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OREGON CITY, TUIRSDW, MARCH 8. l77.
Victory of the Commission.
The victory achieved by the mixed
commission cannot be fully appreciated
without taking into account the oppo
sition encountered by its friends and
supporters from those bard-shell politi
cians who are unable to see anything
that lies outside the line' of party prece
dent. When the Enterprise gave its
prompt and hearty assent to a measure,
of which the result was uncertain, but
the principle of which was based on
strict justice, several of tLe wiseacres
were seen ominously shaking their
heads and intimating the party had
been sold out. "What do they think
now ? And we are not so certain that
success could be attained through any
other means. It must be remembered
ihat it takes two houses of Congress to
count the Preside t tial vote, and the
Democratic power wa3 established in
one Ilonse quite as firmly as the Re
publican in the other. For the Senate
to havo attempted to count the vote
without co-operation of the House, or
to have attempted to count it in any
way which the House would not have
consented to, would have been very
much like undertaking to steer a boat
that was anchored at the bow. It
would have been very easy for the Sen
ate to have set up a claim to superiority
in the matter of the count, but it would
not have been at all easy for the Senate
to enforce its claim. In fact it would
have merely exposed itself to ridicule
in the attempt. And it is questionable
whether it would not have been better
to have failed than to have succeeded n
an attempt which would have removed
the uncertainty about all future Presi
dential elections onlyby substituting
the certainty that they would be settled
in a partisan and autocratic manner.
Even if we can imagine the Presi
dent of the Senate clothed with the
authority that was vested in the "elec
toral commission, he could have done
no more for the Republican side, and
he would have made a precedent for all
future cases, which would be quite as
likely to tellin favor of the Democrats
as of the Republicans, It ia quite within
the bounds of possibility that the Sen
ate which will be in session four years
from now may have a majority of Demo
crats among its members. It is very
certain that there is no single Democratic
member of the Sunato whom we would
like to trust with the authority to de
cide which are aud which are not the
legal votes of a State. ;"We ought not
to claim a privilege which we would be
nnwilling to concede to our opponents,
and we ought to bo very glad that wo
have not set a precedent which our
opponents might turn against us with
irresistible effect.
We have gained every point and
sacrificed nothing. Instead of a Presi
dent whose title to office is denied by
one half of the citizens of the country,
and whose occupation of office would
be resented as a personal grievance, we
have a President without cloud or
shadow on his title, and who will find
it easier to be President of the whole
country because the whole country
recognizes him as President. We have
avoided alike the danger of defeat and
the risk of winning victory by prece
dent which would make all future elec
tions depend on the presiding officer of
the Senate. We have come to the
rescue of the Constitution without in
terfering in the least wi'h its authority,
and finally, we have brought our can
didate into the White House by the
front door, and havo brought him to
stay. As Lincoln said, .in his homely
way, of Negro suffrage, when it came
he wanted it to come to stay, and
Hayes will stay to fill out his term with
credit to himself, with profit to the na
tion, and not without honor to the party
which has sent so honorable a man to
the Presidency in so honorable a way.
The narrow minded politicians who
were predicting the utter ruin and dis-
apearance of the party as the result of
resorting to fair and peaceful arbitra
tion, would do well to take "back
seats" for a year or two and study the
sciencd of politics from a new stand
point.
Up Salt Hirer!!
Reformer's Through Line !
The well-known steamboat
SAMUEL. J. TILDEN
Will positively leave for the above and
all intermediate points on March 9th,
1877. The boat will be officered by the
following experienced navigators: Cap
tain, Li. F. Grover; First Mate, John
Myers; Chief Engineer, C. B. Bellinger;
Purser, Willie Watkinds; Pilot, J. K
Kelly; Chaplain, A. Noltner; Steward,
J. H. Slater; Leader of Band, Judge
Strong; Deck Hand, Lafayette Lane
Fireman, E. A. Cronin; Flunkey, Gen
eral Martin Vun Bnren Brown ; General
Agent, W. Lair Hit.,.
Every sign in Europe seems to indi
cate either war or the biggest campaign
of brag and bluster known in modern
times. There still remains, however
both to Rassia and Turkey, the insup
erable objection that neither has any
money, nor can either borrow any. To
go to war without funds is madness,and
Russia and Turkey will probably con
fine their beligerency to standing on
the frontier and shaking their fists at
each other's noses.
A burial plot for S.
tions the Oregon plot.
J. T.'s aspira-
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The Agony Oyer. J
The Presidential contest is at last at
an end and our entire country gives a
great sigh of relief. During the uncer
tainties of the result business was pros
trated, capitalists fearing to make ven
tures lest their speculations should be
ruined by war or the accession to power
of a President holding views, in respect
to internal or foreign investment, as the
case may be, contrary to theirs. Every
thing now is settled, and decisively so.
That Hayes has been peaceably inaugu
rated is a great compliment to the pa
triotism of the conservative Democrats,
and Americans to-day may well thank
them that no blood has been spilled in
the struggle. We now may reascnably
look forward to an improvement in bus
iness. The capitalists' money bags once
united, every industry will spring forth
"with a newness of life," and the poor
est among us feel the better for it.
Liookinff at tho result in the light of
a party success, it has been to Republi
cans a double victory. Republicans
have secured in this contest not only
the undisputed election of their candi
date,but have firmly established certain
principles of government which they
have been falsely represented as oppos
ing. During the last four years we
have heard more than the four years'
quota of complaint on the subject of
centralization, intetference of the Fed
eral government in local affairs, Execu
tive usurpation, etc., etc. Now, while
we insist on the maintenance of that
system of checks and balances estab
lished by the Constitution, and design
ed to limit the sphere of each respective
jurisdiction, and while we would not
blind our eyes to the possible dangers
of a Federal usurpation, we insist that
the chief Jdanger which has threatened
us through all this Presidential contest
has been the danger of a Congressional
usurpation, which threatened not only
to set aside the Constitutional rights of
States, but to swallow up all the liber
ties which might be opposed to the ar
bitrary willing or passing preferences
of a partisan body in Congress.
This is the most important aspectjof
the Republican victory, and we incline
to believe that when time shall have
assuaged the bitterness of their disap
pointment, the Democrats ?will recog
nize in it a victory for themselves. There
is comparatively little to fear from the
one-man power in tins country, wnero
the greatest man must always follow iu
stead of leading; but if we once allow
Congress, through 'any pretext or any
pressure, to ignore the clearly defint d
right of a State to have jurisdiction over
its own elections we have removed, at
a single effort, every safeguard which
the Constitution opposes against arbi
trary and unlimited centralization. TLe
power which would to-day recognize no
law but its own will, in setting aside
the rotes of Florida and Louisiana,
might four years from now have motive
finite as strong for setting aside the
vote of New York or Oregon, and, in
stead of tither popular sovereignty or
State sovereignty or Federal sovereign
ty, we would have only the sovereignty
of a little knot of autocrats who are the
last persons to be trusted with excessive
power of any kind. From this we have
been saved by the Commission, which
Democrats will probably continue to
abuse as long as Democracy lasts, but
the value of the results obtained may
easily render us indilTerent to abuse
which represents only the disappoint
ment of merited defeat.
So Mart Brown comes to the rescue
of his companion in arms, the Oregon
tan! Well, thejre is no denying they
are "birds of a feather," for the Slate
Rights Democrat is just about as much a
Democratic paper as the Oregonlan is
Republican, and between the two they
strike the "golden mean" and like
chained hounds, fight in pairs. In the
first place we have to announce to the
Albany gentleman who has seen fit to
appoint himself censor of Oregon jour
nalism that Hon. W. Carey Johnson has
no more pecuniary interest in this ca
per than he has in the Albany Cocktail
Advertiser, and the less that patron-of-
his-own-ad.s staggers in the dark, the
fewer times will he brand himself after
the style of old Dr. Pangloss. As for
the cowardly slurs on Mr. Johnson, we
leave him to fight his own battles in his
own way. (he no doubt takinc it s a
compliment to be attacked by such a
sheet), but wish the cocksparrow of Al
bany to distinctly understand that the
editor of this paper has his name at its
mast-head, and is fully able to take care
of himself without any suggestions from
such a played-out source.
xue new iorK papers are praising
John Morrissey for the political wisdom
and practical sense displayed by him in
nis recent remarks on the municipal
management of New York, in which he
said that one half of the heads of de
partments could be abolished without
injury to the public service. But we
think that the best evidence that the
Hon. John ever gave of far-sighted sa
gacity was when he declared that al
bets made in his pool room on the Pres
idential election weTe off. It is estimat
ed that one timely decision of John's
saved the Democratic party a half mil
Horn of dollars.
By a unanimous vote of the Elector
Commission, by the joint vote of the
House and Senate, and by the voice of
Democrats everywhere but in Oregon
it has been decided that the editor of
SfcKKL r?? "ged Jt
v-fww w uiuvu iur iiis cervices.
x.igni win supercede seven as tie
numerical number of fate.
The Prodigal.
During the entire campaign the Ore- j
gonian may be said to have preserved a
kind of armed neutrality, changing the
tenor of its editorials with the different
Eastern dispatches, from Hayes to Til
den, and from Tilden to Hayes. Re
publicans "read it out" of the party
early in the fight, and the foolish Demo
crats bid $3,000 for the "sucked
orange." Now that the glad tidings
come that Hayes is our President, no
paper, metaphorically, "tosses higher
in air its ready cap," than the Portland
Weathercock. Its exultation at the
victory knows o bounds; and a person
reading that sheet for the first time
might be entrapped into the belief that
it was owing entirely to its mighty ser
vices that the State of Oregon was car
ried for Hayes. After announcing it
self prepared to "support the adminis
tration," on a day when Tilden appear
ed to "bear the palm alone," the rap
turous joy to which it gives itself upon
the occasion of Hayes' election is posi
tively amaziDg. However, we are glad
to welcome the prodigal back to the
ranks; and though we will not promise
to "kill the fatted calf" through fear
the truant editor may think we have
designs on his life we will agree to
treat him kindly just so long as he
clings to the skirts of the great party
:ie so foolishly professes, just now, to
champion. He must know his place.
and that his straps have been taken
from him for cowardice in battle; and
should his conduct in future be of a na
ture to warrant promotion in the hearts
of Republicans no paper will be happier
to chronicle the fact than the Enter
prise. Hake Home Attractive.
Sweet be the tie that binds
Our friends around our home;
Tis there, att'eetion finds
A welcome place to roam.
Tis there we place our trust
On friends tint are good and true.
Frit ndship that will nut rust
With an immoral dew.
We should be ever ready to cultivate
their friendship, their love of home
Ever meet our friends with a smile of
welcome; make home what it ought to
be, and there would be less tendency
on the part of the young to leave home,
and consequently less tendency to resort
to places of crime end immorality.
Home is, or should be, the most sacred
sanctuary on earth the place where
the principles of truth and justice should
be so engrafted in the young and ten
der minds that circle around our homes,
that in after years they may be as bea
con lights to lead others away from the
haunts of vice'and wickedness. Let not
a day or an hour pass without a renew
ed effort to make home more attractive,
and you will be more than" paid when
you see the'smile of appreciiition from
those lovd ones. After hours of toil
they have gathered around this sanctu
ary their faces of rest, then indeed are
the troubles and cares attending their
lives almost forgotten. Often, oh! how
often have I been pained while residing
in the town of M. to see the youth of
that place, instead of being gathered
around their several homes at night.
listing to words of knowledge from lov
ed ones there, gather in groups on the
street corners planning some mischief;
which is sure to be perpetrated bo-
fore the dawn of morniug sore neigh
bor's hen-roost robbed, or some other
petty theft committed, which are only
stepping stones for other and greater
crimes. Now, if there had been the
right kind of attraction in the homes of
this place, tliee youths would have had
their minds stored with knowledge that
would have been an honor to them in
after years been a beginning, or start
ing point, from which they might raise
themselves to eminence and usefulness.
Whereas, if they continue to disregard
the sacredness of home continue their
downward course some prison walls
will close around them, and home will
be made more miserable in consequence
of disgrace brought upon it than it
would be if the grave closed over that
loved one's head. Then how all impor
tant that each and every one strive to
make home what it should be. This
duty fall not on one alone, but alike on
every member belonging to the home
circle. Mks. C M. I .
Clackamas, March 5, 1877.
Now that total abstinence is again
stalking through the land and the heart
of the community turns to tea, it is well
to be warned of the dangers that lurk
in the cup which ought to cheer and
is warranted not to inebriate. A suit
has just been brought against a man in
New York to restrain him from continu
ing the business of reviving old tea
leaves with Prussian blue, tumeric,
plumbago, indigo, and other economical
refreshers and selling the products as
"hyson," "oolong," and otherwise.
How the public can be effectually pro
tected against such wicked frauds, it is
difficult to say. Perhaps it would be
safest to buy only such tea as is certifi
ed in good Chinese and Japanese, on
the box cover, to be genuine and free
from adulteration.
Consolidation seems to be the order
of the day with, newspapers. The Pitts
burg Gazette and Commercial have dou
bled up; the Brooklyn Argtis and Union
have joined their fortunes, and here at
home the Albany Cultivator and Salem
Farmer are hitched to the same plow.
What the country needs is fewer news
papers and better newspapers. The
Oregonian, for instance, ought to con
solidate with the State Rights Democrat.
It is told us by grave authority that
when Cronin visited Washington, he
one evening climbed into the dome of
the Capitol, and all the reporters were
deceived into announcing a brilliant
meteoric display not set down in the
almanacs.
IJic Jacet S. J. T. 7 to 8.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
BERKELEY. nuT.TwiDWTA
The Inaugural Address.
The following is President Hayes' in
augural address:
Fellow Citizens: We are assembled
to repeat the public ceremonies begun
by Washington and observed by all my
predecessors, and now a time-honored
custom.which marks the commencement
of a new term of the Presidential oftce.
Called to the duties of this great trust,
I proceed in compliance with this usage
to announce some of the leading princi
ples on the subjects that now chiefly
engage the public attention, by which
it is my desire to be guided in the dis
charge of these duties. I shall not at
tempt to lay down irrevocably the prin
ciples or measures of the Administra
tion, but rather to sp6ak of the motives
which should animate us. and to sng-
gest certain important nds to be at
tained in accordance with our institu
tions, and essential to the welfare of
our country.
At the outset of the discussions which
preceded the. recent Presidential elec
tion, it seems to be fitting that I should
fully make known my sentiments in re
gard to several of the important ques
tions which then appeared to demand
the consideration of the country, rol
lowincr the example, and. in part, adopt
ing the language of one of my prede
cessors, I wish now, when every motive
for misrepresentation has passed away,
to reteat what was said before election,
trusting that my countrymen will can
didly weigh and '.understand it; that
they will feel assured that the senti
ments declared in accepting the nomin
ation for the Presidency will be the
standard of my conduct in the path be
fore me; charged as I now am with the
grave and difficult task of carrying them
out in the Presidential administration
of the Government, so far as depends
under the constitution and laws on the
chief executive of the nation, the per
manent pacification of the country upon
such principles aud by such measures
as will secure the complete protection
of all its citizens, in the free enjoyment
of all their constitutional rights, is now
the one subject in. all our public affairs
which all thoughtful and patriotic citi
zens regard as of supreme importance.
Many of tho calamitous effects of the
tremendous revolution which has pass
ed over the Southern St. tes still re
main. The immeasurable benefits which
will surely follow, sooner or later, and
the hearty and generous acceptance of
the legitimate results of the revolution
have not yet been realized. This diffi
cult and embarrassing question meets
us at the threshold of this subject. The
people of these States are still impover
ished and the inestimable blessing of a
wise, honest, and peaceful local self
government is not fully enjoyed. What
ever difference of opinion may exist as
to the cause of this condition of things
the fact is clear that in the progress of
events the time has comb when such
government is the imperative necessity
required by all the varied interests,
public and private, of those States. But
it must not be forgotten that only a
local government which recognizes and
maintains inviolate the rights of all is a
true self-government. With respect to
the two distinct races, whose peculiar
relations to each other have brought
upon us the deplorable complications
and perplexities which exist in those
Ht.ites, it must be a government which
decides the interests of both races, care
fully aud equally; it must be a govern
ment which submits lovallv anil heart
ily to the constitution and the laws of
the nation, and the laws of the States
themselves; acceptiugand obeying faith
fully the whole Constitution as it is.
Restiug upon this sure and substantial
foundation, the superstructure of beni-
ficent local Felf -government can be
bailt up, and not otherwise. In the
furtherance of sr.cii obedieucn to the
spirit and letter of the Constitution, and
in behalf of all that its attainment im
plies, all fo culled party interests lose
their apparent importance, and partv
lines may ail 1 permitted to fade into
insignificance. The question we have
to consider for the welfare of those
States of the Union is the question of
government or no government; of the
social order and the peaceful industries,
and all the happiness that belongs to it,
or a return to barbarism. It is a ques
tion in which every citizen of the na
tion is deeply interested, and with re
spect to which we ought not to he in a
partisan sense either Republicans or
Democruts, but fellow-citizens and fet-
low-men. to whom the interests of a
common country and a common human
ity are dear. The sweeping revolution
of the entire
liABOB 8TSTESI
Of a large portion of our country and
the advance of four millions of people
from a condition of servitude to that of
citizenship, upon an equal footing with
their former masters, could not occur
without presenting a problem of the
gravest moment to be dealt with by the
emancipated race, by their former mas
ters, and by the general government,
the author of the act of emancipation.
That it was a wise, just and providential
act.franght with good for all concerned,
is now generally conceded throughout
the country. That the moral obligation
rests upon the national government to
employ its constitutional powers and
influence to establish the rights of the
people it has emancipated, aud to pro
tect them in tho enjoyment of those
rights, when they are infringed or as
sailed, is also generally admitted. Thfc
evils which afflict the Southern States
can only be removed or remedied by
the united and harmonious
EFFORTS" OF BOTH RACES,
Actuated by motives of mutual sympa
thy and regard, and while in duty
bound and fully determined to protect
the rights of all by every constitutional
means at the disposal of my administra
tion, I am sincerely anxious to use
every legitimate influence in favor of
an honest and efficient local govern
ment as the true resource of those
States for the promotion of content
ment and prosperity of their citizens.
In the effort I shall make to accomplish
this purpose, I ask the cordial co
operation of all who cherish an interest
in the welfare of the country, trusting
that partv ties and the prejudice of race
will be fully surrendered in behalf of
the great purpose to be accomplished.
In the important work of the restora
tion of the South, it is not the political
situation alone that merits attention.
The material development of that sec
tion of the country has been arrested
by the social and political revolution
through which it has passed, and now
needs and deserves the considerate care
of the National Government within the
just limits prescribed by the Constitu
tion and a wise public economy. But
at the basis of all prosperity, for that
as well as for every other part of the
country, this. improvement of the in
tellectual and moral condition of the
r
people
rsrVEBSAIj SUFFRAGE SHOULD REST UPON
UNIVERSAL EDUCATION.
To this end liberal and permanent
provision should be made for the sup
port of free schoels by State govern
ments, and, if need be, supplemented
by legitimate aid from national authori
ty. Let me assure my countrymen of
the Southern States that it is my earnest i
desire and regard to promote their trne
interest, the interests of the white and
of the colored people, both equally, aud
to put forth my best efforts in behalf of
a civil policy which will forever wipe
out of our political affairs the color
line and the distinction between North
and South, to the end that we may
have not merely a nnited North and
united South, but a united country.
CIVIL SERVICE.
I ask the attention of the public to
the paramount necessity of reform in
our civil service, a reform not merely
as to certain abuses and practiced of
so-called official patronage which have
come to have the sanction of usage in
the several departments of our govern
ment, bnt a change in the system of ap
pointment itself, a reform that shall be
thorough, radical and complete, a re
turn to the principles and practices of
the founders of the government. Tbey
neither expected nor desired from pub
lic officers any partisan service; they
meant that public officers should owe
their whole service to the government
and the people; they meant that the
officer should be secure in his tenure as
long as his personal character remained
untarnished, and the performance of
his duties satisfactory; they held that
appointment to office was not to be
made or expected merely as rewards for
partisan services, nor merely on the
nomination of members of Congress as
being entitled in any respect to the
control of such appointments. The fuct
that botli political parties of the coun
try in declaring their principles, prior
to the election, gave prominent place to
the subject of reform of our civil ser
vice, recognizing and strongly urging
its necessity in terms almos' identical
in their specific import with those I
have here emploj-ed, must be accepted
as conclusive argument in behalf of
these measures. It must be regarded
as an expression of the nnited voice and
will of the whole country.
TIIK PRESIDENTIAL TERM SIX YEARS.
The President of tho United States, of
necessity, owes his election to olllce to the
suffrages and zealous labors of a political
party, members of which cherish with
ardoV and regard as of essential import
ance the principles of their party organiz
ation ; but he should ktrivn to bo always
mindful of the fact that ho serves hi par
ty best who serves his country best. In
furtherance of the reform we seek, and as
in otiier important respects a change of
great importance, I recommend an amend
ment to the Constitution prescribing a
term of six years for the Presidential of
fice, and forbidding a re-election.
FINANCIAL.
With respect to the financial condition
of the country, I shall not attempt an ex
tended history of the embarrassment and
prostration which we have suffered, dur
ing the past three years. The depression
in all the varied commercial and manufac
turing interests throughout the country,
w hich bean in September, lb73, still con
tinues. It is very gratifying, however, to
be able to sav that there are indications all
around us of a coming change to prosper
ous times. Upon
THE CURRENCY QUESTION,
Intimately connected as it is with this
topic. I may be permitted to repeat here
the statement made in my letter of ac
ceptance. In my judgment the feeling of
uncertainty, iii!sieiralile from an irre
dcemnlle paper currency, with its fluctua
tions of values, is -one of the great obsta
cles to a return to pros;eroiii times. The
only safe jniper currency is one which
rests on a coin basis, and i.i at nil times
promptly convertible into coin. 1 adhere
to the views heretofore expressed by me
in favor of Congressional legislation in
behalf of an early resumption of specie
payment. And 1 am satisfied not only
that this is wise, but that the interests as
well as the public sentiment of the coun
try imperatively demand it. Passing from
these remarks upon the condition of our
own country toconsider our relations with
other lauds, we are reminded by interna
tional complications abroad, thYetUening
the peace of Kurope, that our traditional
rule of non-interferance in
AFFAIRS OF FOREIGN NATIONS
Has proved of great value in past time3,
and ought to le strictly observed. The
policy inaugurated by my honored pre
decessor. President Grant of submitting
to arbitration grave questions in dispute
between ourselves smd foreign powers,
points to a new and incomparably the best
instrumentality for the preservation of
neace. and will, as I lielieve. become the
bonelieial example of the course to be
pursued in similar emergencies by other
nations. It , unhapily, questions of differ
ence should at any time during the period
of my administration arise between the
Unit.! States and any foreign govern
ment, it shall certainly b my disposition
and my hope to aid in their settlement in
the same peaceful and honorable ray,
thus securing to our country the great
blessings of peace and mutual good offices
with all the nations of the world.
THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION.
Fellow-citizens, we have reached the
close of a political contest marked with
the excitement which usually attends the
contest between great political parties,
whose members espouse and advocate
with earnest faith their respective creeds.
The circumstances were, perhaps, in no re
spects extraordinary, save in the closeness
and the consequent uncertainty ot the re
sult. For the first time in the history of
the country it has been deemed lest, in
view of the peculiar circumstances of the
case, that the objections and questions in
dispute, with reference to the counting of
the electoral votes, should le referred to
tli decision of a tribunal appointed for
this purpose. That tribunal, established
by law for this sole purpose, its members,
all of them, of long established reputation
for integrity and intelligence, and with
the exception of those who are also mem
bers of the Supreme Judiciary, chosen
equally from both political parties to the
deliberations. enlightened by the research
and the arguments ot able counsel, waa
entitled to the fullest confidence of the
American people. Its decisions have been
patiently waited for, and accepted as le
gally conclusive by the general judgment
of the public. For the present, opinion
will widely vary as to the wisdom of sev
eral eonclusions'announced by that tribun
al. This is to be anticipated in every in
stance where matters of dispute are made
the subject of arbitration nnder the forms
of law. Human judgment is never uner
ring, and is rarely regarded as otherwise
than wrong bv the unsuccessful party in
the contest. The fact that two great polit
ical parties have, in this way, settled dis
putes in regard to which good men differ
as to the law no less than as to the proper
course to lie pursued in solving the ques
tion in controversy, is an occasion for gen
eral rejoicing. Upon one point there is
entire unanimity in public sentiment that
the conflicting claims to the Presidency
must be amicably and peaceably adjusted,
and that when so adjusted, the general ac
quiescence of the nation should surely
follow . It has been reserved for a govern
ment of the people where the right of suf
frage is universal, to give to the world the
first example in history of a great nation
in the midst of a struggle of opposing
parties for power, hushing its party tu
mults, to yield the issue of the contest to
adjustment according to the forms of law,
looking for the guidance of that divine
hand by which the destinies of nations and
individuals are shaped. I call upon vou
Senators, Representatives, Judges, feflow
citizens, here and everywhere to unite
with me in an e rnest effort to secure to
our conntry the blessings, not only of ma
terial prosperity, but of justice, peace and
union ; a union depending not upon the
constraint of force, but upon the loving
devotion of a free people; that all things
may be so ordered and settled upon the
best and firmest foundations, that peace
and happiness, truth and justice, religion
and piety, may be established among us
for all generations.
Telegraphic News.
Eastern. .
"Washington, March 1. The Senate
at 11 entered the hall and proceeded
immediately to count the vote of Ver
mont for Hayes and Wheeler. Virginia
and West Virginia were announced for
Tilden and Hendricks. Then came the
l.;st State, Wisconsin, with ten Itepub
lican votes. Objections were made to
one Downes, but they were overruled.
Hayes and Wheeler were declared Pres
ident and Vice President respectively
for the four ensuing years.
2 A. M. The bitter intensity of feel
ing, the skillful parliamentary maneuv
ering and the exciting scens of turbu
lent disorder which have marked the
proceedings that commenced 16 hours
ago are only now drawing to a cloee
and have had no parallel ia Congreu
since the days before the war. The
aopfes of the filibusters were atrength
ened by early successes, and raised al
most to success by the Speaker's ruling
that all motions ordinarily pertinent to
the main question would be in otder,
and when, after Field's adroit speech,
a number of Democrats began to vote
in favor of Knott's proposition, with its
open menace to the Senate, the appre
hensious of the Republicans intensified
into despondency and panic. The ma
jority against Knott and Hopkins' reso
lutions, although comparatively small,
gve renewed hope to the friends of an
orderly completion of the count, and it
soon became evident to well-informed
parliamentarians that Randall was mere
ly letting the refractory horses run
awhile in order to better rein them in
after exhausting their ready constitu
tional strength and pr vileges. Then
came the wearisome hor of waiting for
the round of parliamentary motions aud
roll-calls and to be completed, and dur
ing this time cool-headed observers, on
exchanging opinions, agreed that the
Speaker's course was wise and judicious,
and the temperof the factions minority,
inflamed by the turbulent scenes which
had preceded his compromise ruling,
would otherwise probably have led
them to even greater extremities, with
the result of still greater loss of time
and probably riot or bloodshed. The
regular Congressional report has al
ready furnished details of the proceed
ings to this hour, and will, it is hoped,
present, in time for yonr readers' peru
sal at their breakfast tables, an an
nouncement of the final declaration of
the result of the long pending and un
precedented Presidential contest.
Washington, March 2. In the Sen
ate to-day House bill to adjust the
claims of owners of lands witiu the
limits of the Klamath Indian reserva
tion, xx Oregon, was taken up and dis
cussed to some length, and then post
poned till the first Monday in Decem
ber next.
Kelly, in the Senate io-ilay, called np
the long pending-House bill to g'raiit
lieu land for the Klamath Indian reser
vation in Oregon. Mitchell said he
would vote with his colleague to take
it up for consideration, but would vobj
against its passage. The bill was then
taken up, and after discussion, in which
Kelly favored and Mitchell opposed, it
was postponed till next December. As
it is a House bill this Uills it. Most of
its beneficiaries are residents of Califor
nia, including a number of San Fran
cisco capitalists.
Washington. March 3. An exchango
of blows passed between Re re sen tat i ve
GJover and the correspondent of a Bal
timore paper named Myers in the room
of the Sergeint-at-Aarns to-day. Myers
subsequently struck Duputy Sergeant-at-Arms
Mackell, but nothing serious
resulted, though the excitement was
great for a few minutes.
Congressman Douglass assaulted La
mar at the conclusion of tho House
caucus this evening, owing to Lamar
having ruled Douglas, who was drunk,
out of order, he was so exasperated that
but for friendly intervention Liamar
would have shot him.
WashinIiton, March 7. This morn
ing a consultation between the Presi
dent and a few friends as to the forma
tion of hid cabinet had not, np to one
o'clock, lesulted in a conclusion. In
formation p that Wm. M. Evarts had
been designated for Secretary of State,
and Senator Sherman for the Secretary
of the Treasury. Beyond these nothing
was absolutely certain.
About noon the members of the old
cabinet appeared. This being the regu
lar day of meeting, a regular session
was hld. All members were prtent.
President Hayes' inangnral gives re
markably general satisfaction. The
leading Southern men are especially
gratified by its conservative tone, and
its unmistakable intimation that the
carpet baggers can expect little or no
favorable consideration from the new
administration. They are also greatly
pleased with Hayes' declaration that
the material development of the South
now deserves the considerate care of
the national government within the just
limits presented by the Constitution
and wise public economy. In regard
to the civil service reform the N. Y.
Tribune remarks that nobody supposes
it will be easy; but Mr. Hayea will be
sustained in it by a grateful and ad
miring people, and perhaps in time the
politicians, who have been accustomed
to depend upon federal influence, will
take to heart the truth which he tersely
expresses, that "he serves his party
best who serves the country best."
Quite a trade has sprung up recently
between this country-and Rnssia in lead
pencils, clocks, canned goods and other
American products, which have hereto
fore found their way into the Czar's do
minions through middlemen in Ger
many. An enterprising New Yorker
discovered that Germany was shipping
American goods to Russia at a very
large advance on the cost of direct ship
ment.and has now established an Amer
ican Bazaar at St. Petersburg, where
the Russians are supplied better and
more cheaply than ever.
By a vote of 8 to 7 the tribunal de
cides there is no longer any pressing
necessity for Bellinger in Washington.
"The empire is peace" and Bellinger
can "come back Oregon, mavonrneen,
mavourneen."
Qentaur
J,I n I ill E NTS.
One Kind for the Human family.
The Other for Morses and Animal,
These Liniments are simply tho' wonder of
tbe world. Their effects are little less than
amrvelous.
The White Liniment ia for the human
family. It will drive Rheumatism, Sciatica
and Neuralgia from the system ; cures Lum
bago. Chillblains, Lock-jaw, Palny, Itch, and
most cutaneous eruptions; it extracts frost
from frozen hands and feet, and tbe poison of
bites and stiDKS of ventmous reptiles ; It sub
dues swelling and alleviates pain of every
kind. When pains or bruises eccur. itistha
most potent remedy ever discovered to hsal
the injured parts. The Cvntaur Linimat i
used with jjeat efficacy for Sore Tbroat.Teoia
acb. Caked Braasts. ILaracba and weak Back.
The followiag ia hmt a samp la ( atas.iwM
testiaaoaiala:
"lMLft.9a Hava. r.Coat'ar LS73.
"Itaiakia my iitU iafarns ya tfca I
kare aTerd mueh with awcllam
rhoraa. A few bottles of Centaur Lloirnaat
has don tna wrlc for me. I have not baa a
fra from these swellings In l-nt j-aaira.
Now I am prfactly well. The Liniment
ught to be applied warm. M. BROWN,"
The proof is in the trial. It is reliable, it is
handy, it is cheap, and every family sbeuld
have the White Centaur Liniment.
I'he Yellow Centaur Liiinat ia adapt
ed to the touh muscles, cords and flesh o
horsfs and animals. It has performed mora
wonderful currs. in three years, of Spavin,
Strain, Wind-galls, Scratches, Sweeny, and
general Lameness, than all other remedies
in existence. Read what the great Express
men siy of it :
"iw Yosk, January, 1874.
"Every owner of horses should give the
Centaur Liniment a trial. We consider it
the best article ever used in our stables.
"H. MARSH, Supt. Adams Ex. Stables.N.T.
"E. PULTZ, Supt. U. S. ti. Stables. N. Y.
"AL. S. OL1N, Supt. Nat. Ex. Stables, N.T."
The best Patrons of this Liniment are Far
riers and Veterinary Surgeons, who are
continually usin some liniment. It beals
Crails. Wounds. Poll-evil, removes Swellings,
and is worth millions of dollars annually to
Farmers, Livery-men, Stock-growers. Sheep
raisers, and those having horses or cattle.
What a Farrier cannot do for $20. the Cen
taur Liniment will do at a trifling cot.
These Liniments are sold by all dealers
throughout the country. They are warranted
by the proprietors, and a bottle will be give a
to any l-arrier or Physician who desires to
test them.
Laura tory of J. B. Rose & Co.,
46 Dey St., N iw York.
Pffrher'n Cnstoria is a complete substi
tute for Castor Oil, and is as pleasant to t3ce
as honey, it is wnticularly adapted to Teeth
ing and irritable children. It deMrovs worms,
assimilates tho food, rrulates theVtotnach.
and cures Wind- 'olic. Few remedies are as
efficacious for Keverishness, Croup, Worms,
and Whoopinjr Couirh. Castoria is a scientific!
and purely vegetable preparation, more effc-
live than Castor Oil, and neither gags nor
gripes. Prepared by Messrs. J. B. Itos? A Co.
46 fey St.. New York, from the recie of bam
ul Pitcher. M. !., of Barnstable, Mass.
I. S ELLTGr
"JLFAS JUST RECEIVED THE IJVRGUST
jljL stock of
ever imported to Oregon City, which he ofl rs
at greatly reduced prices. lly niin-k of
CILOTI-IITG-
lias lvon le.rly incrtnser and I can nhow
as handsome a line or roady-niade goods in
Men and boys' bisPines? e.nd ir"-M Suits,
Coats, etc., as can be found in the eountry.aud
at pricesthat cannot fail to satisfy. My
Is filled with a splendid assortment of all th
leading styles and t'ashiouablu shadc-sof goods
Kiii prew.-i C'lat ,
iMo3Kv, Fi-enc!i nnit
Auirrtrau Oress GnoJt
i- . ljsieca,
ijriliii: ntiiirs,
Cas'imtriiii,
V L A ISTN E H, S ,
Plaid, Plain and Ojiera Flannels, of ail colors
Hleaehed and Unbleached Cotton Flannels. '
Lii'li' and Onti' I'nderware
Siianl) unl Srarfs,
IVool lilunltets,
Trunks snd
Iravrlinp Sclela,
Hl m nrl C'a iw.
Oil Cloth f r
Floor and Table.
COOTS and SHOES,
I would call special attention to mv stock of
Men'sand Boys'San Francisco Boots, which I
have sold for anum lie of years past with gen
oral satisfaction. Every pair warranted Jk.
omplete Ptock of
KA.rtUWAREt FAn3!H5 UTE&SILS,
Choice Teas. Canned Goods, ana all eaele
Family Groceries,
U at Low Prices. Also,
LIVERPOOL AND CARM1K 1SLA5D iin.
Highest Price paid for all kinds of
Cotisatr- rodac"e.
200,000 lbs. of WOOL Wanted,
for which I ehall pay the highest cash price.0
Oregon City. Nov. l,IS75-tf. SELLI-VC-
J. P. WARD.
GEORGE A. HAJtDIK.
WARD & HARDING,
DRIGGISTS AND APOTHECARIES,
W7-F.KY 'CONSTANTLY ON HAND A'GEX
XVeral assortment of --
Dni-s and Chemicals,
Perfumery, Soapa,
Comosand Uruehaa,,
Treses, Supporter
V' ..'TBrC'" "cy ..d
lollet Articles,
A I. RO
Kerosene Oil, Lamp Chlmnen.
V aral,U. nl Oyi Staffe,
PURE niXES AND LldUORS FOR MEDICINAL
PURPOSES.
PATENT MEDICINES, ETC., ETC
rdeJSiinSMPr(',sc5p"ons, Wully com
PKr?i', orders correctly answered.
Openatall hours of the night.
r1118 must rai1 monthlr.
PQl,187otf WAKDi HAJtDLVG.
GEORGE THOMAS,
BOOT AND SHOEMAKER.
OREGON CITY,
One door north of Haas' Saloon.
ALL KINDS OF BOOTS AND SHOES
made to order on t he shortest notice. A
good fit or no sale. Repairing neatly done.
Terras cash. b jan2-ral.
NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP,
AT
John Lewis' Old Stand.
("J OAXOXO HAS OPENED AT
this old stand, where he is prepared to
doanythinp in his line.
V" Horse, shoeing a speclaJy.
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