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TH E HATCHET. C a te r e d a t th e p o a t-o A c e a t F o rçâ t C r o c e , O r. aa •e c o a d -c la a a m a il m atter. W l d l TO SU B «'R IM E S. P o sta g e F re e . ■ • y a a r ......................................................................1« 5» M i a o a l h i . ............................................................... T h r e e m o n th a .......................................................... 75 40 In A d r a n c e . K a ta b lis h e d fo r t h e d ia a em in a tio n o f W a sh ln g - t o a c o u n ty n ew a, th e d e r a t io n o f h u m a n ity an d m o n e y w e ca n m a k e. I t e m ! o f g e n e ra l in te re a t g r a te fu lly re c e iv e d . K d lt o r 'i h o b b ie i a n d o p in io n ! on t h i! p a g e , a ll reat facta— im p a rtia l a n d u n co lo red . the the I f you ta il to receive yo u r p a p e r it w ill be a favor if you w ill n o tify us a t once. A U S T IN C R A IG . E d i t o r a n d P b o p b i e t o b . C o u n t y O f f ic ia l P a p e r . ea d a b l e R ELIABLE T welve P ages W eekly EPUBLICAN A U G U ST 4 . i«9»- OUE PACIFIC COANT, THE FUTURE COMMERCIAL RIVAL OF ASIA. T h e greatest events in history are those which are the m ost proli fic and propitious to the laborious stru g g le of hum anity to better its condition in the advancem ent of civilization. T he bold enterprise of a nation which bares its arm s to perils and hardships in behalf of liberty for the oppressed deserves n o t only the glory w hich crow ns such m ilitary achievem ents, bu t all th e com m ercial fruits th a t can l>e gathered from such a m oral con quest are the legitim ate trophies of the conqueror. Such a nation is m orally bound to hold the title to all such states and franchises as it m ay rightfully acquire in tru st a t least for the pos terity of the people who under the providences of G od poured forth their blood and treasure like rivers to enrich the ea rth w ith liberty, law aud intelligence th at it may become the fit dw elling-place for h um anity, aw akened by a glorious im pulse to m ake every root, every blade, every stem and every bough produce food, raim ent and re m u n erated toil. T hese m ultifarious blessings a te the sym bols of G o d ’s providences and constitute the heralds of a system of civilization under w hich every m an m ay be a k ing and high priest, his ow n law giver and ruler. The potent events which may What diplomatic wizard dare advocate the surrender of soil stained by the blood of our sons slain in the cause of humanity and liberty? What traitor with sac rilegious hands dare haul down Old Glory once hoisted to the breeze over the Philippine archi pelago which at best is only a part of our just indemnity for the gold expended in a war provoked by the Spanish slaughter of American sailors and citizens in time of statesmen at Washington, may at station as the price of our cowardly tempt to show how this nation can abandonment of the sacred trust as honorably abandon eight millions sumed and re-assumed at every already step iu our conflict with Spain and of people who have sought refuge under the folds of in the light of all the stars on our flag, and with complacecy wit our flag whose stripes now stream ness their re-enslavement under a defiance to every enemy of liberty black Spanish system of autonomy throughout the world? whitewashed for the occasion, but the friends of liberty in this repnb- EX-SENATOR MITCHELL ON THE FUTURE OF THE PH1LLIPINES. lie will spurn such dishonor in tones of thunder and at the can i In my ju d g m en t th e questions non’s mouth, as they did the crafty now confronting the general go v profound peace, as well as subtle system of autonom y incu- ernm ent, and which involve to a the slain of battle? W hat cold bated at W ashington to deceive very large e x ten t th e future terri blooded politician dare pose as ' the Cubans strugglin g for liberty. torial, com m ercial and foreign pol the leader of th e A m erican Give the whole Philippine arc h i icy of the United States, are more people under a w hite flag headed pelago a ju s t m ilitary governm ent im portant than any w ith which, for the .Spanish cam p in the sight adm inistered under acts of congress at any tim e in the past, the g overn of our arm y, navy and Old Glory? and as fast as each of th e four h u n . m ent has been compelled to g rap Let no political dem agogue de- j dred islands shall establish free ple, not excepting those evolved ceive him self into any attem pt to schools and m aster o ur language by the w ar of the rebellion. defeat th is republic in its purpose then enable them to organize te rri T he question, m oreover, as to to m ake the Pacific coast the rival torial governm ents, u n d er congres- how the general governm ent shall of Asia as it has m ade the A tlantic ; sional legulations, republican in deal with foreign territo ry recently seaboard the rival of Europe in the form. T his nation will have ful acquired by th e indom itable great struggle for commercial filled the spirit of its m ission as set courage, the m ilitary and naval suprem acy. forth in its declaration of war w ith skill and prowess of th e Am erican T he products of this coast, its Spain when this has been accom arm y and navy in o ur w ar with great forests, m agnificent in their plished, and not until then. T h e Spain, is one, no m atter how deter- prim eval grandeur, its m anufactu United States having once under- ! m ined by the adm inistration in red tim ber, lum ber and other fab taken the deliverance of a people power, th at will be m et from cer rics, will build a hundred A m eri cannot abandon them to the tender j tain classes w ith unsparing, and can cities in our A siatic colonies mercies ofcom m ercial governm ents. perhaps m erciless criticism . T he with a m ighty m etropolis on the is therefore, upon T h e decisive battle w ith Spain adm inistration, land of Luzon w hich will rival in the Philippines was fought by whom th e great responsibility of H ong K ong as an A m erican depot Dewey and his heroes. It now re- determ ining this im portant ques for our sur plus products and sup- j m ajns to be seeu w beth er politi- tion is throw n, ju stly m erits the plies, creating an A m erican trade eians will attem p t to circum vent patien t, considerate sy m p ath y of in Asia am ounting to hundreds of God and this nation by a species of all, as we are bound to believe that m illions of dollars each year, as u n diplom acy which shall blast th e w hatever is ultim ately done will be ham pered and unobstructed as the hopes of eight m illions of people prom pted by m otives of the highest traffic betw een our other states and and th w art the unm istakable p u r patriotism and will be th e result territories, under com m ercial re g u poses of God to m ake the islands of of the best ju d g em en t of the pres lations stim ulating industry and the sea an inheritance for his re ident and his advisers, aud enterprise in the four hundred in generated sons and d au g h ters b ap done only after the m ost careful habited islands of the archipelago. tized in the flood of lig h t which has and thorough consideration. And T he differentiation of our trade will illum inated the pathw ay of this it is also tru e th at w hat seems to reach every island of our republic nation from P lym outh Rock to me, or to you, in o u r capacity of through our great com m ercial clear Manila Bay. private citizens, the proper course ing house on the island of Luzon. Politicians m ust rem em ber th a t to be pursneu, m ight present itself T he Philippine archipelago is ours the same power which creates the to us in an entirely different aspect, by the decree of the highest court lurid clouds th at breed the torna- were we in a public position, on earth, the court to w hich Spain does and the w hirlw inds m ay also clothed w ith the enorm ous respon- appealed, and shall we not hold our store up portentious storm s in the Ability o f definiug a policy of such jew els in Asia, won on the b attle heart of this people w hich will s h ip - ! infinite im portance for the govern- field, th a t our people may grow in wreck the hopes of office-seeking | m ent and preg n an t w ith such tre- w ealth, influence and intelligence m ariners who m ay attem p t to steer m endous and far-reaching results. until they equal the splendor of the our ships counter to th e D ivine Personally, however, w hatever G recian colonies? Shall we not compass which will alw ays be fouud may have been the cause or causes strive to m ake them our pride and in the arm ory of H eaven till the which led to the war, or w hatever glory? Can we do so by su rre n d er Pacific shall drive back our shore m ay have been the declaration of ing them to Spanish spoliation? and the A tlantic subm erge this our governm ent in the beginning A m utual Interdependence will continent. A nation w hich selects as to the purpose of the war, I am, cultivate a loyalty to our flag and a m odern diplom at will m eet sh ip w ith th e lig h ts before me, most governm ent. Patriotism and in tel wreck upon the breakers . and unqualifiedly of the opinion that. ligence will grow w ith our com the sands. B ut ju stice and liberty if d u rin g the progress of such war, m unity of interests and w hen the are pilots who are not afraid to the Americon flag is th ro u g h the hour of peril m ay come th eir peo take the whole crew into their c o n - ; sm oke and fire of b attle hoisted by ple, like S p artas, will be borne fidence. T hey have never lost a (our triu m p h an t arm y an d navy on from the field on their shields u n ship. But they know the H and any foreign soil of S pain, then th at holds the w inds and the such flag should never, under any der Old Glory. Our language taught and spoken storm s. circum stances or for any considera will soon enable that people to T he civilization of th e P h ilip tion w hatever, be tak en down. master a knowledge of our laws pines m ust be reconstructed upon Should o u r nation before the throughout our colonies. The the n atu ra l and inalienable rig h ts ; cessation of hostilities capture Ca- “ W h a t e v e r may have been the ca uses w h ic h l e d t o t h e w a r , or w h a t e v e r m ay h a v e been the DECLARATION OF OUR GOVERNM ENT IN T H E BEGINNING AS TO T H E PURPOSE OF T H E WAR, I AM, W ITH T H E LIG H T S BEFORE ME, MOST UNQUALIFIEDLY OF T H E O PINION T H A T , I F DURING T H E PROGRESS O F SUCH W AR, t h e A m e r ic a n f l a g is t h r o u g h t h e s m o k e a n d F IR E OF BATTLE H OISTED BY OUR TRIU M PH A N T ARMY AND NAVY OH ANY FO REIG N SOIL OF S P A IN , T H E N SUCH FLAG SHOULD NEVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, OR FOR ANY CONSIDERATION W H A TEV ER , BE TAKEN DOWN.— E x - S e n a t o r J o h n H. M i t c h e l l . n atu rally flow to us by m aintaining the su rrender back to Spain, our sovereignty over every Spanish any other pow er, either whole island in every sea, w hether At- m part, of th e Philippine lantic or Pacific, w here th e valor R apidly succeeding events in the of our arm y and navy has, d u rin g last few m onths have blazed the the war, planted the A m erican flag way for us w ith unm istakable cer- But, in addition to all this, are tain ity to a national destiny higher n o t the natives of the P hilippines grander, greater and m ore invinci- as m uch entitled to protection We than th at ever attained, either ag ain stth e barbarities of the Span- by this or any other nation, on the ish people, and the oppression o f ! face ° f the earth . I t would not be the Spanish governm ent, as are the f well, therefore, to close o ur eyes to ! this great national o p portunity, reconcentrados of Cuba? T h e trade benefits and commer- I and th u s perm it o u r ship o f state to cial advantages which will accrue | become becalm ed in th e sluggish to th is country, especially to th e i seas of inanition. A s one citizen of Oregon, I sin Pacific states, by m aintaining the cerely regret to learn from recent A m erican flag in th e Philippines press dispatches th at th e policy I are w ithout stopping to specify— ] have indicated, and which I believe sim ply im m easureable. T o secure to be the alm ost universal sen ti these benefits, which are of such m ent of the people of this coast, is incalculable value, th e people of , u • I not to be enforced by th e president ^ this coast should, irrespective o t ' p arty, ex e rt every effort in th eir , of the U m ted S ta te s~ power to aid in nerving the execu CONGRESSAMN tongue on t h e tive and his advisors to regard this PHILIPPINE QUESTION. great question, of such infinite im A nsw ering th e question, “ should portance to th e U nited S tates, and th e U nited S tates control th e P h il especially to the people of this ippines?’’ P erm it me to say briefly coast, as we see it. b u t em phatically, yes, for th e fol T h a t the m oney pow er of the low ing am ong o th er reasons: E ast, fearing th e retention o f the F irst— T h e rapidly increasing e x island would result in foreign com ports of the U nited States to E a st plications, does not tak e th is view ern Asia and islands in th e vicinity of the question, and is ex ertin g all of it, du rin g th e past few years, its m ighty influence to in d u ce th e and the prospect for m uch greater president to relinquish the P h ili increase in th e future, m ake it ppines, there can be no doubt, and absolutely necessary to the welfare there is great reason to fear the a d of the Pacific states th at we should m inistration will com prom ise by have a good, safe naval station in th e retention sim ply of a coaling th a t portion o f the w orld. If we station or tw o in th e w aters of the let slip th e .present opportunity it Pacific. m ay never retu rn . A m istake now T h e unexpected has happened would be fatal and probably irre d u rin g the sh o rt progress of this trievable. T h e e x ten t of our com- w ar; this is, th e occupation by th e ¡ _________ . , , arm y and navy of the P h ilip p in es,1 ” “ ot * ? ePea<f llPon abl1' and the u n fu rlin g of th e A m erican y Pr° tCCt To ProPerly con- trol th e h arbor of M anila we should flag at and near, if n o t directly control Luzon, upon w hich M anila over, th e g reat O riental trade cen is situate. No peace should be con ter— M anila. And this circu m cluded th at does not provide for stance, as a direct and leg itim ate o ur retention o f this. result of th e w ar, is so p regnant Second— W hile the retention of w ith benefits, so frau g h t w ith i .. _ . . . . . . . . . . , ¡tü e rem aining islands is not so ab u n d an t fru its w hich tend so | . transform the slaves of priests and kings into social, moral, intellect ual and accountable beings, the absolute sovereigns of independent important, it is important that they strongly to enlarge and vitalize should not fall into the hands of thought and action, are now pass American trade, broaden the field any nation that can by any possi ing into the history of the world. of American commerce and individ The great victory which God be bility become our enemies, and use ual enterprise, and widen the do them to our disadvantage. queathed through Dewey to the right to vote shonld be exercised of humanity as the source of its diz, Barcelona or any other Spanish main of American civilization, that American people will, if not sur Third—We began this war in by those who can read the English strength, its prosperity and its en seaport, situated in Spain proper, it seems to me it would be little rendered, establish not only reg- ! the interest of humanity, to compel qlatcd liberty but a civilization language, the language of liberty durance. It is not half so neces and there unfurl the American flag, less than a national crime, under Spain to relinquish her tyrannical which will in its development and law, the language which is sary to have a settlement with I might regard the question as to the present circumstances, to ne and inhuman control over a people establish laws, institutions and determined to be spoken through Spain as it is to have a right settle that particular place or those par glect to garner them, or to permit that of right ought to be free. In principles nuder which the down out the whole earth and which is ment. Peace regardless of justice ticular places, as somewhat differ them in a treaty of peace or other the interest of justice, humanity now the court language of every or equity to her colonies will be a ent in settling terms in a treaty wise to be frittered away. Such trodden may become the common and civilization we ought to refuse civilized nation in the world. treacherous sleep whose waking of peace. But, had I my way, an opportunity to add to the na beneficiaries of those laws, institu The Divine Presence in the from the lap of that Spanish Deli I should never consent that on tional force a vital element of to permit Spain to re-establish its tions and principles which have Philippines is witnessed by the un lah will be worse than blindness, it any terms whatever the Amer strength of such incomparable destructive and tyrannical power made this a wise and happy nation. over the inhabitants of the Philip Will this nation have the wisdom paralleled victory and success of will be death among inhuman foes. ican colors should be haulad power, and whose influences will pine islands. our arms. The conjun.tion of per It is always safe to be right. down; or American sovereignty be tell so suddenly and so decisively and courage to seize hold of the T homas H . T o n g u e . sons and events seem providential, The b u sig tiio t this guverument is withdrawn from the Philippine is in the advancement of American mighty events which are to change so much to seek peace as to lands. This should be the policy, interests, and in the development ibe m ap ot the world as the result that such a soldier, SMtorawt Congressman Tongue Saturday iner should have stood waiting all seek out the causes which will re- in my judgment, irrespective of of American civilization, and in ad of our war with that Spanish telegraphed to President McKin thes« years to sink a whole fleet in suit in an everlasting peace be- any question of commercial benefits ding lnster to our national prestige dynasty which sacrificed millions ley: “ Unanimous sentiment of a of lives to establish universal em single battle with an insoleut and tween this nation, Spain and the trade considerations, or naval ad- both at home and abroad, should Oregon, without distinction of arrogant foe, that such a hero, a Philippines. The Latin races have vantages, or even of that other not ^ itted t o unembraced party, seems to favor retaining pire and hurled nation after nation simple New Englander, true, skill adopted expediencies which have paramount question of humanity j It U Ktdoul any nation has, Philippine islands. To surrender into ruin? ful and lion-like, as Dewey, should contributed to revolution and upon which from the first, the war through the circumstances of war any portion of Luzon would evoke Will this nation surrender the i or otherwise, such opportunities intense bitterness. This question commercial wreathed, the fruit- have been sent to the Philippine bloodshed, and a Spanish autonomy was justifiably waged. archipelago to destroy all hope of is one of those expediencies. The But not only so, but our govern- presented to it, and all of which, as is of special interest to the Pacific laden victory won by the prowess Spain in Asia, that such a consum Anglo-Saxons have mastered right ment having risked the dangers in this case, may be accepted with- Coast. Opportunity lost now may and valor of American arms in the mate statesman of the noblest pa principles which have contributed and assumed the responsibilities in out and breach of national honor, J never recur.” Philippine archipelago that the triotism should have been inspired to the science of civil government volved in the wage of battle, hav- [ or without being rightfully sub wicked dynasty of Spain may be with wisdom and courage to out in its highest sphere and to the ing imperiled the lives of our sold jected to any charge of unreason resuscitated to again offend Heaven Governor Lord is said to be con general the German meddler, are noblest sphere in human welfare. iers and sailors on the field and on able claim or demand from a con- aud earth with her crimes and templating an extra session of the evidences of (rod’s planning for the Let America attempt no political the high seas, having exposed to quered foe. No acquisition of ter- legislature for this fall. again be dragged to the execution deliverance of eight millions of expediencies nor trust to the fabled the shot and shell of the Spanish ritorv. or cession of other rights, ; er a block to suffer the retribution I slaves from the Spanish yoke in honor of Spain to guarantee local navy, and of her fortifications, onr however important or valuable, Court House. so long past due and stored up by Asia. self-government to a people whom magnificent battle ships, having either in Cuba, Porto Rico, or any Probate.—Petition presented asking the judgments of Heaven . __I for o( a guardian for O. A. This nation will no more return she has enslaved for four hundred expended millions of dollars in other of the West _ Indies, nor >et appointment j ^ ^ w Can this nation count her heroes years. Such a disposal of the eight j them and subject their homes to any money indemnity that could ■ compelling Spain to desist from un slain and maimed for life in their millions oi human beings and the speakable barbarities in Cuba, and within reason be demanded, would 1 turnable on Aug. 10. 19W. at 10 a. m. battles with Spanish Sodom and j Spanish tyranny than will the peo pie of this republic attempt to re-i islands they inhabit would brand in compelling her to conform to i i my judgment compensate the 1 Report of sale of real estate file-1 in re then suffer any party, potentate or IV. A. Freeman estate. Same approved power to force upon our republic a voke the proclamation of Abraham j our people as unworthy of our the most elementary principles of United States, or the American j and conveyance ordered ma<le. army and navy who have won humanity, onr country and our people, for hauling down the concluding treaty of peace which | Lincoln which made four millions Law Docket —Landees et uz vs. victories the most renowned in the people are. in my judgment, by American flog at Manila, planted Dailey et al. Bill of W. A. Fool for shall remand to the sovereignty of of freemen. history of the world. Shall our every consideration of justice and there by Dewey and his brave men. I keeper’s fees allowed in the sum of Jltf. Spain a single island of the seas i A diplomacy gifted with inspira once justly forfeited to onr arms by j tion under Spanish bribery, man sailors and soldiers be dishonored j of right, entitled to enjoy all the aided by our gallant soldiers, many ! John A. Yandehey and Albertina Jan- by accepting a commercial coaling 1 root which wllj 1 0f them from onr otm ftate, or for ‘ uje out licis aud sailors? j ipulated by French and Italian