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JACKSONVILLE, 0K1.G0Y SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1870 ■ .1 ... •jf •y ---------- -------- ---- —I------------- . ~: ; ■ : ■ i / , • i . 1 1» "I the authority of the Constitution, and of the great this thing of infamy, the off-spring of fiends incar Despotism Established. principles that should govern this people in their nate, brought Krrth in tfiut' d«tr of coiAupffon of . .!'■ j.l • 4. >H • ’ • 1” • * • , / • 4 ’1 . '¡ . intercourse with the family of nations. I j The following are the resolations adopted by the 11. That we favor the adoption of an nmend- 4 We present below the Fifteenth Amendment to which hell itself.is M m prototype,*^y> : great Dainueratic Cuuv«utiou at Albauy, vrnVydy I jq I end to the Constitution of the United States, re the Constitution, together with copy of th« bill The bill, it will be* seen, utterly ignores i th« Published Every Saturday Menear» ing the principles of the pqrty ip.this State : scinding the 14th and 15th amendments. • • -.11’ States in th« election oftrirembeYR CotJgrtrt and ----------- jf Congrtirt BY P. D. HULL, 1. Thnt they are -unalterably attached to the 12. That,irq are in. favor of a liberal policy be-, introduced for its enforcement. The following is a Presidential Electors. Unless the American peo <ra I r ' ' Publisher <fc I» r o p ¿ i e t o r. principles of our Republic as expounded by its ing pursued by the Legislature of this State, in copy Of the ple are cowards and alayee--------------ifAlcopap th««« founders^and the paramount object of their or the befttowaf df the land grants to her for the pur fifteenth amendment . 1 OFFICE—On Third St. Between California and c. ganization shall ever be to uphold and muintain pose of ptthlie improvements. A rt . XV., S ec . 1. The right of citizens of the minions of powef, wh€h they attempt *1lo * Ihterfer« those principles inviolate. * ■ 13. That the Governor and resigning members in their «lections, “with bloody hands to hospitable ?. That they hold those political partizans, who,' of tho Legislature, in engaging in a conspiracy to United States to vote shall not be denied or TERMS: positions of trust; claiming to.be repre overthrow the State government, collect large abridged by the United States, or by ady State, on graves/' ^That man w^q does nqLechp this ^sqtir Subscription, per annum, in advance............... $4 00 occupying sentatives of jhe:t>0ople, iajt« usurped the author amounts of coiti as revenue, to be drawn from the account ef race, color or previous condition of ser rnent from the •bottom <$T hiik'heaff .can claim 00 ity confided to them, maliciously trampled under business and bard earnings of the people, to be Six in vdtbs.............................. kindred blood with the patriots, of onr own Reso foot our sacred bill of rights, made civil law sub idle in the treasury, or to be the subjects pf gam vitude. lution, or the martyrs of liberty in any RgSof the advertisements , ordinate to m'litdiy rule, perverted the functions bling speculations in warrants, bonds and other S ec . 2. Congress shall have power to enforce world. In the language of the New York Herald, In T he D emocratic N ews will be charged at I of Government,1 ahd endeavored to concentrate its securities, were guilty of a high crime against the this article by oppropriate legislation. • endorsed by the chief organ of the Administration, powers in the hands of au oligarchy, wholly disre Government of Oregon, rendering them unworthy theAJlowing rates ' , The ratification of this Amendment having been garded the will and wishes of their constitueuts, the respect and confidence of the people, or of be “We have in these Amendments a greater revolu First insertion, (ten lines or less) ••••••••••••• .$3 and insiduously endeavored to disparage, debase ing further entru«tcd with the administration of proclaimed, we next arrive at the necessary cr ap tion in the structure of the Government than that For each week thereafter................ .................... $1 and stigmatize the once proud title of American the government; and while we thus condemn the propriate legislation for its enforcement, which is which transferred the American people from thte ' citizenship, as enemies to the best interests of this action of tho Governor and resigning members, we as follows : A liberal deduction from the above rates will > commonwealth. unhesitatingly approve nnd endorse the conduct of “An act to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment to crown ef England to their own institution under made on quarterly and yearly advertisements. 3. That the so-oalled reconstruction measures at the Democratic members in earnestly and faithful? ■ I • ’ * 4 the original Constitution of th« United States." the Constitution." tempted to be carried out by the present party in ly striving t<> restore aad maintain tho organiza How has this revolution been aceomplishad ? . Cer JOB PRINTING. power is a nefarious scheme, revolutionary in de tion of the Legislature, and provide for the due Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre tainly not by the consent of th« people, for their - Every variety of Job Work executed with neat sign, treasonable in execution, one which if ac administration of the laws. sentatives of th* United States of America, in Con consent has never been asked of given to any such quiesced in as a rightful exercise of authority will ness and dispatch, at reasonable rates. gress assembled : establish a most dangerous precedent and imperil revolution. It has been carried by usurpation, > Organize- Sselion 1. It shall be the duty of the Secretary the safety and prosperity of our form of govern * ». fraud and force, andiis without any bihdin^ obli ment, and that the present Senators in the Con of the Interior to appoint, or causé to be appointed, gation upon the conscience, or' elaim tipon the Democrats, wo aro approaching a campaign as gress of the United States from this State in sup three Commissioners for each election district of porting those measures have misrepresented the important iis any which the history of our country obedience, of any law abiding citizen. Like th« the sevet'al Congressional districts of tho United wishes and outraged the sentiments of the people nor - * • k exhibits. Democrats of Oregon, wo will be called States, to enforce the provisions of the Fifteenth ties in the States, where neithef insurrection • ’ of Oregon. 4. That the systematic efforts iftade by that party upon to elect a Legislature that will reject that amendment to the Constitution. The said Com civil war existed, it is simply an* arbitrary usorpau H to extend to the African, the Indian, and the Chi sum of all infamies ; that self set seal of degreda- missioners for such purpose shall havo the sole tion of power under a false pretence, and it is tha 1 naman all thetcivil a/uI political rights and privi tion, the hellish Fifteenth Amendment; or by our military rule which supejrcqded .the civil* author rj-ight) to decide on, the qualifications of all voters JACKSONVILLE LODGE No. IO leges enjoyed by thq-' white race, evinces a design right, and it may soon become, the duty, of every on the part of its leaders to destroy the high esti- own acts to sign an acknowledgment, and with who shall offer to vote for members of, Congress or OLDS ITS REGULAR MEETINGS .ON ,•“«<« placed upon that invaluable heritage an<li our own hands to tie the knot that will bind us elected for President and Vioe-Preaident, and Abe citizen who values his liberties.tp resist assy other ' every Saturday evening at the Odd Fellows’ i render despotism less objectionable and more easy hand and foot to be delivered a* slaves to Radical exclusive authority to receive the ballots coat at lawless invasion of bis liberties1 or his property.' ' ♦I, * • I ’ . ■ • f I I *1 ' J i I ■ • in good • stauding * •• Hall. — Brothers are invited j to ¿f ucc (uiplishincrtt. If enforced and submitted to, -it takes froth the eiti- tyranny and oppression. The next Legislature of any such election. * 5. That the ratification of the recently proposed attend. SILAS J. DAY, N. G zens of the States the remaining guarantee of h M t -, amendment to the Constitution of the Unite I Oregon has much to do. It has, in part, to ruin Sec. 2. It shall bo the duty of such Commiss N._ Dt SHORT, R. Sec y. States extending the right of suffrage to the be- or save the white race. Again, the coming Legis ioners to certify to the result of the election in their government, and destroys the last bulwark of their n P. F ehlcw , | Trustees. I liberties. It places th« ballot under .th« «nciusivd > ni^bted negn» nnd Indian, and which opens the lature will have to choose a successor to Geo. II. - F. J. b.tr, districts respectively, duly sealed, to the Secretary j door- for its enjoy incut to the heathenish China- control of minions of power, with “th« sole rightf1' W m . R at , ; man, is irregular, arbitrary and unlawful, ami they Williams in the U. S. Senate for six years. What of the Interior. to decide on the qualifications Of all voter». who t— __ f 'most earnestly protest against the passage by the I ean mon do too much to defeit the re-election of that May 1st, 18$!fr. Sec, 3. The Secretary of the Interior shall cer- shall offer to vote for members of Congress or Fite- u' {United States Congress of the pen-ling act de con.-umate demagogue and most unscrupulous of JAMBS R. NEIL, signed to enforoe this obnoxious and illegal pro all political scamps ? Williams has openly set at i ifv under bis hand and seal the names of the,per tors for President." It provide* that all «lections, sons who appear to him by the aforesaid returns for members of Congress and Presidential Electors' Attorney & Counsellor-at-Law, vision. 6. That they urge and entreat a repeal of the naught all of the laws of consistency and honesty.’ to bo elected members of Congress or electors for shaH-be conducted under military surveFince, and ~ Third Street, (west side), between California vec-'nt.treaty eonotedol beJwetMi Uie United Slat** He has trimmed his sails to suit every wind, no President and. Vice-President, and tho person who «Very ballot bo.< spreejiidedrf (by-bayonets, over and China which guarantees |u the latter nation matter from what direction it blew, lie has been and Main. shall receive such certificate of election shall hold which the people are to have no control ; elections such «xHnstee'prWfieftet Wnd Mlntnnitie» without true in nothing, false in everything. Will practice in the Supreme and other Courts corresponding benefits to American citizens, and the office or exercise the authority therein designa precisely likq these which elevated Napwieort. thtf of tbis'Stete. «. We have an infamous Governor to rebuke, and hurl ted, subject to the sixth section of this not. offers t<* its buries of semi-barbarians such favora __ . Third to suprci^« power, and to the saiM. iwtent, L- ble iuducemcnts to saarm in upon us, occupying from power, with the crushing curse of an outraged Sec. 4.* It'shall be the duty of the United States without a single characteristic, of an ipdfpeadeat- ."ÎP9* Particular attention paid trt the collection our mineral and agricultural districts, create coni of Claims against the Federal and State Govern petition with our lai«,ring in sses, estahli.-h ;iu.no people ; to damn him forever, preacher thought he Marshals in their respective-districts to sustain the ments, the Entry of Lpads uuder the Pre-einption ral pursRitj, d'4guating ritcr^ c^reiiioi)>c».aml pr:u: J»e, qnd Christian (?) though he is. The financial Commissioners of Election herein provided for in ballot cast by a free people. Tb® coDnaiMtefmni d who are empowered to^control. oqr. elections snd Homestead I*aws, and to the Entry of Mineral tires in v'ur.tiwiu, dteeourage an I repel tb>- imioi- department of the State stands sadly in need of the performance of their duties, and shall detail a the “sole right to decide on the qualifications of all Lodes under the reeéht Aet of Congress. gra^iqa of our owe rate, decrease the white |i9]>Xfe “ < reconstruction." We need a Secretary who is not voters, ’* are like Stanton's militkty ‘tJourfi—" or- sufficient force of deputies to secure order at the I latitai, retard thrift, impede the advancement off ganiceid to noaviatJ" Such elections WdtiW be only quite so expert in attaching the names of other C. W. KAHLER, election herein provided for ; and in the event of education and enlightenment, abstract from our re-j ,t 7. • ’f • « • • ; proofs of .our utter subjugation and degradation.-**' ; sources ami send away our valuable mineral wealth, I ' people to papers of financial interest and moment. the forco of any such Marshal proving inadequate, Guard. • , .. * , ip' t i >. and demoralize ami apostatize our community, ami We need a general cleaning out Of Radicals and a the Marshal shall have the right tp call on the J they resolve that a party who will sustain a policy i 1 general election of Democrats. We have work to It UH I- i- l v n. I . nearest commanding officer of troops of th* Unitel ■ A bout thr C oming E lection .—The w&k so unwise, ruinous and ruthless as that which up : JACKSONVILLE, OREGON, of colonizing the doubtJnl counties lirithfa States.io aid such Marshal to preserve oeder. holds suc C sq infamtmi bargarp, unworthy the do. CT *": > * * •G <.<4 ■ ~s Let us be up and doing ; let us awako from our support of white men. Sec. 5. It shall be the dirty of the Secretary of Willamette valley, preparatory for the Jane Will practice in the Supreme Court, District, and 7. That in the management of municipal nff.iirs lethargy and be working. Orgaqizo 1 Organize I ! War to so station the troops of the ’ 'United States; election, is being••■vigorously pushed forwunb“ 1 n other Courts of this State. they urge a judicious application of the principles by both poJUiciul parties of thet eeotbo e£;.d OFFICE—In building formerly occupied by 0. of tkouml political economy $ a iaudabie emtmurage- Organize ! 11 Let eaoh county and every precinct immediately preceding my election herein provided OUT Stat«« . , • .j j. • ii»W Jacobs— Court ment to agricultural, mineral, manufacturing andJ awake and be alive to business. The enemy i& for, at coayentpnt pointé adjacent to the principal ----------------- ■ opposite --- aa----- House -ts---- square. ----------- Mr- . Hngue, Superintendentpf the Dalle* Hague, the tlie^uperintepijentofthe commercial interests : a just and equitable protec wary and.skillful, let us be equally so. polling places of tne several Congressional districts, Mint, w.„ . • Wl11 prob«Wy employ fijxn fopy tp »¡jtjr.. , DR. GEO. B. TOLMAN, tion to the laborer and,, capitalist and the faithful Secret signs call the Leaguet together in mid and iri'the principal Cities a commanding force of voters on tl he r building, ___ _, a large proportion, of ... *» i rr : A * ' -> f VI -. x AOS’-1 ’ ”• r ? |xoreise of a system pf rigid retrenchment; that night conclaves to enlist their deluded recruits. these being ueW Citizens and kilt of them sueh troops shall be encamped in the parks or other |he government shoul<| be administered , for the (late Shjrgèbn U. S., Army,) people and not against them, in protecting.thcir Oath-bound cabals are sworn to us« ajl meaqs, suitable places of such cities, at aad preceding any Republicans. Thru it jfoihg to UH a^iihsC’1 rights and interests and not in fostering monopo Physician, Surgeon, and Acponcheiu*, fair and foul, to carry their party to suecoss. the Democratic votes of -............. this coot» ty*.’ ‘ If thè"'“1 election aa aftrresaid. . *< u. lies to prey upon them and despoil then} of their Deinoerftts expect to whs, they mvet put-’ fyr^" tu D.crnoerats, we ask not that signs, grips and Sed. 6, All.questions iq regard to the regularity ILL PRACTJQE IN JACKSON AND ^ubstan-e ; that a system'of taxation which has ware their very «best meu, and <hoee too'upwn'f’.w adjacent counties, and attend promptly to nor its object the establishment of privilegedjirders passwords, bind us together. We ask not that we and fairness of |he election of members of Congress Whom their party can haunonixers under the Government, cither by preferring one' I meet in back rooms with door keepers, tylers and shall bo referred by the Secretary of the Interior to all calls on professldhal business. dtp poll the entire vote of their pa^y-r-Bolter* « class to another or by imposing grievou, burthens outside and>inside guardians. We aak not that th« House of Representatives, who shall have ex OFFICE AND RESIDENCE, upon the taxpayers, whilecohferring favors, exemp wnd Bed rocks. We give thie advicegnUM.,. r dark lanterns and cabalistic signs advertise our clusive jurisdiction thereof ; and in like manner kno jving full well that the democrats arehard . tions and immunities.upon the holders of Govern I on 4th street, opposite the M. E. Church, Jack ment securities deserves no other name than legal meetings. Democracy, thank Gcd, need ne sueb all questions relative to the election of electors for at efOrk (as well aft the republicans) and thgt sonville, Oregon. / ;;>i ( 1 ized public plunder.. devices. , President and Vice-President,* shall be referred to they will not leave'’h stonetin til r bed to SQCotn-1* ® Jan, 8th, 1870. jan8-tf. 8. That the continual payment of the semi-an Let Democrats organize ; Jet them meet togeth the President, who shall appoint a oominitte« of plish their success. We learn from ‘the ’ll / '' nual iaterest on the lx>nded debt of the United er manfully, peacefully and boldly ; let them meet, terprise that Ben. Holladay is now employ not less than three suitable-persons to examine and States without abatement, together with other enor Dr. L. T. DAVIS, mous expenses for which the people are taxed, if necessary, under the green shade of trees, qr decide alT Such questions, and whose decilion shill ing all whitB men .^VfhgOego*; Citral make a burden too intolerable to be borne without the blue canopy of heaven—let them meet in day Railroad and that he has discharged all the be final and conclusive. if an effort toil nd Nitne speedy Ttieans of relief; that Sec. 7. This act shall go into effect when Con Chinese, and that he is engaged in colonizing the amount of the bonded debt was increased-more light, with open doors. Let each and.every member of the White Man’s gress shall, by resolution, duly declare that three- Clackamas county for the Republican p^rfv. than two-fold by the venal, illegal and unjustifia ble terms of its contraction, and there is neither League be known by hia fearless and manly fourths of the States have ratified th« proposed We had always supposed that Holladay, ww#.a. A rkansas L ivery S tabye , justice nr- wisdom in the repeated payment of the advocacy of the glorious principles of our party, Fifteenth Amendment, and have deseed that the Democrat, but-this only goes to prove hoys « principal by tho continued payment of the inter these great men can turn their copta wben itif -.1» í r» est ; that it is no pprt of good policy or good gov- and by his outspoken den jnciation of wrong, op Constitution is amended accordingly. to their intrust w*. **• ,- This* ' th?D« is ftnjolher. Jaekapryv^ls, Oregon.ir» „ t ■ 11__ ! -drnment to embarrass the energies of labor and all pression and tyranny, lot it qcme from what source Comment is almost unnecessary, as the features thorn in the side of the democratic party, As business enterprise by excessive and oppressive it may. . , . as the tWo tWn political parties arq concerned of the bill os well of those presented in the Ameud- far aa 4 GREENMAN, taxation, the exclusive benefit of a combination Let us organize,; let us have harmony Of thought mont fcre plainly visible te the most casual obser it is “diamond 6ul diamond’’ and'the M m *.1 of untaXed capital , that to -relieve the country Surieoxxi and to restore prosperity we favor an equitable ad and concert ol AdtiKn. Let Democratic documents taiueer don’t care mudh which wHi*, w that i be spread over the State. Let ns put it in each ver; .rijZ.. justment of the bonded debt of the United States. man’s power to tell the “reason of the faith th a , OFFICE—At bis residence on Fifth Street It has always been the object of the Democracy: the oCcea of the coonty* ao4 Sute ’ tte filled 9. That the desire of the present Congress, as with kood, honest and* capable 1 is in him,-’* -a*« •¿r'wjn*- Ore«o°- to warn the people of the usurpation of power by manife»ted. bj the ptoqeedjags, te secure to the We bay« a fight before ns. When the day shal Mountaineer. i- i n UHlA’tO volto ^^.Tpll practice in Jackson m »4 adjacent coum - wealthy bondholders payment in coin on account come, let us meet the efiemy of the laboring white Congress, and no act goes so far te: prove the in I ‘ i«8, and attend promptly to proieMional call«. i»b of indebtedness growing out of loans to, the man face to face ; let us present a phalanx un tent of the Legislative Department as the. above United States, of Treasury notes when worth less broken, and forces well mujiitioned and organized. ____ w__. bill. It is the crowning mastgrpteo« of Radical US |Mk.< A. b J o VER»E€K ' than one-half their coin value, after the holders One glorious battle and the'victory is ours. uii t tee of Congress have <__ t___ thereof have received exorbitant fn eresti tlidreon, Those prinftipfes upon whose bright piniotift' our corruption and assumption/ The act'ignores th« 'WILL PRACTICJS MEDICJNB AND ..SUR *nd at the same time leaving the pensions due un- dear country was borne to her twice proud height of right of States in the election of members te Con struct the State of Tennessee. _ IT GERY, «nil will attend promptly to »1 call» fortunate so'diers, their wives, 'Children or other prosperity and glory, and the abandonment of which Union, fed* id gress and electors for President and Vice-President. not that she has never been out’ttf the ____ on professional business. His office and resident, lente kindred to be paid in a depreciated currency, ex has brought her to ber present grovelling place in 1* furnifttyd Vice President tp ¿in* that she “ ------- a ---------- It remains yet to be seen whether the 'American ar« at 1 hibits a spirit of injuatioq qnsurpassed in the his the dust of oppression and wrong, must be main- coin, 16 ’ or * $ak has patiently submitted t0 The Overbeck Hospital, people witl tamely submit to the removal Of power every indignity imposed upon hef ‘hWrbwil.4 ' ‘ tory of ciass legislatiofi and fully demonstrates tainod.—- Guard. i 1 •: — from their State Governments' to the hands ef a- tow and by Congiesn; Thetd seems to be n On Oregon Street, Jaoksenvüte. QregmL 1-tf . the existence of a design on.the part of the monied O regon E lrctio ».— On to-day the gallant dem aristocracy of tlie eodairy to influence the estal»- - ----- ----- fishment of a policy favoring the aggrandizement ocracy of the State of Oregon meet at Albany to few republiéan partizans. If the/ possess their some doubt about her submitting1 td1 the fh-: ,n ; JAMES D. FAY, of the rich pV ^expense of the uoor ; a policy nominate their,States ticket. We>predict that th© original patriotism theÿ will vioIC-Mne these new. tore usurpations, and^ao gbe ie to be put ander .• :!/.’» J which has for its object the aggregation of wealth, selection matte by them will prove to be the choice fangled instruments of Radical tÿraûtfy with senti the ©onteol of Gee. 4Cerry or sooie miter ^a i , a majority. the people-on the first of June. Attorney & Counsellor-at-LaW> .opulence and power on the one hand, and misery, of drith eMulder .trW ««til .they wod “ They are thoroughly and fully prepared to meet ments and manifestations commensurate with their poverty and slavery on the other ; a policy fitted the enemy, and we hope to.,be able to exclaim and distinguished positions, and to keep up with the Jobser,»ient tool» to the Smtf .od tha only taa monarchical form of government. OFFICE—In Court Hbnse, up stairs. 10. ^hat the Democracy of this State now, a§ inform our readers that a full and complete vic men at the head of affairs present them with some House. We predict that the ncuit ftubieot Out psaciice Ih tlm^uprem« and other Cmuts heretofore, are «trenuous advocates of a tariff for tory will reward them for their .efforts. It is ad suitable and appropriate testimonial, such as a nice for this process will be thp State oF Ca1ifon 3 nia, rs sho not only refuses the fifteenth ' parposes of revenue only ; that the principle of mitted that there are no truer democrats in ’any 1. . of this state. protection for the sake ot protection is at war with State in the Union and'we trast that each and suit of—tar and feathers, .with the request that Amendment, but her people do notrecognizw '** Particular attention paid to the collection the diveMified interests of the people oT thd States, «very one of: then!, as Boon as the candidates are they return to their masters with the information greenbacks as ntebey? Let thework gb of Claims against the Federal and State Govern and experience has shown its tendency to aggran announced, will feel that he. has a special mission that the people are yet able to attend to their own It needa a few- -more eases t*' thontaghH ments, th« Entry of Landa under the Pre-emption dize a class in the community at the expense and to perform and “never tiro with well doing’’ until affairs: : ” arouse the pboyde to A sense ef their » and Homestead Laws» and to the Entry of Mineral to the injury of the 3 producing and laboring mil. the oonrupt radical party in1 that State are routed The Sati Francisoo Examiner in commenting on ger. 1 ¿amdcafZcr. ’ , tionsi latffajWr' industry equally, irr violation of horse, foot and dragoon.— Capital Chronicle. Lodes under the recent Act of Congress. .< 1 if. -1 JL x / a X • • I nrs. Ordgon Democratic Platform. ■■ Jwinrss <£arh. H Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law W M ■ . fl .