Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-05-31
NO. xxylII.


.1Essrs. Editors lin late number Of
your paper discovered very comPls''snt
and calculating response to the oregon
Chiefs maguanimous offer relative 10 h's
fair ~ daughter and his numerous horses.
And inasmuch as this is free country,
where the road to fortune or 10 bonor Is no
more or,en or accessible than the road Lead
+ inc to substantial comfort, aBdito con)vgsI
felicity. beg leave to inform Mr.. SIN
bad the Bachelor that he cannot run ti'is
bymenjaT race alone that too have no.
tion-a very strong notion OF embarking in
this heartsome and far.off Indian enter
prise and so II he desires to prosecute h,s
intimated purpose any further in this vest
ern direction, LEI him know that J., the un-
dersiened, contemplate being along. side OF
him, and il possible a little ahead OF him:
ere he reaches this distant matrImon'at
goal. Now, Messrs. Editors. as presume
you are to be the medium through whom
all candidates for this Oregon prize must
communicate with their desirable, or rather
desired, Daddy-in-law, | shall proceed,
(unlke nv gallant competitor, who seems
10 presume upon his acceptance, and then
dilates largely upon his pecuniary and Po-
Iitical prospects, to give you as iuii and as
far account of my personal pecuniarypo-
litcal and religious character appearance
and circumstances as my interested ieel-
,pgy will allow and shall, OF course, leave
nv cause with her whose province It Is TO
decide, and whose pleasure trust IT may
be to accept my proffered heart and baud,
and thus make me, no doubt, the happiest
OF living mortals. My person is some
where about neutrality-suspicious. little
more so. Six feet,high when booted, erect
though rather slender--draw about 100 lbs.
weight when in good plight. My face or
nv. countenance, (if 1 dare speak OF IT.,
more or less pleasant to look upon my perl
cranium more or less expansive, though
toIerably scarce of covering on its opex-
fan affection incidental, however, Ibelieve.
10 most all great men;- and my const'-
tuition somewhat shaken by the very many
shakes" to which the ma larious times OF
AS subjected me. am real old-fashlon-
ed, blue.stocking republican Whig-dyed
in the wool and not easily washed out; 60
in for aehigh or low tarif-just as it may
be necessary to protect home industry ana
keen the balance of trade for us, and not
against US as at present. Am in fayour.oi
an equal distribution Of the proceeds OF the
sales of the public lands among all the
States-unless indeed Oregon were a
State then the case being altered It
might alter the case with me.
As 10 my moral or religious cast, lsup-
pose it is hardly necessary to say anything.
nasmuch as Miss Squaw will not be apt 10
hang her choice upon Clarkedom or the
DEGREES, but will only ask her future part.
ner to be likely, (!!!) industrious, sober and.
able to manage them thousand horses
My pecuniary affairs are not in State SO
promising or desirable as they might BE-
and certainly not SO Independent or SO easy
as not to be made much more so with the
addition of those western quajrupeds and
their concomitant number of acres. 10 be
little more specific Imust further add that
nv fields are few, and while not very tss
between il is more than can be said OF the
rocks and briars everywhere spread ovo
them. My CattIe-especially at this sea-
son Of the year---are somewhat OF the eor
spoken of in the second division OF phara.
obs dream-they are of the lean kind, and
so much so as to excite my fears lest some
of the feathered tribe may take lien, OK
light upon some Of their mortal remains.--
And, lastly, am man yet CD on the
sunny side of 35, farmer by occupation,
and may say by choice; educated-Is
military days-witha director indirect ref
erence to agricultural and hymenial % lie
though fortunately for me Tin view OF
this bright star that has risen in the West
not vet entered into this latter delectabla
state. And now, in conclusion, (f perad-
venture nv suits accepted /! }, allow me to
descant little upon those bright visions OF
hope that may in this, if not in all cases.
be the harbinger of coming good, and an
incentive to prompt and immediate action.
Sooner or later transplaEted from this worn
out land of federal distractions 10 that fer
tile and far distant region Of Oregon, and
that still more distant-ah no! that stu!
more desirable region of Indian connubial
happiness, discover before me spread out
on every hand a field ofusefulness, OF hon.
or, and of substantial enjoyment not to be
grinned at by any aspirant, but sufficient to
! Sl.u2 the measure Of any Iaudabe or rea-
sonabIe ambition. ln.relation to agricultu-
raj and other enterprises, and just in an
swer to Old Father Chiefs second desIde-
ratum, shall endeavor-upon an estate
commensurate with the number of my hor-
ses-to establish and to carry out such
system of farming operations and OF intel
Iectual and moral training as shall attract
the wild savage from his Improbable end
unbecoming racing and chasing to the moro
rational and profitable employments OF civ.
,l;zed life. and thus instrumentalIy cause
those beautiful valleys and undulating hills
once covered with mighty forests and ira
versed by rowing beasts, or no less rowing
men. 10 bloom and to blossom as the rose,
and 10 echo and to re-echo with hum Of bu-
sy industry as well as the sound OF cultiva-
ted music and of grateful praise. II, as an
AGRICULTURAL writer once said, he who makes
two spears Of grass grow where one grew
before, is benefactor of his race, how
much more should be entitled to this hon.
ored appellation, when shall have been
the means of redeeming this vast western
empire from the wildness and barrenness of
uncultivated nature, and converting IT into
a fit habitation for civilized and christian
lied millions of the human race, as well as
making il a preparatory footstool for much
higher, holier and more enduring state of
existence than earth affords Why sirs,
basking in the sunshine of my dearest cop
er.coiored Dulceboso'a affection, with my
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