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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT.
SATVItDAY, NOTEMBER 4, 18S.
PARTY, MATTEKS.
ed" States and this, too, Within the
past two months, when peace reigued
throughout the laud, and the " military
necessity" absolute sway was certaiuly no
longer required. He has, in peaceful,
" loyal" States, suspended the habeas cor
pus, and not only iu general terms, but
in individual instances where the rights
It must be apparent to every person
who is at all watchful of the course of
events, that there is going on at this time
material chance in the political conduct of the parties concerned were constitu
and the political views of a large portion tonally and lawfully subject only to the
of the people throughout the whole coun- civil authorities when the offences for
try. So Far, the change nas not anecieu wnien they were held came not within
the people of this coast, and particularly the purview of military power, but were
the people of Oregon, so generally as it such as the law of the land abundantly
has our countrymen of the East. Yet provided for. These are the cnuuicra
the change is apparent in . Oregon, and tion of only a part of his nggressious and
lie who would ignore or disregard it, j usurpations. The catalogue might be
would greatly fad in preparing himself to materially extended. But wc think
fully and intelligibly aueet or act Upon enough has been presented to convince
the various paramount issues which will Democrats that Mr. Johnson's " policy,"
control the destiny of parties m the ap- since b.13 elevation to the Presidency, is
THE DKltOt'IlACY OF OUEUOX
AMD
Below we give a very interesting letter
from an old gentleman lately arrived in
Oregon from Missouri, who is stopping
in Marion county, where he propones, we
believe, to remain. As lie does not seem
to exactly understand tliJ attitude of our
party in Oregon, we take this becasion to
assure him that the distinction of " State
Rights Democrats " is Mot nil empty or
deceptive title with the stout-hearted De
mocracy of this State. They know what
State llights mean, and they mean all
they declare iu their application of the
term to themselves as Democrats. He
take life, acted consistent with the rights
of individuals as held by the court from
tune immemorial. The other was con
victed and why ? Hiniplj bccutise he
went one step further in infamy. Mr.
Johnson docs not projvoso to directly force
Negro SiufiYaKe on tho States; the Radi
cals do. Is this not no ?
There are many other things I nhould
like to knoW, but fear I have asked too
many questions already. Will you have
the kindness to read this scrawl and make
a note of it, and when you have leisure,
give a little light to
Your obedient servant,
A Sixty-Fiver.
An Appeal to i'ouuoetleut.
The State of Connecticut contains gome-
need ua fear the demoralization of our over 4W), 147 people of all ages sexes
. . and conditions. Of this number 10 belong
nice ot i)lr. John- to tho Indian race X,f27 to the African.
approval of his The Indian 1ms disappeared almost abm
,,r . .. lutcly, and wo presume, the 15 will lie swal
ic. U e heartily i,)W,hI up in another generation. The col-
proaching State, campaign.
so repugnant to the Democratic faith
Until within a few months party lines I and usage, so antagonistic to and de
have been so plainly marked that ft was structive of the Constitution, as to pre
impossible for any person to mistake or elude them from greeting him as a re
confound them. They are not so at pres- turned prodigal, or accepting of him as a
cntT The advent to the Presidency of standard-bearer to whose support they
Mr. Johnson was the initial point of a are justified in rallying,
movement which, has already in Hs pro- Weblaim to know something of the
. gress planted the sure seeds of the disin- principles which inspire, and of tho nio
tegr&tioa and downfall of the'rrty which tives which actuate the Democratic party
elevated him to power, and also sown of Oregon collectively, and we -know, too,
tares and noxious Weeds in the' field of that we simply reflect their sentiments
Democracy. The hurriedly constructed in asserting that they will not receive
nd loftily reared pagoda of Abolitionism, again as a worthy leader and approved
-which daring Mr. Lincoln's term of pow- apostle of the party, Mr. Andrew John-
r was elevated far beyond the healthy son. They have not, like some who call
atmosphere of pure Republicanism of the themselves Democrats in the Eastern
JefFersonian stamp, into the regions of States, and who have become demoralized
boundless stretch, has already been shat- from a greed for power and office, cast
tered to its foundation, and but awaits their old-time principles behind them,
the final convulsion which shall cast it land put on the motley habiliments of
crumbling to the earth. But with this policy and rrjftV?ry, in order to gain a
destroying element against Abolitionism, dishonorable success, and to enjoy-
there is partly linked another, which temporary lease of control. Democracy
threatens to shake and impair the great Q Oregon is not based upon the popular
temple of Democracy, which has hitherto, position of this or that leader. It is
amid all the assaults of old-time enemies, founded on the- very principles enuuei
under any and every guise, and through ated in the early days of the Republic
the last five years of most terrible assail- by Jefferson and Madison, its most illus-
ment, nobly and gloriously withstood the trious fathers, and they will preserve its
mighty shocks. Jpure and spotless integrity to the last
In 'recantins from Abolitionism. Mr . They are not bound up in any man or
Johnson has taken half-way steps towards mea however lofty in intellect or bound
afew of the cardinal principles' of the less in influence. As they have long
Democratic party. If any better or " repudiated and scorned Dickinson
purer reason for this course on his part ani Holt and Butler, because of their
is apparent than that of eelf-aggrandixe- apostasy from Democratic principles, so
ment, we are unable to discover it He iN ttey now nd tbe future repudiate
is one of those men who seem ever to be and ecorn any other leader or member,
. possessed of an
insatiable greed for office however great may be his popularity or
-and power. A scrutiny into hia whole influence, who shall follow the example
-political career fails to bring to light a of those apostates. They acknowledge
single instance in which he has decided no patent right by which a man who has
or acted for his country rather than for S1 from Democratic principles to
himself. Whatever in his whole public or wb- seks to inKft
12e, on superficial view appears to be pa- Democratic upon the sound, health
riotie or statesmanlike, is discovered, on fU Prent tree, shall be entitled to wear
-elose investigation, to be selfish and dem- the honored name while he abuses or dis-.ao-osieal.
If we examine into his official honors the spotless mantle. Arid be-
onduct' and recall his expressed senti- cause they are thus inspired and thus ac
1 I tnatorf in thfla.ilnmnMH in
party here by an acceptance of 31 r. John
son as our leader, or an
'policy" as Democratic
accord with him in the position he main- orcd people torm n large aiiumritty commit
t . - i ii r. . ...
. i i.m.i.: .i n i... l ..: nity. aim are scattered over me state, ui
iuu, am. wH u.a u.,. UuU.. .u.. munU. o ol are men of age to vote,
quant irony pleases, uis sterling, plain. an,, from nil we can learn possessed of suf-
out-spoken, practical good sense, gladdens ficient understanding, eertHinly much as
, ' , the 8,525 Germans, 549 i reiu.limen and a
and impresses us. Our columns are open j ,H(rt;,m t(f t)ie 55,4.5 Irishmen who are
to him will he not favor us and assist entitled, !v reason of thuir color, to a suf-
. a t ..;i..,: IFra-re that is not given to a class ot people
the cause iu Oiecon. by contributing I v 1 n .
me uu. u v "c j liiivutinrlv and ouiidiaticallv Ameriean. but
again and frequently to our paper ? And rather darker iu flesh-tint. Connecticut
now we ask readers to peruse his enter- ''nS nmong the isew r.ngiami states,
. . 1 I makes this distinction. It is tho last relic
till till 1 tr teller. nf thn lilno-lnv svstini- nml iro reinnn in
Mauion County. Oregon. 1 Ithe hope that it wiU aoun bo alolihed. Is
Oct. 2$ 1805. f it necessary to address any argument to our
, friends on this subject?
I I lie nluivo is from n Into. ew t nrk
desire to address you in quest of iuforma- .. AV , 1 t 1
' ITriliiiiio W A nsk nur liermnn and IriHli
tion. I have my own views as to party . , , .x. , , .
' , - auopieu cinzeiis pariicuiarij 10 renuci
1 ' . upon it. They are insultingly told sub
J . I dfiiitiiillr tlit in Jill fUe sure flesii-tin
not ndnnted to the latitude ot Uronn. J ' '
You call vour xaier a State Itichts paper : the negroes are their equals. The solid,
please give me some light on Johnson's thicker skull is nothing; the much
" restoraUon policy. 1 ast this favor smaller brain is nothing; the flat, soft
r - 11 11 i w '
Decause, since my- arrival nerc, i nave . . t ... . .. rpwlln,r
heard many men Democrats speak ap-
provin-ly of Johnson's policy in restoriiis forehead and chin ; the woolly covering
the Union; and 1 see in one paper that to tne neau; iue proiruuing ncei; mat
"the theory held by President Johnson is intolerable bodily stench all these, by
consistent with the doctrine of State h- , the (jreat Creator unalterably
f I.
the Democratic party down to the mo-jnot recognize nor accept Andrew John-
ment of his inauguration as Vice Fresi- 500 M wonny aposue oi nneir ancient,
lent, we shall find that no one of , the glorious party faith.
xQOst violent and fanatical Radicals of the I . rt . e 7T .
avADULi otiiB. xne xasicru pa-
Abolition party exceeded him in the
pere report a wordy quarrel between Sec-
: a 1 1 1
F . UFVU .uuec retaries Seward and Harlan at a Cabinet
object to his power, or in the extent of meeU recent, itchcd .
j.i i i it o r
laB usurpations o, aumoruy ne TjarIaQ for having favored the Liberal
exercLeds or m the expression-of senti- ia jIexico in ys kte Iowa specQh
..uvpa .u5UU18u. w WK cpirit and gaid he was sacrificing the true
of the Federal Constitution, which he interests of the country to the love of vain
announced. A parallel there possibly popularity." The President was present,
mayoe. dui we cnauenge mvesugauon and approved Seward's expressions in fa
w pruuuee case t grear wrong uun w of Maximilian. This exhibits Mr.
voauuucu m uia nur.ous pruciam.- Johnson's devotion to the Monroe doc-
tion as Provisional Governor of Tennes- with a vengeaiice. What a gplendid
see, tn respect to tneeiecuve tranch18e in Democrat Andy is ! Seward is another
mat otate, cmring tne last rail cam- of the
-paign
But it is not necessary to go into an TxB TO THK Whale. The President
investigation of his past record to dduce n& appointed Thos. J . Florence, editor of
reasons why Mr. Jehnsoa ought not to tne " ashmgton Constitutional Union, one
be accepted by the Democracy or recog- e tnree Publishers of the Government
aiized as one of their honored leaders at ws in the District of Columbia. Flor-
this time. His official condnct nine was a Peace Democrat last year
,, iw;.)a.;.i .v.: Like enough he will now cry out, " Peace.
, , . . , be ttuii It is a consolation to know
sena many ana elusive reasons wnicn tliat one 8waUow don't make a summer
.should withhold frotu him the endorsement
And anoroval of Democrats, and r.rohibit The Wright Mueder. The St. Louis
them from hia Support, as a standard- Dwptch asserts that Gov. Fletcher an
bearer. They will, in his case, as in the tlwr" the infamous Col. Babcoke to
case of any other publie officer, high or commit the murder of Judge Wright and
low, or of whatever political faith, sustain hia four sns n Phelps county, Missouri,
nim m all constitutional and proper acts, Vf m v"
i. Aiv i ' , ' mght ago. They are a precious pair of
but this wid be because of theiir own de- atrocious murderers. We hope justice
vououtomc uonsutuuon ana the cause I wm some uay ovettase them, rf
i v j-'i u j-' l"- i V " koiJAAii.i-.The Supreme Court of
administers in the Wdf his tSciaI duty. , "
Aa.lWW Mr . hn TendcllawofCongressisuncouatitutional,
f the tim whereof the memory of markcl1 U,e are "
nn iK. nmiiRirr ' vvheth. the " flesh-tint" alone which inak3 the
er his official conduct will sustain that difference between the Germans and Irish
theory, or whether he will back down be- L one Bijc ond the negro on the other
tort; iiic itirvaivmuu uunuuc m 1.110 1 " . 1 1 . .1
. , . P . . D . , ,1,-1 Let them bear in mind also that the man
rl i-Avoiiitinnnrr element, remains to the
future " wuo te"s -em u,s wno lnu3 insults
This says Johnson's theory is correct, them, is no less than Horace Greeley, the
and implies that his acts so far accord with mmt influential popular leader of the
his theory. Now. I confess I can't see it. . ., . . . ., , ,
ma lucorjr. , . T i . , party in power that there is iu the whole
It does not appear to me that Johnson s 1 J
theory or practice squares with the Dem- country. - lie reflects, nearer and more
ocratic rule. However, I admit I may be authoritatively than any other leader of
a little prejudiced against 3Ir. Johnson, that party, its views and intentions. Xo
For whenever I aro to take him down, his . . ... i . d 1 j
ivr, nncucci x B v , niatter what this or that State leader may
dier General conies to my mind and forces Ji ,n dcn,al of the fefc that the Aboh
him up again. Even his great statesman- tion or "Union" party do mean to give
1 r 1 -- 1 1 : J : . . : . t . ..,. - . .
snip, as exeuipuneu at ms inauguranou asi the negro the right ot sunrage, depena
ice I'resiaent, tans to serve as an anu-. - .f Umt t if ful en h
does his great love of justice even "mil- M" ,nTeBl w,e umu w,ul ,,,ai r,M"
itafr justice satisfy me. Indeed, sir, which only white men snouiu enjoy
I doubt whether I should be able to think Greeley says so: Sumner. Wilson. Seward
kindly df him asaDemocrat, if he should, poraeroy Phillips, Garrison, Beecher
MI cuuicuiuv Ul iuc tana vi iuo lauu, uausi .. l- 1 I j 11 l .
a woman ivery day during his restora- TlUon' lnA' J0U8,M8 and aU the most
tion," the theory of which is consistent influential leaders of the party, say so
with State Rights as held by the Demo- And they all say what they mean
cratic party for so long a time. J 1
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Butvouscelampreiudiced.andproba- now L.1KE jjrothers. 10 mas
A ' I '
Ualv.rjajx't Auureciatc the correctness of kla I 4Wv of ti Deiuuc ratio
j mi k Vi j . ,Du platform in New York, made by Dean
nnrl Trill ho nhlo anil I truer, willinnr in)' ' J
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enlighten me on a few points in his prac- lucnn,onaana hva trencher men, we ex
tice which seem to dc a little muddy. I tract the tollowmg Irom tho Acw lork
address my enquiries to you because your I Express. It says:
paper ctairos 10 w oiaie ivignis, du 1 Th HlftVronA tvrn f h
suppose you Oregon Democrats all think the Democratic State Convention and of this
alike on thts question. the Republican, is so narrow, so slieht.
JIr. Johnson s theory is that the seced- that it is eearewj worth talking about
ed States were never out of the Unicn. 1 Both endorse Andrew Johnson, cheerfully
Well. then, they must be in the Union : as Fresident -not iejSningijf wr hjpqeritt
for they are sure
they are in the
to all the rights and immunities of Other full and nnmnleta nontiv,l if tha loon! affairs
of the Union. Now will you tell to tho Southern people. Both arc kindly to
must be in the Union; as President -ot fSningljf wr hjpwriti,
irclv somewhere and if c?1' 10 Massachusetts. lVth approve
irciy somewiiere , ana hig recon!!truction vis0 Bud just.
t nton, they are entitled Botll wdor80 his policy in the restoration of
States of the Ln ion. Now will you tell to tho Southern people. Both arc kindly
me when or where the Democracy ever the South, and both free from tho spite and
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held that it was consistent with the doc- veiveuuo " oumner uuu xuuu.
trine of Stite Rights for th Prfisidnt to Steven portion of the Republican party.
interfere with the regularly elected oflicers f Well, certainly, every Democrat ought
of a State, to relieve them of their pub- ta bo delighted to learn that a Demo-
lic functions, and fill their places with his Lratie platform is free from the spite and
own appointees r jr, at wuai xime aiu i , e .
.v Till. v :V. .v. vengeance of t
iuc i f i nil M'rarv Kiiiii'riitt' nt i in iiihti rim, i
that the President had the right to pre- Stevens' ilk. It looks as though some-
scribe a test oath to the voters ot the sev-Jbody s lamh had lam down with, some
erai oiaies, or mienere wuu iuq rigni oi boay eise's hon-the lamb iNtufe ot the
suffrage? Under what circumstances did Uo Wver. If New York " Demo'c
inn I lamMAMan H aa I o t liar tr was HAnataL I 7 '
ent. with State Rights for the President racJ werc not Celled, Horace Greeley
. . . .. I 1 i . ' . 1 . 'i J v? 1
to order a State to .amend its Constitution.; I migni misiaKe u ior nis own progeny
and In nnipnd t. fno tn suit, Viia otrn Trfl-I 1 '
jAntial will ro-arcllpuR nl th wtahpq nf I ApOLITIOW " JfSTICK." At the last torm
and toid m that State. The Courts are
getting back to the dispensation of justice
in some States. We wish it were so in
some of the Valley and the upper Colum-
As President, Mr. Johnson . hsk usurped
the power to decide the status of the " re
" hellions States," in contravention of the
Constitution; he has subjected the citi
zens of those States to oppression's and bia Circuits of Oregon
disabilities for which no warrant but ab-
coiutim can be found; he has exercised
the authority to insist who shall and who
hall not.hold elective offices therein, des
' pUe the votes of the people; he has ia
the "loyal" States as well as in the "re
bellious" States, perpetuated and war
ranted Military Commissions for the trial
and punishment of persons whose offences
if really guilty of any-j-&me only with
Jo the jurisdiction of the civil authori
ties, and he has permitted and sanctioned
zmlitary murders j these mock military
tribunals., In addition to these canton
usurpations, he has allowedif he did
not order military interference in the
, State elections in Kentucky and Mary
Lmd, of the actual " loyal" States, and in
JesBCssee and other ef the " reconstruct-
A Good Decision. Justice Tripp of
the U. S. Circuit Court, at a late term
held in Tennesse, decided that the Attor
ney's Test Oath, passed by tha last Con
gress, is unconstitutional and of no effect,
; :
Welt, Done. Judge Doniphan of the
Bracken County Court in Kentucky has
decided that the law of expatriation pass
ed by the Legislature of that State is unconstitutional.
Much News. An Eastern paper says
that "Gen. Jo. Lane is leading a retired
life on his farm near Portland, Ogn." It
will be news to the General.
Moke Fcn Ahxad. A late States paper!
says that Thurlow Weed was in Washington,
hunting material for his reply to Montgom
ery Blair. Oh, those very harmonious Ale
utian tr piina !
o o
the people for whom the Constitution was of tho Circuit Court for Douglas county,
made ?" In what democratic platform do Judge Stratton presiding, Charles Jackson,
you 'jfind the doctrine laid down giviqg a crazy Irishman, was sentenced to three
the President the right to confiscate the years in the penitentiary for riding tdT with
property of citizens of States, and parcel ft horse belonging to a citizen. He has been
it out to nis own iouowors f ur, to bus- 8;nce eent to the Lunatic Aylum. At the
pend the right to 'the writ of habeas corjm ame term a 8ane Yankee Abolitfonist,
c. t" vV 1 It T i CT named Rogers, was let go free on charges of
State Rights, or any other kind of rights, H . , 6 . ' b, . , ,
;ntt,. 9mi;nnnm,nt.nfLn rohhvTj ot larceny, and emblemcnt, of
without iudire or iurv : or the suppression which he waa wcl1 kTlown to have been S"11
o . . ' . t! - ll T1..1. it ni V L. T J
of newspapers by the same authority r v- J,us WiW l
Now these things and a thousand others .Office, and "loyal," and Stratton knows
have been done by Mr. Johnson, all in the how to treat such cases. He once 'let an
name of "restoration,'1 apd some Demo- Abolition mail robber go free on a writ of
crats say it is consistent with State Rights habeas corpus, and soon after seqt a boy of
as new ov tne democratic party ior an 8ixtcen to the penitentiary for ten yeaw for
indefinite leqgtli of time. Utealimr a horse from a man who nromisml
Well, it "the citijens ot each State . " ,. , T ,
d,11 V. fltl oil ,o A 1 w "w ur ",U1 iwr .luugc. oirauqnais-
. ... . . I nnnnna Itvithl i narmn n Ka I'm,
munitics o citizens of the several States," "a " wul
tnen x suppose luey are eauuea to not". Xkw Stage CoxPAMEs.-The California
wg mure, anu 11 me resiueni. can puiic. n . - , ,
i i a Tr i i I kJioiLv vuuiifaiiv 11219 viriuaii Y uiosui VUU. II a V'
the same thing in Oregon If he can ya- in sold out nerlJ if not a11 of their mail
tb Stilts nffloM in Viro-lnti nnA fill and other routes, stock, &c. The route from
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them with his own appointees, he can do L,,nooln 10 bas been sold to the P10
the same for Oregon. Under this rule neer Stage Company, and anew company,
he would have a perfect right to order the called the Oregon Stage Company, composed
Pacific States to amend their Constitutions of Louis McLane of. Wells, Fargo & Co.'s
m any way to suit tiimselt, whenever his Express, Frank Stevens and A. G. Richard
" restoration" policy would seem to de- 80n. late of the California Stare finm..
mand it. And yet his theory is consist- The mail9 wiu over Qveriand
""".v- "v "jr Coast route by these two Companies under
irrrvv"1"v V J . . .-the late contract.
To me it appears that there is about this I ..
ditterence between Mr. Johnson ana the Roap Pads. A man named Oaae. who
v ' J iL. j:jt I '
rauicai Aoonuons, anu ine muerence may jjTea ncar Champoeg. while riding along the
A ItKCJISTHV LAW.
At last wo have it. The last States
man reveals the intention of the Aboli
tion Legislature to pass an Act at the
coining Hpecial session to govern the next
June election. It is not to be an Act of
apparent disfranchisement of the emi
grants who have arrived from Missouri
and other Southwestern or Western!
States; but yet this will be its real application.-
The thing is not a new in
vention but who would charge that
body with any powers of originality ? it
is simply a system which has been fully
tested in States that were Deanocratie,
aud by application of the system, have
been converted or perverted, we ouJit
to say into Abolition States, at the
East. It is a Registry, law 1 The
Statesman is high authority in this mat
ter, and we accept its statement.
A " Registry law" looks more innocu
ous on paper, and is more euphonious to
lie sound, than a "Jaw to Disfranchise
''migrants," but in this instance there is
iractically no difference betweeu tha
wo, so far as the emigrants are concerned,
while in every other aspect the former is
the most odious. A law to disfranchise
emigrants would exclwl- fifoui. the right
of suffrage only the emigrants; a Regis
try law, on the other hand, could be so
drafted as not only to strike at alT the
emigrants, but further to disfranchise a
arge uumber of the settled. long-resident,
ermanent citizens of the State. Regis
ry laws, as put into operation in other
States, require of each voter that he shall
register his name, residence, avocation,
cc, m the rearistry books kept by a.
Board of Registrars, who sit at certain ap
pointed times and places. The failure to
register his name, agreeably to the law,
disqualifies the voter for the election in
view, although he may be a life-long citi
zen, whose right to a vote is indisputable
on every other ground. And the power
is vested almost absolutely in the Board
of Registrars to decide whether an appli
cant shall or shall not be permitted to
register his name. Iheir sittinjrs termi
nate a few days just prior to the election.
and after their books are then closed, no
voter is permitted to register his name
and is, consequently, prohibited from
voting.
gain, to show the Registry law more
repulsive than a law to disfranchise emi
grants, we will present it in another
phase that of additional expense to the
State. An Act to disfranchise emigrants
would simply devolve upon the Judges
of Election the duty to question each
voter, and if he proved to be one of the
excluded class, his vote would be refused,
There would be no additional expense aU
taclied to this method. Now, the Regis
try law brings into existence Dxard-i of
three or more Registrars in every election
District, and decjaads the reutal of just
many Kegislry - ofEces as there-are
Boards of Registrars. A rough estimate
of tb,& member of these Boards which
would be required may be presented:
There are; twenty-one counties in Oregon,
and in each county say an average of ten
election precincts. This would require,
at three Registrars to each Board, the
employment of the great number of mx
h unit red aiui thirty Retfiktrart I and the
renting of two hundred and ten Registry
offices. The Boards would be required
to sit at least five days, and the pay of
the Registrars would certainly be not less
than five dollars per day, nor the rental
of the offices less than ten dollars each-
This would require a total expenditure of
say 17,850 for the mere pay of Regis
trars and offices. Add to this the amount
required to pay a Clerk to each Board,
printing, stationery, aud " contingent ex
penses," and we should have a sum of
about Ueenty-five. thousand dollars ex
pended at each election I We have made
an estimate at the lowest figures. It is
for tax payers to reflect upon this feature
of the proposed law, without reference to
the more important feature that of dis
franchising citizens for no just cause
whatever, and only because of their fail
ure to register their votes at the appointed
time and plaee.
There are several other very objection
able features of the proposed law, but we
will defer mention of them for future
issues. Suffice it here to Bay that the
system is open to most flagrant frauds,
and, in the hands of unscrupulous offi
cers, can be converted into a machine
which can disfranchise hundreds of Dem
ocratic voters in the State. We will now
simply state that any such act is in di
rect conflict with the State Constitution,
and we trust that Democrats all over the
State will, in case such a measure shall
bo passed by the Legislature at the spe
cial session, show their devotion to the
paramount authority of the Constitution,
by entirely and utterly disregarding the
law by every means. If Abolition Legis
lators violate the State Constitution, let
Democrats everywhere -observe it. Jfo
citizen is called upon to obey an Jct
which is manifestly apd undeniably in
violation of the Constitution, and we trust
the Democrats of Oregon will never stoop
to such a plain transgression of this para
mount duty. .
TI1K DEMOCRATIC NTATE CEM
TIUL t'OMMTTKE.
The following named persons were se
lected at the last State Convention to serve
as the Democratic State Central Commit
tee, viz :
Lane, James O'Meara, E. N. Tandy;
Douglas, Chnrles Drain, James Cox ; Mult
nomah, S. I'enuoyer, Jan. U. Stephens;
JaekMon, J. N. T. Miller, L. J. C. Duncan;
Washington, W U. Scoggrn, Jacob HooTer;
JoHephine, U. F. Holsclaw. John MeBrierty ;
Marion, John F. Miller, W. II. Watkinds;
(.'lai'.kimiw, Ueo. L. L'urry, A. t. Hedges;
Benton, John Jiurnett, J. triedly; I'olk,
Betij. Ifayden, 11. F. jliireh ; Linn, J. II.
Douthit, "J. M. McConnell ; Wasco, Isaac
Hare, N. II. Gates; Yamhill, W. T. fcewby,
J. H. Upton; Baker, B. F. Bonham, W.
It. Park : Umatilla, J. Wilson, N. Ford ;
Clatsop, John Adair; Columbia, John Bon-
ser. T. II. llrury.
Agreeably to resolution adppted Iy the
Convention each coutiiy is entitled to two
members, who have a vote each, distinct
and separate, in the Committee ; and in
cases where but one member was ahosen
at the time, of where any county is entire
ly unrepresented, or when vacancies iu.
any tounty shall oeesr, the County Com
mittee of the county concerned is autho
rized" to fill the vacancy. SFnc3 the Con
vention adjourned the counties of Grant
and Union have been created aud organ-
zed. Accordingly the County Commit
tees of these counties have it devolved
upon them to make the appointments to
fill whatever vacancy; exist from their
respective counties. And the County
Committees of Wasco and Baler, from
which Grant and Union were taken, are
empowered to fill the vacancies in their
counties, respectively. Coos, Curry, and
Tillamook counties, were not represented
in the Convention, but yet the County
Committees in each of those counties have
authority to. choose two members, respect
ively, for the State Central Committee.
In-other counties, for which fall or par
tial appointments were made in the State
Convention, there may now. be vacancies
to fill. ' The vaeancy i a Laner caused by
the removal of Jas. O'Meara, has been-
regularly filled by the Coanly Committee
by the selection of Ex-Gov Whiteaker
There is a Tacaney in 1 am lull county
caused by the removal o' J. II. Upton
and in Clatsop there is a vacancy fty far
ure of the appointment of one of the
Comniitte-men ia the Stale-Convention,
Gen. Adair alone haying been appointed.
There may be vacancies in other counties
of which we are not informed.
We would suggest to the County Com
mittees in these several counties that the
vacancies be filled at the earliest practica
ble day, and that notification of the ap
pointment of the Central Committee mem
bers be transmitted, together with their
Postoffice addresses, to Jas. B. Stevens,
the Chairman of the Committee, at Port
land. By the adoption of this plan, he
will be enabled to conim-ftnrcat with them,
whenever it sfcall be necessary upon vutt-
ters devolved upon the State Central
Committee. It is quite important, how
ever, that the County Committees in
the various counties where vacancies exist,
should speedily proceed to fill such
vacancy.
From Brfb-f City.
From our good friendJiw,ltB.'
Esn.. who naid us a rib.t"
. . f . r l : . . i nis ri(iiii7
on nis return irom kudj v-hj
in Eugene City, we learned some interest
ing faets about times and things in that dm
tant mining region. Mr. Walton has pasned
a year in Ruby City, and pretty thoroughly
knows that country. He thinks it actnallf
the richent mining district eyer yet discover
ed on the coast, and facta corroborate his be
lief. The placer mining is of small import
ance and is gradually giving way before the
wonderful progress of gold and silver quartz
mining. All the mills in that region in
working order are constantly employed in
eruBhing up the rich rock and ores brought
in front the various lodes. The richest ioa
worked w the Trook & Jennings, discovered
afttsiuftmer, a sixth share of which was early
bought'for $20,000 by Jonathan Keeney o&
Ann county, and which coald not now Be
urcbased for double that sum. fcext in
richness are tne uro rmo ana jnwi''6 - "
odes, belonging to Moore k Fogas, and the
"
Allison. There are others quite as ncn;
but by far the moet productive ever worked
s rceent discovery the Poor Man s lode.
The discoverers were nix poor miners. In
three weeks they took out $300,000 worth or
gold and Bilver rock. But harpers and law
eame to dispossess them of their just claim.
An injunction has been placed upon their
lode, the rock taken oat, and all, by Judge
Kelly of that 'district, at the instance of-
Hay's & Rays, two rich men,. who set upth
pretence that the lode is simply a cwitinoa-
tion of the lode in the same hill which
thfviown. With: mie-hi at Jndge aa Kelly,.
and such a Chief Jtistice as MfcBride, the'
purse of the rieh is apt to. weigh down th
rights of poor men. Mr. Walton says many
oi the placer miners aar- leaving: 67 the-
Blackfoet country, where that class of dig
gings are reported very rich. Flour was sell
ing at $22 per lOOfbs in Ruby City when he
left a fortnight ago. Silver City waa Cour-
ishing, and the mines about there rich.
v ni i-3 v i v 1 . r-l "
P?,.? ;wo"1QwaymeQ:.ue Butteville road one day last week, was stop-
him of hiseffeete. The other onl v Jannd. P ly a couple of rascals, who presented re
and while his subject lies bleeding on the Tolvers and ordered him to dismount. He
ground, he is forced to deliver up his for-1 blazed away at the tellows with a pistol iij
tune with his own hand. When these stead, and they fired back. One ball grazed
two men come into court, it is held that Case's head, but ho escaped from the high
the man who only crippled, but .did not I wayracn.
Frox Cariboo. Late reports from this
British mining district tell of enormous
yields.- The Davis claim was paying 80
ounces per day ! and the Sawmill claim was
yielding remarkably. The Government Ex
ploring party did not make ar.y discoveries
in the recent tour.
A Left Iander. Tho Portland corres
pondent of the Statesman says :
By. the way, we have a prospect of a new
daily paper here. Almost anything would
be welcomed. The Oregonian is too weak
in the back to represent th interests of Port?
land. V'e wantj a journal witf some vigor
and force, and whose editors cn do more
than write up a dog-fight, or compose a
schoolboy essay. A wide-awake Union
journal would supplant the Oregonian in a
very shor time, and, under the present ar
rangement, a Copperhead paper might be
supported.
The Oregonian and its Abolition confrere
appear to be getting along very acrimonious
ly. Neither one mioses an occasion to give
the other a sharp prod. Members of the
Happy Family, you see.
Tired or Sambo. A convention of Aboli
tionists met at Perry, Indiana, Aug. 19tb,
and passed, among other resolutions, the fol
lowing :
Resolved That while in the present unset
tled condition of the negroes In the United
States, humanity requires that they should
not be held responsible for the evils which
appear incident to the rebellion, now happi
ly ended, still we believe that both their hap
piness and the welfare of our own people re
quire that they should remain in the States
where they how are, and therefore tee are
opposed ia weir permanent settlements tn In
diana.
So, after all, these dear friends of Ameri
can citizens of African descent, prize their
room far above their company ! But that
is Abolition consistency.
Greeley on Sambo. The New York Trib
une is getting to be a regular " Copperhead"
sheet. The editor admits a letter from a
correspondent at Chicago, who, speaking of
the late Board of Trade banquet in the latter
city, says: 1 ,
' ' TIia-po wafo -frutr -fivir nnrrr-A aro i tota
MJk VI V 4 v v vj sr'B JtmJ " "V 'WWIOl
and they acted like ' niggers.' They filled
.1 -T. i -.t r l - .
tneir pocseis wtui iruu, nuis, ana coniec
L . 1 j 1 : .tit.. viii
uonerj ; mey urnun wiub uui ui wo uovues,
holding their heads away back ; and, as I
left, I saw many on the pavement, walking
arm in arm, and bending this way and that,
while they had the best of cigars in their
mouths. In one. sense, they were a second
Board of Trade ; or, dividing the whole into
three parts, two being the orderly and dis
orderly, these were the Third Estate."'
Stand Corrected. Th.e Umatilla Adver
tiser corrects the report which we gave some
weeks ago that the Q. S. N. Co. had success.
fully accomplished the navigation oi Snake
river by their steamers. The Advertiser says
that "little thing hasn't been did," so far
We see however, by the Idho Statesman,
that the Company are building a, steamer at
old Fort Boise for that purpose, Next spring
will tell the story.
Won't Recjtitb. In the Kentucky An
nual Conference of the M. E. Church South,
in September, a minority report, opposing re
uniting with the Northern Church, was adopt
ed by a-large majority.
Scmner's Position. Charles Sumner was
the President of the recent Abolition State
Convention of Massachusetts. The Conven
tion in its resolutions, extended to Presi
dent Johnson "cordial welcome and confi
dence." Mr. Sumner, in his speech before
the Convention, said : ; .
Meanwhile we most follow Congress in.
the present exclusion of all rebels from pol
itical power. They must not be voted for
and they must not vote. On this principle
I take my stand. Let them buy and. sell,,
let them till the ground and may they be
indnstrious and successful. Thiwo- things
they may do ; bet they must noVbe almit-.
ted at once into the . copartnership, of our
Government. As well might the respecta
ble Mr. Ketcham reinstate his son at once
in the firm which he was betrayed, and in-.,
vest him again with all the powers of a co-.
ArRAiB or Thxm. Secretary McCVIIoeh
has given strict orders that bo more visitors'
shall be admitted to the Bank Note Printing
Department in Washington, it haviDg been
discovered that the privilege was abused
by parties in the interest of counterfeiters.
who ths leaned to iiuitat th aalricaie,
machinery thus in use. Of course the visit-. .
ors hav? been nearly all Abolitionists. They.
are expert counterfeiters in every wajj Sec-,
rctary McC-v&pch, does welrl to. refuse them,
admittance. - 1
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A Sen mart Ac.-rBishop Whitehoase op
the Diocese- of Illinois, some mouths since
prohibited the Rev. J. W. Craer&ft from of-.
ficiating at Grace Church, Galesburg, for
the irregularity of not having presented bis,
dismissory papers from the Diocese of OhioK .
and for political preaching. Bishop Mell
vaine, who believes ift political preaching;
and who read the sermons $?)d. nothing
objectionable. Bishop Whitakpuae. there
upon retorts by expelling Grace Chh from,
his Diocese altogether.
Steamer Accident.--As the Belief wa
on her upward trip from Canemah to Albany
last Monday, when near the mouth of Tarn
hill river she hit a huge rock, and two large
holes were made in her hull below th wa
ter line. She would have filled and soon
sunk, had not the Union, which was near
by, came to her assistance, and hauled her
ashore. The extent of the damaere is not
reported.
IIandsomelt Done. The Idaho States
man (Abolition) pays the following pretty,
tribute to the Democratic, Delegate from that
Territory. , '
The Hon. E. IX Hojbrook, Delegate elect
m Congress fregto, thi Territory, is now in.
town en rU to Washington. Mr. Ilol
brook is a young man of distinguished abili
ty, possessing talent of the highest order,
but he is of the wrong V persuasion." By
pursuing the proper course in the halls of
Congress his constituents may be proud e-f
him.
'Exue-lk Woolkn Mill.- The Com-,
pany owning this new enterprise near Dal
las, olk coijmtyt j&a-e increased their cap-,
ital stock to. $29,000, Machinery to replace
that lost on the Brother Jonathan has--, been
sent for; and if is expected thai the mill will,
be in operation in "about tkfe$ months." 'T
Choked Hi Orr. The Marietta (Ohio),
Times of September 14th, states taafc Sen.
ator John Sherman, in his speech at th
place, declared that he would have saif more
about Negro Suffrage had not the State
Central Committee (Abolition) at Col ambus
instructed him not to disuss the subject I
SARCASTft on Hooker. A returned Soldier
lately pflpred a fine horse for sale in New
York, whch he said was a greaS racer.
" Can he run very fast ?" " Q jes," said
the soldier, " he was rode by&eral Hook,
er at Chancellorrillo." Theyag sold n;.
horse for $300. - ;
More QUART. The Janeouver Register,
says gold and silver ogTajrtx veins have bee,
recently discovered'. the mountains north
and east of that place, which promise very
favorably. A company have taken claims
there. '
Pardonsd It is reported, on what seems
to be good authority, that President John
son has pardoned Trusten Polk formerly
U. S. Senator from Missouri, restoring him
at the same time to all his rights aod im
muni ties as a citizejj of tfco Waited Slat
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