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ThtFourilt JiutUlal DiMrirt.
In this district there was aa active con
test between A. E Wait, democrat, nnd ah
nnimpeachabty honest hi an, anil Amory
Ilolbrook, black republican, and a "bad
man," to" the mildest terms the pnblic es
timate will permit. Knowing the doubtful
political character of the district, and -bar-inj
no faith In the integrity, honor or sense
of shame, of Ilolbrook, we naturally regard
ed the contest with a deep Interest. .We
bare no wish to refer" to Zm r. Ho'brook's
former, ami not very remote, misfortune?,
and woohl not do so, had not tho conduct
of few a rery few democrats In that
. district made it meet that wa should. God
' knows there were objections enough with
which to oppose his election other than
! that Put, during the canvass, the States
man Incidentally said "Multnomah would
probably go for Ilolbrook, as that county
ran heavy on reformed drunkards and
drunkard onreformed." We are informed
that two or three nominal democrats made
that allusion the totrivt (for we believe it
was only the occasion, and not the cihsp,) for
withholding their votes from tho nominee of
the democratic contention for State Prin
ter. Because a legiiima'e objection was
made to the election of a black republican
by a democratic journal, men who called
themselves democrat, sought to aid the
black republicans in defeating tho demo
cratic party of the State, in the person of one
of its candidates. For the matter cannot
be made perscna?; and those very squeam
ish democrats know that the enemy they
negatively, and some affirmatively, 6trnck
band i with to defeat a portion of the demo
cratic ticket, based their opposition npon
partisan considerations. That style of
"democrats" havo very little idea of the
duty of a democrat, and the party that re
lies upon them, will rely upon en easily bro
ken reed.
Bat, this conduct has given license to a
reference to the subject npon which tkey
were so sensitive that their democracy gave
way to their feelings of Indignation. And,
we maintain that the objection to llolhrook
was a legitimate one, and had he been a
member of the democratic organization and
a candidate for the nomination for the office
be sought, we would have opposed bid nom
ination in that organization, on the grounds
referred to that so brief a reformation did
cot furnish suEcient gnarantycf its per
manence, to warrant the placing of L'ui in
a judicial office of six years duration. And
we should have considered that objection as
aa insuperable one. And, we affirm that,
offering himself for so important a station,
of so long a term, that it would have been
legitimate to have "directly and strongly
orged that consideration against his elec
tion. For, with candid, right thinking
men, it was fin important consideration; a
'Consideration bringing doubts and fears
which all experience strengthened. And,
Laving challenged the suffrages cf tho peo
ple, neither Ilolbrook or his 'friend., if be
lias any, ought to have complained, if the
democratic press Lad performed its duly,
and marshaled this grave objection to Lis
eaccess.
We have none of that tidily sympathy
which would make abandoned vice a great-
cr merit thaa an unbroken life of virtue;
that would set aside bitn who had ever fol
lowed the paths of correct conduct, "to -ecrage
(for that is the phrase) he, who.hnv
ing wandered far from, had returned to them.
That kind of sickly sympathy dees possess
men and communities, and holds out a sort
of premium to vice and reformation. We
will go as far as the fartherest within the
bounds of p-udenee, to encourage any ref
ormation in man; bat we will not too soon
hazard the public reputation and the public
interests by erperimenling with the "encour
agement" of public station. The experience
of the past is too full of the mishaps of that
epecies of experiment; and, especially, will
we not discourage constant morality, by
preferring its partial opposite for public sta
tion, that an incentive to continuance may
be given.
So much for the general subject.
This man Ilolbrook, the truthful, indi
rect allusion to whom, in a democratic pa
per, was made an excuse by some self styled
democrats for opposing a democratic candi
date, bad do right to expect at our hands
the silence his failings received. Had the
case been reversed, we should have received
no such charitable silence at his hands.
With no truths to answer his purpose, he
bos from time to time assaulted oar Chirac
ter with the basest and the vilest falsehoods,
lie has pursued us with the falsity and ma
lignity of a second rate Ccnd. And, dar
ing this very canvass, we are told by his
friends, he has been the writer of the "Char
ter" letters, the items being furnished main
ly by a well drcs'cd idler about tins town
which "Charter" letters, have contained, by
assertion and inuendo, some of thjt meanest
lies abont us that every blackened paper.
Yet, these very sensitive "democrats" had
no faalt to End with this; bat because the
Statesman chanced to hint a notorious truth
respecting an unscrupulous political and
persona! encmr, they conld not vote for it
ditor. Perhaps they will be displeased
with this article. If they arc, they ran
take their own time to recover from it. We
do uot care to appease their anger.
Thanks to noblo little Wasco and her
sturdy democracy, the State has been saved
the dire misfortune and danger of IloIbrockV
election to a judicial station. Wasco de
serves and will have the thanks of the
" whole State of good men of all parties and
persuasions.
. S27 We understand one of the Hacks,
at Eugene City, sold ten clothes to be paid
for (double price) when O'ilcara is elected 1
"Wouldn't be like to sell the balance of his
fctock payable when JIcBride (the cider)
s anl Kelly are ceded to the ZT.S. Smile
An Hon'ohablk Thick.! It will bo recol
lected that In tlie last issue before the elec
tion we noticod that Jos. SattcrHeld, of Lane
Co , was representing that lid knew ns in
Illinois, fit., and gave the reported state
ments a denial. It now appears that Mr.
Sattet field was Warmly fupjorting ns, and
we learn that it It boasted of that tho oppo
sition, to turn him against u caused a lie
to be sent ns through democrats, that we
might notice it iu the manner we did.- The
consequence was, Mr. S. turned against ns,
and took a considerable number of votes for
ou opponent. And thus, we got few votes
6n Long Tom, Lane Co.
As we said last week, the principnl Cre of
tho enemy was directed agaiust the demo
era lie candidate for printer, and, could they
bare beaten him, they would have been con
tent to give up all the rest. No candidate
ever met a more unscrupulous, zealous, and
concerted effort, braced np and heated ly
confidence of success." Kvery species of tac
tics nnd falsehood were resorted to all thro'
the canvas, while on the day of election, at
the most of the polls wero swarms of pro
fessional liars mid runners'1 whoe business it
was to get "Bush scratched." x And, when
it was thought a voter could be operated
upon to that end, a lie was manufactured
suited to hia prejudices. Every petty per
soual and local prejudice was stirred up.
In short, the most desperate iffort in the
power of a malignant, malicious faction, re
strained by no considerations of truth, hon
or or decency, was made to defeat ns. lint
all would not do; ahd commensurate with
the Gerecness of the assault, is their disap-
(ointment and chagrin at being foiled.
And foiled now, they can never win. For
they had more given them in the game they
have played ngaiu&t the democratic caudi
ditto for priuter than they wiil be likely ever
again to have. They had a candidate witl
no record, while we furnished a published
record of seven rears. And no stroi.g par
ty paper wns ever published by mortal man
for tho space of seven years without excit
ing wide spread prejudices and enmities.
All these they had to play upon, and most
industriously aud shamelessly they used
them.
Some cf onr Methodist Mends voted
against us because we had, "once of a time''
thrown salt upon bro. Pearne'g raw spot
and mentioned his peccadilloes; others of
our Baptist friends voUd against n, because
we showed up Dr. Hill when in the legisla
tcre; and while passing, we will euy that
with the Tee. Mr. Hill we had ho quarrel
but with p-JUiatn Iliil we had. The oppo
nents of the democratic party elected Dr
tun to me legislature; ana there, he wa
ms unscrupulous, mean nnd active an enemy
of democracy and democrats as is often seen
of his calibre, lie omitted no opportunity
to misrepresent, belie and sUihKt the demo
cratic party nnd It- members, in the House.
Aud in addition to this, for weeks before we
referred to him, he maligned and abused the
editor of the Statesman. And because the
Statesman did its duty to the democratic
party, nnd exposed the miserable charlatan
and ignorant pretender, some "democrats"
voted against its editor, and so far as lay in
their power, sought to give to the black re
publican c:;emy a much coveted triumph.
If the de-noeracy of such men should strike
in, it would never kill them. Some voted
against us (and we actually know one such
case.) because we did uot publish nn est ray
nofict they had sent u, but which we never
received. And we suppose uot less than
two hundred men voted against u, becatwe.
sometime.during the seven years of our pub
lishing in Oregon wc have rejected some silly
effusion of theirs. We think there could
not have been less than a hundred poets who
came under this head. Iu this county we
are told a half witted subject persuaded
three or four of his neighbors to vote against
us on the ground that we would not pub
lish hispry lie read his jingle to them,
and they pronounced it pte'.ry aud ho a re
markable onef; and when he told them the
Statesman wouldn't publish it, they said it
was proscription, and they "wouldn't vote for
Bush!" Another extensive family in an ad
joining county went against us because the
"paricnt" had written a trcatiso on consti
tutional law! which we could neither read
or interpret, and consequently did not pub
lish. And, so on, and so forth. In addi
tion to these, tvro or three hundred rotes
were lost to ns in Jackson County through
war prejudice, manufactured years ago by
interested parties, and based partially npon
letters written by Jier own citizens, but
mostly on falsehood and misrepresentation.
Added to all these, and scores of like ele
ments, they had to aid them tho united, un
sleeping opposition to the democratic party
of Oregon, smarting under the seven year.-.'
blows which had fallen from the Statesman.
and quickeucd by the hope of triumph over
an opponent they bad long hated, aud long
cursed.
Hence wc say that the opposition to the
Democratic party had moce advantage given
them in their fight against the democratic
candidate for priuter than they will be like
ly to ever have again. And, signally fail
ing now, they must despair of success.
Although no roan ever had warmer ene
mies aud a bitterer nnd baser 'opposition
than bad we in the coutest just closed, yet,
on the other hand, no man ever had more
devoted, resolute and deteruiined friends.
Incited by the fierce opjositioii we encoun
tered, all over tho State the noble demoera
cy hare worked and fought in our behalf
with an energy, will aud zeal which knew
no bounds and permitted uo defeat. No
candidate ever had bitterer enemies or wann
er and better friends. At the former we
pit our defiance, and to the latter we offer
the thanks of a grateful heart.
No man, who for a long series of yea'rs
has published an Out-Spoken journal iu a
country like this, has any business to become
a candidate for office. And not wishing
again to be one, our purpose is firmer than
ever to continue the Statesman as an inde
pendent, free-spoken journal, which shall
speak the Truth upon nil subjects, and at all
times, whether pleasant or unpleasant, in
accordance with the public seutimeut or in
opposition to it; without stopping to inquire
whether it will please or diplease.
Hettjnu; Theie . has been inucli ' more
betting on the late, than on any preceding
election In Oregon. One man we thiuk baa
won abont $4,000, The black leaders suc
ceeded In manufacturing confidence In their
success, and their dupes have bled freely to
pay for it. The boasting was done to catch
tho floating vote, but it caught a lot of flats
and "cleaned them out." The democrats
have won "heaps" of money, property,
clothes, &e; enough at -least to pay the rx
penscs of the canvass. AVell, that Is right
It Is a rule of law that edstt thill gn with the
judgment. Betting it immoral, and we
would not encourage it; but we would
always recommend democrats to let the
blacks fall, when they brag for effect. And,
if, after the experience of seven or eight
years, their dupes and flats can be deluded
with the story of probnblo success iu Oregon,
there isn't much harm in "making them pay
for their knowledge."
And, this same thing will be gone over
with at tho next election. Then as now,
marvellous stories of opposition (Heaven
only knows what naaie they will then go
by) accessions and probable opposition nuc
cess will be told. Then as now there will
be a great commotion "south of the Culu
pooia Mountains." And then, as now, the
verdant blacks will lm "taken in nnd done
for" in the wny of betting. Mnch has been
heard about "south of the Culapooiu
Mountains" in this canvass, and it was said
that the blacks would get there tremendous
majorities. The result will show that ertry
man on the democratic ticket will go to the
Calnpooia Mountains from both south aud
north, with a majority.
. It is noticeable thnt the gudgeons who
most greedily swallow tho confidence
yarns of the defeat of the democracy nr
those who have las-t apostncUed. We were
amused on election day at hearing a couple
of sore-heads, just joined to the blacks, con
irratulttting themselves npon the brigl.t
prospects of success, and particularly the
unmistakable indications "south of the Csl
a pooia Mauntaius." An old stager, who
had been longer in the colored renk, was
incredulous. They were surprised at his
want of confidence. "It is well enough for
you to swai.'ow that," said he, 'you are
new hands at the bellows; I've been fooled
a great tnanv times with that 'south of tie
Cnlupooia Mountains' story, and I mut be
excused for being a little slow to believe."
roar i. and June 11th 1PV?
ASAHFX PrH F.qr., Sin pleasustnp sending;
vorpnnirlo my adre. a I am about l-nviiijr
for the United tnle. sn iul me ynr bill if I
tiwa jrpu, hoping thnt thn lVuxH-rtOic part? in
Ore (run, niny r-.nru to il pr.-u'en glory, "ami
gn-atnes ate! tltnt union and harmony aiay jre
vnil over the UnJ.niul if you huve any thing irore
to sny or rile i-oiK-i-riuiig-me, five it utrnnce be
fore 1 leavi-. and in my 'absence kn-p piloiice to I
return, hoping you have no complaints to make
against your postal nent.
Ivespectfullv votir oht
KOitF.ttT THOMPSON.
Our readers will bear us witness that we
made rery little eomphttnt ogaitKt Mr.
Thompson, when he held the commission of
postal agent too little, indeed. Wo neg
lected our duty to the public in not com
plaining. When he was appointed, wc knew
he was utterly incompetent to discharge the
clerical duties of the office; but we did think
he had the requisite energy, and so said.
I5ut in that we were disappointed, as time
proved. We never knew why one so iucom
petcnt was appointed, and do not now know
Wc think that no one could havo petitioned
for it. llut, we bore, for a long time, in si
lence, the postal disarrangement that his uu
fitness caused, and wc never in our life com
plained of the acts of a public officer so re
lui'tautly as we did of his. If we had per
formed the duty we owed to the public, upon
hearing of his appointment wc should have
set forth his unfitness, and petitioned for his
removal. After "long suffering," Gen. Lime
hud him removed, and the consequence wus
he became a "national democrat." Had he
never been appointed postal agent he would
have voted the democratic ticket at the late
election.
We presume we shall never again have
occasion to mention Robert- Thompson's
name in the Statesman whether he is iu Ore-
gon or iu the "United States."
We assure Mr. T. we "hove no complaint
to -make," so far, ngaint the present postal
agent. He is competent lor the duties oi the
o2k'c, aud we believe he will discharge them.
CST" Will Col. Kelly tell us whether or
not the "5th aud Cth resolutions" arc cu
dorscd? llo ran for Congress against them,
and on "poor Andy Shuck," "poor Tom
Smith" and '"poor Multnomah Brown."
And his opponent ran on the 5th aod Cth
resolutions. Aud about l,00is the ma
jority bv which Kelly is beaten. Is he sat
isfied now, aud have the "sovereign people"
endorsed the 5th aud Gtli resolutions bug
bear? He appealed front the Jackson jubi
lee to the Iegilative caucus, from the cau
cus to the democratic Territorial convention,
and from the convention to the black repub
lican and sore-headed, opposition, which he
dubbed "sovereign people;" aud every op
peal has resulted iu the confirmation of the
judgment below. Will he lie quiet now?
We thiuk be will. Through his owu folly
he has covered himself wjlu a political load
which wiil hold him down tho lest of his
life. Kelly has been both used and used vp
iu this canvass.
What Name Next Time? What name
shall we have to meet the.opposstionnnder
the next time? We have never met them
twice under the same name". We would
suggest "Free Love and Graham Brcnd
party" as the next cognoiueu. It is more
euphonious aud descriptive than 'national
democrat" or natioual democratie-black-re-publican.
We noticed last week Dryer's male
dictions upon the Germans of Portland.
This week his paper is filled with gross de
nunciations of them. His curses will do
them more good than bis praises. '
Amiable. Dryer calls the Arigoose mas?
"Billy." We were more respectful; we
always said "Parson Billy," or "Little
Preach."
:i Pnlem, April aillh. 1858.
Col. N. Ptmn CHiMAn or thr National
DEMot nATtT STATE OO.HM ITT E K.Sir, 1 find in
i the proceeding of tha National Ui-iuoeratic Con
vention, huld at Stiffen City, on the 8th f April,
1858, as reported i tic Democrat ie StanOard and
Occidental Messenger, that I was niipointud onn
of Ilia Committee of which you are Chairman.
It la now more than a yearvim-e I determined to
take no part in tha partisan politic of tho present
rontoat. beyond the intervat whieh duty prexcrittea
to a Drmotrqtie refer. I mut aak you, therefore,
to erase iny hame from the abnvo Committee.
1 atu, Very HestteclfnirV Yours etc.,
UKOHGK K. SI1K1L.
We clip the above from the lat Standard,
where it was published after the election.
It was published In Avery's Ox about the
time . it is dated, among the advertisements.
What it meant, aud which side Col. Shiel
intended it to bo on, we did not at the time
know, and could find uo one who did.
What ho then understood to be "the duty
prescribed to a democratic voter" we could
not determine from his letter. The "nation
als" said he was on their side, and the "duty"
he referred to was to vote tho "national"
black ticket. Some democrats thought it
possibly might mean exactly the opposite.
As Col. Sheil i a public officer, has him
self gone to the public press respecting his
political Mitectious, he cap. have no cause
of complain t'of what we are going to my.
Among all those who in this canvass have
endeavored to strike down the democratic
organization, we think Col. Sheil had the
leirst excuse, aud that his 'course Is tin
tuost strongly marked with ingratitude.
Almost since his arrival in Oregon he bus
sought and held some office at the hands cf
the democratic party of the Territory. In
1855, he was an anxious candidate for the
nomination for prosecuting attorney in this
district an important office, and, if prop
erly attended to, a lucrutivc one. It was
the time of knowuothingism; the democracy
nominated Jiim over good men and' good
democrats, incurred the prejudice of his
foreign birth, made the issue they stood
nHin, direct, in his person, and carried him
through, in spite of objections which caused
some of the best democrats iu the district to
scratch his name democrats who before or
since never scratched a name from their
ticket. . He holds that office now, having
only been snperceded at the late election.
In the convention which nominated hi in ,in
1355, we gave him the ca-ling vote which
nominated him, and we enthusiastically sup
ported and voted for him at the polls. If
we .had desired his defeat hulf as much as
he has this year doiri-d the defeat of the
democratic parly of Oregon, we had a
thousand times i-tronffer nnd tM-lter reasons
for rcfuMug to vote for biiu, both in con
ve!itimi and at the polls, than any excuse
he could tins year offer for opposing any de
mocratic candidate. But, it is idle to talk
of reasons or excuses ; the reason wns a tie.
sire to disorganize and defeut the democrat
ic party, because he was uot nominated and
elected to au oftice be sought.
But, oil the EOth of April, he said it was
"now more than a year since " O.i the
Cth'of April; one year befjre. Col. Sheil
was un active candidate for the democratic
noiiiinnlitiii from this count v to the Cousti
tut onul Convention. He failed of a innni-
na'.ioii, nnd from that hour he has been d s
uffected towards the democratic organiza
tion. Ho evidently menus that thsit was the
time when he resolved to take no part in the
canvass of this year, beyond voti-asr. 1 hot
wus not the determination a good democrat
would have come to because he had been
disappointed! in not receiving a iiouiiatiou.
It is not the determination either Judge
Williams or Mr. Grovcr, who were nomina
ted, would have come to, hud ihty been de
feated and Col. Shed nominated.
Bat, what "duty it prescribed to a demo
erulie voter," according to Col. SUeil's im-
lierstaudiiiit? Let bis acts untwist The
"nationals'' say that he has strongly en
couraureu lueir movement an me lime he
has riiii'orted nnd counseled with them.
And, Gorrrnor Barnuui's friends say thai
when he (B.iriiuui) returned from I'olk Co.,
he had resolved to give up the canvass, uml
was only persuaded to continue it uud go
south, by the urgent solicitations of Col.
Sheil. And, they complain that he did not
vote their ticket they hud no doubt bin
that lie intended to. And they now repu
diate 'him, ns not being "as linn a man a
they supposed." It wns, the expectation ol
dcmoctui here that Ool. S. would vote the
Kugene colored ticket. He scratched the
names of Bush and the two IlurUings from
the democratic ticket, and voted the reft of
it. And, as we suid before, the "nationals
were tiikeu by surprise, und now repudiate
Sim. Our opinion (and it is but our ypiu-
ban) is, that there was no mun in Oregon
who more strongly desired tho success of
the whole "ualionul" ticket, und the defeat
f the democratic organization, than did Col.
iiiicil. Aud our opinion further is that had
he believed the democratic ticket would
have been defeated he would uot have voted
for a name upon it. He voted for G rover;
G rover's election was u forgone conclusion.
lie did not vote for ns; he bad persuaded
himself that we were to be beaten. And,
with an air of srreat iumressiveuess. he as
sured numerous persons that he "knew w
could never be elected. His knowledge wa
ut fault. It is believed ho wo'uld have re
joiced more at G rover's defeat than he
would at ours. But G rover s election was
considered certain, aud ours he thought was
impossible.
But, be is now out of office, and out of
the Democratic party; he left the bitter with
both secret stabs and opeu opposition. In
his withdrawal the ' democratic party bus
lost no strength. It was' only under the.
claim of membership that he could injure us.
Tho public uct which placed him out of the
organization has placed it out of his power
to burm the democracy.
Tits Defeated. Aiuuu the Democrats
dcfcatedvOii local tickets, we notice with re
gret tho names of Win. MeMillenj of Mult
nomah, candidate for Sheriff, Cole and
Thayer, of Benton, J.M. Pyle, couuty clerk,
aud others, of Douglas, aud U. II. Brown,
representative, a'"I Wm. J. Beggs, of the
Jacksonville Herafd, county judge, of Jack
son. They all fought nobly for the success
of the cause and the ticket, aud we exceed
ingly regret that they failed of a success
they most richly earned aud merited. .
There were others too, defeated in the
above, and . other counties, whose election
we should be glad to chronicle. ' j
t&m J) a Relle is manufacturing some of
the fiuest lumber wc have ever seeu in Ore
gon, at bis floating mills. .
AlUrr thu UUitnt
The following we take from the last Ore
gon City Airgooset ' '
. "to tub Kr.rt'BUc.twa or Oreoox. We nar
not space this week lo say whnt we desire to.
You now sco that the election, Hkn all that have
proceeded il, has been a perfect failure. The op-
fioMtion to the 'elique" lina been most bunglinir
y mating, d.. The "clique" in of eouraa triumph
ant, having beaten alt oppoaition combined, aa
we liava expected, and the Itepuhlican party, in
stead nf having consolidated itself by a thorough
organization in every county, has lost ground by
liateniiifr to counsels of old "pitchers in," who
ham long been "boating the elnpie," and alwaya
will be "beating the eliipte,' henever thy aee
a Rood opening to slip Uiemae!yes into ofKce ho
tweeti two factions who are ready to sacrifice
principle and "pitch in" just now to "beat the
cliane." - ' . - -
We have Seen enough of the rotteness and
reckleauest of domngogues in this campaign to
antixfy us that the moat deadly hoatility to the
Kepublienn pnrty may be looked for berrafter
from adventiners. who, while they are terrible ou
thn "elique," are determined that any opposition
to it elmll be so shaped as to suciire thoir own per
sonal preferment. " ltulu or ruin" ia their mot
to, and even in this election outaide iuterfereneea
hare been brought to bear upon aer-eral rountiea
lo defeat the liepublirane by the very men who
are reckoned by the clique aa our friends. Wire
working, buying and selling, bargain, and iu
Irigue. Hlirend (f) management, and caucusing,
have been in vogue to pull down the clique, and
fmt up tho wire workers against them, who
inva thought to lay principle one side for the
present and make a deMperate eflort to overthrow
one dynasty and inaugurate another. 'The reault
haa bifcn what any man of ordinary aagacity
could have teen fcefore with' a nmiuent'a reflec
tion. Iii this count the Kepuhlicana have a
clean record. We have run a full county ticket,
aud have- polled a majority of the Republican
vote in spite of the intrigues of a 1ve office hun
tera, who are dangling at the tail of the "cliipie"
1eating kite. Our "national" friend ought to
liar dropped their organisation, which i the
weakest in the county, and anpported the Itefutj
liean ticket. Then the cliutte would have been
beaten M some purpose. The Republican pnrty
is a permnueiit organization, and we expect to
carry Oregon the fa' rat time we east a vote for
President.
We trust the friends of sound principle will
hereafter listen to no proposal for a "clique bea
ting party" npon a roiteu platform. Lei ns mar
dial our hosts, and move steadily along, battling
for principle, and selecting staudard-bearera who
are own of primriplr ' trird imtrfrity trha art
mural, tapahlr, mm J failhfut to the I'nitra mm J tit Co.
slUmtuiu. If we are beaten, let us be honorably
beaten. We pn-fer a llnm-unid limes to be bea
ten in a fair aud honorable tight on principle, to
coming out victor in a eruaade drummed up
from the rank of the every im. led on by mad ad
venturer, who, w hile they are beating the clique,
arc compromising the most altered principles and
selling out their friends merely to further their
own ambitious designs.
As the fusion didn't win, it is now pro
nounced a foolish experiment. And Dryer,
O'Meara, Kelly, &c , are termed "rotten
and reckless demagogues," "adventurers,"
etc., And, Adams tu rns Stales evidence,
and confesses thnt they have been "wire
wot king, buying nnd selling, bargaining and
iutrigiiiug. managing and caucusing, to pull
down the Salem clique," and put up their
c!iiu But, they have rolled m the mud
Tor nothing. It was not Whitfield preach
ing. Unring Wliit G. ldS time, it is related
that a negro attended where he was au-
t. . . ..
i.mmreu to preacu. as soon ns me sermon
commenced, the negro went into extacies
over the eloquence, and rolled over in the
mud to exproa it power orer biiu. "What
are you down there for," inquired a by-itau-
ih-r who suw the negro making a fool l
himself. "De Lord," said Sambo, "don't
you bear massa Whitfield preach." "Tout is
not Whitfield," replied the bystander, "he
wnt unalilo to nil In appointment, and one
if the cxliorters supplied his place." "I).
Lord," said the chop fallen darkey, "I've
rolled in de mud for ntifBii." As fusion
didn't c', Parson Billy is of the opinion
that they have rolled i:i national mud and
slime for "nufiBu."
Ba mere is some sense ti sname lett in
Multnomah yet. They could'nt quite swal
low old Ku:g f.r county judge. How any
party, even the black republican, could have
the effrontery to present sttch a tuime as thit
for the important oEfieo of county judge of
Multnomah . I, the most important county
judgeship in the State) is more than wo can
understand. Then, too, a shameless bar
limn ai i-iiicicu iuiu to ciecv nun. llie
"National" blacks drew off Ladd, that
Dryer might be elected, and, as a part of
tho same bargain, the Dryer blacks drew off
Shuttuck that King might be elected. But
they could not till be whipped in to the sup
port of a vhiskry pi'dile, ar.d Stout, the dem
ocru;ic candidate wus elected. Multnomah
has not reached total depravity yet.. In
deed, the democracy there have, now for
the-Gist time, a sound organization, and if
i hey stand by it as they have this year the
dav IS not fur distant when Multnomah will
be permanently redeemed.
in LiucKanias me uemocraey unve also a
sound organization, and henceforth, in that
county, tho democracy will' triumph. The
National ' flacks there did not even rise to
the dignity of contempt. The candidates
I hey ran for the legislature were behind the
Airgoose blacks aud ouht to be returned
under the head of "scattering."
Poor AveryI Up to the time Avery
deserted the democratic party because 'the
party would not pander to bis "intrusts"
hia politics never cost him a cent. Since
that time, be has been made to bleed freely
iu fighting tho "Salem Clique." And uot
a particle of compensation or comfort has
he yet received. The "clique" is as sound
as ever, and farther from being beaten than
when he opened his unwilling purse, aud 'be-
gau" to beat his brains out against it. It
must unnoy him hugely. We understand
he has expended 2000 in this can r ass, be
sides losing some beta on O'Meara. We
would have given a hundred for the luxury
of seeing him rit h's nose when return
enough had come in to tender it certain that
they hud uot "tukeu a trick," that "Bush"
was elected, and the "clique" all ''right side
up with cure." Poor Avery!
Yiva-Vocb. Owing to the great length
of the ticket this year, there was some de
lay in voting under the viva voce law. In
some instances that we bear of, the delay
wus occasioned by incompetent and . bun
dling clerks. , At this poll, with two com
petent clerks about 225 votes, were received
and 100 more conld easily have voted before
sunset. Care should be taken to the ap
pointment of clerks and judges, and compe
tent rneti secured. But, the difficulty of the
double sets of officers will never occur
agaiu. We are more and more in favor of
the viva voce law the more we witness its
workings.
Hcrbah for JosephinkI Josephine rolls
op large majority for the democratic ticket
from Congressman to constable. There are
some of the best democrats' in the State iu
Josphine conrity.
From the days of the elder Adams
the democratic party has maintained ft lib
eral policy towards foreigner who were
willing to become citizens, and enforced It
in the practice of the government. When
ever assailed they have defcuded and awert
ed this policy; and it Is natural that the
intelligent foreigner, upon being clothed
with the rights and powers of ' the citizen
should ally himself with the democratic
party. The vote of the naturalized citizens
of Oregon was rery generally cast for the
democratic nominees at the late election,
while in the northern and southern portions of
the State.it was almost exclusively so. But.in
one of the uorthern precincts In this comity
we regret to learn that the most (not quite
all) of onr Irish friends voted for the Ed
gene black republican candidate for State
Printer; whether on account of supposition
of Irish birth, (a mistake if so supposed) or
on account of some active California influ
ence, we do not know. In this south
S'lleoi precinct more than one half of the
Germans refused to vote at all on account
of a difference of opinion respecting a locaf
question, in no way involving party politics
or political principles, between them and
-nine fonr or Gre nominees upon the demo
cratic ticket. With intelligent foreigners,
who were here in knownothiiig times, and
knew the history of parties and politicians
in Oregon, voting agaiust democratic can
dictates, at this time, or refusing to rote at
all, was hardly to be expected. This clas
if men, in case Xativeism shall again menace
their rights of citizenship, will not unlikely
claim the aid of the democratic party and
the Statesman in beating back the proscrip
tion aud persecution. And, true to princi
ple, they shall have it, if not in their own
tehnlf, in behalf of others more grateful aud
just than they have proved.
Hut, we do not complain. The great
body of the Irish and Germans throughout
the Slate proved faithful aud true, as they
ever will.
Among the interesting hombres who
have figured in this canvass, is Charley Drew.
He loaded down O'Meara and Gor. Eunuch
M. Barnnm (it will be recollected that the
Governor, was very vitty in playing npon
our name in his speeches, and he will discov
er that calling names "is a game more than
one can play at") with war documents to use
against us south, and a terrible effect they
had! If they had only used Charley's name
with them, they would have h Ijted us. For
the name of "Charley Drew" is an antidote,
in thut country, to anything coming from
him. . He boasted that he hud writ letters
down thar that wncld "raise the devil and
turn U jack," liut the riiffH-iilty with them
- - sL J lit t . l mm rr-.
w, firw H-crr iignrn v c. iirew. 1 lie
trouble with Charley, in addition to his ha
tred of a democrat, was thnt the Statesman
Had shown up some of bis nice little opera
tions connected with that interesting "ex-
peiiiiiiiu to tight the emigrants or Cunt
Walker's Co., of 1854. The Statesman has
heretofore only stated a few facts. But, if
we are- uot mistaken, it will adduce the
proofs at some future time. There arte some
nf the claims or that expedition that ought
to be paid, and we arc willing to interest
onrself as far as an? one to further the par
ment of every honest claim connected with
the exiMHlilton. And we intend, too, to iu
terest ourself to prevent the payment of the
thousands of dollars of disAnnrst infamous
ly dishonest claims gro win out of it. Ami
we intend hereafter that the proofs shall be
brought to the notice of Congress and the
dcpartnetits. Indeed, wc think vthe case is
already pretty well undet stood at the war
department, Washington. e think they
understand there that some of the claims are
honest ami ought to be paid, and that not a
few of them are not, aud ought not to I
paid. Capt. Smith, a lio was on the claim
commission with' Capt. Iugall, jind Mr.
(j rover, aud ns honest a man as ever breath
ed, was then in command of Fort Lane, in
that country, and iierfectly conversant with
the whole matter. He reported cjfiriily
against it at the time, and, recent I r, on
going dowu the Columbia 1-iver on bis way
to the state, (Tor lie is now in Washington)
he said he intended to recommend Congres.-
wheti it acted upon the subject of those
claims "to aiH.roitriate a rooe to hang
Ciiai ley Drew with." The milk in the .-
coauut of Charley's opposition is accounted
for. And we intend to give him Ik-t ter
renons for opposing us hereafter than he has
had now at the same time, doing all in
our power to cause the honest claims of that
expedition to be paid.
The Legislative Assemblys. Hie black
republicans have elected but eleven of the
lifiy representatives aud senators to the
State legislature viz: two in Washington
and Columbia, two in Multnomah, two in
Yamhill, three in Benton, two in Doogla,
and one in Jackson. The Democrats elect
the remaining thirty-nine: That wiil do.
What does Dr. Ale Bride think - of his
chances for the Senate, under the brush
caucus arrangement? A,nd, is it not now a
pity that John. R. drew off in favor of
Kelly?
The result for the Territorial legislature
has not Iteen as fully returned as that of the
State. But we think we undoubtedlv havn
liotb Council and House in that body. To
the Council, we elect Mack, over Hill,
which is a gain, and certainly gives us that
Inxly even though failure to Tote in the
Umitqna distriet shall have elected Glass
eyed Guzley. We get no figures' from that
Itstrtct, hut if O Bryant was generally voted
for for Councilman, Coos and Curry will
probably elect him. 1 f he is beaten it is a
loss, and leaves the Council to stand Gve
democrats and four blacks.
Iu the House as far as heard from, we
lose one in Jackson, one in Douglas, and
one in Clatsop, and gain one in Umpqna,
two in xumiiiii, .one in Multnomah, and
three in Clackamas. We think there is no
doubt but that we have secured a decisive
majority in the lower house notwithstanding
the unequal apportionment. This is im
portant, for it is pretty certain that th err
must be a session of the Territorial legisla
ture next wmter. .
We are glad to chronicle the elec
tion of Mack over Hill, in the Benton and
Lane Council district. We understand that
the latter old gentleman went down into
Polk to arouse denomiuatioual prejudice
igainst as. i
Old Li nx. Glorious old .Linn, comes in
with a rousing majority as usual, and heads
the list of majorities. And yet ber demo
crats say they could have given 200 more.
Umpqua City must be a rery iatel-
igent comiannity.. . Jio. blacks thar. ; -
ELECTION RETURNS.
-MSN cocntt orncuu -
JJ. Rep.
Kelly, 25T
McBride, 31
Barnnm, - 239
Denny, 29
Rice,- 151
Appiegate, 14T
Bromley, 120
O'Meara. - 215
Craig, 119
Justice of Supreme Court,
. 802 Condon, 113
Prosecuting Attorney
Boise,
Jackson, 792 Woods, 1
State Senators.
C. Drain, 759 J. P. Tate, 217
L. Eikins, , 728 'I. White, 189
State Representatives.
N. H. Craner, 787 Perkins, 174
K. E. Mcliduch 171 B. F. Back in to, 171
T.T.Thomas, 769 J. R. McClore, 15 J
J. T. Crooks, 770 John Conner, 171
County Judge.
S. D. Haley, 786 D. D. Gray, 184
County Clerk.
J. If. Lines, 188 D. H. Bodine, 141
Abraham Miller, (not a candidate,) 25
. Sheriff.
John Smith, 820 Galiaher, 115
County Treasurer. .
W. G. naley, 752 John Smith, 132
Coroner.
John Foster, 779 J. II Bromwell, 1ST
County Assessor.
D. MansfielJ, 188 C. Brooks, 131
County Surveyor.
H. J. C. Averilt.544 D. Thompson, 111
TERRITOBIAL TICKET. - -i
District Attorney.
I. N. Smith, 128 G. L. Woods, II'
Council.
C. Drain, 179 J. P. Tate, 159
Representatives.
N. II. Craner, 798 J. N. Perkins, 186
E. E. Mclnincb, 790 B. F. Baekensto,189
J. T. Crooks, 783 J. R. McClore, 176
County Auditor.
J. II. Lines, 794 D. U. Bodine, 176
Abraham Miller, (not a candidate,) 24
County Commissioner. -James
Williams, 783
Sheriff.
Jwbn Smith, 823 O. Gallaber, 14J
County Treasarer.
W. O. Haley, 796 John Smith, 195
Couuty Assessor.
D. Mansfield, 796 C. Brooks, 175
Count v Surveyor. r
II. J. C. Averill,787 D Thompson, 181
, LAXC' COCSTT OFFICIAL.
Majorities.
Grover, . . 31
Whiteaker, 88
Heath, 115
B-Miti, 33
O'Meara, black, 41
Straiton, Supreme Jodge, 7
Smith, Prosecuting Attorney, 109
Bristow, Senator, - - 66
Florauce, do 95
Cochran, State Representative, 114
Patterson, do do . 135
Crozan, do do 103.
-YIck, Joint Councilman, Ter. over
Petigrey. 95
Chapman, Ter. Representative, 154
Jones, do do .119
Brock, Conuty Judge, 77
Howard, Co. Clerk, 221
Welch, Co. Treasurer,
Croner, Assessor,
Haft, Surveyor,
McCabe, Sheriff,
Mel'herson, Coroner,
Mulkey, Co." Commissioner, Ter.
Paul Brattain, Co. Auditor, do
Huusaker, Assessor, do
Mack's majority over Ililt, of Benton,
for Joiut Councilman, is
297
Umpqua City Precinct.
Dem.
O-orer,
Whiteaker,
I b ath,
Boon,
Bush,
Stratton,
Wells,
Cozad,
G rover,
B. Rep.
22 Kelly,
22 Baruam,
22 Rice.
22 Bromley,
22 O'Meara,
21 Kelsay,
Senator.
21 Scott,
Representatives.
21 Cole,
Scoltslurg Precinct.
38 Kelly.
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
6
4
3
4
5
4 ;
9
5
12
17
14
15 .
20
11
Whiteaker,
Heath, .
Boon,
Bush,
35
38
33
34
33
linrnum,
Rice,
Bromley,
O'Meara,
Kelsay,
Stratton,
Senator.
Wells,
35 Scott,
Representative.
39 Cole,
Elklim Precincts
20 Kelly,
Cozad,
Grover,
Whiteaker,
Heath,
Boon,
Bush,
14
16
15
13
23
Baruam.
Rm.
Bromley,
O'Meara,
Kelsay,
Stratton,
Senator.
Wells, . 13 Scott, 20
Representative.
Cozad, 16 Cole, 16
Tom Pyle, sheriff of Jackson Co. says it
was rejorted at ApplegateV, as be passed.
that the whole county had beeo heard from -
but the Umpqua City preciuct, and that O - '
Meara had ten majority. Umiiqna City
gives Bush 22, O'Meara none. - If the above
returns were correct. Bush has 12 majority
iu Umpqua.
POrGI-AS COCSTT OFFICIAL.
Democrat. Black Republican.
Grover, - 342 Kelly, 289 "
Whiteaker, 301 Baruum, SOT
Baruum,
Denny,
- Rice,
Holmes,
Bromley,
Applegate,
O'Meara,
&
5.
28
&
314
4
Heath,
2S3
309
235
Boon,
Bush,
Craig,
State Senator,
255 Gaztey,
Representatives,
269 McGee,
304 Bowman,
County Judge,
325 Cathcart,
Sheriff,
256 Follerton,
County Auditor, -s
240 Walton,
Treasurer,
293 Moare,
O'Bryant,
Bnrnett,
N orris.
Chad wick,
Whitted,
J. M Pyle,
Haynes,
341
SI I
279
294
36
354
294
Assessor,
C. P. Stratton, 304 Ttbbets, . 26T 4
An influence which went opt from Win
chester is seen in the reduced vote of Bosh
O'Bryant, Burnett, Whitted and Pyle -I
Walton was formerly clerk in tha land .
office, was a candidate for tho democratic
nomination, hut being beaten in our conven
tion by Pyle, be went over to the black, re-
publican convention,, and took their nomina
tion, Joseph Lne, Jr., voted at the Deer'
Creek poll, and scratched yonr name (BushV
off hia ticket and did not Tote for jo far
printer. - . . - - -
Dem.
Grover, 784
Whitaker, ng
Ueatb, 188
Boon, 183
Busb, . 123
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