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mt Democrat.
FKIDAY...
..AUGUST IT,. I SSI
1 1 i.n HY ViLUkRti and .). 1. Mont
gomery, the railrosbi rontraelor, says
tho Walla Wall i Journal, loft Kfiw
York yesterday fur this country. It
is untlerstofxl that with thr arrlyal f
tifr. Vlllanl there will be a consider
able change made among the officers
of the 6. R. & N. anl Northern Pa
ri lie eompnhles.
SoMK fanatical RetHih)n jutier
ia Tows arc still asset ting thnt till thr.
temperance end religion there is in the
Union is found in the isnks of the lie
publicim iriy. We would cite them
to the f:ct that Noith (Volin-t lias
just oted on prohibition, ami while
ih lVmo.mtie majority in that state
is only 1 0,000, juohihition was defeatel
by a niHinrhv it twctnti! fire thtmfnwt
rale.
'"Til I dillVreoce lietwecn the Etoftft-
jusers ami DeeaoerHtS in Virginia is
very easily state I. It. ix thirteen mil
lion. The Readjust em wish to cheat
the creditors of the state out of this
sum. The Democrat would like to
be lil of this hnroVn, hut thev eannof
bring their ooHwirnees up to the eratch
of iuidiaion. This is the 1 m& and
short of the political trouble in Vii
ritda."
h is ipitte likely ttmt our cttlxeits
will la ealksl ujai!! lsfore joiijj to con
tribute something toward bringing a
woilen toiil here, lanwotlrtl tnlwiWI
will le ftMindsome iur.sting corres-i.indciH-e
from Me-srs Staley V Sons,
South !Lml,TnJiaii.t. They are men
i f capital and exiHrt&nce and in all
UnhahlHty an la induced to locate;
here, if our citizens see the matter
in the right light and take hold or it
properly.
Li ei r. Klipp.:r, the only negro grad
uate of West Point, is in iiouhie. A
telegram from Nan Antonia, Texas saa
that he lias lea arrest et I. charged
with defrauding the givcrnmr nt f .$l -(MH)
while acting as coiituiis-arv of sub
sistence. He got Isthind in hia accounts
and cxplaineii to Col. Shafter that h"
ha I money in the San Antonio Nation
al Lank, which was shown !v a tele
gram to U fals. A few days ago he
mounted a horse and atuited off, when
he was arrestel fur attempt to des-tt to
MeKiean soil. Oo his ierRou wete found
m mey an I drafts, showing criminal in
tentions. Tun platform prepared by the Dem
ocratic or C inset vatiea party iti i r
ginia takes liigh ground a-a ut :iil
iWas ol rfj...4ii;.ti.ni ftru hn.amces
ll inti rf.r-me with ii... t t,m 0f
eieclion. The Ioqoiblican parity headed
by Mah are in firinor of repadtatiirr
aliont t0,000,000 of the Virginia
debr, and the straight Republican par
ty has waited with them. Wlan Judge
Wiiliauis apofce ia Albany during the
last Presidential campaign, he charged
the Southern Democrat with leig re
pudiationists. Th Judge was mi-taken.
Democra- are now ntoI4icg the hon-
or of old Virjinii, an 1 R qei .li.'ins are
crying for repudiation.
Tim Umq peanee qneation is now
lading agitaaed in all j a-fs fit the Un
-OP, an! we aerial t isoe that nei-!
ther s'd of ih- dileriin a is taken by
any of our national political parties
In Iowa the Republican party has a
prohibiCo i lank in its platform, but
the Burlington laudvys, their princi
pal organ, my it "ia bearfily oppos
ed to the adoption -A the prohibitory
ameudruent, and whatever infiieilui
it poseses will be used to defeat the
Seaendfiteut should it ever iie-ubioii-td."
in North Carolina the caae
was different. In that Stale the
-ironjr prohibitory law rhieh was
V--0' UptMl hy li mm);m ;i .aw
wv'.' ttpt was passed in a 1 )-'itiucruiic
Lril i ; ore by a vie four -fifths leui-
cr:tti.', A t- ur d in Uc eattvaan by
Deuiot-raiic speakers, and thf.MnVen
tioti Which opened b.o. tniivaas was
offiiertil hy Dt'fiVH-r.u. We roitrht
als. Mihi that if all the Doviocrats had
-vf4ed in favor of prohibfnon that
I meusme would have earri-tl, hut all
ptiii- i mo me i .riii jH-r.iiiei; lIM'n
any more than all Republic ms are
ftlrankords and eimogh of them joint d
with the Republic um anti negroes to
cause prohihiihm to be voted dowo.
In Ohio. MMer, toe Republican can
didate for Governor, is stared in
the f.jf3 bv the tamper .nee ami anti
temperanee wiOKi if his par.y, and
he is doing us one of our Republican
cardblafes did in this eoonty last
year "carrying water on Ioth shoul
ders," or. r -ither, water tn one and
whisky on the ether. This goes fo
show plainly that no one party can
rightfully claim to number among its
meuf er-? all the temperance element
... i en: vr tiixt ; H.iai.
if pakis us to nnnotinee that we
ha vi lll f.l Vl If.! I lit lloa'u i.i rwm
lenders in relai ion tw the condition
ni ihn L..,, :.i
.... i i r-Kifiir.
iriticul eotnlition
He is still In
and while son
I'ysieiai
miptoms
Tin. n Her.KiM t: WKHTHIN.
The petition la ibg eitciiUiK l le, the
temperance people linking tiwunl the
prolct.it ion of the ukc of liipier within
the State, by tnesujj of a ( imMitutibn
a! lUie mltui nt. is creating considerable
comment. Y e publtsli tins wveK
couiinuuieaiiou fnm Urewhaviile op
. i i
posing it. The enluintet of the DfiMO-
ii'J . . - S .1
rUAf v ill a;wjis lie open to si lair huh
courteous discussion of the oncsltoUj
lxcaue we bcTieve it has two silet.
The pestion has been Hitateil In v-
rious States of the t'nion, ate) i'rtH
been divided in arious ways, .lust
how far a Democratic form of jute em
inent has the right to dictate to i's eit
h?ens what thev slmll think wttd hat
they shall not drink maybe u piie.lem.
Acting on the genera' ly accepted prin
ciple that a government, as ours claims
to be, "of the poiV and for the oeo
people,"' may do so much unit go HO
far as the iieople themselves at the latl"
lot BOX may decide, and there is per
haps no question but the use of intoxi
cating liquor may bo constitutionally
prohibited it the majority of the as)
pis vote for prohibition. Hut the ipies-
tion presenteil by the other side again
arises. ' This right, they say, to di ink
liquor, is a eaturul right, and e urw
riot to U curtailed i "" natural
rights any farther than h neeewa-'y for
tie mutusl protection of soci.-v
We hul l this privilege in common with
all Other natural right and privileges.
and so Ion? as we d-i l t abuee if we
shall insLt uiiou holding It U any
lUCitiWi of society u'eiM-s his light to
driuk, and thua doe society a hasp
we are willing he should I punished
fir it. an 1 ot this we make no com
plaint. Hut sinilv b cans.-one man
or oe hundred man hImim tl(.-.ir rights
and privileges it is no sujBoient reeaoa
why all men sitonni m oej riiii i any
partien'ar rihl or .rivi!e;e."
We ht! glad to setaii infereM mani
fested in tt 0 U uiieiance q Ami on, and
believe h thorough dwettsiMOCi of it will
lead to a l-Uer un-h rtan.ii.i' of itn
merits tiv the jeoji! generally alien
IthO)' Come to deeide u;mu the isiu in
this state.
Since writing tlie U).e t- Ii ht re
ceived tfVO communications in anewer
to the one w-itten 'iv Tin. Rib-. I I.
Stevens last week. One isfi.-m the j -en
of Rev. .1. W. Jlarrii. tst r .-f the
'ongregationsl t "i.tn-l-. snd the.-'tn-r
Is from one of i ur mnineut citt-m.
We find thst e oidv have unun for
one, aud as Rev. Ilairis presented his
at the otiice tirst we have i.-n it
place,
week.
Th othei will Hi'i - r
IMIMT: s t 1IH(.M
The KejnToie-ans of Virginia, saya
the X. Y. Sun, after h sutrmy conven
tion on Welnewlay, split into t fae
tions over the question s fo whether
thev should nominate n straight ticket
or siqqxirt the Maboitk arty. The
Maiioxk men. i.y the aid of the Ad
ministration at Washington, prevailed,
and the Convention voted no? ro nomi
nate a State ticket. The minori'y I olt
ed, and held anotl er conrerftioti. which
selected a Strajght.out Republican
ticket, hea ieii by Ueri. W. C. Wl. K
HAU for (Governor. Gen. Wk kiiam
made a speech bitterly denouncing the
jcjalition wi h Maihink, but declin l to
I
lead the straight Republican. The
Straight OUts thereujion voUd to leave
,,,,elion of uomitMtiow
fo
their
Stat;? Committee, and adjourned. It ia
said t hat-it in probable that many of
them will snjjgmrt Mr. Daxm., the
Democratic uouiit.t- T'e lolitical
ob.server oubiide t,i Virginia will nl-
most -,.,.i of getting h cI.h- idea, of
the initiation in that State, will, ItH'l-
jjaatei-s and Funders and CsuittfOlhnS
jaml Debt Payers Strniyht out voi ifera-
taog their claims to KipulHr HiqtH.rt. It
nill HiiniiitV the situation tob---ir in
mind that the AdethtiSf ration Ht Wash
ingto i ii tiying to ma'ce Virginia Rc-iidli'-oi
by dividing the ojiNsiiion,
snl tint for this pnrpsse it in nuing
If a noor & At tlie election fv President
list y9r the combined Mamo.nt and
K'jiublican vote was H5,i6, while
th- Dcjbt' Paying D osoemts polled
M.tfJ.
niOWpHtf M IHhl'T
The last number of the San lrau-
Jonrvd ot Commerce lists this in
rlufiin li I lio urhn-il i . . i-L-1. 1
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the great advance m tho Liverpool
wheat market, followed hy that m
this market, has been the principal
topic of cw vers i tion among operators
uurin the week. I his am-ance has losses during the past five years,
heeo more marked than for a long In Austria and Hungary crops' ar?
time past. This, too, in the face of good all round. Wheat and bailey
the promise of a magnificent harvest are both above average.' Rye issljght
in Russia, cabled a day or two ago. ly under the average.
Whether this was intended fo bear Reports from Italy agree that crops
the market or not wy cannor, at pre- are of medium quality and much lie
sent writ ityg say, but if it is' it has low the abundant of those of hut
had no influence, for shipping wheat year.
jumped up in Liverpool and here fo
5?i oj on ituniay. injit is an ad-
vanceof c. 1 here has been an. ad-
vance of ioc since the beginning ot
-
jibe month, ami those who have
bawh' t wheat are glad while those
who were then scared are not just
I now blessing themselves. The sfirob-
aoiu is, hum kfi i9on win go
higher, though there is no good f0
getting excited, over fhe matter, as
.i.:i: : . . . . . c..,. i . . I .1
they do last who go slow
Mean-
lia
been stit and j 10
a I iy
tiitn: ami manor: v. onu.
!. illleiIe' Urear! alum in Wore bine J
In orraim and VaJilntiii lsl jeSrr
Mnn in itttwii .ilti ii ftr ''
7asiiinitox, Auff. 18, The annual !
report of ( "ol. (iille-pie, englmer in
charge of river ,mtl harlmr Improve-
ments in Oregon, Washington aim
Idaho, for the year ending June 'It),
ISsi), has just been received here.
Operations on the lower Willamette
and Columbia rivers in Uicgou iroiu
Portland to the m u are given in tfe
tull. The work or tlnilwr construc
tion, suspended in pceem'oer last, the
report says cannot bo resumed until
after the next low water soasoti. Col.
Gillespie suggests as a slill further
improveateiit to the rntmnce to tho
Willamette river the construction of
a small submerged dam ladiind Nig
ger Tom Mated. Tho dredge used at
Swan island having been worn out,
will bo replaced before next low water
m a
season, ny a poweriui anu gtsxt
tlrodge. Tho money nvallable for this
improvement during tho next fiscal
year report is o small that the allot
ment tor renewing dredgea will be
limited to tho manufacture of machi
nery and construction of tt new hull
ami appliances. Tho pttst nppropria.
tion for this work, including that of
March, I SKI, have aggregated $4&0,
of which amount there hai hecu
expended, up to June Id, '81 $965,
627. Tho unexpended hulanue will
tu applied in building and running
Ihe new dredge during the present
yorfr ami in purchase of material for
iho protection and preservation of ex
isting improvements. 'Iho report
recommends an appropi iat ion of $ 1 00,
000 for improvement of rivers, ex
elusive of tho bar at the entrance to
tho Columbia river.
Referring to trade statistic, tin
reiiort fcays that the introduction of
large capital to I e u-el in buildirg
railroads through the prndieMve
acres of Oregon at.tl VVash.ngton and
Idaho territories, to make count ction
with eastern systems of :.ti:roadstand
tlcveloping cod and InmlK-r interest-,
has caused a great increase in the
value of imptirts n( r the Columbia
bar, and It Is expected tn.it theccm
mertre of the northwt st will, in tUe
next flvo years, greatly Increase. It
is highly Important, therefore, that
the Columbia ami Willanutte rivers
should be kept in n tv i tMe condition
equal to the want.- of the growing
commerce.
On the upjMT V. id sritette and Yam
hill rivers, l.ouu ua-exo teh d dur
lob the year In eontloiitif improve
ments, and .$'Jjl waa svaUaUe for
future operations. It is estimated
that $38,000 is yet required to com
plete existing project, un I an appro
pri ttion of f 10,'iU is recommended
to continue these itnproveuieots tlur
iog the tl-oal year. In the upjicr
i oiunibi t and Bnako Jiv.rs, Orjefca,
more than$i'tt)00 wasexpt n led dur
ing the year, and $20,00 h ro-om-mentled
as the amount o( appropria
tion for the next t'rseal year.
The woik of constructing a canal
aniund the cascades of the Columbia,
uhieh wit! open free nay i gallon lo
the Dalles, haa been pushed rorward
vigorously during theear, and nearly
$78,000 ha- been expoodod in it.
There is aill oeeded ai,24,(an to
complete tho work, ami 7o0t000 is
recommended u.s the appropriation for
the ensuing year. . Ttreao re doubtii-aa tho principles
On improvement in t ais bay bar-j that ahouldr control CbHahui free
bor, Orejg;in, nearly $2o,000 was ex- j men, for they are the plain teeoblbfl
pendcsl during the past ymr. Nearly (of the goajKd. In view of tfeem what
17,000 was a vailabie nt the close of becotnea of tho el iims of frhhien
the year. 929000 Is still required
to complete the projected improve
ments, and $0o,0fju to b expended
during the fiscal year. Oo Yuquina
bay improvements $26,CO0 was ex
peudctl during the last year. 1 1 ia es
timated that $11-'.,ooo is yet requir
ed to complete the work, 'ind 100,-
000 is nkel for the next fiscal vear.
in:: xs eirira room
Crparta I'ram all I nfii;unii r-ij. .
Ioxmon, Aug. 22. volume of re
ports on tho hsrvest of the ditieient
countries throughout fhe world,
brought out aunualiy-, is rtow being
Issuetl. Jteports from the wheat crop
in I' ranee aro t hia year from over u
larger rtieo and lndbaie u better ciop
than las: year. This j'ear'a barley is
not Mgood as i. 's i hat is ftlrly gootl.
Maize is very onlinary. Oats and rye
fair. Wheat crojia are not up to those
of last yeuf, but wheat Is not much
below the averag ; and crops will Ikj
very had none very good, None of
thecrepsare of the average.
In the pmSrtSn states crops are
fair.
The Swiss -vhe tf crop is very p i:r
in quantity, owing to drouth, but in
quality is very floe, flits and barley
are good in quantity ami qu i!ily but
there are small ftreas s nvn t,f the lat
ter. In Belgian wheat Is fir betow tho
average. Hirley gtaxt. live and oils
fair.
All crops in Snaln are bad.
All cereals in Holland are fti (rood
condition.
i.ii reports irom tin g, agree
ait mortu fmtn ilu. I" J
that the yield will be under the aver
age.
The year is one iu which farmers
are likely to recoup thencolvos for
In the Turkish provinces on the
Danube the wlieat harvest will be
medium, and rvu troodamf jihumhint
Uarley good as regaVds quantity and
j - - ,r fy ----------hwh.vii. o
bad in quality. Oats Very much above
the average.
the average
All reports from Russia agree that
barley is the best crop of the vear.
uuuonng mat 01 irvsn in quantity, out
not so plump itrvti weighty, and rye
abundant.
it. ...... , , . .
Crops In Great Britain are about
percent below average, and like-
to realize only 10,0 )0, 000 quarters.
lit per con, above the avor-
i ill' ti with ii t: in i'stij;
tteit.i in iu-.k, ;,. so mmii
A'.Wor 1 '' m I
I u vonr issue of An
ii. 1 '!, I ' I I
i ii i i; ,.i
un artiste noai the Jtev. Mr. Hteroa,
of this city, condemnatory tot it ah
stinence, ana opjiohed lu tihi WOrJv of
I he Women x ( hiudiau I euiin i uce
Cnion ." if I undei-Klutnl his l iuuaim
hu ossei Is, in HuliHtanee, that, total r-
siinencu in mitt (Mnistian ; tluL tSSSS
who niu UUning to hamuli intoxicating
li.piora from nociety; ami ko to ve
men from the temptation nod danger
of ilntukeiiuebH, are really opiamtng
ClirtMtian piinciplen ! lie Mayi," Wlien
I Hbstincnce ii tiught as ( lirmtiuu
teuipei an ce. our Cbriatiau doctrino in
misrepresented," in spsoking of tba
teachings and exatnplo of t-'hrint, he
MavH, "inn teaciiini! ot total amu men.
is exprossly foiWdueoHhy thm I
Were these vitjwn utateiunnts pre
Mented by my friend merely us his jrr
SSOai oj'itiliHi, they might paaa unO0
aoUsed. Hat they ats thiUht forward
in the name of Chrihtiauity, und those
duTering from them are cluone l uith
"ignoiing the tcachingM of Scripture
Slid trying to lefurm the wmhl hy hu
iiimu meMliH."
The arUsts sarrias the npearaoee ef
an honeat and catulid MtaUuneut u iphi
ion, und is therefor.- onthlnj tw irajiefl
ful notiee. Ywtj it ia UoubtleKH true
that ninety, if not numty-nine, in ev
ery huudied Christian no n, weuja ul-
!te n i a Mien1, proleat uniui-t It,.
lit th" views t.tcHentisl it. i-m to
in n that Mr. S'eoheiH has eutirsljf
iQiaaed the spirit und MirfaiMS of I'hris-
tiauitv. He iirttiies wguinst tiital ale
Ktiuence and pnhihitoiv !., heeause
it interfeii's n h i lw I h i i v ol ( 'Uris
lian "fie"inTi." To l coniiehd to
abnUiu fim w .ii.- by htv in to make
those avm ho hl hUhVi umxI this
gift ar-gh', S SSea, c im n f tlna
who have abused d I hi h to my
that Chrialiau m'n ae nt I'dwalv to
UM) wine (.s a lieveriiye, i i h', fa
ilM uae rtluiuud v, or hs n inetlieino ia
not in iuniion) ko long as iln y cn do
ao in snfi-'v to tl-.i-m-i-! w i.-.;irlh-a
if other-. Hy their evmiple othsfS
say ha teiMtsl and lad to dmnk
eOMJSM and min. Tfo wiv of olhein
m:iy weep und their children Marve.
Qthera' hooifs qj ty lie dosoloteil, hut
all this is nothing lo th" t'hriatiau
"freeman," SO long as h eun indulge
himself with Ida win , mid mltl mvc
Liintriftnmx drunkenm-s !
Is this, then, the l.rtf ili.it Ottl boast
el Chrlmaatty ein do to gaavfl tlie
U-uijilitl, atreni Inn the wek and
help the fallen ? Is tbeib no ob.'iation
of aelf denial for the unke nf o'diers,
woo though they lliniiseliesaia not in
Linger f ''liok no. evi ry man mi Ion
own thii gs. but v-ty uinn a!.o n th"
things l,f others, ( Phlt, - ! -It in
i?iwl neither to eat flesh, nor to diink
wine, nor anything wberohy thy brofc-
r .tntiibh th, orir otrtouhwl. or is inmle
vek. ( Rft It II). "We tie . thnt ate
strong ought to Unr the infii mities f
tho weak, nml not to j.hwv ;i reiver."
li.'o. lo:!'. My friend ISHJ Call all
thta 'tphanaaic SSff rightonsues," but
i. werns to me to be the vei v
vt the spirit of Christ. We Mre taught
U "liear one nnotliets hurdetiH mi l o
fulfill the w of Chrbt. (il 6:J).
"freemcn" to use wine as a
heverage,
while other are
endangercl by their
exHiuplu ?
To HnbatHutinte his (warition, Mr.
Stevaua appe ds to the f&tchmgK and
example of t'hrist. "Tho paMern of
life for every CI r s i in is fjj r ht, and
not John th Baptnr. John the U
tist did not di ink wine. Oar Savior
d.d." Where in them any evidence
that our Savior c r tantel wine? Troe
hi eneinies eillefl him a "gbtttn and
u wine bibber." flat iiun is not ol
wayK what hin maliTiona snotties rep
retient him to be. Who belie veR that
our Sivi-jr was u glutton ? Rat there is
as much evidence of that, oh thnt he
Ued irine, except for Hacraroeutal pur
poses. And it is not rrrtm'n that ho
ued it evon there. The record is,
"And he took thecnpaml gavelhanka."
Wino ia OOl mentioned farther than
what may be inferred from his lan
guage, when h" myi "I will not henoe
f.irth drink of thi hVafl of the vine un
til lint day when I drink it new with
you in utv Father's kiucdom." This
fruit of the vine might have been a
very different hi tide from the wines of
our day. ObriSt'a character and mis
sion, and the nature of thac lat mqiper
all forliid the idea that be wan there
with a botttlo cf intoxicating wine.
We are citerl to his mirnr)o nt 'ana.
lint that provev nothing as to tho uiltUrs
of the win that he made, and on that
crerything dependn. It ia only, then,
hy inference that the Bavior can bo
made to use wine at all, and especially
as a beverage. 1t aoains tome that.
lieforo the Redeemer of men is mndtt
the pattern and advocate of practices
mi I influences that are ruining men by
thousands, there Qtight to bo something
tuoro than mere presumption on which
such a claim can rest. Hut for the
sake of the argument suposo that
Christ did use wine, both at the supper
ami at other tunes. It still remains
true that the age and circumstances in
which he lived were vastly different
from ours. Tho wines of that day were
generally simple aud pure. The art
of adulterating and drugging was then
but little known. Drunkenness was
not then common. With us it is en
tirely different. it is a notorious fucL
mat in our uav almost every thine
in the line of liquors, wines and beer in-
chid erf, is adulterated or drugged so
that hy their uue men ar i poisoned and
transformed into beings worse than
brutes. Now, is it reasonable to sup
pose that tho son of Gdd, who came to
seek and to save the lost, would sanc
tion a praotioe that was liable to lead
mpn to such results? Such a supposi
tion is uttei ly opposed to his nature,
mission and teachings. It docs not
follow that in our age and cirenmstatfc
ccs we are bound to do everything that
Ubriht did in his, nor, that we should
not do somethings which he did not.
With a little variation the reply of
11 PhillioH to Rev. Dr. Crosbv.
ere
put away hi t wife if hho had committed !
adulteiy; he himself, (the htishautl) I
hningjmlga and executor. Wo forbid
him to do it. und make hint submit to
a jury t i i il ami judge's deolaion. Are
such diver. v l.w t ihervforo contrary
"to tho example sail teachings of
I Obiist V .Jesus iu ill to the person gnil-
ly ef adultery, 'tio and sin no more.
We send such a person to States prison.
Are our laws punishing adultery ilu-n
lute contrary to !lu Utiauity I .Jesus
tdnttted no woman to the Inst Kitpper.
Wu aduut them. Djch this "deny
him the right of being the newt perfect
man?'
fo make Hindi claims would certainly
he absur l, hut in iffore ho than 10
plead tlm exumpluof Uhrist iu favor of
wine as a beverage, lu the article re
fer! c I to, appeal is alno made to the
Scriptures iu f.ivor of wino tippling.
Hod nowhere commanded men to ab-
sfaJj) from wine, but Ho does command
the temperate usoof it." tiod command
el circuuichioti. ifo newborn I'm I ml it.
Does Mr. Stevens insist on that oa the
hhu piiuciph' i'olygamy Wttforttortj
('immoii. C u.J iiowhure positively for
bids it.. Mm think tlut the Snip
tares teach it. Is tho Christian "free
ttaaN to hare liU-rtv to ladttlss him
selfiu thU? Why cuilail his iMeftJP fflSi
make him a "lo", i.ieauw! others
4,abuHi" thii privilege! Again: "Total
ahhtmence i nowhere taught or com
mauled iu the H-: rip tines". What
then il'ies Uhrist mean when hn my,
" If thy hand or thy font oileinl thee,
cut I hem "It and cant them frOSft thee."
"Iftfiiueeye ofl'eiid tins pluck it out
and cant it from thee." What is ibis
but tho moit Head tdil abnliueuce--
the driii i nij our. el CH and tk". inttliwj
uit'ic of everything duiigerous to our
selves or otherM "lint if thy brother
bs reived .h thy meat (wine), now
walkeU not thou chmitubly; Destroy
not him with thy meat (wine) for
whom Christ died. (1 Cur. :. J What
is :d this but im d abHlinetico by Chi ix
liaas from what may bs dangmout to
OthOea, or" the mike nf ullvm, even
Srhoa llo'V tlo-m-elvH are not iu dan
Were it not for the sad cmaripienceii,
it would In amuNiu to mi how readily
men turn to th liiblo tor uuthority
iind le.eiiK in everylhfng that adds to
tl e r ;ains ami latishea thotr hoi'.
Tyninny, nlaveiy, polyg4my, drunken
n M aud many othr aii.s, bavo nil
been ailvoenlod from a Dible hUnd-point.
N j much ban U-en aaid and wiilten
by the isnt of scholars in regard to
what the Hi hie teaches on this question
of wiur, that it would be folly for us to
attempt Ui d Me it. Sutlicc il here to
say that tusny of tho liirst scholars of
tho land teach uh that wherever tho Ui
bio com mem U wine, it is unfermentod
wine. However thin may be, the Bible
is certainly terribly severe in its cot
ihrnmation of every artic and prac
tice that leada men to di tlukeuuea.
"Wine is a mocker, atrong driuk is rag
inf.' "Who hath wot! who hath Stf
rowf Tliey that Urry long at the wine. '
"look not thou upon the win when it
(S red At the laat it bitc h like asei
pent and st ingeth like an adder. " (Prov.
L'0.1, 9J9 SL) "Woe unto him that
gied 'a. neighbor drink." I lab. J I .
This ia certainly very fi from en
couraging wine tippling.
I'.at wo lohl that "drunk mnesa u
a moral MsOt, n I when tho means
for gritifving tho thirat for liquor are
withdrawn, the moral defect is not cur
ed but will break out in some other
way." From the connection, 1 suppose
this is meant to be understood,' that all
means to restrain or prevent men from
drunkenness by enforcing total atisti
nence, or by prohibition, atnvnin, be
cause, if prevented from excrcbm in
this direction, the moral defect will
break out in some'hing else. Why not
then apply this rule toiuY moral defects.
I vippohe that the inclination to steal
is as realty a moral defect (ami more
so;, at the ihimt for liquor. Now if
a msu is diffpoacd to steal, why let him
fetawl. It you reatrsin or prevent him,
the moral defect, will break out in some
Other way, ami you will have as much
crime, aa though he was permitted to
steal freely. The diqmsition to take
tho life of another is as really a moral
defect, as drunkenness. If a man is
disjiosed to kill another, why prohibit,
or remove the means of doing it out of
his way t ifyouprevent it, tbo moral
defect will break out in some other
wsy, and tbeie will ht nothing gained.
This is certainly new and novel logic.
Kor it conseqnences I must leave its
author to Im resfmnsible.
That drunkenness is immorality,
IS troe. Rut it is more than that.
It is also a terrible physical derange
ment. And In this Ilea the great
danger of the system of ChrIst!au
temperance" that Mr. Stevens advo
cates. There are tnousands of men
who could to.! him of an apivtite cre
ated, strengthened, and fed by tho
"temperate use" of liquor, until it
has missaaarf snd nulttved them.
Mo never saw a po..r drunksrd in
bis life, who had not gone down to
bis depredation through this very
system of Christian temperance for
which be plead. There are to-day
(100.000 drunkards In the TT. St.
Not ono of i horn camo from the ranks
of thoso who prat ice total ahstiuenco.
Kccry nmn of them went down to his
dishonor and ruin by going through
this stage ol "Christian temperance."
Not one of them intended whon in
tho "tomperanco use" of liquor ever
toboepme a drunkard: TkmfHtU
ftf OSS are sufficient annuffr to Mr.
htevm h entire article.
Wij bus this vast multitude of
men gone down down to dgreda
tion? They are Utoss because they
began by tho "temperate use" of
liquor, which gradually created an
appetite that has coosohied their
manhood, broken their will
power,- and . enslaved them
Many of them are groaning under
this bondage. They are ready to
curse the day of their temperate
use" of what has led them down to
their ruin, it is poor comfort to say
to such poor fellows "God made tho
wine," mid, "The B.essed Spirit of
tiod working in the consciences of
men can alone euro a moral defoct"
They are in the terrible grip of a
physical appetite fhat eats out their I
strengtn, many or tnom are mnuqen
cd by either sight or smell of liquor.
What they need Is to have the fuel
that kindles and sustains these de
vouring flames of appetite within,
put out of their way. Many of our
at men by nature aro going
l these tires, and these fires, are
y the ' 'temperate use oj liquor.
aolf. I cutinof douh:. Hut the '
teai tf temperance which ho advo
cate h certainly fraught wild dan
Kor und wrotchetluow to men.. The
struggle of thousands of men with
an appetite that ban enslaved and
destroyed them, brought on flre by
"temperate" use of liquor, the tean
and agonies of wives nulicring be
rearement worse than death, tho
crii s of HOglected and abused cnild
ron, the desolation of thousands of
homes, the crimes ami burdens forced
upon Ih'j State by liquor, are all
ugaiiiHt it.
.1 Mhl. W. 1 1 A 1.1:1 k
iaaiiiniiiis
lluuwxsmi.K, Oh., Aug. 'id, 181.
foh. I i vim-rat:
Having sometime sin en Men a js-fi
tion in circulation, and signed to a
considerable extent, I ask room In
your valuable paper to express a few
opinions in regard to it. Thn petition
is to lie ptescnted to the legiHhtture ot
IKM-J, askina un amendment te the
Constitution of Oivgon, prohibiting the
sale of, or use of any liquors as u lev
orage, or for any purpose except medi
cal or scientific uses, expecting to do
away with inteuqierance by placing
the yoke of tyranny on the people of
reoon.
1 regaid and appreciate the virtue of
temperance in ull thing aa highly as
any man pu.oU v can, while I as deep
ly .li-il. u- the evils arising from in
temiierauce, as well as many other
cause incident to the iuqs-i feet i m of
human nature.
I am not the apologist of iu I 'an per
ance iu any thing, byt, as the opjament
of a law pndly ih-emed ieriileous and
tyratini -.il by a very large por'.ion il
not a vtst mnj iriiy of the moat re
auootahhi and ioteliitut tKisaos of our
ttale.
While ail MnMible ami gool men re
gret the existence of inteniiK-rauce and
all other evils among im, wu msy, and
do, i Lib i widely as lo the remedy best
ailapted to their correction, and the
extent to which government shall in
hsrfere with the free action of its citi
SeliS Teuqarate and resjiectabU meu
if poaa ael of the siarst of free men,
will not rmit any umceitetl fanatics
or upNtarta to dictate lo them when
aud what they shall drink. The right
of choice in eating and drinking is one
of the dearest natural rights of men,
which tbry will not i.urrentkr until
they Mre craven and defamed enough to
submit to the most servile dcgredalion.
The businom 'of civil government ia
merely to protect its citizens h m ag
gression, to shield them from infii' .
ments ot their rights of person and
property, and puniah nil on traces ol
thene rights. As to the ribt of gov
ernment to interfetx in morals and re
ligion, good men differ widely in their
views. We find that in the Jam few
yesm a sect has arisen which consider
it immoral to use spirituous liqoorfl end
wines, while upon the other hand a
much larger uomber hold, with good
sr d-nlighteiicd men of allsgc , from tbe
commencement of hittory, that tbeir
tenqerate use is entirely moral and
pror. Tbia newly risen sect now
seek to fasten thir tnushtoom theory
u I Km us by imial laws, in the same
way as did the t'.jjent Kome, '.be bloody
nieen Kiiala)tb, or the bigoted jers
cuting puritans. Tbe lb-ct of their
success in promt iug such lawa aa they
ak, would bo to ehalave aud jMirsecute
all good men who differ from them, or
to provoke rebellion, bloodabed, civil
war and re'olution. V none be de
ceived. This new bor i theory hal
ing the form of a lamt, ha the voice
of a lt agon and the migue of a demon
to lick up the rights and lila-rty of
fieemen as greedily aa in the darkuat
data of Offset ei:ili and human alavery.
A Kr.Kr.aAM.
M.UtNOX I I I! '!-.
1 .1 e NOW, August, S3, JHSJ.
.'... 'm......' :
The new hotel has been named the
Si. Charlea. It continues to lie tlte
resort of the public, and being in
charge of tho hospitable landlord, S. il.
Claughton is a full gusrantee that all
who eafl will be kindly caioil for.
(iuy Bros., of the "Dewdrop," oom
plain that for some ciiue the IIkuuchat
fails to come as it should. His many
customers denire to know the lie k. ind
your pajier in eagerly sought idler.
Please see that it is sent, ho as to avoid
any trouble with tbeir pstions.
Mr. K Gci,-i, iir fniniture i- , bra
laen lately receiving a lurgn st-n k ot
furniture of all kinds, k i, surprising
how oheap ho is sellin. A ertl on
him wid soon satisfy any oue that it
would be useless to look elsewhere for
anything in his line.
Humor has it there is to he. a wed
ding in town next week. At there are
quite a number halting between two
opinious, ajid almost persuaded to take
the final step, it would 1..- folly for us
lo even gueas who th ! parties uro. Suf
fice it, time wilrte II
A Krvinia tupidly .o, . sing what
is left of thoalock ui gooits of Met 'alley
and Anchens, preaiialory to making
a final settlement as assignee. A
good hargniu can tat had by calling on
him.
C. 1J. MnntagOo's continues to le
the place to buy the l.Ht. of aiticUaof
all kindH. Jle is kept busy furninhing
his many cusUimcrs with tbeir necessa
ry wants. All who call go awav well
aaLiHiieu wun ilteir purchases.
There was quite a rush for S.idavilhB
on last Sunday, many coming from
Albany and . there placeR. We under
stand the best of ortW was maintained.
The warehouse ia almost completed
and will be ready to receive grain next
Monday. Those who aro acquainted
with the warehouses of the county
claim that, thia ia the strongest of auy.
The building is a credit fci the town and
a great neupsity to the commuuity.
Fair and heuest dealing will ba the
motto of the company. From present
appeurauces it will he fjllod.
Mr. S. Itjum, of the CJash Store, is
the place to obtain a good bargain. He
buys and sells for cash and by so doine
is able to give the purchaser the lowest
price, CVtll on him nod ho will soon
oonvince you that it is time -wasted to
go elsewhere.
Miss Florence Thomas and Miss Lou
Miller, of Jefferson, are visiting Miss
Bertha Jiaum, of this place.
Cull Van Cleve, of tho litgieter, was
out here last Tuesday . He seems to be
getting quite a number of subscriber
among, uts Republican friends.
WHO I.I.TS TNI. POO! IT?
The Daily Simulant ol Monday
last contained the following Hem,
which is at least moderately nug-
gosllve te to where Iho profits on our
wheat crop go :
When one seei a fine ship lying at
the dock discharging hundreds of.
tons ofi.uk ballast which she has:
brought all the way from Australia
0? hina, be Is led to wonder where
tbo profits of fhe owners of theyhip
come from, ilut whon it is ascertain
ed that such a ship can carry two
tbouiand tons und upwards of wheat,
and alamt $J.() r ton is paid for
charters at pro-cut, making tho pro
ceeds of the trip from here to Liver
pool, $40,000 or more, tho question as
to the profits doe not seem so diffi
cult to answer. The farmers of this
State are now engaged in reaping an
abundant harvest, but their gain
Will be small compared io those of
ine owners or the shif wnlch unit
(tarry the samo to market
It might ai-o bo added that noir
ly every railroad and navigation
company in the world is paying
large dividends ami arc iu a flour-
Ishlng condition generally, while a j
large icrccntago of the farms in ev-'
0ry Heclion of the country are covered
with mortgagee. Wtu ie Is tho diffi
culty? Are not our farmer god
businessmen? Are Ihey not eaable
of managing their affairs in such a
manner as to prevent such sn ooe
quul distribution of gain, which in
tho first place all come as the result
of the farmer.' hard work? We
should Ik glad to have the farmer
reader of the I)hf jcuvr who notice
this item ami can appreciate its sug
gest! veness, five iw their opinions on
the matter.
A letter from Douglas eouoly
stales that steps ure being taken to
renew the work of prospecting for
stone coal on l'ass creek, along the
im- of the (). &i ( . raUrood.
The state Line Herald, of Lake
view, has been reduced in sixe, and
Ur. V. Watson succeeds J. II. Kvans
as editor sod manager.
das. . Sister, sou of Sen. s.ater, has
commenced the study of law with
MeMspi. Turner t t'ox, at IVndle-
toll.
V. S. lid's, an old si tt'er of Jack
son county, died of heart disease
one day hvo week.
The Jaek-mivJhV Timet is too to
he enlarged, wt U one of the best pa
per in OregoV
A telegraph line is being erected
between Ash land and Fort Klamath.
Dijiltlhcri i h caving macy deaths
In S Hither a Oregrm.
Silverrton will hreiftr i a 1iu
ney order ofllce.
FARM FOR SAI.K
BY-
STEWART & CREY,
107 aersa lyint Ixilo' witliin 1 .
Ulllew nf ltaUHHI, nil liri l.-r ffHfae. S
i s in ultivalloii, ami tlie reiiititwler
is iu Umber and lrub. Kis U hiv, r,
atory, 'J. ritoui ImIuw aur enm g$ mm
Karn, not very I. flnhl sreit "Tel
iin lianl. l'nw funoM l III anuMVU of
OU0 ratio. - niii-i, ii' lord ool nan lie
out ami floated to Albany l r-m;tlwj plaee
by only a few laborer b iay for it iu i.wo
yeara. ' miy X utile trotu eanal . tm
ion given be the 1-VJi of Octule, Tbe
land ih rlcn and will turn out vtaeal 40
ami on ijtititeN to the acea
HOLMAN'S PArj,
IYER.
TUK
AND
SkaaaMrll,
Uiduejs.
U Uc X a j r-IWac rvuaJy U
Ifartftrift ir, all its Tvnes
VliiU Uww, imil ArWue Falua, lUiiWiH ii.
li.nii. ul Fwkcni, Uttuik Sanaa, !Hatrraias
im i i:iii,.
"IVIM1. klllml IK. ....1.1
ur. HulnaaVi. It aattiaU
Un Uer Cutuptaiat,
I tVWma ami HO
iuuntlm.
Tin i th . .. iiv k toa-1 r n, i. tni n4iuvaly er
iUk.iU onOavriiiK SfcaJUi.
ITmL Or. A. InmuU my : It ia nuv a univraaaJ
'."?'? M'f" n.vOiioc in amSt lam.- Tl k ia (Vr m
OHiiir.iHn.l.laiaa1aUuaa a wh.-h 1. Ilutluaat
ail ii Uio al KfMuUa ami krue riuii.-i.
WaN KSMKt Ttei SLU ae Ur. Hobaaa'
Oaeel or kaliM-, , l-aa, aaat Mdv ii. Um-wutU
a. MUiiuu.fteu' u Ox- uusrw'al faa-aS.y
tBWARROf ROSaVN PADSJ.
?r""U Uimaii jl Vi-ara Ua rilVATIC
M.IIAIl M Ar I Utu lUUmaii IHul SL with
Uw aJ.vr IraUuuirk. iiul lu tcroati. Uuy m
iinoni it, m
vmm. SILK nv ILL 1 4. CIST.
Oe. llutmaa-a frm. F,,u timUm arid fm
am.liotiiuii. Ai.lraa
HebMAN lAU0 .
: it lii..a.l , Nt-w Vork.
! I. o. Frf. 21 1 IB-.i
GRAIN INSURANCE.
TO FARMERS :
We can give you the lowest
rates and the best companies.
Take no chances when a very small
sum will make you secure. You
can borrow money on your grain
if you are insured. Our policies are
good security at th Bank. Give
us a call.
Respectfully,
WEST
FLAX MILLS,
MANUFACTURERS OK
SAIL, BROOM, SEWINC AND BALL
TWINES,
ALSO LINEN 1TATlTa
Foot of Jackson Street,
ALBANY - - OREGON.
P.O. BOX 108.
NOTICK TO JAllMERH. We wonhl
rejM.-tfuliy Iniorin. tbe tomem or
tills selkn that we are permanently 1a
Sated bare, and are preparod at all time
Pi pay tba bhtbast market pi ice for lint
flax. We will gladly fumbih parties who
intend Mewing flan any information tby
deire. Depending largely urn tbe
farmers of tble MtetLm for tbe w-rrm of
on r enter priNe and the raw material we
oonsume, and teltevlng flax growinK
be a profitable industry, we efesf ulfy
,ir0:n,nen to become mutually iennssai.
auk )oti to sustatti a home inouairv uw
Al.ny, Or., Aug. 2S, 18SI.
4yl W EST X)AT FLAX JHH.IX.
DRY GOODS!
t 'fteaper tha t ever Wore known io
9 i
AOOOOWf or
CHANCE M FfRM,
Will sell oar entire etock of
Dry
and
Fancy Goods
Af.RAN V
AT 0ST !
M IX ill I I WVl Tl id r
BARGAINS !
fn F. 0. WAINKLE & C0M
17n3
ALBANY.
ORECOa state university.
I.acrar liij. Uifl.Ml,.
Thr..r.h O.o lonnifrviMv 4 Mr. Utry Villar4 til
IrtAM .rt II Himtr IhitrrMtr hate l fid la
au i tun bcciss scrr. if. iui
FACULTY:
SONS w. jomnox. a. at , PKJbne4:r
IV uaii ul IjUiu xad 0 0.
MAUK BULKY, F 1! It .
t " i aUthmwlaa aaS AaU". y
THOS. CONDON, PU. II.
Ttmx ul UtfAufy and Sniuni MtmH,
OKoaue il coi.ueu;.v ia.
it4i WB 4 Oiaaaimry aaat Nktjeaa.
JoON MTHAl K A.
l f-t of H.alrni
mtA. uasv iv ftikSJsv
IV .l-.r .4 KU.-wU.ri. ami tTtmK4 '
VrnaanaVa lt;mf - 0e EaiuIi
TuitMi i-w aiwia.
jajaleSSPMI SS ! u
fjOAST
--. IM
i.e
now
Tmtivfc. ba
atmry
rparlaaral.
. aa iNriSeutal Use 4 ! fwr auiiutu.
C0 4KDIM..
mm -' haa. tarn W laaJ ia fcrat
. annua laaUia tt H r wcrk. TV nkttfa
jtly rtpaaaaa nf MilliuU boaxit.n
lIMT asd arrtKATis.
i 'II.I..H rmbitK-t ul Natural Ui4r
iw etcelaal hi UW L TV oiUentua .d ,
i tu ia Mtor wmJ
laajiaUmi.
Fur i-ouiogum aitd furtber bilnraaaliiai, tUrw,
JfMNI J HILTS.
barnrtary Kryvtit,
IV JOHN STJUI B, Sn-. Far.
SSsSaSSi Iroiii j'.t l u inn oVairiiar n Ui be Ji
r, . teJ Ui fwal baaAtbn larm I., a.,.i) u,r to rtUwrS
4lhr aSu nauasj. 1
Mlaveu's 'berry Teolh Put.
tn amuimtie corn uiuat ion lor I' nt master
vaxion or tbe Teeth and Ciun. It in far
tbe market. In ianre, aaJrama on!
mvmt im iumiv nmianumi 3i job ehwi hi
1 po, lrioe 50 enib'. V r saJ'rc hi
,- I AjMaaon, Artaaoy, Oregon.
veittratlv
at k
fOMifiHii rraaH
STEWART & CREY,
i
iy brother Stevens has the
I Albany, Or., A. 11, 1881.
of secieiy at lieart, as my-
Leu.