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VOL. 2.
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON. SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1870.
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Oregon Democratic Platform.
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the authority of the Constitution, and of the great asseverating that he is going to meet all bis obli­
principles that should govern this people in their gations, usurious interest and bonus inoluded.
intercourse with the family of nations.
11. That we favor the adoption of an amend- “some time ;” and if, besides, he keeps up his
intnd to the Constitution of the United States, re high style of living, and his lavish, free-hande<l
scinding the 14th and 15th amendments.
expenditures, men are not likely to look upon it
12. That we are in favor of a liberal polioy be­ as a very safe investment to buy up his notes.
ing pursued by the Legislature of this State, in
the bestowal of the land grants to her for the pur­ They know that probably he does not intend to
pose of public improvements.
pay, or that if he really means to do so he will
13. That the Governor and resigning members never have the ability. The “honorable” young
of the Legislature, in engaging in a conspiracy to
overthrow the State government, collect large spendthrift’s credit is very apt to die just then
amounts of coin as revenue, to be drawn from the This is just the policy that the Republican party is
business and hard earnings of the people, to be pursuing with reference to tho nation, and it w
idle in the treasury, or to be the subjects of gam­
bling speculations in warrants, bonds and other therefore “constantly attacking the public credit,”
securities, were guilty of a high crime against the just as our cotemporary affirms. It is rendering it
Government of Oregon, rendering them unworthy impossible to pay the national debt while it is talk­
the reap ot and confidence of the people, or of be­ ing so grandly about national “honor.”
ing further entrusted with the administration of
We are somewhat surprised at the confession
the government; and while we thus condemn the
action of the Governor and resigning members, we made by the Oregonian, and it leads us to think
unhesitatingly approve and endorse the conduct of that possibly there is some truth in the statement
the Democratic members in earnestly and faithful­ that it is an “independent paper.” Let it continue
ly striving to restore and maintain the organiza­
tion of the Legislature, and provide for the due its frank avowals by all means ; we shall b< glad
administration of the laws.
to republish them.— Herald.
The following are the resolutions adopted by the
great
Democratic Convention at Albany, embody­
Published Every Saturday Morning,
ing the principles of the party in this State :
1. That they are unalterably attached to the
BY P. D. HULL,
principles of our Republic as expounded by its
Publlihor «te I* r o p r 1 o t o r. founders, and the paramount object of tbeir or­
ganisation shall ever be to uphold and maintain
OFFICE»«On Third St Between California and 0. those principles inviolate.
2. That they hold those political partisans, who,
TERMS:
occupying positions of trust, claiming to be repre­
Subscription, per annum, in advance............... $4 00 sentatives of the people, hqive usurped the author­
Six months...........................................................$2 00 ity confi ed to them, maliciously trampled under
foot our sacred bill of rights, made civil law sub­
ordinate to military rule, perverted the functions
ADVERTISEMENTS,
In T he D emocratic N ews will be charged at of Government, and endeavored to concentrate its
powers in the hands of an oligarchy, wholly disre­
the followiag rates
garded the will and wishes of their constituents,
First insertion, (ten lines or less)..................$3 00 und insiduously endeavored to disparage, debase
For each week thereafter................................... $1 00 and stigmatise the once proud title of American
A liberal deduetion from the above rates will be citixenship, as enemies to the best interests of this
commonwealth.
made on quarterly and yearly advertisements.
3. That the so-called reconstruction measures at­
tempted to be carried out oy the present party in
JOB PRINTING.
power is a netarious scheme, revolutionary in de­
Every variety of Job Work executed with neat­ sign. treasonable in execution, one which if ac­
quiesced in as a rightful exercise of authority will
ness and dispatch, at reasonable rates.
establish a most dangerous precedent and imperil
Sad Romance of the Oneida Disaster.
A Healthy Indication.
the safety and prosperity ot our form of govern­
ment, and that the present Senators in the Con­
gress of the United States from this State in sup­ Many honest Republicans, thoroughly convinced
In conversation with' a very intelligent and ac­
porting those measures have misrepresented the
complished lady from Maine, a few days since, I
wishes and outraged the sentiments of the people of the dishonesty of Republican rulers, are mnni-
festing a disposition to give the party the silent learned the following facts, which throw the shad­
of Oregon.
4. That the systematic efforts made by that party go-by by not voting at all at the coming June elec­ ow of a sad romance over the Oneida disaster:
to extend to the African, the Indian, and the Chi­ tion. To snch, the managen of the partv address Commander Williams, the highest officer on the
naman all the civil and political rights and privi­
JACKSONVILLE
LODGE No. 10 leges enjoyed by the. white race, evinces a design themselves, in the hope to get tbeir votes just this vessel, and one of the lost, was a widower of some­
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on the part of its leaders to destroy the high esti­ one more time. They admit the corruption of what less than forty, and the father of two bright
olds its regular meetings on mate placed upon that invaluable heritage and their party in office, for they cannot disprove it; little children. In May last he contracted an en­
every Saturday evening at the Odd Fellows’ render despotism less objectionable and more easy and then they urge that there is no evidence to gagement for a second marriage, which was to have
Hail. Brothers in good standing are invited of to ace »mplishment.
5. Th.«t the ratification of the recently proposed the contrary but what the Demoarais, once in pow­ taken place very soon after the "arrival of the
attend.
SILAS J. DAY, N. G.
amendment to the Constitution of the United er would be just as bad. A novel argument, to- Oneida in this country. I believe it w is fixed for
N. D. SHORT, R. Sec’y.
States extending (he right of suffrage to the be­ be-sure, but then it is all they have for the exi­ the middle of April. He loft the United States for
P. F khley , )
nighted negro and Indian, and which opens the
S. J. D av , > Trustees.
door for its enjoyment to the heathenish China­ gency. Let disheartened Republicans judge what Japan in June last, and just before his departure
W m . R ay ,
man, is irregular, aabitrary and unlawful, and they the Democracy will do by what it has done. Let he was one of a dinner party at which my infor­
May 1st, 1869.
t—f
most earne«t>y protest against (he passage by the them compare the administration of Governor mant and the affianced bride were also present-
United States Congress of the pending act de­ Whiteaker with that of Governor Woods, and then Had he returned safely, he would have known a
JAMES R. NEIL,
signed to enforce this obnoxious and illegal pro­
ask themselves why it cost four times the sum to fate which his brave heart would not have met
vision.
6. That they urge and entreat a repeal of the conduct tha affairs of this State by the latter that with the cool courage which faced death at his post
recent treaty concluded between the United States
Third Street, (west side), between California and China which guarantees to the lutter nation it did by the former. Let them ask themselves on the quarter-deck. Since the first day of Jan­
uary his two children and his intended wife have
and Main.
such extensive privileges and immunities without why taxes are so much higher now than then.
Will practice in the Supreme and other Courts
corresponding benefits to American citizens, and Let them ascertain if th'y can, the necessity for died. When he left Japan he had not heard this
of this State.
offers to its hordes of scuii-barbarians such favora­ the huge debt the State owes and by what author­ sad news, but supposed he was coming home *o
ble inducements to st arm in upon us, occupying ity a debt of over two hundred and fifty thousand meet them all in happiness So to one at least, of
^9* Particular attention paid to the collection our mineral and agricultural districts, create com­
of Claims against the Federal and State Govern­ petition with our laboring in sses, establish immo­ dollars more than the Constitution of the State al­ the gallant men who went down on the ill fated
ment. the Entry of Land.« under the Pre-emption ral pursuits, disgusting rites, ceremonies and prac­ lows has been contracted and piled up against the steamer, death cannot be oalled a disaster.— Ex­
and Ifoinestea I Laws, and to the Entry nt Mineral tices in our ¿owns, discourage and repel the immi­ people? Let them demand of those who claim change.
Lodes under the recent Act of Congress.
gration ot our own race, decrease the white popu their votes an explanation of those things. And
Intion, retard thrift, impede the advancement of
Resolutions.
C. W. KAHLER,
education and enlightenment, abstract from our re­ when it cannot be given, let them hold the Repub­
sources und send away our valuable mineral wealth, lican party responsible. Let them say to those
and demoralise and apostatize our community, and who urge that there is no evidence that the Dem­
The following are the resolutions passed by the
they resolve that a party who will sustain a policy
Democratic Convention in Polk county on the 19th
so unwise, ruinous and ruthless as that which up­ ocracy will be “just as bad,” that said party has
instant
:
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON,
holds such an infamous bargain, is unworthy the not, heretofore, been as bad, and therefore it will
Resolved, That we believe, with Mr. Douglas,
support of white men.
be safe to give it a trial; since, also, it will be im­
Will practice in the Supreme Court, District, and
7. That in the management of municipal affairs possible for the country to be worsted by the ex­ that “thia is a white man’s Government;” made
other Courts of this State.
they urge a judicious application of the principles
periment. The Radical party have robbed and by white men to be governed by them for all time
OFFICE—In building formerly occupied by 0. of sound political economy , a laudab e encourage­
ment to agricultural, mineral, manufacturing and despoiled the people ; this they konw. They only to come and that we will meet, with force if
Jacolo*—opposite Court House square.
commercial interests ; a just and equitable protec­ have the word of interested politicians that the necessary, any and all attempts on the part of the
tion to the laborer and capitalist and the faithful Democracy will do likewise. It will be safe to Abolition party to vote the Negro, Indian or Chi­
DR. GEO. B. TOLMAN,
exercise of a system of rigid retrenchment; that
the government should be administered for the give that party a trial, and the people have made naman.
(late Surgeon U. S. Army,)
Retolved. That the so-called Fifteenth Amend­
people and not against them, in protecting their up their minds to do it.— Mercury.
rights and interests and not in fostering inonopo
ment is revolutionary in spirit, subversive of the
Physician, Surgeon, and Accoucheur, lies to prey upon them and despoil them of their
Constitution, and should be opposed by all true
Is it a Confession 1
substan e; that a system of taxation which has
friends o the Caucasian race and Constitutional
ILL PRACTICE IN JACKSON AND for its object the establishment of privileged orders
adjacent counties, and attend promptly to under the Government, either by preferring one
government.
The Oregonian says that our Government is un­
all calls on professional business.
class to another or by imposing grievou. burthens
eeolved. That the assumption on the part of
upon the taxpayers, white conferring favors, exemp­ able to borrow money as cheaply as foreign na­ Congress of the prerogatives of the executive and
OFFICE AND RESIDENCE,
tions and immunities upon the holders of Govern­ tions can because “there is a powerful party here
judicial co-ordinate branches and departments of
on 4th street, opposite the M. E. Church, Jack­ ment securities deserves no other name than legal­
constantly attacking the public credit.” Now, in­
sonville, Oregon.
ised public plunder.
the Government, is a dangerous usurpation of pow­
Jan. 8th, 1870.
jan8-tf.
8. Tha the continual payment of the semi-an­ asmuch as Republican papers and speakers are al­ er, destructive of Constitutional liberty, and merits
nual interest on the bonded debt of the United ways assuring us in the most confident manner
States without abatement, together with other enor­ that the Democratic party is “dead,” or at best is the severest censure of all true friends of the Con­
Dr. L. T. DAVIS,
mous expenses for which the people are taxed,
stitution.
make a burden too intolerable to be borne without but an “insignificant opposition,” we presume that
Office»-On JPixxo «treet, an effort to find some speedy means of relief; that the Republican organization is meant by the Ore­ Rexolved, That we are in favor of free trade,
and direct taxati »n to defray the necessary expen­
the amount of the bonded debt was increased more gonian when it speaks of “n powerful party which
ses of the Government.
Opposite t lie Old
than two-fold by the venal, illegal and unjustifia­ is “constantly attacking the public credit.”
Revived, That the action of the Radical party,
ble terms of its contraction, and there is neither
We
have
always
thought
that
the
Republicans
or wisdom in the repeated payment of the
as exhibited in the vote of the Representatives in
A rkansas L ivery S table , justice
principal by the continued payment of tho inter­ are the only enemies which the national credit has the present Congress, which violates, a^ the in­
est ; that it is no part of good policy or good gov­ in the country. They are the only persons that
stance of the bondholder, the terms of the contraot
ernment to embarrass the energies of labor and all
Jacksonville, Oregon.
are
injuring
it
in
any
way.
If
they
would
con
­
which exists between them and the people, by de
business enterprise by excessive and oppressive
sent
to
tho
payment
of
the
debt
in
the
money
of
taxation for the exclusive benefit of a combination
Glaring that such holders shall be pai I in gold for
E. H. GREENMAN,
of nntaxed capital, that to relieve tho country the oountry, that “great national blessing” would their bonds, for whioh they could legally claim
and to restore prosperity we favour an equitable ad­ soon shrivel into much smaller proportions and
but currency, is not only a gross infraction of said
justment of tne bonded debt of the United States.
OFFICE—At his residence on Fifth Street
would
cease,
in
a
great
measure,
to
weigh
down
c infract, but is a direct and outrageous swindle
9. That the desire of the present Congress, as
Jacksonville, Oregon.
manifested by tho proceedings, to secure to the the energies of the people. But as the Republican upon the tax-payers of the nation.
3SF*Will practice in Jaekson and adjacent coun- wealthy bondholders payment in ooin on account party insists upon tho exemption of the national
Renolved, That the repudiation by the Admin­
ies, ar.d attend promptly to proessional calls.
of indebtedness growing ont of loans to the
securities
from
taxation,
and
upon
their
ultimate
istration and by Congress of tho valid claims of
United States, of Treasury notes when worth less
payment
In
gold
ooin,
it
converts
the
debt
into
a
than one-half their ooin value, after the holders
Southern loyalists, perpetrated for the purpose of
DR. A. B. OVERBECK
thereof have received exorbitant interest thereon, great inouhus resting upon the nation. It swells paying the bondholder nearly double that which
1I5ILL PRACTICE MEDICINE AND SUR- and at the same time leaving tho pensions due un­ it into such magnitude as to destroy all hope of its he is entitled to, exhibits on the part of the party in
V v GERY, and will attend promptly to all calls fortunate so diers, their wives, children or other
removal except by levying such taxes upon the power its old spirit of sectionalism, and evinces its
on professional business. His office and residence kindred to be paid in a depreciated ourrenoy, ex­
hibits a spirit of injustioe unsurpassed in tho his­ active capital and tho labor of the oountry as will total disregard of all rules of justice and equity.
are at
tory of class legislation and fully demonstrates utterly ruin our industries. Besides, it is pursuing
The Overbeck Hospital,
Retailed, That the National Banking jystem,
On Oregon 8treet, Jacksonville. Oregon.
l-tf the existenoe of a design on the part of the monied such a course of extravagance and wastefulness in instituted in the interest of the bondholders, should
aristocracy of the oountry to influence tho estab­
JAMES D. FAY,
’ lishment of a polioy favoring the aggrandisement its legislation as will of itself, it persisted in, re- be abolished, and that greenbacks should be issued
of the rich at the expense of the voor ; a polioy dace the nation to bankruptcy.
in lieu of such bank paper, thus securing millions
which has for its object tho aggregation of wealth,
There are the things that are injuring and have annually to the people, and giving to the whole
opulence and power on tho one hand, and misery,
poverty and slavery on the other ; a policy fitted injured our oredit. Whan some young prodigal people, instead of the few, the benefits of issuing a
has become heavily involved in debt by borrowing paper currency.
only to a monarchical form of government.
OFFICE—In Court House, up stairs.
Reeolved. That, in the language of Webster, a
10. That tho Democracy of thia State now, as money at usurious rates of interest, and by giving
bargain
canpot be broken on one side and still
Will practice jn the Supreme and other Courts
h rotofore, are strenuous advocates of a tariff for out his personal obligations on consideration that
bind
on
the
other, and that the repudiation on the
purposes of revenue only; that the principle of
of this State,
part
of
the
bondholders
of the terms of oontract by
only
represents
half
their
faoe,
if
he
makes
no
at
­
protection fir tho sake ot protection is at war with
inserting
that
they
be
paid
the face of their bonds
WP" Particular attention paid to the col lection tho diversified interests of the people of the States, tempt to enter into a reasonbio, fair, “equitable
in
gold,
releases
the
people
from such terms ; and
of Claims against the Federal and State Govern­ and experience has shown its tendency to argran- adjustment” of his liabilities, so a# to make it that we now demand that their claims shall, be set
ments, the Entry of Lands under ths Pre-emption dixe a olass in the community at the expense and possible to pay all that he honestly owes, but lets tied only upon the principles of national equity.—
and Homostead Lawi, and to the Entry of Mineral to the injury of the producing and laboring mil­
lions, taxing their industry equally, in violation of his paper run and talks about his “honor,” Republicactn.
Lodes under the recent Act of Congress. 1 tf.
Snsinrss (iarda.
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Attorney & Counsellor-at-Law,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
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Attorney & Counsellor-at-Law>
NO. 3.
The Danger.
At no time since the formation of our govern­
ment have free institutions been in so much peril.
Coeval with the adoption of the Constitution there
was born a party of whioh tho Radicals of to-day
are the legitimate offspring. Alex. Hamilton was
its champion then. Charles Sumner is its leading
spirit now. It seems as though the seeds of de­
struction were «own at the very time the nation
was ushered into existence. Radicalism has grown
with the country’s growth, and ripened with its
age. What was then a bud is now in bloom.. The
speck on the far away horizon has grown to the
proportions of a sky in anger until the very foun­
dation of free Amerioan government are being
shaken by the terrible convulsion that environ it.
All the Democratic statesmen from Thomas Jeffer­
son down have warned the people of the wrath
that was surely to come. Those warnings time
has made prophetic—those prophecies have become
stern realities, and to-day we are standing upon
the very brink of national disintegration. For
ten years has the party in power been busily en­
gaged in forging the chains for over thirty millions
of freemen. For ten years has Congress been pass­
ing the most oppressive and unjust laws that over
disgraced the pages of any statute book. For ten
years have Radical Judges been rendering the
most infamous decisions that ever polluted the er­
mine in any country under the sun. The passive­
ness with which the American people bear all these
encroachments on their most saored rights is truly
alarming, for it augurs that the problem of self-
government cannot be solved by the Americans of
to-day. If we consider the degradation of tho
ballot-box—the result of universal suffrage—the
destruction of State rights—by Congressional usur­
pation and legislation ; if we consider the enor­
mous taxes under which the nation is groaning—
and the oentralizatioo of power in the Federal
courts by reason of the workings of the Bank­
ruptcy Act—we are forced to eonolude that Ameri­
can freedom will soon be a matter of 'the past, and
that we have already witnessed the beginning of
the end of the best government the sun ever shone
upon. Very few people take time to reflect upon
the terrible achievements that have been made
over our free government in one short decade. It
is pitiable to reflect upon the immense differences
which have been introduced by so short an inter­
val of years ; to contemplate the deplorable events
that separate this generation from that of W sh-
ington, Adams and Jefferson. It is impossible to
forget what the nation was and not to realize to
what it has cjme. It has not been a succession of
apparently unimportant events, distributed through
a long succession of years, that has brought this
change. It is the work of a single generation ;
one has sufficed to separate the nation by impassa­
ble gulfs and immeasurable distances from the
place where the feet of the young Republie were
planted. We must have almost completed the cir­
cle of revolutions, if it be true that they never ge
backwards.— Democrat.
P rovided F or .—The Senate has loyally con­
firmed the filial act of the President in appointing
his venerable parent to a comfortable office. Fath­
er Grant is now Postmaster of Covington, Ken­
tucky, for four yeirs. The President’s son is a
cadet a' West Point, and is being fed, elotbed, and
educated at the expense of the nation. Brother-
in-law Casey is settled in the fat Colleetonhip ot
New Orleans ; brother-in-law Dent is a Brigadier,
a paid Secretary, a door-keeper, and grand chief
usher at the White House ; and cousin Hudson is
Minister to Guatemala. All of the family are pro­
vided for except poor Corbin, and it is not the
President’s fault that be has not made a fortune
out of his influence with bis august brother. Now,
that the family is quartered on the oountry, and
lives at the expense of the Treasury, what dees
Mr. Grant propose to do to relievo the national
burdens in other respeets ? Of oourse. it is under­
stood that obarity begins at homo; but as it is
evident now that tho dear ones are oomfortably
provided for, will Mr. Grant kindly turn Us
thoughts to the wants of his constituents ?
T he O rder or M asons .—The strength of tho
'Masonic Order in the United States and British
Provinces, as set forth in the following statement,
is said to be as nearly correct as can bo obtained
from the most autbentio sources : Oregon, 2,203;
Alabama, 10,423; Arkansas. 7,675; British Co­
lumbia, 148: California, 8,106; Canada. 2,022;
Colorado. 582 ; Connecticut, 12,784 ; Delaware,
722 ; District of Columbia, 783 ; Flsflida, 1,783;
Georgia, l ’,167 ; Idaho, 225; Illinois, 30,229;
Indiana, 21.«05; Iowa, 11.462 ; Kansas, 2.645;
Kentucky, 18,929 ; Louisiana. 6,099 ; Maine, 14-
120 ; Maryland, 4,791 ; Massachusetts,, 28,366 ;
Michigan. 18,016 ; Minnesota, 5.000 ; Misaiss ppi,
12,408 ; Missouri, 14,872 ; Montana, 355 ; Ne­
braska. 986 : Nevada, 921 ; New Brunswick,
312 ; New Hampshire, 6.032 ; New Jersey, 7.739 ;
New York,*74.079 ; North Carolina, 11,183 ; No­
va Scotia. S80 ; Ohio, 20,225 ; Pennsylvania, 29,-
840 ; Rhode Island. 4,253 : South Carolina (esti­
mated) 14 000 ; Tennessee, 16.969 ; Texas, 10,-
516 ; Vermont. 7.024 ; Virginia, 8,000 ; Washing­
ton. 348 ; West Virginia, 1,590 ; Wisconsin, 7,713:
Total, 468,455.