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J1W3S, & RUSSELL, tiirs ,m cocxskmhis A'X' ZUJS.-XXT. I'iti'tTI'OIW IN I'HANCKUY, , tWIMlMj'., Orjoox. . i fill Hie Coin t Home. r riitimilll to llii'Ir cnre will -a" '.inlt.t. JnlyM.'M. JACKSONVILLE, SATUKDAY JULY 2, lSGil. imwwmi nafcat fgWja - - ,-f "If VOL. IX.-NI mttrtiwimjuMW JJiufum Union ns cite 0 F.DOWELL, tOltNEY AT LAW. JjUi . MIM.K, OllKHOS. .v ' lo iu! the CourUorUj Third ;uw run, iiie-niiprfiiie toun ni i;ro U ku.l'nl. Wurcrlpiiriiiiiiit- . . . M J. GASTON, BNPA" AT Ij&-V. Ja. h).NVlu,K,OiiK(;o.v, " tial attention irlrvn In oollcctluii J iiili' 10, IKI.3, 40 II iclutiiu-iil GEORGE B, DORRIS, TAltY PUBLIC JP. JACKSON COUNTY. "1th t). F Dnwll. i:. i. S.HOWARD. "ITOIt & Viyil. KNQf NKKIt, Jiriko.wiu.K Oki.uov, htjw llio Boo Ih end of Orfjron Jiimiiiijr, z, ihiit PETER DRITT. fliolocraiililc ArUt, rl to Inko (ilclnrcn In every tlyU lth all (ho Into Improvement. ho go uoi cio tatltlucUgn. 110 rulUiiiiBda. Call At bin new Gal It II. t-xAinliio liia plcturo, nud rlilceiii' Q. W. GREER. fil'JAN AND 8UU0K0N, iacl;sonvlllc, Oregon. fn KxprrM 8nloin ami Ilyan, JUrjrati tc. Co,' Store. &EON--DENTIST!!; Ml. O. J. GATES rnaanentlr locuteil In jnckMn. unj uUVr lilh i-trricea lo all tbcw ' irtlticlal leelh. DerHvlmr I..M. imrv koIU In tho U.t inaqper. tmuK work In tin Jin?, will &a umuujjw iv jjiyo uim n can. 0ao door .east of Jlajaiue do Ho- lintanrant. ". anUCtf" . - - - - DCGAN & M'ALL, KBIRG AND COMMISSION 3ROHANTS, WaLigCoV; Vront A Fijt'racUl SESCKNT CITY, OAL. "MUtnd (o tllc4tcv.!i-lniT nnil Vop. Nljlfr of ofl Oood 'cnlrUMM to "yr ,i",wrM niiuiHumicu, mht bollCItt'd. aieiebinilllui ni. 'fl;ri(!v Wty. AprH 11. 1S63, 15 rppld(Jlvrol''jot!ltbefreIiibt Igiaru lalJA ).k l ANl JWDUGB tk, ln, rVMtrchnnrliiie:'Btv" -r 27 MA, AlULLKR'S. IWJUA1MI ALIJL'MHot IIAINBSUUOS dully Amtrihm Vrf, llOttlll I lunjnrnl up by ctry lroo' iniAi. It epiilk's Iii Onl'uii on well i wlicra: Tlietenro n number of proriffrjl Unlnn trgnns"In tlili'clly ntiirclfc'nlierr, tlint in sW ppoii tlie atlppllon of awpcllinlory policy "toward Ccppfrluaiin om traitor. Tlicsc " modcrntily loyal" journal 'llitak llmt the Union party wilt bo tcriouily im paired by tho open ilcniinctntlon of tlic j mpatlilncrs with tho ribclllon.uml rcconi mend n ' concillnlory " courro ns the mot (.'flVclua. mode ol ptcurlnir tho converflon or trnlloM Into loyal inch. Tor oum-lvw, wo iliould no more think of employing ar gument or pcrfQatlim upon Uopperhead than n pou the rtnomoiti rcptflo that hai lircn (v'leclttl oi the mol npproprlulo tye ofthclr parly. The hatred of tlie traitor to liin country don not orlylnatu In tho In lirllict, iiml cniinnt lio removed by; argu ment. It fiprlnrt from no niWppfelirntion of fdclc. and no Datum nt nf fiicta cn cure it. It would Im! at pructlculjle to utirmpt to (urn FlojiVorllrnJaiuIn, rtrlNilk. or l'illow from their itdlwncQ Jo the Coo fidcrntc causa by a retort lo logic nud ihetorlc, ns to cndi-nvor to iwoy tlie Srcea (ilonliii of CoHfornla by similar nppcali. Yet, oceordlnjf lo tho theory of Jivcr " loyal " pairi-a of litis State, Orantslioald llirnw aside the weapon of carnal warfare, n ml resort to the piilder instrumentalities of iiiKumcnt and persuasion. Tliu sensitive fcelinps (fi raitnrprc lu bcrcspccleil, and all laiiKuupe wjilcli ran wound thrm Is to be siltilousJy nvoldi-d. Hucji U hp line of polleyprcerilicil lo us ly twFrpoiil luted censors of the " loyal prrn." jlut wo cannot adopt the prescription so long, nt least, ns ne continue lo rejjnrd treason apainst our ronntry ns n crime rather than an error ; n moral tuinl lather limn un In tellectual aberration. - The "moilcrntely loyal" mvc Iopr wouh practlseil this mild and InoiTcnsIve policy of ' conciliation." And what aru Its results? Instead of rimklnf tiensou Odious imi traitors deteslable, they Imvo educated the publio mind into a condition of latiludina rian toleration tl nt Ipion nil the moral d'ulinrlloiu lutolvrd, nud cnupuj IhuclifTtr eneei) between rebels und loyul men to be regarded ns mero political d Hvrcnccs. I is iu consequence of their teachings that sich jmpera us Ilruwn'a 7'r hnve corrc lo be viewed us mere 'opposition Journal,' instead of orguus of llm Confederacy, w hich they really are. It Is by virtue of their mlllc-niul water loyally, und the lukewarm patriotism which they havo taught, that the moutli-plecea of treason have come to be treated as respectable opponents to be refuted by argument, rather than as organs of the publio enemy, In be suppressed ar.d silenced by the stroug hand of authority, Thire ltiiiplnt Iu every coutrovcrsy hero argument Is exhausted, and beyond which it is mi impertinence and a lolly. Long ago that point has been reached in the Issuo between loyal men and the adherents of tho Confederacy. 'What we now require Is.that every man's position should be clearly de fined, and that the full risponslbllily of his position should bo cast upon each individu al. And so, too, with oil parties, sects and organizations, of whatever name or dscrlp- lion. Tho -Union party can' derive no strength from the ostensibly adhesion of secret enemies. TJiose who are pot heartily with it are virtually against ft j end the sooner they jire coinpclled (Q l))Pw ue true color, aniLflrroy tbeyisclves openly with those-wh'o have their good wishes, the more easily t will bo to nullify their ppwer Air evil. What la to In-gained by pre teoding to regard as friends those who wo know ure enemies at heart, and who ore onlyrestrained from avowing their hostil ity by prudentlul considerations I What kind of poljflcal wisdom la that whjclj secM (o iwell the oppareut etreugtb of a pariy uy enrolling umoag na memBera, arm counting e o part of Its reliable forces, mercenaries who etund ready to iHcrt to the enemy the tuomeut they can do to with wlcty 1 , So far as the Union party Ts concerned. it is above nil things cle desunblc tjiat it should know upon, whom It can count in the day of trial. No man whoic loysTlyjis mote than fl;in-dcep,wlll bilrirrn fourlls anks by Uio hjnest; dsiimifiatlpn tfjny parly, or nny seel.ihatclioosts lo ajruyilt- wlf nguiiiHt tho Onvcrnment. In the exist ing slate of thing, the Union parly has nothing to gain by conciliation. Thia is tp day n policy by which treason atone can profit. A stern and. unrelenting Intolerance of disloyalty Is tho policy ns well ns the duly of those who nro In earnest In the support of the Government. For Hint "modera tion " which Is sometime n virtue la often n suicidal imbecility; uixl I hero nro crises In which it become an unpardonable crime. In times of Imminent peril, it Is the watch word of tho whole herd of politio and treacherous nature. Such "moderation" Is only onnlher name for selnMinwi nnd cowardice. Moderate loyalty nnd moilernto patriotism-cm nf the sumo base quality os moderate friendship ; they ore but synonyms for that cold Indifference which Is nlilo In cspab! of genuine nUVctiou or hcnrly hos tility. 'J'he cause of the Union can plher no strength from tho formal eduction of men whu;n n word of rebuke nilmlnUtered, to the sect or parly with which tlry nro identified, can drive Into tho ranks of the oieiny. In llulitlng tho great luttl) of Union iiml Krccihim ngalnsl lis confei'eratnl foct, nothing Is to bo gained by Mho weak and shallow policy of timid -concilia! ion. One of the greatest statesmen that ever lived summed up the whole wisdom of statesman ship in the simple maxim : " Kmploy all means lo conciliate; llio) fulling, nil means lo cruili," Long ngo " all means to con ciliate" havu been exhausted, and policy, patriotism ami religion, now unite In the triple sanction of " ull means to crush," The Constitution as it Is, Such is tho watchword nnd battle-cry of I ho Democracy of these latter days. It Is n marvid that far transcends all recorded feuts of necromancy, how men living In the midst of passing event, and acquainted with tho patent facia of colemporary his tory, can be so blind na to Ih-IIcvc that tho ' Constitution as It Is " can bo tho organlo law for the new uatlou that is to emerge from the chuoa ol civil war. The Consti tution as it is recognizes slavery. For years it has been the chief bulwaik of that Institution. For years, the Christian and the philanthropist who felt an Instinctive; hatred of that System of abominations, were paralyzed In their warfaro against it by tho knowledge that It was sanctioned by tho organlo law of the landi and that, os loyal citizens, they were not only re strained frpm assailing it, hut were bound to muintain and defeud It wherever it hud already obtained a foothold. Hut after the slrango und momentous events of the past three years, what fano man dreams (hat tho hideous idol of our .modern Democracy can over be restored to lu ancient jirestlgeT that Northern freemen will ngaln consent tq have thedutlca of slave-catchers Imposed upon them by law !ihat tlje, National capital will ever ogam bo allowed to bo desecrated by auctions, at which human beings pro sold Ijke cattle, under tho fot-i derlug gazo of the rej-entat(vc of all the civilized powcra pf top wprld? or that o institution whlph has brought, upoa us all our present suft'erlngs, will be permitted lo have any legalized existence In (he new re public T All this U simply Impossible. The "Un ion as it was " Is a thing belonging to past htstoryjust as much ns tho Babylonian' Hmplrc or tho Acnolan League. Thd Con- atltutlou as la cannot bo tho Constitution of the fature; wVwfob'io speak of It with all reverence, na the' noblest, iVisestjfand at-togcllK-r the most perfect paper charter of government ever ilevln. by uninspired In tellect. When ndnmni. nftc'r grove debate nnd long cPnuiflnttou by Ih'o patriots nnd sitgrs who-v work It l, it might well have been confident! n monument ol pollllenl whilom. It embodied all the lewona of ll o past, but It could not lnplinle the yet tin re vealed teachings of tho future. Kven Its originators knew It to bo mi Imperfect wprk--tirilieahnirt,thiit'clrciimjlrih'cjl would admit but still Imperfect. It in volved n compromise with nn neknowledged wrong nnd nn undisputed evil. Wo nil know how the great funndcra of Iho Con stitution regarded tho system of shivery, nnd thi-Ir expectation that. If tolerated for n brlcl season, it would qulclly perish. The story tins been often told, nnd need not be repeated. It is familiar to nil well inform ed persons, and is disputed by nono but the Ignor.int or dishonest. .! nVrnon nnd Hamilton, Wellington, Madison nnd fny, did not regard the Con iummjuiuHM.jmtinipiwiwpi tllldiljiii tlesfiTitsif ois (llitlstlarrgrniind, It It lie 'riiocrttisWilmr of those uh, from wiiiit of elmmeler, hnvno dhtlnctlvu muku f'nfm 6iher meii.Yxjil tlw wnnt of uurkiof dwtinetlun lit Iiml wjmj pjinel pies yon would huve tn gt out ft Search warrant, nnd lluii mnke u retn'in of nasi tti invents not In In our lutflwlckl Mwi whnui noboily cnii soy iiuyililnt; ngnlust, nijruuvijpjlhul fe.novcr hurt niiybmiy wlW m hiiuu TrtTinr frnlii wlnw Htslilnn Is such Hint ulnny inomnit they may broonw llm champions, pf utiy cause itrduotriuu wlihout vlolsntt) to ji.iat profucstniwi or consistently, 'liny nre tlw neuter genders of religion, nnd hermnphrt) illlw nf K)llliw, dressid In pullllenl long cloiheH to throw Iho weight of lhcio!!l!cn! ambiguity nn tin1 side nf the louder exemp tion due to 'hhu'iium miMaim." J hey nru like the nsn-illwt wo used to bcuteut for. when u Iwy "betwixt nnd betwatn,, wnr ranteil not to cut iu the ere." They nro jowanlly Keoundrei (if UoiM'crviillVoii. stitution ns iicifid, In tlie shnie Iu which j political dough faces gona In nod they left It ; but they looked furwnril to its regeneration by the removal of Its sanction of slavery. Why, then, should 'o hesitate to tleclaro that thu world has ndvnnced since iho grent charier wns ndoptwl ; that liod In his provtdonliul iltallngs has so en lightened thu conscience of (he nation, llmt It can no more rest under n constitution ' controlling ckuwnt In both. AACouserv "(Jutslilti or those oowu who mako thu name of UnMcrviitfv'oi'ii. mask fur the mt mulignuul, covert trm son, wo mnko llltlo or no distinction be tween the ncutrnl nud the conservative. Cowardice niulsellhhiiess tho, most Igno ble blemishes of our human nature nro Auctioning slavery, lli'nil it can return to tho bcliiMn tho Salem wlllicrnft, or tin coimology of tho Oretks? lint were the Constitution ever so excel lent and perlect. it would bo vuln to seek lo exempt It from the operation of tho mil vcrsnl law of change. Individuals, nations, Institutions, forms of Government yen, thu solid earth Itself, ore ull subject to the vi cissitudes of gtowilt development nnd decay. It Is u folly of which only political dream ers or political knaves am guilty, to prate about unchangenblcne:a of uuy Constitu tion. As the world changes ; ns civiliza tion advances ; as the mind and will of thu Almighty "arc more clearly iervloKtl iu Ills dealings wiih the nations ; as old abu se and worn out barbarisms palo before the purer light that presage the inllltiiiu) years, "milder manner, purtr law," bellcr Oovcrnments, oud more erficl Constitu tions will bu inaugurated. lie who op poses such changes attempts to bar the path of 1'rogrtM and llumunlly, prefers darkness to light, heulhenism to Christian Ity, und the sleieolyped truditioim of tho past to tho bright promiso of a glorious future. ThuKnglish Constitution, the best under which any great community has ever existed for a ivritd ol many centuries, has undergono changes without number. From age to agu It. has occummoilaKd Itself to Iho ilcri'lopment of the nation hud the ad vancement of enlightenment. It was not the same under tho Ttnlora os under thu I'lautagencts, nor under the Stuarts ns un der Iho Tudora. Tho progress of tho peo plo was not checked out of reverencu to the Constitution, but the Constitution was was inoditlicd to keep paco to the wants of the people. Bo It must be with us. Iuws nud government, and fill civil institutions, however excellent, are but means for the accomplishment of great ends ; and when those, ends can be best promoted by o chauge of tho means, it Is no wiser to ob- jict than It wpuld bo to make thecai-lat of more value than Iho Jewels It Is designed to contain, or to think, with l(0 Pharisees, that pun was mado for the Sabbath, rath er thai) the Sabbulh for man.-S F.flag. utivo Democrat In I io degenerative henso of the word la ono who tukcd.tu.tria ion, by liiiliuct. A Contervativq. Itepubllcnti is one who is waiting to take it when It succeeds and becomes popular, l(e wuutri to lock uruu with both cMremesuml kcc a hund In tho pocket til each. IIu voted for the Union like n patriot, and apologizes forjt like a traitor. He talks witli cither side like a champion, but iu thu presence of both keeps tilcuco like a ueuirnl. , ,W,lll not oIL-nd by saying cither la right, but has no doubt both nro wrung. Hula pru dent, nud calls It keeping his own couiucl which counsel will ul ways' bo found to haven mitJ edge. l(ohus reproaches for rudlculs and excuses for rebels, Ultra Inn Is true lu tlteory butfalseiMn praotleo. Ho hales slavery, mid abhors nn abolition ist. Thu ubolitloulsl's principles arc right, but lu the wrong place goodfur tlw coun try that has nobody to bo (iflentk'tl by them, lie talks right, too, but out of lime. It Is well enough to think liko an uVilItIuulit, but heinous to net liku one. Slavery is a bad thing to get, but n good thing to keep. It is wrong to miillreul u slave, but an uu pardonable) sin to irritate his master. "Such Is thu conservative Republican. When the Jtopubliwu purty wluscuuhu not say that he ulwuys voted thu HciubH cuu ticket? And II tho oppqjlpu tri umphs, can he not uy lji.it hu ulwiys con tlemuid thu Jtudiculs, und then drop with out a qualm Into the lap of victory! lie holds ou to the Colon hamllu with such it gentle grip, that it will not lacerate his lingers lu Jvrk it out ol liia liuujl, 1 lu pre tends to run with the .Union machine, but someliow gu(s tangled iiji with tlie Other's ropes whenever it is liku to be I he first to the lire, Hu keeps ou tho Union track only lo bq caught up by thu rebel cow catcher when thu sittsh tram makes tlio best lime. Hu Is u stillborn patriot, that cannot cut ll.o. umb)ieul cord thnlibluds him to the treusouublu Democracy., Hu puts his political light under n bmhel or ruther heiShows yoo a bmhel to makcyou think there Is u light under it, He Is mod erate, and must not bu blaiuod foe not go-. Ingms'far as- wu do. Wodcwi!ut blult.o, lilio for not going as far .ah we do, but. fur claiming the same mileage.-lNo doubt' ho L'oe-s as fur und ns fust as his legs and brains will carry him but to cUfm'tl.o inerlt of being u first class courier after getting dislauoeil on Iho first hcut -thal'ls jhe mktu-lattOj of it. Fellow-shlnplrig With irultors, liob-nobbing with 'rebels und Tho Conservative) Itcimtjllcuh w. rw- , . ,ii i . The following nrMclc pome frorn, the Alton (Illinois) T(lfS,aji, We will ro cornmem) its careful upp)lcatoq (o ccrtuli) sklm-milk Union men Ir hu county, Some of them having given a fsa.ll shrjik for free dom spaa four or fire yvra ago. think that thevoOL'ht to carrv tha Union mirlu nn (heir shoulders, In addition to malntalfjlne i lh,eIp pathiKerS, niid yet li.slstlr.i; that the relations of vy pleasant gentlemen7' T "' g 'V ,n ul U 9tw with reaomoos Copperheads. The rrJrlb1en1d1U.1,li1nff t0 NW'JIwoMVaj ,,,,.. Mi r,,.. ", -p;fiould detest such emasculated crelwiTr,f S V. Tl , . " ,v0 dla "ot flod ,bt:u' wwr sulUbte ub- "if there Is any class of men we feel ju-ljeets for commiseration ami coiitwpt,'' . fttksistesmsftrau ,. -'--mSl' "'' JJ.T" 3. 24. I ',