The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-05-24

native population, and the strength OF the Cath,
Ole and other sects, would, if published, ana
widely circulated, do much towards dlspelling
the prevailing delusion. -.
There are many, also, who need reminding
of the fact taught by universal history-that all
religious sects have fourished best under the
| plough and harrow of intolerance and persecu-
| ton.
am an old soldier in the Anti-Slavery ranks,
and have been fondly hoping that the great Dat
| tie between Freedom and Slavery would come
| off in 1856; but if we must first overcome TINS
| new enemy, that has arisen like an unDidding
spirit in our path, let prepare Tor the CONNECT
We cannot too soon organize In every state
| Prescription and Acknowledgement on account
OF birthplace or religious opinions, are as intol-
cradle as the despotism of Slavery, that iynch-
es Abolitionists at the South, aud "crushes them
out" at the North.
1t is essentially the same spirit, and should
be opposed by every true friend OF Human free
dom and Progress. With such. there can DE no
neutrality; and though the triumph OF the An
ti-Slayery Reform may be delayed, the ocean of
public opiuion will be purified by the regurgita-
| ton, and the onset against Slavery will be re-
moved with redoubled energy, sustained as we
shall be by healthier and more powerful pub
| lie sentiment. n. ". a.
FROM OREGON
| A correspondent, writing to us from Sublim-
| ity, Oregon, criticises the Legislature, which
has adjourned, very severely. He says:
"They have done away with the ballot sys-
| tenn of voting, for the more barbarous Uioa coce
system-the object, suppose, being to enable
the political leaders to know to whom to apply
the lash. The next business was to pass some
resolutions clarifying Pierce; Douglas, Kansas,
| Nebraska, and so on.
"They almost made State Constitution, not
withstanding the people decided against calling
| q convention for that purpose, at the last cleo
ton. Still, the Legislature was about to take
the subject out of the peoples hands, and force
ms into a State. whether or no. A law was also
passed to remove the Seat of Government, al
though we had just built State. House, which
cost thirty or forty thousand dollars. Our
Legislature sat in it one session, OF about sixty
days, and then concluded to move eighty miles
above; and nobody believes it will remain there
for a very long time, as local interest is all that
any of the members seem To care the least IN
the world about. CORVALLIS, the present Seat
of Government, is far from being central.
"1he worst of all is removing the Seminary
to Jacksonville, in the very southern extremity
of the Territory, in mining region of country.
1t would have been better to throw the money
away than to have laid it out there, for the in
stitution will not be the least benefit in the
world, but dead expense. 1t will cost double
as much to board a student at Jacksonville, as
the board, tuition, and all incidental expenses,
would be anywhere else in this region of coun
try. But the public interests are made subser
Went to domagogues, office seekers, and land
spectators.
"There is some feeling in favor of Slavery,
4. &C
chief, though there will be struggle for it
when we form State Government. | am sat
isfed large majority of the people in this re-
gion are opposed to Slavery, and TO Douglas
and his bill. The Temperance question is pro-
ducing some effect on the parties, though the
old indulgence, or license system, yet prevails"
FROM OHIO
HoPKINsvILLE, ONO, April q, 1855.
To the Editor Of the National Era:
In the course of my scientific researches, /
have been led to the following curious results,
which, i think, might with propriety be laid be-
fore the public.
A small diminution in the quantity of oxygen
contained in the air favors the development of
the higher faculties and the finer feelings of the
mind.
The air contains less oxygen at the present
tune tnal during SeOlOgical perlOuS, anu IL WAS
the slow removal of this gas from the atmos-
phere, that prepared the way for the introduce
ton of man and the highly organized animals
on the earth.
in rooms warmed by freplaces, the air is
slightly deoxidated and this increases mental
vigor, rendering study more profitable in winter;
but in closed stoves fuel burns without materi-
ally altering the composition of the external
air, and therefore without invgorating the
mind.
Cold regions, Astounding in fuel, are favorable
for mental action, while barbarism maintains
its ground among tribes who use no fuel to
warm their apartments, or no glass to exclude
the external air. Civilization deserted Assyria,
Persia, and other places, as soon as their for
ests were exhausted.
Great advantages might be derived from the
use of kind of fuel which would burn without
producing deleterious gases.
The waste of oxygen in the atmosphere still
continues; and accordingly, if mans physical
powers withstand the change, civilization will
in course Of time reign over the whole earth.
DANIEL VAUGHAN.
Rather a novel theory. Why does not its
author apply it to the explanation of spiritual
ism The constant deoxygenation of the air
may make us all more and more spiritual, till
we become all eye, all ear, all sense"