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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2017
Library
Tidings
News about
the Siuslaw
Public Library
Book Review
The Salem Clique: Oregon's
Founding Brothers
By Barbara S. Mahoney
During the decade of the 1850s, the
Oregon Territory progressed toward
statehood in an atmosphere of intense
political passion and conflict.
Editors of rival newspapers blamed
a group of young men whom they
named the “Salem Clique” for the bit-
ter party struggles of the time.
Led by Asahel Bush, editor of the
Oregon Statesman, the Salem Clique
was accused of dictatorship, corrup-
tion and the intention of imposing
slavery on the Territory.
The Clique, critics maintained, even
conspired to establish a government
separate from the United States, con-
ceivably a “bigamous Mormon repub-
lic” or a “Pacific Republic.”
While not in agreement with some
of the more extreme contemporary
accusations against the Clique, many
historians have concluded that its
holding their next book sale on Labor
Day weekend and they are seeking
donations! Please bring any unwanted
books or other materials to the
library’s circulation desk.
The Friends sales help support the
library in many ways, from helping
with the costs of putting on programs
to helping purchase new furniture and
equipment.
Your donation to the Friends goes a
long way towards helping the library
continue to provide excellent service
to district residents and visitors.
members were vicious and unscrupu-
lous men who were able, because of
their command of the Democratic
party, to impose their hegemony on
the Oregon Territory's inhabitants.
Other scholars have seen them as
merely another manifestation of the
contentious politics of the period.
Although the Salem Clique has
been given considerable prominence
in nearly every account of Oregon’s
Territorial period, there has not been a
detailed study of its role until now.
What sort of people were these
men? What was their impact on the
issues, events, and movements of the
period? What role did they play in the
years after Oregon became a state?
Historian Barbara Mahoney sets out
to answer these and many other ques-
tions in this comprehensive and
deeply researched history.
Ancestry Library Edition
The library is pleased to provide
public access to the Ancestry Library
Edition database.
This database, the library version of
Ancestry.com, is a genealogical data-
base, providing access to U.S. and
U.K. census records, Canadian
records, records from European coun-
tries, vital records, immigration
records, military records and records
Donations for
Book Sale Needed
The Friends of the Library will be
for all U.S. states.
Among the newer group of records
that are available through Ancestry are
World War II Draft Cards for Young
Men (ages 18-44) for selected states
and U.S. Army Transport Service
Records (with lists of World War I sol-
diers and the ships they took to travel
to and from Europe).
Unlike our other genealogy data-
base, World Vital Records, Ancestry
can only be accessed from within the
library at any Internet terminal.
If you would like to try out this
great new family history resource, just
stop by the Reference Desk for more
information.
Library Tidings,
a regular feature
of the Siuslaw News, features news
about upcoming Siuslaw Public Library
programs for adults and children, new
books and videos, and other library
news of interest to the community.
Library Tidings by Kevin Mittge
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