Editor.
SATURDAY DKCEMBEIt 28, 18G7.
TH DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
A WHITE GOVKRXMRXT.
I bold ti nt this povcrnrncnt was made on the
.VniTK BASIS, by W1IITK MEN, for the benefit
if WHITE MKN and their posterity forever.
farther, I hold that tho negro is not capublo of
sielX government." Stephen A. Dvngla.
THE "REPUBLICAN " PLATFORM.
A XOSGREL GOVERXHENT.
"Henceforth, tho Republican party, from Ft.
John to the Pacific, is a unit fur Universal Liber
ty and IMPARTIAL SUFFRAGE, regardless o
CASTE. RACE OR COLOR. Those who are bos
tile to this principle will fro to their owu placo as
Judas did." Aeic Fori Tribune.
a j .... , . . ..
Heating or tho Stat Democratic
Central Committee.
T2B MEMBERS OF TIIE DEMOCRATIC
Central Committee or Oregon are requested
to meet at Pert land on Thursday, the 16th day of
January, 1963, for the purpose of fixing the time
and mode of holding the State Dcmocratio Con
venlicfti to make nominations for tho approaching
June Election, and taking action upon such other
matters as pertain to the duties of said Committee.
The following are the names of members com
posing said Committee :
NAVES
COVXTIES.
.John Burnett....
Ren ton
B. Jennings
A. Van Dusen .........
Clackamas
Clatsop
O. Knox.....
Columbia
A. Rose,
, Douglas
... ..... Grant
Jackson
. .........Linn
Lane
Marion
.Multnomah
Union
Washington
Wasco
......Yamhill
Umatilla
Polk
...Josephine
Curry
...Tillamook
Coos
J. F. Hcndrix
L. J. C. Duncan..
Georsre R. Helm..
-J. J. Wslton, Jr...
-J. Conser
L. F. Grover
E. S. McCom:is....
Wm. Blanchard ...
X. II. Gates....
II. F. White...
R. B. MorforJ.
Benj. llsyden..
W. Chapman..
.John Dyer.
D. D. Gibson...
James Aikinj.
L. F. G ROVER. Cbm'n
of State Democratic Central Committee.
MOBOCR.1TS AND 10C!i.
TVhen Elijali P. Lovcjoy an origi
nal noted abolitionist was mobbed,
.again ami again, and finally killed in
the streets of Lower Alton, III., by
:an infuriated mob, we were a strip
ping in our teens trying to acquire
an education in ShnrtlefT College, in
Upper Alton. As may readily be
supposed, the event caused intense ex
citement not only in the immediate
vicinity of the outrage bnt through-
out the entire Union. Every think
ing, reflecting person took sides; es
pecially was this true of the students
in the College. The ground we assum
ed at that time was this: That while
wc held in ntter detestation the prin
ciples enunciated by Mr. Lovejoy, yet
we contended that he had a ri"ht, un-
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der the Constitution and Laws, to
publish them as freely as any other
citizen ; and that therefore every time
he was mobbed an outrage was perpe
trated not only on him, but upon the
Organic Laws of the land, both Statu
and National. This ground, though
long years have intervened, we have
-ever since maintained. In fact, time
and experience, instead of causing us
-to ignore it, have only served to deep--cn
our convictions, and to confirm us
in the position wc then assumed.
Fire itself cannot burn it out of us.
From that day to the present we have
ver denounced mobs and moboerats
-on all suitable occasions. If there is
.any class of men on this earth whom
we hate, and whom it is risrht to hate
"with perfect hatred," it is those who
-Are moboerats in theory and practice.
They are anarchists. They strike at
tho very foundations of Society.
They would, . if unchecked, resolve
Society into its original, elemental
Tnrf.8 nn1 cniMal n n rl otvil nTiono t 1 A
-f " V. I, . VUUUS IT UUIU
reign supreme over the land. ,
These reflections are caused on
Teading the last " Unionist." The
editor of that virtuous sheet and the
editor of the Herald arc having a
mall "set-to" applying to each other
various and sundry complimentary
epithets, and professedly writing the j
Tiistbry of each other while in Califor-!
nia. "With all this we have no right,
fnor no desire, to intermeddle. They
can " fight it out on that line," and
we will be simply a spectator. But,
in one of his flings, the Unionist ed
itor says : " We know Beriah, and
'wrote the paragraph whichi brought
lown his cfebany at San Francisco."
In plain English the editor claims that
!he caused the destruction, by a mob, of
the San Francisco Press. Not only bo,
but he glories in it he thinks he is
entitled to great credit for the achieve
ment. Whether this be true or not
we have no means of knowing other
than his word ; but taking it for grant
ed that he did instigate the mob to
demolish the Press establishment, in
what light is he placed ? It proves
conclusively that he is a Jacobin an
anarchist :i man who would . substi
tute the angry passions of a mob for
the pure and simple operations of the
law; one who, to obtain a temporary
triumph over a foe would break down
the safeguards and bulwarks of Socie
ty. One of his own kind the Salem
JZecord sa;rs he is a "vagabond" ; a
"moral leper ;" and very truly adds
that "the vbes that make up his career
may have attractions for some commu
nities, but Salem and Oregon offer a
poor field fcr such virtues to win ei
ther fame o:: appreciation." He may
plead in defence that the Press and its
CX n.AB:30TT,
editor wero mobbed because of Rome
thing he said about Mr. Lincoln's
death. Grant it for tho time being.
This will not justify the foul act. If
tho Jress editor violated tho law let
him sutler its pcnlaties in a legal, law
ful manner. It wero worse than folly
to have laws if they be not respected
and obeyed. Wo cannot justify mobs
in any case whatever; but if wc could,
it would be when moboerats, like the
editor of the Unionist, are themselves
mobbed for some fancied or real out
rage they have committed upon Socie
ty. If mobs are ever justiiiiable (and
we maintain they are not,) it is when
their vengeance is directed against
such a "vagabond," and "moral leper'
as the imported scribbler who now
presides over tho columns of the
Unionist. .
For the State Rights Democrat.
The lMt Hope.
It seems to be the grand central idea
with the Republican party that ono
man holds in his hands its destiny.
Upon his course depends tho weal or
woe of their party. Their newspapers
are all eager to define his position in
advance; they explain the path he
must follow, and cling to him with
the fondest hopes and most glorious
anticipations. Should he fail to be
with them, oh ! who shall deliver them
from the bondage of 'death? That
man is no other than ( Jen. Grant. Has
Gen. Grant ever been the bold advo
cate and stern defender of their party
principles ? Has he ever been regard
ed as the embodiment of Radicalism
by an intelligent people? Can the
achievements of a general, without the
qualifications of a statesman, give him
the preference over all others of those
that have battled for the cause, found
ed the party and are deserving of the
chiefest honors in its ranks ? Certain
ly the party has forgotten to "give
honor to whom honor is due." What
is the reason they do not speak more
of representative men ? men who rep
resent the issues that have been tested
in the recent elections ? such as Sum
ner, Phillips, Garrison .or Brownlow ;
a few of the many representing the
doctrine of "Uuivcrsal Manhood Suf
frage," and everlasting "taxation and
confiscation ?" When such as these
find they are deserted by their friends, j
and all their labors lost, is it surpris
ing if we should hear of their deser
turn and tearing down of the temple
reared for their own glorification ? It
is evident that such men as Sumner,
Stevens & Co. cannot win. The re
cent elections have buried them with
the issues they sprung upon the peo
ple. Their doom is sealed, and there
is no hope for the party unlcsa they
can get some man like Grant, not fully
committed to their schemes, to snatch
it from the gulf of destruction. The
party platform will no longer wjn, and
hence the destiny of the great "Union
party," so-called,' Jiangs upon the
course of one man. But with the
Democratic party whose principles
are, "equal and exact justice to all
men, special privileges to none" who
go for principle, not men, it points
to no man as holding its destinv, nor
cares for them that seek favor aside
from principle. No one man can con
trol the progress of that party which
looks to the welfare of all the people,
and is marching with rapid strides to
a glorious victory. J. M. S.
The New York Herald says that a num
ber of Republicans have been in Wash
ington consulting about our finances, and
adda :
"What do these financial patriots pro
pose to do? Simply to return to specie
payments about eight months from this
time that is to say on the 30th of June
next. And this is to be done by redeem
ing in gold the bonds these patriots hold.
That is, the Government shall pay fcr the
bonds about thirty per cent, more than
they are worth in the market. The Gov
ernment can now enter the market, just
the same as Mr. Smith, Jones or Brown
can, and buy these bond. at a little over
70 cents in gold. Yet it must not do so,
according to these philosophers ; it must
give a hundred in gold, though all the
rest of the world can buy at seventy, or
it must not buy at all until the market is
forced up to par. This would be a nice I
little arrangement for the bondholders,
if practicable."
TnE Pioneer Oil Mill made oil yester
day for the first time. Wc visited there
and went 'Over it with much interest.
The seed is crushed by iron rollers; then
is ground, or mulled, by large stone mul
lers, which' are seven feet in diameter and
and about sixteen inches thick, weighing
0,500 pounds. They tread around in a
circle on a stone bed, mashing the meal
still finer. The meal is heated by steam
from a boiler outside; then put into bags
and pressed oil being used in the press
instead of water. The oil is then forced
out of the meal, and the oil cak is left,
which is also very valuable. This is again
ground up into meal for feed. Tho com
pany, Mr. Cartwright tells us, has about
10,000 bushels of seed to manufacture,
and have agreed for another season's sup
ply of larger amount. Salem Record. '
Because the Radicals failed "to plant
themselves firmly on Negro Suffrage,"
the papers of that party eay they were
beaten in Connecticut.
Because they did plant themselves
firmly bn Negro Suffrage in Ohio, men
who voted Negro Suffrage now excuse
their defeat in Ohio. ,.
Thus do these Radicals blow hot and
blow cold with the same breath.
The Radical majority in Ohio last
year was 42,696.
Lebanon Correspondence. !
Lebanon, Dec. 11. 1807
Editor Mate Jliyhts Democrat :
DuA.it Sin A correspondent of the
"Democrat" hailing from this town
and signing himself "Pro Bono Publi
co," alits "Dashaway," has been ven
tilating the characters of the good
people of Lebanon, their "walk and
conversation," their "goings out and
comings in," before the readers of t he
" Dkmockat " with a good deal of mi
uutia and animadversion.
We are represented as a communi
ty of busy-bodies, scandal-mongers,
ofli co-seek its, with virtue easy and
purses tight, without enterprise or
good principles.
Not that all this is charged openly
in plain language, but covertly, by
sly innuendo and quiet sarcasm, which
means all this while pretending to say
something else.
As self defence is the first law of
nature, I propose, with your permis
sion, to reply through the columns of
the "Dk.mocuat" and rebut tho innu
endoes and sophistries of your corres
pondent. And while doing so I shall
seek no quarrel with P. B. P. lie in
so far as I know a scholar and a gen
tleman, appearing perfectly ho in his
demeanor, which makes his written
sentiments the more inexplicable. He
does not look like a man who takes
delight in maligning his neighbors, or
in searching out and contemplating
their defect of character.
Nor can it be imagined how he
can consider it "Pro Bono Publico"
to show up to tho world all the moral
deficiencies and delinquencies of the
community in which he lives, and from
which he expects to derive his sup
port. Nor does it appear consistent
with the principles of a " Dashaway"
to "drink when he is sick or when he
wants to," or to oppose temperance
organizations. But though we can
not fathom his motives we do not im
pugn them. He may be honest j his
views but mistaken in hi impression
and wrong in his expressions.
The people of Lebanon, like all oth
er communities, are a mixed assort
ment; having their good, bad, and
inditiVreut. They are guilty of griev
ous sins, no-doubt, both of omission
and commission ; but that this cora
munitv is. worse than other commuui
tie h a hypothesis not demonstrated
by any evidence that has yet appear
ed. On the contrary, a community
more inclined to stay at home and
mind its own busincs, i seldom met
with. And no better evidence of their
forbearance and hatred of scandal
can be required, than the fact that in
spite of the provocation given by the
writing of "Pro Bono Publico," no
word of recrimination or abuse has
ever been applied to him, in my hear
ing, by any citizen of Lebanon. True,
an honest feeling of resentment has
been exhibited, on account of the j
hint offered against the reputation of
our ladies. The ladies of Lebanon j
are equally as virtuous, as talented,!
and as amiable, no doubt, as the la
dies of any other community. And
should one of them fall a prey to some
designing villain, it by no means ar
gues that all the rest are of easy vir
tue, or lacking in modesty and every
feminine qualification of mind and
heart. It is a matter of serious re
gret, that the ladies of this vicinity,,
innocently and thoughtlessly no
doubt, should have "laid themselves
open " to his censure ; or that he could
have found no other foe more worthy
of his steel. As to the want of enter
prise here, there are certain laws of
trade which govern the growth of
towns, and those laws are not favora
ble to the rapid growth of Lebanon.
Her sister city of Albany, but four
teen miles distant, has facilities for
both manufactories and trade, with
which it is useless for Lebanon to try
to compete. It keeps up with ' the
wants of the surrounding country. -It
can do no more. It contains an
excellent school in a fine building,
two churches, a steam saw-mill, (and
it is under consideration to add a
flouring mill also;) three stores, two
harness shops, a blacksmith's shop, a
wagon shop, a cabinet shop, a carpen
ter shop, three Dr's offices, an excel
lent dentist, and not one whiskey shop.
This certainly does not speak ill for
the industry and morality of tho peo
ple here. They may have been slow
in finishing the Academy. That
can have injured no one. If it
did, anyone parading his grievances
through the newspapers can not help
the matter. His proper recourse is in
a court of law where ho will doubt
less be awarded all damages . proven.
If no one has been wronged, then
allow me mildly to suggest that it is
only no o?iea business. Tho good peo
ple here probably commenced it when
they thought best ; have improved it
as necessity or convenience required,
and their means sanctioned ; and will
finish it when they get ready.- It is
certainly a fine building, with ample
accommodations for a largo school,
and one of the pleasantest, most com
modious, and neatly and comfortably
finished and furnished church rooms
in the State. Most respectfully, &c.
Justice.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
Continued from nit juiye,
TllK COST OF THE MtF.HKNT l'l.AN.
I would not put consideration f money
in competition with justice nnl riht, but
tlio expenses incident to reconstruction under
the Hyktcm adopted by Congress will ngKra'
vnto what I regard tin tho intrinsic wrong of
tho measure itself. It has cunt uncounted
million already, and if peiMnled in, it will
add largely to tho list of taxation already
too oppressive to he homo without just com
plaint, and may finally reduco tho treasury
of tho nation to a condition , of bankruptcy.
Wo mut not delude ournelvo. It will re
quire a strong Htandiug army, and probably
more than two hundred millions of dollar
per annum, to maintain tho nupremaey of
the negro (Jovernuieut.i after they aro estab
lished. The Hum thu thrown away would,
if properly ued, form a sinking fund largfl
enough to pay tho wholo national debt in
less than fifteen years. It if in vain to hope
that tho negroes will' thciiNclves without
military power maintain their ascendency ;
they nr w holly ineapablo f holding in nub
juration the white people of tho South. I
Nuhmit to the judgment of Coiigres wheth
er tho public credit may not be injuriously
a fleeted by a system of measures like this.
With our'debt'ttiid tho vint private interests
which ore complicated with it, we cannot
be too caution of a policy ivhieh might by pos
sibility impair the eofitldenee of the world in
our tlovcrnuiertt. That confidence can only
bo retained by carefully inculcating the prin
ci!b; of justice and honor on the popular
mind, and by the iw t M-rtipulutn fidelity to
all our engagement of every iort. Any
nerinUH breach of the organic law, persisted
in fir a coijKiderable time, cannot but create
fears f r the stability of free institution.
Habitual violation of prcwribed rule, which
wo 1nul otirMdve to observe, mui-t demor
alize the pople. Oiir only standard of civil
duty being net at naught, tie: doot ancbor
of our political morality in lot, the public
CMnKeienco swing from it mooring' and
yield to every impulse f pai-dou and inter
est. If wo repudiate the Constitution we
wilt not be expected to care much fr pecu
niary obligation. The violation of mi eh a
pledge as v.e mad' on the '2'M day of duly,
l8Jf v.-ill niurelly diminish the market
vaht of our other pfoiMise ; beside, if we
now nek now ledge that the national debt wa
created not to ledd the States in the I'ntoii,
a the taxnaver were led t MJtfioe but to
ctpcl them fnun it and ban I them over to be
governed by ugrori, the duty ti pay il may
neem much Jei clear. I ay it may fcin
so; fr I do not admit that thU or any other
argument in favor of repudiation ran be en-tortaine-l
n "Un I, but its influence on
om c!:i, of mind may well bo appre
hended. The ffutieiul le-nor of a great
commercial nation largely indebted, a:id
with a republican form of government ad
ministered by neiits .f the popular voice,
i a thing of Mieb delicate texture, and the
destruction iJ it wouj'l !uu v. eily Mich
unspeakable calamity, that every true
patriot mut deire to avoid vrhatefer miht
exp oitt the idighu-'U danger. The great
introU of the country require immtdiate
r'dief front t!ee ena rtm-'iit1. I;ifin':4 in
the Siuth i" paralyze I by a M-ne of gen
cm! inecuriiy, by tie? terror S confUcaMon
an 1 the drea t of negro supremacy. The
Snitberu trade, from which the North
would have derived 10 r'tit a profit under
a government of law, Mill tanguihe( and
can never b? retrieved until it rer.es to be
nheltercd by the arbitrary power which
makes a!l itn operations utiafe. That rich
country, thf richest the world ever aw, is
wore than if it !e not n p!aeel un
der the j.r. tet-tion ef a free Constitution.
Instead of belli;, n it cubist to be, a fcource
of wealth and honor, it will ec-!.e an in
tolerable burden njK-n the weal A tUa nation.
Tin; voter, or thi: uxctios.
Another rca-on f ;r retracing our j-teps
will doubtk'M be Ken by Congress in the
late manifestation of public opinion uj
on the Mibjcct. Wc liye in a c mntry
where the popular will alwny eu force
obedience i'KMier or ta'cr. U i vain to
thin of opposing it with anything hort
of legal authority, backed by overwhelm
ing force?. It cannot have ctecjH.'d your
attcntiou that Jrom the cay on which
Ccngres faitly and formally presented
the proposition to govern the outheni
States with military force, with a view to
tho ultimate establishment of negro su
premacy, every expression of the general
Kc-ntimcnt has been more or 1c adverse
to it. Tho affections of thU generation
cannot be detached from the institutions
of their ancestors. Their determination
to presorvo the inheritance cf a free
Government in their own hand, and
transmit it unimpaired to their own pos
ferity. U too strong to bj successfully
overpowered. Kvery weaker pn&sion will
disappear before that lovo of liberty ami
law lor which the American people ate
distinguished above all others in the world.
How tar the duty of the 1 resident to pre
serve, protect and defeud tho Constitu
tion requires hua to po m opposing un
constitutional Acts of Congress, is a very
serious and important question, on which
I hate deliberated much, and feel" ex
tremely anxious to reach a proper conclu-
Eion. here an Act has been pas.sea ac
cording; to the forms of tho Constitution
by tho 8upreme legislative authority and
regularly enrolled among tho publio stat
utes of tho country, Executive resistance
to it, especially in times of high party ex
citement, would bo likely to produce a vi
olent collision between tho respective ad
herents of tho two branches of the Gov
ernment. -This would bo simple civil
war, and civil war must bo resorted to on
ly as tho last remedy for tho worst of
evil.s. Whatever might tend to provoke
should bo most carefully avoided. A
faithful and conscientious magistrate will
concede very much to honest error and
something evcu to perverse malice, be
fore ho will endanger tho public peace,
and ho will not adopt forciblo measures,
or such as might lead to forco, as long, as
those which aro peaceable remain open to
him or-to his constituents. It is truo
that cases may occur in which the Exec
utive would bo compelled to staud upon
its rights and maintain them regardless of
all consequences. If Congress should
pass an Act which is not only in palpable
conflict with the Constitution, but ' will
certainly, if carried out, produce immedi
ate and irreparable injury to tho organic
structure of tho Government, and if there
be neither judicial remedy for tho wrongs
it inflicts nor power in the people to pro
tect themselves without the official aid of
their elcctod defender j if, for instance, the
legislative department should pass an Act,
oven through all tho forms of law, to
abolish a ' co-ordinato department of the
Government, in such case tho President
might tako tho high responsibility of his
office and save the life of the nation at all
hazards. Tho so-called lieeonstruction
Acts, though as plainly unconstitutional
as any that can bo imagined, wero not
believod to bo within tho class last men
tioned. The people wero not wholly dis
armed of tho power of self-defence in all
the Northern States; they still' held in
their hands the sacred, rightof the ballot,
and it was safe to believe .that in due
tirno they would eomo to tho rescue of
their own institution. It gives mo pleas
ure to add that tho appeal to our com
mon cotihtifuentH was not taken in vain",
and thnt my confidence in their virtue
and wisdom pectus not to have been misplaced.
TI1K TK.NL'KK 01" OFFICK LAW.
It is well and publicly known that
onormou fraud have been perpetrated
on tho treasury, ami colossal fortunes
have been mado at tho public expense.
This species of corruption has increased,
is increasing, and if not diminished will
soon bring us into ruin and disgrace.
Tho public creditors and tax-payers arc
alike interested in an honest administra
tion of tho finances, and neither class
will long enduro tho highhanded robber
ies of tho recent past. For this dis
creditablo stato of things there are sev
eral cause. Home of tho taxes aro so
laid as to present an irreiliblcj tempta
tion to evade payment. Tho great sums
which oflieerrf may win by connivance at
fraud create a pressure which is more
than tho virtue of many can withstand,
and there can be no doubt that tho open
disregard of constitutional obligations
avowed by some of the highest and most
influential men in tho country has great
ly weakened tho moral scno of those
who servo in xubordiunta place. The
expense. of tho United States, including
intercut on tho public debt, oro more than
six limes as much as they were xcven
year ago. To collect and disburse this
vast amount requires careful supervision
as well ns pytcruatic vigilance. This sys
tem, never perfected, was much disorgan
ized by the Tenure of Office bill, which
has almost entirely destroyed official ac
countability. Tho President may be
thoroughly convinced tint au officer may
bo incapable, di-dionest or unfaithful to
tho Constitution, but under the Saw
which I have named the utmost he can
do is to complain to the Senate and ask
the privilege of supplying hi placo with
a better man. If the Senate be regarded
a personally or politically hostile to the
President, il U natural nnd not altogeth
er unreasonable fo the officer to expect
that it will take hi? part a far as poj-xi-bU
restore him to hi place and give
htm triumph over the Executive superior.
The officer ban other chances of impunity
arising from accidental defeat of i-videnec;.
the Mode; of invpsfigating it, and the
secrecy of tho hearing.
It i not wonderful that official tnalfca
sanre should become, bold in proportion
as the delinquent learn to think them
selves safe. I am entirely persuaded that
under such a rule the President cannot
perform the great duty aligned to him
of seeing the law be faithfully executed,
and that it disable him most especially
from enforcing that rii 1 accountability
which i mcew;arv to the du e xecution
of the revenue law. The Cou-titulkn
invct the President with authority to
decide whether a removal should be made
iti any given caT ; the Act of Congrm
declares in "3-!.-. tint he hall only
acu -e such ns he t:p.:..c Jo bo unwecthv
of their tru.'t. Tho Contitu!i m malt"
him o!c judge in the premises bnt the
s. tKCi :;w y im juniictio.', trio,
fcr it to ti e Senate, and I?are him
nothing but the r.Jiorj and soiatfimcs
iciprsct'cabl'? duty of becoming a prose
cntr the proecr.tiou to be conducted
before a tribunal wb e member arc not,
like him, rcpojiibh? to the who!? pwple.
but to cparafe e ntituent bolic, and
who may hear hi accusation with great
disfavor. The Sena! JM absolutely with
out any known Mand ird of decision appli
cable to jtneh a ca. It judgment
cannot be anticipated, for it t not govern
ed by any rule. The la dre-4 not define
what shall be deemed goxI cause for
removal. It i impossible to conjecture
what may or may not be m considered by
the Senate. The nature of. the subject
forbids clear proof. If tho charge be
incapacity, what evidence hall support
it? Fidelity to the Constitution may be
understood in a thousand different way,
and by violent party men in violent party
time, unfaithfulness to the Constitution
may oven come to be considered merito
rious. If the officer I o accused of dis
honesty how shall it be made oat? Will
it be inferred from art unconnected with
public duty, from private history, or from
general reputation ? or mutthe President
await the commission of an actual misde
meanor in office ? Shall he in the mean
time risk tho character and interest of
the nation in the hand of men to whom
ho eonnot give hi confidence ? Must he
forbear tho complaint until tho mischief
is done and cannot be prevented " If hi
zeal in tho public service tdiould impel
him to anticipate the overt act, must ho
move at the point of being fried himself
for tho offcn?e of slandering his subordin
ate ? In the present circumstances of
the country, somo one must bo held re
sponsible for official delinquency of every
kind. It is extremely dill'cult to say
where that responsibility should bo thrown,
if it bo not left where it has been placed
by the Constitution. Hut all just men
will admit that the President ought to
bo entirely relieved from such responsi
bility, if he cannot meet it, by reason of
restrictions placed by law upon his action.
The unrestricted power of removal
from offico is a very great ono to be trust
ed even to a magistrate chosen by tho
general sufFrago of tho whole peoplo, and
accountable directly to them for his acts.
It is undoubtedly liablo to abuse, and at
some period of our history, perhaps, has
been abused. If it bo thought desirable
and constitutional that it should bo so
treated as to make tho President merely a
common informer against other publio
agents, ho should at least bo permitted to
actio that capacity before some open tri
bunal, independent of party politics,
ready to investigate tho merits of every
case, furnished with the means of taking
ovidenco, and bound to decide acoording
to established rules. This would guaran
tee tho safety of tho accuser when he
acts in good faith, and at tho same time
secure tho rights of the other party. I
spoak, of course with all proper respect
for tho present Senato j but it does not
scorn to me that any legislative body can
bo so constituted as to insure its fitness
for these functions.
It is not tho theory of this Govern-
ment that publio offices aro tho proper
ty ot thoso who hold them: they aro
given merely as a trust for tho publio
benefit-sometimes for a fixed period,
sometimes daring good behavior but
generally they aro liable to be termi
nated at the pleasure of tho appointing
power which represents the collcctivo
majority and speaks tho will of the peo
ple. Tho forced detention in office of
a single dishonest person may work great
injury to publio interests.
The danger to tho public service comes
not from tho power to remove, but from
tho power to appoint; therefore it was
that tho framcrs of tho Constitution left
tho power of removal unrestricted, while
they uavo tho Semite a right to reject all
appointments which in its opinion were
not fit to be made. A littlo vcflcction on
this subject will probably satisfy all who
have tho good ol the country at heart that
our best course is to take the Constitu
tion for our guide, walk in tho path
marked out by the founders of the Repub
lic, and obey the rules made sacred by the
observance of our great predecessors.
Coutinucfl next week.
The Oim'ohjtion on tiik Willam
ette. Mr. JIaun,oneof the projectors
of the fcheme for a new lino of steamers
on the Willamette, informed us yesterday
that the Lewiston is receiving her upper
works as fast as the weather permits.
The boat contracted for above the falls is
progressing. The engines from the old
steamer Vancouver will bo transferred to
the same, and the Willamette Iron Works
will nrobably manufacture the boiler. If
tho weather continues unpropitious the
line will probably not be in working con
dition until the 15th of February. So
Mr. Haun says. Itnahl.
A Wonikhfi;l Pump. The heart of
an animal is a miniature forccpump, hav
ing supply and discharge pipes and com
plete sets of valves. It has a world of
work to do during a lifetime of seventy
years. Each miuute the human heart
beats about seventy times, at each beat re
ceiving aud discharging two and one
half ounces of blood. Thus it must dis
tribute 17o ounces per minute, C50 pounds
per hour, 7 ton per day; and in cvcn
ty year about 200,000 tons.
No pump ever constructed by man has
continued to work o felcad'ily, without
derangement, and without repairs though
that is saying too much; for, by it won
derful mechanism, it repairs it own wear
until the end ot life.
"Old P
en" of Ohio is Wading up to
igaiost the current of topular
ht neck
opini .n,
him.
the Salmon in full Cha.se after
N E W A I X E 11 T I S E 31 E X T S
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"1 1 ruULD RnjfMX'TFl'LLV ANNOUNCE TO
f y the t'uittiu of Albaty au l vicinity that
c ii4irv jt retired asd ej-nrd, at Cbendk
old laii-J, ou lit corner 4" Mm Crvatl Ailia
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UI FT EOOKS !
Mitiiutttix J?osctrovil Wriiisty
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STANDARD SCHOOL BOOKS'.
I.aU? Works of Favorite and Ftandard Authors,
teik si a r ou lit of Yaukto Notion Vo numer
ous l iovr.titio.
.Z-irt lusld we Lo out of such articL's &s are
desired, wa can have orders promptly filled in
thro dnys.
Aliy. Dec. 2, 1867 v3o20yl
THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD I
"RKXTHACTT FUOJI A LKTTKIt
jPj I'KUM IJA HON SOLOMON UOTllSCHILD.
raRtn, Rth April, 1SG l,2i Hue Fauby St. llooore.
at I you iH kind enough .o bare forwarded ti
inc here 2uy bottles of your Indian Linimetit; if
you w ill send at the same tinw the acfouat, I will
forward you the amount through Messrs. Belmont
A Co., New York.
liarun Solomon Rothschild, having recommend
ed to raany of bis friends Major Lauo's Liniment,
and tbey iMiing desirous t procure it, be should
adv-i.ebita to establish a depot in Paris.
Tho INDIAN LINIMENT, as a relief ever
ready, as a killer f paio, taken- inwardly or out
wardly applied, has no equal. For the relief and
cure f HllEUMATlC and NKURALUIC AF-
FECTIOXS, Fl'RAlN.S, EUULSES, etc., etc.. His
unequalled. It is also most efficacious tnken in-
wordlv in Hie rnre of I'llOLLUA, fit AMI'S and
PAINS IX THE STOMACH, D I Alt II HCEA. DY S
ENTKltY, CHOLEUA MOKUUS,CIIOLEKA IN
FANTUM, etc.. etc., and is without exception the
MOST WONDERFUL PANACEA tho world af
fords. NO FAMILY should bewithoutit. Every
TRAVELER by Innd or sea, should baveabottlc.
MINERS and FARMERS residing at a distauee
from physicians should keep it constantly on hand.
In case of accidents and sudden attacks of ttmaeh
complaints, its value cannot be estimated. In
quire for .
MAJOR LANE'S INDIAN LINIMENT I
AND TASS NO OTHER!
PRICK FIFTY CENTS PRU BOTTLE.
For sale at wholesale and retail by
III DSOX A SIcCAUTY,
14 Merchnnt's Exchange, San Francisco, Cal.,
General Agents for the Pacific coast.
And by respoctablo druggists throughout the
world. None genuine unlcs signed by John Thoa.
Laue and countersigned by J. T, Lano & Co., Pro-
nrit-tora. 10:i Uroadwav, New iork.
fScnd for a Circular.
doc2Sv3n203m
PUMPS ! PUMPS I
Tho Dcst and Cheapest Now in Use !
TIIE SUBSCRIBER WOULD RESrECTFUL
ly inform the cituens ot Albauy aud surround
ing country that he is now manufacturing a very
superior WOODEN PUMP, the best and
cheapest now in uso. AU kinds of Pumps repair
ed at short notice. Also pipe laid.
SJ" Shop first door north of stage office.
D. MARSH.
Albany, Docctabcr 14, 1867 v3nl8m3
' ; ; ' 1 I
; ... IVotioe. .:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, WARNING
the publio against buying or trading for
either of four promissory notes made payable to
J. Q. Thornton or bearer, for the sum of three hun
dred and soventy-five ($375.) dollars each, and
boarin or date. Sentember 25th. 1867.
Two of the above notes are payable in ono year
from dato, and two ia two years from aato.
The above notes .were obtained by misrepresen
tation and without consideration for value received
therefore I will not Pg MONTEITII.
Albany, Oregon, Oct. 11, 1S67. v3n!7w4
JOIJ WO UK ysatly and cheaply done at
this OUice. '
ADVERTISEMENTS.
BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OP EXECUTION
iaaued out cf the Circuit Court of the Stato
ot Oregon for tbtf county of Linn, nnd to me di
rected and delivered hy the Clerk of aid Court oh
the 1 1th day of November, A. D. 18C7, in ft &T 0f
Jacob Keex, Exoeator of the Estate of 2oritsM
Keen, deceased, plaintiff, and against Isaac li.
Courtney, Mary J. Keen and Daniel C. Courtney,
defendant, for the Hum of $961 ani ninctr-slit
one hundredth dollars, damages and costs, I did
on the 20tb day of November, A. V. 1867, levy
upon the following described real estate to-wit: r
All the right, title, Interest, dower and right of
dower in and to the followinr. described real prop
erty, to-wit : Donation Land Claim Jfo. 43, Jfoti- "
Ecation No. 2,06;;, Tp. 14, 8. K. 2, West Will.
Mer., Linn chanty, Oregon. Also, I did on the 3d
day of December, A. D. 1867, levy upon the fol
lowing described real estate, to-wlt : The west
half of Donation Land Claim Not. No. 2,519,
Claim No. 63, Tp. 12. B. R, 1, W. Willamette Mer
idian ; also all the interest of the said Jlary J.
Kees in and to the East half of Claim No. 63, No
tification No. 2,iia, Tp. 12, 8. It. 1, West Will,
Meridian.
And on Saturday, the 4lh day of January, A
D. Ur,H, Utwcen tho hours of o'clock a. if. and
4 o clock p. m. of said day, at the Court House door
hi the city of Albany, Linn county, Oregon, I will
sell the above described property at public auction,
for U. 8. gold coin, to the highest and best bidder,
all the right, title and interest In the above men
tioned property of the above named defendants,
together with the appurtenances thereunto belong-inf-
HARVEY SMITH.
, , tfbcrifT of Linn county, Oregon.
IJr J. W. RRAHDKjrkVRo, Deputy. .
Dated at Albany. December 6, 1867 -nI7w4
iciiiT'H .Sale.
B
Y VIItTUE OF A WKIT OP EXECUTION
issued out of the Circuit Court of tb fctalo
ol Oregon lor the County of Linn, and Vi me di
rected and delivered by the Clerk of said Court,
im tlielfeth day of November, A. D. 1 867, ia favor of
Jacob Kcc, Administrator of the estate of Isaac
Kees, deceased, plaintiff, and against J. W. Wel
ton and Enoch Thompson, defendasta, for the lain
of $S2,00, damages and cots aud accruing costs,
1 dH on tho I'Jt'u day of November, A, I). 187,
levy upon the following described real property, to
wlt: Commencing at a point 4 chain and ?, liBk
Eat, and 76 lioks Houth, from the Northwest cor
ner of Township No. H, Hvuth of kaage Xo. 2,
West of the Willamette Meridian, in the county
of Linn and fc'tate of Oregon, and ruaning thence
East 4 chains and 7 links j tbenec North 3 chain
and Vi links ; thence Wet 4 ehaina and 7 links ;
thence Hojtb 3 chains and lit links, to the plaee
of beginning, and containing ne and forty-tight
one hundredth a res. Also, Lot No. ia Dlek 3,
Lot No 1 in Mock 1, and half of Lot Jit,. Z ia
Mock I, being in ross' aiiitiou to North Browns
ville, Linn county, trtm.
And on Saturday, the 4tfe day cf Jansary, A.
D. IhCi, Utween the Lonrs of 'i o'clock a. x. and
4 o'tl --k r. . of said day, at the Court House
door, in the city i t Albany, Linp county, Oregon,
I will sell at public auction, to the highest an-1
bctt bidder. f-r cash in hand, alt the right, title
as.d Intercft in the above mentioned property of
th! raid J. W, W.;hr,n and Envch Tb'.mpenn, to
gether with the appsirtensnces tfcerc-c? W!'-nr
. HAiiVEY ssiim
f t v t pRsriff, Einn coasfy, Oregor.
JJr J. . EiustJESBraa, Depsty. .
Date 1 at Albany, D;cta&ttr 6, lioT .a.?7wl
A.lII.I.vrtt,lTOKg $.1X11.
JOTICE 1.4 HEREBY IVEX THAT TIIK
Xl udrniS:n"J, the dcly apjintej Adminis
trator cf ta; ectnte of Wtftiaoi Tcwr, deceased, by
virUf ara orler of the County Court cf Linn
eoafcty, Orton. laadc tia the ith day .f December
at the rejjuUr hwraWr Tcrs- of said Cort, 1S67.
will offer at pu!.'ic fa!c, to the bi;:h -t and bet
bidder, at the Court lljuev doir ic.S;ud Lian toan
ty, ou
Saturday, the Itlh doofjanmiiy, 1SGS,.
between tac boar of 9 o'clock a. is. &4 4 o'clock
p. la. of said day. the fullowkig Iieal EUt Lt
lotsia U aaid i tUte, l-t: "Donation Land!
Claim N. G4,M.injr part of f-tions It and liof.'
Tp. US ,H. It. NV 2. Wet, in Liun euuaty, O gen,
and cUIbms "sic!lj 321 and 27 baudredtbj'
acre, sav ii;-and txve; ting t here f rota V-0 acretv
nwu: or Uw, ..tf of the N. E. e rser of said claim
hirU.f r.', U-;t: on the 27tb day t( October.
IcCi, sold and conveyed by deed bv tb sai 1 Vil-.
liam Terry, ia LU lifetime, i.j Martha I'. 3?'iier.
Kevins auouii I tu b sold 211 aud 27 bundrcdlU
acres, tuurv or k.-. Terms of fate, twelve ujoctb
credit, I'urebafre pries:, le paid ia V. S. guldcous.
with interest au. approved scenritr.
THOMAS 1. CAUUY, Adm'r.
Dated at Albany, Liun couaty, Orecoa, Decern-.
U-r Cth. A. D. Lvi7.
CtLtsvit Jt lit-m, Atty'a fr Adm'r vSalSwl
GROB'S
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rpiIIS INSTITUTE If SITUATE.
in a n-tircl and beautiful location, away
from the basinets prtion of the citv, on THIRD
Utween B and C STREETS, Po.tland, Oregon.
Attached to the buitding are extensive and beau
tiful grouaJs for the convenience tf pupUs.
The Educational Department will bo in charges
ofaartScK-at corps of Teachers. CAPT. J. P. C.
ALISOPP, (fortnt rly a Professor in the University
of Louisiana, and for the last five years Principal
of a Ctdk-giate luMiiuie ia the Soutaera part or
California,) PriueipaL
Na effort will be spared to mako this Institute
equal to the best on the Pacifie eoast. Tho course
4"iudi is will embrace all the branches usually
taught in firxt-class Seminaries in the East, in
cluding the Classics, Frcaeb, German, Spanish,
.v.awicinatics, Ac, ic.
Tho ifuairal Department will e conducted by
PROF. H. GUIDO G ROB, Graduate of Planel s
Censcrvatorie. ;
Parties from the mantry rosy rest assured that,
under the care of MRS. GROB, (Matron of the
Establishment.) thy willexperience all the attention
of a mother and jMijoy the eomforts of a home.
N. B. Particular attention will be paid to the
choice of Text Books, in order to avoid anything
of a .SVWuwKif w 'rtian mature, la our curriculum
of studies.
For further particulars, enquire at the Institute
or address H. C.UIDO GROB, P. a Box No. ICS.
CAPT. ALLSOPP will continue to give Evening
Lessons ia the Modern Languages and English
branches.
Octobc 12, 1S67 v3n9yl ' ' " '
CHAIR MANUFACTORY!
AJfD
TTjr3STT3STC3- SHOP!
T
HE SUBSCRIBER WOULD RESPECTFUL-
ly inform the publio that he is prepared to-
do all kinds of
TVKNINO .
.-:-'
in a workman-like and expeditious manner." Also,,
be keeps on hand, and for sale, SPINNING
WHEELS, and tha best of i
Raw-hido Bottom or Kitchen Chairs I
All of which will be sold cheap for Cash. Or-,
dors solicited. Shop near the old Flour Mill," at,
the upper'end of I'irst street. ' ' .
JOHN M. METZLER,
Nov, 23, '67 vSnlSyl .
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CONSTANTLY OS HAND:
STANDARD AND. MISCELLANEOUS EOORS
Juvenile, Toy "Gilt nnd Elank Cooks,
GOLD It Si, AND
SCHOOL BOOKS- AND STATIONERY I,
' Of every kind used in the State.
3 BOOKS IMPORTED TO ORDER, at.
short notice. ' . Declnl61y