RKAT t'OSTKST ON PASSAfiE Oi'
vvjbisrssoi: uumioao hull.
Eudof ths Railroad Con lrov:?rsy Ore "-on
Politics Democratic Itepudiatiou Plat
torin. disgraceful to tUe State, danger
ous to all public interests, aud damaiue
to the Credit of our Hallioad Uonds, etc.
"WASstxcTos Cjtv, D. C, April 2P, TO.
EDtTOa Oregoni an : Oregon ia ahead. The
West bido Railroad Dill to-day psed both Houses
f Congress, tbo first an 1 ot.ly land grant bill
passed this session, or likely to for several months.
At the pioncor of the land grant fitrhl and repre
sentative of tho land grant policy, it deserves
more-than a paxsing notice. : For nine Io g wedks
wc have labored to reach a vote on t'10 mea.-nre
la the House, and the success with which wo have
been held back by tho enemies of land grant,
aows their strength. But the accumulating
-forces to-day bore down nil oppe-dtion and reach -
j lat oiu on the ihlc. rlolman, Jlomocrat
ft Indiana, had tho floor, and with Fernando
propnso to pay any aiorc interest, and therefora
like the bankrupt trader, they would have the na
tion pay down oe-hali, and call it square. Tudo
that, wo mustraiac in cah; about' thirteen hun
dred millions, auJ to withdraw which immensa
enm from tho circulating medium of tho world,
and concentrate it in one place, -would of itself
produce a financial crash throughout Europe and
America. The 't reasury has generally a1 out one
hnudrud millions available, and would therefore
have to borrow nearly tho whole of this vat
.I'D on ut. How would you bcrrow? Give your
nte give coir bond, bearing interest, because
the Government could not get it in any other way
without continuation. Where would you borrow ?
li'Toaro vonr bondholders in ri spons; to your
cull; from the four quarters or the globe and the
very ends of the ea::b widows and orphans, life
insurance, annuity and trust funds oT every de
scription, answering t your Democratic " adjust
ment," aud ready to accept your fifty per cent,
and go home and reflect on the gratitude of Re
publics. But yon have no money, and then sirs,
whm von ass ior it, in cxchaiifje for new bands,
Wood, used an their hour in set speeches, riolat- ! or in an;.' other way, you will be told amid the
ins their agreement to let Mr. Smith have time to j gibe?, gc.T, contempt aud eieercation of all man
explain the bill, liy arrangcnieit. Fiteh of Xe- j kind, that you hare repudiated yonrconfrner, you
ada, was to miko tho leading speech in favor of j have dishonored your own papor, aud if you will
the land grant poli y. which he did eloquently i do that once, you will again, and you can have no
and ably, speaking forty minutes. The floor was j money, except on a gambling speculation ten
then given first to AicCornmk, Democrat ot .110., ca?its on tne uoii.-ir lor your new bonds : and to
iiwc mil pej ram. ui me present. It WOUld COet
the governmental? or ten timet what we bow owe.
And the same depreciation of 'tho bonds, and mul
tiplication of the present would occur if the Gov
ernment offered to replace fitly per cent, cr any
other amouut les than par, of the present bonds,
with new bonds, or any other form of pretended
payment. Dots any one doubt sneh a result? If
so, let hiin repudiate filly per ccut. of his own
notJ, and ee how much credit ho will gain by it.
that Lithe inevitablo result of tho Democratic
"adjustment" scheme, and no man can diprore it.
ACTUAL ItErCDIATIOX.
Now for tho repudiation part ol it. Tho bonds
of tho United States were sold by its fiscal agent.
Jay Cooke, who disposed of them to banks, bank
ers, trustee!", corporators, and private individuals
of every rank and station, and received fur them
trom tiinety-five per cent to par
which was paid into the Treasurv. Tho Lrauac
tion between i.ir. Cooke ami the purchasers of
bonds was a straight forward business transac
tion, just as he it) now selling North Pacific Kail-
road bonds, iu which a lair price was paid for the
bonds, and no man can now dispute it. Since tho
original transaction most ot tho bonds have
changed bauds at from 87 to 3d in gold, aud I- l
question it oue-lourth of theut are now held by
original purchasers, and the fourth is made up of
trust fund for charitable and benevolent socie
ties, and willows and orphans, whom t- despoil
of their incomes, honestly accruing, would be no
less a crime tnan to steal the bread of charity
from the hands of orphan children. To summon
for three minutes, to slato the position of the Land
. Committee in favor of tho biil ; then tea minutes
to Sin lib. to answer questions. It being near five
o'clock when Smith gut tha fl "or, and tho House
becoming impatient, although by general consent
be was authorized to take his owu time to explain,
yet feeling the great importance of reaching a vn!1
before an adjournment, which would have defeat
ed us, he called the previous question. Speaker
ttlaiue rapidly pressed tho vote, first by acclama
tion, then by "division," thou by " tellers," and
finally by the ayes and noes, and when it was fi
nally apparent that wj had the House, then com
menced the sidc-Rghls. Greater excitement bad
never been seen on the fl-or before and nt words
f mine can portray tho intense feeling of nearly
two hundred members, all talkin r, mo5t of them
on thoir feet, aud many in hot blood. The irre
pressible Ingersoli was pitching into Saai Cos
M?ck was pitching int Trimble, hi colleague;
Wilson, of Minnesota, was firing awav allloluiau;
fcmith, of Iowa, was tearing away at Hawlev, of
Illioors (both members of the Laud Committee);
Mayunrd was gesticulating mildlv at tho whole
Dcmofcratic side ; Sargent was firing away nt all
the opposition generally; and Hoot, of Arkansas,
was rallying his Southern friouds; while Eldridge,
of Wisconsin, with oaths both loud and deep, and
clenched fist, was denouncing his Democratic
frien.lis as miserable faotionists." It was plain that
tho Mest Sido bill was not on trial, but tha two
b un ited "other Land Grant bills donating one hun
dred millions of acres, for twenty thousand miles
of railroad, and looking to the investment of a
less in Congress, but would bean actual damage
to prospects for further aid to railroad and other
improvements, and they could, serve the State
best by staying at home. You. propose to with
draw Ore.on from all snpport and sympathy
from all tlie rest of the nation. Then what can
we do ? Your triumph would discredit onr rail
road bonds now being negotiated here and abroad.
Cap.talists would say, "if you Oregontans will re
pudiate the national debt, in which we are now
interested, you will swiudle us with your railroad
bonus, aud I won't touch them." The State of
Mississippi Is an example. They repudiated their
Stato debt, and over since that day, their State
and railroad bond have been the curse of the
stock market. Better for Oregon that universal
blight should blast our nest crop, yea. that
plague and pestilence should visit us, than
we should be disgraced and damaged by a ver
dict for repudiation and dishonors
I had intended to say something of tho Demo
cratic oppo-rttipc to bur railroad interests ; but
this letter is already too long, aud it must be en
tirely unnecessary, since the Oregon Democratic
platform is plainly adverse to asking for Govern
ment aid. Friends to railroad improvements
ought to know that a Democratic victory is tho
end of further aid to our proposed roads, and ei
ther vote against the Democracy or stay at home.
I know it is a bitter dose to ask Democrats to
stand by and consent to a victory for their old op
ponents j but remember that a victory for Fay fc
Co. is not the triumph of your party, but a mere
faction of it. You that ara not politicians and
never expect to be, have something at stake in
Oregon, aud you ought not to let desig: iag dem
agogues ami professional offico seekers, so use
your political prejudices and party associations,
as to make you their tool to do tho State an irro
parable injury. And as we have ofteu to choose
the least of two evils, so may you not well reason
this case, and taking that which may appear to
you thz lesser evil (although to me, tho positively
right) U it not bettor for you, for tho State, and
for all, that men be sent to Congress who can
command tho support of the Government, nnd
thus secure untold blossings for our new State,
now struggling for its railroad and river improve
ments, its survey, lighthouses and commrece?
li this not. better than ti t.-t am.-H r;. t-.-
currency, , . o n.iw.l nut 1,,.1, , t.:
run you 10 a political netl, and tho State to ruin?
Republicans can need no urging to work iu tho
no.t canvass, tt'itu on unexccptionally good
ticket, and a platform pledged to the honor, just
ice and progress of the eountry, we ought to tri
umphantly elect every man. "
Very respectfully, J. GASTOX.
V. S. Official Paper for Oregon.
vole, had nreninitAtml 1! tV.;- r..Z ..i (;- 1 " iheso bondholders now to take fifty per cent
the contest. But tha battle was brier under the ' '"r tbMr ,bo!u1 would bo m-W repudiation of
opcrationsof the prcviousquestion. and thoSpeak- I ,h!l mueb ol ao boncs:l.v contracted debt, and no
' er soon ann.-mn.l ,K Cn.i -.,.,, ot r... ,1,. t;n i amount of theory can make anything else out of it.
and 68 aeaistt it. That the Goverumeut was swindled oat of vast i
m m 1 s-nis of money during the war. there can be no i
! doubt ; and that tho suppression of the rebellion an ltnnortant letter, written bv J. (J aston.
j cost twice as much as it ought, may be readily I 11 . .1 . ...
: admitted; but it was neither tho purchasers or "l-t 10 lne Urrjonjan, WU1CU every TO-
j tne Holders ot these bond who did the swindling.
, or increased the cost of the war. Tho swindling
SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1870.
Read It. We publish this uiorniDg
SESATJB WILLIAMS.
Io this letter I desire to say a. wnrd personal of
Senator Williams. No matter what may have bceu
heretofore said, justice re juires me to say that he
bat labored faithfully for the interests of Oregon
on this question. Senator Williams has. occupied
very difficult and embarrassing position ; and in
he boat of this railroad controversy, aud under the
iressure of thopacuniary interests of tho men en
paged in these railroads, hH motives have not
gono unquestioned. A different f-eliug or state
tf affairs conld not have been expected. But now
that tha battle is over, and both enterprises are
fairly successful, mainly by his labors, we should
not hesitate to do bim full and complete justice.
- For myself, I am now entirely satisfied that bo has
acted conscientiously in the matter, and to the
best of bis judgment and ability ; and although
we did not agree as to what was right and best ior
West Side interests, yet his proposition is doubt
less the bost thing we could secure under the cir
cumstances. Many persons in Oregon think it a
very easy job to secure a railroad laud grant. It
is tbi yery reverse. It is tho most diSienlt piece
-oJesi3ltioti in Congress : and anything lass
-.than the most careful management, and untiring
efforts, will result in failure. To such manage
ment, and to such efforts, Senator Wiliioms smier-
ter iu the county should read. The wri-
was done by parties who always gain by war j ter while at the eapital of the nation was
j ill a position to see how terrible would be
j the resuk to the State should the party
j of renudiation be victorious.
and who received from the Treasury tho money
honestly and patriotically paid in by the people
wno won ino Donas Ior their casa, in order to
save tho nation from total destruction; while the
increased cost of the war, if I mistake not, resulted
from the action of Northern Democrats, who went
aronud howling, "you can't whip "cm," thus, en
couraging the rebels to prolong a bloody and
hopeless contest. And such is the cafe in all civil
wars. Ihey.cost more than wars uf conquest.
j.1 is impossioie now 10 reaen tne swini.tinsr con
tractors and punish them f..r their crimes ; but it bed-rockers claim that it means repudia
is some satisfaction that tho law roouires seces.-ion j .- 1 r - r .
sympathizing Democrats to pay their Share of a tlOU anP'HCr taction affirm that it
debt th5V h.-ind tn nil,.
PATIXO Tas DOSDS.
I knOW It Will h4 flM rht Mm Ji.1,.?.r n-Ao n
cha?cd with greenbacks worth only fifty cents on j 'Undemocratic and absurd."
too dollar, that may btj true, and vet itdoM not
It is truly diverting to see the turn-
ing and quibbling of the Democracy over
i the '-vital Stlt resolution." "While the
means payment of the debt iu full, and
tho promulgation of any other mcanino' is
eUect either the legal or equitable obligation of
the nation to pay the bond asjt stands. The cur
rency was depreciated by the enemies of the coun-
added all his political influence (afcd I tell you I try, not by its friends. Depreciation was a
that is a power bore) and hi deserves wcil of our
people without distinction of party. It is an un
usual thing for a Senator to leave his seat in the
Senate, and go into the IIousj as lobbyist; but
Senator Williams did that kind of work (and so
did Mr. Corbet!) ; and had it not been for such
T . - j !.,. i , i i , ., , ..
--uw., vuu um H juu uaie uiuij i.y tee ears untu
7nT. 1 1. . : : . ,
j kiuw-".( never reaei.ei a nearmg. in
stead of being, as it is, the ji,-t and o,!y land
grant bill yet paasad at this session.
-. iutiier cn'Icd.
I trust I have said enough on this subject ; but
not more than eandar and justice demanded. And
I also sincerely hope this railroad contest between
the East and West Side may now have an eud.
It bas been productive of evil, and evil only, al
though the contest itself was unavoidable after the
organization of the Salem Company. With the
disincorporate of the East Side O-egon Central,
all incentive for West Side opposition to the East
Side enterprise was removed, and has ceased in
r . . t i
Arrangements have been made here, which, if
properly encouraged by the people on the line of
tie read, wiil secaro tho early completion of
the West Side road. And I may also state that
the Xorth Pacific Road, to the interests of which
Senator Corbett has devoted his effort? this ses
sion, is no w a certainty .
, OIICCOS rOLITIC3.
As there seems to be a necessity for everv man
to speak out for tho right ot this time, yoa must
' excuse a few worda on the political situation in
Oregon. I have carefully read the proceedings
and platform of tho lato Democratic State Con
vention in Oregon, and most confess to both sur
prise and astonishment at the depth of ibo " pit "
it was necessary to sink iu order to reach tho
-" Eed Rock." It is dangerously low down, and if
-there is any other place lower it is certainly not to
be reached through a political convention. What
do the Democratic leaders in Oregon mean? Their
so-called platform has been repudiated bv ninety
nine hundredths of their party in tho nation, and
ite only representative among the seventy-eiht
: Democrats in Congress, ia the notorious Mangen.
. To strip the Albany platform of the giitteriuo
and senseless generalities and bungling verbiage
with which it is beclouded, it resolves itself into
just two propositions. First, The civil and politi
cal dtRrntnKll,mAiil and i ha !n.i;....t l .
. f- - , u-w,v uiuiiwtcu,iait)u;ii
of the enfranchised colored people. Second, The
repudiation of the national bonds.
All ever tbo Northern States, and in most of
the South, tho sensible leaders of the Democracy
- are accepting the situation in good laith and
treating the colored people, before the law, as the
Constitution treats them ; and it is a matter for
deep regret that the free State of Oregon. .
should now produce a political Convention that
s:is up a nowt tor the restoration of the good old
days when demoralized fathers could sell their
own dang biers into ulaverv and nrostitutinn. ni
when the slave driver, with his bloody insisnia of
, i. - t-. u -.i i i . , r . . .
imju umuuiiijt iron, couiu crv ftis nrr-
viu irate nnuer tne snadow or the nation's capital
and flout bis ernel flag in the face of the Goddess
of Justice. . Thomas A. Uendrieks of Indiana, cer
tainly the ablest and wisest of the Democratic
statesmen, came out in a publio speech a few davs
" ' fi -J W UiUlfl WllH eUl Cltl-
Vlf' ),?ure to the D-oes the legal and equi
table fulfillmsntof the 14th and 13 h amendmeuta,
an his position is genera ly appr.ved by the
Democratic press ,- while the Democratio Legisla
ture of Maryland is making haste to provide eaual
educational advantages to colored children. If
there anything secure.! by, "assurance made
doable .are," it the civil and political rights of
e negroes t and it is only the " knawing of a
fight againat it now. -Revolutions never
go backward and this legislation for the black
man cannot be undone.
" No ! as well the tall
i -And pillared Alleghany fall
As well Ohio' finnl frtu . .'
" Jtoll backward on its mighty track."
.JJJ" robel " pirif which would
attempt U undo the political resulu of the war to
crush the rebellion, would refuse to pay the ex
pense of the war. But we ought to expect a little
common esse, a little " method in their madness"
cal matter of dollars and cents. But if these
Democratic leaders can explain their "equitable
adjustment" theory to any audience of Oregon
oters, without either proving themselves to be
fools, or, that they have measured their hearers
a such, then they are entitled to a point. "That
to relieve the eountry and to restore prosperity
we favor an equitable adjustment of tie bonded
debt of tbo United States ;" and it is quite plain,
says Mr. Humason, that don't a repudiation
But it doer, for oil that, and now "let us anaiyie
it. To carry out this Democratic adjustment,
Congress most needs pass a law, declaring that
w owe but fifty per cent, of the bonds, (as that if
-the amount which I presume is deducible from
the words, "i i cress ;d mere than two fo!d," used
ia tha Sams section of, the platform with the ad
justment e'ause;) and calling on the bondholders
so come forward, and bo severally adjusted, and
take their mon jr. The Democratic l-adcr don't
nition of the enemy, as much as powder and shot,
Aa an evidence of the chagrin and
disappoiajment felt at the effort of their
standard bearer, Mr. Slater, on Saturday
and what was worse, it w.is used by the enemies ' last.thtj Democracy, assoon as the speakin"
ia our midst. The purchr.seis of bon is had everv i . . . . .. (
incentive to appreciate the currenev aud ho'd it ul03cj ruslied pell-mell out of the house,
,?"!i"alar '"A"? ree?Wka went t leaving him, in his exhausted condition: to
w , J
Who is Authority? The Jl
Democrat says tho 8th resolution does
not mean repudiation, and abuses all of
iU cotemporaries who claim that it does
mean repudiation. Jas. D. Fay claimed
that the resolution, he Loins tn author,
did mean simple, pure and unadulterated
repudiation; and still asserting that re
pudiation is the dividing line between the
Democratic and Republican parties,ho has
been nominated for the State Senate by
his fellow-citizens of Jackson county,
thu3 receiving their endorsement. In
deciding th meaning of the Sth resolu
tion, who shall we take for authority, the
man who wrote it, or the unsuccessful
candidate before tho Convention for a
State office'? Fay said before the Con
vention, and he still asserts, that "equit
able adjustment" means repudiation, and
his people have not condemned but re
warded him. Yvre not only have tho au
thority of Mr. Fay, the author of the res
olution, for saying that "equitable adjust
ment" fcieans repudiation, but we have
the assertion of every honest Democratic
leader in the State to the same effect.
Is the Democrat tryiDg to disorganize and
break up tle party ?
. , ,
The greenback charge against Judge
Wilsou is a sample .of the " electioneer
ing dodges" used by the Democracy
during the present canvass. In every
instance these charges have been proven
utterly false and without even, color of
truth. It constitutes the sole and only
weapon used by Uicm to dtfeat the nom
inees of the Republican party. The qual
ifications of our candidates are undisput
ed, the truth of the principles advocated
by them eanuot be successfully combattnd,
therefore are they compelled to resort to
slander and downright falsehoods against
their characters to prejudice the voters of
Oregon against them. Do the voters of
Oregon approve of such means to blacken
the character of good citizens aud divert
their atteution from the true issues of the
canvass? No; and the election of the
entire Republican ticket in June will put
the seal of condemnation on such meanness.
Cyrus Y. Field has been before tire
Foreign and Land Committees of Con
gress, advocating the China Cable enter
prise. It is warmly endorsed by prominent
Government officials and members of the
U. S. Senate and House of Congress.
The cable as proposed will run to the
Sandwich Islands, Midway Island, Yoko
hama and Shanghai, the total length, al
lowing 20 per ceat. for slack, being 11,121
miles.
News from Exchanges.
A man whose name we could not learn,
says the Jacksonville Sentinel, a miner,
had his legs broken, and was otherwise,
seriously injured, by a bank caving in on
him, while mining in Josephine county,
last Wednesday, 11th inst. Accidents of
this class are getting alarmingly ftequent,
and seem to indicate a want of duo cau
tion among our miners.
The annual meeting of the Christian
Brotherhood of this State will transpire
on the 16th of June, at their place" of
meeting on the Rickrealjn Polk count'.
The meeting will coutinue over two Sab
baths. The Baptists arc iuvited to send
messengers to share in tho deliberations
and take part in the exercises of the
meeting. The ratio for such messengers
is one for every twenty-five members
sending.
The Oreyonian states that articles of
incorporation have been filed by a compa
ny proposing to bridge the Willamette at
Portland. The capital stock is put down
at 6200,000 dollars, in shares of 100
each.
The Statesman gives the following de
scription of the new hotel building, Com
mercial Hotel, now in process of con
struction in Salem : The basement con
tains one large saloon, two cellars and a
barber shop. The ground floor has two
fine stores corresponding to the cellars, a
shop or office over the barber shop, and
the dining room, office and kitchen. The
upper stories are arranged in the best
possible manner to combine comfort and
convenience; there are 27 suits of parlor
and bed rooms, besides the public parlors
and a great number of single and double
bed rooms. Everything is laid down on
paper aa it i3 to be built, and it is evident
that this is really to be a first class housel
The paper above quoted says the road
to Salmon river is to be cleared of fallen
timber and put in good condition for
pleasure seekers during the coming sum
mer. A new and better route has been
discovered to Tillamook, and messengers
have gone to consult with parties there as
An Auti-A loony" Party Letter.
w e copy the following letter, witli the
editorial comments thereon, from the
Portland Commercial of the 14th :
Tho letter copied below was enclosed
to us for publication by Mr. James M.
Johns, of Scio, Lian county,i whom we
personally know to be au active party
man, and also one of the most influential
gentlemen "in that strong Democratic
county. Here is his letter :
Scio, May 9th, 1870.
Editor Commercial : It has been a
long time since I sent you anything for
publication, but as I have been carefully
scanning the political field I am some
what amused to see the dodges made by
political aspirants and their friends. For
instance, when the Albany Convention
met, the Democrats of our part of the
State in " Old Liun " were almost unan
imously in favor of Repudiation, and ex
pected to incorporate a plank of that kind
in their platform; but the "Bloated
Bondholdinjr, Democrats " eaid " nay you
will defeat the party; you must change
the Sth resolution ; you may couch it in
language to mean auything or nothing;
but we who expect to be nominated must
have a platfurm.as near like one the Re
publicans will make as possible, because
we are not half so much interested in the
borjd question as we arc in securing our
owu election." Now, 'I take the position
that the masof the Democratic party
are in favor of Repudiation, but we have
bondholders and aristocrats in the Dem
ocratic, as weii as in the Republican par
ty, and that class of men generally man
age (whether by free use of their cupoiis
or not,. I don't know,) to get nominated
for the most important offices, and, when
elected, work in harmony with the
" Bloa'ed Bondholder" of the Republican
party that we hear so much about. Now
I take this position, and the masses of
the Democratic party will hold me out in
it: that whenever you take the Repudi
ation question out of the party, the non
bondholding classes of the Democracy
have nothing to contend for, yet, part of
the Democratic press of the Stato are
contending and trying to prove that the
Democracy are in favor of paying the
bonded debt of the Uniied States. Tl.e
Albany Democrat says (and what it says
is copied in the Press at Salem,) " that
every man of intelligence knows that the
bond question cuts but an insignificant
figure in the political campaign aud
just as surely as the people of this State
i-thin"
A friendly separation has bceu effected
j between ex-Queen Isabella and her hus-
down, the government weiit down, and i
else calculated to secure the i,:ves;mut in bonds. ; find his way to the hotel as best he could, j band, Don Francisco bv which the Don
the bonds wore oflkred to the public to ever - i ri t - . TT ' J
body not to the few. It was a fair open contract i Uu ,eavlnS thc Court House, poor Slater gats 840,009 a year, tied up tiaht, and
ti-r. , c,8'T,crnm-,t T ,Kl'u'a':srei bJ cn" i looked so heart sick and forsaken that we
eimes on land and sea, at home an I abroad, and
in our own councils ; and there was irreat ri.-k in
advancing any money on its bonds. Those who
did buy bonds ran the risk, nnd showed their con
fidence aud patriotism, and aided the government
to put down its cn?mies. Fay, Grover & Co. cer
tainly did not aid in that w.-. They weroof the
party rbo declared, 'you can't whip '. m," or like
tho bed-rocker of Polk, aided the rebtls bv de
claring "a cord of greenbacks not worth a whoop
in hell ;" and it is not their province now to dis
pute tbo bonds sold to the nation's friends in open
market, unless they will first go over squarely and
range themselves under tho banner of Jefferson
Daris. It was by reason of this very raonev, ad
vanced by the bondholder, that the rebellion was
crushed, peace restored, and the .currency and
bonds brought nearly up to the gold standard.
The bondholders thus honcsrlv mada monnv I,v
their risk, but because they made money you can't
tura rounu on mcui ana roo tneasv-
AS AltGCKEXT FOB 0BEG0SIA5S,
Many years ago this same government passed
a law contracting to give every family six hun
dred and forty acres of land in Oregon if they
would go there aud settle on it. Many thousands
of hardy pioneers from tho Western States came
to Oregon, and closed the contract with the Gov
ernment. They took SJme rUk of Indians, etc..
but now tbey all have fortunes in their lands
and beautilul homes, what think yeu, Orcon
farmers, ot a political party which would now
say, mat tiecauso we, who came to Oregon at a
later day, can only get one-fourth as much land
as you ai l, and that in the mountains and brush
therefore we favor an "equitable adjustment?' of
vue lauu esiar.es in uregon, so tnat you old Dona
tion claimants must surrender to the rest of ns,
or the public, thre-fuurtbs of your land ? There
is a fairly parallel ease in every respect. The
government wanted the country settled, and it of
fered an inducement which involved great risk to
tnose who accepted it. But like the purchaser of
me oonu, a rcwara was coupled with the risk ; it
i uir contract, anu inose wno availed them
selves of this offer, in both cases, have made
money by their risk; and the government can
now no more interfere with the rights of its bond
holders, than it can with the rights of the Oregon
Donation Land holders. There never was a more
luminous proposition to rob men, than is con
tained in this "equitable adjustment" repudiation
scheme. Why, it is worse than the Democrats
say of the present tariff on woolens ; under which
the Democratio candidate for Governor made all
his money. I have heard the Democrats in Con
gress, day after day, denounce the operation of
that tariff, as "swindling," "stealing,? "robbery."
These are the words ; aud now bow would Mr.
Grover like to have a law passed to "equitably
adjut" him out of bis profits, honestly made by
virtue of this tariff, in the manufacture of wool at
Salem. How does ho like his own medicine? I
cannot bcliere that the Democratic farmers of Or
egon, who have received their lands- and homes
from the government, and who wrfuld scorn to re
pudiate their own obligations to nlara thorn ;
such a iale and dishonorable
to repudiate the nation's debt, and hrino- i i K i.n ....
on the name of an American citizen, of which I
uvuur tuey aw justly prouu.
tb war o nisasTEn.
But suoh a move must be disastrous in every
view of the ease. Instead of "relievine the coun
try and restoring prosperity," any proposition
uiauo iu uugrrns, nj a party aoie to carry it oat,
to enact this "equitable. . cuijuttment" swindle,
would be the signal ot the most terrible and dis
astrous financial crash ever witnessed in any
eountry. '-- The ink would not dry on the approval
of such a law, until every factory, milt and work
shop, from Lowell to Oregon City, would be dos
ed and their operatives idle in the streets, lour
hips would rot at your wharves, your grain be
come worthless, the plow stop in the furrow,
your railroads stop where they are, and nine
tenths of your merchants and tradera be hurried
into the vortex of general ruin. The national
debt is now the business capital of our home and
foreign commerce, having supplanted State
stocks, and it cannot be disturbed without involv
ing everybody in loss and many in ruin. But the
pecuniary lose would bo nothing compared ito the
loes of national honor and good same. It is far
easier to pay a large debt honestly than & small
one dishonestly ; and it Is not only because hon
esty is honor and justice itself, but it is also be
cause it is cheaper, that makes it the best policy.
" A CALAMITY TO OnEGOX.
But I again ask, what do the Oregon Democrats
-f i u 1 . triumP P" ueh a platform
would be a calamity to the State. Your Repre
sentative and rmnator would not only be power-
reany ptucu nun. 1'oor ibiater ; poor
Democrats, it seems to be a case of mis
placed confidence all round.
Their Record. Oa the first page of
to-day'a issue we give a few facts in the
past history of certain leaders in the
Democratio party that place them in no
enviable ligfft before the honest voters of
Oregon. And while the record cf these
men proves them not entitled to the con
fidence of oar people, it also proves that
the charges against the honesty and in
tegrity of Hon. J. G. Wil-on, Republican
candidate for Congress, are not only un
founded, but absolutely and wilfully
false.
the ex-Queen keeps the balance.
Gen. Canby is to succeed Geu. Crook
in the command of this dooartmeiit. He
is expected to start for this coast about
thc first of July.
The Free Traders in Congress bave
been flatly snubbed. Recently, Mr. Gar
field, in his speech on the tariff bill, ex
tended an invitation to the seventy Dem
ocratic members who talk free trade for
general effect, and vote for protection to
special interests near home, to declare
the faith which they have tried to make
the people believe was in them. Only two
Democrats came to their feet, and unre
servedly proclaimed themselves to be in
favor of free trade. It will afford advo
cates "of free trade very little consolation
to know that these two champions were
Cox of New York, and Mungen of Ohiol
.
The " bloated monopolist,", Grover
Democratic candidate for Governor, not
satisfied with the immense gains he has
been enabled to pocket through the tariff
oil foreign gooda which discriminates in
favor of American manufactures, wishes
to still further increase his worldly store
by the employment of Chinamen. The
proof that the Salem company have been
negotiating for ChiGese operatives is
so overwhelming, that even Grover hasn't
the cheek to deny it., , And. that China
men will bo employmed in the factory
after the election there is not the least
doubt. t . -"
Note Tnis. J. Gaston, Esq., the man
who has been urging, with all his power
for years the interests of the "West Side
Railroad, writes from Washington City
that to the efforts of Senator Williams is
mainly due the success pf both of the
Oregon Railroads. If Senator Williams
had not aeted in good faith throughout
in working for the west side interests,
Mr. Gaston would have been the last man
in the Stato to endorse him. Read the
letter. 1 .
Caterpillars are stripping trees and
shrubs in the Uttpqua valley. It is feared
fruit trees in many localities will be en
tirely destroyed.
On the 14th at Ogden, Sussex county,
N. J., Matties Lawrence was shot by
James Havens, for improper intimacy
with Hayens' wife.
Can't Stand it. Elder Philip Mul
key and one of his sons, John Milloirn,
E. W. Rhea, and John Zumwault, among
the best Democrats and most sterling
men of lane county, have genre on a visit
to the States eastward. They cannot,
perhaps, stand on that Albany platform.
We have learned that we were in error
a day or so since, in stating that the rail
road to start from the Central Pacific at
the north bend of the Humboldt is to
enter the Willamette valley ac or near
Eugene City. The bill, as we are in
formed by a person who has received
private telegrams concerning it, provides
that the road shall connect with the Or
egon and California road in Rogue liver
valley. This arrangement seems to have
been opposed by the Central Pacific folk.
and tp have been carried through in
spite of their opposition. A railroad
constructed on the route designated
would place all parts of western and
southern Oregon in direct communication
with the great trans-continental trunk
line. -
to uniting forces and m;iking a road to 'i become imbued with the idea thatRepu
diation is au issue, just as surely will the
Democracy be defeated io the coming
June election." If the above is true, I
pity. the intelligence of the Democratic
party. As to becoming imbued with the
abjove idea, they knew that to take that J
principle out of the party there would
not be enough left to sit as judges of el
ection, outside of the bondholders. These
things beiug trite (and I defy successful
contradiction) the only question for thc
people to decide in the. coming election
is: Whether wo will put a f-?w thousand
dollars into the hands of men calling
themselves Democrats, or give it to Re
publicans ?
As we must give our money to one or
the other, the questions are : Who will
do the taost for the interests of Oregon f
Which party mill build our railroads?
di our canals ? briu population to cur
State ? settle and improve our lands and
develop the resources of our younjr State?
If the Republican party can and will do
these things,' then we, as sensible men,
will support that party, and if the Demo
cratic party, then support that. Sensible
men can redily determine which party
tbey will support. Yours, truly,
James M. Johns.
counect with the one now- going to Sal
mon river.
The Bohemia mines still engage the
attention of the Umpqua people."
Iu several town3 in Oregon the citizens
have already taken iuitiatory steps towaid
celebrating the Fourth of Julv.
According to a statement of the Farm
er, the average rain fall of Oregon last
month was les3 than either Maine, Massa
chusetts cr Ohio, and but a fraction in
excess of New Hampshire, Vermont,
New York, Illinois or California. The
total fall, given for Oregon is i. S3 inches.
From the Reseburg Ensign we learn
that purchasers uf cattle and theep have
made their appearance in that seetiou,
and that the Dixon brothers of North
Umpqua h;id disposed of between five and
six huudred head of cattle at twenty five
dollars per heal.
EAGXJS WOOLEN BULLS
Although U is not known fur a certainty that
this Factory is going to run ' this Suinmer
our friend Wheeler, who has established such an
enviable reputation for low prices and fair deal
ing, as well as tor the excellent quality of the
goods kept, has on hand a largely increased
stock, which he intends to sell at the same reason
able rates as heretofore.
Our friends in that vicinity will do well to make
a note of this. ' 28
WILLIAM DAVIDSON, ,
Office, No. 64. Front Street,
Adjoining the Telegraph Office, Portland, Oregon,
Special Collector of Claims, r,
Accounts, Notes, Bonds, Drafts, aud Mercan
tile Claims of every description throughout Ore
gon aud the Territorits, WILL BE MADE A
SPECIALTY" AND PROMPTLY COLLECT
ED, as well as with a due resard to economr in
all business matters intrusted to his care and thc
proceeds paid over punctually. i .
Real Estate Dealoiv
-Bept. II. tf.
" Timo tests the Merits of all Things,
"iai. For Tkity Tear !
PERKY DAVIS' PAIN KILLER'
Has been tested in eTery variety of climate, and
by almost every nation known to Americans, It
is the almost constant companion and inestimable
friend of tho missionary and the traveler, on sea
and land, and no one should travel on our Lake
or Rivers without it.
It is a speedy and safe remedy for burns, cuts,
scalds, bruises, wounds and various other injuries,
as well as for dysentery, diarrhoea, and bowel
complaints generally, and is admirably suited for
every race of man on the fare of the globe.
Be sure you call for and get th genuine Pain
KilU-r, ns many .worthless nostrums are attempted
to be sold on the great reputation of this valuable
medicine. Directions accompany each bottle.
Price 2octs, bUcts, and l per bottle.
S M by all medicine dealers.
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Max Stabbed. The Sentinel says :
A man by the name of "Billy" Williams
stabbed a man by the name of John Tod
hunter in the back, at Cottonwood, Cal.,
on the Sth inst. The knife went to Tod
hunter 8 heart, killing him instauly. It
is said that there had been an old fued
between them, aud to this the terrible
deed is attributed. The victim leaves a
wife and children behind him. After
committing the murder, Williams made
his escape, and up to tho latest informa
tion received from there, had not been
arrested.
What would you think of a citizen of
Albany who accosted another resident
with: "You have my note for. $100,
drawn five years since, on which I
have paid twelve per cent, interest annu
ally. Now 1 wish to ! equitably: adjust'
this matter. As I have paid you SOU in
terest, on the note, the sixty dollars should
be subtracted from the principal, which
would leave me still 40 in your debt.
Now, I am willing to pay you the $40,
'equitably' your due, and lift the note?"
you would say that he was either a fool
or a knave. Yet this i3 one of thc defi
nitions given to the Sth resolution of
tho Oregon Democratic platform.
The Speaking on Thursday. We
have only room to say that the discussion
between Gen. Palmer and Mr. Grover,
at the Court House on Thursday, was
largely attended, and. the elosest atten
tion paid to the remarks made on the oc
casion. Gov, Woods, -who spoke in be
half ef Gen. Palmer, acquitted himself in
bis usual masterly manner, aa was proven
by tho outbursts of applause with which
his speech was reoeivod. If Grover had
made no speech he would have received
wore votes in Linn county next June.
Up to May 7th the Idaho Democratio
Convention bad balloted seventy times for
candidate for Congress, bnt had come to
no definite result. Thev had rnn .t u
several days, and seemed to be as far
from a conclusion as ever.
President Grant to Visit this
Coast. We copy fiom the New York
Sun :
Mr. George M. Pullman, of Chicago,
the celebrated discoverer of sleeping cars,
has just returned f rom Washington in
good spirits from having succeeded in a
very delicate and ditlicult negotiation.
Mr. Pullman has arranged with President
Grant and a select party of his" friends,
including members of the Cabinet, to
make a journey to the Pacific coast soon
after the adjournment of Congress. The
precise route by which the Presidential
excursion will reach the Uuion Pacific
at Omaha is not yet determined.
Says the Salem Stattsman of the 18th:
The Bedrock Democrat has information
that three men who stole horses from
the Indians were acquitted. This is a m;s
ttike. They are at Major. Berry's cooi-
lortaoie hotel now.- This suggests a joke.
When Sheriff Thomson arrived with his
five prisoners, an acquaintance asked
how that affected the vote of Umatilla
county. lie replied, I am sorry to say
it, but they are all Democrats hut the
Indian, and he was not a voter."
One of the longest sentences in maga
zine literature is to be found in Lippin
cotl's for April, in an article. upon "Flor
ida." It fills over a page of double
columns and contains more than eight
hundred words. The writer must have
taken as a model Rufus Choate's "Eulosy
on Daniel Webster," one sentence of which
covers four and a half pages.
An inventive genius, some three miles
east of Alameda, (says the Envinal) has
now' m process ot incubation seven hun
dred hens' eggs, from which he expectg
to realize an equal number of chickens,
with the aid of artificial heat generated
by an ordinary coal oil lamn. Tho
in rj.j U1 - ... . t"e
w vju BuciVfK. in iin air fnrht hj.
, - , , .I. lit IOWA,
una tne Hatching process can be easily
heard by an attentive listener.
A few days ago, a nico young man put
a sheet around him to scare a dutchmao.
The Teutonic gentleman says, "I just
jump off my wagon, and vip der ghost
all the time. I would vip him if he was
a whole graveyard." Some one asked
thoyonng man what ailed his black eye,
and he said he had received bad newt
from Germany.
Financial and Commercial.
Gold in New Yo7kll4S.
Legal tenders at Portland, S7c.
The Oregonian gives the following iu
regard to Portland market: Wheat, white,
7o77Je; red, 7Dc. Oats, 50c. Ground
feed, S25 1? ton. Bran S13. Market
almost entirely destitute of green apples;
eggs scarce and higher 20c ; vegetables
scarce and unreasonably high.
Wicat in San Francisco at SI So" to
S2, as to quality. Oats steady at SI 50
1 80. Eggs, choice Oregon, 2125c
$ doz.
" Wheat and oats are quoted higher in
this market, with a possibility of a still
further increase. We quote white wheat
at6570c; flour, S5 bbl ; oats, 37e;
butter and eggs remain-as last quoted.
The following dispatch states the mat
ter somewhat differently from the way we
heard it :
Eugene City, May 17. Yesterday
afternoon while A. M. Cornelius, sawyer
of thss.place, was oiling the journals of
the saw, by some mishap fell ou the saw,
wnicli was still in motion, cutting. him.
very badly across the shoulders and cut
ting his left hand, breaking the bones
of the second and fourth fingers up in
the hand, which were taken off, leaving
the first ai.d third all right. He is doing
as well as could bo expected.
Notice.
Internal Revenue Income and Special
Tax.
rpiIE INCOME aud SPECIAL TAX. for
l Linn county, as per Annual List, are now
due. Notice i3 hereby given that I will be at
Albany on the 27th and 28th, and at Brownsville
on the Sth, days of Way, 1S70, and at Ilarris
burg on tho 1st, and at Peoria on the 2d. days of
June, 1870, to receive and receipt lor said taxea.
W. CHAPMAN,
May 21, 1670-37 Deputy Collector.
J. C. MENDENIIALL, ::
TV t si i- - Publio.
&LBANY,
OREGON.
T EQAL INSTRUMENTS O" ALL KINDS
Ji made and attested.
lections atteuded to.
Conveyances and oel-
36-"70
A dispatch from Eugene City, dated
May 17th, states that :
Two Germans from Illinois purchased
1 r flm--. a ,... n(,,wit fVnif t tiiltlCil nt)
i UUUIJlJf lU-UMJr UUMUU VIA v""-"-"" 4 g
acres of land in outplace, mountin to au
some $28,000. O e of theru leaves here J
overland to-morrow tor Lducago, ioriiiPir
families and friend. The other remains
here.
Sheriff Van Buren, of Douglas county,
passed here this evening for Salem, hav
ing in charge three prisoners from that
county. : ' . ' "
. No Help Wanted. A carriage .was
passiog a hut in rural New York, when
t.ie driver heard' screams within as if
some one was beini? murdered. Leaving
his team, he ran to the hut and asked
what was the matter. The wife brushed
the tangled hair out of her eyes, and
looking savagely at him, said: "We're
bavin a little hell of our own, and we've
got devils enough to run it j don't need
your help." The carriage passed on.
The property assessment this year of
Thurston county. Washington Territory
is $1,100,000, or about $150,000 more
man tutu 01 last J'C;ir.
BET ON THE ELECTION!
Any one who wants to win can do ao by
calling on
O- IIILL & SON,"
WIIO, thankful for pa.-t patronage, still in
vite tho attention of Linn county t al.t to
their unequalled stock of
DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS,
PAINT & VARNISH BRUSHES,
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, ;
ALCOHOL, KEROSENE,
WINDOW GLASS, .
. TRUSSES,
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, ETC.
Amenta for Dr. D. Jay no A Pun's preparations,
H. II. II. Horse Medicines, etc.
Do you like medicine for its bitter or nauseat
ing tacte te have that description- Io too
want the effect with an aromatic' taste T After
taking a few doses of our Elixir, 'twill be so vary
pleasant that your prejudices ' i - .
Must surely turn awry '
and the preparation t .
. Will lose the name o physio,
(but not the effect.) i s J t":
Physicians and customers from the country
may rest assured that their orders will be prompt
ly attended to. Prescriptions carefully and cor
rectly compounded. ; . -
Have you the impolite guest called a corn T Wa ,
sell "Corn 81ayer," which surely does the Work,
without pain. Do you desire a book ef aay kin
a Gold Pen, an Album, Stationery, er suoh ? Vfl
a. uriggs is wita us, fur tne accommodation, of
i laioi tun ulul wim a coil. -si . w t. ,-
Do you want a fine Watch, a set of J,,lr,
cheap or dear ? J. D. Titus sells the same, under
iue same rooi. - .
Come and see us. Buy a Book. Buy a Watch.
Buy a Pill Buy something or nothing,' but com
and see us, anyway. A well sprinkled floor and
a cool drink of -water io the summer, and a warm
stove surrounded by comfortable ebairs in winter,
constantly kept f'T the accommodation ef all - -
Albany, May 14, '70-34
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BLACK, BROWN, GREEN, SCAR
LET, M0RQ0N, and deep ORANGE,
- Those that take White, or nearly ao, ara "
Purple, Blue, Crimson, Pink, &c,
fqd. is, 'C3-3 r ; j, , wixiEit.