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DALLAS o i.rfrrr: TUiliJA T AUG, 23 Thank God I Y v . . A VJUU I Vp midtftL-a 'tint thn SC3 of rho l"uici, the people are j. t0 their interest, and the .iiicai j arg) thieves and prostitutes are to put down. The principles or which the. 'Hefuhmcan, while under our control, has fought almost single handed and alone in Oregon, are spreading like prairie fire all over the great northwestern States. Ojpo ition to moneyed aristocracy, railroad monopoly, Cajsarisru in the President, perpetoation in office, domination by miserable, irresponsible, perjured i villains and educated idiots, over the moat sacred liberties of the people, corrupt rings, gigantio gifts to the dishonest men and companies of men by which individual interest aro made f&l it the expense of the public, and above all taciternity as to wrongs, and crimes of the particular organisation to which a person belongs ; for these and other duties honestly performed, we lave been accused by both knaves arid fools, of infidelity to party ; but the triumph we have assisted to win in thi glorious battle for the perpetuity of popular government aud equal rights, has paid us a thousand fold for all we have born from the pea and tongue of sniveling sycophants, who like the dirty sow, is always ready and willing to wallow in the mire and mud, at the very feet of those who they regard (in consequence of the money they control) as a highei order of animals, so they themselves grow tat on what they steal from others. To show the extent to which the people are aroused, we give bo low a few of the very many expression' of the people recently made io several of the States. In Ohio on the 20th of July the Liberals met at Columbus and among many good things declared as follows : Kfolved, That we declare against the infalli bility of party ; that when the caucus or Contention fails to present fit candidates fur office, it is tho high privilege, as well a th boonden duty, ot goad citizens to withhold ther votes from suea candidate?. andkregardlca of party aQiliations, to support the best men picjcct-jd for official position. cm.' That both tbe Republican and Democratic parties bare outlived the isanes on which they bad their origin, aud bare out lived tfiuir Uiefulnes, and a new oiganijation of parties i demanded in tbe interest of the public welfare Thirds-That tho Republican party, having . the control of both branches of Congress and of . tbe Executive .Department, ta directly responsible for tho legislation known as the "-alarj grab,'' for the unwind ring ot the public lands in grunt to private corporation, for tbe reUiao. of Railroad from their just . obligations to tLa Government, and other mauifi-ittioMs ot corruption, a developed by th Vrcdit inobilier and other investigations, and that thos members of the Democratic party who have aided or acquiesced in such lcgiiIatien equally deserve public condemn a tion Here is Montgomery County Illi nois. The following are the resolu tions : Retolved, That tbo Montgomery County Farmers' X isoeiation stands opposed to railroad iconopolies. Congressional rings, Legislative tings, and County rings; and that we ignore all old political isaues. and recommend to the Con vention of Farmers' Associ .tiion, which meets Id Dilsboro on the 23d of August, 1873, that , they select their candidate equally between tbe j two old poltical parties. Jtetolved, That we invite the cc operation of all mechanical organizations, at the same ratio of representation as tbe Granges and dabs, to participate in said Convention Rctolved, That, we are ia favor of the one term system for aJi offices. , Here is the . voters of Mower County, ; Minnesota, wjtl tbeir sleeves rolled up in dead earnest. 4 , ,( WwcKtk, By and throagn the sufferance of ejistlng political parties, peculation and ecrmptien obtaia ia nearly every branch of our O overnmentjin the form of salary-grabs, the so-called Credit Mobiller transactions, revenue fraud, L and otherwise which oondition. of things militates against the interest of every honest man and tax-payer of all parties what soever, and aslo threatens, to sap 'the foundation of our national life ( and -li Waxaexs, llarinj; no faith to believe that existing abuses ean be Corrected, or reforms feenred or-fafanteed, through the present political organizations, 'and looking to tbe present good and future welfare of our common country J therefore, ! , ; Jifolved, Ftrttl hat wnuo we ap Drove and common I me eood ac- complisbed by the old political parties, we believe their mission to he folfilled; and, judging of the future by the. past, with respect te pledges made and being made for greatly needed reforms, we declare our entire want of confidence in the power of said parties, under the leadership of bad and designing men, to meet the demands of the present xigencics,and to restore an honest and cuicieut nianatrcment of public affairs. I SVro-That, under existing circumstances, we sever all connection with tho political parties as now managed for tho present, and organise for a vigoroj campaign under the load of tho lartnera' and laborers' movement, inviting all men, of whatever nationality, political party, or profession in life, to unite with us in a movement fur gonuine returin, Pledging tho nomination of no office-seeker but making selections for position entirely with reference to merit. And hard by stands the people of Clarke county, Iowa,sword in hand ready for the coining battle. Whereas, 'We, tho Farmers and Laborers of Clarke county, la-, in common with those of our own and the other States of our Union, having lost confidence in the majority of the leaders of the two great political parties of our country; and Whkrkas, Tbe platforms of those parties area dead letter, and tie most solemu and t acred pledget of many of the leaders to tho people are ruthlessly broken aud trampled under foot ; and Vukkkas, The interests of 'he farming and laboring classes were not represented by these party leaders, either in Congress or State Legislatures; therefore, ho it JU-iulctJ, ' That, inasmuch as we bare no use for these lea ders, who have . heretofore been our inUrepresentatives, hereafter we will vote for them to stay at homo, and pledge ourselves to vote for uo ua who is not in sympathy with tho farming and laboring classes. .NV-.W That wc most emphatically condemn the salary-steal of our late Congress, aud denounce every man wb took, the salary or gave the law his support; and, in the future, we will not knowingly help a single one of tbeut to office with our votes ; and that w m t I of our Representatives in Cngra4i th tl tly use their influence to have the obiioxKnt law rei-ealed. Before the sound of the bugle blown by Clarke County, hal died away came the foliowiug notes from MallXka COUnty, ! which commingled with strung fautth- arity aud by one common consent i.Voivei. That the old political parties have forfwited all claims to our confluence, support or respect, ANWr,.., That it is the right aod duty of the Workingtnen to elect men to oftVe who are identi&ed with, the industrial interest of the country. Whereas, The railroad corporations of o-ir State aud county have, withont legal right or justice, and by tho abuse of power, oppressed j the people by extohonat charges far the j transportation f their products, ani dhd our courts aud Judges, and tand t-day the twut men ac log danger to American liberty and republican Government; therfor Jtlrttl, That the Hailroad Companies must be radically reformed and contr jllo l b the strung hand of law, both t;u and Na tional, and railroad corporations compelled to perform their proper functions at common carrier, the ervant, and not the masters, of the people. Jl'foUtd, That the salaries ot all ofucers sbiuid bo reduced. Here is tho voice ol St. Croix county Wiscuusin. A? iiERKAs, In days past we h ve actod with di He root political parties, and have found to our cost that, immediately after the election, our claims have been ignored, and other iou-i" ffU fostered aud petted, white larmers footed the bills; now, therefore, Rtnohed, That tho time has come for us to assert that, hereafter, we will act as a unite in defense el our inalienable rights, and will ignore past party affiliation to sccuro the election of men who will, in Congress and the Legislature, demand Those rights. That cheap transportation, both of persons and property, being most coducive to the free movement of tue people and the w idest inter change and consumption of the produce of the Union, is essential to the welfare and prosperity of tbe country. , That our tariff laws should bo so revisod and amended as not to discriminate against the agricultural interest of tbe country. That the farmers are not hostile to the best interests of railroad corporations, and wo be lieve that the interest of the farmers and rail roads are identified, and that one cannot do well without the other. . ' ' That we will support no man for office who is not, and who has not been, in: full sympathy with the loading interests of tho producer aud manufacturer; especially opposed to those . who support monopolies in any lor at ' That our candidates must be men of In teg- rity in every respect, with no entangling alli-; aoces that can in any way turx them from the patbsof duty to the whole body politic. That all class-legislation whereby any indi vidual, or body of individuals, or Corporation is beneOted,to the detriment of the people, ia contrary to tbe principles upon which our (iov ernment was founded, and tends toward the destruction 'of, our Republic. . That many ofour public officers arenow roceiv ing enormous salaries "for their services, disproportionate to tho rewards ; of labor in tho industrial pursuits of the people, tending to habits, of .extravagance at rarianco with republican simplicity, increas ing the burden of taxation, and creating an aristocracy which will sooner, or K later, under mine the liberties of the people, and we de mand a reform ia that direction, - That the action ot , members of Congress increasing their own salarios was highiy dis honorable, and rwe demand that tbe present Congress repeal that law. I - - i Four hundred of the! best men in tho State of Kansas meet in Stato Convention and adopt the following Retired, That wo look with alarm upon the power which moneyed mouoplies are wielding In our land, and we feel that the greatest danger to our republican institutions is in tho unduo influence which is exerted by them, and re solvo that railroads, like public highways, should be built and conducted fcr the benefit and convenience of the people ; and whereas, thoy are conducted for the benefit of capitalists, regardl ess of the public good, therefore. Remdiud, That it is tho duty of the Govern ment, National and tato, to interposo on bo half of tho people, that full Justice may be done. It is tho duty of the legislature, under the Constitution, to provide lor a uniform aud equal rata' of assessment and taxation, and wo call upon tho legislature to assess railroads as farms are assessed, according to value, regard less of income. Remind, That, In a'ww of tho fact that a great portiou of the people of out State who labor tho hardest aro uuable to pay taxes, which have become a burden grevious to be borne, we are in favor of the strict, honest, and economical administration of onr National and State Governments, and of a re luction ot the salaries and feesot all national, State, and county officers. And here U McLean county Illinois sounding the death knell of tbe u!d stinking organizations. Listen to its ponderous and terrifying strokes. I'ilKAXUUK , Whou a portion of the people de?iu it advisa ble, in-order to promote the host interest of the conn try, to dissolve their connection with the politic kI parties with whifh they have hitherto acted, and set tip a new orauiation, a decent regard fjr the opinion's of their couutryiucj de mands th,t t h'?y h old proclaim to tho world the reason that impels them thereto, and alo a'inouiiCo tho principle by which they ptopo to be gui l 1 in their future a. tton. While c have abiding faith in the hoaiesty and en .f right o ( th m --I'-iies ef tin.' oli polirijj' pirtic, jot w arm fiYtn'. V in,i.rr n.il wirh t!, hi !'? ihal liolh lhoM ntv M Cf)ttJ,r. H y n.fc-r the coulrol of corrupt p .HtUil o5ce ker aod speculators that wo aro l.tl uo p.aod up i a tut u to tae a re.vtiaMe tivpo tnat any con sbterable reform can ever to et!Wu J inxide t'oa parties W re ibe m-r fully ijupr.i e i wth tbi, U iUf from tne fact that all ht ry teaeh;s us that no great reformation, either tn Church or Stte, waserer twtnpltjhed iut lj the orgautxatlon under which the ei! ntu pt Aiued uf originate U Thorforr. felly real Utng tho great nev.jia,ty for a thorough rf rsB In every branch; of the public service, we, t! rp. r tentative of the grange. fner' clubs, and umchisnical and iniu-ttrial associations of M:foan CouMy, in eon vttioh assembled, d hr!y aboi uurclr frutu all tilttec to the old political jotrti'-, and declare ourtdvc separatsj and independent organisation, wsth tha following principle ai osir biii or r !U tortn, and respectfully invito the corporation ttad attance of all persO-M who approve of our pridtiples or symjathixe with us in our truglto inintain thi right of the pe pio agaiott the encroachments of the monopoly panr. TLATMiftW. 1, Tho protection of honest ir ltttry Ip, all itshrauches against the ucioeouints of ag gregate capital. 2. E pnl and exact jtitl-e tn all clashes and srectal privilege to tion 3. Tbo control of railroad and ail other corporations by National and State legislation. I. A tariff for revenue purposes, bnt none for tho support of spectat intert.. 5. Opposition to sa!ary-rau and a1.! other tiovernment steals. 6. Rigid economy in all departments of the public service. 7. No more land grants for railroad? or ether corporations, itt a reservation of the public domain for actual settlers. H. Honesty and capacity tho only test for official position. Dewitt county brings up the rear declaring that ; - Wo therefore, reoommend that our baHorios, that have been playing upon the railroads so long bo now turoed upon the Legislature in earnest, they having it in their power to make the railroads do us justico in the spirit as well as tbo letter of the law. 'Thirds-That it now becomes our Imperative duly to uso tho power we have for our owu and tho public good,aud no longer suffer ourselves to be handled by others for our oppression, as we have been and always shall bo if we hold party higher tlian e&untry and our material interests. Fourth Thai in urging our claims to recog nition as a power that can no longer be hold in subjection to the dictates of any party -or set of men, wo djsclaipt any antagonism to any useful industry or legitimate business. We would injure no one, but by tho adoption of safe aud wholosomo measures, seek to benefit tho whole people- r w t VtAWe daro maintain our rights, and aro determined that nothing shall turn1 us aside save , a full compliance with our just demands. SUih That we take our stand on tho prin- ples of equal rights and exaot justice -for all. exclusive privileges to none, and aro determined to elect men to office because cf their fitness, their honesty, anil iutegrity. We invite the hearty co-operation of all c!asos in tho elec tion of the entire ticket this day placed in nomination. - r Thi 9 tho ; right - spirit, now ,- let tho sovcrign ot Ore gon turn their batteries upon their next Legislature, and compel them to ostablihh instantor, a separate Supreme Court, for which the pcoplo have loudly called but hitherto oheatod vm y vwjftSFifjeTiLka-.m mauvs .imams out of, and also compel them to pass such laws as will fasten at once, the proper break upon the monpyed,railroad, and other monopolies within the State. God speed the day, and assist the peo pie to kick out of office by scores, this horde of thieves and robbers, who are constantly defiling the temple of our liberties, and who, under tho cover of loyalty, honesty, and religion, are knawing like hungry rats at the Very vitals of our once proud aud prosperous Republic. ' ma attkmit to acjain I'll AUD Till lLiOII.I in:- Tho people are demanding reform iu our government, and the corrupt politi cians satisfied that it cannot much longer be defered,are pretending tu move iu that direction. Senator Morton who since tbe war, has engaged all his powers to establish iu the United States an aristocratic government of tyrauy, with Grant as Presidential dictator, proposes (so says the Dalle tin approvingly) to have the constitution of the United States to amended as to form a new elcctorial eullege, which is no improvement upon, aud is far more complicated than tho present one with which the people are so much dissatis fied. The plan proposed by this political scoundrel is to divide up the whole territory ot the Uuited States into prcMidei-tiul districts irrespective of ;tate line-', and give each ditrict one vole fr President and Vice j President ; thi is the sum of his rciu;m a we understand it. ; Now who is m blind that thej Cnnuo? soe that, this rrcffti-iiun - at ... t i i i... . Tiienpit'u iciuiJii ia a lasiu niiiiiuu. Why talk about Presid-Miti d districts ''. , U not every State in tbe union, a "Presidential district under the present vyttc'm, for the purjKc of selecting njcu to do the voting for the people in the election of i'rt sl lent and Vice President '! What better would this bcl' it proposes that each district shall have vote, insteud of .lIowinK the pen- to vote directly f.r Pr si lent ; it one pie proposes to plav the lib-rti- of the whole people of a district in the haud of one man, kiiwwing that it h much ?a.wi('r to cirrupt one man than it h to control the m is.-e ; but Inw noes Morton propose to divi le the States 'i tiiftt H uut yet disclosed. The ili u, so far as dicclcsed proposes to make the districts of equal popuiuiiou, suppose then for conven ience the districts are fixed at one hut.red thonsiud suuls, and all States and Territories coutaijing a population lc.-s than tlut number should be entitled to one vote, that w euld giv Oregon one vote for President, whereas she now has three, then suppose that vote was entrusted to John Mitchcl Ilippel or John -Ilippel Mitehcl, for what naiun would a vote be cist for President by a man who didn't know what his own name was, this would be reform with a vengance, or as Lish Applcgate would say, if radi calism is right, tho more radical the better. It is not necessary to fix up any such complicated scheme as this in order to bring about the reform demanded by the people upon that subject, it is only necessary to so amend the constitution as to give every voter tbe riht to vote dbectly for President and all other . offices of the government whose duties are perform ed within cur own jurisdiction. This is but another wicked scheme by wicked men, to deprive the people of thotr soverignty j tear dowu the great superstructure of american liberty j and disgrace and defeat the object for which tho sainted fathers and mothers of tho revolution, poured out their preciou-j blood so freely. This ia but another trick by political gamblers, to perpet uate Grant in office and establish upon the ruins of democratic Government, a groat moneyed aristocracy, which shall ultimately squelch out popular govern raent and reduce tho masses to a State of dependence at which tho proud amcrican now revolts. Tho Senator of the United Statos who, in tho nineteenth century, would openly and seriously attempt an imposition upon tho sacred rights of the amcrican people, so gigantio as this, ought, if sano, to bo hung as high as Ilaman, if insane con Giued in the proper assylum. Study the past if you would divine the future UM.Mff.li True HUT NOT THE WhoLl; Thutii. The Denton Democrat Jn forms the farmers and other working men of tho fact that, every member of j Congress draws monthly from tbepcoples money tho huo sum of 025.00, whether he works or plays. That i all trun, each member draws that amount monthly from the treasury by virtue of the larceny committed in the passage of the new salary bill, and there is more of it still which the editor didn't mention. The thieves were not content to take ?02o per month, but Grant being the chief thief, took by the provisions of the samcbi)l,the .uncon scionable sum of S i,lGG GO cents per month.and the whole story is not yeftold, for in addif ion to all this high banded rob bery, each member makes out a bill of expenses for traveling from 'his home to Washington, aud for incidentals on the journey, and that also is allowed aud paid. The San Fkancim'o Daily Chro nicle. The progress and success of this daily newspaper is truly wonder ful, many of its near cotcmporaries who fancied they could not be outdone or even equaled, Btand still.and taciturn, they look on in amazement. The juestiou is often a&ked, "what is the hfijuel of its great success ?" to some the answer docs not readily appear, but to us it has always seemed plain, as will be sten by our comments in reference to it more than a year ago. The simple btory is this, the Chronicle started rig'4, and it hi'S kept the right pith, pursued the right coure, and udvoeuttd correct princ'p'es ever i since ttme has come, than a tlod, when hypocracy and political chip-trap will not butisfv the pcoplej; tho public mind thirst after truth.! steadtistness, aud independence, and herein lies the success ef the Chrani rf, it stabs and expo.es error wherever and whenever it meets it, whether at the time it be popular, or unpopular, afl(j il h tlutb Iely. uch a paper w,U hve, aud its cicala- tiou it crease wmiuui euu, wnue the paper edited by educated idiots, lick spittles, and sniveling, hypocritical mycophants, will die as it ought. The Liberals intend iu tho coining conUt in Oregon, to defeat any man th'it may be placed in nom-in.itiou by any political trick, fraud, or click. HMmnin i The liritiidi Parliament is severely criticised just now. because it has ap propriated $125,000 to the Duke bl Edinburg upon his marriage with the Prioeess Marie AlexandroTna, daughter of the Emperor ot Russia. If this be an outrage upon the people of EoglanJ, it h no greater nor even as great, a tho passage of the salary bill was, upon the people of the United States, Shallow, talkative women, whose tnues, like a turnpike, lie open to ali the travel which comes along.-. W Deccher. . There is no opinion expressed wtth so great confidence it the opinion of tho man who is incapable of forming an opinion. Id. .i!iag.sufjji.jmaiii n ....i."h'; ay j Special Notice. It n well a known fact that Dyspepsia and Indigestion are the causes of nearly all the dixeuaeii that the human boiy is heir to ; then why pay enormous doctor's bills? Br using r. Henley's celebrated I X L Hitters they can be thoroughly eradicated from tbe system and new lite imparted to the sufferer. Read physician's certificates ia advertisement in nother coin inn. , AriiiiitiiMtraf or's Notice. NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN THAT the undersigned was ot the Aup term ISTS, t.f tho county, court forPolk county Orejjon, estate of Isaae Ilinshaw deceased. : All persons having claims against said estate are requested to present the sama to mo at my residence, near Shcridaa Oregon for allowance within six months from the d ate hereof, and all persona indebted to said e s tat o will (nake immediate payment to me. Sheridan, Aug 13, 1873. Thoma R.Blair, administrator Aug. 1ft, fw. liiituistr.-itoi IVolice, ;;; " r ; ;" r-- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the nndersiged was at the Ju'y- term IS7.'1 of tho county court for Polk County Oregon duly oppointod administrator of Mho as-, tate of Walt r J Matney deceased All persons having claims against said estate aro requested to present tho same ta . me at my residence uear Monmouth Oregon for allowance within six months from tho :date hereof, and all persons indebted to ...said ostato will mako immediate payment to inc." IraF. M. Butler Administrator. Monmouth, July 2Sth A. I) tS73, J jAug 3d f-w, fVKliTlEMENTS imrr-n-Ky - - 2ST '4 LARGEST CIRCULATION U THE WORLDl r 'fv.f X Family oupna' 7 r1i1ch can be treeted, and is" always full interest, is a necessity of the tini". Such ac one ia tho . .. 9' HI EMl-EMfflEil, '78 UTE3AEY FAMILYSEWSPAPfc UENRY WARD DEECHlRr EDITOR. 3Ir. lteecber's brilliant and chara$terhnio- pen in bis ICditorials and Star Papersu and the verbatim reperts cf bis Lecture Room. Talks in the Plymouth Chorch Prayer Meet ings, are great attractions. There is also large and able editorial t&& fit For this Year I SERIAL STORIES RY m .- . Louisa J Alcottj Zlarriet Deccher Sloivtj ; Edward EjjletlQny . Holer t&on Gray Grace Greenwood, 7 he ahove Serials in by1c fjrm would cost more thru double our sub scription price. ' SPLENDID LIST ft llik Write for the Cams Aim Uitsei, ineludin many faiauiu aatiiors of England and Axner Given Away I A SEW ND EXQUISITE. " "LITTLE KI3S A WAT and Hr PEJTs.' This PiHure rs printed1 rn1.wis, and is tho :rgest and handsome.-t I'ltliXqll OII CllttO.Mf) ever ofiered by any pe It wa rubli.sbcd and is fur sale fa the picture) stores at?12 00. It make a raoet CILAR-MlNG CRNTJER. 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