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NO' UNION" Or STATE AND CUUIICH,
"Eceopeaxs coming to America, as
to an asylum from oppression." said
a Portland minister recently, "must
not be allowed to bring in the conti
nental Sabbath, and destroy the
foundations of liberties secured for
them, but without their assistance."
Substantially that remark is often
made in our pulpits. The assumption
is that by law we have here an estab
lished and characteristic Sabbath
which everybody ought to be made to
respect But at the very foundation
of this republic lies the separation of
f tate and church. Consequently in
this state the first day of the week
can only be regarded by the law as a
day of rest, as a holiday. Legally it
is that, and not a Sabbath which
there is any religious obligation to
keep. The state has nothing to do
with its religious character, except so
far as to protect citizens in their right
to worship on Sunday without dis
turbance. Such other regulations as
are justifiable are those only which
are necessary because of its peculiar
character as a weekly holiday.
Moreover, the majority of voters
must decide what restrictions shall
be put about Sunday; and both in
this state and many other states for
eigners and the descendants of for
eigners are getting to be the majority,
or are already the majority. Their
ideas as to Sunday, whether it shall
be a continental Sabbath or other
wise, must inevitably prevail in the
long run.
It is true that formerly it was not
easy for the lawmakers to stick to
their theory, and carry it to its logic
al conclusion, in their treatment of
Sunday. They slipped in restrictions
which would be justifiable if the
State undertook religious control
But the laws wherein they so offend
ed became a dead letter, of course, as
soon as popular opinion refused to
sustain them. And if now they are
revived and so enforced as to become
troublesome, they will speedily bo
abolished once for alt for only a
small portion of the community, na
tive and of foreign birth, would toler
ate them as laws to which obedience
was actually compelled.
Nor has anybody right to com
plain of foreigners because they come
here, qualify themselves as voters,
and undertake to make our laws and
customs to suit themselves. That is
their right They were invited to
come to this republic on that under
standing. They were to have a
share in making the laws when they
became citizens. They emigrated
from countries where kings and slate
churches oppressed and hampered
them, to come to one where there
was liberty of conscience, where re
ligion was an individual matter, and
not one of government regulation. To
force them to keep Sunday as
a Sabbath in accordance with the
notions of any seot would, therefore,
be "to destroy the foundations of the
liberties secured for them." It would
be to upset our whole republican
theory.
But the Portland gentleman, and
those who think like him can do this
with all propriety; they can go to
work and try to convert these for
eigners and the natives who sympa
thize with them to their way of think
ing in regard to Sunday observance.
The law cannot make the day sacred,
for the law has nothing to do with
religion; and therefore Sunday here
will be made only so far as men be
lieve that God commanded it to be
so kept, and, believing, render obedi
ence accordingly.
. PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS.
The business of presidential mak
ing has regularly begun, and a few
suggestions beforehand in order to
simplify and facilitate the work when
it becomes necessary to enter upon it
in earnest are not out of place.
If any man wants to be president
who happens to be a citizen of a small
state, let him move out and become a
citizen of some big state. The small
states are of no account in selecting
candidates for president It is true
that we might imagine a man of such
extraordinary genius, such superior
abilities, and such an enviable char
acter that he might be taken up and
nominated, even if he came from so
small a state as Bhode Island or
Florida; but this is a case that is not
likely to arise. In these days men of
astonishing greatness are rarely en
countered. Where the whole people
are educated and evoluted to such a
point that almost every citizen would
make a tolerably good president,
there is little likelihood that anyone
else among them will tower above all
the rest to such a height as the extra
ordinary man whom we have im
agined. The hypothesis then may
be safely put out of view, and wd
may stand on the rule that no citizeD
of a small state, no matter how dis
tinguished, can reasonably expect to
be nominated for president by cither
-party.
Neither is it likely that a citizen of
any state which is certain for either
"party 'will be nominated. For in
stance, Massachusetts is tolerably
sure to be Republican, just as Ken
tucky is sure to be Democratic. "What
advantage, then, would the Republi
cans gain by taking their candidate
for president from Massachusetts, or
the Democrats by taking theiis
Kentucky? No advantage wh
other things being equal. The t- .
not add anything to their probiunc
strength in the electoral college.
Like the small states, the certain
states may thus safely be omitted
from the reckoning; aud each party
may be expected to select its candi
date not only from one of the big
states, but also from one of the
doubtful and closely-eontested states.
The probability, then, is that the
candidates for president will be taken
from New York, Ohio, Indiana, pro
vided that in either of these great
commonwealths a Republican or a
Democrat can be found whose per
sonal standing and popularity offer a
rational expectation of his carrying
the state he lives in for the party
which nominates him.
Some allowance may also be made
for the possibility that a peculiarly
available man might change any one
of the great certain states, if he
should be put in nomination, For
instance, if Logan should be sup
ported for president by the united
delegation of Illinois, there would be
good reason to suppose that his
character and personal prestige might
alter the balance of power in that state
from being certainly Republican, as
it has been now for a long time, into
probably Democratic; and this con
sideration, combined with his availa
bility elsewhere, might suffice to se
cure his nomination by the Demo
crats. In the same way, if there were
in Kentucky a Republican of suffici
ent magnitude and influence to offer
a reasonable hope of transform
ing the big Democratic majority of
that state into a Republican major
ity, that fact might lead to his nomi
nation by the Republican National
Convention; but, generally speaking,
this kind of possibility looks to some
thing that is not likely to happen,
and it may be safely omitted from
any politician's prophetic calcula
tions. "
This leads us to advise every states
man who thinks he ought to be pres
ident, to emigrate not merely from a
small state into a big one, but also to
emigrate from a certain state into a
doubtful one that is to say, from
Vermont, New Hampshire, or Iowa,
into New York, Ohio, or Indiana.
Unfortunately, however, such a mi
gration is impracticable in the short
time that remains between now and
the election; and it can only be un
dertaken with a view to remote elec
tions. For 18Si the views of politi
cians of both parties must be con
fined to the stock of availabilities
already on hand in the three great
and doubtful states that wo have
mentioned.
The New York Sim says that it is
the surest sign of folly on the part of
a politician to want any stock in a
newspaper.
NEW TO-DAY
COMMENCING
THURSDAYEVN'CJAK.17,'84.
NELLIE BOYD,
Supported by
17 FIRST-CLASS ARTISTS 17
In nil the latest and most popular Dramas
of the day.
Thursday Evening, Jan. 17tli. 84.
The Greatest of all Comedies.
entitled
SOLOMON ISAACS.
Entirely new and appropriate scenery for
eacli play. Entire change of Programme
each evening. Our own Silver Corset
Band and superb Orchestra.
Popular Price. Keserred Seats $1 oe
each, now on sale at New York Novelty
Store.
Grand Matinee, Saturday Afternoon, at' 2 o'cl'i
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
OF MY NEW HOUSE MAY BE SEEN AT
Architect Lelck's office. Bids invited
from Carpenters and Contractors.
XL D. KANT.
TAILiOXtlN-Gr.
Cleaning Repairing.
NEAT, CHEAP AND QUICK. BY
GEORGE LOVETT,
Main Street, opposite N. Loeb's.
J. RISBERG.
Practical Tailor.
On Genevieve stieet, opposite Bozorth &
Johns. jlO-sm
Stockholders' Meeting.
THERE WILL BE A STOCKHOLDERS'
meeting of the I'oint Adams Packing
Co. at their office, at Upper Astoria, on
Thursday. January 17th, at 10 o'clock A. M.
By order of the Board of Directors.
W.T. CHUTTER,
s-lwk Secretary.
FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET.
. T MRS. GEO: HILLKR'S, NEXT DOOR
L to Weston Hotel.
Annual Meeting.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders of the British America Tacking
Company, Skeena, will be held at the resi
dence of G. Holmes, in Upper Astoria, Jan
uary 20th, 18SL
By order of the board of directors.
GUST HOLMES,
President.
Notice of Purchase.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE THAT THE
late firm of Wah Lee & Co. Is this day
dissolved by mutual consent, the under
signed having bought the interest of Lung
Ah Him. The business was the keeping of
a store and thagarden See Shlng. All bills
due said firm must be handed In by Tuesday,
the 15th inst. AH HON,
AH TUN.
Astoria, Or., Jan. 10th, 1833. lwk
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mom) AY AND TUESDAY,
JAN. 14 and 15,
THE KHIXEXT COMEDIAN,
John S.
LANGBISHE
THE
Mail ixx t Maze
In his amuiug creation, the
'SIMPSONS"
and the
"SKEPTICS"
In the Funniest combination of Mirth and
Laughter ever before the public.
TUESDAY EVKSIXCJ.
ENTIRE CHANGE OF BILL
"Matrimonial Oddities,
. and the
"Gentleman from Ireland'
Tickets now on sale at New York A'ariety
Store.
The A l
Fat Sailing Schooner
"GEN. BANNING,"
15S tons register, will leave Astoria, on, or
about
JANUARY 20th, 181,
FOK
Gray's Harbor.
She will take freight at Portland, and nn
her return from Portland will leave Astoria.
For fuither particulars apply to
J. H. D. GltAY. Astoria, Oregon.
J. HESS.
A. M. JOHNSON.
Astoria Sail Loft.
MANUFACTURERS OF
SAILS, TENTS, AWNINGS..
TARPAULINS,
And everything else pertaining to our
Business.
Lowes tPrice and Best Work
For your Money,
At the Old Stand.
Leave, your order." and get your work
done nt ontv.
J. I! ESS CO.
Astoria, - Oregon.
G. A. STINSON & CO.,
BLACKSMITHING,
At Cant. Rogers old stand, come.' of (Uss
aud Court streets.
Ship and Cannery work. Horseshoeing.
Wagons made and repaired. Good work
guaranteed.
FRESH CANDY
AT THE
ASTQRIA CANDY FACTORY
Patronize Home Manufacture.
All my CANDIES am of the
FINEST QUALITY.
A full avsortment
of
NUTS. FOREIGN FRUITS. ETC.
JOII.V P. CLiASSKX.
PLUMBING,
Gas and Steam Fitting
DONE BY RUDDOCK & WHEELER. AT
fair rates. Also a complete stock of
goous in our line. Estimates given and
work guaranteed.
Cass street. In rear of I O O F building,
next to Gas Go's olllce.
ASTORIA LIQUOR STORE,
AUG. DANIELSON,
- Proprietor.
Bebulltand Befitted Throughout.
The Best of
WIXES.IiiqiTORS, AXD CIGARS
For a Good Cigar, call for one of
"Danielson's Best."
Corner West 9th and WaterStree ts, Astoria.
ns-Cni
Steamer TOM MORRIS.
THIS 3M5IV
and Favorite Boat
IS NOW READY FOR BUSINESS AND
can be chartered for excursions, special
parties.ttc, at reasonable rates. A general
steamboating business transacted.
V. BOELLING, Master.
Notice.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
undersigned has been appointed the as
signee of I. J. Arvold, and all persons hav
ing claims against said I. J. Arvold are no
tified to present the same duly verified to
me at my office in Astoria. Oregon, within
three moutlis from this date, .lanuarv 5th.
1881. a H. PAGE.
d-6w Assignee of I. J. Arvold.
For Sale.
FIVE HUNDRED CORDS DRY HEM
lock Wood, which I will deliver at the
houses of customers for $4 a cord.
Draying or all kinds done at reasonable
rates. R. R. MARION.
FOR SALE.
IN LOTS TO SUIT. FROM 5 ACRES TO
40 acre tract in S. W. corner of Chas.
Stevens' D.C. Title perfect. For particu
lars inquire at office of N. D. Raymond. City
Hall ; or on the premises of O. D. Young.
Astoria, Nov. 3d. l&sa.
Annual Meeting.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders of the British America Packing
Compauy will be held at the residence of G.
Holmes, In Upper Astoria, January 18th.
By order of the board of directors.
B. YOUNG,
President.
NOTICE TO PILOTS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL
whom it may concern that there will be
a meeting of the Washington Territory
Board of. Pilot Commissioners for Columbia
River aud Bar, held at Ilwaeo. W. T., on the
15th day of Jauuary.'A. D. is&, at 10 o'clock
A.M.
Done by order of the Board.
C. A. REED,
. . Secretary.
December 23th, 18S3. dit-wit
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Yon Are Sure
AT
lOnUBils; a Hi IB
or ASTORIA.
CHAS. HE1LBORN.
wu mmli I ?ftSttfltH!AJPk "
z jAjAji r'SHE " iVI
FOK THE
Hall, Office, Library Parlor, Chamber
and DINING ROOM, in
WALNUT, CHERRY, ASH, AND MAPLE.
We are without a doubt showing tli- Largest. and Most Complete
line of CHAMBER SUITS in this city, unequaldd in Design, "Work
manship and Finish.
We Carry an IMMENSE STOCK OF CARPETS of All Designs
and Colors in
Body, Roxbury, and Tapestry Brussels, Throe Plys,
Extra Supers and Ingrains.
FOSTER'S
the
Billiard Parlors
Are not excelled by any
north of San Francisco.
Nothing but the best
dispensed, and every
convenience for the com
fort of guests.
Imported Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
The Most Complete Establishment in Astoria.
AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE 0. R. & N. DOCK.
SAINT MERIT'S
HOSPITAL,
ASTORIA, - - - OKEGOtt
THIS INSTITUTION, UNDER CARE OF
the Sisters of Chanty, Is" now ready foi
the reception of patients.
Trlvate rooms for the accommodation ol
any desiring them.
Patients admitted at all houis.day ormolu.
No physician has exclusive right, eer
patient is free to and has the privilege of
employing any physician they prefer.
United StntcH Xnrlue
Seamen who pay Ilospltal Dues, are enti
tled to Free care and attendance at this Hos
pital during sickness. Permits must be ob
tained lor United States Marines at the Cns
torn House.
Sisters or Uharjt
PERUVIAN
BITTERS !,
Wilmerding & Co., San Francisco.
Loeb &Co., Agents,-Astoria.
Executors' Notice.
THE COUNTY COURT OF CLATSOP
County. Oregon, having appointed the
undersigned executors of the last will and
testament of Truman P. Powers, deceased,
all persons having claims against said estate
are requested to present the samo with the
proper vouchers, at tne office of C. Xelneu
weber. Upper Astoria, within six montlis
from this date.
C. LEINENAVEBER,
W3X.WADHAMS.
Astoria, December 14, 1S85.
mm
to "oe Suited
THE
mil C
EXCHANGE.
and Club Rooms
PIANOS
AND
ORGANS
SMALL 3IUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
OF ALL KINDS.
FINEST VIOLIN STRINGS,
Slieet Mujsio,
Piano, and Organ Instructors
-CELEBItATED
STECK & OABE PIANOS !
USED BY
President of United States"
"Governor of Oregon,"
Astoria Musical Society,
Mrs. J. W. Conn, of Astoria,
And other prominent persons. Pianos and
ui.uia ui man) icuuiug jiiiutes,
wholesale and retail,
including
CELEBRATED TABER ORGANS.
AAD WONDERFUL
LITTLE GIANT STECK PIANO
Largest House on This Coast.
GARDNER Bros.,
165 First St., Portland, Oregon.
The Portland and Astoria
STEVEDORE COMPANY
Is prepared to contract with masters and
consignees of vessels for the
Loading and Unloading of Vessels
AT EITHER PORT.
Promptness and satisfaction guaranteed
In all cases.
Ij t
Beany for
Business
.
ERASE L,
Fresh Fruits
FANCY GROCERIES.
' y '
TKU apply to the Captain, or to
EMPIRE STORE
RE-OPENING I
Fine Goods Reduced Prices
Ladies desirous of procuring Goods
unequaled in Style and Finish will
take pleasure in examining our
Stock of
SILKS, SATINS and DRESS GOODS.
IK THE
GENTS' FURNISHING DEPARTMENT,
Everything is Complete
and of the best.
PRAEL BROS.
John A. Montgomery,
(SUCCESSOR TO JACKINS & MONTGOMERY.)
PLUMBING, GAS FITTING, AND CANNERY WORK
Attended to Promptly on Reasonable Terms.
CHEIiAiJIL'S STREET, Next toC L. Parker's Store.
ASTORIA, - - - OREQOll
THE NEW MODEL
A FUIX STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND.
Two doors east ot Occident Hotel. ASTORIA. OREGON.
r. (H.SEX. J. GUSTAFSOX. A.JOHNSON.
MARTIN OLSEN & CO.
DEALERS IN
FURNITURE Se BEDDING.
Corner 3Iain and Squemoqna Streets. Astoria, Oregon.
WINDOW SHADES AND TRIMMINGS; WALL PAPER" ETC
A Complete Stock.
PRICES AS CHEAP AS QUALITY WILL AFFORD.
AXT, KINDS OF FURNITURE REPAIRET AUTD VaRWISHEW.
YOTJ CAN
TAKE THE CAKE!
And by
Buying it at
F. B. ELBERSON'S
SEASIDE BAKERY
You will be sure that
It is worth taking.
Every Variety of
Fine Cakes and Confectionery
Special Inducements
For the Holiday Trade.
Candies, Christmas Tree Trim
mings, Etc.
The Best Quality of
IirLo Bread
Delivered every Morning
SEASIDE BAKERY,
JP.B.F.LBERSO.V, Proprietor,
Catarrh cured, health and sweet
breath secured by Shiloh's Catarrh Kein
edy. Price 50 cents, Masai Injector free.
For sale by W. E. Dement.
PARKER.
Vegetables
STEAMER
CLARA PARKER
Eben P. Parker,Master.
For TOWING. FRKIOHT orCJIAR
II. IS. PABBLEIL.
DEALER iy
Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware.
A General Assortment of
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
Agents for
lUagee Stoves and Ranges
The Best in the market.
Plumbing goods of all kinds on hand. Jot
work done in a workmanlike manner.
RANGE CAN BE HAD IN AS
TORIA ONLY OF
E. . KAWE8,
AGENT
CALL AND EXAMINE IT, YOU
WILL BE PLEASED.
E. R. HAWES is also agent for the
M latent Mm Store
And other flrst-class stoves.
Furnace "Work. Steam Fit
rinEs. etc. a peialty-
California Exchange
The best of California and Foreign
Wines and Liquors
Kept Constantly on Hand
Domestic aad Foreign CIsars of
the beat Brands.
NATIONAL BREWERY BEER.
On Concomly between Benton and Lafa
yette streets.
lm GEORGE GOBLTEB
FOR TILLAMOOK.
(Weather permitting.)
The new Steamer
jLm 35. FX:EJXaX.
X.P.JOHAXSEN, - - - Master
"Will leave for TILLAMOOK, on
FOR SAILING DATES AND PAETICU
lars apply to J. G. HUSTLES, Main
street Wharf, Astoria : ALLEN & LEWIS,
Portland; J. L. STORY Tillamook.