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f K l K W * t .v f • W MC ' V*" J f\ «•» * ' % tiA étï W ------------------- ... fit SÜhtklg |otl Ufountg £ijnal. IIP T O N ^ l — Ont Publisher. j t t r , $3 00 ; IM | this# months, 9100. six months. TERMS FOB CLUBS: Firs sopies, on# yoor, $13 75 ; Ton copies •at ytar, $25 00, and for any greater number at $2 50 per annum. Snlteripiion N ew mm «1 5« p a id ttrictly in advance. G ood s — C heap GOODS. J . H. L E W I S VOL. I. DALLAS, OREGON, MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 7, 1868. Letter from Governor Seymour, to the These men, who, a few days since, were Democratic National Committee— He Cordially Approves the Platform— seeking as suppliants that Congress The Kump Congress Unmasked—Its would give them power within their A True Prophet. Schemes to Deprive the People of the respective States, are to.day the mas Right to Vote for Presidential E lect On a certain occasion Daniel W e b ors— Their Oppression of Labor and ters and controllers o f the actions o f Entering them with Industry—The Success of the Democ those bodios. ster, the great apostle o f the Constitu racy the only Hope of the Couutry. minds filled with passions, their first W O R D S T H A T BU R N . tion and the Union, speaking o f the Abolition party, sa id : demands have been that Congress shall lock upon the States from which S prepared to exhibit an excellent and “ IF T H E IN F E R N A L F A N A T o f New York, on the 11th day o f July, they come as in conditions o f ctvil war; carefully selected stock of ICS A N D A B O L IT IO N IS T S E V E R in the ^presence o f avast-tiMilritude, on- that the majority o f their populations, G E T P O W E R IN T H E IR H A N D S , behalf o f the National Democratic embracing their intelligence, shall be Dry Goods, T H E Y W IL L O V E R R ID E T H E Convention, you tendered tom e its treated as public enemies; that milita Groceries, Hardware, C O N S T IT U T IO N , SE T T H E S U unauimous nomination as their candi ry forces shall be kept up at the cost Cntlery P R E M E C O U R T A T D E F IA N C E , date for the office o f Presideut of the o f the people o f the North, and that Clotfling, C H A N G E A N D M A K E L A W S TO United States, I stated I had no words there shall be no peace and order at N a ils, S U IT T H E M S E L V E S , L A Y V I O “ adequate to express my gratitude for the South, save that which is made by L E N T H A N D S ON T H O S E W IIO the good will aud kindness which that arbitrary, power. Every intelligent BOOTS f SHOES, D IF F E R W IT H T H E M IN T H E IR body had shown to me. Its nomina man knows that these meu owe their And in fact everything in the line of O P IN IO N S O R D A R E Q U E ST IO N tion was unsought and unexpected. It seats in Congress to the disorder iu the T H E IR I N F A L L IB IL IT Y , A N D was my ambition to take an active part, South ; every man knows that they not S T A P L E and F A N C Y G O O D S F I N A L L Y B A N K R U P T T H E from which l am now excluded, in the only owe their present positions to dis __sally kept in a retail Store will be found on C O U N T R Y A N D D E L U G E I T great struggle goiug ou for the restor order, but that every motive springing hands and for sale as C11EAP as the CHEAP* W IT H B L O O D .” ation o f good government, o f peace and from the love o f power, of gain, o f a EST. 3tf That party did, by dint o f sheerest prosperity to our country. But I have desire o f vengeance, prompts them to keep the South in anarchy. W hile N E W OO O D S ! N E W GOODS 1 jugglery, finally get into power, and been caught up by the whelming tide which is bearing us on to great politi that exists, they are independent o f the the result is before the couutry. Take have just received and now opened a new cal change, and I find myself unable to wills or wishes o f their fellow citizens and fresh stock of Spring and Summer heed, Patriots! W hile confusion reigns, they are the resist its pressure. You have also giv GOODS all dispensers of the profits and honors en me a copy o f the resolutions put Grades, ‘ ‘ The Party’’ and its Record. forth by the Con/eution, showiug its which grow out of a government o f Kinds, position upon all the great questions mere force ; these men are now placed Styles, The men who met in Chicago to nom- which now agitate the country. As in positions where they cannot urge , and Varieties. na’ e Grant for President are not strang* the presiding officer o f that Conven their views o f policy, but where they Well adapted to this trade both as to price ers to the people. They are known by tion, I am familiar with their scope aud can enforce them. When others shall and quality. To those desiring to purchase a Spring supply, I will invite your attention, as their crimes. Here is a synopsis o f im port; as one o f its members I am a be admitted in this manner from the 1 am determined to adapt the prices to suit the their record : party to their terms. They are in ac* remaining Southern States, although present H a r d T ime *, aud I ask you before They incited the bloody civil war to cord with my views, and l stand upon they will have iu truth no constituents, purchasing to calf at the gratify partisan hate : them in the contest upon which we are they will have more power iu the Sen They speculated on the best blood of now entering, and shall strive to carry ate than ajiuajority of the people o f the OLD B R IC K C O R N ER the American people: them out in future, wherever I may be Union living in nine o f the great And examine for yourselves. They so loved the prophets o f war that placed, iu political or private life.” States. In vain the wisest men o f the P R IN T S at I2J cents per yard. they refused to make peace wheu the I then stated that I would send you Republican party protested against the Good quality four-fourths BROWN CABOTT enemy surrenden-d: A SHEETING 16 cents- these words o f acceptance in a letter, policy that led to this result. While COFFEE by the sack 23 cents per pound, For three years they have resisted as is the customary form. I see no the chiefs o f the late rebellion have retail 25 cents, and all other things ir, propor the restoration ot the Union : reason upon reflection to change or submitted to the results o f the war, tion. Come and examine aud be satisfied. They abolished ten state governments qualify the terms o f my approval o f the and are now quietly engaged in useful JHO. € . BELL. and established triliu ry instead : pursuits for the support o f themselves resolutions o f the Convention. They opposed the supremacy o f the 1 have delayed the mere formal act aud families, and are trying by the federal constitution in war as a milita o f communicating to you iu writing force o f their example to lead baek the NEW C O L U M B I A N ry necessity, aud iu peace as a party what I thus publicly said, for the pur people o f the South to the order aud in HOTEL. necessity i pose o f seeing what light the action o f dtwtry, not only essential to their well They imprisoned men for exercising Congress would throw upon the iuter. being, but to the greatness and prosper M ain St.j Corvallis, Oregon. the freedom of speech: ests of the country. Its acts since the ity of our common country, we see that They have suppressed presses for adjournment of the Convention show an those who, without ability or influence, Prop'r. E. 8. Altree, denouncin'' treason to the governm ent: alarm lest a change o f political power have been thrown by the agitations or They have disfranchised a large por will give to the people what they ought civil couvulsion into positions of honor oard and Lodging on reasonable terms. Meals at all hours. tion o f the people for opposing revoiu to have— a clear statement o f what has aud profit, are striving to keep alive the tion : been done with the money drawn from passions to which they owe their eleva They have attempted to abolish the J . K. LEBO, ( them during the past eight years — tion. And they clamorously insist that PRACTICAL B A R B E R aud H A IR independence o f the executive depart Thoughtful men feel that there hava they are the only friends o f our Union DRESSER. ment and to annihilate the constitution been wrongs in the financial manage — a Union that can only have a sure In de pede nee, Oregon. al powers o f the P resident: ment which have been kept from the foundation in fraternal regard and a They have attempted to destroy the public knowledge. The Congressional common desire to promoto the peace, jurisdiction o f the Supreme court aud party has not only allied itself with ilu* order and the happiness o f all sec M. C A N T E R B U R Y , M. D. demoralize the judiciary : military power, which is to be brought tions o f our land. They have impeached the President to hear directly upon the elections in Events in Congress since the adjourn P H Y S IC IA N & S U R G E O N . for defending the constitution, and at- many States, but it also holds itself in ment o f the Convention have vastly in tempted to secure his disposal by intiin perpetual session, with the avowed pur creased the importance o f a political D IX IE , O R E G O N , life In- idating and corrupting the Senate: pose of making such laws as it shall see victory by those who are seeking to edical Examiner for Manhattan surance Co. o f N. Y. They have supported a greedy throng fit, in view o f the elections which will bring hack economy, simplicity and o f partisan lazaroni from the public take place within a few weeks. It did justice in the administration o f our na treasury under the pretence o f reeon. uot therefore adjourn, but took a re tional affairs. Many Republicans have W O O L ! W O O L ! W O O L !! structing states: cess, to meet again if its partisan inter, heretofore clung to their party who They have pensioned an army o f par erts shall demand its reassembling.— have regretted the extremes o f violence OOO Pounds o f WOOL wanted for ^OOO the California market, at tisans on the treasury under the pre Never before in the history o f our to which it has run. They have cber MITCHRL A ROSENDORF’S, INDEPEND tence o f protecting southern negroes country has Congress thus taken a ¡shed n faith that while the action o f ENCE, whe have the Agency for California, and paupers: menacing attitude toward its electors. their political friends Ins been mistak. will pay a higher Cash price for it, than any They have taxed the country over Under its influence, Some o f the States en,their motives have been good. They other house in the county. five hundred millions in a single year organized by its agents are proposing must now see that the Republican par. M1TCHEL A ROSENDORF. 8m3 o f peace and squandered the bulk o f it to deprive the people o f the right to ty is in that condition that it cannot on schemes designed for personal and vote for Presidential electors, and the carry out a wise aud peaceful policy, first hold steps ^re taken to destroy the whatever its motives may be. It is a JONES T H E J E W E L E R , partisan profit : They have taxed the west hundreds rights o f suffrage. It is not strange, misfortune, not only to a country, but State Street, S alem , Oregon, o f millions for the benefit o f eastern therefore, that thoughtful men see iu to a governing party itself, when its ac s the place to go and get your watches, cloeks and jewelry repaired in good style. capitalists under the pretence o f raising such action the proof that there is with tion is unchecked by any form ofop p o 1 warrant all my work for one year ; if it is money to pay the national d e b t: those who shape the policy o f the R e sition. It has been the mi-fortuue o f not right. I make it right They have excused the bondholders publican party, motives stronger and the Republican party that the events of R E ME MB E R TH E SHOP and manufacturers from taxation and deeper than the mere wish to hold po the past few years have given it so IN THE POST OFFICE BU ILD IN G . imposed additional taxation upon litical power ; that there is a dread o f much power that it has been able to N. B. Fine watches repaiaed with the great commerce, labor and trade : some exposure which drives theta on shackle the executive, to trample the est ears. They have assumed the power in a to acts so desperate aud impolitic. judiciary, and to carry out the views o f XL partisan caucus at Washington to Many o f the ablest leaders and jou r the most unwise and violent o f its dictate local laws for sovereign and nals o f the Republican party have open members. When this state o f things H r. W . H. J E FERIES. independent states: ly deplored the violence o f Congression exists in any party, it has ever been They have converted congress into a al action and its tendency to keep up found that the sober judgments o f its den o f political speculators and partisan discord in our country. The great in ablest loaders do not control. There is P H Y S IC IA N . & SU R G E O N . gamblers. terests of our Union demand peace, or hardly an able man who helped to These are but some deeds o f the E O L A , O R EG O N . der and a return to those industrial build the Republican organization who party whose representatives assembled pursuits without which we cannot has not within the past three years Special attention given to Obstetrics and at Chicago on the 20th ult. It is safe maintain the faith or honor of our G ov warned it against its excesses, who has dimanes of women. to say that the delegates who composed ernment. The minds o f business men not been borne down and forced to give the convention and their immediate are perplexed by uncertainties. The up his convictions o f what the interest |jm M c C a u l l e y partisan friends have robbed the hours o f toil o f our laborers are length- ) o f the country calhd for ; or, if too pa- people of not less than a hundred ened by the costs o f living made by the triotic to do this, who has not been ALEXANDER, millions for their individual benefit direct and indirect exactions of Govern* driven from its ranks. I f this has D E N T I S T 8. within the past twelve months. Four- ment. Our people are harassed by the been the case heretofore, what will be fifths of them might be dismissed from heavy and frequent demands of the tax its action now with this new infusion of FFICE on State street, over Gills’ Book office to morrow, Grant included, with gatherer. W ithout distinction o f party men who, without a decent respect for Store, Salem, Oregon. All operations performed by ns are warranted out detriment to the publio service.— there is a strong feeling o f that Hue o f the views o f those who had just given to give satisfaction. Milwaukee News. action which shall restore order and them their positions, begin their legis One of the firm may be found in onr confidence, and shall lift off the burdens lative career with calls for arms, with office from 8 o’clock A. n„ until 4 p. m ., of each H a r d T i m e s . — One o f our promi. which now hinder aud vex the indus. demands that their States shall be re *»y. s . d . M c C a u l e y , l«Hy K. V. H. ALEXANDER. nent lawyers, says the Reading Daily try of the country. Y et at thi3 moment garded as in a condition o f civil war, Times, in conversation with a friend those iu power have thrown into the and with a declaration that they are the other day, remarked that there was Senate chamber and Congressional hall ready and anxious to degrade tbe WATSON If GRIS W ELL, actually danger o f his literally starving new elements o f discord and violence. Presideut o f the United States when Architect« and P ractical to death. “ W hy is not your credit Men have been admitted as represen ever they can persuade or force Con good at the butcher’s ?” asked his tatives o f some o f the Southern States, gress to bring forward new articles of HOUSE CARPENTERS, friend. “ It’s not that,” was the reply : with the declaration upon their lips impeachment? “ the fact is I have no appetite foi ’ iiat they cannot live in the States they The Republican party, as well as we, INDPEND EN CE OREGON. breakfast, I never have time to go home ciaim to represent, without military are interested in putting some check on ILL take Contracts for Building Houses These men are to make this violence. It must be clear to eve •f every dsseriptiou end kind, in town to diaoer, and when I go home to tea, protection. M d eonatry. Satisfaction guaranteed. 5tf I am generally too drunk to tal. laws for the North m well as tbe South, ry thinking man that a division o f po I t RATES OF ADVERTISING IS I8 8 U ID 1 V 1 R T MONDAT MORNING I. N. .. U t i c a , August 4, 1868. G entlem en : W hen, in the city I B M 50 I O W ■me. IZX*- NO. 25; litical power tends to check the violence •f party action and to assure peace and good order o f society. The election o f a Democratic executive and a majority o f Democratic members to the House o f Representatives would not give To that party organization the power to make sudden or violent changes, but it would serve to check those extreme measures which have been deplored by the best men o f both po4tsiAh)Tg$ii1ifti- tions. The rasult would most certain ly lead to that peaceful restoration of the Union and re-establishment o f fra ternal relationship which the country desires. I am sure that the best men o f the Republican party deplore as deeply as I do the spirit o f violence shown by those recently admitted to seats in Congress from the South.— The condition o f civil war which they contemplate must be abhorrent to ev ery right thinking man. I have no mere personal wishes which mislead my judgm eut in regard to the peuding election. No man who has weighed and measured the duties o f the office o f Pres'deut o f the United States can fail to be impressed with the cares and toils o f him who is to meet its demands. It is not merely to float with popular currents, without a policy or a purpose. On tho contrary, while our Constitution gives just weight to the public will, its distinguished feature is that it seeks to protect the rights of minorities. Its greatest glory is that it puts restraints upon power. It gives force and form to those maxims and principles of oivil liberty for which the martyrs o f freedom have struggled through ages. It declares the right o f the people — “ to be secure in their persons, houses and papers, against unreasonable search es and seizures. That Congress shall make no law respecting an establish ment o f religion or the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or ot the press, or the right o f the people to petition for redress o f grievances. It secures the right o f a speedy and public trial by an impartial ju ry.” No man can rightfully enter upon the duties ot the Presidential office, un less he is not only willing to carry out the wishes ot the people expressed in a constitutional way, but is also prepar. ed to stand up for the rights o f minor ities. He must be ready to uphold the free exercise o f religion. He must de nounce measures which would wrong personal or home rights, or the religious conscience o f tbe humblest citizen o f the land. He must maintain, without dis tinction o f creed or nationality, all the privileges o f American citizenship. Tbe experience o f every public man who has been faithful to his trust tenches him that na one can do the du ties o f the offico of Presideut, unless he is ready not only to undergo the false hoods and abuse o f the bad, but to suf fer from the cen-ure o f the good, who are misled by prejudices aud misrepre sentations. There are no attractions in such positions which deceive my judg uieut when I say that a great change is going on in tho publio tniud. The mass of the Republican party are more thoughtful, temperate and just than they were during the excitements which attended the progress and c'oso of the civil war. A s the energy o f the Democratic party springs from their de votion to their cause, and not to their candidates, 1 may with propriety speak o f the fact that never in the political history o f our country has the action o f any like body been hailed with such uniyorsal and wide spread enthusiasm as that which has been shown in rela tion to the position o f the National Democratic Convention. W ith this the candidate had nothing to do. Had any others o f these named been select, ed, this spirit would have been perhaps more marked. The zeal and energy ot the conservative masses spring from a desire to make a change o f political policy, and from the confidence that they can carry out their purpose. • In this faith they are strengthened by the eo-operation o f the great body o f those who served in the Union army and navy dnriug the war. Having given nearly sixteen thousand commis sions to the officers of that army, I know their views and wishes. They demand the Union for which they fought. The largest meeting o f those gallant soldiers which ever assembled was held in New York, and indorsed the action o f the National Convention In words instinct with meaning, they called upon the Government to stop in its policy o f hate, discord and disunion, and in terms of fervid eloquence they demanded the restoration of the rights and liberties o f the American people* W hen there is such accord between those who proved themselves brave and self-Morificing in war, aud those who On* square— ten lines or l u i - l M t laser llOn, • m m ( 3 0$ Each additional insertion, - . $1 •j A liberal deduction will he made with ytarl; V advertisers, or persons advertising largely. . Legal tenders taken at tboir current value. - Communication« of a personal character will be charged half advertising rates. ^ ' Blanks qf every discretion furnished at low rates ou short notice, Legal and transient advertisement? fBQSt b« paid for iu advance to insare their publication. Advertisements not marked the length of time for wbisb they are to be published, will bo insertedtill forbidden and eharged accordingly. All advertising bills must be paid quarterly. are thoughtful and patriotic in council, I cannot doubt we shall gain a politi cal triumph which will restore onr Uniop, bring back peaoe and prosperi ty to our land, and will give us once more the blessings o f a wise/economic cal and honest Government. I am, gentlemen, truly jours, etc., H o r a t io S e F m o u r . To General G 1 W , Morgan and others, Committee, etc., etc. A Prophecy. Jacob Greenwood, o f Penn., writing to the Reading Times, an Independent paper with radical proclivities, as fol lows : Dear S i r s :— I stand amid the Ben- lab flowers o f a green old age. The snows o f eighty six wiuters are on my head, and the hand writing o f time is plainly, deeply, visible io my frail and wasting frame. I stand upon the shores o f time, with the roar o f eternity in my ears. During the “ bitter little that o f life remains ” I must be up and doing for those upon whose shoul ders a mantle unworthily, and in weak ness worn, must soon full. For twelve years I have been predicting future events under the glowing conscious- n*-ss that— “ The sunset o f life gives me mystical lore." In a very few instances bliuded by the film from whose influence mortal eyes can seldom be exempt, I have been misled ; but these instances are very scarce— solitary items in a great aggregation. And those to whom 1 have written, will all certify that I have written to them the benefit o f my knowledge without ever receiving, or consenting to receive, one ceut o f re ward. I have often written ietters, using my own stamps. This coarse has been prompted by a sense o f duty, and from it I will never deviate. These remarks are made preparatory o f two predictions, which L desire to give to the public: First I predict that tho year 1S68 will be marked by such a revolution iu Europe as has not occurred since the reformation; and secondly, I predict that the same year will prove the de feat o f the Radical party in the North — a defeat which the hearts o f the peo ple are already thoroughly prepared for. A Democrat will be the next President, aud a Democratic Congress will succeed the present, and Radical ism commence a slow decline. I f you prefer you may lay this aside to be pub lished when you witness the truth o f the facts predicted. I have never fore seen so clearly any coming event that did not transpire. The succession o f the Democracy will not be conceded as quietly as might be hoped. Icanuot write more now. Yours very truly, J acob G reenw ood . W h a t H ope D i d .— It stole on its pinions o f snow to the bed o f disease, aud the sufferers’ irown became a smile— the emblem o f peace and en durance. It went to the house o f mourning— and from the lips o f sot row there came sweet and cheerful songs. It laid its head upon the arm o f tho poor which was stretched forth at tho command o f unholy impulses, and sav* cd him from disgrace and ruin. It dwelt like a living thing in the bosom o f the mother whose son tarried long after the promised time o f his coining, and saved her from desolation aud the “ care that killcth.” It hovered about the head o f the youth who had become the Ishmacl ot society, aud led him onward to works which even his enemies praised. It snatched a maiden from the jaws o f death and went with an old woman to Heaven. N o hope! my brother— Have i t . - - Iteckon it on your side Wrestle with it that it may not depart. It may re pay your pains. Life is hard enough at best, but hope shall lead you over its mountains, and sustain thee amid its billows. Part with all beside— but keep thy hope. TnE P a y of K ings .— The salaries o f different monarchs are stated as fol lows by a German statistician : Alexander II, «8,250,000 or $25.000 a day. Abdul Axil, 6.000. 000 or 18,000 a day. Napoleon III, 5.200.000 or 14,240 a day. Francis Joseph, 4.000. 000 or 10,«¿0 a day. Frod’k William I, 3.000. 000 or 8,200 a day. Victor Kinauuel, 2.400.000 or 6,810 a day. Victoria, 2.200.000 or 6.027 a day. Isaladla II, 1, 300, 000 or 4,931 a day. Leopold II, 600,000 or 1.584 a day. In addition to salary, each is furnish ed a dozen or more first-class houses to live in without any charge for rent. 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