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Ma. Editor In tho Spectator of the 27th
May last, I lintl published the proceedings of
uvo snpnram mooting composca sn citizens
from Cluckiuims and other counties in this
Territory ami to assist in correcting tho
fsl.no Impressions that are thereby attempted
to bo promulgated and thrown over the char
actors of a largo number of individuals in
this community, and over tho virtue and in
telligenoe generally of tho people of this
Territory, Is my purpose in troubling you
with thk communication j and regretting the
oocaaiou that requires it, .yet jualM. it mfe
self and to my fellow countrymen demand
ing it, I go freely to work, begging patience
and impartial decision. With regard to the
first meeting the "reepoctablo" (small) "body
of Citizens of Clackamas," with a few from
other counties, assuming to themselvcH all
that is noble and virtuous, and under tho pre
text of sustaining the laws of Oregon, (as
will be shown hereafter,) they have in their
plontitudo of wisdom, and by the power grant
eel them under tho courts of Judgo Lynch,
seized hold of one of the department of our
Sovernment to wield it as their mighty wis
om or vascilating caprice may seem to die
;atc. Accordingly "a committee of five
was appointed to select twelve whoso duty it
shall bo to investigate and adjudicate be
tween disputing claimants" to lands in this
Territory, and notice given to all those con
cerned in w)pt,Uiey term without qualifica
tion claim jiMietng, "to desist in their pres
ent course," embracing all those who may
have had the fortune to locate on lands to
which an adverse title may Ik asserted by
any other individual upon any prctonco
whatever, but without even alluding to tho
timo or plaoo of adjudication ; probably tho
old despotic practice lias been adopted, to
wit : that the defendant is not worthy of,
no- lias a right to an audience. This course.
Sir, is taken by tone of out over wise cham
pions of morality and justice to sustain the
dignity and supremacy of our constitution
and laws, upon tU pretence of aa they al
Icdarc a "disnoaitiou recently manifested to
sot at dcfianoo the laws of tho land and to
violato the aood will and peace of communi
ty by trespassing upon land claims." Who
pass upon a land claim, or havo any of them
resisted the law or refused to auiao tu aeow
ions ? Note I would say. Can it be known
that a .trespass has lcen committed or the
guilty person really discovered without an
adjudication or decision? Certainly not.
Then it must bo inferred that tho adjudica
tions and decisions of tho new court must
bo kept from the public eyo as not snfo for
the inspection of community, for we find no
particular person charged or caso cited, but
ail that portion of our citizens implicated who
ilo not nee proper to subscribe to tneso pro
cccdings; yet this far they must bo granted
as discovering their decisions, that they havo
determined against a certain claw of claim,
in denying tho sufficiency of our land law by
branding them with the title of "evasion or sub
terfuge." This then is the manner in which
these wise heads and puroand philanthropic
io hearts attempt to sustain our boeiul sywtcm
and the good order und peaco of bocicty by
placing themselves in the. occupation of tho
judicial department and predetermining tho
judgment of the law and saying if iot in
words by their position and uctiou, that thoro
is not honesty and manly virtuo enough in
this community to carry out and sustain, tho
operations of our laws. "Tho movement
now in progress assailing tho rights of citi
'ens" and "a want ol moral principle and
an uhcr disregard of social obligation," aro
assertions put forth by that august assembly
that are wholly uncalled for in this commu
nity unless perhaps to prcparo tho minds of
tlie pcoplo lor that "occasion to moo law ami
violence" for whioli a fow personage, prime
movers of these proceedings, labored so hart
hoped bo soon to accomplish.
bo to this, so suddenly in ure-
officers and court of Judgo
bo called upon by somo of our
Vb and models of nuritv and
virtuo to sustain and prop up a corncrVofour
cherished compact, upon tho protcnoo that
there istooTftuch degradation, want of mor
al principle and want of intelligence in the
Kpulation of Oregon to sustain our republi
can form of government and carry out , its
equitable and salutary provisions. Judging
from th spirit of theso .'proceedings, stran
rors would readily concludo that such a ori
els had armed even in our most populous I
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trymen, 1 am confident that your judgment
ana action win soon counteract inis impres
sion and show to tio world that freemen are
capable of self government, and of sustain
ing republican institutions unsullied by tho
operation of mobi, despite the opinions and
action of those who may think' stronger forms
of government necessary for the protection
of their assumed rights and privileges; des
pite the attempt to add by force to our land
law additional privileges that could only be
availablo by individuals of sufficient wealth
to hire, or "moral principlo" to obtain mer
cenaries from the court of Jiylge Lynch to
enforce: and despito the magic eloquence
and towering, war speech of a certain attor
ney, or his sophisticated definition of the
rights of freemen. and, of good citizens, much
less, his display, of a great -pewe r oTcam.
parison put forth to excite tho populace to
disgraceful acts of violence, in order to ac
complish certain decisions which tho present
very equitable and just land law does not
probably warrant him in expecting for his
clients before tbo proper tribunal!.!. Verily
from his mannorono would naturally judge
that ashovor of golden tinctured dew drops
must havo passed before his accuto vision
and excited his fancy to such a fit of philan
throphy, or that Judge Lynch's school has
been tho shrine at which he worshipped and
from which ho drew his civil jurisprudence.
It may here be proper to remark that I to.
gotta with many ol my fellow citizens was
praaaat at the meeting on the 10th, where
we remained silent spectators of its doings
and to the honor of by far the greater portion
lof ,tMt,MSjbjrr,t 4MjWt-ir
to, produce auli
Hut has it con
gon, that tho i
Lynch must!
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neighborhood.' But fellow citizens and conn
yed of at Ortfoa City a short time siaoe.
Lwere it not for the spirit of that great genius
mavuoauess ot liberty that must' over per.
VMa) tho hearts of all true Americans.
' G. W. BELL,
the proceedings of the evening. I am not
unconscious tnat in speaKing thus lreeiy i
may wound the feelings of a few individuals
in this community ; but I cannot retrain from
speaking out when I see a procedure at
tempted to bo put in force that would in its
tendency affect and destroy my rights as a
private citizen: a procedure abridging tho
freedom and decisions of our civil tribunals
by cstablishing.a mock judiciary, and at tho
same timo by a vote iu open meeting careful
ly concealing the names of the twelve men
appointed to-fill that honorable station, thus
to trythe legal rights of citizens without a
hearing and without even know ing who their
worthy peers have been, and probably after
tho fashion of the olden -time, first execute
judgment and atlorwards try and pass sen
tence as occasion or convouisnoa'snlght re
quire. But freemen reared under free and
republican institutions too well understand
those "inalienabloiafiglits" so dear to their
licurts, to suffer thoin to be subverted or even
tarnished by tho poisoned thrusts of selfish
monatybista or the uplifted paw of tho lion't
whelp, j Then which I would say is the more
effectual courso to sustain our constitution
and laws, that pursued by thoso who placo
themselves undor their protection and quiet
ly and peaceably await and abido thoir decis
ions without murmuring or complaint, rely
ing implicitly upon the uprightness and vir
tuo of thoir fellow citizens engaged in their
administration for their cquiublo and just
rowards, or tho conduct ol those whose hearts
reflecting upon their own visions (lead them
to fancy that all around them "display a
kwant ot moral principle") would resort to
(ho policy of breaking thoselaws by e'stab."
liehing independent courts of judicature upon
the grwmjthat tse laws undor suoh oircum
staiioesWrertot sufficiently strone to secure
.themin their rights. Let tho judgment of
an uncorruptod community decide, acarco
a twolve month has elapsed sinco.as j am in
formed, a. very respectablo American citizen
was carried upon a plea of trespass from his
claim (which ho has selected from the un
incumbered domain of Oregon Territory)
to Fort Vancouver and there without the form
of trial or commitment, was incarcerated
within the prison walls of that establishment.
A similar laroo no doubt would havo been
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Mi.Emtox In oase my fellow oitizens
Mould grant mo their suffrage and elect.
pe to an, office, say a Justice of the Peace,
Representative or Governor, and when duly
elected I proceed to take and subscribe the
,oath as per Articles of Compact.- Now air,
every citizen ot tho United states and sub
ject, of Great Britain knows when hej sub-
scribes the oath that the laws of the United
States and Great Britain forbid prohibit and
punish any of tho citizens of either govern
stent to establish alistiflery in aa, ladian
jit -. - &..x. .
antry- 'iTlcy-liioutibJir-wfth Heavy
ies ana pcnaiues any person wuo csutuiisn-
es a grocery, or brines any spirituous liquors
kito an Indian country for purposes of trade.
A citizen of theso govcrrfments has a right
to and can bring liquor for his own private
use into an Indian country, but to establish
a distillery Ls absolutely prohibited. What
f'Wish to know is how I can 'consistent with
my oath of office and my duties as an honor
able and loyal citizen or subject, , proceed to
give a license to "any person or persons"'
to make and sell what I know to be boBibit-
odand forbidden by the laws of my country..
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Cbim'y, highly anprovimr of the sentiment
exptessea at tne ruono Meeting oi toe citi
zens' of Clackamas and 'other Counties, held
at Oregon City on the 14th May, 1847, do
hereby declare our entire concurrence with
the resolutions passed at said meeting, and
our intention to unite, heart and hand in sup
porting tho same
John R. Jackson,
J. J. Heath
Wm.. F. Tolmic
'M. McDonald
R. Slocum
Walter Ross
Charles Wren
Thomas Linklatcr
John Hammond
Ft W.P.Tyrrell
n Roar
John Edgar
V. Ci. savage
Edmund Sylvester
LeviL. Smith
M. F. Simmons
G. Bush
I). Kindred
D. D. Kinsey
Jcsso Fergeson
John R. Kindred
Samuel B. Crockett
Benj. Gordon
Isidore Bernier
Lorenzo Desla Brooks
Mahlon Brock
Fetor Bercier
T. Canlo
Lewis Bercier
Joseph St. Germain
Joseph Cunningham
Simon Plamondou
Etien GoyW -.
Louis Delaines
Pier Charles
Samuel Y. Coop
Josiah Milorn
Lyman E. Byard
Jacob Woolley
Samuel Hancock
Jean B. Chelifoo
M. Bernier
A. Langlois
Michael Lotnoir Piro
P. St. Germain
JII. Lotnoir Fills
K. Laplante
Julian Bernier
G. B. Roberts
Robert Logan
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George L. Wunch
Lewis County, O. T., June 11th', 1847.
, For the Orefon Spectitor.
" Clatsop, June 1, 1847.
Me. Editor: The citizens of Clatsop
county respectfully forward the following
forpublication. '
The oitizens of Clatsop county met at R.
W. Morrison's to take into consideration
what measures should be taken In reference
to the unlaw Ail introduction and tsalo of ar
dent spirits in this county.
The meeting was oganized by appointing
Col. J. Taylor to tho chair und W. H. Ray.
rnond, secretary.
W H. Gray Esq. stated that the laws
were put at defiance. ' ,
Jos, CVples stated that an assault had been
A Division nr m HTotau ot'Ommnt.
'Strangers mu withdraw." -Diiaissi:
clearthogallery. Withdraw." "Hirusisli
no; it's quite redkuloua; Quito aliurd
Some follow moat get up. SmkI to tisf Carl.
ion; senaiouMiwiornt atsra so musstaa's.
Aro your men ready 1 Nbarayeiuinif' 'I
am sure I can't amy. What few H. Mts ?
(Most absurd! An there rmut fcHMiu fa
the library! Tbo somUm rasa kilakU.
fc'Ail our Bleu are ptirW tfll hatf mm atorsi.
it wants nve minutes to uvebair-fcour. What '
do youthiarof Tnuolsararu SMtMht 'I
dont oar for ouraelveu j l'sa aorirlbrliim. '
Well, that ia very caarkaWe iWfcUraw,
withdraw; you nuet wilsWraw:"- m. -
' "Whereareyoo. going, Fitthereut'?.'ssOd
a Conservative whlpikg. i tnf
"1 must go; I sjn paired till ludf:aM4Y.
en, and it wants aome.uujiutet, aMTlujrisan
is not here." fyiMi
Confound it!" i.: ;
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der-tone, pale and spealdag hssiud aiataeth.
The divlsiou blWMsOir ittAfag ; prs
and diplomatists aad straafaia wtm . turned
out ; mambera mm ruahfag fa fawi Ubnry'
smoking room ; an'wi immu itlii Juit a
nyed in Ume to laud, tk:asMsi(N lalke
waiUngroom, Tdwj, ,Tbe
mysteries of the lobbV aia aulv aW ta Ulii.
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