, 1854-01-21
1 COntraSt-DemOCratiC and Nhig NOmi-
nee3 for C0ngrCSS-Jil6gc Lancaster and
Col. Wallace.

Col. Wallace.
We took occasion last week to institute
a comparison, or attract attention to the dis9
parity Of the address Of the whig central
committee, as compared with the address TO
the democracy cf TIE territory. Let US
now contrast the Claims Of the nominees for
the position Of dcgata to congress.
As much as We may repuliaie, and hearth
l. condemn tho disorganang movements
of the malcoutcnts, who met to day on
Stoay prairie, for the purpose Of forming q
"uuion" ticket, it nevertheless affords Us
the highest qualification to be assured, that
aside from all dissensions of a local or sec
tional character, Hon. Columbia Lancaster
will unite the strength of the party in this
county for the position the democracy are
dcsrous he should occupy.
As this may be the last issue Of the PIo
NrrR that will reach the distant portions of
the Territory before the day fixed upon for
the election shall have arrived, it may be
well to recapitulate and reply 10 some of the
objections which have heretofore been urged
against his election to so important place
of honor and trust by the people of this
Territory. Prominent amongst these is the
position taken by him on the question Of
the location of the seat of government Of
Oregon. That Judge Lancaster acted in
that matter from his convictions Of right,
and from sense Of duty 10 himself and
the people he represented, all acquainted
with his sterling integrity will readily con,
cede, and further defence or explanation
of his conduct in reference thereto, as ap,
piled 10 the position he now occupies before
the people, has been rendered unnecessary
by the following extract from the able ad-
dress TO the democracy published in our
last weeks paper:
"Your convention felt tho necessity that in the
organization Of tho democratic party on broad
ard national principles, ii was not necessary to
inquire into the aDteeedcnts of individuals upon
local questions that have for years past asilated the
public mind Of our sister Territory. That it was
not meet to link to an active, living, thinking and
sentient party, the ghost Of dead issue nor to
resurrect the body Of departed question that has
died and been buried and almost forgotten, and
link its fostering carcass to the young, vigorous
and healthy body Of the democratic party Of our
new Territory"
TO the charge that he had proved recre-
ant 10 the interests Of his Constituents BY
resigning his seat in the Oregon council at
time when his services were Of the most
vital importance 10 the people of this Ter
rilory, and without giving nDiice Of such
resignation a sufficient length OF time to en-.
able the Governor to call an election to fill
his place in time to be of any service to the
people here during the last term of the leg
isalive assembly, be has demonstrated con-
clusyely, that domestic aillicton rendered
it impossible for him to give his attendance,
and that he did give ample and timely no.
lico to the Governor, through Attorney
General Holbrook, of his resignation, which
if it had been promptly acted upon, would
I nave CldOlCu COlollNutuAs " nave C0O-
sen successor who might have presented
his credentials at the opening of the legisla-
ture Of last winter. That the delinquency
in the premises rests between Mr.. Hol-
brook and Ex-Governor Gaines, all here ap-
pear 10 DO well satisfied, who have heard
The explanation of Judge Lancaster and
10 tho last charge in the catalogue, he has
! E,ll,, aotabltehnH iha aaNrsrtsn, l..
voice was never raised, on any occasion,
in opposition 10 the division of tho Terri.
tory.
Democrats of Washington your conven-
ton has selected man for your sufrages,
as your first delegate 10 Congress, against
whose character public or private, the
tongue Of calumny, or the arrows oEslander
or detraction will assail in vain--against
whose correct morals, purity Of life, \and
sterling integrity, the gallRnd wormw6od
OF cankered heart may beldh forth n l6ad
of vindicliye malice, but which will fdl-
harmless at his feet A man who has had
home amongst US since lSI7, whosefIirhI
reputation as a lawyer and jurisk>was iirhly
established in the States where he f0merly
resided, and who here, Abandoning lucra
tive profession for which\bisl requirements
and native ability so eminenly qualified
him, become at one, a filler of the soil :;
and by a four years. residence has acquired
tile to the land he occupies. As an evi-
dence Of his moral worth and virtues, it is
only necessary TO remark, that those who
know him best, esteem him most, and have
the most unlimited confdepee in him in
every particular. -
Sach is the mar, democrats of Washing.
ipglon, who is Presented 10 you, endorsed
by the representatives. of the democracy orI
the Territory, as your candidate for dele
gate 10 Congress in opposition to the whig
nominee, Col. w. II. WALLAcE-a slran.
ger to the people and their interests