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SLAVERY IN OREGON.

The last arrival from the Pacific brings only
more evidences of the purpoae of q powerful
section of the Democratic patty to force Sla-
very into Oregon, and of the indisposition of
the rest of the party to resist the effort. The
Occidental Messenger newspaper, published at
CORVALLIS, thus argues the qhestion for Sla-
very:
Upon the subject of domestic Slavery, now
agitating the public mind of Oregon from one
extent of the Territory to the other, we cordi.
ally and frankly avow ourselvSs in favor of the
institution. We not only believe it to be right
IN principle, but believe thatkhe prosperity of
this portion of the Pacific cofst depends in a
great degree upon its adoption here in our en-
bryo state. We desire to awaken the people of
Oregon fully to the Importance of this subject
African Slavery is the conservative feature in
our system of government. The Slavery rep-
resentation in the United States Senate needs
strengthening - the prepondefsnces being in
favor of the free States-and fine opportuni
ty is now presented to restore the equilibrium
by the admission of Oregon with . Slavery
clause. There is one great impediment to tie
prosperity of Oregon, and that is the high price
of labor. The only remedy that We can eug.
gest is the introduction of domestic Slavery (;
and if men would but cast aside the shackles
of prejudice with which they have been fettered
from their boyhood, they too would see rem.
edy in the suggestion"
Should this scheme succeed, and Oregon
present herself for admission with Slavery
Constitution, it would give pew and extraor-
binary phase to the Slavery QUESTION. and tend
still further to the demolition o. the Democrat.
ic party. 1t will be remembered that the Will
mot Proviso was applied to Or 'gou as Terri
tory, on the motion of Mr.. Winthrop; but the
friends of the introduction of Slavery say that
the bred Scott decision wipes All this ont.
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From the Portland Oregonian, July4.
SLAVERY IN 0REGoN-sTArE GOVERN
NENT-DEMOCRACY OF OREGON.

The ways and means by which Slavery is to
be forced upon the people who are to compose
the "embryo" State of Oregon, is now too
plainly written to be misunderstood BY any
man of common discernment who reads the
newspapers and watches passing events There
are strange, new, and novel elements every
hour being brought into requisition, to force
Slavery upon the people Of Oregon, among
which We may briefly mention few.
1t has been observed, doubtless, by all who
have heard that portion of the real simon pure
Salem. platform candidates, from General Lane
down to a county coroner, who have addressed
canvass, that they all charge upon the opposi.
ton desire to dissolve the Union, destroy the
Government, and set up sort of 1fIibustering
upon the civilized world.
Gen. Lane, who is the acknowledged high
priest of the party, has told the people, every.
vhsre, that all who opposed the Democracy
were enemies to the country, and we're seeking
its utter destruction; that be bad seen banners
carried in political professions with only sir
teen stars upon them, representing the sixteen
free States Of the Union that, therefore, those
who voted for either Mr.. Fillmore or Colonel
Fremont, in the last Presidential contest, were
Black Republicans" and sought to dissolve
the Union.
This falschood has been seized upon by every
aspirant for political preferment under the cog.
nomen of Democracy, throughout the length
and breadth of Oregon, and repeated a thou.
sand times everywhere.
The party newspapers, particularly the Times,
since Lanes cane bearer and baggage-master
Hibben, has taken charge, has echoed and re-.
echoed it, until he begins to think it true. The
Occidental Messenger repeats it, and at the
same time charges that the free States and
Free State men everywhere are traitors to the
compact, and seek to destroy the Union BY agi-
tating the question of Slavery. The Messenger
proclaims itself to be Democratic journal de-.
voted to the Union, and puts forth the follow
ing doctrine:
1--WE unreservedly avow ourselves in favor
Of that policy which would strictly conine the
Federal Government to the exercise of the few
powers specifically delegated to it BY the States
and while acknowledging its supremacy in its
legitimate sphere, we fully accord to the States
the rights, rensedies and liberties, claimed for
them by the strict constructionists of the State
Rights school. This, by common consent, is
acknowledged to be the creed of the Demo.
cratic party, and is more distinctly to be traced
in the Administrations of Jefferson and Jack
son, and has been fully sanctioned by their
Democratic successors"
Which, being interpreted, means that any
State in the Union has the right to seccde when
ever the compact shall decide not TO edmi,
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7As Instructor, in This School are


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TO engage. We allude 70 tbc-ason<v. And
by such an alusion, We are fer f,om meaning
TO impugn the prcverbial Hbesalirs of those ex-
cesHvely sanctimonious peopls whose slumbers
are disturbed By disordered dreams of the suf-
ferngs OF the slave In the South. while the groans
OF the starving free negro the saioe city are
gsrded as little as the moaning of the winds.
These Psalm-sin cling Christis rs, who become
overjoyed with enchanting Visions oSeternal bliss,
under the Inspiration of the piouf Jeloq uence of
Henry Ward Beecher, and who recognise in tie
calumnies Of the New York Tribune proof
stronger than holy writ of the saesilege of Sla-
very, have a world vide renowr fcx,their munif.
icent donations to all such enterprises as are
positively sure to rebound TO tseir own in
dividnsl emolument and advantaEA. However,
we have no doubt that, in the ct Tess of their
fanatical fervor and painfully re- gious horror
of Slavery, few of them have been known
actually to contribute the enorme Is amount of
ten cents or more TO Christian cat YES of various
characters and kinds And, the sore, it may
be that we are very wrong in il timating the
remotest doubt that the small am unt necessa-
~ for the purchase of three or 70 millions of
negroes cannot or viii not be sadly raised
By Mr.. Elihu Burritt and his asst slant philsn-
thropists of sail political partie and learned
professions" So we win disclaiw all apprehen-
sion on that point, and simply as only for in.
formation, where are tbsse emf ncipated in
dividuals TO be sent, for the enjoy cent of their
hberty7 To the North, We suop4 We, of course,
to occupy the social level of btr slihu Burritt
and his 'philanthropic friends of all political
parties and learned professions. What an
enterprise for the immortaliAati N of its au-
thors Z.
The name Of Howard will btscoi ,e obscure in
the history of philantbropissS. llarkson and
Wilberforce viii be mentioned s o more, and
the truly amiable and sstimalye &iss Dix will
cease to attract observation il he modest but
aseiduous efforts for the relic Of the sins and
sufferings of mankind.
The National Emancipat On Convention
At Cleveland. Ohio, on the 25sh, lth, and 9th
of August, 1857, will be chronic ed in history
as an assemblsge of sages anc 81 nts, and Mr.
Elihu Burritt, and his brother benefactors OF
:" all political parties and learpe professions"
will be regarded throughout ell lime to come
as the anointed delverers of the ,aegro race.
But, in all earnestness, this cSl for "Na-
tienal Emancipation Convention is one of the
most farcical incidents of the day. A Conven.
ton of lunstics, to determine ufon plan for
colonzing the comet or draiaii ; the ocean,
could Lot be more 30.
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hearth of mica slate; and know it to be in
many respects healthier and happier than liv-
ing between Turkey carpet and gilded ceiling,
beside steel CRATE and polished fender. do
not say that such things have not their place
and propriety; but l say this, emphstically,
that tenth part of the expense which is sscri-
feed in domestic vanities, if not absolutely and
meaninglessly lost in domestic comforts and
encumbrances, would, if collectively offered and
wisely employed. build marble church for
every town in England-such church as it
should be q Joy and blessing even to pass near
in our daily ways and walks, and as it would
bring the light into the eyes to see from afar,
lifting its fair height above the purple crowd of
humble roofs.-Ruskin.
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slavery have been any more certain to be ex-
Guided from all the Territories under Fremont
than under Buchanan We believe not On
the contrary. we incline TO the opinion that the
election of Fremont would have resulted in the
having of Kansas to the South-for the South
ern people would then have taken the matter
in their own hands, and not left it, as they un-
fortunately have, to be dealt with by treach.
erous and unprincipled Democratic Admins
tration. 1t is our deliberate conviction-in
short, a conviction shared in by nearly all the
State Rights men of all parties at the South
that Buchanan's election will prove in the end
to be an infinitely worse calamity to the South
than the election of Fremont would have been.
Why, then, should the South longer stultify itself
by repcsing confidence in and sustaining par.
ty which has 30 often betrayed it, and which
viii continue to betray it 30 long as treason il
sure means of its obtaining possession of the
Government, and the spoils at its command?
1t is then, in our judgment, in all respects
desirable that the Democratic party should not
only be displaced from power, but that it
should be permanently overthrow and crushed.
The rights and interests of the South, their Sc
curity and preservation, demand it; and We are
ready TO unite and to cooperate with any old or
new political organizations which may combine
together for the specific purpose of defeating
anu FRUSTRATING the DcmOctbtc pdrty-o party
which is really the worst enemy the South has,
because it is a sneaking and insidious, not an
open and manly, enemy. As, therefore, the
Slavery question will be practically settled and
out of view by the close Of the next Congress,
we are in favor of mining all the elements
Of opposition to the Democracy in one compact
and powerful organization for the Presidential
campaign of 1860. The Democracy are in a
powerless minority in the Union, and, with such
An organization as that we have mentioned, we
can sweep them from Maine to Texas, and
achieve an overwhelming victory. We care
nothing as to what name this opposition to the
Democracy may be called by-whether Wings,
Americans or Constitutionalists. One will
answer Us as we'll as another, our sole object
being to put down the most demagogical, dan
gerous, reckless, corrupt, and unprincipled party
which ever had existence in q free Government.
Our conclusion is, therefore, that there will
be but two parties in the Presidential field of
ls6O-the disorganized and rotten bunker De
mocracy on the one side, and all those opposed
to it on the other. The question of Slavery
in the Territories being settled, we take our
stand with the latter, and shall strike for tri-
umph which shall wipe the bogus-national, Bu-
chanan W alker Democracy out of existence.
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THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH,
A srAT1sTICAL VIEW
OF THE CONDITION or

4hH L DEE AMI OLA V q O1h les.
By Henry ChdIs and CAaT!es " Sanbo-n
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portsJsd
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