] gâtions created for t
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F ellow C itizexs or the S enate
and H ouse of R epfesentatives :
good faith to the;|enaotmen1
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the rebellion, but merely sus-
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States to representation, | and it was not
Providence has alaUd the pestilence
until toward the qlose of the
bee eighth mouth
which visited our shores leaving its cal-
,__ au exceptiDi
'nniH ffH8 wade
aufttous traces upon some portions of our of the session that
in
Tennessee hyjjhp admission of
in favor
favor of
of Tennessee byithu
country. Peace, order, tranquility and
her Senators jihd Representatives, j I
civil authority have been formaly declar
deem it a subject of pfofpurid regret; that
ed to exist throughout the whole of the deem it a
Cdngress has thus far failed to adm|t to
United States. ‘Civil au'.bority has sup- Cóngress has thus far fai
seats loyal Senators andilpW resetatives
erceded the coercion of arms and the peo-
from the other States, whose inhaibifants.
pie by their voluntary action are maintain
with those of Tennessee, had engaged Jin
ing their government iñ full activity and
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rebellion.
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complete operation. The enforcement of
umber, retoainid
the laws is no longer obstructed in any fourth of the
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without representation^ The seatB of 50
place by combinations too powerful to be
members in the House of< Representatives
suppressed by the ordinary conrie of ju
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and of 20 members in tho Sepate
are jet
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dicial proceedings. The animosities en
not lay
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vacant—not by their ov^a consent;
gendered by the war aie rapidly yieldiag
but blithe i! refusal of
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a faction of electors
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to the benificcnt influences of our fr e in
redentiqls.
t their I eredentiqte.
Congress to accept
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stitutions, and to their kindly efforts of
ieved, wo; Id
Their admissiop, it is belie
unrestricted social and commercial inter
have accomplished!
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al feeling must be the earnest wish of ev
as one people, and removed a serridus
ery patriotic heart, and we will have ac^
cause for discontent on the part of the
comlpisbed our gràndest National achieve
inhabitants of those States: it would h4ve
ment when forgetting the sa l events of the
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as a free, ptosperous and united people.
burden lof taxation, and yet denied fl e
In my message of the 4th of December,
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The Fortieth Congress will b< asseto*
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resentatives chosen to the Congress of the
United States; and courts had been open
ed for the enforcement of laws loDg in
abeyance. Theblockake had been remov
ed, custom houses re-establisbel, and the
internal revenue laws put in force in order
that fhe people might contribute to the
Postal operations
national income,
bad
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ould avail themselves of th
this method of
saying to BUILDERS and others that
they are prepared at fill times to Furnish
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DECEMBER 11, 1866.
THE MESSAGE.
losition
implicated,
seriously
The frauds amount to hundreds of mil-
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Of a Quality not surpassed in Oregon
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indeetPon the Pacific Coast!
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John H. Surratt has been reci ‘iptured
jar in our next issue.
t If a f hristian regard for one’s official in Egypt, and will be brougt to thi is coun-
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4&th, aa d aq honest purpose to perform try for trial. Another^ opportunity for
•he’s oi cial duty, were esteemed by the Titus Oates.
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ieople | U these times, the message could
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elicit universal aprobation; but sher than provide for a committee at the
¡adly art 3 the times if*out of joint;
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ubl’.sb this week only a portion
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suyrouded by a dense Forest of large clear |
and Tender Yellow Firs; also Cedar and -; -
much other Valuable Timber abound in r
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the immediate vicinity of our Mill.
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j. Johnson’s assailants to poiut to inquire into the late “ masacre ” and learn
binglqAutterance throughout the entire if possible how many of their brethren of
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peutnest notin consonance with the con- African scent were killed. They have al
Bacon Vegetables; for which we will- al
ititutioi rhe took a solumn oath to support so raised a com. to visit South Carolina
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sol low the highest Market Prcce,
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been in consonance with tliq; express ^1
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ures which had been instituted by the Ex ■M ' ‘ j™' 'iL 1
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visions of the Constitution
each Sti
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have at. least One Representative,
sure rstoration of the States in which the - shall
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and that no State, without its*
“ | consent,
late insurrection occurred, to their former
relations with the General Government. shall be deprived ! of its equal suffrage in
Provisional governors bad been appointed, the Senate, These provisionB.were ipteo-
conventions called, governors elected, leg
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right of representation;
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The action of the Execu- Washington in behalf of Jeff Davis have
rtment’of the Government upon, been informed by the President that they
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ported by constitution, honorable =prece*
whi h is said by Mechanics to be superi-^
expediency of organizing territories of all
dent or law. It is not what Mr. Johnson
or for Inside F inuhing purposes to Pinef
the states that engaged in the rebellion,
said in his late message at which his ene-
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and make the lands subject to preemption
ded to secure i • to every State, and to the
mies—the chronic enemies of our former-
and eDtry. The resolution was adopted.
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people of every State,; tfoo right of repre
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reach and depart froni the Mill, which?
tion can any State, without its consent, he Jain a standing with the party that elected Oregon Statesman.
will be kept in constant repair.
him, h| must rush, blindly,; madly and
denied a vo.ee in that ft-a
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furiously into the abyss4)f barbarism, dis- Statesman, that personalities are always
tional legi lature. It is t
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assumed that the ex is ta ne :e of States was hontenj and blood f to appease the^rant- discourteous, and doubly inexcuseable
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and the acts
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their inhabitants, and that the insilar fec-
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thenceforward to be 'considered merelj r as
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made to restore them to the’.r former con
dition and efficiency. The States them
selves had been asked to take part in the
high function of amending the Constitution
and of thus sanctioning the extinction of
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He must
results of our struggle. Having progres Government have, however, with grfcat pe Bi wnlow, Beast Butler, Jack Ilam-
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sed thus far the Executive head found distinctness,/refused to sanction’ an as
d all and singular the reprobates,
that it had accomplished nearly all that sumption so ino
incompatible with the r.atp re Iton d uces of blasphemy and ungodly-
was within the scope of its Constitutional of our Republican system and ihe prt>(es- Jibe pi J degraded wretches and depravod
authority. One thing, however, yet re sed object of the war. Throughout ¡the h ess. ¿n irincipled monsters who essay to
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GH.tisr.vi is ENrzirAi.vw s.vr,
An Entbrtiinment tç c insist nf t^ro or more
lectures, music, a “ Christmas Tree,” distrix
but on of presents, ect., will b ? givein by the
Lafayette Lodge of Good Tirnplars, at the
Court House, on Tuesday night, Dec. 25th
1866.
mained to be done before thejwork of res recent cesison of Congress tho undeniable lead the mongrel party, and who are its
The members of the Lafayette Sunday and
and un
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Schools, and the public generaly. are re-
toration could be completed,.and thht was fact makes itself apparent
standard bearers. U a for tu
it that the the po
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spcctfully invited to attend.
the admi88tion to Congress of loyal Sena litical communities aie nothing less than Sate
ff this generatati of men in the
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tors and Representatives from the States States of this Union. At the very cop»
whose people had rebelled against the mecemcnt of the rebellion, each House
lawful authority of the General Govern declared, with a "unanimity as remarkable
ment. This question devolved upon the
as it wassignificant, that the war was not
respective Houses which by the Constitu waged upon our side in a partisan spirit
tion are made the judges of the election of oppression, nor for any purpose of con
returns and qualifications of their own quest or subjugation, noi the purpose of
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members, and its consideration at once en overthrowing or interfering with (he
gaged the atteniton of Congress.
In the rights or established institutions of th Jse
meantime the Executive plan, having States, but toi defend and maintain the
been proposed by Congress, continued its supremacy pf the constitution and all ljtws
efforts to perfect as far as was practicable made in pursuance therof, and to preserve
the restoration of the proper relations be- the Union with all the dignity, equality
. tween the citizens of the respective States, and rights of the several States unimpair
the States, and the Federal Governmet, ed and that as soon as these objects were
extending from time to time what the accomplished, the war ought to oease. In
public interests seemed to require to the some instances. i, Senators were* permitted
judicial, revenue and postal systems of the to continue their legislative
funo-
country. With the advice and consent of tions, while in other instances, Rapre-
the Senate the necessary officers were ap sentatives were elected and admitted Ito
pointed,
ben) United States, perjury! foul bels and hangings, must be handed in to
reseating perjury, has become the the undersigned Committee of arrange
ments, by the Saturday evening previous.
btanda
recommendation fcr popular pre
Contributions for the “ Tree’”-solicited
ferment with the governing party north, from all ’ Doors open at ¿ri o’clocjc p. M.
Admission Free.
and woe unto him who refuses to imolate ■
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His souljand-all his futi ure peace of con-
I.’O. of G. T,
ienco iat this, altar. That these are
J. W. Watts,
W. B. Danie
oh| n line dare essay to disprove. That
J. H. Hall,
T> B- Hanley
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Mrs. J. W- W atts, Mrs. S. C. Adams.
t lemon ilrel portion of the American peo-
Mrs. C. E. Doris.
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Committee of arrangements.
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ike theJConstitution of the United States
-once ^cognised as,« and supposed to be,
iq great charter of our liberties, aud
make a careful and honest comparison be
tween that document and the message of
ndrew Johnson delivered to both Hous-
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ested, that be is prepared with improved
facjliities for the accommodation of Farm
ers, Merchants an’! ot’ tr Shippers, wii
safe, accessible and convenient STOR--
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AGE. -He will also Purchase and For
ward Produce for a reasonable (Joinmis
sion. Goods and Packagjs Shipped
my care will receive due and prompt att
ention.
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Lafayette, Nov. 23, 1866.
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OTICE is hereby given that A. BRAD B. F. Bóníiaiu. Attorney at
BURY, Admr. of the estate of Wm. A.
CULBERTSON, late of Yamhill CouDty, Or 4
egon, deceased, has filed4iis account for final
Settlement of said estate; and it is ordered
SALEM, OREGON.
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that the first Monday, in January, 1867, be
ill give prompt attention to all legal
set apart for the«final hearing of tho same, at
business entrusted to him at the Cap^
the Court House in said County.
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itoL He will also praaetiee in any of "the
J. W. COWLS, Co. Judge.
Courts of this State.
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Final Settlement-
made by seats after their States had formerly de
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
“ tk hey discover any infelicity or dis* I lit.
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from the
reeme
STATE
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we
onlyask
them
to
¿show
us
The proposition to amend the . Federal Union, and were endeavoring to
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Constitution so as to provide for the ex that right by force of arms.
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nee tangible even io the most apute un
tinction of slavery within the Ünited
In
of
Estate of S. H. Knight,
in
the
matter
the
All of the States whose people were in I ;
deceaseds
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deceased1 1
States, or any place subject to their juris insurrection as States, were included lu
NOTICE is hereby giuen to all whom it
the
may ooncern : That whereas, by an or
diction^ was ratified by a sufficient num the apportionment of a direct tax of twen (jferatandmg. *
der of the Honorable County Conrt of the
H(It win serve to greatly increase
ber of States, and on the 18th day of No ty millions of dollars annually laid Upon
above named
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vember, I860, it was officially declared to the United States by an act approved on Confidence of the Union masses in the duly appointed Administrator of said estate,
tbe*3d
daf
December’^".
D.~1866~
on the
3d da
j of December,
A. D.
1866, and
have become valid, and a part of the Con- the 5th of August, 1861. Congress, by J ability t>f our institutions to know that has qualified as such, as by law required.
e^res dent adheres with tenacity to his
Now to the end that all persons holding any
etitution of the United States. All of the the act of Maroh 4th, 1862; and. by the
lawful
against said Estate may have
policy of reconstruction as Claims
in contradis-
States io which the insurrection had ex apportionment of representation
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therein*
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the same,liquidated.
same.liquidated. A>1
Ail such perons will
ogress, ’sz Store may present the same for allowance to the said Ad
I At l|ick Simpson
isted promptly amended their constitu dor, also recognized their presence
ministrator
Saloon io
in the _ town
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tions, so as to make them conform to the States in the Union, and they have for be had a'jew Misses Parlor Setts of Furni
of Dayton, in said Connty, together with the
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çreat change thus effected in .the organic judicial purposes been divided into dls- ture, comprising Bedstead, Bureau i, four
proper vouchers within six months from the
date hereof: i
law of the land. They declared null and trióte, as States alone
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Sofa, Mirror, Work Table, , etc., ’>
^nfan i l be divided. The
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void all ordinances and laws of secession, same recognition spp<
of
the
estate
of
S.
H.
Knight, deceased.
jpeara in t the recent
ered and finished, for the trifle
Dec. 4, 18^6.
repudiated all pretended debts and obli. legislation in reference
S. H urlburt , Atty, ihr estate.
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appropriations
aving “ Swung around the entire Cir
cle,” and visited all tl>e precincts in thqvl
entire County, as requi. ed by law, I herehij^V
give notice that the time for paying Taxes in
Yatnhill County will expire on the 28th daJrff
of December 1866, and all Taxes not paid on !
or before that date, will be collected as on ex*“
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