1. law, govt and politics
2. politics
3. elections

THE
M0KNI2sTG
OTTCOONTA;
the greater part of his army across "the
River VId. Advancing' afong the Sophia
road, he charged the Russian lntrench-men- ts
with such energy that the Siberian
Regiment stationed at that point was al(Copyright, 1D0O. by Seymour EatonO
most annihilated. A desperate fight went
A.N'5 HOMESTUDYCIRCLE:
DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON on for four hours, with the Russians coming up battalion after battalion. Some
I time after noon all firing ceased, and later
VIII EFFKCTS OP MEXICAX "WAX. rest of the new purchase; and they called the Turks sent up a white flag. Cheer
upon the President to aid them In their , after cheer swelled over the- dreary plain.
BT JESSE MACY. Liu D.
purpose bv refuslnr his
to the . usman nao. surrcnaerru.
The Nevr Territery.
The iere had lasted 142 days. The Rus
California bUL The stern old warrior an
The final settlement with Mexico at tho swered that he would sign any Con- sians had lost iO.OOti men. The Turks bad
rlrwp hf fh tear rave to the United Hta?rstitutional law passed by Congress, And lost 30.000 men. Constantinople
enother "enormous addition of territory, 1 led his questioners to Infer that he fa
had been
The advance on
which Included California, Texas, revada. vored the application of the Wllmot pro- - j checked.
"Osman the
Skobelcff said:
Arizona
Mexico,
spite
and
Xew
in
parti of
of his
Utah,
tp the territories. To threats by Victorious he will remain,
Wyoming and Colorado. Shortly before vieo
surrender."
they
Congressmen
would
Southern
that
this, in 1S46, a treaty with Great Britain dissolve the Union, he replied by declaradjusted our northwestern boundary and ing
ready to take the field In per- -.
WOMAN AND THE BALLOT.
secured an undisputed title to the States son himself
to enforce his country's laws and to
of Oregon and "Washington. This, with the harg without
Btatesmeni
very
mercy
the
Gadsden purchase from Mexico in 1B53 of
he spoke should they be taken VIctt That She Xeed It to Protect
a strip lying south of Ariiona and JCew to whom
rebellion.
He was to be no tool of
Her ia. Her Rlffkts.
Mexico, fixed the boundaries of the United in
the slave power. It was clear. Indeed,
States as they still remain.
May 26. To the Editors-T- wo
now the young:
PORTLAND.
was
his
chief
counselor
While the ratification of the Mexican
editorials have appeared in your
ardent William H. Seward, of New
treaty was etill pending occurred the dis- and
I
past
.paper
week which I desire
In the
aim it was to
covery of gold in California, which led York, whose
amid grfat excitement to the pouring in
of a flood of adventurous population heterogeneous in character, but much of It
rough .and lawless, and all moved by the
overmastering greed of gold. The whole
of the territory .acquired from Mexico
(Texae excepted) was inhabited by Mexicans, Spaniards and Indians, none of
them capable without long training of
appreciating and accepting the principles
of free government as understood by
AMERICAN
POLITICAL
MA& 28,
MONDAY,
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1900.
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VWHr positively sklKfromrtldrion
V .' ; rS'aturday; ftiay i4t '190.0;'V VX--
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Leaves for The East. yla'Huntmgton. at
P. M,; arrives at
A. "M.
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OVERLAND EXPRESS
TRAIN3
for Salem, Rose-bur- s.
Ashland.
Orden,
San Francisco, Mo;
Jave, Los Angeleo.
El Paso, Neur Or
leans and the Eat
At Woodbura
(dally except
train
connects with trAm
for Mt. Ansel.
Urownv-11SprlnsflsW
and Natron, and
evening- train for
Mt. Angel and,
.
Albany passenger
Corvalllf passenger
Sheridan p&naenjcer
SPOKANE FLYER,
For Snokan
T!aiitAni VnsSlnirfftn. and Great
A.
Northern points, leaves atl) K M.; arrives at ,3:30
UfY
Ceit fifth aad
8op:m.
A.
S: NOMMTY;
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7:
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P. M.
THROUGH PULLMAN AND TOUIUST
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Water lines schedule, subject to change with,
.ottt notice:
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OCEAN ANTJ RJVEU SCHEDULE.
OCEAN
Steamships sail from
DIVISION
J?. t
.
dock at 8.00 P. "M, Leave Portland-Colum- bia.
OOP.,M.
Wednesday.
lUy 2; Saturday. May
1OU0A2C.
,
12; Tuesday-- May 2J. Friday, June lrilonday, J7 30
M.
X0P. M.
.
-Juna II. State or California, Monday, May 7, t.SO A.
Will
P. M.
Ji3 A. M.
Thursday, May 17; Sundar, May 2T: Wednesday. June 6.
-CFrom.San Kranclaco
State oC California.
Dally. JDaify except Sunday.
Thursday. May 3; Sunday. May 13: Wednesday.
May 23; Saturday. June 2, Tuesday. Juno 1
May
Columbia.
Tuesday.
ia;
Friday,
S;
May
Relate
tickets on sale between Portland, SacBaggage can-nobe
Bf & O.
office
Monday. May 28; Thursday. Jun 7. '
ramento and San Franaisca. Net rates $17 first
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11 second class, including sleeper.
class
and
COLTJHBIA
DIVISION.
UlTOB
Cor?' Fourth and Slark Streets.
,
."Rates and tickets to Eastern polfits and
e.
e ;
.
PORTLAND AND ASTORIA.
. Also JAPAN. CHINA. HONOLULU and
Steamer Hassalo leaves Portland dally, except AUSTRALIA.
Can be-- obtained from J, B.
Sunday, at 8.00 P. M.; on Saturday at 10.00 P. KIR1CLANO. Ticket Asent. HO Tntrd at.
tXrORMATIOK APPLT Tf
roil
M. Returning-- , letives Astoria dally, except aun-daat 7:00 A. M.
TAMHILL DIVISION.
WILLAMETTE IUTER DIVISIOXr
Paasenser Depot, foot of Jefferson Street.
PORTLAND AND CORVALLI5. OR.
,
0.-Leare for Oswcso daily at 0.
A. M.;
i
Steamer Ruth, ror Salem, Albany. Corvallla
1? 30, 1 55, 3:23, 4.40. OJ15.
M. 11.J0 P. M.;
Portland Tueadajs. and
'and way potata, leave
Ou A. M. on SunJj s only.
0
n
at
Arrive
0O
Return-I'
A.
U.
Thursdays
Saturdays
6
at
and
? r IAUMOARTKeK, 2S3 Washlnaton St.
dally it tJ.33. s.3u. I0 80 A. M.;
r. leaves Conrallli Mondays. Wednesdays aad Portland
1.35. 3.10. 4.J0, C.15. 7.40. 10 00 P. M.. 12.4U
Fridays
A.
M.
0.00
at
,
.W. A. Mltcfaell A Go-a- jl
A rata San KraBcisee.
3
ncepenaence ana A. M. daily-- except Monday. 8.30 and. i0.03 A.
.Steamer Modoc, ror Salem
way
points, leatca Portland Mondays. Wednea- - M. on Sundas only.
Leave for Dallas Cally. except Suttday,
dajTi and Frldaya at 6 00 A. M. Rturnin.
ii. le.
leaves Independence Tuesdays. Thursdays and ft 03 P. M. Arrive at Portland" at 31S0 A. Mon-daPassenger train leave Dallas for Airlift
Saturdays at (i:30 A. M
.
215-PWednesdays
Tridays
and
U.
at
YAMHILL RIVER ROUTE.
TueMay, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Returns
,
-iacepc Sunday.
PORTLAND AND DAYTON. OR.
way
points,
Steamer Elmore, for Dai ton and
R. KOEHLKR;
C. II. MARfcHAM.
leaves Portland TUeadaja, Thursdays and SatGen. Frt. A Pass. Ast.
urdays at 7 A. M. Returning, leaves Dayton Sor.
Manacer.
m&Smzlh the
Portland and way points Mondays. Wednendayj
and Fridays at 6 A. M.
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THE NEW PAIiATIAI. STEEI STA24SHrH '
SNAKE RIVER ROUTE.
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RIPARIA. WASH.. AND LEWISTON. IDAHO
August 20.
and
July
21
June
2J,
"Senator" will sail from? Seattle direct
. Steamer Spokane or steamer Lew!-to-,
Rlparia dally at 3.33 A. M., arriving at Lewis-to- n
tooa. Hr atcond cabin and steerage accommodation
"The "Senator"
at 3 P. M. Returning, the bpokana or
Hi
ot moot of the steamers advertised for Nome.
are aupertor to the
Lewlston leaes Lewiston dally at 9 A. M..
sumSteamship
running Its steamer to Alaska winter and
bjn
.The Pacific, CoaM
Cah"
at Rlparia,, same
arrlvlns
mer for 25 yeara. afcd Is the ptonwr Pactflc Coast line. Seattle f relent and passenger rates ap-p- lr
HURLBURT.
H.
W.
from Portland. Kor further tmtormatlcn laqutr'orOOOrj'AI.1i, PERtfrN'S JS'COr, General
General Paasenxer Agent.
.Agent. 20 Waaliliigton t.. Portland. Or.
Areata. 10 'Market, San Franctoco, or
'V. A. SCHILLING. Ctr Ticket Ajtent.
il
Tclepbone Main 712. 50 Third street, cor. Oak.
; saii
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from JpSrtfand, iSattirda&;
V 'v
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June 2,.jad0..
checked at the
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of the
LJ
fnl
a telescope. Long Tom was fired TfrUJi cargqes WIU be. shipped; direct without the
black powder, and wlien. to- - watchman sxpenye
and 'delay now
saw the puff of moke,:Wh!cb showed that occasioned at the--'
mentioned.,fc
the. sun hnd.beea dcharsed,P te called
out in a high, crawlln voice: "Bulwa-a-an- a
r,
La-aTwenty-threo
Afe aVbUJ SUCCESS.
seconds elapsed between'. the firfafeof tho
shot and the arrival oktfce shftll. and JMila.
twrPdolft cm the jCfondactbrs'
save plenty of! time for every ono within J
hearing to Teach shelter. . The Indian, i fci
with the composure of his vrace,, aat unTheSbhductorst-Teicursidn'tThe Dalles
moved "at 'his lookout, 'hni was .never hit. yeaterdafya w& a 'decided success. Three
bugle
danger
Elsewhere a
call "Was the
trains
depot
of
pujled.out
about
Union
the
signal, A'Cbne cavalry ca'mp.l iros 61dT 8 A. M each consisting
20 .coaches. The
t
the ' horses got "to, knaw.hja bugfre, 4qulto
onps, holdjng between
e
g
well and. .when the. call,acnt thejnen
00 'and
people, Awhlle altogether there
io. shelter the horpp, wquld shojtf .wera .0
npeople'jJJon - board.
about',000
The
thel uneasiness .by stampbc on tn band was. on the first section,
but llvelv
ground and tossing their headaT .AS "a croyrds.-Dtip
marie
others
fie
for the
rulo, both horses and' battle "Were very
of music. A number' of people
little harmed by shell fire. Herds b oxch" .absence
in. Portland from the Valley towns
arrlyed
troops
used
of
'to
'mule
htfraes
and
and
rexcurslon,
be sent to graze wherever grasscould bej
mlnds.un..reachlnghere.
an.4 .spent
iuuuu wiuuu me circuit 01. our u?ieiu;es. their
,
th.etdayin
,
The Boers oftenisbeUed,.thenvr-witbou- t,
wa,g
fine all day, in ontrnst
much effect.
If a ahell bqrat near tho, TJhejWaaljier
e
horEs, tb.ey would trjJt 20 yardswith Jalls-an- to, .tho rainy dayinPur-tlandDay.ea the auu. was .almost. uncomfortably,
cars up,finiff"the dtr "f&r'apoment,
two sections arrived in
'
and. ,th,en, ,go on grazing. ' The Icxenl 'on; warm.
the other. ?ian.d,,tooKjiDr.notijct whatever' Jforiland on . the-- , return trip between9
craa i:xf, rbut- - the Jflsfc section- - tlld not
cpme.4n..until.l o'clock. this morjilnc The
OUR TRADE WITBrCHINkV1.1 Icauao of tne delay was an aecjaent'o
'
f the englne"hear Cascade Locks. '
The Empire Take's ,More of o'tvra,Ht
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b Eftslne."
bends U 4c" ni Uer rWarjeii.
.TI?E.DAL"C!ES, ,May27T The third secTVASHrNpTON.'
tion. Qf iTJie', Dailear excprslon. train was
aV de;ayetd.tnlgL thjemjlea east.f;
W." Rags&aie,y stationed
report?
Iktcks, jn the return trip to Ports.
to
a
'State
Department, on the commercial Johdltrotis land. abqut 7j0,
archplre in the
and possibilities 'of Ihar'cbuntrjV.has'ilje.
,drawlns-r- tjo, Iralp , wag
epgjne
broken,
c
following to sayr JJ, .
tolally disabling the locomotive. The train
.
"Comparing the aggregate MmpArts for .came to a 6tand$tlll Jn a, desolate losal- all of China for .the yeVr" ISSfSvlth thpsc' vyf ,a. mes3Li,,e ivas sent iorwara to
of 1S9S, we find "much of Interest. The Cascade, Locks
.notify the. chief train
lmpbrts from the. United Spates increased Us.patch.er. 'The 50 coaches waited unlll
some 5.CP0.000 taels ($3,470,005), while .the locomotives xrlved from The PallesI
exports to, me united, states decreased,
by a similar amount, maklpg the balance "Th.e Arirngton..Record Is In receipt"1 of
of trade In our fayor .nearly ,10.060.000 taqls La..leUer f.rom"Hon. George Parnett, "Re
(J6,94O,0Q0).
The imports from Qrqat. Brit- publican nominee, for the Legislature. In
ain decreased oyer 5.QO0.OQ0 tflelsJJ?.47D,000), L which he said, he was married on the
and the.expoxts.toPreat Brltajn decreased. 23d, Inst. Messnv Barnett and Cattnnlch
over z,wo,wo taets (fi.ftt.oan. .
Lwero. both bachelors at the time of tbelr
"As will be pjen, there has. been an. nomination. And, both have since married.'
Important export of wool ,io the United
btaics ourjpgjtho.year.., Th,e qqUxe hold--,
TRAVELERS1 'GUIDE.
eVs"have,pluckily carried their stocks, hoping for better nrice .but, .the American
buyers were not at all disposed. o con
fn
sider business except .with concession- snhlch they generally got by waiting, .nd.
in tho Jatter part pf
a falling exchange has helped matter? by giving gold
a greater purchasing power as silver, declined.
Ode ofrthe things 'that has af
fected the- - price ' of
wool vejry,-- auverseiy lor some time past is tne iQn,
eross-hred
prjco of.
from South
America, Xow ZealancLand Australia. This
description of sheep .ha.lnpreastd at a4
xapia rato oi inie yeam .not jor tnet sak
ui me vvuui, out
uie muuon. im
lower grade of wool is nxxw usid. JdrgelJ.
by the manufacturers of carpets,, and con
soquently comes In sharp.competttlon
ports-abov-
During the night he abandoned all his
defenses, and by daybreak he had taken
CULLISON & CO.
Grain "
Provision
one.
In Wyoming the school census increased
more In the past 10 years than in any previous 20 years, which is a conclusive evidence that the women of the state where
equal suffrage has prevailed for 30 years
have not forsaken the high and holy calling of motherhood. Under natural normal
conditions woman gladly welcomes motherhood, and liberty for woman will mean
b'etter mothers, and better mothers will
mean better sons and daughters. Will the
men of Oregon lead In this onward march
of progress? We believe they will.
M. LENA MORROW.
BROKERS
Direct Wires to
New York Stock Exchange
Chkrap Board ef Trade
y
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Dodging: Shell.
National "Review.
Bombproof shelters were, of course,
In Ladysmith, but thee
or
excavated
built
were naturally not conspicuous. Thero
were many of them In the river bank,
where they were easily constructed. At
the Cordon's camp an Indian was per- manently on the watcbt wljh.eyp glued, to
.NewSteimsliipLinetotlieOrient
alil
PT
MiiBtriff
iDOUBLE pAILV THAIN SERVICE.
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CHINA AND JAPAN". FROM PORTLAND.
In connection srlth THE OREGON RAILROAD
CO. Schedule. 100O (subject to"
& NAVIGATION
change):
,
Due to Leave Portland,Steamer.
"ARGYLL"
A... May S3
"MONMOUTHSHIRE" .......v...,.. Junt 27
J.
jj...July IS
"BRAEMAR"
For rates, accommodations', etc.. apply tt
. DODWELL & COMPANY.
Limited.
General Atenta; Portljnd. Or. To principal points in Japan and China.
coochefl-jverejarg-
nin-ntn-
tOi-'g- o
FASTEST
THE
MOST
AND
DIRECT LINE
TO THE
tbut-ohang-
thcit.
EASTAiNDSOUTHEAST
IS THE
.and-InrTh-
;
The.-Jlrst-
al
The Surrender of Oaaian.
Wf3Ty4fl
W? jHir
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Stephen Crane In The New Llpplncott.
On the cold, cloudy morning of December 11. 1877, when or.ow lay thickly on all
the country, a sudden great booming of
guns was heard, and the news flew swiftly
that Osman had come out of Plevna at
last and was trying to break through the
cordon his foes had spread about him.
COASLS. S.. CO;
leaj
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Pacific Coast Steamship Co
Cap& Nome Gold Fields
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California, was to be admitted as a tree state; the slave trade
should .be abolished in the District oft
Columbia,
but slavery should remain;
a stringent fugitive-slav- e
law, which the
slaveholders had long demanded, should
be enacted: the claim of Texas to a large
part of New Mexico should be quieted by
a large money Indemnity. No interference with the Missouri compromise wqb
suggested, and no appl.catlon of the doctrine of popular sovereignty was to ba
made to the new territories.
After long debate and various changes
in form the measures were finally passed.
The doom of the Whig party was now
sealed, and the great tragedy of our
history drew on.
Chamber of Commerce
Portland, Oregon
t
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k
CALIFORNIA,
n
fly the arrow."
214-21- 5
J.
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"WlIHnra II. Seward.
v
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to answer. "The points made were as follows:
f
X. Woman suffrage has made, no progress.
httvo
2. Everything "that suffragists
worked for has been gained, but suffrage.
right
3. Women do not need the ballot to
any civic or legal wrong. 4. The family Is the unit ot society and
the basis of suffrage.
5. No class whose exercise of the franchise is neither beneficial nor neceBsafcy
has any right to the ballot.
C. Property is not the basis of suffrage,
and the taxation argument is a fallacy--.
7. The ballot is an artificial right.
8. The ballot will desex woman.
At the beginning of this century-womehad no political, social or Individual
rights. Today full suffrage prevails in
Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and Idaho; municipal suffrage in Kansas, Province ot
Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Ireland; the right to vote on taxpaying questions In Montana, Leulslana and Iowa;
school suffrage in 26 states in- the- Union,
and full suffrage in the Isle- of Man, New
Zealand. South Australia and West Australia.
Such facts, In lieu of the- fact that the
cause has had-tbatt.e against the prejudice and the ignorance of the past ages,
are strong evidence ' that tho cause has
made progress.
Becond Every property, educational, so
cial and Individual right that has been
gained for women has been secured
through the hard work of the advocates'
of equal suffrage. The masses opposoj
higher education for women, said it would
destroy her womanliness; In fact, the:
eqUal suffragists have been the main ones
who have 'brought about the very conditions that makes It possible for the anti-- .
suffragists to 'get Inany of their work.,T
xne ngw to vote, aiiecting tne iuuaa-mentor organic life of the Nation, is
a broader and more comprehensive question than educational or social rights;
hence it will take a longer time to fee?
cure the ballot for women than other
rights. Again, the educational right paves
the way for the recognition of the value
and necessity of the political right
Third A right conferred upon another
party is only secure so long as the party
granting it is agreed to It. The ballot Is
needed by women to protect their rights;
from a Governmental standpoint, the. right.
to the ballot Is the right of rights.
Fourth Every man at the age of JSL
unless otherwise disqualified, is granted
the ballot, whether he be at the head ot a.
family or not. No ""woman, left a widow,
with a family to support and care for Is
given the ballot because she represents
the family. If household suffrage is the
basis of voting In a country, then the
family with a large number of sons h,ave
creater tower than the one with a. larire
number of daughters. In short, household'
sunrage does not prevail in mis country.
Fifth The great rank and flle of women
are Interested In the betterment of mankind, and by so much as the home and
the state are related, by just so much
will woman's vote be of values and service to the state.
Sixth Standard authorities on political
economy agree on the' proposition that- governments,. are founded on. the rights
of private property and the vested interests in. the same. This proposition be'lhg
true, it forms, a basic argument for tho
principle, that taxation and representation
go hand In hand. However, It Is not altogether a question of the protection, but.
the question as to how the taxes col- lected from either man's or woman's prop- erty shall be expended.
So long as a
woman owns property, pays taxes on
that property, she. by virtue of this
fact. Is entitled to the ballot.
Seventh The ballot Is an artificial right.
Then how does The Oregonlan reconcilo
Its other proposition that the ballot is
based on manhood? Is manhood an artificial thing? Governments that have their
basis In the rights of private property confer upon their subjects only an artificial
right to the ballot, and every reason
claimed by man for the use ot this artificial right can be Justly claimed by
woman. When the time comes that governments are founded wholly, upon "the
natural and human rights of the people,
then both men and women will be possessed of their Inherent right to be the
real rulers of themselves.
Eighth The ballot will deser woman.
Sex is determined by the Creator, and
if by act of human legislation woman
becomes desexed. then it Is possible for
the creature to destroy the work of tho
Creator. Such an argument is thoroughly atheistic In Its tenor. The ballot is not
a masculine right, for It It were It cou'-not be taken from man by legislative power. The man wh6 Is committed to the
penitentiary Is deprived of the ballot, but
Is Btill a human being, vested with all
tho rights of manhood. If the right to
the ballot was a distinctly masculine right,
women could not exercise it; but they do
vote. Hence the argument is a fallacious
make the Whig party the great exponent
and agent of the opposition to slavery extension. This sentiment had always existed in all the states North and South;
It had always been strong In the Whig
party and was gaining ground In the Democratic party.
Northern Abolitionists
(with the exception of the extreme Garrl
sonlan wing, which was always numerically small) would have been won by a
sincere and straightforward course on the
part of the Whigs to a hearty allegiance
to that party. Had Taylor lived and had
the other Whig leader been able to see
that now as never before there lay before them an opportunity to moke their
party a truly National partya compact,
fully organized political force based upon
an issue in the broadest sense popular and
National; had they but held calmly and
firmly to the principles already associated with the party name, the principles of
with the affairs of the individual states and unflinching resistance
to slavery In the territories then, indeed,
would the aftcrcourse of our history have
been different. The times were ripe as
never before for tho final triumph of Nationalism over the threatened sectional
disruption, and the great parties were
the bonds, the only bonds, which might
have been made strong enough to hold
the Union intact.
The Compromise of 1850.
But once more Henry Clay came forto
ward
smooth the troubled surface ot the
political waters with tho oil of compromise. He trusted to be able to heal
all wounds, adjust all differences, save the
Union and unite In brotherly harmony
the distrustful factions by the mutual
concessions
which he demanded from
North and South. The gist of the eight
resolutions which were to effect all this
was, as stated by himself, forbearance
by tho North to insist upon the application
of the Wllmot proviso to Utah and New
Mexico; forbearance by the South to Insist upon the express Introduction ot
slavery Into those territories. Tho particular points were "only tho feathers to
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THREE JRAiNS. DAILY
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OOSCEH 4 SHASTA
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Deat, Sixth a,pj J Streets.
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ACQUIRED FROM MEXICO.
MAP SHOWING TERRITORY
anti-slave-
Con-gres-
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anti-slave-
"barn-burner-
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FOR ALL POINTS EAST
s.
Hera were conditions to tax the
strength, the wtadoxn and the vital assimilating force of the most powerful, the
most experienced and the most united of
states. But the United States was weakened by sectional divisions: every problem Of stateomanshlp which arose was now
complicated by the Inevitable slavery
question, and Its discussion embittered
by the personal feeling which every allusion to slavery aroused.
Thoughtful
patriots looked anxiously Into the future.
Shoiild the new possessions be dedicated
to freedom or to slavery? Could North
and South agree upon a division? Texaa
was conceded to slavery; what should
be done with the rest?
Tlie "Wllmot rroviso.
At the very outbreak of tho Mexican
War It was foreseen that the result would
be an addition to the possessions of the
United States and that such accessions
would unavoidably Involve divided opinion respecting the extension of slavery
to the new soil. A bill was before the
House In 1846 to appropriate money for
the purchase of territory from Mexico,
when David Wllmot, a Democratic member from Pennsylvania and a warm friend
of the Administration, moved to attach
to the b.Il a proviso forever excluding
slavery, from any territory so gained. Von
Hoist .likens the proposal of such a measure Jo "the eprlnging of a mine which
shook both the Union and slavery to their
very foundations."
The amendment
passed the House, but, though repeatedly
brought up, It never passed the Senate.
Still the bare suggestion was sufficient
greatly to Inflame the South, while hs
principle embodied in it was at first
eagerly adopted in the Xprtn by men of
all parties.
The settlement of the status of the pur.
chased territory In respect to slavery was
seen by North and South to be Imperative, and Southern Democratic leaders determined to oppose the principle of the
Many Northern Whig
Wllmot proviso.
newspapers declared for it, and. while
seeking to avoid "the untempered zeal and
fanaticism of the Liberal party," strove
to1 commit the Whig to its support.
Whigs hoped by supporting the
Wllmot proviso In the election of 18S to
draw all the
forces to a union
within the Wh'g party. But, as we have
seen, the Whigs were again too timid to
promulgate definite party principles, and
once more shirked the real iecue, hoping
to appear as the opponents of slavery extension while placing at the head ot
ticket the name of a Xoulslana sugar
talr
planter and slaveowner who should attract Southern votes.
The panacea for the National disorder
proposed by the Democratic nominee was
the principle of "squatter-- sovereignty,"
which would leave the people of each
territory to decide for themselves the
Question of freedom or slavery. The
Whigs gained the election through the
defection of the
Democrats
of New Tork, but nothing was settled
thereby, and both the Abolitionists and
the slavery faction grew only the more
determined.
Meantime
sentiment had
been growing stronger in the Democratic
party, as well as among the Whigs. Various Democratic county conventions held
in the North dur'ng the campaign, of "4S
passed resolutions demanding the support
of the Wllmot proviso. The revolt of "the
New York
or free-l- l
Democrats was follow ed by a similar party
defection In Illinois and Wisconsin, while
several other Northern States were represented by Democratic delegates Jn the
New York State Convention at Utlca and
In the National convention at Buffalo
which both nominated Van Buren as the
free-so- il
candidate for the Presidency.
Throughout the campaign the
Democrats protested loudly against
s
the opinion announced "by Cass that
had no Constitutional power to prohibit slavery.
There were Whig
"bolters"
also, though In many states the party
maintained a gloomy and anxious silence.
At the fame time certain newspaper supporters of Taylor ceased not to proclaim
that "the Whig party north Is the true
party of the Republic," and
that the Wllmot proviso "is now and ever
has been the doctrine of the Whigs of
the free states."" Other Northern newspapers made frequent allusions to "the
Whig principles of the Wllmot proviso."
A large number of the members of the
part- - solemnly pledged themselves to vote
for no man who was not a declared opponent to the Introduction of slavery Into
the territories. True to this pledge, the
Whigs of the western reserve In Ohio
formally repudiated the party nominee
and a erred that the Whig party had
been "basely betrayed aye, sold to the
Southern slaveholder." But they were
displeased likewise with the nominee of
party. Many felt that they
the free-sowere tricked and Insulted by the effort
g
to force them to vote for a
's
Democrat and a man of Martin Van
principles.
Tho Wllmot proviso had dealt a blow
to National politics which waa ultimately
to rupture the Democratic party permanently, to kill the Whig party outright and
to create (In 1853) a new Republican party.
But all this could not have been accomplished without the lamentable failure
of the Whigs In party wisdom, as well
as in true statesmanship, after their second rise to power in 1S4S.
The Sltnntlon In 1830.
California presented herself for statehood in December, 1849. She had a population In excefs of the requirement. Most
of It was from the Northern States: some
came from Europe; much from the Southern States. The conditions were such as
ImperatUely demanded a settled government. President Taylor, the leading hero
of tho war, was thoroughly conversant
with the situation, and urged on the movement for entering the Union. Slavery
was excluded, by Mexican law, from the
territory,
whole of the
and the constitution adopted by the California convention expressly prohibited it.
The South, undr a Democratic Administration, had brought on the war for the
sake of maintaining and extending Southern power through the extension of slave
territory. The outcome had been the acquisition of a domain far exceeding its
hopes. But now it appeared that freedom
might gain more than slavery, after all,
and Cal'fornla, the richest province of the
whole, threatened to slip at once from
Whigs unlt- -,
Southern grasp.
ed with the Democrats in opposing the
admission of California unless the Government would give assurances of protection to the interest of slavery in the
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253 3Iorrlon St.. Cor. Third,
Portland, Orejron.
TWO DAILY
SOLID VEST1BULED TRAINS.
Chicago
Are Oqing East
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For Tacoma. Seattle.
North Taklma,
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Pullman,
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Helena. St. PauJ. Minneapolis. - ChiCaKP, Ronton. New- York and atl
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o'f 1E3S owing largely to tho Improvements
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unprecedented. The Russian iaUw.iys will
need , crosstles, bridge timber, eta The
wharves, tramways, breakwater, gpdowris,
to be
stations and
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the new, treaty.
por Just oponed.near Shanhalkuaa, al6ne,
wiu need, many cargoes. Tils port is
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northeast
,
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and wltiln four
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foreign
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from
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15, 20, 23. 30: June 4. a,
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