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y I RETAKE OF PRECEDING PAGE 10 6 Vol. OREGON CITY, OREGOIV, SATURDAY, MAY 30,"18G8 No. 32. i- if it ! ! f 4 i- of I IT I ; r o f tt': it ' r- o jc lUcckln ..(Enterprise. rt-BLtSRER EVERT SATCRD AY MORMNO By D. 0. IRELAND, VFFlCFi South east corner of Finn nd mm' Maix streets, in the building lately known y i, th Court House, Oregon City, Oregon. Term of Subscription. lint eopr, one year in advance. .. " if delayed. . ...$3 0 ... 4 00 Term of Adve riing. Transient advertisements, per square (12 lines or less; first insertion ...t"2.r0 k'reach xubsequent insertion . 100 limine Cards one s(iuar per annum : payable quarterly 12 00 H)e 'column per annum 12v 00 One half column " 60 00 One quarter " " 40 00 Legal advertising at the established rates. .Book and Job Printing ! rMIK EXTEUPRlSE OFFICE V Is supplied with every remiisite fn fining a superior style of work, and is constant 1 t accumulating new and beautiful sty les of material, and is prepared for every Tarifty of BOOK ANT) Jon . IT S A TIS F ACTOK T 1'ItICKrt. The Public arc invited to call and amine WJi our Bpecimens and facilities for doing work. BUSINESS CARDS. Ladd & Tilt on, BANKERS, PMZTI-A.V, OUKGOX. Will giv prompt attention to collections, nd other business appertaining to Banking. Siqht and Tif graphic Exchange On San Francisco and the Atlantic States for sale Government Securities bought and noU. . xitf L . C . Fuller, CHOKER, o Fays the Highest Price or Gvld Dust J fal Tenders and 5overnTnent securities ihou.rht and sold. "o. 1 Front st., - tt- Portland, Oregon. Dr7l teclay, Itl. R. G. L.v (Formerly Surgeon to the Han. n. B. Co.) Main .Street (-Vi Oregon City. Dr. CHARLES BLACH, Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur. 0VFICK Corner of Washington and Front streets, I'arrih's Block, Portland, Oregon. RKSIDKNCK Washington Street, between Fortrth and Ftt'lh streets. I'i- ly J. WELCH, DENTIST. I'trimintnlly Locat'l At Or?rot: 'C'tif'Ortijon. Rooms with T)r. Saffarans, on Main street. Cr BENTON KILLIN, Oregon City. Orrgon. tylica in Charmau's Brick Block, up t tairs. w-. c. jonxsox. (.-.: tfj V. O. M COWS. Xotaru I'nllic. JOHNSON & rIcCOWNv OllKdOX CITV, OREGON. lST Will attend to all business entrusted t our care in uny of the Courts of the State, t.iV'sct money, negotiate loans, sell real es- IfV, etc. ;.??PaTticular attention giveD to contested cases. 1-vl J. B. UPTON, Attorney And Cocnselor-atLaw, Oregon City, Qregvn. r Oflc aver the storo of Pope A. Co., Tn street, 4t.tf JAMES M. M00BE, Justice of the Erace City Recorder. Office In the Court Il'use and City Council Room, Oregon City. G O WiK stVind to the acknowledgment of Iced", snd all other duties appertaining to the oIllC of J ustice of the Peac. ly A. H. BKLL. B. A. PARKER. BELL & PARKER. I) RIJOISTS, AXD DEAtltRS IX Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Paints, Perfumery, Oils, Varnishes, And every article kept in a IMig Store. 83.) Mais Strkkt, Orkc.on Citt. a.c.xx. Titos. lkarV. Fashion Billiard Saloon. Main street, between Second and Third, Oreyvn City. MANN & LEARY Proprietors. fpilE above long established aud popular X Saloon is yt a favorite resort, and as only the choicest brands of Wines, Liquors and Ciars are dispensed to customers a share of the public oalronage is solicited. ZT N B. Families supplied with the choicest Liquors, English Ale and Porter, bottles, on the most reasonable terms. SHADES SALOON. iVtii Side Mala Strttt, lutwetn Second and Third, Ore-jun. City. GEORGE A. HAAS Proprietor. The proprietor bes leave to inform his friends and the public generally that the Above named popular saloon is open for their Accommodation, with a new and well assort ed supply of the fintJit brand of wines, liquors and cigars, ISAAC FA Ult. JOHN' FABB. FARR & BROTHER, Butchers and Meat Venders. Thankful for the favors of the community in the pa.it, wish to say that they will con tinue to deliver to their patrons, from th wagon, at uual, Tumdayg and $aturdiys of each xe'lr, nil tho best quiitiw of Beet, Mutton, and Pork, or any other elasg of meats in the "larVet. 9:tf Imicrisil Mills, OUKGON CITV, KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND FOR SALE : BRANAND CHICKEN FEED ! r?f" Parties wanting feed must furnish Ur sua. rs?.tf BUSINESS CARDS. CLIFF HOUSE. Main Street, Nearly Ormosite IVonlrn Vhrlnm W. L. WHITE: I t, - T. W. RUOADES, f Proprietors. Oregon City. Oregon. We invite the citizens of Oregon City, and the traveling public, to v'we n n t their patronage. Meals can be had at all aours, to please the most fastidious. 15 Notice to the Public. I HAVE this day closed the Barlow House in favor of the Clitl House. Hope my old customers will give their liberal patron age to the above well kept house. They will find Messrs. White & Kboades always oil haud to make guests comfortable. VM. IiAKLOW. McLaughlin House. Main street, (opposite the Woolen Mills,) Oregon City, Oregon. E. B. KELLY, - Proprietor. This is the most commodious Hotel in the city. Newly furnished, and just open j for the reception of guests, f5gT" It will be the endeavor of the Propri etor to make his guests comfortable. 20.tf OREGON HOUSE, Main Street Oregon City. JACOB SOEHM, Proprietor. ESTABLISHED 1S57. UEDfCTIOX I.V PRICES! The undersigned wishes to give notice that from .Saturday, Octoberoth, 1867, prices at the above house will be as follows : Board and Lodging per week $5 00 Board without Lodging 4 00 Board and Lodging per dav 1 U0 JACOB BOEHM. Oregon City, Oct. Sd, IStiT. 5:tf Thomas W. Kinney, 49 Front street, lorlland Oregon, BEALEfl IN INES AND LIQUORS, Is constantly in receipt of Pure Whiskevs direct from the Atlantic States, ana can otter to the trade better inducements than any other house in Portland. William Brcughton, CONTRA CTOR and BUILDER, Main ttrtet, Orfjon City. i Will attend to all work in his line, con- j sisting in part of Carpenter and Joiner work j framing, building, etc Jobbing promptly attended to. (w JOHN H. SCHRAM, Manufacturer and Dealer in SADDLES, HARNESS, fic. etc.. Main strcc't, Wtween Third and Fo'-ar'tb, Oregon City. flPIlE attention of parties desiring any tiling JL in my line, is directed to my stock, be fore making purchases elsewhere. , lv) JOHN II. SCIIIJAM. CLARK GREENMAN, T-TVu- . c Drayman, fe3ESS 0 REG OX CITY. All orders for the delivery of merchandise, or packages and freight ot whatever descrip tion, to any part of the city, will be executed promptly and with care. l(.Htn Established since 1S40. at the old stan'd, Maix Stkekt, Okkcox Citv. elry, and Seth Thomas' weight i ' V L . . . V ........ ' - 1 ( Clocks, ult of which are warranted to be as represented. Repairing done on short notice, and thankful for past favor?, tft DAVID SMITH, Sicctntor to SMITH & If AH SI fA Lis, Bfctrk Smith and Wagon Maker, Corner of Main and Third streets, Oregou City. Oregon. P.!acksmihig in till its branches. Wagn making aud repairing. All work warranted to give satisfaction. (3 I. GItADOS. CHAtKCT BAlfc. G RADON k Co., MASUFACTntERS OF Wagons & Carriages, SOI and 203 Frtut St., Portland, Oregon. OCT" IVagnns of every description mnde to order. tseneralft)bbing done with neatness'and dispatch. Orders from the country promptly attended tr. JOIL FJjEMOCjJ, RETAIL DEALER IN SCHOOL BOOKS STATIONERY, Has removed into a LARGER STORE, in MASONIC BUILDING, Where he will be pleased to wait upon his old customers and as many new oues as na" patronir.e him. In addition to the above, he has recently received a WELL SELECTED AS.SOBT MENT of Perfumrry and Cosmetics ! which are olfered for sale at reasonable rates. Oregon City. Oct. l'jth, 1SG7. NOTICE TO ALL WHO WANT First Class line or Coarse Roots suit! Slioes ! Made or Repaired. Especial care and at tention paid to orders for hue work, 9uch as Ladies' aud Misses Fine Gaiters, Gents' Fine French Calf Boots, etc. Jf" Orders solicited from abroad will be executed with neatness and dispatch. TERWILLIGER & SMITH, 40. tf Green st., Oswego. Oregon OSWEGO HOUSE! OSWEGO, OREGON. JOHN HCI1ADE Proprietor, IS now prepared to receive and entertain all who may favor him with their patron age. The House is New and the Rooms ar Newly and Neat(y Furnished. The Table will be supplied with all the delicacies af the season. The House is situated near the steamer landing. The proprietor will at all times endeavor to give entire satisfaction to nil who may favor him with a call, and would respectfully solicit the pa'ronag of the Traveling Public. AI:tf' Board per week t-5 00 Board and Lodging 00 ;nf ! U!s 13 A CITY IXCIDEXT. Under the lnmplights, dead in the street, Delicate, fair, and only twenty, There she Has, Face to the skies. Starred to death in a city of plenty, Spurned by all that is pure and sweet, Passed by busy and careless feet Hundreds bent upon folly and pleasure, 1 Hundreds with plenty, and time and leisure : Leisure to speed Christ's scission below, To teach the erring and raise the lowly Plenty, in charity's name to show That life has something divine and hcly. .Boasted charms classical brow, Delicate features look ut theni now. Look at her lips: once they could smile; Eyes well, never more shall they beguile; Never more, never more won! of hers A blush shall bring to the saintliest face, She has found, let us hope and trust, Pence in a higher and better place And yet, despite of nil still, I ween, Joy of some heart she must have been. Home fond mother, proud of the task, Has stooped to finger each dainty curl ; Some ram father has bowed to ask: A blessiug for her, his darling girl. Hard to think, as we look at her there, Of all the tenderness, love and care, Lonely watching and sore heart-nche, All the agony, burning tears, Joys and sorrows, and hopes and fears, Brenthed and suffered for her sweet sake, Fancy will picture a home afur, Out where the daises and butter-cups are. Out where life-giving breezes blow, Far from these sodden streets, foul and low, Fancy will picture a lonely hearth, And an aged couple dead to mirth An aged couple, broken and gray, Kneeling beside a bed to pray ; Or lying awake o' nights to hark For a thing that may come in the rain and the dark t A hollow-eyed woman with weary feet, Better they never know She whom they cherished so Lies this night, lone and low, Dead in the street. XATIOXAL REPCBLICAS CONVENTION. The national Republican conven tion met at noon in Chicago, on ihe 20th inst. Gov. Marcus L. Ward. Chairman of the National Committee. .. called the convention to order. lie ji.-j. , crio.,.i, t ,ua -r. " -i v... vv, v.. cutnstances under wii'ch they were assembled and the work for the con vention to do. Bishop Simpson, of the M. E. Church, opened the pro ceedinps with prayer; whereupon, Gov. Ward nominated Gen. Carl Sehurz, of Missouri, temporary chair man, which was carried unanimously amid vociferous cheering. Upon be ing conducted to the chair, Gen. Schurz addressed the convention, x pressing thanks for the high honor conferred. He reviewed the history of the Republican party briefly to the conclusion of the war which resulted in the extinction of slavery. At the close of his speech, he advocated the . . . . , ... exercise ol the right vA a conciliatory spirit toward all. " In this hour," he said, " let not the passions be inflam ed by stinging disappointment, how ever keen, or a sense of wrong carry us beyond the bounds of wisdom and self-respect. The things we hlve to accomplish are so great that w hatever the provocation may be, we can cer tainly not afford to let personal ex citement seduve us into compromis ing our high dignity. Whoever may become our friend, whoever may be come our enemy, let us steadilv march on with unflinching determina tion to fulfill all tho duties that rest upoh us, to secure justice to the sol dler who fought our battles, justice to the Southern ilien who fought for the Uuion cause, Applausejjnstice to the colored race-, to whom we hove prom ised true and eternal freedom, Ap plauseind justice to the national creditor, who has staked his credit ; Long and continued Applause; let us faithfully strive to restore the hon or of the Government, to crush cor ruption inside of the party as well as outside of the party, and to place hon est, true and capable men tri public stations." Oq the 21st General Grant was unauimously nominated for fresidenTj and Hon. Schuyler Colfax for Vice President. The committee on permanent or ganization reported Gov. Hawley of Connecticut as President, who was greeted with cheers. On taking the chair he briefly addressed the Cons vention in well chosen, dignified words. Gen. Sickles being vociferously called for, made brief remarks, .but declined to occupy the time of the Convention. Pending the complete organization, Gov. Fairchild, President of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Convention, presented resolutions adopted by that body, which were read and ordered to be incorporated into the official report of the proceedings. Gov. Brown of Georgia was called out ard made a speech in which he said he had fully aod honestly accept ed the situation and intended to exert all his energies and influence to assist reconstruct lou aad -carry out the policy adopted by Congress. ; He would steadfastly co'operate with the Republican party hereafter. Committee on credentials repdrted that all Southern delegates be ad mitted to full privileges of member, ship. Only the regular delegates from California were admitted. Both sets of delegates from Maryland were admitted to seats, bnt only the Creswell delegates were allowed to vote. Each Tt-rritory was allowed two delegates, with the privilege of voting; also, the District of Columbia. Mr. Thompson of Indiana charman of the committee on resolutions, re ported the following, which was adopted amidst great enthusiasm : NATIONAL l-X ION PJ.ATFOKM. Resolved, 1st. That we congratulate the country on the assured success of the Re construction Policy of Congress as evi denced by the adoption in a majority of States lately in rebellion, of Constitutions securing equal, civil and political rights to all, and we regard it. as the duty of the government to sustaiu these Constitutions, and prevent the people of such States from being remitted to a state of anarchy or military rule. 2d. The guarantee by Congress of equal suffrage to all loyal men in the South, was demanded by every considera tion of public safety, gratitude and justice; and must be maintained ; while the ques tion of suffrage in all loyal States proper ly belongs to the people of those States. 3d. We denounce all forms of repudi ation as a natural crime, and national hon or requires the payment of the public in debtedness in the utmost good faith to our creditors nt home and abroad, not only according to the letter, but spirit of the laws under which it was contracted. 4th. It is due to the labor of the nation that taxation should be equalized and re duced as rapidly as the national faith will permit. 5th The national debt, contracted as it had been for preservation of the Union for all time to come, should be extended over a lair period, and it is our duty to reduce the rate of interest thereon when ever it can honestly be done. fith. .That the best policy to diminish our burden of debt is so to improve our credit that capitalists will seek to lend money at lower rates of interest than we now pay and must continue to pay so long as repudiation, partial or total, open, or covert, is threatened or suspected. 7th. The Government of the United States should be administered With the strictest economy. The corruptions which have been so shamefully nursed and fos tered by Andrew Johnson, call loudly for radical reform. 8th. We profoundly deplore the un timely and tragic death of Abraham Lin coln, and regret the succession of Andrew Johuson to the Presidential chair, who has acted treacherously to the p'eople who elected hini and the cause he was pledged to support, who has usurped high legisla tive and judicial functions, has refused to execute the laws, has used his high office to induce other officers to violate the laws, has employed his Executive power to ren der insecure the lives, property, peace and liberty of cit'fens. has abused the pardon ing power, has denounced the National Legislature as unconstitutional, has per sistently and habitually resisted by every means ill his power, 'every attempt at the reconstruction of the Suites lately in rebel lion, hat perverted public patronage into an engine for wholesale t'orriiplion, has justly been impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and ha been pronounced guilty thereof by the votes of 23 Senators. 9th. The doctrine ot Grvat IJritian and other European powers that, because a man is once a fcufyect he is alwayso, must be resisted at vvery hazard by the United States as a relic of feudal times not authorized by the law of nations and at war with our national honor and inde pendence. Naturalized citizens are en titled to be protected in all their rights of citizenship as though they were native born. No citizen ot the United States or naturalized must be liable to arrest x)r im prisonment by any foreign power for acts done or words spoken in this country and if so arrested and imprisoned, it is the duty of the Government to interfere in his behalf. 10th. Of all who were faithful in the trials of the late war, there were none more faithful for special honor than brave soldiers and seamen who endured hard ships of camp and cruize and imperiled their lives in the service of their country. The bounties and pensions appropriated by law tor these brave defenders of the Union, are obligations never lo be forgot ten. Applause. The widows and or phans of the gallant 'dead are wards of thtt people, a sacred legacy bequeathed to the u nited States for protecting care-. 11th. Foreign immigration in the past has added so much to the Wealth and in creased resources of this nation, the asylum 01 all nations, that it should be fostered by a liberal and just policy. 12th. This Convention declares its sym pathy with all oppressed people who are struggling for their rights. The following additional resolutions were offered and adopted : Resolced, That the adjournment of this Convention shall not work dissolution of the same, but it shall remain as organized, subject to be called together at any time or place that the Republican Executive Committee shall designate. ItsSvlved, We highly commend in a spirit of laagnariimity and forgiveness the men who have served the rebellion and who are now frankly and honestly co-operating with us in restoring peace to the country rind in the reconstruction of Southern States on the basis of impartial jhstifce and equal rights, and are received back into the communion of loyal people, and that we are in favor of the removal of the disqualifications or restrictions imposed on the late rebels in the same measure as the spirit of disloyalty disappears, as may be consistent with the safety of loyal peo ple. Resolved. That we recognize the great principles laid down in the Declaration of Independence, as the true foundation of Democratic government, and we hail with gladness every effort towards making these principles the living reality on every inch of American soil. The nominattans, as above stated, wera then made. The Executive Committee is composed of one for each State. lion. II. W. Corbett was put down to represent Oregon. Walla Walla has taken the lead and abolished open gambling. It is but a few year3 ago that Walla Walla was the most extensive ' wholesale" gambling hell we ever knew for a burg of its proportions; but the march of progress, the estab lishment of schools and churches, and the riper years of civilization, do their work surely and well. THE XtT-KMJX KIiA?T. We have every reason to beliei'e that the Ku-Klux Klan has been ex tended to Clackamas Connty; Dem ocrats hate attended public political nleeting s armed What for we know not; The order has been exposed in the East, with all the datbSj attitudes of initiation, etc. We cannot picture lhe.-6cenes as the Illustrated papers give them, but we can extract briefly from the report of thft exposition. In this country, assassination, for the accomplishment oF political ends, was almost altogether tiuheurd of un til 'the .bullet of i. '" Wilkes. Doothe roSbed otir good President Lincoln ofhis life, and handed down his own name to an immortality of infamy. Even then, the subsequent trial did not seem to prove the existence of auy Very extensive conspiracy; and there was no particular dread of any Class of men, with secret murder for the chief object of their organization. But the recent outrages and mysteri ous warnings and murders through out the South leave no doubt in the public mind, of the actual existence ot a strong, secret organizition, prob ably embracing thousands of mem bers, and having its ramifications in every one of the States of the Union', with the avowed object of terrorizing the entire loyal population white and black, into either fleeing from the country, or tamely submitting to rebe ascendency at the polls. The name, Ku-Klux Klan, as this great band of asassins is called, is said to be derived lroni the noise of the cocking of a rifle, or revolver, aud therefore has a terrible significance, as, thus far, nearly all their secret murders appear to have been perpe trated by the bi!let. This Klan has spread, in an incredibly short time, from Eastern Tennessee to every nook and corner of the Uuited States. Its p"r0vress has been liter ally a track of blood marked by a series of murders and dastardly out rages, which are wholly unpreceden ted on this continent, and which have struck terror at-d dismay to the thous ands of loyal people of the South. It is petted in an indirect way by the worst of the rebel press-, and hints are given here and there of the great deliverance from Congressional rule that the South is to have at some fu ture day through it's operations. If it is really another secession snake, the s'ooner its fangs are drawn by the judicious exhibition of loyal power, the better it will be for all of lis more particularly, however, for the Southern people. From Memphis, Tennessee, which, from the Very first, appears to have been the hotbed of the Ku Klux mur derers comes the Srst intimation we have regarding the nature of the bloody organisation. The folio wint; letter, bearing date Memphis, April 7, will speak for itself '; The detectives tf the Metropolitan Police of this city have for some time been watching the movements of the Ku Klux in this city, following its members to their den in Ferguson Hall, at the corner of Hernando and Deale streets. List night the police of the lower station made a descent upon the KluX, as they presented themselves, and hustled them off to the station. Some twenty were thus captured. It was so happily man aged that the " ghosts,'' " inhabitants ot the moon," 41 resurrected rebels," or whatever they call themselves, scarce knew wh it was up until they Were ushered into the station house. The prisoners joked freely about the weather, but forgot their usual refer ence to tho " tyrants," " usurpers " and the ' fatal moou." Upon the person of all was foun d a mask of black cloth, with holes for the eyes, but concealing the remain der of the face. In the pockets of one was found the constitution of the order. They could not obtain the names of the parties arrested by the police. On the table in the centre of the hall was found a human scull, which was required in the administra tion of the oath. The constitution betrays clearly the hellish purposes of the order, to be, to resist the en forcement of the acts of Congress, even to the last resort assassination! and the oath binds them, one to the other, that nothing shall be al lowed to deviate them from that ob ject. As soon as a candidate is elected, he shall be introduced by a brother appointed by ihe Grand Cyclops. The members of the lodge, all shroud ed, will rise and receive him and con duct him into the middle of the room. Each member of the order shall have a drawn dagger or other weapon in his hand, pointed towards the candidate, and each member will be required in the presence of the candidate, to swear that ehoald eald candidate prove recreant to the oath which lie is about to take, that he will kill hihij and make it his especial duty to do so on the first safe oppor tunitjri As soon as that oath is taken then a horrible charge and oath is admin istered to the candidate. We quote from it as follows ' I further swear that I will, under and in all Circumstances, bear true allegiance to the South and her in terests, as interpreted by the Supreme Cyclopean Council, and when. I re ceive its orders, should 1 be even in the embraces of my wife, I will leave her to obey them." " 1 solemnly sweat to be true to the order, to its members individual ly and collectively, and should I ever, by signj" word or deed, betray a secretj or a member of the Brother hood that the skull upon which I now look may be a counterpart of mine, and I hope that all the social relations which I now enjoy may be sundcredi that honesty in the men or virlbe In the females may not be known in mV family and generation, and that all who Own my name shall be branded as dogs and harlots." "That my family and the family of a Radical shall never interchange visits, aud I further pray that the God of the Southland, whom I now inVoke-, should strike me dead, should I ever, cither in letter or in spirit, infringe ti poti the things set forth in this oath." "I further swear that all Radicals and negroes who have placed them, selves opposite to the interests of the owners of the soil of Tennessee, shall forever be my euemies, and that un der no circumstances will I have other connection with them, if I can help it, than to welcome them w ith bloody hands to hospitable graves." The multitude of murders ascribed to the- members of the Klaa show conclusively that they adhere rigidly to tho frightful cath necessitate! UpSn their initiation. It would be impossible to give a list of all these outrages. The following facl3 From the Phil adelphia Press will make known the nature of the gang : "The new aSsasinatiOn, long threat (tied, and all the while secretly or ganized, begins at last to select its victims. Hardly a day passes that we do not hear of a Union man mur dered by the ' white gentlemen'' of the South. This hull born cabal 'has its lodges in every Southern State, and b' its midnight "meetings, oaths, masks, loaded weapons-, secret circtr lars, and open violence, has establish ed a reign of terror nearly equal to that during the rebellion. You have had the particulars of the murder of Col. Ashburn, at his home in Geor gia, at two o'clock on the morning of the 30th of March, ly some of the murderers belonging to these socie ties. 'At last the assassins have estab lished their camps in Washington, and within a few hours anonymous warnings have been served upon most of the leading itep'ubliCans in Con gress. Judge Wade had several-, while Messrs. Butler, Bingham, Ste vens and other Managers of Im peachment have been duly admonish ed to hold themselves in readiness for impending doom. I have seen some of these missives with their cabalistic letters, signs and sentiments, and End them in exact accordance With the reports of the messengers sent by the rebel fiends to the devoted patriots further south. " You will recollect that these were the rebel arguments before they were exchanged lor open war against the Government. Mr. Lincoln was ad monished to prepare for death four years in arjvance of his sacrifice, and just before he fell he was in regular receipt of written threats. Latterly the system has become general. Brick " Poraeioy said, two months ago; that auother Democratic Booth was ready to take the life of another Republican obstacle. There is not now an old rebel community that cannot boast of its Ku KluX lodges, with its members sworn to murder Union men, white and black, who may not fly to the South or stay and vote against the Radicals." The telegraph informed us on the 15th that several of the leading Re publican senators had been taken suddenly, and violently ill supposed to be from poison admnistered iu the Senate Chamber drinking water by members of Ku-Klux Klan Such is " Democracy" m the nineteenth century . --- The New Y'oik Atlas, a Demo cratic journal, and one of the ablest of that party, in an editorial urging the Democracy to nominate Mr Chase for President says i It is idle to deny the fact, distasteful as it may be, that as things stand now, the pros pects of the election of a Democratic President next Fall are not very brilliant. After speaking of Grant, it adds," to all these potent forces the prejudices which exist in many parts of the country against the organiza tion on the score of an alleged com plicity, or, at least, sympathy with the rebellion, aad it will be setD that the Democratic party must accom plish miracles to win in an unequal coctcst. THE QVBSTIOX OF RACES. To the Editors of the Irish Republic. Gentlemen: The fallacy which the founders of American Independence were summoned to combat was the asserted right of the rich and well bornt especially of the royally and the nobly born, to rule other men by virtue of their lineage or, as Thomas Jefferson forcibly expressed it, thai some were " born, booted and spur red, to ride the masses by the grace of God.' That false and pestilent as sumption of European feudalism is now exploded, at lesst so far as the New World is concerned. It was blown from the mouths of American j rifles at Saratoga, Monmouth, Y'ork town, and at New Orleans, as the Sepoys, in their late insurrection, Were blown from the roaring muzzles of British cannon. But aristocracy has rallied from its past discomfitures behind the battlements of Race, and dow makes its stand cn the dogma that certain great divisions of the human family in fact, every divi sion but that Which includes our no ble selves are incapable of and unfit for self-government, so that the sub lime, momentous averments of the preamble to our American Declara tion of Independence, that "all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," are not merely "glittering generalities," but monstrous fabrications. Recast in the spirit of this new dogma, that stirring preamble becomes the flimsi est and falsest pretext ever invented to palliate an ungrateful sedition and a villainous rebellion. Were Jefferson, Adams, Franklin and their compeers, apostles of false doctrine when they proclaimed all meu equal? It they hieant that all men were equally wise, learned, virtuous, brave, patriot c, capable, energetic, iuduss trious, or frugal, they surely were impostors, and their fundamental dogma was, (as it has been pronounc ed,) " a self-evident lie." We all do know that men are very tincqual in wit and worth, courage and integrity. Nowhere is greater diversity mani fest in nature than In the moral and intellectual oualities evinced bv di Verse members of the human race. Nay, if you search, you shall easily find undoubted offspring of the same Caucasian father and mother V.ho are as unlike in moral and intellectu al qualities as light and darkness. The fathers of this itepublic were as well aware of this as we are, and neVer dreamed of controVertin it. Vho does not know that the same Benedict Arnold was at one time a gallant patriot soldier, and soon after wards a base detested traitor, and that Dr. Franklin's only son was one of the bitterest Tories in America? What the men of the Revolution ; affirmed and made good was this: Men's r.atural ' rights to life, lilcrtt;, and the pursuit of happiness?' are equal and perfect, notwithstanding their great diversities of capacity and merit. If this be not true, then liberty is a dream and a snare. " The equality of equals" was never denied by aay despot ever born in the purple- nor conqueror ever raised on the halberJs of his exulting, adoring soldiers to loid it over the prostrate millions abasing themselves at the foot-stool of his power, if the rights of men be not equal, despite their obvious and striking contrasts of ability and worth, then Warien was no martyr, and the victims ol fever, packed in British prison-shops, " died as the fool dieth." Here are two men living in the same street with me one of them my superior, the other as decidedly my inferior, in intellect and in men tal development. Have I a natural right to govern and tax the latter? Has the former a kindred right to govern and tax me? If yea, then war is indeed what the Atheist Tory Hobbes proclaimed it the natural state of mankind. For men and races seldom realize their own inferi ority; and if Goverment is properly the rightful monopoly of the wise and strong, then bloody wars must be fought for centuries to decide who are the rightful owners of that me- nopoly. Augustus Caesar, Charle magne, Norman William, Louis XIV., Frederick of Prussia, Czir Nicholas, would each have readil assented to the axiom "The tools to him who can use ihem," and justi fied their monopo'y of power by the very assumptions now invoked to J justify the dectriae thai govcrnm tut is the rightful monopoly race. q What the champions of Universal FieedonT'ore required to assert and make good is, the right of mjn to self-government despite his inferiority to other persons or to the average uf I other races. That ; my neighbor i9 taller, wiser, braver, nobler V teverei than I any ona of these5 or all of them together, give him no right over me or mine, but such as I from deference to his . higher qualities, shall see fit to accord him. . ; - There arc no inferior races that is, inferior In - rights. ' All men's rights are equal to all other -.men's, despite their presumed iuferiority in mental or physical power. Ques tions of race have uo rightful place ' q in the consideration of essential' bu man rights. Ye w ho is . truly and wise.lv the champion of liberty and self-government for one race or classj is the assorter of the '.equal right of: all other men. The position nxt to be made impregnable is this: Man, because he is man because of the reason wherewith God has chosen tof endow him is entitled to every po- iitieal right that justly pertains lo any individual or race. Let this be maintained and established and the battle for Universal Freedom for the rights of every race and peoples) is virtually won, - Horace Grsblet. ttXTIVA'TE UAt3SFJL.XESS 1 The chief distinctions inociety between the " attentions" of the thoroughly graceful gentleman, and one who simply knows the rules, is. that the former pays them - without, attracting attention. A lady hardly realizes that anything is done for her . she only knows that the gentleman is agreeabl.e Docs the young man ask how he shall cultivate this uconcious gracefulness ? Some men the reade says, have the gift by nature. True but with tare exceptions, nature declines to make her gifts available without culture and care. There is but one way to cultivate the ease of, which we speak. Never willingly allow an opportunity to pay a grace ful attention pass without takiug ad vantage of it. Never, we say not even with the sister, or mother, or, most cousinly friend. It is a mistake O to regard these things as " too formal" they are formal oi.ly when they are awkward. There is not a singly polite attention called for in society which is not appropriate at home, li a sislcr drop a haukerchgif do not give her an opportunity to pick it up hersfetf unless you wish to be con- q strained and slightly awkward when you are culled upon to. pick up a handkercheif iu the drawing room. If a mother is getting into a carriage offer her your hand, even if it be pure ly a matter of form. Norare these attentions from yaun? tnen to their native relatives valuable and called for only as matters of practice Genuine politeness de- nwnids them at home as. truly as it demands them iu society. A four-horse stage coach now passes over the route lo Eugene City from Salem, touching at the follow ing offices : Aumsville, Scio, Leban on, and Brownsville. By this line, the traveler will pass through one of the most delightful sections of Ore gon, soys the Record, the road almost the whole distance running close to the foot of the mountains, making the entire t rip in daylight, the stage lying over at Scio on Tuesday night and at Brownsville on Wednesday night, reaching Eugene on Thursday . The roads are good.' The stage leaves every luesday at noon. " S. II. Axtell, of San Joaquin, who was a member of the liite Re publican State Convention, and a bro ther of Congressman Axtell, has been nominated by the President for the position of Receiver of the Sacramen to Land Office. From our personal acquaintance with the gentleman wc have no hesitation in saying that hi appointment should be confirmed at once. He has been one of the pillar of the Union party in California ever since the first gun was fired at the historic battlements of Sumpter. ' 1 The Oregon Bible Society elect ed the following officers for the nex year: D. Leslie, president, E. Walk er, vice 'resident; G. Aberneihy treasurer nd depository; D. W. William, secretary; G. II. Atlu9w. O. S Frambes, J. N. IX.iyh, J. D. Ho!maaT and 11. Wetks, executive co mm i tee. The Masonic Hall in Steilacoom was destroyed by fire on the niorninj. of the 10th inst.- The records of lfa-, t.oc'ge vere lost, 0 o O ' -"V . j r 4- . S I sw--. i ii - -..-f ! i