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WTOP!!(ni..'X-. ' 4H I t vf II 4 !. r tub 01) lllj. .rACICHONVIM.B, OIlEnOW. SATURDAY MORMXO, Jl'Ml 18, ISM. "ToTiiBKriicAor Axnn:nAsr..oroKYncii U.1111.V. a JnvKnxMKXT rnn tub wiioi.k ih l.nnrxs nt.K." W'athingten. .. i Tiik Issue Tlio National Union Com mittee have laid down tho following dis tinct platform as tlio Issue of tlic forllicom log Presidential contest : TH!-: UNCONDITIONAL MAIN "TKNANOK OF THE UNION, Till: SUPREMACY OF TIF?. CONBTITU TION.ANDTHE COMPLETE BUI'. PRESSION OP TIIK RKHHLLION. WITH TIIK UAU8E THKUKOF, IIY VIOOIIOUS WAR AND AF.Fi APT AND EFFICIENT MEANS." .vatiox.il I'Niow nwEvnox mmn. FOIt PRESIDENT, Abraham Lincoln. FOE VICE FUESIDENT, ANDREW .-JOHNSON, Or TKXNrMKIC. For Presidential Elector, if AS. P. d AKLEV, or Douglas county. It. N. GKOUOE. of Linn county. tIKOUMK I WOODS, or Wasco county Infamous, but not C'nudid, LUwler'l'ihelicad or "OTndfdbat Ink- lug wc ore opposed lo tlio Constitution ns il Is, and tlio Union as It was, mid nks us to bo candid cnuogh to tell lilm what Con stitution we nro in favor of when we pro claim our devotion to the Constitution. We are In favor or n Irco Constitution, one that will not rccogutr.a shivery In any res ect. Tlio present Constitution is nil we dttlre, with tills exception. Hut permit us to ask, now, What kind of a Constitu tion yon ore In favor of, when in your Stutc Platform you proclaim your devo tion to tlio Crittenden CompromlruT You .ennnnt be ignorant of tlio Tact that the Crittenden Compromise proposes several (Iterations In the Constitution ol 1787 T What then nro Iheso changes proposed by tlio compromise, which you hold up to the iienple us the panacea or ull tlio national troubles f Nothing more nor less than lo make tlio present Constitution moro pro slavery titan oven nothing elso than lo chain the nation to tlio disgraceful, degrad ing institution which makes merchandise uf the bodies or men who arc as much co titled to freedom as yourself. This U the Constitution you would have the peoplo adopt. Wo opposo It, nod you say that our course, though caudid, is infamous. We cannot say as much for you. You would niter tlio Constitution by the Crittenden Compromise, and although tho mere alter ing of tlio document would not be Infamy, yet making the Constitution mora pro- shivery would bo the lowest infamy. The diffrrcaca between us Is, that we nro In fa' vor of o noble, freo Constitution, ooo worthy of tho American people, while you arc lo favor of an Infamous, pro slavery Gonstltu tloo, one that would bo a disgrace to the American Dame and nation. More than this, you are not consistent because you continually proclaim for "the Constitution as it Is, and the Union as It mas," while at the came time you advocate tbo compro mise which. proposes lo alter the old docu ment. We cannot say, therefore, that you are either candid or consistent, while we can freely say that the proposition to alter the Coostltatloo by tho Crittenden Com ' promise, advocated by the Ilmtw, U both monstrous and infamous. KxrunitW Movimo. The expedition from Fort Klomsth Is now on the road to O.wyhec. A large 'numbers nr citizens, prospectors ood ojdwrs, from this Valley, Yrekn, and other"placcs, bavo accompa nied It. ' ' Tho Railroad Question From articles In the Sknyinm., Wo learn thul Charles Harry, Esq.. Is about commenc ing an expedition for tho purprwo of com pleting a survey of the Murysvlllo and Co- lumuia nvtxraurw"! rumc. " u- ilitble enterprise, and one which wo hope will lend at hast to n dlsmikslon of the practicability of the scheme. It seems that two routs nro now being discussed, by which It is proposed to bring our Statu Into u connection with other por ting i,r iho world. One nlan Is to leave the main trunk of tho Pacific railroad nt Sail Iiko Oily, and termlnato near the hind of navigation on tho Columbia. Tlio other proportion Is to mako n continua tion of tlic t'nciiic ronu uirougii murine California and Oregon to terminate ntsomo accessible point on tlio Columbia. rcrsons tuku sides on this question nbnut as their personal nr srctlntml Interests dictate. We Ihlnk good run-ons can bo given nhv llitf latter tirtmoscd route should be preform), nt least by thu Inhabitants of the Wlllamclto valley ana Bouincrn urcgon The route would give us tho benefit of the transcontinental IrncK, anil at me same time l:ln,T ns Into immiiliulo railroad con nection with California. The former route, while It would ol course benefit tho North ern nion, would effectually leavo the old er nettled portion of Oregon out In Iho coM. Iir enulillne tho iieonle of Suit Iike. mid even the Wistern Btulcs, to ship sup piles lo Iho mines Willi ns grciit tasr- ns those of the Willamette and Umpquu Vul leys, olid thus rub us of un Important mar ket. K the aid or tho government could be oliliilnnl and u movement ret on foot for building both road, wo should of course jrhc them tiU? hearty support, believing that all sections would receive rqunl benefit. Hut U compelled In choose bulwecn the two routes alMivo pirnlloncd, looking to whnt wo consider tho siilwlunllal inlrrest of our Stute, we should be obliged lo decldo In fa vor of the latter. U th't. rcitc should prevail, the northern terminus would proliuhaly not remain long nn the Iiwer Columbia. If the northern mine held out and the country beenme pop dated, It won Id before many years bo ex lenilid through the Cascades. 'I ln prwnl Icriuimis snouui uo at some point nn the Columbia necessiblc to ship ping, mid ImIow nil sandbars and shoals that could prevent tho free entrance of Ilia larcest vessels. It should In lclow nhcro Iho rhrer Is blocksditl with lee a good pnr lion of almost fverv winter. Il wruc sutf. geslol by Mr. Elliott, when making- his preliminary survey, that St, Helen, or some other point lower down, would prob ably be Iho point. Tho consummation of such n scheme may bo several years in the In I lire, It Is true, but It should be tho aim or all those wlio are Interested lo iih every means by which It may become, liko thu great Paclllo road, n uxetl raet. diaitman. Wc ore glad lo sec tho Stattimnn call tho attention or its readers to so important n question. Next to Oregon'a loyalty to tho Union stands tho question of Oregon s safely from tho Latin marauders that nro now threatening the ltepublican communi ties or tho Pacific. And what so necessa ry to our safety as u speedy railroad con rcction with the great, giant forces of the Atlantic States. It Is trim that years will boconcunHin tho consummation of this railroad scheme, but remember that the more yearn wo defer tho commencement, the more years wo defer tho end. Wc all remem ber how mny years the country talked, aud Congress philosophized and made speeches', over a l'uelflc Ilallroad, and noth ing was dooe, except to annually send out the military cadets with handsome appro priations to exploro for a route; the results of which were observations taken with a pocket barometer, and wonderful pictures of toads, snakes and Diggers. Tho Gov ernment engineers, instead of making re liable reports of tbo country over which the great highway was to pass, heaped up obstacles atid magnified tho difficulties, and never were able to find a better route through tho Rocky Mountains than tho ooo Iho emigrant and his ox-team bad fol lowed for years. And the ridiculous prop osition, reported by one of these red-tape men, that the Siskiyou could not be cross ed by a railroad, sayo by cutting a tunnel which would cost many millions of dollars and eight or ten years of time, was knock ed in the bead last summer by Mr. Pollay, a practical railroad eogloeer, who with a level aod transit demonstrated a route throogh tbo Applegate pass, having a grade or lesa that) ninety feet to tbo mile, and no tunnels. Tho people of California got tired of red-tape railroads, organized tbeir Central Poclflo Company, and sent T. 1). Judab, a practical railroad mat), to , Washington, with his real surveys, ami in one single ses sion of Congress bo procured such old as enabled companies on both sides of the mountains to commebeo the great work; and at this last session, Cone res bos 3B Ei.kotiok Nkws. So fur as heard from, the Union party has carried every county in tho Slate, except Jackson, Josephine, Coos. Columbia and Umatilla) and Nllen- .I.Mxr'i mnlnrllv will not fill I short of 2,600. In Jackson nnd Josephine conntles Ihe Union pnrly succeeded In electing a part of their tickets, including tho election of Tt. P. Dowcll for District Attorney, by n mntnrttv nt nnn veto. OVCr T'Voult. Ill this county we elect Iho Clerk, one Com missioner, Coroner, School Superintendent and Assessor j nnd In Josephine tho Union men bavo elected Thomas Floyd, Sheriff, nnd U. J. Forbes, School Superintendent. In this county the Union candidates for Representatives wcro defeated by a very small vole Mr. Jacobs by only two votes, nnd had not Drew removed nil Iho soldiers from tho county just prior to the election, nnr whoto ticket, except Sheriff, would have been elected. Annuixo With TiiKM.-Our Fort Klanv nth letter slates thnt when tho soldiers unanimously petitioned Col. Drew to dfs mismlfs tho Copperhead Ross, ho (Drew) undertook In " nrguc " with them. " Ar gno " with theso soldiers, Indeed I Forco them lo follow the lend of thls'puthnnding' shouter for Iho Jeff. Duvls parly I Molli fy them by compelling them lo follow a man who rejoices over the defeat of the cause of the Union 1 A flno thing, Indeed! If Drew bad bis deserts bo would be sent to Fort Alenlras to pack sandbags for six mnntlii. Thnt would doubtless tnke some of tho Copperhead arguments out or Mm. Such treatment had a wonderfully good rfTrct on old Chlpman. It cured htm of his arguments In short order, and it ought to be administered to Drew until be be comes loyal. doubled that generous bounty, nnd the great Tactile railroad will hasten to com pletion. Now, If Oregon wants any ben rflts or this grout, natluiR eo'nllnentol en terprise, wo must tnko hold of II as did California. Jt Is our business, nnd wc must attend td It; nnd If Iho pcop'o r 0r egon do not, nobody elo will for them. Tho continuation of tho rollrond from California to Oretron. nnd to the deep wulers of tho Pogct Sound, or the lower Colum bia, Is, wo think, tho most leolbic pinn. At leant. It la Ihe only oho that will bene fit tho peoplo or Southern Oregon nnd the Wlllamclto Valley. Uollillng n railroad from Salt Lnkc to the headwaters of the Columbia, would bof no consequence to tho nntlon, nnd would Iks literally com mencing nt nowhere nnd ending nt nowhere. Transporting Iron up Iho Columbia to build It, would doubtless mako millionaires out or everybody who owns a share or tho Oregon Steam Navigation Co.'s stock; but what Is that to us mudsills T Raimioaii Sunvxr. IJy recent letters from Col. ltarry wo lenrn that Iho Railroad Survey has reached CnrtwrlghtV, on the other side of tho Caluponla Mountains. Tho survey was mado through Iho celebra ted "Applegate Pass" In the Culnpoola, being n pass discovered by tho Hon. Jcsso Applegate wllhln Iho lost yenr, nnd being nearly a lovel valley through the mountain, and affording beyond doubt incomparably the best route for the railroad. This dis covery, which Is lo bo credited to the ener gy nnd perseverance of Mr. Applegate, will save, doubtless, not less than one mil lion dollars In tho construction of n rullrnnd on this route, over Iho usually traveled route. So far. the peoplo linvo taken hold or the matter In earnest, nnd, ns Unelo Jesso expresses It, tho Stato Is bound to have a railroad now, before tho people will rest satisfied. Messrs. Thomas Smith, E. Young, II. P. 8mllh and E. F. Elo. arc entitled to especial thanks for the Inlrrest they have taken In tho matter, nnd for the substantial aid Ihry bavo rendered tho sur vevjnt party. Wo sincerely hope II will not bo manjr years before llyyti!tahu their families, seat themselves In n sumptu ous car behind the Iron horse, and tuke a trip to Portland or San Francisco, nt Iho rate of thirty miles per hour. Then will all these Valleys teem with busy, propcr ous thousands, wliero liiuulreiU tire now struggling to maka both ends or the year meet. ' .n Roour Itivsn and John Day Waoox Road. During tho coming week Mr. Jo. cobs will address Iho peoplo of tho different portions of Ihe county at tho times and places named in a notice in another part ol this paper, on tho subject of IhorRoguo River and John Day Wag'on Rnad.Vo arc informed that there Is bnttwtlvo miles of this road to flnkji, andviieti that I dono there wUT'bo ofjp oFtho best wagon roods In tho country from this valley to the Northern mines. Thereertnlnly might to be lire enough lo this Valley to finish this road. Tho paople of Lnno county bavo subscribed 830,000 to the McKcnxle Fork Road, and Rogue River Vulley ought to be able to raise 82,000 mora to finish our road. Let every one turn out imd Iwir wtiat Mr. Jacobs has to ray. Hunq in Errior, Uy late advices from Fort Klamath, we learn that the Indigna tion of Iho soldiers at Colonels Ross anJ Drew readied such a plult that they actu ally bung.Rosa in ty. Wo are glsd to sec these t.r..4,nr ..pw. ...n.g f n i. o..r-i..-ir.rr. iwmm. .ffpeijtin Srnvi:i) lint RiatiT. - In another col umn will bo found a letter from a'privntc soldier ul Fort Klamath, dutulling the mun ner In which tho soldiers expressed their conien.pt lor .mm ft. "oss, j;rcw s coauy gla,0 of QffgM j. HMlTIUl'lVr 11V TTIHIi 111 lVIIL'I IIIUTA IU 1 Orkoon ClMCTnAt. MlMTART The surveying parly on the MlA) Road sinned on Tuesday last. 7, pany comnsmi "i Jr. i engra, fior- ueni I 4ir. viicn, uiimtjur, ami m l.ugcne vautvai, Ry an advertisement In the tarns wo icarn uini anpunnicnui-ni I engn nbout the 20th or .iune, start what or thirty five men lo explore the tor Iho above rond, from tho hacoftk cades lo Harney Lnkc. Wc rrjoim these manifestation or a coming day for Oregon. When the peepfe their attention to snch public worb Internal Improvements ns rnilr(4 wngon ronds, we may certainty expect Id and substantial growth am fa; ments thrnnghnut the entire Stale, Tiik CocrrniiKADsron Fumoxt.- Coppcrbcnds nro endorsing Fremont,, freely. It seems thai they like V j, nd name or the Radical Democncv. ' onn i-rancirco iiomror, mo scii-imam Catliolio organ, Is out strong for Kn It rays : This powerful parly, and Its A-S tlons In favor of tho essential prhol jiiliuni-iui iiihtcj, cuiinm lull 10 ((1J powerful cllVct." The Democratic papers tlirotflooi ( pon ore copying largely from lWA't,J Fremont's paper In New York. Vjt not be surprised to soon see Item,! Fremont and Cochrane hoisted bfei Itlligtnter. Cmci'iT Cii'iiT.-ThIs Inctltutlonb been in session occasionally durlof uV)J week. There only nbnut a half-dcsu cases, nnd these ore not worth snruiJ the lawyers. I lie irrepressible M mtV& has been removed to JowphliiecoseijJ wo ran now assure our Josephine friends that they will not bo wlihcutu suit for several yrars lo come. II. F. ell 1is npiminlrd Prosecuting Ato pro Urn., Mr. unzley failing to ifl One of tho new cases Is one brought m tho sentiments of Drew than those express ed by Ross. Not given to thinking him self, lie but reflects what Drew tells him. Hero wo see this Copperhead leaven which Drew has long been scattering, cropping out again. Last winter Ross was consid ered ns good u Union man ns anybody, nud was even talked of us a suitable person to receive tho Union nomination for Repre sentative, nnd now wo see him, under Drew's manipulation, in Government cm- missloners for delinquent taxes. TVl llnqucncy consists In tendering rn' wblcb the Sluto Treasurer refused toml Girxs His Frikmis tiik I.iic-OHJ and tho other Copperhead cdllon4U the restoration of tho DcmocrohU Is tho only way of restoring tXi They oro also lauding Uongrcssmtibfl of Ohio, as the great rrpresentatinCJ perlicad. Hero Is what Long save: " If the Democratic parly were Ion ploy, nnd hurrahing over tlio ueieaior me po-oay, j navo no luea, and imnni; Union parly. Men will get the scales off their eyes nfler awhile. ItAYincATioN Mkctiku. Tlio Union men of.JiicksonvllIe held a glorious ratifl- cntion meeting lust Saturday evening, not withstanding the rainy, inclement weather, Tho old " baby-wakcr " was broogbt out and n dilate of thirty-four guns Gred In honor of the nominations of Lincoln and Johnson. At a lato hour Ihe crowd rallied lo front of Iho Union Hotel, nnd 0. Jacobs, Esq., was culled oat, nnd made un eloquent speech. Cheers were proposed and given with u will, for the Union nominees, the Army and Nnvy, the Flag, nnd the speaker, Tbo nomination of Honest Old Abe and the gn'lant Andy Johnson is balled with delight by every true Union man. They are recognised representatives of the crest cause of tbd peoplo the enuso of right and justice and tUsjjrwUl be dverwlwtalngly eieeteu in isovetnber next. liels me lo declare il, that they cow More tho Utilon cf thirty-four Blatrs, liellevc that there ore but two altered nnd these are. cither an acknowlftlsn the Independence or the south ssssfc pendent nation, or their compile isUsj non ami exiermi nation ns a people; i or these alternatives, 1 prefer tbefrnafl Distinol'imikd Aiiiiivaiji.- Mnjom was In town this week, looking si u as life and twice us handsome, lie c on his return to Fort Lapwa1,I.TJ tcrday morning. Our old townsman, Mr. P. J. llyss.1 just returned from the Atlantic e'sfl whither ho lias been sojourning far I imatyi-or. He looks much impWl appearance, which Is doubtless cwsfj Tact that Heaven has blessed bin vitl partner In bis Joys. We welcome tkcM Jacksonville, and bnpo that they ( sldtrttbls their " 'Jfctl IIIIIIIIHKbIAA- .SjCfl "J HW .' te.tMkjcfl for Copperhead officers i tbrmselves, tbey feel mortified at being cointyelled lo submit to the leadership of Secessionists. 'J bey can see, too, easily enough tbat It wh Drew tbat.removcd the last man of them from this connly prior to the election, In order that tbeir vote could not be polled for the Union county tloket here. No wonder that they feel justly In dignant. Oorrxotioh. In thu last Issue of the Scnyinkl, the name of Governor Gibbs was Incidental' connected with the article against Drew. Let no one suppose, by reason of this, tbat there wsj any Intention to reflect on the Governor for ttie Copper. beodism of Drew, ss sueb is not tbe case. Gov. Gibbs Is one of the most faithful and zealous Union men In Oregon, and has done all in bis power to eorreet existing evils in this military department. The 'headless General In Sao Franclseo U Ibcrwrty to blame. i representing 'that Judge Williams Ing thoroughly loyal and me to tlio Union and Governor Gibbs refused to meet the opposite slue lo discussion In Southern Oregon. This Is not correct. Gov. Gibbs met Lone nt Eugcno nnd Roscburg, ood Fay at Phoenix; and as to the meeting at tills place, we have yet to learn that any one desired to have a discussion with either Gibbs or Williams. At the close of Judge William's speech here, Mr, Fay got up to make a mere announcement, as wo under stood it, and not to make a speech, if be bad hsoded his announcement to tbe chair man or tbo meeting, It would bavo been cheerfully made, but as be undertook to do It himself, tho audience refused to listen to him. WsiiqsjsWwrooijajiderit atateo tbat UqiUmj:ifnr of being dirroBriwsjcljSsfothtf, 3ref June, when tbe efeqtiictlwlU'.teompany wcwHffifce ideyjftawform the eoatract lor Sl.OO.owjwr'tp the'Jnereased cost BffoedVftdbtgbrn" rM Pay U! tWeswed about 8500 to printers. There Is far more tVO long since due the Brntixm. rfl who know themselves indebted csefcfl ward and pay up, or will tbey pats tho Increased expense of going after ti4 Those wbose'subscrlntlons bare swl plred will confer a great favor bys tbe advance payment system. It fVM saving to them and a great accsssssfl tloo to us. Attend! Everybody, 0. Jacobs, Esq., will appeal to tt son ona pocKeu oi tnc citizens w eounlv. at tho follnwW named tinsel' J laces, In favor of tbe completion d togue River Wagon Road. AtlM eevbody. At Phenols, on Satnrday, June &m ai Asmatiu, on Monday, zutn. At Rock Point. Thursday. 23d. At Willow Springs. Friday. 2iih- At Jacksonville, Saturday, -251D. Speaking will commence at twos' in l lie eriernoon, at each place, Phoenix, where 4 comment nt caslj uie ugni. jij rctiucst of Maxy Ci tf