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John !MvgRS, Financial Agent.
Saturday a
June 4, 1870.
DEMOCMXC STATE TICKET.
Xot Congress,
JAMES II. SLATER, of Union.
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For Governor,
L. F. G ROVER, of Marion.
For Secretary of State,
S. F. CIIADWICK, of Douglas.
For State Treasurer,
L, FLIESCIIXER. of Multnomah.
q For State Printer,
T. PATTERSON, of Multnomah.
Prosecuting Attorney, 4th District,
R. E. 13YIJEE. ofIultnomah.
District Nominations.
First Judicial District.
Prosecuting Attorney II. K. Ilanna,
of Josephine.
Second For Judge A. J. Thayer, of
Benton.
O Prosecuting Attorney C. W. Fitch, of
Lane.
Third For Judge B. F. Bonham, of
Marlon.
Prosecuting Attorney N. L. Butler, of
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Fifth For Judge L. L. McArthur, of
Baker.
Prosecuting Attorney W. B. Lasswcll.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
For I2rprccntuiices,
II. A. STRAIGHT. A. CARMICIIAEL, C.
F. BEAT1E.
or County Judge,
OBERT CAUFIELD.
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For sheriff.
FJOIIN MYERS.
- For County Clerk,
T. P. McCARYER.
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7gr Coi.ntj Treasurer,
DR. II. SAFFARANS.
Tor Conn tn Commissioner?.
E. N. WOXSIIAM, JOHN MARTIN.
For Assessor,
S. P. GILLILAND.
For Coroner,
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DR. II. W. ROSS.
For Shwl Superintendent,
JOSEPH HEDGES.
For Surveyor,
ROBERT F. CAUFIELD.
Bsn. Holladay.
This would be controller of our State is
out in a card,stating that he does not. pro
pose to discharge the men now em
ployed on the railroad, lie says that he
wants white men on the ground of" econ
omy." Why was he not suoanxious on
the score of economy last year? lie
worked CJiinauu-n then , and will do so
again, notwithstanding this denial, lie
does not propose to let the men go now.
after having used every means in his
pyer to secure the doubtful counties in
the Stat.', if a simple denial of the charges
brought against him will secure their
votes. His denial will amount to nothing
when it is considered that for the past
O O three months he has spenP thousands of
dollars to secure It's object the election
of the Radical ticket. Ho says he does
not propose to put on Chinamen so long
as he can get white labor. This embraces
the main point. But we charge upon
him. and do so on the best of authority,
that after the election he proposes to cut
the wages of the men now on the road
down so low that they cannot afford to
wrk for him, then the white men cannot
be bad, and he will put on his Chinamen,
who are ready to take the places of the
raenjjow at work. No one would suppose
that he could hive the impudence (not
withstanding he has a large amount) to
openly discharge them and thus prove to
the country that he and his tools have
been willfully lying for the past three
months, lie knows too much for that.
True as Gospel.
We are reliably informed that Judge
Shattuck, of Portland, has declared that
he will not support the Radical ticket.
His reason, as we learn, is. that the Radi
cals are determined to force negro and
Chinese children in the public schools,
and he declares that he will not send his
children to such schools, and that this is
creating a tax upon him and other citizens
that will not receive any benefits from the
school moneys making a tax without
representation. It is gratifying to note
the lact that such men as Judge Shattuck
have become disgusted with the Radicals
and their infamous mongrel policy. He
js a worthy, honorable and much respect
ed gentleman, having occupied the posi
tion of Supreme Judge of the State, and
no man that has ever occupied a seat on
the bench in Oregon is respected more for
honesty and purity of character.
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Runaway Clerk.
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County Clerk was eoitested last election,
in this county. It will also be remem--bered
that Mr. Frazer, the Incumbent. took
,hs family and secreted them, and he him
jelf hid in the mountains to avoid legal
BCFVice. What do you think, fellow citi
zens, of a man who aspires to a public of
fice that U guilty of running away from
the legal process of law, and thus shows
that he had no tight to the office which he
has held for the past two years . If he
was not doubtful us to his legal election,
why did he rua away from the officers to
avoid service ?
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A Word for Freemen.
In this article we propose to address a
few words to the laboring men on the rail
road. It has been openly asserted, and
the Radicals make it a boast, that they
will carry this county by the votes on the
railroad. In short, that they were put
there for that purpose, and that these
honest working men had sold their right
of suffrage for work. We are not inclined
to believe that the number of working
men freemen now employed on this
road could be purchased tor any such
consideration. They are under no obliga
tion to their employer.' as he only gives
them employment because he need3 their
labor. Labor is superior to capital, and
when properly employed, cau make capi
tal succumb to its demands. Capital
would be worthless without labor, whilst
labor is capital of itself. Taking this view
of the matter, on what grounds do these
men who have control of some money,
and who acknowledge themselves that
they cannot do without their labor, claim
that they have bought the votes of these
free white men who are laboring for them
and giving them full consideration for
every dollar they receive? We do not
believe that men who are honest enough
to work for a living will sell their dearest
right, and hence we expect that every
man who casts his vote on next Monday
will express his honest conviction of what
he regards rightMM cast that vote for
the party he wishes to endorse. The De
mocracy have always been the friend and
protector of the laboring masses, while
the Radicals have been seeking to reduce
labor below the standard of respectability,
and in the case at issue, the laborers are
regarded just as so many cattle, to be
driven up and voted like sheep. It is ac
knowledged by all parties that the bal
ance of power in this county lies in the
hands now employed on the railroad, and
the question arises, for which party will
that influence be cast ? Will you, labor
ing men, vote for the party that has
brought burdens upon you and 3"Otir fam
ilies which are almost unbearable, and
which has sought in its every act to ad
vance capital at jour expanse, or will
you cast your votes for the party that lias
always been your friend and protector':
Will you support a party that has subsi
dized fine ocean steamers to bring a set of
heathens to this coast to supplant you ;
that by its treaty with China gives that
people the same rights in every respect as
while foreigners, with the exception of
the right of naturalization ; the same rights
to your public schools as your children
have, and thus, while the rich man is able
to educate his children in a " select"
school, yours are forced by the acts of
these men to sit in a mongrel place of ed
ucation or go without any? Can you so
far forget the interests of yourselves and
posterity as to deliberately walk up to
the polls and cast your votes for men who
endorse and are pledged to this infamous
doctrine? The Democracy has always
been sustained by the laboring classes,
and to them we look to turn back this a-
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gression now being attempted upon the
people. The people will find a way by
which to keep out this cheap labor from
Oregon, and woe be to him who dares to
interfere with the righteous opposition of
the State authorities in behalf of the labor
ing men of our own blood and kin. La
boring men, if you do not desire to be
slaves to an aristocracy, you must cast
your votes against the Radical party. II
the Chinese are prevented from coming
here, or a heavy tax imposed on them.
then capital must come to your demands.
and if j ou vote the Democratic ticket this
will be dene ; but on the other hand, if
you vote the Radical ticket, it will be as
Jo. Wilson said, that they will come here,
and the more they are persecuted the
higher they will be elevated, until they
will be like the nigger armed with the
ballot. If 3'ou desire this state cf affairs
you must vote the Radical ticket, which
rs pledged to the cheap labor interests,
while the Democracy are pledged against
it. Choose you between the two parties,
and with 3011, as rational, thinking and
free men, the responsibility must rest.
He Will Eun.
A friend asks us whether a County
Clerk whose election is contested will run
and bide himself and secrete his family to
avoid service on him, will not fail to issue
papers out of his office if his personal in
terests would be advanced by doing so.
There can be no question but a man who
will attempt to evade the law in one way
will in any other. This is the case of our
present County Clerk, who is a candidate
for re-election. lie ran to the mountains
to avoid service when his election was
contested, and he will fail to do his duty
if personal interests will be benefitted
thereby. lie is not a safe man in that
place, Yote against him. If the present
election should be contested, a good situ
ation as cow-milker can be had : a Radi
cal preferred, as the present Clerk will
have business in the mountains.
Kegro Votes.
While men, remember that the Radical
party of Oregon will vote every negro
in the State at this election for their ticket.
Wilt you vote with a party that is forced
to such measures to retain power, and
thereby acknowledge the fiat-nosed nig-,
ger your equal ? UH honest. Republicans
consider this question, and turn for pro
tection to the Democratic partv the ouly
while man's safety. "
Some people seem to be incline
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We here state that Mr. M. has nothing to
do whatever with the editorial control of
the paper, and does not write or dic
tate a single line which appears in its col
umns.. He is one of thi proprietors, and
as such, controls the business m.inur
mem, ana uouiiug more.
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A No Die Fight.
The State candidates have made a noble
fight. Mr. Slater has won golden laurels
during the canvass. At every place in
the Stale he has shown himself the supe
rior of his opponent, and compelled the
opposition even to acknowledge that he
was loo much for1 Black Jo." Mr.Grover
has been more than a match for Woods
and Palmer both. He has met their
sophistry with honest and fair argument,
and wherever he spoke left a good im
pression, while hi? opponent had the hu
miliation of being exhibited as one incom
petent and unable to cope with him, and
compelled to furnish a proxy. Judge
Chadwick has been laboring industriously
since the Convention iu the southern part
of the State, and the fruits of his labor
will be shown on next Monday. Mr.
Fleiscbner and Mr. Patterson Lave also
done their part for the success of the
ticket.
The candidates have closed their labors,
and now it remains to be seen what their
fellow Democrats will do to endorse them.
There never was a better ticket placed in
the field not one wrong has our ever
ready slanderous opponents even dared
to hint against these men as honorable.
truthful and worthy citizens men who
are a credit to any party or State. They
represent correct principles the rights of
white men and the poorer classes -while
their opponents represent a moneyed
mongrel party, one opposed to every in
terest which benefits the industrious por
tion of our people. Willi such men and
such principles, every white man can walk
proudly to the polls and cast his vote for
each and every one of them. Let them
remember that wherever an election has
been held since the adoption of the fifteenth
(so-called) amendiient.that the Democracy
have more than doubled their strength,
and that, too, over both black and while
Radicals. The white men of other States
will not degrade themselves to the level
of negroes and Chinamen, and it now re
mains to be seen whether Oregon will not
roll up such a majority as to compel the
negroites at Washington to retrace their
ruinous course. The Radicals will tell
you that the vay to have an influence at
Washington is to elect them. We have
seen what that kind of influence amounts
to. The most effective influence is. to roll
up such a majority as will strike terror to
the entire Radieul-Chinese-loving negro
voting party throughout the Union. Th:s
will make them to both fear and respect
you. With such men in pefwer as head
the Democratic ticket, the people can rest
assured that their, best interests will be
attended to. and that extravagance and
oppressive taxation will be banished from
the Department of State.
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Why they Shcnid not.
Mr. Salomon, the newly imported Gov
ernor of Washington Territory, and he
would be doing better service if he were
to remain there and attend to his business,
and not meddle with the politics of Ore
gon, spoke in Portland last Saturday, to
the German citizens of that place, in their
native language, and the Oreronian says
that he was to tell them why they should
vote with the Republicans. We can tell
them in English, and thank God. most of
them have long known it. why they nor
any other should be a Radical. Because
that party, to-day, as it has been in the
past, is the enemy of the laboring or
poorer classes that come from Europe. It
is nothing but the fag ends of isms, of
which the Kuow-Nothing party was com
posed. They hate a foreigner, of any na
tion, and are now engaged to bring them
below the level of a nigger or Chinaman.
While the foreign born citizens rendered
the greatest, amount of service in t he late
war. you fiud such fellows as Gibbs going
around the country passing eulogies on
the-niggers' bravery and service, and de
claring without their aid the rebellion
could not have been subdued, while 3011
never hear one word from them in favor
of white men, unless it is when they want
their votes.
A Condemned Liar.
In the Orcgonian of the 20th inst.. ap
pears a communication from this place,
signed ' Oregon City.'' to the effect that
the County Court had cut down John
Myers" bill repeatedly during his term of
office, and rejected some altogether. This
is a willful and barefaced lie.and probably
was written by the same individual who
has b.5en proved a liar before the Court
House full of people and also in public
print, but this time he keeps his name
from the public, and no man of any re
spectability dare make this charge over
his own name. No bills of Mr. Myers'
were ever cut down. One bill, for mile
age for the collection of taxes, was re
jected by the Board, as they said the law
did not allow the Sheriff mileage. This is
the only one during I is term. But mark
the difference. When Mr. Burns was
Sheriff, the Radical Count' Court did not
only allow him mileage, but hired for him
a body-guard. Mr. Myers, taking this as
a precedent, supposed that he would be
entitled to mileage, at least, while he
asked for neither buggy hire nor a body
guard. The author of the letter referred
to is a liar of the darkest dye. and he dare
not make the charge over his own sigua
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And would, besides, buy up all the
newspaper organs that are pretending to
make these wonderful disclosures frauds
of the Radicals. Oregonian.
It only took a promise of an appoint
ment to the ofiice of Collector at Portland
to purchase the editor, of the Oregqniari to
support Geo. II. Williams, whose enemy
he had been up to that time. It probably
took something more substantial to pur
chase the Oregoniaa say $3,000.
Takk Notice. We are informed that
Ben. Holladay has sent to San Francisco
for strikers to bully men at the polls next
Monday. We warn Ben. Holladay that if
he proposes to interfere with the legal
rirhts of citizens of Oregon in this way,
that they know their rights and will main
tain them at all hazards.
Portland Corrcsj oiidtuce.
Portland, May 28. 1870.
To the Editor of the Enterprise :
Brick Pomeroy says, "The first law of
nature is self-preservation or protection."
The axiom is a true one, which none will
deny. The poor man has the same right
to protect himself as the rich man, the
fanner has the same right to protect his
earnings as the rich man has his capital;
the Tanner has the same right to demand
a high protective tariff as the wealthy
manufacturer. In short, it ia not only the
privilege, but it is the duty of every man
to protect himself and preserve his prop
erty. " The rich can ride in chaise4?,
But the poor the poor be jages he can walk."
Although there's not much rhyme in
the Irishman's poetry, yet it has some
truth.
In the discussion of the various issues
in the present political canvass, much has
been said about the "honor of the nation,"
"the necessity to protect home industry,7'
and "the natural rights of manhood.''
finch things sound well to the ear, and
the party uttering them pretend to feel a
high moral sense in its utterance, but take
them aside, or put the subject to a prac
tical test, and I will wager a new pair of
boots nine-tenths of them will tell you
that these sentiments are uttered lor
others to follow and not meant for them
selves to practice. Who is it that is so
wonderfully affected by the principle as
enunciated in that " vital" Eight Resolu
tion in the Democratic Platform? Is it
the poor man, the farmer, the laborer or
the mechanic? Not much. Then it must
be the rich man, the princely bondholder.
Of course it is, and he has the '-right" to
be affected by it. It touches his pocket;
it may take 1 herefrom what he claims is
justly his own. Suprose this is so. shall
the poor man. the laborer, etc., take
from his pocket his hard earnings and
give to the rich, to niake'the latter richer
and the former poorer? Where's the
justice? Some may pretend to see it but
I can't. What constitutes a rich govern
ment, a prosperous and happy people?
Is it the wealthy manufacturer surrounded
aud protected by high tariffs and national
security ; or is it the producers, the me
chanics and the laborers of the country.
Some writers and speakers argue as if the
American nation was exclusively a man
ufacturing people, whereas, this branch of
industry but forms a minor part of the
wealth and greatness of this Republic.
What is it that peoples our vast plains,
subd ;es the forests, spreads broad fields
of grain, constructs our railroads and
canals, builds our cities, runs our steam
boats, prints oar newspapers, operates our
telegraphs, d'gs the precious metals from
the bowls of the earth, in short, cuts
down brush and kills the snakes." It is
not the Massachusetts manufacturer, or
the New York bondholder that does all
these things, is it? Not by a jug full.
Then where is the honor, or justice in
preserving and protecting this class to
the injury of all the rest? Can you see
it? leant. Now, if the poor man. the
farmer and the mechanic have the same
right to protection and preservation. why
nut demand it. Why not exercise it?
Ben. llolloday. as the representative of
that licher class, may relieve your tem
porary wants by giving you a $20 piece
on election day. but how far will that go.
and how long will it last? As soon as
election day is over, at least a thousand
Chiriamen will lind the places of every
poor man in the country who cannot live
as cheap as they do and work fur as
small wages What I tell you is true, for
I know it. This is no idle talk from hear
say reports, got up for electioneering
purposes. A large number of the
heathen are already here and many- more
coming, only waiting until after the (ilh
of June, when every white man now em
ployed in the heavy labor on the railroad
will either be compelled to work lor $30
a month and board himself, or give up his
place to the leprous Chinamen. That
Ben. Holladay has bought up the Repub
lican ticket in this and other counties in
the State is beyond dispute. That he
expects to control the State is
positively certain. That a large
majority of his laborers and em
ployees are deceived in his promises is
equally certain. That men were nomina
ted upon this and other county tickets
with the express understanding that their
votes and influence should be used for
his special benefit can be proven by a
number of the best witnesses in the
county, and for the truth of what I have
here said I refer yon or anyone interested
to Dav. Logan. Mayor Goldsmith, Phil.
Wasserman. Pete llardingburg. Joe.
Bucktel, and twenty others that I could
name. I know of a document in the
hands of one of these parlies, on which
forty-six influential Republican names are
subscribed pledging themselves not to
vote the Ben. Holladay ticket for these
and sundry other good and sufficient rea
sons. The Cth of June will sui prise some
body in this section. See if it don't.
Yours, INDEX.
P. S. To the negro population I
would say look out, the Republicans
after the election, will " kick you on the
shins,'' as sure as you are born.
Every man who applies for work is em
ployed on the railroad, without refer
ence to his political sentiments. The faith
of those who are building this road is fully
pledged to the men employed that then
engagements shall continue as long as
ttey want to worn. Oreyonicn.
This was not the case three months ago.
No one questions but what they now de
sire to employ Democrats, in fact they
have been exporting them from other S
counties, and using the road as a means to
defeat the will of other closely contested
places. But. the above is a plain acknowl
edgement that there has been an under
standing of some kind between the em
ployer and employes, or why was this
pledge given? The white men now on
the road have the employer in their power,
and '.hey will exercise a white man's right
as freemen should. He now finds that he
cannot control them as he expected, and
while they are laborers, they are men. and
as such.are above his corrupting influences.
Read our regular Portland letter in an
other column,
perusal.
It will pay you for its
Remember that the luxury of a Radical
County Clerk costs this county about $110
per month.
Go to the polls eariy and vote the en
tire Democratic white man's ticket.
Sioned. Grant has signed the infamy
.r).;.li !s si!tc.1 'i Kill tn .iifnrr th Irlfh
amendment. It was sigued on the 31st. j
An Act to Enforce the Fifteenth
Amendment.
Passed May 16tli, by a. strict partjr
vi t .
That any officer of the United States, or of
any State," Ten i ory or district, and every
officer of any-' city, count, town, township,
borough, ward, parish or hundred, in any
S:ate,"Territory or district, who shall by
any official act whatever, or by the omission,
neglect or refusal, to perform arty official act
cr duty whatever, whether under color or
pretext of any iSta'e Constitution, or of anv
law of any State, Territory or district, what
soever, or of ai-y local, municipal, or other
law, rule or ordinance, deny or abridge, the
right of any citizen of the United States to
vote, on account of race, color or previous
condition of servitude, at any Federal, State,
county, municipal, or otner election, shall,
upon convict on thereof, be adjudged guilty
of a misdemeanor; and shall be puui.-hed by
imprisonment of not less than one .year, and
not exceeding three vears, or bv tine not less
than live hundred dollars, or both such fine
and imprisonment, at the discretion of the
court.
Sec. 2. That all colored citizens of the
United States," resident in the several Slates
of the United States, shall be entitled to vote
at all elections in the State, county, parish,
town, township, ward or hundred, of their
residence, subject only to the same conditions
which now are or may hereafter be required
to qualify white citizf ns to vote therein. And
azy pei son who shall by force, fraud, iatim
idat.on, or other unlawful means whatsoever,
prevent any colored citizen lrotn votin;
at any such election, who possesses the qual
iticaiinns, - except in respect to color, re
qusite to enable a white citizen to vote
thereat, shall, upon conviction thereof, be
adjudged guilty t a misdemeanor, and shall
be imprisoned not less than six months a id
not exceeding one year, or be fined not less
than one bundled dollars nor more than one
thousand dollars, or be punished bj' both
such fine and i'xipiisonmeut in the discretion
of the court.
Sec. 3. That in the case the Constitution or
law of any State shall require the assessment
or payment of a tax as a qualification of an
elector, if any assessor or other officer elec
ted or appointed ur.der the laws of such
State, snd authorized and required by the
laws thereof to make any assessment of per
sons or property for the purpose of such
taxation, shall refuse or willfully neglect to
asse.-s the peisou or property ol" any colored
ci-izen of the United States qualified as
aforesaid, - he shall -for every
such offense forfeit and pay the sum ot live
hundred dollars to any person who will .sue
for the same, and shall for every such offense
be guilty of uusdemenor, and .shall be fined
not less than live hundred dollars, and be
imprison id not less than one mo:ith.
Sec. 4. That in ease the Constitution or
law of any State shall require the assess
ment of a tax as a qual ficarion of at; electoi,
if any officer or comber of any levy court
or other body of officers authorized or re.
quired by the laws of such State to make or
correct any assessment of persons or proper
ty for the pni pose of such taxation, or au
thorized and required by the laws of such
State to assess or levy any such tax, shall
refuse, or willfully neglect or advise, or shall
participate, concur, or acquiesce in the re
fusal or willful neglect of si. ch levy any such
tax upon the person or property of anv col
ored citizen of the United States, qualified
as aforesaid, he shull for every
such offen-e forfeit and pay the sum of five
bundled dollars to any person who will sue
for the same, and shall for every such offense
be deemed guilty of a misdenmor. and f hall
be tinea not less t'tan five hundred dollars
and be imprisoned not less than one month.
Sec. 5. That if any clerk or other officer
required by tiie law of anv State to regi-ter
record, or transcribe any list f persons up
on whom taxes have been assessed, cr to
transcribe an cdertify any duplicate of such
list to the collector of taxes; shall refuse or
willfully neglect to register, record, trans
cribe -or enter upon the proper assessment
list, the name ol any colored citizen of the
United States who lias been lawfully assess,
ed to pay an3 t.sx, the payment of which tix
is by the Cons itution and lawsof such State
a quulifu at 0:1 of an t lettor of such S ate,
every such clerk or tlieer shall for every
such offense forfeit ar.d pay the sum of live
hundred dollars to any person who will sue
for the same, and shall tor every suctioltense
be guilty of a misdemeanor, ami shall be
lined not le-s than five hundred dollars, and
be imprisoned not less than one month.
Si;c. 6. That if any collector of taxes elec
ted or appointed by authority of the laws of
any State, sh-dll refuse or willfully neglect to
receive from any colored citizen of the Uni
ted Sta'es residing in such State, any tax
which he is required by law to collect from
citizens of such State, and the payment ot
which tax is, by the Constitution or laws of
such State, a qualification ot an elector of
sveh Slate; r, if any such collector shall
refuse or willfully neglect to give to any
such colored citizen a receipt for any mch
tax. when the amount thereof .shall have been
paid or tendereu to him by such colored cit
izen, he shall, lor every such offense, lorfeit
and pay the sum of live hunched dollars to
any person who will sue for the same, and
shall for ever such offense be deemed guilty j
of a misdemeanor, and shall be lined not less ,
than two hundred dollars a: d be imprisoned
for not less than one mouth.
Sec. 7. That if at any State, county, hun
dred or municipal election, held by 'he au
thority of any l.iw of any State, or at any
election for electors for President of the
United States, or for members of the House
of Representatives of the United Stairs, any
officer, inspector, or judge of the election
shall refuse t t receive, or shall advise and
concur in refusing t, receive, the vote of any
person on account of his race, color, or pre
vious condition of servitude, eveiy such of
ficer, inspector or judge shall, for 1 r rysuch
offense, forfeit and pay the sum of live hun
dred dollars to any person whose vote shall
have been refused who may sue for the same
in any court of the United States, and such
officer, inspector, er judge, .shall lor every
such offense be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be
fined no less than two hundred dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars, and be im
prisoned not less than one month.
Sec. 8. That any register or officer who
shall refuse to register or enter upon the list
of voter or list of persons who will be en
titled to vote at any election, the name of
any colored person having the qualifications
ot a white ci'.izen entitled to vote or to be
placed on such list in other respects except
race or color, and any officer or member of
any board for the admission of tlectors, who
shall refuse to admit to the electors' oath, or
to the privileges of an elector, anv c lorcd
person on account of his race, olor, or pre- j
vious condition, 01 servuaue. or naving me
qual fications of a white cit;zen entitled to
the privileges of an elector in other respects
than race, color, or previous condition of
servitude, shail be guilty of a misdemeanor,
aud on conviction thereof, ?hail forfeit and
pay a penalty of not less than two hundred
dollars, nor more than five hundred d. liars,
and shall be imprisoned not less than one
month nor more than six months or both,
at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 0. That if any person shall, by threats,
violence, or intimidation, prevent, or attempt
to prevent, auy citizen of the' Cn ted States
from the free exercise of his riirht to vote in
any election at which merrbcrs of Congress
or electors for President or Vice President
of the United States may be voted for, such
person so offending shall be liable to indict
ment, and, on contraction thereof, shall be
subject to a fine not exceeding tun thousand
dollars or to imj rUonment not less than one
year nor more than three years, or both, at
the discretion of the Court.
Sec. 10. That the circuit courts df the
United States shall have jurisdiction of the
suits lor lorfci.ures impo-ed and causes of
action created oy this act, and ? the ciicuit
aud district courts of the United States shall
have jurisdiction of the misdemeanors crea
ted by this act.
Jndge Caples, in his speech last Wednes
day night, said the fight 13 between the
Democracy and Chinamen." That is so.
A rather queer acknowledgement to come"
from Radical.
Telegraphic Clippings.
Congressional.
Washington-. May 27. In the Senate,
the appropriation bill was discussed ;
amendments placing female clerks iu the
Departments on an eqnality as to compen
sation with males; making appropria
tions for improvements on the capital
grotnds; appropriating one hundred
thousand dollars for expenditures for an
exhibition to the north pole ; fixing the
compensation of the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, at 10.000. Associate
Justices $8,000, Circuit Judges 6.500.
Court of Claims and California District
Judges $5,000 were adopted and the bill
passed.
The bill was reported without amend
ment appropriating $324,000 gold for
settlement of the claims of the Hudson
Bay and Puget Sound Companies.
Hlore for John Cliinumrn.
Cul'om reported a bill annulling laws
of Idaho Territory taxing Chinese ;
making ofiice of District Attorney in each
county ; prohibiting the Territorial Leg
islature from paying extra salaries to
Federal officers to members or employes
of the Legislature : passed.
The conference report on the fifteenth
amendment bill was discussed and adopt
ed by a strict party vote.
Ftnian News Arrest of Gm. O'Xeil
I- tiie U. S. Marshal.
Xkw York, ilay 25. The Canadian
news caused a great sensation. Eight
thousand men are represented to have
left here and as many more have since
enlisted. Humor says" Fitzhugh Lee is to
command, and also that seven hundred
United States troops started for the bor
der. Te'egrams from St. Albans state that
I he Fenians entered Canada from Frank
lin, Vermont, and attacked Freelings
burg aniLdel'eated the Canadian militia
in a skirmish, who a loss of several killed
and won mled.
Uoston, May 25. Reports from head
quarters state that the advanced guard
occupied l'igeon Hill. The Sixteenth
ltilles tailing back without firing a gun.
The Grand Trunk llailroad is torn up tor
quite a distance to capture a cattle train.
Tokonto, May 25. News is received
that O'Xeil was arrested by the U. S.
authorities and is now lodged at St.
Albans.
Montreal, May 25. Advices from the
front say the Feuians attached an outpost
at Frcelingsburg. and were repulsed with
one killed and twelve wouudt-d and miss
ing. Canadian loss none. The Fenians
have fallen back. Between 200 and 300
left Portland this morning.
The UniU-d States authorities seized 26
packages of arms at Portland.
The Canadian volunteers are ready to
receive the -Fenians at Trout river.
Komi-:, May 20. Eighteen hundred Fen
ians are expected to-day, bound noith.
The U. S. Marshal has seized the aban
doned arms and equipments in the namv
of the United Stales.
Oudknshukg. May 20. The Fenians
crossed the border this morning and oc
cupied Huntington.
Reports from Canada speak of fearful
depression in all circles, on account of
rumors of the defeat of the Regulars and
Rides. One hundred and seventy U. S.
troops are here under Col. Duria.
Maloxk, May 20. The Fenians under.
Generals Starr and Gleason, crossed the
line this morning and encamped a mile
beyond. They are armed with needle
guns. Trout river is the point of concen
tration. Two Fenians were wounded in
attempting to pass the guard at Trout
River. An engagement will doubtless
soon occur.
Chicago, May 27. Geo. Francis Train
arrived ihis noon and published a charac
teristic proclamation, addressing a large
and exc.ied crowd of Fenians at the Arm
ory to night
OuuK.vsnfKG. May 27. Seven thousand
Canadian volunteers passed down the St.
Lawrence on steamers1., which also had
200 tons of ammunition, for the seat ol
hostilities. Most ot the troops at I'rescott
are ordered east. The Government is
pushing every available battalion to the
front.
Nkw York. May 27. Six hundred Fe
nians left to-night lor the north.
Rumors are afloat that the Fenians cap
tured two companies of Canadian volun
teers above Malone. It is improbable
It is stated that the Fenians lost at
Huntington seven killed and several
wounded.
The Fenu- ns attacked the Home Guards
at Cook's Coi ners but were repulsed with
several killed and wounded. No lives
lost on the Canadian side.
Toronto. May 27. Two steamers left
Sault Ste. Marie on Tuesday, with troops
for Red River. They will be at Fort
William to-day.
New York. May 30 A Montreal
special to the Tribune says information is
received from the west that preparations
lor an extensive descent upon Canada are
matured. Fears are entertained that the
Fenians in that locality will be across
before .the Government is ready. It has
regarded the whole affair with so much
indifference up to yesterday that no
thought of danger to the western lines
was entertained. Nearly all available
volunteers have been called out with the
exception of the battalions in the rear,
and these are ordered to be in readiness.
Toronto, May 30. Artillery and in
fantry are ready for active service. The
17th " Highlanders will probably be sta
tioned at Quebec, for orders. Cornwall
is protected by the 5'Jth Infantry. Ottawa
is garrisoned" by the 30th Rifle Brigade.
Brigade.
Malone, May 30. Flannigan's and Ho
gel's hotels, where officers stop, are in
possession of Gvn. Meade, who has
ordered the arrest of all Fenian officers,
and Gen. Gleason, Col. Lindsay, Dr. Don
nelly and Captain Mann have been
marched to the guard house.
There is great sensation because tele
grams from Washington announce that
Thornton, the Biitish Minister, has de
manded his passports.
California. Xews.
San Franciscc, May 29 The Fenians,
last evening, raise 1 $1,200. Col. Walsh
said they could enroll and equip volun
teers here and strike England, too. where
it would be felt. He wrote to Montana.
to nashington Territory and Nevada,
asking now tue remans there were situ
ated, and what they were prepared to do.
He was answered from Montana by a tele
gram saying : Montana will send 500
men armed with breech-loaders and well
equipped, whenever you want them, at
whatever time, and "also $5,000." He
said he received a like encouraging dis
patch from Washington Territory and
Nevada. They will be gathered when
the time comes, and they will be success
ful, too. A meeting of volunteers is to
be held Tuesday. The impression pre
vails that a demonstration on Biitish
Columbia is aimed at.
A number of eastern wool buyers are
in the city endeavoring to purchase Cali
fornia and Oregon wool. Eastern manu
factures find difficulty in filling their
orders, and have stiffened prices consid
erably by their competition.
Intimidation.
We la3t week mentioned a case of in
timidation on the part of the Radical man
agers in this county, and now we havo.
another, attempted to be perpetrated by
D. P. Thompson, one of Ben. Holladay 'a
and Williams' tools, and the hold-over
State Senator of this county, lie went
one day this week to a man 111 this city
and told him that he was guilty of a crime
against the laws of the State, (which we
believe to be false,) but if himself and
brother-ia-law would either nofe vote at
all or vote the Radical ticket, there would
be nothing done abott the matter. This
is not an isolated case. We have heard
of letters without signatures being sent t3
narties containing threats of similar im
port. These men will vote, and voteheir
sentiments in defiance" of these villainous
threats, and whatever the parties may be
guilty of, these men who cfler to compro
mise their guilt for their votes are more
criminal than the original offenders.
What do you think of a man who would
go to a highwayman, knowing him to be
one. and tell him to give him half of the
money which he robbed ainan of? Would
he not become a party to the crime? Is
there any difference in the case in point ?
If these parties were guilty of any crime,
and we know that they are not. the3'. 1)
P. Thompson et. al., become doubly guilty
by offering to compromise the crime for
their votes. Shame on such nun, and it
is especially disgraceful when we consider
that it comes from one who holds a posi
tion given him by the voters of this county,
and which should, if he has no self-respect,
cause him at least. to feel some degree of
honor for the people he represents. Fear
nothing from any such men : they are
harmless, and these threats amount o
nothing but their own shame and disgrace
in the eyes of honest men.
The Irish.
The Irish voters may see ver3 readily
by the dispatches this week vhat sytnpa-
thy the Radical j rty has for them or
their oppressed country. lis first act was
to arrest Gen. O'Neill when an assault
was made on Canada, an?l when England
demanded the United Slates to protect
the English frontier, that demand was
readily yielded to. Yet the Radicals have
eutirely and quietly allow ed the question
of the Alabama claims, which they said
were due the United States from England
for her violation of the neutrality laws. toQ
sleep the sleep of the dead. If the General
Government desired an opportunity to
press the settlement of these claims due
her own citizens, none better could have
offered. But no ; we are nothe nation
of freemen that once inhabited ihfPcoun
try, and have no statesmen in our national
councils, but horse jockeys, pigmies and
niggers now control the nation. An Irish
man that would vote fVft1 the Radical pit rty
should be branded as a lraitor to his God
and his country. Had it not been for the
n -gro question, the Radicals would lor.g
s nee have made a war on the Irish lor
their religion. This accounts for Gibbs'
hatred to that people. He does not de
spise them so much for their political lanh
as their religion, and he only expressed
the wish of the Radical party when 1 e
said that they might go back where (Ley
belorged," lor the party is composed of
Puritans who know that the niggers and
Chinese make good Methodists, while ie
Irish will adhere to their Catholic faith.
Wilson. Palmer. Elkins and Kincaid are
all of this class. If you, Irishmen, have
any respect for your own beautiful Isle,
you will not forget your duty so far as tvs
vote tor a single man oa the Radical
ticket.
The County Clerk.
o
J. M.razer, the present County Clerk,
and a candidate for re-electionQ appears
in bis defense through a card in the Ore
gonian of last Monday. He charges us
with falsehood in saying fliat there are no
bills of his ort " record.'7 Ve never
charged that his bills were not on file,''
but we did charge, and repeat the charge,
that his bills are not itemized on the
County Court " docket." This is what we
charged him with, and he cannot deny the
accusation. So much for his denial. lie
has not successfully refuted the charge wgl
made.
Geo. II. Williams has telegraphed an
other dispatch to the Orcgonian. Thai
paper claims that the Senate Judiciary
Committee has endorsed the Republican
State platform of Oregon becausedhey re-G
fused to strike the word white from the
naturalization laws. "We can't see that
this proves anything, as the report may
be amended by the Senate. But it very
plainly states and poor Jo. Wilson has
been denying it all over the-) State vLat o
anything born on American soil may vote
when of proper age. This includes the
Chinese born on this coast. Here we have
the acknowledgement thatcthe Ra?ltc-al
platform mean3 Chinese voting, of those
born here.
Rolt. E. Kyljee. Q
This gentleman is the Bemocratic candi-
o
data for Prosecuting Attorney of thiDM
trict. He is a young man, of good ability,
and of more legal sense than his opponent,
ever possessed, and if letedPwiIl dis-o
charge tje duties of his ofiice honestly and
faithfully. Vote for him.
The news from all parts of the State is
cheering. Not less than 1,000 majority,
and perhaps 2,000. Let Clackamas county c
fall into line and be numbered along with
the other white counties in the State.
Enter your protest against Chinese aud
negro equality.
The Radical party has been expending
over $1G,000 per year for county purposes
during the past two years. The Democracy
run the county for $G,000. Which will
you endorse?