The Democratic news., April 23, 1870, Image 1

JACKSONVILLE, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1870
the authority of the Constitution, and of the great
We depricate violent measures for the relief of
Life More Preciou* Than Gola.
principles that should govern this people in their the wrongs of our race ; we counsel patience and
intercourse with the family of nations.
The following incident, which is trnriw every
The following are the resolutions adopted by the
11. That we favor the adoption of an amend- pcrseverence in peaceful agitation until we shall
great Democratic Convention at Albany, embody­ mend to the Constitution of the United States, re havo obtained the just measure of our rights ; but particular, we have never seen in print, and we
Published Every Saturday Morulug,
ing the principles of the party ¡n this State :
scinding the 14th and 15th amendments.
we warn the Radicals, those who affect to believe take this occasion to rescue it from oblivion, and
1.
That
they
are
unalterably
attached
to
the
12. That we are in favor of a liberal policy be-
BY P. D. HULL,
principles of our Republic as expounded by its ing pursued by the Legislature of this State, in that the Chinaman is the equal of every other for­ give the precious waif the immortality it deserves.
Publisher ¿^Proprietor. founders, and the paramount object of their or- the bestowal of the land grants to her for the pur­ eigner, that their preaching and practices and their We hope it may meet the eye of the hero of the in­
gamzation shall ever be to uphold and maintain pose of public improvements.
misguided legislation will insure to no good end ; cident, that he may know that good deeds arc
OFFICE—On Third St. Between California and C. those principles inviolate.
! 13. That the Governor and resigning members that they are preparing the way in the not dis­ never lost. We only regret that our informant has
2. That they hold those political partizans, who, of the Legislature, in engaging in a conspiracy to
TERMS:
occupying
ucvupjiug positions
pwoiiiviio vi
of trust,
tiu-'i, viauuiug
claiming to
tu be
uv repre- uverinriw
»vi umum, vunccv
overthrow mu
the oi&tv
State government,
collect large tant future for a conflict to which the “Great Re­ forgotten the name of the brother, or that too,
Subscription, per annum, in advance
.$4 00 gentatives of the people, have usurped the author- amounts of^oin as revenue, to be drawn from the bellion” was but a child’s play ; and, having giv­ should have immortality in this life, as well as the
$2 00 I ity confide 1 to them, maliciously trampled under business and hard earnings of the people, to be en our warning, we tell them that if blood shall be life to come.
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foot our sacred bill of rights, made civil law sub-, idle in the treasury, or to be the subjects of gam- shed, it must be on their head, and not on ours.
Some years ago, a French Brother, whose name
ordinate to military rule, perverted the function!* bling speculations in warrants, bonds and other
ADVERTISEMENTS,
The Democratic party have been and are now do­ we are unable to give, after having spent nine
In T hw D emocratic N ews will be charged at 'Government, and endeavored to concentrate its, securities, were guilty of a high crime against the
!powers in the hands of an oligarchy, wholly disre- Government of Oregon, rendering them unworthy ing their utmost to guard against unwise legisla­ years of severe toil, delving in the gold diggings, /
the following rates
garded the will and wishes of their constituents, the resp ct and confidence of the people, or of be- tion in the interest of these coolise ; we have ta­ resolved to return to France with the competency
First insertion, (ten lines or less)
$3 00 «nd insiduously endeavored to disparage, debase ing further entrusted with the administration of ken the ground that these people are a curse to our which he had been fortunate enough to acquire in
$1 00 and stigmatize the once proud title of American the government ; and while we thus condemn the
For each week thereafter..................
* A liberal deduction from the aui’e rates’will be citizenship, as enemies to the best interests of this I action of the Governor and resigning members, we land ; we Lave urged soberly, dispassionately, dis­ those nine years of hard labor, toil and exposura.
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a yearly advertisements.
commonwealth.
unhesitatingly approve and endorse the conduct of interestedly in behalf of our common race, and we He took passage in the ill-fated steamer Golden
made
on quarterly and
3. That the so-called reconstruction measures at­ the Democratic members in earnestly and faithful­ shall not be held responsible in history by coming Gate, the particulars of the loss of which are still
tempted to be carried out uy the present party in ly striving to restore and maintain the organiza­
vividly impressed upon the minds of all Califor­
JOB PRINTING.
power is a nefarious scheme, revolutionary in de­ tion of the Legislature, and provide for the due ages, if in the future gathering of half-starved, idle
laboring men in the streets of our great cities prove nians and need not be recupitualated here. Suffice
sign, treasonable in execution, one which if ac­ administration of the laws.
Every variety of Job Work executed with neat­
quiesced in as a rightful exercise of authority will
the precursor of a war of races on the American it to say, that when the alarm was given that all
ness and dispatch, at reasonable rates.
establish a most dangerous precedent and imperil
was lost, this brother secured his beftof hard earn*
continent.
[From the Examiner.]
the safety and prosperity of our form of govern­
ed gold around his waist, and seising a floating
ment, and that the present Senators in the Con­ The Laboring Men of San Francisco—
gress of the United States from this State in sup­
Sweet-Scented Scenes in South Carolina. spar made what effort he could to save himself and
porting those measures have misrepresented the
Why are They Idle?
the treasure that constituted his all. Presently ho
wi-hes and outraged the sentiments of the people
Some time ago we were called upon to narrate a discovered a little girl, though partly sustained
of Oregon.
What
means
the
gathering
of
the
laboring
men
4. That the systematic efforts made by that party
thrilling scene in the South Carolina Legislature, frojn drowning by a life preserver, yet evidently
to extend to the African, the Indian, and the Chi­ in San Francisco, clamoring for work to save them '
which was brought about by a fight between two being every moment in the most imminent danger
naman all the civil and political rights and privi­ selves from starvation ? Whence comes the cry of ■
of the honorable colored members of that body of being engulfed. Without a thought of self, ho
leges enjoyed by the white race, evinces a design
JACKSONVILLE LODGE No. 10 on
distress,
and
why?
Are
we
not
the
most
prosper
­
struck out for the little girl, brought her to the
the part of its leaders to destroy the high esti­
over a piece of pie. The member from Charleston
ous
nation
on
the
face
of
the
globe?
And
is
not
spar, with the hope of yet reacking shore. Alas t.
mate placed upon that invaluable heritage and
had bought and paid for the refreshment aforesaid,
OLDS ITS REGULAR MEETINGS ON render despotism less objectionable and more easy
our State the most prosperous portion of the Na*
the additional weight made one thing evident,
every Saturday evening at the Odd Fellows’
and claimed his inalienable right to devour the
of acc iiuplishinent.
tion ? Then why, in the name of all that’s ration­
that the dear little one must be abandoned or—
Hail. Brothers in good standing are invited to
5. That the ratification of the recently proposed
same ; the member from the rural district insisted
attend.
SILAS J. DAY, N. G.
amendment to the Constitution ot the Unite! al, are we met with the spectacle, in our public upon a division ; hence the difficulty, which resul­ the gold ! What did our hero do ? Simply, his duty
N. D. SHORT, R. Sec’y.
—that duty so often inculcated around the altar of
States extending the right of suffrage to the be-, i streets and front of our halls of justice, of fifteen
P. F ehley , )
nighted negro and Indian, and which opens the* ,hundred strong and able and willing men raising ted in a fracture of linen and a small expenditure Freemasonry. Unlashing bis heavy treasure belt,
of some of the best blood of Africa.
S. J. D ay ,
> Trustees.
door for its enjoyment to the heathenish China­
he let it sink down to the coral caves of the mighty
their voices and demanding that they be given
W m . R ay , )
man, is irregular, arbitrary ami unlaw.ul, and they
The South Carolina Legislature, having obtained
most carnest.y protest against the passage by the work, whereby they may be onabled to ward off considerable notoriety by the pie battle, is eviden­ deep, and had the happiness of reaching shorn
May 1st, 1869.
United States Congress of the pending act de­ the demon hunger from their door?
with his charge—with empty pockets 1—Poor and
tly determined to maintain its position in popular
signed to enforce this obnoxious aud illegal pro­
JAMES R. NEIL,
Wc put these questions to you, ye lazy philan.
destitute indeed, but richer and far happier than
estimation, if we judge by the accounts which have
vision.
thropists
and
fireside
philosophers,
who
are
untir
­
the miser with his millions. What n glorious to­
6. That they urge and entreat a repeal of the
reached us of the scenes immediately proceeding
ward awaits that brother, if he has not already re­
recent treaty concluded between the I nited States ingly concocting schemes of immigration and “put­
Third Street, (west side), between California and China whien guarantees to the latter nation ting up jobs” to bring hither swarms of men to adjournment. The House was jolly and uproar­ ceived it—when the Grand Master of the Celestial
and Main.
such extensive privileges and immunities without starve, in a country which you have made almost ious, and voted Mr. Speaker a donation of $500 in Lodge shall say unto him, “Well done!”—Jfoson-
corresponding
benefits to American citizens, and
Will practice in the Supreme and other Courts
considation of the whisky and cigars which that
offers
to
its
hordes
of semi-mu Marians such favora­ worthless to the white laboring men by your en­ official had generously distributed among the mem­ »c Mirror.
of this State.
ble inducements to soarm in upon us, occupying couragement and fostering cooleism. We put
£9“ Particular attention paid to the collection our mineral ami agricultural districts, create com­ these questions to you, because we believe your bers during the session. The Senate was in a far
A dvice to the G irls .—Do not estimate the
-of Claims against the Federal and State Govern­ petition with our laboring in; sscs, establish immo­ protections of friendship fcr the white immi­ less amiable mood, for war had been declared be­
worth of a young man by his ability to talk soft
ments, the Entry of Lunds under the Vre-emption ral pursuits, disgusting rite-, ceremonies and prac­
tween the negroes and carpet-baggers, and a gen­
grant
are
insincere
and
hollow-hearted,
and
have
nonsense, nor by the length of his moustache.
and Homestead Laws, and to the Entry of Mineral tices in our towns, discourage and repel tiie immi­
eral and indiscriminate debate ensued, such, per­
gration ot our own race, uecrea-e the white popu their foundation in the selfish instincts of your na­
Lodes under the recent Act of Congress.
Do not imagine that an extra ribbon tied about the
lation, retard thrift, imptie the advancement of ture which prompt you to initiate Immigration Bu­ haps, as has never bofore transpired in parliamen­
neck, can remedy the defect of a soiled collar or an
education and enlightenment, abstract from our re­
C. W. KAHLER,
tary annals. The colored troops assumed the of­
sourcesand send away our valuable mineral wealth, I reau- and Agencies, that in the transportation of fensive, and pitched into the carpet-bag senators untidy dress.
and demoralize ami apostatize our community, and these poor people you may gain a few dollars, lit­
If your hands arc drowned by labor, do not en­
they resolve that a party who will sustain a policy tle reckoning what becomes of the moneyless im­ in the most lively manner, denouncing them as vy the lily fingers of Miss Fuss and Feathers,
so unwise, ruinous and ruthless as that which up­ migrant after have you dumped him at his jumping “thieves,” “escaped felons,” etc., etc. The Sena­
whose mother works in the kitchen while the daugh­
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON,
holds such an infamous bargain, is unworthy the
tor from Barnwell, Mr. Leslie, was openly charged
off
place
in
California.
We
want
immigrants,
in
­
ter lounges in the parlor.
support of white men.
with having been the proprietor of a bagnio in
Will practice in the Supreme Court, District, and
7. That in the management of municipal affairs deed ! while we have nearly two thousand strong
If a dandy, with cigar between his fingers, asks
other Courts of this State.
they urge a judicious application of the principles and healthy men parading our streets, anxious to New York, and dodged the penitentiary only by you if smoking is offensive to you, tell him em-
OFFICE—In building formerly occupied by 0. of sound political economy , a laudab e encourage­ procure work of any kind at almost any wages, going South to serve the country as a “loyal” law­
»hatically, ‘Yes' The habit should be, even though
ment to agricultural, mineral, manufacturing and
Jacobs—opposite Court House square.
maker. Mr. Leslie’s equanimity being naturally
with
care
and
hunger
depicted
on
their
wan
faces.
the odor may not.
commercial interests ; a just and equitable protec­
distributed by this imputation upon his honor, he
It
is
a
sight
to
move
the
heart
of
the
coldest
blood
­
tion
to
the
laborer
and
capitalist
and
the
faithful
Do not waste your tears on the imaginary sor­
DR. GEO. B. TOLMAN,
exercise of a system of rigid retrenchment ; that ed mortal in the world, to see these poor people, retorted, and told his senatorial assailant that the
rows of Alonzo and Melissa, nor the trials of the
the government should be administered for the
coat upon bis back was stolen, and that he (Les­
(late Surgeon U. S. Army,)
who
have
been
reduced
to
a
state
of
penury
by
the
dime novel heroes. Seek rather to alleviate the
people and not against them, in protecting their
lie) could prove the fact. Then waxed wroth,
presence
here
of
a
hostile
race,
who
have,
by
un
­
and interests and not in fostering rnonopo
suffering ones on earth.
Physician, Surgeon, and Accoucheur, rights
lies to prey upon them and despoil them of their der-bidding them, taken away the means of their Leslie hit out in all directions, pointed round at
If your dress is inconveniently long and a gen­
substance; that a system of taxation which has subsistence—to sec them moving along peaceably, his colleagues of the colored persuasion, and swore tleman steps upon it, don’t be angry, but meekly
ILL PRACTICE IN JACKSON AND for its object the establishment of privileged ordern
that they were a pack of scoundrels, who had been
adjacent counties, and attend promptly to under the Government, either by preferring one yet earnestly, and with keen anxiety, seeking a
teg his pardon, as you ought. Always cherish a
bribed and sold so often that they did not know
all calle on professional business.
word
of
hope,
of
comfort,
or
of
cheer.
cluss to another or by imposing grievoui burthens
jartiality for the smell of dishwater—it is more
who owned them. Ho interspersed his remarks
upon the taxpayers, while conferring favors, exemp­
OFFICE AND RESIDENCE,
These workirtgmen of San Francisco have been
conducive to health and far less expensive than
with pithy allusions to the private history of some
tions and immunities upon the holders of Govern­
‘Boquet of Eden.— Woorf’t Magazine.
on 4th street, opposite the M. E. Church, Jack­ ment securities deserves no other name than legal­ basely slandered and charged with designs to in­
of
the
members,
who,
he
alleged,
had
outflanked
sonville, Oregon.
jure the heathens who have done their interests so
ized public plunder.
S ecrets .—We must regard every matter as an
Jan. 8th, 1870.
janS-tf.
8. Tha- the continual payment of the semi-an­ great mischief, yet, by their actions during the the sheriff in every State in the Union, and finally
nual interest on the bonded debt of the United past few days, they have given the lie to such as­ landed in South Carolina for the same reason that entrusted secret, which we believe the person con.
States without abatement, together with other enor­
Judas went to hell—because there was no other cerned would wish to be considered as such. Nay,
Dr. L. T. DAVIS
mous expenses for which the people are taxed, sertions. Under circumstances of the strongest place that would have them. This stirred up the urther still, we must consider all circumstances as
make a burden too intolerable to be borne without provocation, with the consciousness that their pre­
an effort to find some speedy means of relief; that sent deplorably destitute condition is due entirely black brethren, and two or throe getting the floor secrets intrusted, which would bring scandal upon
the amount of the bonded debt was increased more to the competition of the Chinese with them, not at once, they abused Leslie in the very choicest another if told, and which it is not our certain
Opposite the Old
than two-fold by the venal, illegal and unjustifia­
billingsgate, swore that the reign of the carpet­ duty to discuss, and that in our own persons and
ble terms of its contraction, and t'sere is neither one of them has done aught of ha m to the Mon­
or wisdom in the repeated payment of the golian denizens of San Francisco. It is a fact easily baggers in South Carolina was at an end, that the to his face. The divine rule of doing as wo would
A rkansas L ivery S table , justice
principal by the continued payment of the inter­ susceptible of demonstration, that there would not State belonged to the negroes, and they intended be done by, has never been put to the test in these
est; that it is no part of good policy or good gov­
to rule it. Here a curious'and characteristic inter­ matters of good and evil speaking. We may se-
ernment to embarrass the energies of labor and all be a single white laboring man necessarily idle in ruption occurred. A notorious lobbyist, named »histioate with ourselves upon the manner in which
Jacksonville, Oregon.
business enterprise by excessive and oppressive the city of San Francisco to-day were not the coo­
taxation fcr the exclusive benefit of a combination lies here to compete with them. Figures can Joa Crows, advanced to the table and deliberately we would wish to be treated under many circum­
E. H. GREENMAN,
laid down a large pile of greenbacks. Immedia­ stances ; but everybody recoils instinctively from
of untaxed capital , that to relieve the country
XxjrmiiolAxa. db Surgeon., and to restore prosperity we favor an equitable ad­ prove this incontestably, artd. if any one chooses tely two of the collored senators were seen in close the thought of being spoken ill of in his absence.
justment of tne bonded debt of the United States. to deny our statement, we shall willingly demo-
OFFICE—At his residence on Fifth Street
9. That the desire of the present Congress, as strate it. The Chinese are eating us out of house , consultation with Crews, and soon after, a swindle,
Business.—A newly married lady in ChicSgo
Jacksonville, Oregon.
manifested by the proceedings, to secure to the and home, they are undermining our prosperity, known as the phosphate monopoly bill, was taken
complained to her ma that on her reception day
Will practice in Jackson and adjacent coun- wealthy bondholders payment in coin on account
up and passed. Then the fight was resumed, and
driving
our
workmen
to
desperation,
and,
as
surely
her card-basket was overrun with circulars from
ies, ar.d attend promptly to proiessional calls.
of indebtedness growing out of loans to the
while hostilities were still in progress, the Legisla­
as
they
are
heathen,
they
will
prove
the
ruin
of
lawyers announcing terms of divorce. So absurd,
United States, of Treasury notes when worth less
than one-half their coin value, after the holders our country if steps are not taken by legislation ture abjourned. Who dares to say that the Radi­ you know, ma, before our honey moon is over.
DR. A. B. OVERBECK
thereof have received exorbitant in erest thereon, to prevent such a calamity. Is it any wonder, cal party has not “guaranteed to South Carolina a
True, dear, replied ma, who had been twice 4»-
WILL PRACTICE MEDICINE AND SUR- and at the same time leaving the pensions due un­ under his condition of this things, that mischiev­ republican form of government,” and that it is not
vorced, but I would put them in a sn'e place ; you
VV GE RY, and will attend promptly to all calls fortunate so diers, their wives, children or other
a
nice
thing?
—
Ilepuplicau.
may find them very useful in a year or two.
on professional business. His office and residence kindred to be paid in a depreciated currency, ex­ ous thoughts sometimes enter the minds of • ur
hibits a spirit of injustice unsurpassed in the his­ laboring men, who see before them »o probable a
•re at
Leading Radical’ say that it is of but little use
tory of class legislation and fully demonstrates
T he flight of a hawk when its powers are fully
The Overbeck Hospital,
fate as the poor-house and the pauper’s grave ;
the existence of a design on the part of the monied
to nominate a State ticket against the one put in exerted has been calculated at 150 miles an hour ;
On Oregon Street, Jacksonville, Oregon.
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aristocracy of the country to influence the estab­ far be it from us to encourage or counsel violence the field by the Democracy. Their heads are level.
of the eider duok, fiO miles. The American pas­
lishment of a policy favoring the aggrandizement towards these poor devils of coolies—but a hungry
Who
will
but
“
thirty
dollars
”
that
a
single
State
JAMES D. FAY,
senger pigeon will fly a mile a minute, and the al­
of the rich at the expense of the noor ; a policy man listens to no logic that does not reach his
officer will be successful?
which has for its object the aggregation of wealth,
batross 90 miles an hour.
opulence and power on the one hand, and misery, stomach, and if something is not done, and done
People of Oregon ! What say you ?— Oregonian.
poverty and slavery on the other ; a policy fitted speedily, too, to relieve the necessities of our own
T he ourious discovery has been made by aa
That we will elect the entire ticket put in nom­
only
to
a
monarchical
form
of
government.
race,
and
to
diminish,
in
some
legal
manner,
the
OFFICE—In Court House, up stairs.
English surgeon that monkeys cannot be poisoned
10. That the Democracy of this State now, as incoming of the Asiatics, then the Radicals will ination at Albany.— People of Oregon.
with strychnine. They seem to eat all kinds of
Will practice in the Supreme and other Courts
heretofore, are strenuous advocates of a tariff for
have
themselves
to
blame
for
the
short-sighted
Old
Grant,
the
father
of
the
government,
seems
poison with impunity.
purposes of revenue only ; that the principle of
of this State.
protection for the sake ot protection is at war with folly, which led them to believe, or act as if they to be a great nuisance in Covington, where he is
An aspirant after the vacant position of «seen
Particular attention paid to the collection the diversified interests of the people of the States, believed, that every man but a white man, was en­ postmaster. The citizens petitioned the “govern­
of Claims against the Federal and State Govern­ and experience has shown its tendency to aggran­ titled to sympathy, encouragement and protection,
tioner in London rests his claim upon the cirenm-
ment” to remove him, and when he learned of
ments, the Entry of Lands under the Pre-emption dize a class in the community at the expense and
stance that be “has had much experience in kill­
and Homsstead Laws, and to the Entry of Mineral i to the injury of the producing and laboring mil- and that the white man must look out for himself the fact, he rushed out threatening to cane every
r
ing pigs.”
Lodes under the recent Act of Congress.
1 tf. ‘lions, taxing their industry equally, in violation of as best he may.
man who signed the petition.
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Oregon Democratic Platform.
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Attorney & Counsellor-at-Law,
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