from his last Xo comes back as crazy as ever. He had bet ter return and tako quarters at the lunatic asylum. ; KD- In Yamhill couuty wc understand there has been an animated contest between the supporters of Lane aud Kelly. The Convention (mass,) was held ou Saturday. We have not heard from it. . W-e arc requested to call the atten tion of Couuty Treasurers to u Lotioe in our advertising columns. f i m rwnuit At the fcoutu Salem 1 remit, M. Ilirseh, Is. lerry, Paul. Clark, Jos. Ilolmnn, and Dan I. J I. Mnrpliy, were chosen delegates the County Democratic Convention In the north Precinct, A. Purely, W. II. Dakcr, Chns. Claggett, Jacob Woodsidcs, and D. S. Ilerrcn, were appointed. In the North Precinct, the following res olutions, offered by Judge Roon, were adopt-1 cd : Whereas, certain men hold false doctrine with reference to the vital principles of true Democracy in this, aud all oilier lands, therefore, be it Ucsolvcd, That we, as members of the great Democratic party, long since estab lished by our forclathers, winch is the only hope of this nation) do hereby declare, tnat the doctrines published in tho Democratic Standard, (so called) a weakly journal pub lished weekly at Portland, Oregon, u calcu lated to bring heresy into the party, by counseling onr people to disregard the regu lar party nominations which we hold to be the unpardonable sin in pontics lor niter such a sop, Satan enters in, and the last state of that man is worse than the first, therefore, wc as Democrats, dismiss the editor of the Self-styled Democratic Stand ard, without standing or fellowship. Ucsolvcd, I hat we heartily approve the course of tho Oregon Statesman, as purely Democratic, worthy the confidence and sup port of all true Democrats. . Resolved, That our delegates to tiie coun ty convention Jwj instructed to cast their votes for Ijuuc delegates to tho territorial Conveution. l!arlltxton &reetitct Mcetlncr. Lixx Co., March 2S, 1857. Pursuant to a call of the Democratic County Committee of Linn county, the De mocracy of Darlington precinct, assembled for the purpose of choosing Delegates to rep resent iheni in a County Conveution, to be held at A loan v, on the 4 th of April next, After the usual business was disposed of, tho following Kesolulious were unanimously adoptetl : Kesolved, 1 hat we will support, as our first choice for delegate to Congress, Gen Joseph Lane, nnd that wc have all coufi dencc 111 his ability aud integrity. Ucsolvcd, Ihat we, have every confidence in the ability, integrity nnd Democracy of Hon. Dclazon Smith, and will support him as our second choice lor Delegate to Con srrcss. Kesolved, That wc will support the nomi nee of the Democratic Convention to lc held at Salem. Resolved, That wc endorse the action of the Democratic Jubilee at Salem, 8th of January last : that wc repudiate the editor of the standard newspaper, nnd conside him a spy and an enemy iu tho Democratic ranks, anu thcrtlorc not entitled to the sym pathy or support of Democrats. Kesolved, That we regard the course of the Statesman ami Times newspapers as be ing Democratic, and that they arc and have been true aud faithful exponents of demo cratic principles. Kesolved, I hat wc approve or precinct meetings and delegate conventions, and wc are opposed to mass meeting-', believing them not to be Democratic. Kesolved, That the foregoing resolutions be signed by the chairman and secretary aud that a copy be transmitted to each of the Democratic ncw.-papers in the Territory with a request that they publish the same. J. 11. DK ATTAIN, Chairman. Ludlow Hector, Sec'y. ItrronT or the Coxckessiovai. Ixvestioat- ixo Committee. On the 19th of February the Congressional Committee made their re port to the House, which created tfie mcs extraordinary excitement 111 W ashmgtoi lite committee report directly niraiiis Messrs. Matteson, G ilbert, and Edwards, of New 1 oik, and w clcli, of Connecticut Hon. Kevery Johnson testified before th committee that lion. Orsamns 1. Matteson of .New 1 ork, had informed him that there were twenty or thirty members of the House who were associated and pledgee1 each to the other not to vote for any law or resolution granting lands or money, unless they were paid for it." On hearing of this infamoii3 slate of things, Mr. Johnson sail that his calmer judgment was so far over come by his indignation, that he pronounced this league of the twenty, thirty, or forty thieves, "a damned outrage," to which Mr. Matteson responded, also with a beconiiu indignation, that they were indeed " a set of damned scoundit l3 ; ' but as nothing coul be got through without their assistance, th Dos Moines Improvement Company (of which Mr. Johnson was the legal counsel, would find a hundred thousand dollars or so very useful for lobby serviec3 in behalf of their bill. It appear?, clso, from the evidence, that Horace Greeley had lent himself to this D03 Moines Company for the small sum of one thousand dollars. The correspondent of the Daily Times, Air. Sitnonton, is charged with being inter ested in land and private claims, aud his ex pulsion from the 1 lonsc. as reporter, is re commended by the Committee. Several other persons arc also charged with bribery. Tho whole affair was to be finally examined in the House on the 25th. What steps the parties implicated would take was not kuown. The excitement cre ated in Washington by the Committee's rc jwrt, has seldom if ever been equaled. ST" All Hindoodom ought to go into mouruing, for its greatest apostle bs dead. John S. Orr, tho' Angel Gabriel," died at the penal colony in Demerara, in November, last. Ho was one of tho original apos tles of knownothingism, to the advancement of which he devoted his whole nlteiiliou for a year or two. He and Ned Kuutliuc in troduced " the order" into this State, and it will be a bhamcful exhibition of ingratitude if our Hindoos do uot show proper respect for his memory. JV. . Vat riot. " OufiARcnY." Leland ha3 borrowed this word from the nigger-worshipping Tribune, and ho makes as much fuss over it as a hen with one chicken. With the Tribune it is " slave oligarchy," and " southern . oligar chy." Tho Standard has it "Statesman oligarchy." K3L " Lone Ash" would have been 'pub lished had the author sent us his name. Again wo say we tcotCl publish anonymous letters. JCJ- The delegates to the Territorial Con vention from Jacksou are Messrs. Eruec, Uoxie, Davidson and Lamcrick. BCi A. P. Dcnuisou, of Portland, has been appointed Indian Agent, and will ac cept. tflf Jacksou County has elected dele gaioi lo the Ttrritoriiil Convention., aud in structed tliou for Lunc. . . Yonrur AiMcilcn Himself Agntn." Deer Ckf.fk, March 10, lSfil. FniEN'n DiTsii Having noticed in the Oregonianof the 21st nil. a literary produc tion purporting to emanate from this place, written, as the writer informs us us, in re ply to a communication which appeared a short time previous in the " Statesman" over the signature or " Young America," and and fearing that "Conservator's" vanity, which wc know to bo most unconscionably lanre. might be so Haltered anu pnneu np with his own imaginary greatness, on seeing the kinky-headed progeny of his most pro- p n t 1 " I.. nA 4 f nnn.'n 1 1 I 1 1 1 L-ll T uc jreesvti urain in pnm, .u.-n. umuiii arromiutlv to assume" that he had caused ns cowardly to retreat from the mighty ou- laught of his powerlul pen, as uki uic ancient ireton from the mighty hosts of Cicsar. We would ask your indulgence for a small space ... . .. f . 1 1 - I 1 to devote to this kuitrut 01 uic qnm. 1111c honestv wo must confess the stylo of ' Conservator" is rather smooth and clever, for one who has had much more experience iu grooming stallions, thau he has in doing up the " pen write," wc cauuot out express our astonishment and wonder how any man of common sense could manage to write nearly a whole column, without expressing one clear, pointed, intelligible, truthful idea vet. such is the case. Conservator commences ny assuming mat there exist two kinds of Democrats which he calls slave Democracy, and free Democra cy. This is false. Democracy is the same everywhere. It is the same in Ohio that it is in Georgia ; aud (what can ucsaiu 01 no other pat ty,) it is the same to day that it was iu the uuts 01 jeiiersou nnu jacKson. Through all the eventful changes of men and things since that period, it has ever pre served its identity clear and unmistakable its landmarks have ever been tne same It rs uot now, nor erer has been for slavery or ncrainst it. Aud yet a man may now, nnd always could have been for slavery or against it. and bo a democrat. And why or hew ? Decanso slavery is a local institution, tnd net a national question The democratic farty being a national par ty, caunot make an issue on a local question If it could, then it might be democratic to run a man for De.cgate to Congress ou ac count of his partiality for a certain poin for the location o: the scat ot uovcrnment A man may be a Democrat, and be in favor of the extinction of negro slavery : but wc by the Central GorerKmenr, and only by a maiority of the voters within the Riaic p Territory in which it exists ; aud that by tmceablc means. And on the other hand, man nitty be in lavor ot Mavcry propngnnn ism. but nt by the Ceneral l.rrcrtimmi and onln by the natural means of immigra tion ami the choice, tree and uncontrolled of a majority of the people in any Territory or free State. I.t short, Democracy is fo the freedom of while Men, and does not trav ersc the subject of negro (so called) slavery pro or con. , The statement that the late election is a triumph of ncjrro freedom over "slave Democracy," notwithstanding Knchaiian election, is supported by no other argument than Fremont's lanre majority in the norll it is conceded that those who voted for Fill more were national men, and net iwgro-iror- shippers. Hence, taking trcmonts vote 1 the north, ns the true test of the Kepnblican strength, when wc look at the lollowm figures, w hich give the cutirc vote of all the the Northern States Iluchanan. Fillmore. . ,l,2-20,;-01 SOl.i'.iO 1,014,091 , 1 ,153o,50S Fremont . . Fremont's majority over the left, 2TJ.42S We are led to exclaim in the language of Homer, " Trtmcnjucus m ijnrtiy F In regard to the remark in our first com munication about the moving of the Seat of Government, wc spoke advisedly. Not that we had aey preference Tor Salem, for we had not, and we did not vote for Salem ; neither did our "very vortby representative as " Conservator" has wrongly stated ; on the contrary, wc both voted for Eugene. Iut at the time wc wrote, it was known that wc w ere just on the eve of doffing the Territo rial garb, and assuming the habiliments of a State. A house had been obtained the Secretary had gone to nn immense expense in furnishing it. It had been decided that if our legislators met at any other place than Salem, they could not be paid by the Government, under tho present act. Con sequently to have moved it, wonld have thrown upon the people of Oregon a bur densome tax to pay our representatives to obtain a house, nnd fit it np. Aud when wc came to he a State government, would Mr. Avery have been satisfied? Would " Conservator?" No, they would have stock ed the cards to move it again to Corvallis. I now come to tho blackest feature of Conservator's" article. It is in calling those venerable Americans, those great and good men, Gen. Lewis Cass nnd the Presi dent of the United States, " arch truitorsr Such language of such men, is only equaled by that of Garrison, when he said, "George Washington was an old scoundrel." But in that case, it wa3 permitted, on account of the notoriety of the dutnuablo villaiu who nttered it, rendering harmless any thing he might Fay. Uut in this instance, coining from a former subject of Great Dritain it is rank treason of the deepest dye. Tho "Urick" is out. YOUNG AMERICA. JB-Sy Wc understand that Spiritualism has a good many couvcrt3 about Oregon City, aud that Spiritual communication through a " mejum," ha. been promised from the late Hon. Sauiuci K. Thurstou, at the Court house, ou lue -20th insl. First t.'tm from IolU. At the Democratic precinct meeting at Cnicmuati, iu Polk Couuty, on the iu 111st., tho following resolutions were unanimously adopted : Kesolved, That onr delegates to the Coun ty Convention, be and arc hereby instructed not to support tho nomination of any man for representative to tho Legislature, who is not pledged to oppose the disorganizing schemes of the sc-called . Democratic Standard." Kesolved, That our delegates arc hereby instructed to support no man for delegate to tne conveution to lorni a constitution, w no does not pledrc himself to advocate the adop tion of a Constitution submitting the ques tion of iluvcry to a vole of the people, iu a distinct arid separate schedule. Kesolved, That the. delegates from this precinct are hereby instructed not to vote for the nomination of any man for office who has not heretofore voted for the regu lar nominations of the party, and who docs not pledge himself to do so in future.. feu?" There are said to bo more artists now iu llouio than before tho revolution there being two hundred and twenty-four paiuters, ouo hundred aud twenty -five sculp tors, aud one hundred and forty-four engra vers. . ; -. . ,-. , - , . . ... Wxai.i.i. A source-of trouble and con fcuniisu' euro. - . - , Ilniton County IKinocTnflctJoiivrnilnn. Couvat.t.is. March 2S, 1857. Pursuant to notice, the delegated County nnnvontinn for Denton Coufjty met at the! Court House upon Saturday, March 20th, Tho meeting was called to order by plac- ng Col. James Kinney 111 the chair, and lectin-' D. C Dade, secretary. Hie fol lowing gentlemen presented credentials and took their scats : Messrs. Isaac V. Winkle, James Kinney, Aaron Uicliardsou U. t. Clark. A. It. MeConnell, t). O.-Motlcy, Ilob- crt Irwin, D. C. Dade, W. W. Chapman, John Loyd, M. II. Walker, William ren ter, William Wood, John Vandcrpool and Eli Summers. The following resolutions were offered and unanimously adopted. Ucsolvcd that we, as democrats m con rcntion assembled, proceed to elect four del crates to the Territorial Convention, to be icld at Salem. April 13th proximo. Resolved. That wc recognize that as the best mode of expression which insures the sentiment of the L'rcatest number, with the least possible inconvenience, and that in the division of this Territory into comities, and counties into precincts, wc recognize one ci I the most benignaut and wise leaturcs ot democracy that feature which enables eve- ' l 1 1 1 T . 4. I V. I ry mau to solicit justice anu Kccuruy ai uis 1 own door and as such division is a civil convenience, so wc hold politically by pre cincts is the only practical fair aud lesriti mate way to obtain the expression of the sentiments of Democrats from all parts of a county Kesolved, That, as Democrats, wc isrnore local issues as a part of our creed ; that while wc believe Corvallis elimblc for the seat of Government or University, wc repu diatc the idea of attempting to trade our principles and birthright for a mess of pot- j tage, rather trusting our natural position I and local claims, which if good, will make it the convenience and interest of the Ter ritory, or future state of Oregon, to so lo cate her public buildings. W c recognize ourselves ns citizens of Oregon, as well as of Kenton county, and as sneh, only ask and desire that manner of policy which w:ll insure prosperity, not to Kenton county only, but to our whole common country. Kesolved, while wc regret the neglect of our County Committee to call precinct meetings iu the County, r.nd thereby deviat ing from a long established rule of Democ racy, wc feel it our duty to support faith fully, and without faltering,; our allegiance to those principles that haTC given our country one of the first- powers on earth And in the spirit of political fraternity, we would hail aud act with those democrats who unthinkingly met, en mass, in Febru ary last, believing there were many who, upon mature reflection, will not approve the principles of such meetings asking such to consider the principles as set forth in Keso lutiou 1st, vu : the reason why counties arc divided into precincts Kesolved, That we respectfully request the County Committee to call Couuty Con ventions, by precincts, by the 21, day cf May next, to nominate candidates for Coun ty oifieers, end if they fail to do the same, recpiest is made of the President and Secre tary of this meeting. Kesolved, That wc have full confidence in the integrity and industry of our present delegate, the Hon. Joseph Iiane, aud our delegates are requested to cast their votes for him for delegate in the Territorial Con vention as our first choice. Kut while that honored soldier and faithful delegate is oar ehnire we support the nominee, of said Con vention, as though we honor Lane, we value our principles higher. Kesolved, That as a parly organization is the only means of fighting principle against principle, we deprecate all efforts of men or papers prifjn luig democracy who openly avow sentiments that justify bolting a regular nomi nee of a legitimate aniens or Convention for a political ofiiee, aud hereby cuter our sol emn protest against the Fame. Kesolved, That though as democrats wc have a right to have personal preferencs, we cannot differ as to those principles the basis of our loved honored and glorious party em blazoned 111 platlonns and declared from the days of Jefferson, our great political proto type. That wc endorse the late democratic platform of Cineiuuati,"nnd in support of the samef-request all sound Democrats to join with us. Kesolved, That as Democrats, wc openly and boldly avow and support onr principles and condemn as morally and politically gan grene, corrupt and ulcerous, all bargain, sale aud intrigue. Wc unfurl our banner, and ns a part of a great national party will, in brood daylight, manfully contend for its advancement. Col. Chapman offered the follow ing : ' Kesolved, That onr delegates to the dem ocratic Convention at Salem bo' instructed not only lo cast their votes for the Hon. Joseph Lano for Delegate to Congress, but to use their influence to secure his nomina tion. . Kesolved, That wo return the sincere thanks of this Convention to Hon. Joseph Lane for the manful course he has pursued in last Congress battling for onr rights, and iu unsparingly lashing the infamous authors of reports of our many unprincipled enemies. Kesolved, That all the democratic papers in the Territory, vix : Statesman, Times and Sentinel be requested to publish. Tho following gentlemen were appointed delegates to attend tho Democratic Territo rial Convention, to nominato a delegate for Congress : James Kinney, A. J. Thayer, William Wood, Wm. D. Gray. JAMES KINNEY, Chairman. Attest: D. C. Dape, Secretary. "Wasco Conntjr Democratic Convention. Pursuant to the call of tho Democratic committee, the Democrats of Wasco county, assembled in mass meeting, at the store of J. K. Uatcs, in the city of Dalles, Saturday, March 21, for the purpose of electing a dele gate to attend tho Territorial Democratic Convention, to be held in Salem, April 13. The meeting was called to artier by X. II. Gates, and organized by electing K. II. Thompson, president, and C. It. Meigs, sec retary. Ou motion, tho convention proceeded to elect a delegate to the Territorial Conven tion,, when J. 11. Bates was unanimously elected. Ou motion, a committee of three, con sisting of X. II. Gates, N. Oluey, and Vic tor Trcvitt, were appointed to draft resolu tions expressive of tho feelings of this con vention. The committee reported the following resolutions, which, after a short discussiou, were adopted. Kesolved, That tho delegate elected by this convention to represent the Democracy of Wasco comity, in tho Territorial Con veution, to bo held at Salem, April 13, be, and he is hereby instructed to cast tho vote of this couuty for none other thau some tried aud true Democrat ; one "who has uni formly acted with, and admits the blading eillcb of Democratic convcution.3 aud caa- cuocs, .anu iu no Ck'tnt t et the .juaty tor VOtC Ol call- Democrats of tl mg himself a democrat, but who has per mitted himself to be run for office in oppo sition to regular democratic nominees. Kesolved, That this convention rjlcde-es the - Democracy of this county to support the nominee of the Democratic Territorial Convention, when made by the delegates from the several counties in Oregon, ac cording to inc usngcot the Democratic par ty and National JJemoeratic Convention. Kesolveu, mat wniio we tender onr thanks to Gen. Joseph Lane, our Delegate iu Congress, for the services lie has rendered to the whole people of Oregon, we cannot overlook the fact that the citizens of Wasco county have been most unjustly sacrificed by the proposed division ot our county by the proposed boundary line of the future State of Oregon. Aud with all one deier cnee to the able manner in which our Dele- crate has discharged his duties, wc much re gret that he should have acquiesced in the mutilating our county, tuereuy aesiroymg our political weight as a county in the pro posed State. Motion made and carried tnat Asauei Hush be authorized to cast the vote of Was co count v in the territorial Democratic Convention, (subject to the instructions 1 in case of the lailurc ot the delegate elect to attend the same. t 1.a f.-. 1..ii-tii( l"nc nnammnnc. kjh iiiutiun, iuijviuj imo uunmuvud !v adopted ilesol ved, 1 nat tins convention, composeu of the Democrats of Wasco county, take this opportunity to tender to N. 11. Gates, their Iato representative in the Territorial Legislature, their thanks for the untiring zeal with which he has studied tiieir inter ests, nnd the able manner in which he has advocated the same. On motion, the secretary was directed to forward a copy of the proceedings to the Statesman aud Times, with a request to pub- lish the same. Adjourned without day. K. 11. THOMPSON, President. C. K. Mf-ins, Secretary. PlrettnomaU Co., Urmocrallc Convention Pursuant to notice, the Delegates from the several precincts in Multnomah county met at the Conrt house in 1 ortland on bat nrday. March 21st, 1857. On motion L. M At.-irr was elected Chairman, anu B. o. .ue- Cormiek Secretary. On motion, the Chairman appointed Messrs. Qmmby, alkcr, and Crce, as a committee to examine credentials, llic committee reported in favor of receiving all the I Megatcs elected from the several pre cincts in the county, except fer. John s, (there being two sets of delegates from that precinct,) the relative claims ot which they referred to the convention. Messrs. Van Sclmvcr and Caples stated ! to the convention the grounds upon which thev claimed to represent tlu ir precinct. On motion it was decided to reject both sets ot delegates irora tne aoovc precinct. , , . - , - nd elect two delegates from those present 111 the convention, iuessrs. panics anu Loo-u:s were accordingly elected. On motion Messrs. Thompson, Lyuceand Powell were appointed a Committee to draft j resolutions. Thev reported as follows : herons, a divided state of feeling now exists among different members of the Dem ocratic parly, growing out of local and per sonal controversies as published 111 tne JJem oeratic newspapers in this territory ; vv hereas. This divided seutimcnt, if cher- r.-.l l. tl,n ...nnpolln n,a.-.-,, ouu iv,. w ...v vm.v.. must inevitauiy icau 10 a compiem uisirac- tion of the party and end in its ultimate dc-1 feat : Therefore be it Kesolved, by the Democ racy o: Multnomah connty in Delegate con vention assembled ; 1st, That wc sincerely recrret and deprecate these local and per sonal controversies in which the Democratic press of this Territory have so wantonly in dulged, and we repudiate saeli as both auti- Democratic and nnjnst. 2d, Kesolved, That wc believe everything calculated to alienate one portion of the Democratic party from another, ought to lie discountenanced by the democratic press, by our Democratic representatives, and by the Democratic citizens, ami on all occasions to be carefully avoided. od, Kesolveu, ihat we appreciate as highly meritorious the efforts made in the Congress of tho United States by onr dele gate, (eiieral Joseph Lane, to secure the rights and jast chums of the citizens of Ore gon who have given their services and prop erty to quell Indian disturbances within '..ur borders, uuring the last two years. 4th, Kesolved, That onr delegates to the Democratic Territorial Convention be and they are hereby inst meted to use their in fluence and cast their votes for tno re-nom ination of General Jos. Ianc as our candi date for next Delegate to Congress, provid ed that ho be a candidate in tho said con vention. 5 th, That wc highly appreciate the scrvi vices of Col. James K. Kelly, as an officer in our late Indian war, as a legislator in our Territorial councils, and his merits as a sound and cousistcnt.Deraocrat. , Cth, Kesolved, That wc subscribe to and endorso the principles contained in the plat form of the national Democratic Couveution assembled at Cincinnati in the year 1S5G. Kobekt TiKHirsox, V . Davie Powell, -Committee. James 1. Eybee, ) The above resolutions were adopted. On motion Kobt. Thompson, J. O. Wat erman, E. Walker, and I). Powell, were elected delegates to attend the Territorial Conveution, with power to elect substitutes in case of inability to attend. : Kesolved, That the proceedings be pub lish in all tho Democratic newspapers in the Territory, On motion adjourned. L. M. STARK, Chru. . S. J. McCormick, Sec'y. Democratic Convention. Tho Democracy of Washington Connty met, at the Conrt House in Hillsboro, on Saturday, the 2Sth of March, 1S51, for the purpose of selecting delegates to the Terri torial Convention, to be holden at Salem, on Mouday the 13th of April next, for the purpose of nominating a candidate for dele gate to Congress. W hereupon Peter Scholl was unanimously elected chairman, and A. Li. Johnson secretary. Ou motion, J. L. Purdio, James Cham- bers, and Robert "Walker, were unanimously elected delegates to the Territorial Conven- tion. On motion, P. Scholl, J. Mcckraad TC. Jackson, were elected as substitute delegates, to attend in their order, in caso either of the principals should fail. , On motion, tho delegates were unanimous ly instructed to use their influence for Gen. Lane, for a caudidato for delegate to Con gress. Oa motion, the proceedings of this mect-in- were requested to be published in the several democratic papers of this Territory. On motion, the meeting adjourned, sine die. TETER SCIIOLL, Chairman. A. L. Jous'iJNT, Secretary. Ees- Read the article signed - Jeuersoa," ou our Crst- pu -v. - STATES NEWS. By the river steamer Clinton. Sunday morning, wc have Atlantic dates to March 5th. Through the kindness of John G. Git son, wc received N. Y. papers. The steamer arrived at 1 ortland Satur day evening. None of the Portland papers of this week contain its news, and the (States man publishes the President's Inaugural a week in advance ol any other Oregon paper. President Imchanan was inaugurated on the 4th of March, in the presence of an im mense concourse. His inaugural wc publish, elsewhere, nis cabinet is as follows; Secretary of State, Lewis Cass, Michigan. Treasury, nowell Cobb, Georgia. Interior, Jacob Thompson, Mississippi. Navy, Aaron Y. Brown, Tennessee. , War, John C. Floyd, Virginia, r. M. General, Arnold Flumrncr, Pa. Attorney General, Nathan Clifford, Me. Ass't. Sec'y State, Henry Ledyard. Private Sec'y to Prcst. James B. Henry. A tariff bill reducing the revenue about $11 000 000 annually, passed. An appropriation for carrying a letter man 111 coacnes ironi .msaissippt river to California, was made. The following Oregon bills arc the only ones wc find in a list of all the acts passed up to March 2, published in the N. 1. Her ald: "A bill for the relief of the heirs of the late S. II. Thurston, delegate from Ore gon.7' JV. bill making appropriations for the completion of military roaus in Oregon. The Minnesota State bill passed, but wo do not find the Oregon state bill in the list, and conclude it had not passed. Dr. Kane, of the Arctic expedition, la dead. John Lane, son of Gen. Lane, has been appointed cadet at West Point. Liong John Went worth was elected may or of Chicago by 1100 inaj. 1 he Congressional corruption committee reported in favor of expelling from the House Messrs, l iiibert, Ldwards, and Mat teson, all of X. Y. and ail black republicans. They resigned, bnt the House passed the resolution ol censure. There has been some trouble in Kansas, and two men killed. Gov. Geary visited the territorial Legislature and was assaulted at the door by sheriff Sherrod, and spit 011 by him. The Council by resolution condemn Sherrod, while the House fully sustains him. A la.r has passed both Lranehes pnnish- ing rebellion witn aeatn. All resistance to Territorial law or authority is declared re bellion. The bill repealing the test oaths. passed the Council, bnt was rejected ia the House almost nnauimously. Gov. Geary fears assassination and sent for troops to protect him. I he following is said to be a correct version of the new Mexican treaty : It contem plates a loan of $15,000,000, of which $3, 000.000 are to be applied to the payment of American claims, which are to be adjus ted by a joint comrais?ton. The remainder of the loan is unrestricted. Twenty per cent of the Mexican customs receipts is to be ap propriated for its prepayment. The treaty also contemplates a joint postal arrange ment via Teh:i3ntepcc as well as the transit of that route. There is no stipulation for the cession of any territory. Neither Con gress or the President have authority to contract a loan. VI T.-,I T 1 111 Ducutiiiuii s j iiiiu" unit iiuufess. v,IO ,,Ir,,rv I appear before yon this day to tike the solemn on'U that I will faitliinliv- execute the office of I "resident of the United States, siij will to the Itest of ray ability- preserve, protect and dcfen-l the constitution of tho United .States. In entering o;hii this frreat office I mast humblv inTofco tho Uod cf our tntners tor wisdom anil hrumess to ex ecute its liigU and responsible duties in sneh a manner as to restore narnionv- and the ancient friendship among the institntioas thronsrhoui many E;c-iier:itions. Convinced that I owa my election to the inherent love for the constitution an.l the Union which still animates the hearts of the American people, let mo earnestly ask their powerful snpport in sustaining all jast measures calculated to perpetaatc these the richest bless ings which Heaven has ever bestowed npon any nation. Having determined not to become a candidate for re-ek-ction, I shall havo no motive to influence my conduct in aJmmistcrinjr the government, ex cept the desire ably and faithfmly to serve coun try, and to live in the grntefaf memory of my country men. We hnve recently passed thron ja Presidential contest in r hich the passions of our fellow citi zens were exciiej to the highest dejrree by ques tions of deep and vital importance;' but When tho people proclaimed their will, the t- mpest at oaco subsided and all was calm. The voice of tho ma jority speakinsr in tho manner prescribed bV tho rvasniDuon, was cearu. ana instant submission followed. Our owa country could alone have ex hibited so grand and striking a spectacle of tho cajweity ( man for self povernment. What a happy conception, then, w as it for Con gress to apply this simple rule; that the will of tho majority shall povern to the settlement of the question of domestic slavery in the Territories. Uonsrrcss is neither to lejnsJato slavery into any Territory: or State, nor to exclude it "therefrom, but to letivc the people thereof perfectly free to mrm ana regntate tneir domestic institutions ia tlieirowii way, subject only to the constitution of tho Unitod tftates. As a natural consequence, it has also prescribed that when the Territory of Kansas shall be admitted as a State; it shall bo admitted into tho Union with or without slavery, as' their constitution may prescribe at the time of tncir admission A tullerent opinion has arisen in reprd to tho timo when the people of a Terri tory shall decido this question for themselves. Thi is, happily, matter of but little practical im portance, and besides, it ia a judicial question, which legitimately belongs to tho Supremo Court of tho United States, before whom it is now pend ing, and will, it is understood, be speedily and fi nally settled. To their decision, in common with all good citizens, I shall cheerfully submit what ever iius may oe, tiiougn it Has been my individu al opinion that rmder tho Nebraska -Kansas act tno appropriate period will be when the number of actual residents in tho Territory shall justify the "formation of a constitution with a view to its. admission as a Stato into the Union ; but bo this as it may, it is the imperative and indispensable duty of the government of the United States to se cure to every resident inhabitant the free and iu depent expression of his opinion by his vote. This sacred right of each individual must bo preserved. - 1 - t , , . 1 . . . a uis ot-iiig accompusneu. notiuug can bo f;urer than to leave the people of a Territorv free from all foreign interference, to decide their own desti ny tor themselves, subject only to the constitution of the United States. This whoio Territorial ques tion being thus settled upon the principle of pop ular sovereignty a principle as ancient as treo government itself everything of a practical' na ture has been decided, and no other question re mains for adjustment, because all agree that un der the constitution, slavery in the ""States is be yond the reach of any human power except that of the respective States themselves wherein it ex ists. May we not, then, hope that the long agi tation on this subject is approaeliinsr its end. and that the geographical parties to which it has giv- cn D'rtb so nmch dreaded by the Father of his SSSSt' nind shall bo diverted tram this question to others i more importance. Throughout the wholo pro ;rcss of this agitation, which has scarcely known ny termination for more than twenty years, . hllst it has been productive of no positive" "ood ed the people ot tne sister Suites from each other, and has even seriously endangered the very ex istence of the Uuion, nor has the danger yet en tirely ceased. , - Under our system there is a remedy for an po litical evils in the sound sense and sober judg ment of the people. Time is a great corrective, Tho political subjects which but a few years ago excited and exasperated the public mind, have passed away, and are now nearly forgotteu ; but tliis tjueatiou ot domestic slavery is of far greater importance than any more political question ; be cause, siioui-i mo agnaauu ceuiniu-j it may even tually endanger tiio personal safety of a larrre p;.-.i-ticn ot our jiuuiae vrtcrf the institution