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OREGON STATESMAN.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, lS5t. N
Tk Pwrf m Stat Over Slav Propcrtf
It ia the province of the democratio par
ty to maintain the Constitution. - Being the
only political organization of national char
acter, its mission is to support whatever
.rights, tbe constitution , supports,, and to
guarantee whatever privileges the constitu
tion gnaranteca(frWhiIe4snch will be the
aim in influencing the action of the federal
'prernmenl, there mast "be a constant guard
against trespassing upon the reserved rights
of the States, and against essaying to axer
ise power dormant In the people 1
S1 Upon the subject of slavery; as well as
npen every other subject which has fallen
; within the pale of politics, the democracy
. will adhere firmly to Constitutional ground.
:Ia these days of contest and excitement up
on this subject, the conservators of the eon-
atitation and of the rights of the States,
. mast toot veer to the one hand or to the oth
er, but keep to their line of duty fast by
; the monitor of principle and law, lest in
- avoiding the Scylla of the North they fall
apon the Charybdis of the Sooth, lest in
combatting sectionalism in one quarter they
oecome sectionalists in another.
: What is the power of a State over slave
; property? In the words of the U. S. Su
preme Court, in the Drtd Scett case:
The principle tipon which onr governments
pu wuicn aione tney continue to ei-
' the union of the State, aotmign and ia-
mtpendrat artfata thctr an limits in their internal and
aTemsttc cnemn, and bound together as ona peo-
f uj general government, possessing certain
, enumerated and restricted powers, delegated to It
- by the people of the several States? aud exercis-
in" supreme authority within the scope of the
i powers granted to it, throughout the dominion of
. uw buicasuuet.
This principle of absolute sovereignty in
' the several States touching this domestic
policy, is vital to the life of the Union, and
'. : mast never be lost sight of. In the earlier
days of the republic, all the States accepted
. n and acted upon it.
The subject of slavery is one of those in
stitntions of our country which are peculiarly
domestic and local to the several States
' where they exist. It has always beeu thus
7 held, and most rightfully so, by the States
; interested.
In the North when slavery became nn
, . profitable and was a tax upon the master
' and a burden upon the State, they abolish-
, ed it, without consultation with the South,
- and without objection from that quarter.
In the South the States hare severally
passed laws restricting the importation of
slaves from foreign countries; and at all
.' times they have regulated the tenure and
terms of emancipation of 6lave property
within their boundaries.
V Upon this subject, Mr. Justice Nelson,
agreeing with tho Chief Justice, who deliv
; ered ILe opinion of the Court in the Dred
Scott case just quoted, says:
. r "Our opinion is, that the question is one which
belongs to tach State to decide for itself."
"Every Slate or nation possesses an exclusive
sovereignty and jurisdiction within her own Ter
ritory; and her laws affect and bind all property
. ana perrons residing: wiuun it. . - l bese princi
ples fully establish, that it belongs to the sover
eign State cf Missouri to determine by her laws,
- qnestion of slavery within her jurisdiction."
i he principle is not peculiar to the State of
J1"'00- " 18 equally applicable te each State
; Belonging to tue conlederacy
Mr. Justice Grier said: .
"I concur in the opinion delivered by Mr. Jus-
umscwBonine questions discussed by him
Justice Campbell concurring-, and referring
, to a former decision of the Supreme Conrt
; of the Uuited States, said: . - , ;
"The power over this subject is exclusively
with the several States, and each of them has a
"?ht t decide for itself, whether it will or will
ot allow persons cf this description to be brought
- within its limits." "The constitution of the ifni
; ted States operates alike in all the State. mA
. one State has the same power over the subject of
uivcrjr as any oiner state. t -,
-'; , Nor is there any difference in this partic
- lar, between the power of the people raov.
- ing in the formation of a State government
, and the power o, those already organized
as a State. When a Territory becomes a
; - State of the Union it takes its place among
the other sovereign States, impressed with
J whatever character its constitution gives it.
.. And it is the very gist of the Kaosas-Ne-,
braska principle that the people are called
npon when they form a State government,
o ct npon the subject of slavery, and tliat
'" their action when finally taken, shall settle
the qnestion as far as Congress and the other
States are concerned.
, : This position is also taken by President
. Buchanan in his letter to the clergymen in
Connecticut.
.But there are many persons of different
political views who are opposed to these
wholesome doctrines, so long and withuch
,, difficulty maintained aud enforced by the
'4: democracy.
V The abolitionists of the North are, and
always lave been determined to interfere
., . with the rights of those owning slaves in
fr. the Territories as well as in the States where
slavery exists. They deny to the States and to
" the Territories when they become Stares,
the sovereignty and exclusive control over
this subject. They say that the constitution of
the United Slates does not recognize slavery
ana .consequently the institntion cannot law-
-r fo,'y Xist within tbe Union; and if the
,V,vconstittio,, does "cognise slavery, they
y: have so respect for it. '.. -
There is another class who declare that
tbe constitution of tbe United States does
- recognize property in slaves, and whatever is
recognized by the constitution is constitu-
t -tonal and national. Therefore slavery is
constitutional and national. -
" " Fortunately the great case which we have
cited settles' this question: .
The only two provisions which point te then
, (aegaees) and include them, treat them as prop
erty, and make it the duty of the government to
protect t; no other power in relation to this
race, ia to be found in thn r,nno;n;n . ..j ;
- wMbMM.ru t WW
authority bevond
athority beyond these two
rrrLlJ- The government of
7r ul?' " n?nt to interfere for
any other purpose bnT tW 'YVL'Zl
mat. mm emch State tmnm tLi.l. i T f "'
or
It imtcretts and tefetyiftecutg renin!?" '
mmi
Thns it wm bo seen that tb constiintion
of the United States recognizes and protects
s property within tbe States whatever the
State laws determine to be property. In
this the, States are sovereign. What is true
(n relation to property ia African slaves, is
trne with relation to every other kind of
property, as far as State and Federal connec
tions are concerned. V - ' ;
At one time white foreign paupers were
brought to the state of New Jersey and
were held nnder tbe laws of that State, in
slavery for a term of years. Bnt at that
time the master could not remove to Virgin
ia and take such property with him. The
laws of .Virginia 4id not permit H...
Pennsylvania in regulating her currency"
passed a law forbidding tbe circulation and
nse within that State, of bank notes of oth
er States of less; denominations than five
dollarsi Under that law a citizen of Vir
ginia or of New York might go to Phila
delphia with a thousand dollars, money cur
rent in the adjacent State, and find it noth
int? better than waata ntnr :
, , I
At various times and for various reasons.
different States of the Union harp restricted
the importation and use of commodities of
other States, without being charged with
unconstitutional conduct. ' '
in tne sereral slave States there hare
been. rliUerent systems of legislation with
relation to slave property. . In some the
owner is not allowed to emancipate his
slaves within the State; in others, he Is al
lowed the privilege nnder certain restric
tions. In some, he cannot sell so as to sep
arate husband and wife; in others, there is
no restriction of this kind. And if a law
should be passed in any of the slave States,
that an owner should not sell his slaves at
all, such law would be constitutional, if the
State constitution did not prohibit its en
aetment '
In this particular the several States ex
ercise the prerogative of States" or Nations
foreign to each other; and such is their
true condition nnder tbe federal constitution
as far as tbe exercise of their reserved
rights is concerned: '
Mr. Calhoun and other prominent States-
rights men of his school, both North and
South, held to this doctrine. . . , '
' Many have suffered themselves to be mis
led upon thi subject by the assertion that
no law of a State nor of the United States,
can destroy a vested right of property."
But while this is true it applies only to right
vested nnder the State constitution which
protects them. If the constitn tion and laws
of one State establish certain rights of
property, is it nrged that the same should
be recognized in every State? , . .
As well might it be said that because
certain remedies at law are granted by one
State, they should be enforced by others.
This would present the case of one State
legislating for another and tbe identity aud
sovereignty of the several States would be
lost.
After reviewing the whole history of the
government, and assigning to each branch
its proviuce, Chief Justice Taney, in speak
ing of the point last presented, remarks:
The States evidently intended to reserve this
power exclusively to themselves." 19 Ilotctxrd,
While we thus contend for the rights of
the several States.npon tbe subject of slave
ry, we wonld not forget their obligation as
members of the great family of the Uniou.
It is the duty of each toward tie other,
to lend its aid in securing the return, to their
proper custodies, of fugitives from service,
as well as fugitives from justice, and to al
ow a safe transit, through its borders, of
slave properly " lawfully taken . from one
State to another. t -.. .. ..
When these principles shall have been
fully understood, and shall have been recog
nized by all, as fundamental in our govern
ment; when the waves of fanaticism shall
have expended their fury in forceless dash
ings against the bulwarks of the constitu
tion; when local malcontents, attempting to
profane the shrine of onr common liberties.
shall be hurled back, by the arm of power, 1
to their own annihilation; then, the Union
of these States will rise, conscious of a well
balanced frame, nerved with a giant's
strength, and with a continent as a pedistal,
win stand, a living colossus among the na
tions of the earth ! .
Valuation of Oregon. .
We are indebted, to our efficient Territo
rial Auditor, B. F. Bonhani, Esq., for the
following statement of the valuation of prop
erty in the several counties of Oregon for
1857. We believe the real estate of the
country is worth more than twice the sum
it has been valued at, and that the real val
ue of the property of Oregon is nearly twice
the amount returned; ... ' .
Marion ..................... f 2.299.109
Linn, .... 2,142,710
Multnomah, . . ; 2,043,581
Polk, ....... 2,007,808
Lane,.. ........ ...... 1.548.644
Yamhill, , . . 1,506,880
Benton, 1,390,610
Clackamas, ... , 1,352,430
Jackson. .............
Douglas,.: .. i ....... ,
Washington, ........
Umpqua, ...........
Wasco, .... ....... .
Clatsop, . ............
Colombia, .. . ........
Carry,.
Josephine, ..........
Coos, ..........
Tilamook, , . . . ... . '. .
T Total, ;;,:, v
, . . Total for 1856,
, Gain ,
955,189
954,795
845,010
441, IOC
221,680
216,377
211,516
120,209
113,767
65,851
25,900
$18,463,772
16,304,487
$2,159,285
leS"C. E. Pickett is in Oregon, and trying to
figure in the contest upon the adoption of the new
Constitution. He is opposing it, and succeeds in
getting an occasional letter before the public.-
Some of the papers are rather severe npon him,
as they seem to thipk he has no right to come in
to their Territory and attempt to dictate to the
peopie ot Oregon j Smcrmmtmto V.
Uji opposition was very effective! He
las now about the same opinion of Oregon
that be has of California.1 By the way,
there were fluite a Bumberr'of , Californians
hererand they, .were nearly all exceedingly
officious . and i self-important. They were
suffering terribly from a malady known liere
as the "big head." Is that a California dis
ease? Or do' your great men . only put on
their airs among' the "ignorant Tikes'' up
here in Oregon?
" financial. j J J
Two weeks ago we stated the banks bad
reached a point that utterly disqualified
them from rendering aid to the reckless mer
chant, manufacturer and speculator; and
we should have -added to honest business
men. Money is king, whether it be fonnd
in shape of gold coin or bank bills. It is
the commander of individuals, communities
states and nations. The motto of Young
America has been "get rich suddenly." In
brdef'to do this, "money must be plenty;
aud in order to have money plenty banks
must be multiplied. In order to obtain a
charter for a bank, it' was only necessary
to erect a man -to too legislature,-who had
influence and could make it appear that such
an institution was actually needed ia the
place designated. The charter being granted,
a large amount of money was put into circu
lation, the tendency of which has been to
excite and encdarab reckless men In their
wild and insane desire to amass great wealth,
in the shortest possible time. Many men
have made large fortunes in the course of
Wo tr three 'years merely by speculating on
the products of others, Without adding any
thing to tbe wealth of the nation. -
- Every effect has a cause; and it must ap
pear evident to every intelligent mind that
the banks have been the cause of 'the pres
ent financial troubles.' If the merchant
overtraded, he was enabled to do it by the
banks. If tbe manufacturer has extended
his business too far and added mill to mill,
he has done it by paper money.' If tbe spec
ulator has amassed fortune in a year, lie
had the means furnished him by men inter
ested in banks. In short the expansion
of tbe currency by means of banks has ena
bled ambitious men and vain women to
practice all kinds of extravagance and wick
edness. . It is no nse to talk of excessive im
portations, overtrading, extravagant living,
&e.,as the cause of the present money cri
sis, when they are' nothing' more or less
than the effects of an expanded paper cur
rency. :' .-.;!';,;::
The banks having gone to the extent of
their abilities in assisting the ambitious to
sieculate, the crisis came; and they are now
striving to sustain thrnistlves, without hav
ing the ability to aid even their friends
Hence suspensions, failures and assignments
are the order of tbe day. It is certain that
there, is wrong somewhere; and it seems t
us that legislation of the right kind, iu re'-
erenre to our banking institutions might to
8ometning towards preventing the occar
rence of another money crisis, like the ane
which is now proving so disastrous to the
commercial iuterest of odr nation. The
suspense of such firms as the Harper Broth
ers, isowen JUciNamee, ami others which
might be named, shows the immense Power
of the Banks, over the financial affairs of
individ oals. IVestfield Mass.) News letter,
- Tbe News Letter is at present knownoth
ing , and black republican and before the
rise of those parties was whig. And it has
ever been, with the whig party, a zealous
supporter of the baukiag system. But the
present pressure, so directly traceable to
banks, is creating a great revolution con
cerning that system, in the Atlantic States.
llard mouey is now a popular cry there.
We trust tbe recent experience there will
be treasured up by the people of Oregon.
The time may come '. when there will be a
bank party iu Oregon.
le"The Democratic Central Committee are no
tified to meet at Salem on tbe I9;h of Decembor,
as "business of iniportance requires thoir atten
tion." The Oregon Times and the Jacksonville
Herald only are requested to copy. " We snjipose
we may consider ourselves as read out of the par
ty, inasmuch as the Messenger was not embraced
in the request to publish the Jacksouville 8en.
tinel and l'orthiuJ Standard ditto. Arerg Oz.
Ah, lia!!l The Standard is a "demo
cratic paper," then, is it, according to your
estimate? A sound, constitutional demo
crat,' like Cass, Dickinson, Douglas, Bright,
Buchanan, Brcckiuridge, Cobb, of . Geor
gia, Orr, of South Carolina, Honter, of
Virginia, are not democrats, if they voted
for a free State iu Oregon. , But this Alge
riue, abolition, nrgro-eqnality, Standard,
which, -with the black-republicans,; has
always opposed ' the democratic party, and
with them last spring opposed Gen. Lane,
its editor voting against him, is a "demo
cratic paper Of course it is, for Avery
owns $500 of its stock, (abont five times its
worth) and it, 'Avery aud yon, are run
niug iu the same "intrust.. , There would
have been just as much propriety in the
chairman of the Central Committee request
ing the Oregonian aod Airgoose to copy his
notice, as in so requesting the Standard and
Ox. ,.
The Jacksonville Sentinel, we presume
was not named because it does not profess
to be a party ps per. It styles itself "inde
pendent," and we think, lost epring stat
ing that it was not a party paper gave no
tice that it wonld not publish tbe notices of
any party without they were paid for as ad.
vertiscments. That, we hare no doubt, was
the reason the Sentinel wasomittcd. 1 ,
The Pcrfose Proclaimed. The last Ave
ry's Ox has a . communication signed ''A,"
which "reckons all as friends who enlist in
the patriotic struggle," which is to take
place to defeat the Democratic party iu Or
gon. i In short, black republicans, and eve
ry ism, end aud odd, which stands arrayed
against tho democratic party, is openly in
vited to join the "pro-slavery democrats"
against the democratic organization. The
Ox man, under the head of "Attention the
Universe," calls attention to this "A" arti
cle, and unqualifiedly endorses it. , It is idle
for any man who reads the Ox to pretend
that it is, in any sense, ' democratic paper,
or to pretend that its mission is not to distract
and defeat the democratic party, by the aid
of abolitionists and rot tens. -It is no more
entitled to be called a democratic paper than
is Rev. Billy's Airgoose. -They are of. the
same character,' and together are making,
and will make,, common cause against' the
democracy.: - Can ; slave , State democrats,
or free State democrats, longer consent to
nourish thw Ox and Avery i cancer noa the
democratic party of Oregon, by bestowing
their patronage upon it! -: Caa democratic
officers consent to furuish "material aid" to
the enemy by bestowing upon it their official
patronage? ' '
ry A friend of ours, speaking of bro. Pearne,
ays he don't know anything of his abilities as an
editor, but he looks as if he bad great ' Veto" pow
ers. Portland Times.: ,'"7;. i 'ti ,
"What on airth -does the man mean" by
"T'eo powers? We are : told that-Captain
English knows,'" but we bare not' seen
him.
A I.Ut or Members mt tHm Council.
Marion County Ed ward Sheil.
Wasco and Clackamas Aaron B. Walt.
Yamhill and Clafsnp Thomas Scott.
Polk and Tillamook Nathaulel Ford.
Linn Charles Drain. U; .
"Benton and Lane Avarr A. Smith..
Umpqua, Dmtglas, Coos and Curry
Jingn v. u ifryant.
Jackson and Josephine A. M. Berry.
. Wastonfton, Multnomah and Columbia
Tliomas K. Cornelius.
Tbose.marked with a star()are opposition.
Those riot so marked, are democrats, i
- Us or Tlemtot or tke How
.., .; ... -. ) ; tatlves. -, .. .
Marion Corner Jacob Woodsides, George M
Able, EU C. Cooley. - -
Linn Andersen Cox, N. H. Craner, H. II.
Brown.-' ' . ! 1
Benton Renbea C. Hill. James H. Slater.
J . Lane John Vhiteaker, J.W. Mack. . j
folk and TMomotkBeni. Hay den. , - '
Polk In P. M. Butler. - I -
la ma ill 'Andrew Shuck, 'William Allen.
ClotMOO Joarah Jpffora .....
ClocXamatlioa. Beese, FA, Collard, 8. P.
Uinuand- , .
Washington and Mnhnomoh Tho's J. Dryar.
. Multnomah 'Vim. M. King.': ' '-A , :
H'nshintjton "U. V. V. Johnson. ' . . s j
. Coimmbt 'Frtncis M. Warren. . ; '
Wasco. N. H. Jates. , '
Vmpqua Janes Cole. "; J
Douglas Albeit A. Mathews.! .
Coot and Currur-'t. G- Kirkpatrick. "
Jackson II. It Brown, Wm. M. Hughes.
Josrphint J. tf. Spear. . .
Jackson and fosepAine H. 8. Belknap.
Those ma'ked with star (J were elected
on tickets spposed to tbe democracy. Those
not 60. marked, (twenty in number) were
elected on tw democratic ticket, bat om of
them, aed not impossibly two or three of
them, my act with tbe opposition in the
legislatire. On the other hand, we have
been ld that Mr. Jeffers, of Clatsop, will,
like Judge OIney, of that county, in tbe
Coiveution, act with the democratic organ
izttion. Whether or not this report is cor
net-we do not know. We have also been
.old that Mr. King, of Multnomah, would do
the same, but have no knowledge of the cor
rectness of the report.
Tbe democratic majority in the Council
ia bnt one, and we shall not be disappointed
to find that the reliable democratic ma
jority in the House is small, though not
quite a9 small as in the Council. The out
rageously unequal apportionment gives the
opponeuts of the democracy a representa
tion in the Legislative Assembly two to one
greater than their proportionate strength
with the voters. Under the State constitu
tion it is rsuch more just and equal; and
the chance for a speckled majority in the
State Legislature will be dreary indeed.
Souj Cheap, or Rattier, Dear. -The N.
T. papers are continually publishing adver
tisements of easy ways to make money, re
markable remedies discovered by a "retired
physician," or "clergyman whose sands of
life hate nearly run out," Ac. A young
man in this county bit at one, offering direc
tions for. "an easy aud certain method of
making a fortnue without capital," which
would be imparted to any one sending a
postage stamp to the advertiser's address.
The young man sent the postage stamp, aud
received in return instructions to feud on
fire dollars, and the - directions and imple
ments for the "easy, and certain fortune"
would be seut. The five dollars was dis
patched, and tbe last mail brought the
young man' a cheap diagram, and a yard or
two of measuring tape, all costing about six
aud a-fourth cents. The lucky purchaser
of this valuable property was told that it
would enable him to make the "easy aod
certain fortune" in culling boy's clothing. This
young man could not have been a reader of
the Statesman, or he wonld have been too
sharp for that bait.
. B. Tbe report that Walton had cut his
throat proves to be erroneous. -.Speaking
of Walton, reminds us that be has disclosed
the fact of his association with Dryer in
conducting the Oregonian. ' The Times calls
the Oregonian the Stable organ, and Dryer
the hostler, and says : -; ,
As a general thing ' the hostler's editorials are
made up of the disjointed fragments of half-drunken
slaug he sponges up with his whiskey around
the back alley driukiug saloons of this city, but
in this instance the fountain happens to be else
where. Mr. Sloan informs us that Walton the
"diJdler," now nnder his official snperveilance,
tells him that he, the identical Walton, is the au
thor of the "Old Califoruian" correspondence of
the Oregonian. and that he suggested to the hos
tler the "constitutional objections' now so flip
pantly paraded in the Stable organ as tbe sweet
eliminations of "Toddy Jep's" delirium-tremens
racked brain. . Indeed Walton thinks it uukindly
in 'Jen' that he has deserted him in his dark hour
of trial.
'Inirrstitudc! thou marble-hearted Bend
More hideous wbes thou show'st thee iu 'Toddy Jrp'
Than the sea monster!''
However this connection of Walton's with the
Oregonian forms a link in the chain of testimony
against him, and we forbear pressing the question
lest it Bliould wantonly prejudice nis case, its
mention is nevertheless a compliment to "Toddy
Jcp's" organ.
It will hate been noticed that Judge
Williams decided the supposed Salem Char
ter to be void, haviug never passed the two
branches of the Assembly. As the Public
Administrator law is in tbe same condition,
the legislature had better enact it, and also
pass a law legalizing the acts of officers un
der it heretofore " ' "" '
If another act to incorporate the town of
Salem is passed this , winter, we trust the
powers of the .city authorities will be much
more restricted than they were before, and
the limit' of taxation much lower-i-not above
a half mill, If anything at all. ' ; We . thint
some provision ought to be made giving the
electors of this road district, power to elect
their supervisor.
B& The last Ox contains Pickett's prom
ised article reading Geu. ' Lane and Judge
Deady out of the slave State ranks.- , It ; is
"very heavy." We predict that before-next
June, the Ox, if it lives till that time, (we
have but littlo expectation that it will) will
have read every democrat out of the slave
State ranks in the Territory except tbe Ave
ry and - Col. Ford kind, who have ' always
been arrayed against the democratic party
here, arid always will be. ' Let this ' predic
tion be remembered, and see if it is not fair
fined?,;'; '
Avery's Ox bas a penchant for what
Dryer calls "nick , names.".. IIow does he
think Lummox will apply to him? (HalL).
It strikes us that name applied to him' is
strikingly descriptive.
SafijjfiBanfiLESl
Tfco OtBclal. J:
Below are the figures from such counties
as have sent in official returns, to this date
I
o
i
COCKTIKS.
s
8
2S1
17
215
set
S74
1
sfsrion 1021
S14
198
23
S5
10T
,98
1055 76
1092 . IIS
308 132
1113
1095
....Jill
.... 440
... 691
S71
...I. 630
Benton,.
459
lane,.
602
97
7S3
621
694
587
. 66
" 63
. 60
' 79
YahUI,.i...
Claekatnas,..T.
622
'656
653'
.,.84
71
377.
72
484 '
4!8
,426
' 22
201
95
: 85
85
113
112
24
25
23
10
63
80
46
1
24
8
13
Multnomah.......... 496
255
96
Colombia. 30
Clatsop,... ...... 61
66.11
37 25
iwogia,......,.. 419
203 -248
26 : 19
188 ' 231
226 68
372 405
1 ' 6
84 32
14 35
. 89 58
Coos,.
68
rOlK,. .......
Washington,
Jackson......
Tillamook,. . .
Umpqna,..:.
Curry,,.....
Wasco,..,..
Joaepbine, . . .
'Total..
628
265
445
in
155
117
55
'684
393
710
25
: 1M
121
, 122
. 6750 2963 2490 7292 1040 8000
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The Times notices the receipt of the
Astoria railroad committee report for publi
cation, but declines.saying it does not fiad any
of their names npon its subscription books.
Of course you don't. With one exception,
none of their names are upon the Statesaiau
subscription book, or ever were. .They dou't
support democratic papers, that kind don't,
bnt they use them when they can. In the
instance referred to, we pitAished two col
umns of their matter, for tht setting of
the type of which we paid several dollars,
besides giving them the space, worth much
more, and, if any of them (we don't intfde
the democrat who is a subscriber) ever sv
it in our columns, they bad to either . beg,
borrow, or steal tbe paper containing it.-
i e are at liberty to do as mocu as we
choose for them gratis, but not a dollar of
their funds ever gets into a democratic pub
lisher's pockets. iV7 sir! That would be
"supporting loco foco papers," an act con
trary to their instincts and education. ' '
Speaking of the support of the democrat
ic press, we notice in the last Oregonian a
loug advertisement worth twenty or thirty
dollars, from the Qr. Masters dept., U. S.
A., at the Dalles, while the Portland Times,
and every other democratic paper in the
Territory is without it. The department
referred to is democratic, we are told, and
we think it ought, at least to divide its pat
ronage with the democratic press. We do
not suppose these advertisements are order
ed published by the head of the department,
or that that head has been immediately con
cerned in the direction given" them.
There is one noticeable fact; yon never
see opposition officials supporting democrat
ic papers. It is a part of their religion to
bestow their favors exclusively npon their
party papers.
When yon write for a newspaper,
write all your words in full as you wish them
printed. This' has been said a thoasnnd
times, bnt not one man in ten observes the
rule. All our best writers do observe it.
In this paper we print an article in which
the writer abbreviated the word government
into govt, and the printers made it gent, so
that the power of the government was
changed into the power of the gout. Dot
the letter t and cross the letter t, and try to
spell correctly. . If yon cannot comply with
these rnles, after you nave written your ar
ticle, pnt it in the fire.-iV. Y. Observer.
We trust all writers to the Statesman
will observe these rules strictly, unless they
send as news matter. In that case, send us
the news, no matter how badly you write
or spell, or what you have to write it on.
Do it as well as you can, but send us all items
and incidents of public interest transpiring
in your neighborhood. We can re-write
such, if necessary.
But all persons who essay to write otht r
matter than news for the public press, should
be able to write legibly, spell and punctuate
correctly, &c. I If they are not, they had
better not write. An editor has : ftot time
to re-write or correct matter of that kiud.
BA Dr. Henry is illuminating the
Standard with his ideas of Democracy !
and insisting that the great " disaffected"
wing of black republicanism ha9 a right to
make democratic nominations. The Dr. is
apt to be -violently attacked with democ
racy jnst about the time the nominating
conventions are held, -and recovers immedi
ately after they are over, and he not nomi
nated. We believe one of his democratic
fits never remained upon him over an elec
tion. The ; longest one he ever had lasted
about six . months, during which time he
held an appointment nnder a democratic
official. Immediately upon bis remov
al, the democratic party was ' seriously
"divided," and, in his estimation, baa been
getting worse ever since.. . He is strongly
impressed that Mr. Buchanan belongs to
some other than the old democratic party,
and that a " reorganization of parties" is to
take place, and that a conservative party
ill be the result, to which he and Mr.
Buchanan are to belong I Yon bad better
go in nnder some cover. Dr. Ton have been
standing out in the cold a long time. .
Must Have Thought wk were Gbeen.-
The California instructors of our i, Constitu
tional Convention, really thought the peo
ple of Oregon were verdant enough ' to per
mit knaves to swindle them under the protec
tion of bank charters, ; One of them writes
to the' New York Herald that the great
question was the establishment of . State
bank, which was certain to come up! An
other writes to the Alta California in the
same strain. . They must have thought' Cali
fornia Diddlera bad struck a set of suckers
np here. '
? -N TB earners Rnnnlpg to Oregon. ' 1?
V At a meeting of the "Shipwright's Asson
tion "San Francisco, the .aubjoinedtajk
ment was made respecting the Steamers rai
ning to Oregon: ' .. H
In relation to tbe Columbia, the Presi
dent stated that he worked -on her- abaat
eight months ago, when she was id s very
bad condition. Her beams are wide apart
and the npper deck is very light. Sbeja
not ceiled, Uber as other vessels are. . The
Colombia was reported Very lightly built.
The Oregon was reported as rotten and
onseaworthy, with a very weak stern, only
half fastened, and no knees to the three af
ter beams of her npptsftfetlrririrlt-'
ted that her frames were so rotten; that the
fastenings had to be driven, through, the
ceiling and clinched. A new sterol was put
in Some time ago, bnt . was' not fastened to
the old frame at all,; which was so rotten
that tbe stern could not be" fastened to It.
Tbe Republic's pumps broke, in attempt-
lug to pat mem in motion, in 1854, and
there was no one on, board capable of re
pairing them. The water rose and pnt the
fires out, and tbe ship was saved by bailing:.
This statement was made by a passenger on
board at the time. While; lying at tbe
doek, abont a week since, she had to be
pumped considerably each day to keep her
free. t She Jeaks badly about the exhanst
pipes.
The commodore has not been thoroughly
overhauled for a long time, and is greatly
in need of repairs. ''Her timbers were found
rotten near the blow-off pipe." It required
a nine-Inch bolt to hold the new plank to
the ceiling. : These bolts were made on pur
pose, as the ordinary gj)kes wonld not an
swer. ; " -
The Commodore (Brother Jonathan)
was running in New York in 1851, end she
run into a schooner on the North river at
that time. She. was not built for a fiver
boat, bnt as a Fteamer to run to one of the
southern ports on the Atlantic side.' In
lb52, some of her floor was rotten. On
of the members stated, that he worked On
her in York, in 1850, and that she was
launched in 1851.
The California was next under discussion.
One of the members had worked on her in
18o2, and found her ceilin? and timbers
about her coalbunkers so rotten that he did
not need tools to tear the ceiling off, and it
required an unn?nal number of suites to
make tue new pieces hold to the timbers.
Uer stern, was reported as rotten five years
The Constitution's decks are in bad con
ditinf and her starboard waist planks infect
ed wm, dry rot. They were cut out and
repairet jjeP butts were very open, after
her ret nr.. from her last trip so much so
that an iue, board was driven iu in one
place. - ner imber is represented as sound,
and she was- pooj CODdition when she
left, having beei.thoroughly repaired.
A caulker preset stated, that he could
not understand ho the iosnrance Aent
passed on the Constit;on as feion seawor
thy, when she sailed i. Jone or -Ju, ,ast
for Pn.et Sonn-1. but to retnrn 6he
was undoubtedly Hunt to g j0 sea. '
Her iron fastenings wert eaten aad
bad, and the ship in bad cond.sou i -
No one present knew anything afeou t the
Panama at present, but it was st- tuaj
her sft-rn was rotten five years ago. . . .-
Mr. 0. AI Swasey, Port-wvden oi
Fraucisco, at the reqnest'of Foraes & 1$,.
ccck, the P. M. Co's agents at Sa Fran
cisco, made an examination of the Jdsn L.
Stephens, considered one of the best steam
ers the mail company" has, and prouonneed
her unseawortliy. They were dissatisfied
with the verdict, and asked a re-examination.
The result was as follows: .
San Frascisco, Not. 19, 1857.
By the . req nest of Messers. Forbea &
Babcock, I held a special re-examination np
on the bull of the steamship John I. Ste.
phens, and found that a great portion of her
frame, near aud' adjoining floor beads, was
iu a teryvtak and unsound condition, and,
as she is now, feel compelled to declare her
eusea worth jj Would, therefore recom
mend that she be taken out for further ex
amination, and thoroughly repaired before
again proceeding to sea.
G, A. Swasbt, roTt-Warden.
Notwithstanding this the Stephens was
immediately seut to sea (on her last trip)
without any: repair . , ;
" Goisa Back Hose: The prospect of
hard times for the coming winter has largely
increased tire number of passengers going to
Euglahd.- Every ship for Liverpool now
has all the passengers she can carry, J and
multitudes are applying for opportunities to
work their passage, who have not money to
pay it. : ; - . . ' .
1 We wish a few thousands of them could
fiud their way to Oregon, notwithstanding
Pickett,iu the knowuothing Ox, has warned
us against an influx of the "Dutch aud Irish
rabble." We would like to see abont fifty
thousand of those same engaged in develop-1
ing our undeveloped resources,' while at the
same time they built up homes for them
selves and their posterity. ; i- : -
The Supcrinteudent of Indian
A
fairs has been at , Portland, for a couple of
weeks attending the distribution of a large
quantity of Indian goods -annuities and
presents lately received from the States.
Among these are numerous shirts ot "desid
eratum sizes," as bro. Pearine says. .Thaf,
being the case, the department will not need
his missionary shirts. "Nes," might take a
few shoes. :i ' ' ' ' ' il ; "
- Will. Hardly ItETCRS.T-r:We re told that
when Emigrant was taken from Deer Creek,
by 'the sheriff, he said that he should be
back there iu about six weeks; that be" had
spotted a horse at Portland which he inten
ded to, steal and . ride back, and that if be
did not nse him np, he should want to sell
him. i He stole a horse in Jacksonville abont
six weeks ago. ' i n ' ' JM . t
Tbe Ummux of the Ox for the last
few weeks has principally devoted his sheet
to the iteration and reiteration of lies Avery
has furnished Lim on the subject of "cowar
dice," "running," ?'hiding,"&cf We counsel
the gullible Ox , man not to delude himself,
or permit Avery to dolnde him, on that
point.-" ; ' iw -" i-t -
9Sfn We inyite attention to the article in
this i issue cf the Statesman headed "Tbe
Power of a State over slave Property." It
Is a subject upon which tbert is mach mis-
apprehension. ' "..'r hi -if - f j
: We have received m middling- sued
spple from the second crop this season, from !
Mr. Boothby.of Polk Co. It was of toe Eng
lish Rossei 7S7.?eJ'I teee.. is
again in Woonu, ,a ... e es.'i j
3
JVe'rZU Treasnrer of the "Amaricad
Sunday School Tnion," Frederick W. Por
ter,' a man about 80 years old, and a real
ons Christian, has fobbed ninety thousand
dollars iof the society's funds. The "com
cnittee on deposites and finance" hare is-'
sned H sfjfs, announcingthe defalcation,
and asking' the public not to cease their con
tributions on account of this disposition of
their nndsibey close aa follows :, n
" e cannot entertain the 'thought for a moment
"at an institutions signaUy fay ored of Godand
? enuntry fitted by iu organizalio ftna aeu
cies to blo nd MJ onr cTontry; wl bo Mtu,
Jflecay because one of its ervfnts,
la an evil hour, has proved faithfess to U fruit,
'i'Ws nave received from Mcdortoiek,
Portland, a copy of "WelU Jllnstrated Na
tional Hand Book,", fnll ot valuable sUtis- -ties
and other matter, for the politieiaaand
citixen. See, McCormiek's advertisements
in the Statesman. Persons wanting any ar
ticles' in the book and stationery line freta
the States, will fiad this a most favorable
bpportnnlty. ; . ;. X;;
A !f other. Sheriff Craig, of Donghis'
county, left Salem ' Snnday morning, withr
David ONeil, who has been' ordered hr
Jndge Deady, to board with Sloan for four
yars, for stealing cattle. " "',V-'-i
Alter court adjourned Sheriff Craig ar.
rested one James Jones, for stealing $120
from miner's - cabin in Starveout dig
gings. .... He is in jaiL : , ?:.,.".'..
SsB- Mr. Thornburi has become associate
ed with Mr. Besnrs in the 1 rnblicatron " of s
the Jacksonville ' Herald, r We. trass the
democrats south will not suffer tbe Herald.'
to languish for want of support., Take the-
Herald first, and then subscribe foi- tbe
Statesman. :;
The Legislative " AssembTy j.nreeta
here to-day, '(Monday,) but will not organ
ize, we presume, permanently before to
morrow. - i . ;
Daring the session of the Assembly we
shall give up a large portion of our . paper
to reports of its doings. - .
: - . t
ry Those of our readers who think they cant
stand it to take three black-epublican papers pub
lished in this city, will be bg?ed to " jo in lem
ons on tne Advocate, l ne more you lay sown
on that board the less you take up. Portland
Tttnes. -s:.- . - . -;;,"
They will be "beggeiT' snre. ; . - T -
We are told that David Logan will
be the opposition candidate for Congress
next June. . ' t
Avery's Ox thinks we are inclined
to be merry over the "pecuniary embarrass
ment" of the Qx establishment. We know
a jour, who was not.
W. R. Morris wants his Statesman
changed to Sublimity. He neglected to
state where be now receives it, and we are
unable to find it. .- , " '-
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tWe are indebted to Mr. S. H Points,
of this county, for a sack of apples, of vari
ous and valuable varieties.- -- He ha- our
prayers for any kind of success. . ; . f
be Ox man never fonnd it conven
ient denying a knownotbing. We do
not be"eve he evis. s democrat.not ev'ea
before tbe rise of kndthjn 3m.
rr. CoRTiu P 1 f-,- a.
Avery's Ox has tarowK fts Tffy tb5n
difgnise, and , is now out fc, . rft
union with all the isms opposed v.j,e rem
ocratie party, to defeat the latter.
pro-slavery sheet. ' The Orconcern as BoV-
rowed a cook -stove and gone to "batcbrng.'
It may hold out, iu consequence of this, tilP.
the Legislature elects a printer. Hall does
not tell the truth when he says Tbayer is
the only one that has stopped his' paper. .
We have all tried to stop the d n, thing :
paid for it iu foil, and requested titn, for
God's sake to stop it. Wouldn't yon call1'
that stopping it. Some who bad paid for
it, a year, aad didn't want it, ordered iti
sent to some other address for the balance
of the time, I believe. One, I ondersland,
ordered bis copy sent to Wilson JBlain.
Nesmith ordered the copy be was sending
to bim, (he never ordered fcimr to send it)
stopped, and last week he publishes a lie
Avery gave - him, charging Nessnith with
having been a deserter aa eld -slander
Avery borrowed of Thornton, and" Hall
got of, Avery w Some of the boys here told
Hall that Nesmith wouTJ thrash bim blind,
and he is dreadfully frightened loaded him
self with pistols says Thornton gave him
the story that he will retract it, &c.; ic
- VERITAS.
A New Star. We are informed by Mr.
Briggs, of the bay of Port Townsend, (who
returned to this place 611 yesterday fi ohi a
visit to Oregon,) that as far as "cox ppuli"
is concerned, the "crown of Uncle Sany is
about to be enriched by - the accession of a
new "gem." Mr Briggs informs us that
from all that be could learn, th constitu
tion for a state government in Oregon, (re
cently promalgated,) bas been adopted by
about 5000 majority. Slavery has been de
cided against by about a like maiaritv. and
free negroes, by u ' like vote, are not permtf-
tca to restae w i aiaie, or be allowed tbe
immunities of citizens of the United States.
This is the most signal triumph the most
successful vindication of the principles of
the Kansas-Nebraska bill, by the people of
tbe territories, that has. as yet been- called
forth. r It is significant of the fact,- without,
further argument, that the "All-wise Ru
ler"' of the Universe, has fixed the bounds,
of slavery, which it cannot pass north and!
south- the constitution, at tbe saute timo,
containing an endorsement of the binding -force
and. penal obligations contained i tbo
fugitive slave act." Let C.egoabe weir-rm-ed
into the Union by "tiirty-'mf united
cheers. Olympia. Pioneer mnd DtnwsraK
sob of late Cot. Bakeastos, was severely
- - war : 1 a .
injured oa euuaay mornin-f last, oy me
acc;dental discharge of shot gun. Tbe charge
passing through the wrist; and causing such
injury to tbe bones and soft parts, that on
const-jtation, amputation of the forearm was
deemed necessary; the patient being placed
nnder the influence of ehlorforro, the opera
tion was performed by Dr. Wilson; the at-
ttndinr nhvsiciar . Ther wm tUn
injury to the right eye- Tntes.' '"
;3r RiA suicfc Charle3, 1 told yon that
if ' yoa ever.came home drunk " again I
would eat you off with a shilling; so I want
nothing '.more to . do with you! Charles
(very drunk) Very well old covey jnst let
us have the shilling now, and we'll, hie) go
aod take a drink.;. ,' "t 1 '
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