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The Oregon Printing and Publishing Company,
I' 11 01 U1ET0KS.
OOoli 1 Ptpir of th State.
TKKMH J'er year, :(,()! i Mil months, I'.'.WI.
( yT- T,a ittxtti nre iHdtnin eoin. Legal TttvlrrAe
ielll be Uikfn only at their nurrent mine.
K-onltunoin tn ty l inmlM liy mull Rt the rink of the pub
lishers, If mallfl In the presence ot ft niiltiinsler.
THE STANDARD
AMERICAN BILLIARD TABLES
AND (JOMHINATION Cl'MIIONS.
MUSSHS. l'HKLAN & COM.ODER
w
OULD respectfully call the attention ofoeraons
wanting Billiard Tables ro tho arcnt superiority
of the above tables, manufactured exclusively nt their
HlliUIIHlllll(!lll. .
At the Hilliitnl Congress of IWX1, composed of all
the llrstrlnss players of Amerlnt, it wnn niiHiiinim lv
resolve,! llmt tables of our manufacture should be
used at all nmti-hos forllie Championship, at the bett
and only reliable tublea.
These llillinnl TiiIiIhb have received the nnqnaltfl id
approval of the bout players ami most competent judg
es, who Imvo universally pronounced theiu unuqiiuled
for general excellent and ihimbility.
Seven distinct patents fur improvements In Hilllurd
Tallies huve been ttnmied to tin by the United Unites
Patent Olnra, awl we have lately obtained a patent
from the French (lovornmont. for our improvements
in liilliard.Cnshlons.
We employ, ill the construction nf our tublei, a
variety of machine specially mado for the purpose,
by means of which we are-enabled to insure a scieu
tillo ami mechanical accuracy liillierto unknown iu
Hilliant manufacture.
Having a long experience and thorough knowledge
of all the appliances of Milliards, and constantly on
hand a large stock of the bust and most thoroughly
Mensnned materials, we are prepared to furnish every
thing required iu the Ililliitrd Hue with unprecedented
dispatch.
The eminent Billiard Player, M. Dorger, hoe pub
lished the following opinion :
"New York, Hd Aiitinnt. 181.
"On I lie eve of leaving the United Ntatee, 1 am hap
py to declare to all imateursof Milliards that, after a
tour of eleven months through the pricipnl cities, I
havo been enabled to .fudge iu a satisfactory manner
nf the superiority of the Milliard Tables tunntifiirtured
by Theluu At Cullender. The system of manufacture
is so superior that I ntn happy to introduce their style
of cushion into Pruuce. Tlicv have united to their
manufacture of American Milium Tables that of the
French Tables, of remarkable excellence and beauty.
For these reasons, I am happy to make this declara
tion. UK ltd Kit. CLAUDIUS,
l'rof. of llilliards, Paris."
M. 13. Hi'OHKS, 73d Montgomery t., Han Francisco,
t'al., is our ONLY authorucil agent for the I'acillc
coast, to whom ull orders should be addressed.
l'HKLAN ot (Jt)LLIiNDKR.
J.E. CLARK,
ArOTIIKCAHIUS' HALL,
t Dealer in PURE
DRUGS & MEDICINES,
Comer Slulo and Liberty streets, opposite the
new Motel (formerly tde Mansion House),
CONSTANTLY In receipt of flenuino PATENT
Medicines direct from the manufacturers ;
Pure Chemicals, Fresh Herbs,
SYRUPS mid TINCTl'ltES of our own compound
ing. from good materials. All articles warrantedit'
trenpth.reah, and genuine.
Particular Attention Given to Preparing
PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS
AND
Family lUediriiM-N
In a Neat, Accurate, and Expcditiout manner.
Store Open All Hours, Day and Night.
J. K. CLAHK
Chemist and Apothecary.
Salem, Oct. 30, 1865.
(IH MI MDSI1 SHE.
JOHN W. GILBERT,
DEALER I!)
Boots, Shoes, and leather,
S1I0EMAKEHS' TOOLS, Si
Findings of Every DcKcrintioii!
UNION ISLOCK,
Commercial itrect, SALEM,
litis on hand the
Largest and Best Selected Stock or
BOOTS AND SHOES
JjVEB offered in Salem, consist iuk in part of
11ENKERT'8 Dress, Quilted, anil Plain Double
Sole Hoots : ....
MEEKKR & 1'ENDLET9H'8 Single and Double
Sewed Boots ;
fiEIIlEltl.ICH'S Single and Double Sewed BooU'i ,,
OODFKEV8 "
MEN'S and BOYS' Calf and Kip Hoots and Shoes,
from the best shops in New EiiKhiud.
ladles', Misses', t Children'! Boots, Shoes,
and (ialtcrs,
From Burt's. New York, and Miles & Sons, King's,
Long's, and Seiberlicli's, l'liiludelphia.
A Complete; Stork or
French and American Calf and Kip Skins;
" ' Lining;
Oak and Hemlock Sole Leathers
Lasts, Pegs, Thread, and Nails.
He has, in connection, the best manufacturing shop
in the State, and keeps on hand and mukes to order
Boon and Shoos of every style and of the best mate
rial. All work of his own manufacture mml give
antisfaction. Oct. 1M, lHti5m3
C
" lSrnnlrotsiM
VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL FILLS.
IT Is gencrallv known that my Grandfather was the
am..;....! inrnttinr nf tliiiu remnrkilble pills.
He was a scientific limn, and a medical practitioner
of the Old School. Hut becoming alaruie.l at Ilie mor
tnhiu ,i,u, aiu.,.Llt i I.A Itlpf.liii and Aliiier.il Prac
tice,' ho turned his attention to Ilie study of natureand
the philosophv of disease, as also to the nntnraleme
dial agents which he found to exist exclusively in the
Vegetable Kingdom. In his researches and investl
gatious, he became fully satisfied that the life was ill
ilia I.W.,,1- tli.it l,v wtialever name diseases were dis
tinguished, impurity of the blood was the source of
mi a simple aim minimi uu.u mc, i - w
all diseases to a unit, necessarily eslablishect the fact
that all were to tie treated on the same general prin
ciples. Tin by pnnnition.
Vnw Hit irmmt dilHcnllr consisted In devisinir a Vcg-
lubla ciStinnuud tlmt would inviiriinilo, inirifv, and
rlfiinse iTe bliKal. correct and reitlllat ail Ilie ditier
nt secretions, and by iiurgalion discharge the whole
mass of morbid matter from the body, without reduc
invilieslrenirlli. After thirtv vearn of close anolica-
tiuu, he considered bis object fully accomplished in
the nroduction at these pills, which have now been
before the public One Hundred and Fourteen Yearn,
unit ii u nine ilHoil iiearlv ai Years since i'r. Drnn-
troth's Vegetable Universal 'i.ito Preserving Pills
llr.1 nri,r.li,d to the American public during
which time their superior excellence and virtuee have
been extensively proclaimed by papers and pamphlet,
und a rapid yearly increase of the sale of them of-
To know what will save life, to know what will
restore heahh. is a knowledge not to lie bidden, 1,
tberelore, as a man dcsiiing to do my duty faithfully,
have dotted down some of my thirty five years' expe
rience with llraudrelh s Pills, which are Bn effectual
uitunt of nature, and cause the expulsion of acri
monious hnmon the occasiou of every sickness. Let
ns admit that corrupt humors prevent the free circula
tion of the blood, that Urandreth's Pills take out
these humors, giving health for pain, and strength for
weaknens.
No man Is sick ve when the principle of corrup
tion ireta the ascendencv: Hrandrelh'a Pills aid the
Life Principle to regain the empire hy removing the
corrupt humors from the body. Many a time I hnva
seen life apparently at the last ebb, when tiiese Pills
were liven, and in a few hours the dnnirer was past
and health's Hood tide gave tbe patient renewed life
and rigor. Many are the fathers, mother, sons, and
danghters. thns aved.
These celebrated Pills are compose! wholly of me
dicinal herbs, and do not oontaiu any merenrv orothT
mineral, being perfectly harmle to the most tender
age or weakeal frama; yet sure to search out tbe raase
of sickness, aud restore too heallu if taken according
to the directions.
I .at no noe imairine thev are too weak to bear the
effect of these Pills, which put no weakness into the
frame, tint draw weakness ont. A lew uoses win o
get confidence, and then ilie beauties of pnrgation will
graoilallv become nnlohieo to onr view, wnirn, i
furred with Itrindn-th's Vriretable I'niTerml Pills,
able to cure every disease where the organs are sound
and imultv InrrM th avriin of homan life.
t have now need on mT own neraon. and prepared
and administered, liraiidreth Pills for thirty-five
years. I believe they are the best purgative la tti
world; and with llii medical qaality tiiey have also
a tonic effect. And a i aai of the firm opinion thai
inflammation and fereie are caused by corrupted
bl-iod aoi being timely evarnated, because it reaurgi
tate. so to speak , over the whole body, and thus cor.
"tip! the paiud blood that should nourish ail tlie mem-be-r,
and actnaily destroys and paralyae memWr or
orvAiis that nre nnsonud; aud as I know that theee
Pills have a direct enect to remove all corrupt blood
and acriraoninne bainors from tlie boilr in fact, all
humors below the vital standard of health; so I should
be guilty of a great sin, did I ont do all io my power
to propsurate tbe use of a medicine which is piisssaped
of propenix so calculated to eave and increase Uie
average f homan life.
The publie eervnnt.
BK.N.I AMIS liRANIiRFmt. H D.
Principal ofnet. for Bmndrclh's Vagtable I'niveral
Pilh), BHANUKCTU S BI ILDINO. New York
M . V, RK tXDRIITIf.
OfB.-e al CRANK it HUiOII AM rt. San rraiKisro.
ir sale by all respectable dealers in atedkiae. if
VOL. 1.5--N0. 40.
Latest News by Steamer.
WE take ploustiroln announcing to our old patrons
and the public iu genital, that we have
.JUHT 11KCKIVKU,
Direct from the East and Hail Francisco,
The Largest and Best Assortment,
OK
FALL & WINTER GOODS,
consisting of the following articles i
Gents' and Boys' Clothing,
of the IIEST and LAT1IST STYLES i
Dry Goods, .
Faucy Goods,
Boots and Shoes,
Hats and Caps,
Groceries,
Crockery,
GhiHsware, etc.,
that lias over been brought to this city, and also that
we are oitering the same
Cheaper than the Cheapest.
Call early and satisfy yourself.
All kinds-of ritODUCE taken iu exchange, for
wbicb we will pay the highest uiarket price.
S. miTCIIELI, & CO.
Sulem,Sept. 11. 115. liHif
New Firm, New Store, New Goods
BRWON,COX&CO.
yilOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
GROCERIES. PROVISIONS,
Wine and Liquors,
Wood and Willow Ware, Hardware,
TANKEE NOTIONS,
Tobacco, Oiuiirs, &s Ac.
Center Store, New Brick Block,
SAI.EM, Oltr.GON.
Wehnvenow on Jmnd. and are now ro-
v on hfinrl, and nre now ro J; . i
IjAKOKST and HKST KK- g
)CK OF GOODS in our
ceivinif. th I.
me ever oltered
THIS SIDE OF SAX FRASC1SCO!
Which we propose to exclianue at LOW KATES for
liuttr, Kgs, lhtcoii, Oata, Wheat, uud Protluce in
Kenurul ; and, nit her than keep hook, we will NOT
UEKUSE (iOLD AND SILVEtt.
1 louse Call and lOxtunine onr Stock of
Ten & Grindntoues,
ColTi!c & Nnils,
Sngnr & Axes,
Syrup & Blue Vitriol,
Siilcmtus & Wnsli-
Pocket Knives Si .
Starch,
Sonps 4: Honey,
Clnthea Boskets &
I'icklen.
Hope & Tntnnrindf,
Coal Oil & Honey,
H'lstetter's Hitters ic
Oatmeal.
Dtiards,
Crt-nm Tartar (c
Brooms,
Tobacco ft Clicci,
igara & Corn Baskets, 'Dve Stull's it Farina,
Shovels & Nutmegs, Meerschaum Pipes St
Citron & Wash Tulis, Spades,
Knisins & Mouse Traps' Wood Pipes St Shot,
Itice St Saltpeter.
Cnnfeetionery &
Salmon St Wooden
Clothes-Pins,
.Mackerel Se Ponder,
Bowls,
jniXEUS' Ol'TFITS 1 FI LLS
In fact, everything usuully kept in a
Flrst-Clatts Grocery and Provision Store I
GOODS DELIVERED
To all parts of the city, FREE OF CHARGE
Don't Forart Ilie Placet
Ott.2, lHo.V BROWN, COX, & CO.
MARKETS.
T.B. NKWM4X. J.T. CIU'SIF.
NEWMAN &. CRUMP,
Froprieton of the " CITY MARKET" on
Commercial Street, and Ike "PEOPLE'S
MARKET" on State Street,
HEREBY announce to ull their olil friends nnd cus
tomers, and the public generally, that they have
secured a very large aeupply of FIUsT-t'LASS
rvTOCv, and aie now prepared to furnivh
Butchered meats at Wholesale,
Aud nlso the Very C holiest
STEAKS,
ROASTS,
CHOPS,
CORNED REEF,
SAUSAUES, 4tr.,
AT RETAIL, both at their markets, and also deliv
ered from their wagon in any part of the city, at the
Very Lowest Prices J
While we shall spitre no pains to plea'se and accom
modate our customers, we wish thetil to understand
tbut. in view of the low prices at which we shall sell,
we must have our p:iy promptly, aud have therefore
established a rule, that
All Bill" Must be I'ntd M eekly.
8ill.-ni.0ct. !M, 1SH5. 3lm3
BELVIDERE SALQON,
AT THE OLD STAND!
THERE will alwavs he found the FINEST
will alwavs he found the
BRANDS OK
I.IQIOKS A) CK.AUS
that the Market affords. Also, a fine I1ILLIARI)
Itl'OM.couiaiiiiua three Tables, one of which took
the premium at tlie last Mechanics' Inslitute Kuir in
(.'nliforniu. PLAMUNPON H UHIU.
Salem, Oct. S, IW.. illtf
For Sale.
A HOUSE and LOT. with rood bam. &e.
Apply
to SMITH k CaitTW RI0I1
IT.
Wanted for Cash,
k FEW TIIOUSAN'O Bl'SHELS ODOD OATS,
iV and a ton or two of gon,l TIMOTHY SEED, at
ocl'J
MYKRS, IH'OHKS, It CO.
Dr. W. B. SIM0M0X,
01 RAMTATE of tbo Pennsylvania Medical College
T of Philadelphia, hnvinir permanently located ni
tiiis citv. restctfully tenders his professional services
to theciiiiens nf Salem and ita vicinity. Office and
residence at M re. Bailey's house, nearly opposite the
r.uresa Malile, halem, uregon. iy
BIO. II. CMUCI,
Kmltti S Cliuncc,
Surgical and Mechanical
DENTISTS,
Oriswold's Block, comer Commercial It State streets
'SALEM, OREGON,
mil Our Dental Work Cuaranleed.tJ
marl nolv
To eVool Ittitst rs.
TIIK andmlinvil 4rt,m to Inform the Fleck
maalere of l)r-r.,n ihnt hF has NOW FOR SAI.K
fine lot at TllolUlllill.llKt.il Mrrloo Kan.t and
ataSaaaaWHam lmtx. Mor at Ui-ae snlmals hare taken
r... al Uia Fairs af tl,a Orc-ron Stale Asrlcttltaral aoektv.
nd parties loler-ta are rraMlfullr referred tn lis recants
tor Iha nest prooi of iimt cbsraclrr or th- tl.M-k from which
tkry arvkrnl. JOHN MINTO,
Breeder of Marino Sharp, Pamntia Hill.
H Miles soelli af Salem, on Ihc alar mad.
F g. Each animal varrsnlad to b aea-t aa rrpreaeolcd.
Fnrtn for alc
df THE andenogned offers for eal a fine FARM
aU.of 3.tl acre, "it acre in cultivation, good orchard,
dwelling huiiae. and outbuildings, situated in Clacka
mas connty. Oregon, near Butt creek, oil the rnad
from Silvertnn to Oregon City. Addreas HENRY
MANNING, St. Loui, Marionco .Ogn. Mov.S7m;ipd
MARBLE WORK.
A. J. MOSKOE.
DEALER la California. Vermont, and Italian
,TI AH HI. CM,
loiamf nit, Obdltki, Brad and Ftxit Slonn,
8ALEM, OREiiON.
Also, alantlee aad Furniture Marble famished to
order. J.-m'-pd
. wra wi mmm mum.
SALEM,
She (Oregon 1atfm
bl'EKCIl OF DR. BOWMiy, ON THE (O.MsTI
TCTIONAL AMKXl)5lt;.T,
IJt TUB HOb'BR OC REl'HKSKNTATIVKS, PKC. 8.
Mil. Bowi.by, nf WftsliitiRton oounly :
Mr. Speaker, I had not expeoled to speak
JA number of persons in the gallery Brims to
eave. Wait till my Deiniioratio friends leave ;
I tun used tn tlmt kind nf treatment. Much
confusion followed, tttteiulinjr the departure of
persons from the gallery. Hud not the gen
tleman from Jackson advertised tne to speak,
and Imil he not asked mo so many questions. I
should have remained silent, but I U''W feel it
tny duty tn reply.
I scarcely know where to begin. I must say
that there has been so much said, and so little,
as 1 think, tn the purpose, that it is almost im
possible to follow tho gentlemen who have pro
ceded me, especially while obliged to labor, as
I am, nmler this severe cold and hoarseness. I
will first, himever, answer the questions asked
hy the gentleman from Jackson,
First, he asks, Do we wish to whitewash our
lute lamented President, because wo think he
violated the Constitution and committed some
great orimo J Ho wo wish tn pass this amend
ment to the Constitution of the United States
in order to cover over his iniquity ? Sir, Abra
ham Lincoln need nothing nf the kind. He
needs no eulogy from me. His name, nlthnrgh
it may create nn unkind feeling in the hearts ol
a large tunjurity of tlmt portion of the people of
the United Suites who pursued him until he
was killed I say, while that is true, his name
to day is enshrined in the hearts nf all the true
patriots in these United States, and he has gone
down to his grave cherished and beloved us no
man hits been since tho duys of Washiugton.
Prolonged uppluuse.
Another question that he nuked was. Do we
believe thut this Constitutional amendment, if
passed, will ontifer citizenship, or the right bf
suffrage, or holh, upon the freeilmeu ? Now,
Mr. .Speaker, I have no ax to grind nt all. I
am just as independent as the gentlemnn front
Jncksnn, and I am not afraid tn answer, that
question at ail. 1 know very well that the dis
tinguished gentleman and his pnlitiuul friends
have declared that they intended to force that
question upon tho Union party before this Leg
islature adjourns. They are welcome tn all the
political capital they can make out of it. In
reply to his inquiry, I will sny that, in tho
amendment to the Constitution ns proposed by
the Congress nf the United Sttites, und as pre
sented to us fur our consideration to-tiighl, the
negroes in tho United Slates ate placed just
where the frco negroes were lieforo the late re
bellion commenced ; and this question as to the
power nf Congress, under the second clause of
this amendment, tn confer the right of suffrage
upon them, is a question which will belong tn
the Supreme Court of the United States that
Court for which thu Democratic party has al
ways manifested so much reverence.
Mr. Pay Mr. Speaker, I wish to nsk the
gentleman if he believes that this second sec
tion of the amendment to the Constitution will
confer the power upon Congress to enfranchise
the blacks I
Mr. Uowluy There the gentleman wishes
to know my private opinion ou the subject. My
own impression is that it does not. I do not
think that that section of the, amendment will
confer any power further than simply this to
effectually prevent the re-establishment or
further continuance ol shivery in the United
States. Our nation has learned by & bitter ex
perience llint it will not do to trust too much
to the honesty of those highly chivalrous aud
airy gentlemen down South ; hence the neces
sity for some definite provision iu the nrganio
buy nf the land vesting Congress with the pow
er to carry out the will of the nation. Congress
bits always claimed the rit'ht lo regulate suf-
frnio Ui any Tcrritorr. and to supervise the act
of the Legislatures of the Territory ; but when
fuch Territories bream sufficiently large to
carry on a State Government, they were al
lowed to come into the Union and ilecule lor
themselves who shall lie voters within their
limits and who shall not. This is tho doctrine
held by Andrew Johnson, wilh whom uiuuy of
my Democratic IricuUs Imvo titllcu so tenderly
in love lately.
Mr. Speaker, the gentleman Iroin Jackson,
Josephine and Umatilla all go upon the false
assumption that Congress is amending the Con
stitution of the United States. That is the sum
and substance of their spet chrs. The truth is,
Congress is not. amending tlmt instilment at all.
It is the people who have to do with this amend
ment, ami not the Congress, only so far as the
Constitution prescribes the manner in which it
shall he amended. They tulk about States'
rights, the sovereignty ol the States, and read
Judge Story and Alexander Hamilton, tn sup
port their opiiiiiiiis. In all their speeches, they
have failed to tell as in whut that sovereignty
consisted, nnd to w lint extent it iscirvuinsciilird
by the Cuusiitution of the United .Stales. Tho
idea of their quoting Alexander Hamilton in
support of their political creed is simply pre.
nosterous tit the estimation ol every one who is
acquainted wilh the doctrines advocated by that
greut statesman, i ilo tlunK Unit il there ever
was a purl) Hint was master of the art of be
fogging the I'ublio mind and fulfill ing history,
for the purpose til milking wrong seem right,
this Deiiioernlio party is certainly the one.
They have had so much tn do wilh thut Hack
institution that I believe it has befugged their
u.iiiil to such an extent Hint limbing hut a
st renk of lightning can ever penetrate their un
derstanding so fur it' to emit line ray nf light.
Now, Mr. Speaker, let as look nt Ibis ques
tion a moment. A good ninny years ago there
were a number of men whom we were taught
to believe were great men, wilh great minds
men who labored disinterestedly lor their coun
try's good. Those men met together under pe
culiar circumstances, fur a great purpose. They
had just carried an infant nation through a war
which bad giveu il independence. When tbe
stern necessities of war, which had knitted the
Stales together iu a common cause, like a band
of brothers, were removed by the genial rays
of returning peace, it was found that the old
Confederacy was not strong enough to meet the
wauls and curb tho passions of lite people of
the Various sections of the country, whose dif
fering intercs's often clashed, and the young
republic was about to he dissolved into iusig
uilicuut fragments. Il is believed by some that
although the ltef olutiou caused a great deal of
auxietv and paio, yet all that aoxietr and soli
citude was nothing compared to that which our
fathers felt when they met together io conven
tion to form our Constitution. They were soo
ctssful in their labors, and devised that nohe
charter under which our nation has arisen to be
one ol the first powers of the world. Well, In
that Constitution they laid down rules and reg
ulations by which it could ts amended. This,
I presume, the gentlemnn from Jackson, with
all his legal learning, will m l deny. Now then,
if we amend the Constitution precisely as that
instrument direct us tn do it. it seems to tlie
that it would pnxzle a Philadelphia lawyer to
say iu what par'.iculnr we have violated it.
The Constitution prescribes the manner iu
which it mar be amended, or changed, if yon
please, even until there is not one veetig of iu
former character left iu it. In this regard, the
gentleman from Umatilla is greatly in error.
He make a great mistake when he tells o that
three-fourth of the people cannot amend or
change the Constitution nr deprive a man nf
ma persotial property. He must recollect tual
ibis country is built npou the principle that the
majority have the right to rule. The Soulh
has never called in question this right of Ibree
fourths of the Slate to change the Constitu
tion. Indeed, one nf the reasons h awiined
i fur attempting; to break nn the (iovernuient.
ana nasieumg on that carnage which has moled
the world to tears, was that we refused luchanre
that instrument. Hut. Mr. Speaker. Die gen
tleuieu hast changed their tactic remarkably.
OREGON, MONDAY, JANUAKY 1.5. 186G.
Since they havo seen the effects of this war,
and failed to accomplish their purpose, wu do
not bear them say half so much about what the
Government of the United States has done.
My f: lends from Jackson aud Umatilla both
tell ns that they oppose tint amendment, not
because it strikes at slarery, but because it in
terferes with State' rights htato sovereignty.
Now, if they will only condescend to tell us
just what they mean by States' rights, to what
extent such rights are circumsor'.hed by the
Constitution, we might bo able to answer that
argument. They say this is a violation of this
and of that, but they do not say why it is so.
Now, sir, you might almost as well attempt to
answer a sneer as an argument like that. I
presume, sir, there is no gentleman in this
house who does who admit that those
States have rights, circumscribed by the Con
stitution of the United States, and so long as
those States do not depart from such checks,
we acknowledge their sovereignty and rights.
Rut my friend from Jackson first supposes
that slavery is dead, and afterwards turns
around and says be is opposed to this amend
ment because it interferes with a species of
property whose control belongs solely to tbe
several States meaning slavery, of course. lf
slavery bo doad by virtu of lbs Emancipation
Proclamation, how can this, amendment inter
fere wilh that "dnmestio institution of the
State ?" If he does not ineon that institution,
what other can be mean ? " 0, consistency,
limit art a jewel."
It has always been a fnvsrita habit of mine,
when I desire to establish a fact in political
matters, to go buck to th Democratic party
and seek out precedents toshow the correctness
of my posilion. When these gentlemen seemed
to call in question the legality of President
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, I could
not help but think of the gnod precedents which
had long ago been set for him by the Demo
orats. Indeed, I do not know of but one act
of that great man during the Into war that has
not u good precedent, made by tho Democratic
party which the gentlemen claim is the same
now as ii ever was. Well you have all heard
of that man called Andrew Jackson. The
Democrat used tn live by him and swear by
him. and it is raid that many nf them expected
to go to hint when they died. Well, sir, dur
ing the war of 1812, General Jackson was in
commnnd of New Orleans. For the erection
of fortifications in defense nf that city Against
the British, ho pressed negroes into service, and
when their chivalrous masters demanded pay
for their labor, he said : " No, I will nut pay
you, but I will emancipate ysur slaves.'' And
ho did it. I see my friend from Marion, of the
outside House, smiling. I ant glad he is here
to night, for I suppose wo are talking as much
to the outside House as to the members within
the bar. Well, sir, you see here is an instance
where a great Democrat and I will say he wits
a great statesman loo liberated slaves, not
from such motives as those whioh actunted
President Lincoln, and width have given him
a name which will grow brighter as time passes
away, but from considi rations of a very diti'er
ent character. Let me sny In my young friend
from Umatilla, that while this is a grod pre
cedent for the emancipation of slaves, it is also
a good relutation of his argument that a man's
Krivnto property cannot be taken away from
iin. Hut in show hi n what a simple process
it is to divest a man of his slave properly, 1
will illustrate by another incident. At one
time tho laws of Maryland that beautiful html
over which the chivalry sang iu the mournful
strains of " My Maryland "prevented any
slaves from being brought into the Stnle. A
gentleman took a slave into that Stale, and the
colored man, preferring tho responsibilities of
ireeaom to tne luxuries ol shivery, declined to
return with Ins master Now. what did that
master do I One would suppose that he would
go to Maryland nnd tell her that it wn all
wrong, and that his snnrad nronertv must be
rviiirned to him. Hut, sir, the lawyers down
uoth did not see tt in that light, aud thu man
lost bis property.
Hnttotelurn to the Constitutional Conven
tion. T hero were two great questions before
thnt body. One was the importation of slaves,
and tbe other was the representation of Slates
in Congress. 'I he result of Hie discussions on
these great issues was a compromise in each
case. The larger States wished the ratio of
representation to bo in accordance with the
number of inhabitants, while the smaller States,
fearing thnt if this should be the case they
would lose their importance in the national
luncils nnd sutler llierehr, desired that each
Slate should have an equal number of repre
sentatives on tho flour of Congress. The difli
oulty was adjusted by allowing an equal iiucn-
nnr ot senators to each Mule, unil by giving
tn all the Slates a ratio nf representatives in
tlie Inwer House in proportion to the number
of their inhabitants. The first provisinn satis-
fled thu smaller nud the latter p-icilied the
larger States ; so that mailer was settled. The
question nf the importation of slaves was a more
difficult one to be adjusted. The general sen
tituenl was sln tigly against slavery, ami par
Ocularly agaiut the slave trade ; but tn satisfy
the demands of South Carolina and tieorgiu,
he slave trade was permitted tn continue until
he year ltftiS. Now this toleration nf the slave
trade has been urged hy my friend from Uma
tilla to snow that Hie touuuers nf onr Govern
inetit did not regard shivery as an evil. I havo
referred tn it to show Ihnt it was grunted in the
spirit of compromise only. In other words, it
nas only tolerated lor a limited time, in order
to secure Hint great object, Uie Union of Stales.
If our fathers did not Ihiiik slavery was wrong.
why did Ihey limit the importation nf slaves nt
nil 1 Hut to further show bow our futhera felt
about slavery, and Io illustrate how paiticulnr
they were in relation tn their acts in regard to
slavery, 1 will cite Hie fact that when tho fugi
tive clause was introduced, it was. 1 think, in
the following language: " Held iu legal servi
lode." After some discussion, the words " lo
cal " and ' servitude " were stricken out, lie
cause it was held by the Convention that there
could he nn legal servitude except in punish
incut ol crime; and hence tho peculiar Ian
gua.e oi onr loiisiiluimu : ' Held to service nr
ubor in one State under the laws thereof.
Right here let me add, that whoever will lake
tlie pains to trnoe the history of the Convention
which framed tlie Constitution, will Sod in it
complete refutation of all that can be said in
favor of this doctrine of State' rights. 1 wish
it understood that, when I say Slates' rights, I
have reference to that dogma by which tbe
Democratic party attempted to carry the States
out of the Union and deluged this land in hluod.
Mr. Speaker, il I had the voice aud the lime,
it would afford me pleasure to show the fallacy
of another kind nf argument osrd in behalf of
this institution of human bondage, that I might
enlighten the mind of my young frieud from
Umatilla, e tells us that Moses regulated
the institution nf slavery. Well, I helievo that
Moses did. aud I also believo that I said some
where iu that good book that it was nut so from
the Ik ginning, but that be did it because of the
hardness of their hearts ; and I suppose, sir,
there must have been some Democrat among
the people of thnrn days. Hut while it i true
that he regulated the institution nf slavery, it
ia alio troe that he recogniit-d that little thing
called the " fugitive slave law;" for he said :
If the servant escape from his master thoa
sbnlt not give him up." A Voice: "There
was a day of jubilee in those limes too." Not
withstanding Moves may bav thought pretty
well of slavery nf slavery at one time, it is quite
evident also that be was a practical Abolition
ist, and led the children nf Israel away from
Imndagn across the rti'il cmm, in whose angry
waves his Demncralio friends, who followed
after llieir slaves, were swallowed up. Ai
plause and laughter. So, Mr. Speaker, it will
ever be. Now. air. I shall Uot pretend to go
info liihle argument in relation to that iosti
tutmn. I am Irauk to oonte that there t a
great drill ill llmt book that may be Used fnr
eifhrr side ; bat there is one thing In Ihst book.
that it always represents slavery as a degraded
condition, and it is another fact that Christians
in all ages nf the world have condemned that
institution. Well now, either those who have
professed to understand the Bible have been
entiiely mistaken, or my friend from Unmtilla
is laboring under a sad mistake. That is not
all : If the gentleman wishes to take the Bible
as an argument in behalf that institution, it Is
tn bo supposed that he believes the Bible, and
if so, he must not only onntrnl the institution
aa that book commands him to do it, but he
uiuat take the same kind of material to make
slaves of. Will ho show as a satisfactory in
stance where the black man is recognized as a
slave in that bonk T Now, If it is white slavery
that his party desires and that is what the
South were coming to very rapidly laughter
why, sir, 'hey must go to some other country
to propagate it, Applause. Now. if we can
see that our forefathers were opposed to it, and
regarded it as a curse that it began in vio
lence and was practiced in corruption, violence
ami inimnrelitv down to the present dnr. until
it finally struck a blow to destroy the best gov
ernment in the world it is certainly a very
good reason why we should try to get rid of it.
Mow, Mr. speaker,-1 hold here lo-uight that
our fathers wero not only opposed to it, but
that they did all they could tu destroy and gut
rid of it. I will go further for the benefit of
my young frieud here, and say' Hi fit they did
not only advocate the abolition of slavery, but
they gave citizenship to every free negro in the
country. I shall not stop to tell you what I
Hunk ol suffrage; thnt is not tim question.
When thnt question comes beforn tbo people I
will vote ayu or nay, aI please, and so with
anything else connected wilh the sable sons of
Alnea. I don't know but I bad heller take
that word back, for I her are 'rapidly losing their
sable here. Laughter. 1 What I mean to say
is this : That during tho Revolutionary war it
was hard to find nn individual who was in fav
or of slavery, except, I urn soi ry to say, in
Soulh Carolina and Georgia. Von will find, if
you look at its history not withstanding my
friend from Jackson seemed to think it wus im
possible for such men as Washington, Jeffer
son, Jackson and Madison tu bo opposed tn
slavery nnd Hill hold slaves that in the first
place tho Continental Congress held that they
would not allow any slaves to he imported into
ihe country, aud during tho revolutionary war
ihey recommended that the various Stntes
should so niter their constitutions us tu meet
the exigencies nud circumstances that were
then surrounding them; or, in other words, Io
conform them tn the character nf the Govern
ment. Several of the Slates, noting under this
recommendation, did so alter their constitutions
as to abolish slavery. What was tho character
of those constitutions ? Eleven out of the thir
teen South Carolina and Georgia wero the
exceptions, iff course niuiio no distinction he
tiveen the negru and the while tnnn. I am tint
preaching negro siitTiiigo. lint simply stnliug
historical truths for the benefit of that Demo
cratic friend of initio from Jackson, who has
been so long benighted. 1 say the made no
difference between thu negro and the white
limn ; nut to show von more clearly tho nrinoi
pies thut wero impressed upon llio States, let
me refer to Ihe fact that Virginia, only a year
nr two before that, did not allow the negro stn
vote, add yet III I7e3 she passed nn act repeal
ing the old law, so as to permit llio pogrom tu
vote, sliumng conclusively Hint it was the in
tention of that tiny that the negro should he
entitled to ull Ihe amenities and blessings of a
iree government. I hud in Hewing s Statutes,
vol. il, pnge3M, that iu Virginia, in 177!). ne
groes were uot regarded ns citizens, but in 1783
V irginia enacted the lolloumg : All Iree per
sons horn within the territory nf this common
Wealth shall be deemed citizens nf this common
wealth." I mention Ibis because it docs not
appear that unv (if the other Slates had any
thing in iheh co,,,.,;.,,,,,,,,, irj,jing negroes
from voting. Virginia repealed the Ian anil
liiirnuiicctl tlie clause.
Mil. Cox Mr. Speaker, 1 will ask the gen
ii man if Virginia did nut repeal the law grunt
ing the right of suffrage to the negroes I
. Mr. Uowluy Oh yes, beeiinsu slavery has
so poisoned and corrupted this country that
since iBol) she repealed the law which our fath
ers in their purity enacted. Applause and
L,nug:iter.J
Mil. Cox If the gentlemnn will permit me
a moment. 1 hey Hied It. and found that the
negro was incapable ul self government.
.MR. itowuiy. Yes, sir, that is exactly It
according to your opinion. Laughter.
Now, Mr. Speaker, if I should make n crook
ed speech I hope you will pnrdou me, for I
must lollow Ilie inennuermgs of these crooked
gentlemen, fvriw lot ns look at an experiment
that was made in Virginia. In 18,'tl a strenu
ous ellort was made tn abolish shivery in that
Slate, lieu ember Ibis was iu Virginia. Ac
cording to the remarks of tho gentleman from
I uintilia, all tho abohliotiists came from New
England. It was confined Io nn geogritnhieal
line. There was mure in Virginia when she
was declared ont of the Union than when she
entile into it, New hnghind herself was once
not very fastidious about slavery. One of -her
Slates imported slaves for a long time for the
benefit nf her Southern friend. Virginiii and
Delaware were slrongly opposed to slavery.
Well, iu lb.' 12 ihey tried to abolish slavery in
Virginia. To lmw, Mr. Speaker, that the
people nf the North are nut tlie only fniialics,
I will read you a few sentence from a speech
of Governor McDowell iu tho Virginia Legis
lature in IKM. We might a well make out
the night, It is now only a little after mid
night. I hope yon will be patient until I can
get through. Laughter. Hut, beforo I
rend this extrnct I must say tino word more
about negro citizenship, A negro came up in
a North Carolina court where there were nn
nlinlitiiml sis until within Ihe Ihst few months
before a North Carolina judge, w ho declared
aa his official opinion that there were but two
classes ciliieus aud slave. That decision
wn given before it was discovered that ne
groes could take care of themselves. In 1844
that same point wus brought before the same
judge in order tn get him to tiller bis opinion.
I think some democrat must have been after
him ; that is tho way they manufacture politic
al capital. Ou the second trial tbe judgo suid
he had gtveu the urst decision (titer calmly and
patiently examining the whole nintter, and he
could uot lake it buck. Thut is not all under
Ibis head. When the articles of confederation
were being made a you w ill fun! from the
ofbcial record a mnlion wu mndo by a mem
her from South Carolina to Insert the word
white," after ihe word "free," so as to make
all "free whilo inhabitants" citizens; but the
amendment was only supported by the delega
tions from South Carolina and Georgia. So
all free nihahilauts, uo mailer what their color,
were made citizen. Notwithatandiug.kl! this,
a celebrated judge deoided in the Supreme
Court of Ihe United State that a negro can
not become a oitizeu of tbe United Slates.
Well, I sin mlliug that the courts should de
cide the matter.
Now, then, 1 wiil hasten on to fa voice t
Finish it up well, Doctor. My fanaticism
dates a long way back. Hut I will read the
extraot from Governor McDowell's speech :
"Who that looks Iu this ouhanpy bondage
of an unhappy people, in tbe midst of osr so
ciely, and thinks of its iuoideuU or issues, but
weeps over it a a curse as great upon linn
who inflicts as upon him who suffers! Sir,
yon may dry nn to your uttermost tho foun
tains of his feelings. Ihe springs til his thought)
you may close upon bis mind every avenue of
kuowledg and cloud it over with artificial
night ; you may yoke him to your labor as an
ox. which II vet h only In work and woikcthonly
to live ; you may put him onder any pmc
abicn, wiuioul iieelioving hi valu? a a slave.
will debase and erosb him as a rational being ;
you may do this, and lbs idea thai h was born
to be free will survive It all. It is allied to bis
hope nf iiuinorlalify it hi the) ethereal part ot
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bis nature which oppression cannot rend. It
is a torch lit up in bis soul hy the hand nf Dei
ty, and never meant to he extinguished hy tbe
band of man."
Suoh were the sentiments nf Mr. McDowell,
and I might rend on from Mr. Fnlkner and
others on tlie same occasion, hut I think the
gentlemen can now see thai onr fanaticism
dates back to no very late period, and that it
has not been confined to New England. !
Bat the experiment in Virginia. There was
a convention elected for the purpose of amend
ing the Constitution elected for tbe purpose uf
amending the Constitution so aa Io abolish
slavery. But, there is a little scrap of history
which informs us that there was a monied in
fluence brought to bear and it is supposed that
the members were bought uver. Certainly it
is that they suddenly discovered that the ne
gro was not as gnod as tbe while man inferi
or, and all that. I tell you, sir, morality and
Christianity have but little ohanoe in opposit
ion to pecuniary interest. . . .
Wo, sir, fanaticism, if the gentlemen please
to insist on the term, was well grmtuded among
our fathers. A Lieutenant Governor in one
ul the Slates was President of an abolition so
ciety ; Alexander Hamilton was President of
a similar sooiety in Now York to whioh Liv-
mgton and jay belonged; Benjamin rrank
lin was connected with an abolition society in
Philadelphia and such societies existed in all
the States except South Carolina and Georgia.
But why repeat in this plaoe facta that are sn
well known to every one who reads history in
telligently ? . '
It is a well established fact Ihnt slavery is
aggressive, I know that this has been denied
hy the gentleman from Josephine, hut a knowl
edge of the manner of its origin ia enough tn
convince any one of that fact; but he suys
mac the Slave States wero liberal because
they surrendered Hie Northwest Territory tn
the hjree States. In making Ibis stutemont he
does not show much accuracy in historical
ktinwledge. New York claimed nil of the
same territory and some of the other States
olnimod large tracts. The smaller States com
plained and urged tlmt the wild land should
bo surrendered In tlie General Government for
the purpose of paying oil' the debt nf the Gov
ernment. New York led the way and gave up
her claim ; uext Virginia und then followed
several oilier States, . Many of tho ablest
statesmen of that day regarded the surrender
as necessary to tho organization ol a Coustitu
tiouul Government nud in fact tho salvation of
the country, It wus surrendered to the Con
tinental Congress and tho act waa rc-ooaotod
hy the II rut Congress under tho Constitution.
It hud nothing to do with slavery. ' Now for
their liberality ; The people of Iudiana Terri
tory petitioned Congress to suspend the law for
ten years so far as related to slave labor to eu
ublu ttioin to open up farms in what was thon a
wilderness. It was referred to n ooininiltoo nf
which John liuiidolph, a southern man, was
Chairman, The committee reported against
it. There weru several efforts afterwards
made by the people of the Territory with its
Governor Wm. 11. Harrison at tbeir bead, but
Congress persistently refused to relax the law
aud allow the people of the now country the
heneft of that kind of lunar. ' ' o '. i
Our lathers looked at this great wrong from
the right stand point, and had their sons car
ried nut the wurk which they nobly begun, we
would not now havo In mourn over the thous
ands of onr countrymen slain iu buttle. i
Mr. Cox. Did nut their sons practice tho
same things which ihe hither ditll i
Mit. BowLitv Yes, tbeir sons practiced one
thing which their fathers did, and several other
things which their fathers did uot practice.
ILutightor. .While nn his memorable visit tn
this country. Lafayette said that if he had
known that slavery would have been continued
in this country, he would never have come here.
Il ai,l alan. thnt U'lton ha a a tiaea h-f-.
nearly nil tlie servants were block I now they
weru nearly all yellow. Laughter. In this
respect, 1 think, sir. that the children have de
parted from the principles nf their fathers.
Laughter. The gentleman from Josephine
spoke of our becoming a moon-eyed race.
I he people down South are almost that now.
1 do not nieuii to say that they are all colored,
but they are considerably mixed. A few years
ago a Virginian said that the linio bad been
w hen a tuau could be sure he was marrying a
white woman, but it was no longer o. It is
well known fact that wherever slavery exists
long, there amalgamation Is sure Iu follow.
1 lieso fears of tree negroes are simply absurd
In Maryland and Virginia a largo portion of
Ihe negroes have alwuys beou Iree. An at
tempt ens made to re enslave the freedmen in
Murvlnud, hut tho farmers opposed it because
lliey desired in employ theui ns luliorers, and it
was not done.
Although I Imvo ever regarded slavery as
the great exciting cause by whioh llierlave-
holder accomplished their purpose. I have uot
considered t tlie Immediate cause ol the M
hellion. The-inslitulion of slavery prevented
the Southern Stales as it always would have
done irons coinnctiiig with the free State,
and the slaw-holders saw Ihe power which they
so much loved rapidly passing from them, and
il was for the purpose of retaining power that
they attempt d to erect asepitrnte government.
They struggled hard tu retain their power over
the Government and sought tn control tll'the
departments, particularly the legislative and
judicial depnrlmeniis. They controlled the
Judiciurr Committee, and when a man was
proposes! lor nn Aseociale Justice, he wa
turned over to this committee, that it might be
ascertained whether be was "sound an the
goose" or uot. Some nf the best legal gentle
I men in Ibe United States were rejected simply
because Ihey would not subscribe tn the doo-
trine that slavery lakes a shoot and goes into
ail the temlmie. Anil they got soioe very
poor material on that bench. When Ihey had
got tlie court alter their own liking, then they
were willing to submit a y question to Hi Su
preme Court of Ibe United Hinle.
Now, for my own part, 1 agroo with Ihe
gentlemen who have preceded uie, that llii is
one of the most momenleous questions that
baa ever ooroe before th people ol th United
Stales. We all know that lavery ha beeu
made the cause of tbe late rebellion, which has
brought Incalculable suffering upon our nation.
If I had time I would like to dwell upuu some
of tho reasons which should actnato onr affirm
ative votes to-night. There are reasons, even
more wenthlf than those I have mentioned.
Ul out merely to liberals four million of
black, but alinol a many whites I and there
are other considerations equally as strong. It
will tiestroy that sectional line and make ns a
hoioogneeen people. Besides, J believe
slavey is a sin against God anil the right uf
man. I ou mar tell me trial in master is len
der tn the slave. I admit It. Many of them
have kind hearts and do uot abuse their slaves,
but I say the very institution is in Itself cruelly.
It begin in violence, and its existence is
continual war against God and the highest in
terests of man. We cannot too soon destroy it.
And when this shall have been accomplished
when that baue ol sianety that has oaueed
luunriiiiig in aliuoal every family in our lanu,
hall be reia ved forever and our . bole laud
dedicated to everlasting freedom, thru indeed
w ill be true a wa ouo eloquently said by
William H. Seward
''Angtls will ton llieir symphonies anew.'
("aTTha I-ondnu Leader says that I
peritnents reoently made on the velwlty of
light, agree wnn noecrvnimn mnuu on u
parallax uf stare, that tho dwtano between
Ih aun and earth must Is" reduced from ahout
II", OfrtHMKI lo Irs than lU.OOO.IKXI miles, and
all Ih planets most have their distance de
creased. I'isi.io DoceaesTf lien. J. II. b. llildarsoo. wdl
s.rept oat thiols f r n imn pal lie di'iwcoH.
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OCR PABTIK6 BONO. '
' Wild Winter's ridge ascending, - - -
. i The Old Year leads Ibe war,- . ,,
With, weary feet nnd falWringv- , , ,.i
. ( His smitteu locks are gray;
' His pilot torch is gasping 1 ''1; 1
' ' Its death ray 'raid Ihe gloom. " " r ,(
We know the last food olupiag ,
, Must now be given soon.
A spirit-hand of shadow , tl
Htretcoed from tit mould of time.
Tolls in our bosom' ohamber
A sad. sepulchral chime I
Abl thus, in joy or sorrow, '' ' -Tbe
fleeting years will go, '
, Not mingling In oar gladness, r , .
, Nor weeping in our woe. t , ' ' '
. With hewed heads we follow . u, i
Onr guldo on shore and sea. , ...
All thro' onr willful roving ,'.
"' fie bora us company. " "
- - i Oh, let us pauM oue moment, r "
; Her on Ibis storm-swept bight,
, While shallow oftly falling , ,
Are smothering out ih light. '
Far down th misty valley i ;
Our wand' ring step are seen,
Now dim on barren places, ' ' '' ,
Or lost in meadow green i "
, , : Now on th brink of danger, , ;
Or o'er the hidden wrath.
Which all nnseen was sluuiberlug '
'" Beneath our daring path.
Yet not unscathed were standing
"Close hy the mile-stone bere,
Nov all unscathed end eeerleea,
i .. Far-roving with the Year i -,
For some sauk down a weary,
, And now the straining eye
Would seek along the war-side '
For where the loved ones' lie.
. There pale and pleading marble, 1 '
Will loyal to If trust, '.
i Will keep its silent vigile .1 ..i.
, Above Uieir sacred dust - -
With snow white hands forever
" Point upward to the sky,
' ": Where joys nre never clouded, ! '
! Aud sorrow never sigh. A , , .,, ,;.
' 1 What, tho' our brooding bosoms
homa weight of woe may fuel
i A cessoless smart and acfiiug . , .
Of wounds thai will not Ileal
l.flt us forget at parting .
Tho woes the year did bring, - '
Aud. ns we bid aha farewell,
, a Forgive eaoh paiut and stiui(. , . . .;
Ho wove an emerald enrpat : -1
,i i. Along the valeeof Hpring, . .,
fr And on our Hummer pathway , .
, l)id fairest roses flings '' ' ' '.
'' "' From Antnmn's golden treasure '
eil.. He brought us many a sweet, '
Then gnve to perished flower
,, A snowy winding sheet.
Even now upon the threshold
The joyons New Year stands,
And the Old Year and th youthful
Have clasped each other' hand.
A uuirk and silent prssmr r.
- I passed between the two, . f
A welcome and a farewell,.,, .
. A greeting and adieu I
, The good Old Year forever
, , Hs fled adown the dark,
' ' Where all the lifelesa agea ''' . ' "
' Are sleeping still and stark.
oi Hut, lo I a curious oaakat - . ,,-..,;.
, ; Is kindly left behind . - i,
A precious, jeweled casket
Dear koepsake for tbe mind !
'; Wan Memory, often bending
Above Its treaenred store, .
;Y: Will drop a tear npon than, ''
' ' And count them o'r and o'er. '
, The New Year now before a, ,
tl AeT unknown niareh ahead,
Full bravely let u onward.
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With solemn, sober tread.
Willamette University. Dee. 31, 18tii.
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' Cinclnati, Jan. 3. The Wool Growers' As
sociation assembled. at Columbus yesterday,
lieiolulions were adopted approving of tbe
policy' of terminating the reciprocity treaty
between the United States and Canada. The
wool growers' interests controlled to a degree)
hy legislative protection are equal to that ao
Corded to the mannfaoinrinr interests-
mo iiivniesi oi tne country require an exten
sion nf the oulture of worsted wool ; that a
commission, of tbe National Manufactures
Association be appointed to meet the United
State Itevenue Commission; and are advised
to recommend that a tax be levied on dogs suf
ficient to raise a revenue for Government or
dimiuish the number of dogs or both. '- 1 '
Concord, N. H., Jan. 3d Th Republican
State Convention met in this oily to-day.
Frederick Smith was unanimously nominated
by acclamation for Governor.
Madison, Wis., January,- 3. This evening
the new State officers were sworn into offioe.
Gov. Fairchilds, in hi inaugural, say t
"Not until Jeff. Davis shall bav been tried,
convicted, and bang for treason, and the fact
thnt treason is a crime which cannot b coro
mitted with impunity shall flat been fairly de
monstrated, will the American people be con
tent. The American people demonstrated that
the Union is one and indivisible that its peo
ple, ol whatever race and oolor, shall be free
forever." I
New Orleans dispatches say that the total
amount of cotton shipped North, is on million
six hundred thousand bale. The new crop ia
expected tu amount to a million and half
bales.
' Letters from Tallahassee says : Through
out Florida increased confidence is felt in tbe
feasibility of free black labor, and there I a
growing feeling of Iriendship towards northern
emigrants. Many plantation have been rent
ed on favorable terms to army officers. r
Resolutions have been adopted by tbe Flori-
Sa Legislature asking executive clumeney for
ohn H. Goe.
Inasmuch as the marine corn has offioere
enough fnr a brigade. It i probable that the
regiment now constituting tbe corps will be
placed on a footing with a heavy artilery regi
ment and incorporated in the regular army.'
Upwards of twenty clerk were discharged
from the War Department on the 31st of De
comber. The mustering ont of ever sixty
f general officers, it is reported, trill be issued
lefore the ISth. ' '
A letter from Mexico of December 24th
sn) s that it was officially stated a few day be
fore hy ihe minister of foreign affairs that 25,
(100 soldier were expected at Vera Crux, bat
now only 10,000 would come, because of the
stringency uf the French treasury, '
' Juarex and his Cabinet, Ministers, Supreme
Court and other functionaries arrived in Chi-'
hoahua. the Capitarnf the Mexican Repoblisy
on the 20th ult. and met with a warm and
ciithuslattia reception and quite a popular
ovation.
The Minister of tbo Interior Issued en the
21st of November a circular te lbs Governors
of Slates informing them that Ihe National
Government will bs in Chihuah for the pre
ent. ' ' "-
The people are rejolood at having got rid of
French troop.' . ' - ' "
Some commotion was created a few night)
ago In the Mobil theatre by some person hew
ing Yankee Doodle, while soldiers were ape
plaodiog. Nothing serious occurred. The
tnne has been ordered played by th military
commander. 1 1
Kaleigh. N. C. Jan. 3 Governor Worth
issued a proclamation calling Ih legislature to
meet on the 8th of January . - t . - -l
Washington, Jan. 3. Tbe xleet eotnmit
tee on reconstruction will have only ooesjsesjsia
ing merely nn preliminary beslness next week,
nntil after the .re-assjioblage ef Coogresav
The report of the committee appointed to tt
amine into operations of Various new lawaj
wltn view to a more intelligent legltkMloav
Ihe subjeot, is nearly prepared. Th enta rait
tee on ways and mean are walling te receive
it before considering tbe financial veore
ueoessary fur tbe npport of tho Goveresnenl.
All papers aud credentials which have beta
referred to the committee on lections, are be-,
ing printed.
New York, Jan. 4, Tbe Htrald't tWrnm
says t A letter from Oeneral Sully, dated free
Hioox City, to the Indian Bare, states he
has just arrived from Fort Rloe, ea th Mis
souri liver, and leports that 17 bands el