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receipt for abtcriptlimi and Klvtrtlium-nl..
1KN UtXLABAY IX KITI CHAPTKK8.
Read, at Maai ( year Iff Ighbor.
Wodonotdoal In sensations, but
In sober facts and calm reason. Bend
ers of tho Farmer, Citizens of Or
egon, theso things nro published for
your good ; as frlond forewarns
friend, ho wo forewarn you. If you
profit, not thereby, it Hhnll not bo our
fault. Although Ilollutlay, with his
wealth of million", ban seen fit to
miiko wur tiiou uk, struggling by
day's work for dully bread, and with
huso libels attempted 'to ruin our
business, yet o shall toll you Holwr
truth without any admixturo of mat
It'O. And this brings tin to consider
MUMiADAV AHA I.AW-MAKKIl.
It hiM not been forgotten by the
peoplo of Orcirou. and esiiccinllv not
by tho people of this elty, how IIol
laduy went Into tho Legislature or
1808 and .secured from that Assembly
tho hind grant franchise on which
tho Oregon and California Kail road
linn been constructed. It was the
Hhnnic of this elty, and tho disgrace
of u mtOority of that Legislature,
that irolladay and his satellites held
high carnival In Hlarkoy's Ulock,
with wine, whisky, women, and
feasts, 1 which were added, not
Infrequently, midnight rovellugs
and drunkenness. Kiisv-imlnir mem.
hers of that legislature were wined,
dined, made drunk, and put to lied,
to waku up supple tools of the great
llolladay. Those of a financial turn
of mind orurntij(l to start stoek
runehes, and saloon, buy elegant
homesteads, pay oft" old debts, and
even huvo $2,0(Mi checks tit bet on
"poker," albeit they camo up to
tills city as poor as church ndee, to
servo the eoplo at three dollars a
duy. Wo have heard It said that
tho little resolution passed for him
cost Mm fifty titnwand dollar tn yotd
coin. Tho corruption and unlawful
means then made use of by him are
notorious and undeniable.
But'lioro bear ft" In mind that we
have never denied, and do not now
deny, tho right of Mr. llolladay to
seek by honuraldr and fair menus
tho legislation he desired. Hut,
mark you again, It Is to the unlawful,
criminal, and trtvkrd manner of his
proceeding, and to the dangerous
corruptions ho made, mid makes,
uo of, that wo do object and pro
test. Then, for the tlrst time In the
history of our fair young State, was
purpose of preventing lien llolladay
irom speculating wlth these lonus
and extorting1 high "prices from the
poor settlers. And how has Ben
irolladay rcspcctodlhutiluw' of,Con
gre?Wo itnswery again, that ho
has deliberately violated every pro
vision of it, and basely perverted a
law, designed by Congress to aid,
protect, and benefit poor settlers, as
well as hocuro n railroad, to his own
selfish purposes, and to add millions
of dollars to his already colossal for
tune. According to his own ontlf In
tho Elliott case, Den llolladay has
deserted tho poor, landless, home
less men of Oregon, and sold this
great land grant to a company of
wealthy men, oT which he Is chief.
called tho "Oregon and European
Lmd Company," who are now do
maudinir from four to twenty dollars
per acre for these lands, which were
intended to bo hold only to our set
tlers for two dollars and a half. At
tho maximum price placed on these
lands by Congress, tho grant was
probably worth ten million dollars,
but nt tho rates it is now Iteiuir sold
by these speculators, it will put In
their pockets, as n free gift, thirty or
forty million".
If the proceeds of these lands were
applied to the extension of Oregon
.llL..n.l,. II ,. ,.!., .. T" ..,
iiiiinHiup, muru iingiii n flomt) snow
of excuse for this violation of tho
law. Hut tho price of tho lands is
not so expended. The railroad Is
IK-Ing built with tho proceeds of the
sales of the bonds, according to Hol
iday's own testimony. The lands
not mortiMircd to secure the
WILLAMETTE iSMSB:
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manufacturer, or capitalist is fool
enoiigh to coma here and Invest his
money where ho can plainly see that
ins loriune ana investments may in:
ruined nt any time by this factious
nnd unreasonable railroad king.
They have stopped coining. No poor
mnn, knowing the stnto of affairs
here, will como to pay llolladay
nuirn fnr (Imtinrnnil finish bind than
good prairie wlllcostln Kansas 5 nnd
especially not when he learns that
not 11 rmsAPtiirnr or a pound of freight
can get in or out of the State with
out paying tribute to one man, whoso
only rule of action Is might, nnd not
fight. Call you this n beneficial state
or affairs? Call you tho man who
are
bonds nothing but the railroad.
lieu .llolladay has got all tho money
used In building this road (according
to his own oath) from sales of bonds.
Ho has therefore not invested one
dollar or his own money In this rail
road. Wherefore, then, Is the rea
son for allowing Hen irolladay, In
addition to the railroad purchased
with tho ImiihN, millions; upon
millions of dollars, tho proceeds
of this great land grant, and
fiir all or which ho has never
paid one dollar or one honest day's
work ? This brings us to consider
KOI.I.ADAV TIIK HAINT AMI 1IKNK-I'ACTOH.
It Is the Pleasure or some
especially those
" Wlm lx-hil the uplr hliii-i of the Vncr,
'I In I Ibrin itinjr fulluw raiilnir,"
to iKilnfio Holladay ns n grontYbonc
factor of tho State, Wo do not grant
this. He has done nothing more
than thono ho found hero were enga
ged in doing, except to kick out nil
men,
the nlonnni-H In (hn wni-lr. . -.Tlw ..nit.
dlfferonco is'tMt'IU4i and others
did? not pretend tohaVeany money
to uuim roads, wbUo Holladuy has
Ixiastcd loudly of what he had. but
Mnt not dollar of his own, but
scattered that or hit German bond
punhawrs. The construction of our
liroduccd It n benefactor ? ny, veri
ly ; ho is Oregon's worst enemy.
1IOM.ADAY AH A I'OLITICIAK.
Every citizen has a right to his
jKilitlcal views, and to tho free ex
pression of them. Hut what right
has Hen Hollniliiv. 11 citizen of the
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State of New York, to be Interfering
In tho politics of Oregon? As the
owner of property hero, ho has a
Ight to demand eoual protection for
property aloncr with that of our own
citiens. And now we ask, has he
not nlways had ft? Whoro Is the
citizen, where is tho party, that lias
oyer proved any Injustice to him,
or one rulo for him and n different
one for other peoplo? There have
been two sessions of tho Legislature
since ho camo here, in both of which
ho sought for and ncttntl njwclal
oeiuficlal leffltlaticejavort to himself.
And where was tho member that
proposed to do him an Injury ? The
ract is that Hun Hullauay has been
feted, and honored, and netted, and
fattened by tho peoplo of Oregon ns
no other man ever was by any other
State. And how hns he returned
our hospitality ? Ixik at his malign
and corrupting influences in our Le
gislatures ; look nt his violation of
tho land-grant act, in quadrupling
tho price of Innds upon poor settlers ;
look nt the employment of his " red
shirts" in tho Portland elections;
loolcat his recent Intcrferoncain tho
primaries of a political party in tho
same city; look. it his hostility mid
malice spit out upon every man that
does not obey hls'ortlew nnd wishes;
look at- his compulsion of, mnn in
give up their steamlibats, hackstand
dray., or submit to ruinous opposi
tion, tils political platform Is "Huh,
or ruin," and, for one, wo propoe to
give mm a good squnro tight to see
whether ho can,
nnd Independence of labor nnd la
boring men all tho time. Give u
nn honest mnn, who will stand by
tho working men, nnd oppose tho
monopolies, and we enro not what
ticket he is on.
WnrkhifMiipn. farmers, mechanics.
nnd merchants, citizens nil, read this
nnd pass It nround, nnd If nny man
flint mm ht herein nmiss. demand his
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reason, nnd send It to us for reply, If
you need to do so. But If this doc
trine suits you, then wo nsk you to
buckle on your armor nnd go to work
nt once, for tho time Is short. He
member that your enemy is organ
ized, has money to spend, nnd un
scrupulous hirelings nt work. At
tend nil iKilitical meetings, call out
the candidates, and mnko them
pledge themselves for or against you
or tho railroad klnir. Demand fence
laws for tho railroads, payment for
killed stock, equal taxation of the
railroads with other property, and
full protection for producers and
shippers of freight ; nnd, lastly, de
mand that no man be sent to tho Le
gislature, to Congress, or to tho Soiu
ate, who will not plcdgo himself to
enforce tho two dollars nnd n hnlf
clause of the laud-grant act. Holla-
day's minions will give you a tcrrl
bio fight 5 but go to tho election to
ns.sert nnd maintain your rights ns
freemen. If you nro opposed by
force, or mourn ritier. in nnv nnrt
of the State, meet it nromntlv nnd
effectively :
" Strike fur four nlun and jour fini-,
Strike "-
and leave not 11 single perjured, base
born wretch to tell tho tale.
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tho vile leaven of corruption Intro- railroads by honorable and reason
fliKuul lit nil I,. til. 1 .f I. ...I .1.. tt .... I nil., kkkABk Mt.i .&i-u.. a 1
duood Into our halls of legislation.
Then, Citizens of Oregon, did the
K)lsou ap of monci'injturnre Insert
his fangs into tho heart of Oregon
politic, to out and destroy with it
lonthesomo virus tho purity of our
laws nnd elections nnd tho honor of
our public men. Such was the moral
code used by Hen llolladay In his
efforts as a law-maker In Oregon ;
and such will over ho his evil Influ
ence until rotnl down by the voice
of tho people.
Hut, looking further, wo see that
tho resolution of the legislature of
1808 was of no uso to Holladnv with-
out a eonfirnmtlon by Congress ; ami
to secure such ratifying act of Con
grcsn, to give him the lands bow
paionuMi to bis railroad Mr. Helta
day agrrttl to nnd 0jtof the fol
lowing proviso :
"And provided further, That the
'ndf granted by the Act aforvigild
shall bo void to actual tflllrrt only, In
quantiUw not greater than one quarter
ecUon to one purchaser, and for u
price not CivttdiHO ttco dollar and
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ThU u another illustration of law
making, and which brings us to con
alder 1IOM.AUAV AH A LAW-UHKAKKIt.
Why did Congress put on these
railroad lauds tho nbovo restrictions
as to price ahd'sottlemeh't ? Wc'an
swer Hint it was done for the cvprttw
able men would certainly have boon
a great benefaction to the State ; hut
lion liouauay has proven to Ih a
curse. We charge that, by his In
trigues and fthamclew Interferences
in elections and, legislation, he has
demoralized publio sentiment ami
corrupted public, honor: and that
tho wrong nnd Injury thus Inflicted
011 the commonwealth exceed any
ixissihlo iiecuiiinry benefit. Wo
charge, further, that the above-mentioned
violation of the land-grant
law, by which four millions of acres
of our hinds have liooit handed over
to a little clique of foreign speculat
ors, with llolladay nt their head,
and the prices so raised as to render
every poor man settling on them a
veritable slave, and for which nei
ther tho Htate nor tho cop!o receive
a single dollar or another foot of rail
road wo charge this to lie tin Injury
to the State, Incalculably in execs of
any passible railroad benefit from
Hen llolladay. We charge, further,
that, by reason of llolladay 's monojv
oly of steamship", railroads, river
boats, drays, trucks, uud bucks, and
by reason of his domincerlnc nnd
tyrannical nature and disposition,
that he has alarmed the uuhHc ami
aroused suspicion, that ho has fright
ened aWMV till rnnttnl tint I,, M ..
Interest, aad effictuallv checked Ihi.
migration. No IndeHndeiit linker. I
TIIK 11KMKDY.
Tho ballot-box offers' vou thoonlv
remedy to free voiirclvw from tim
iuiiositloii of this unreasonable man.
Ami wo appeal to you, citizens of Or
egon, to iMss not these words lightly
by.
Ytiii men of bronzed cheek anil
horny hands, in tho sweat of whoso
honest toll your dally bread'ls earn
ed, how do you like tho picture 7
Are you ready to do Ilolludav's hid.
ding nt the poll, uud thus iveroctn.
atu his jMiwer over your lalsir and
earnings ?
And you Immigrant ami settler mi
yon distant hillside, with your till
sioreu m mat Humble cabin erected
by your hands ; you labor like a gal
ley slave to clear that land, earn a
living, and for years pay interest nnd
ten dollars tier acre for fond wliid,
Congress told Hen Holluday to sell
you ror two dollars and :i hair. Vim
Itlld VOlir wife hnvo miim tl.m.. ....I..
of iulc to settle in ami build u homo
in ralr young Oreex)ii. You worn tnhi
that land was hero, cheap ; and, once
here, you cannot rotmeo your steps.
The Congress of your coimirv i..w
endeavored to protect you, but this
King llolladay has set at defiance
the law made for your protection,
and is now engaged in robbing you
by slow decrees. N'n iv)tn..t., ...
lK)lltlcal party In Oregon has dared
to speak out in your defense. Hut
tllO WlIXAMKTTK Kaiimvii k.. ,l.
wl to speak, ami will contlnuo to do-
euti you, ,ThU lpcr viw tetabllsh
eu and is publishoii r.r i.n i,..
the laborers and farmew of Oregon.
mil uour iMt luinrrh .-
Wool, in Sak FJiAKt'ibco. The
Itcific Jlural I'rait, Maj' 18th, speaks
as follows of tho wool prospect in tho
San Francisco market: There
seems hardly a possibility that wool
will maintain even Its nroscnt value.
There arc now In store. In San Fran-
clseo, over 18,000 bales, Including all
grades, una every day Is nddinglts
quota of receipts from nil parts of tho
State. If wo compare tho present
amount on hand, with tho wool clip
of last year, it Is evident that u very
largo quantity is still in the hands of
tho growers, for some of which prices
ranging from 40 to 02 cents have ul
rcady lieen paid. The receiptor this,
in addition to that now on hand,
lessened only by 11 few light sales,
will have n tendency rather to lower
tho price in this market than lift It
ton higher figure.
Much of that now coming in Is not
sold or contracted for, and for tho
most part is in small lots, from tho
growers on a small scale, many of
whom feel compelled to realize, even
at low rates ; mis will have a further
tendency to lower prices ; nnd wo
now hear of sales of small lots at
prices ranging from !W to 40 cents.
On tho whole, wo do not see what
there is to warrant n belief that wool
Is to advance in price greatly beyond
Its present market value."
l)n. Livinhstonk. Tho safety of
this renowned explorer has nt hud
been assured. Some time since. Mr
Bennett, proprietor of tho Now York
Jieraid, sent out one of his reibrters,
Mr. Stauly, who started from Zanzi
bar, iHjnetrated tho wilds of Africa,
and found Dr. Livingstone nilvo nnd
well. We shall doubtless soon hovn
full particulars of this adventurous
cxpiott, which redounds so greatly to
tho credit of tho New York Ifrmhi
for Its energy and enterprise.
Ksi,ani). The strike of the ag
ricultural laborers in tho central eoun
tics of Knglund has not vet been nH.
Justed. The demand by the ntrrlcul-
turul Unions is for nn Iucmhik nt
wages from $3 to $4 n week. In
Warwickshire there have been elght
teen district unions formed, and
three hundred laborers on the strike.
and
threatened, nor luilii.wi ht k.. .' , '
We know neither of tho political paf
no", Din We fight for the fn
lorn
TllK Dkiit. The Secrctnrv of tlin
Treasury reports the reduction in tho
public debt, for the month of April,
at over $12,000,000. This makes the
total reduction since the 4th of
Morcn, ia, about $328,000,000.
n.Mi.AL,-nm. m. uami, iq.,
editor of the Dalles Uountalurer, made
us a call yesterday.
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ABOCT BAIKM.
Th0Uh .li'JdlJfcront
persons about dull Times in Salem
There nro thoso of our own citizens
who seo but a gloomy prospect hi the
future. Perhaps there is reason in
some of the long croans thnt. nM ..
tcrcd on this subject. Therelsarer.
tain degree of dullness. And there
aio reasons for this condition of
things. The temporary Imnulsn that
tho railroad gave to buslnosa nr ..
cessity ceased when tho road went
beyond us. Wo are not yet In rnll.
road connection with tho oldor na
tions of tho country, and are really as
much isolated as wo over wore. Pop
ulation is tho ono thing wo need to
mako business lively, nnd tho bicri,.
ways by which population can come
to us aro not fully opened. It is dull,
and will continue to bo dull so inn
as thoso reasons for dullness exist.
But we can find much to cnnnnin
on tho principle that "misery loves
I'nmnnnv
Notwithstanding tho boosted term
inal prospects of Puget Sound, there
is not u point on that "finest body of
water In tho world " that has nny
thing liko tho life nnd business thrift
of our own city. Even in Portland,
our boasted commercial emporium,
there nro numbers of imniN ui.
complain of Insufferable dullness. Tn
proportion to tho number of peoplo
nnd tho advantages of wealth and lo
cation it is nt least ns dull to-dny in
Portland ns it is in Salem. In pro
portion to tho size of tho two places
there nro more omntv bulldlnm.
there than here, both dwellings and
ousmess nouses. There Is nothing
11K0 1110 nctivity 111 renl estate there
thnt there was two years ngo.
Even n more striking example is
that of Sun Francisco. Time nnd
again tho telegraph has reported to
us mo iouu crj' or " dull times from
Montgomery and Market streets.
There is a great depression in her
stock market and an immense
shrinkngo on former prices. Even
tho auction stands aro dull and we
aro told that fino horses aro sold un
der tho hammer for half price. Wo
have witnessed tho almost fmnt in r
forts the grcatcommlttee of ono hun
dred has been mnklng to effect now
railroad combinations for tho evident
puriosc or saving Sou Francisco.
These things should teach us a les
son. Wo do not expect to becomo a
great commercial city. But wo nro
located In tho center of tho best
running region on the Puciflc coast,
ond nro sure to grow ns tho country
around us develops. Our education
al institutions, our agricultural facil
ities, and our natural hold upon tho
capital or tho State, aro sure to make
us finally u substantial, growing, and
prosperous city.
Tho only thing we really have to
fear is tho blindness or meanness of
some of our own citizens. Men who
own large property in our city, nnd
seem to think thnt ull they have to
do is to keen it and crumblo about
tho taxes thev nnv nn It. nm our
worst enemies. Men who will not
lift a hand nor pay a cent to secure
tho building of a bridge across tho
Wlllamettto nor tho removal of tho
depot into tho city, aro doing more
to injure us than Ben HoUadav. with
all his monopolizing tendencies, over
could do if these men wore cured of
their meanness.
Wo need more local nrido and nub
ile spirit. Wo need to have, more
influences brought to bear to pro
moto public spirit. When has there
ever beeu a public meetinir to eonsld-
cr so important a local question as
mu i-uuiiging 01 me track and re
moval of tho depot into the city V
Which ono of our dally papers has
turned away from its disgraceful po
litical slang or one sided partisan
fight long enough to present fully
and clearly to Its readers any of these
great local questions ?
And what we say of this communi
ty applies to all communities and the
State at large.
Any town or State that would crow
and prosper must, have public spirit
ed men. Vigilance and activity are
necessary to urinsr nmanArlrv tn
City as tO brillfir success tn Ufa in nnv
individual. Union of action is . nec
essary, hard work, midline degree