New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-27
Nrtupork Dailu @ib,nre
OREGON.
POLITICS N OREGON.

Css-,.rcpierce Of ree n Y. Tribune.
OREGON Crrr, Tuesday, Nov. 81, 1854.
Ipropcse il il is sgreshle t. you, to furnish yoa
few itens of news from this far of aad occasionally.
Thee are greater number Of copies Of ysur paper
taken IN Or gon than any other that knox OF, sHd
it may te interesting To yoar readers 90 the Esern
eide of "ur great Republic to hesr from rs, and il
ray Be tie nieans Of ecitns inquiry on the vasioas
subjects o; reform which you advocate anon. us.
And. tere let ne premise that, although this
Tesi;oIy "a comparatively new, there is As much
genuine Uauh OF old fogyi.m as you will and
IN sry potion ~ our Uniou. Toere is less dispo,i
ton 70 INQUIRE into and im;nc the main points a.
i,.u. lets,en the different p,riiss Of the present
TINE IN the ns-ion az large than ia any other Stas
or Territory " is really a.tODlshiog 20 see how
b':nly ne Il vii pursue the phantom of party to the
sacrifice 81 ne best interests Of society AMI them
s.lv-s The 80 called d. lcrsc party is cpmpleiey
uucor the control o, 3 icv yite-TorSers, who nave
tli0g- Ill their wsyi sud A. seems 10 oe ioeir
particular ohtc. 10 keep ont OF sg ht tue tue Issues
sud true princpl-- ~hich are At stske aud If msn
desires a. ex,r scion OF public sentiment on the ques-
tior oi Piohibltory Liquor la<, be IS Immediately
denounced ss trAitOr L. DsE0crlcy, or Wb'g 10 ds-
suise suG thus put down. If s man dires . pro-
claim, himself il opposition 50 the Neors-ks oil aud
the s1grsIon CT SAvery &c IL branded as an Ab,li-
tou>t, and It i proclaimed tha al such opposed
10 THO first principles Of Democracy sose-
r.igny. II is significant fact that of al clergy
pulpit end proclaim against the inquiiy. There are
many-more thsni is generally supposed-sho sire
true A,ii Slavery men. AID who viii be found the
lioht tide rheh they cin be induced to believe the
time for action is come. Tho Wig plrty hope
l,ssly 10 the minority here, unless they fnd soma
other means gaining achorents than appeals 10 by
cones still they seem more disposed 10 take tbs
ieht ttarS than Democrats II So they may accom-
pin something il the .uturc
Tbi. apathy Of the people and consequent i'm Mo-.
obedience of leaders TO exead 10 other things;
snd IL agriculture horticulture asd other things con-
ueced there there is but lile progress Although
there has been a NANTES. improvement in the past
year.
The Legislature OF our Terrc-y meets on the fret
Monday IN December next II is largely Demo 'raic
in bo,h branches. l may give You particulars ID my
neat.
GOV S'euhens. of Washington Territory, arrived at
Portland on the steamer Columbia Yesterday, and TO-
da, took passage for his home IL w. T.
lbe fall has been very ine and large crops have
ben Gown By our farmers. No rain up TO this date,
70 rsife the streams sufficiently for free navigation.
III, election news from Ohio, Pennsylvania, and
Indiana pas caused sone llIls falterng among poll
ti,igps even cut here. They seem 10 be surprised
that the people will dare % vote their senmens, ia
spite of Pierce. Douglas & 60. These s,a'es have
done peby. Thank fortune. Odds is defeated. His
conduct on Nebraska and Postage ought % Kill him
forever WALLAMETrE.