, 1859-03-18

Ma. EDIroR The political course Of Mr. CAKrER
the mouih-piece Of the opposition as indicative O.
the course and tactics to be gursused by them may
be worthy II note. For Mr.. CARTER have the kind
est personal feelings, and | am sorry biz pulitca
oour Is such that neither my judgment nor cOnscen
tiOusneSs approve. His speech in the legislature
Its Inconsistency and eontradiction-s well cxpOset
by Mr.. TENANT, whIse province il more directly was
being number OF tie same body and il would not
he worthy Of notice. it not that il forcshadowed
the policy aud tactics to be used the nsiduous Sian
derous, fase representations aud insnuations to bt
adopted. II may lie well first 10 examine the antece
dents Of Mr. CARTER, the better TO judge Of his mo
tyes. He was born, raised and educated dnirieGdly
to the democratic party. He was n citizen Of Oregon
and among the rt 70 organize the republican par
ty there They held convention and brought out then
candidate they subsequently, found they were too
weak to run on their name they succeeded In max
ing split In the democratic party. and coaesced
with the disafccted democrats by the names Of Ma
t0nal Democrats Mr. CARTER subsequently came
10 Washington, called himself democrat, was be
lieved by the cOnhdng democracy, and obtained a
seat IN the legislature TO enact the same insiduo1s
policy over again. In the army traitors meet with
their Just reward bnt in politics. they act il with i'm
punity. Hence we shall have q coalition Of the dsaf
iected democrats and republicans, under some new
name, or no name, which ever Is best calculated TO
deceive. His twAdde about spols and plunder, place
and power, hirplngs and mcuia slaves, etc, Is low
stn only ht to be uttered by the mind that can
ccye IT, II any one Is guilty Of malfcasence in Office
why does he not come out with direct charges, pro-
duee his testimony and let the people know who they
are and not assassin.like, stab them in the dark
Mr. CARTER talks about " principles and not men,
as II principles and " men were entirely discon-
necled, and principles would operate Of their own
Inherent power without the aid Of men,"
People differ In their views Of what form Of govern
ment will best promote their happiness. On those
different opinions they organize parties and select
agents TO carry them into practice, and while the
agent faithfully represents the party II is their duty
to defend him from unjust abuse, as much as for a
master t. defend his servant. Now, Stevens has
been the subject Of malicious, yndictivc abuse and
SANDER ever since he has been a public man in this
territory. All the various and multiplied charges
heretofore preferred against him have ht last dwin-
died down to the single one as 70 the nlnence he Is
supposed N have had In the appointments cf federal
officers for this territory and those officers are
dazed, abused aud crimnatcd, 70 make the appoint
ments odous as possible. We'll. since the charge
has dwindlcd 10 a single-pOint, We will examine il
and see what weight there Is In that Ii is no doubt
ventons and legislatures have condemned the prac-
tce Of importing federal officers into this territory.
Then of course he bad to select out Of such timber
as We had Well he selected Judge Strong and Judge
Fitzhugh Now. before they find fault with that, let
them point out other men better qualified and better
democrats. Why did he appoint htn I! Because the
people pettoned to have them appointed, land none
other that | am aware Of ; ! saw none other) Well,
what is the complaint? Have they not presided with
dignity, ability and impartalityl No fault Of that
knd. What, then Why, Judge Strong Is too new
a convert from whiggery. Has not the President APP
pointed many Of the leaders Of the old whg party to
high anil responsible Offices and are they not relia-
Die As against the black republican partyt If that Is
fault you should attack 1t at its head, The charge
against Judge FitzhGe is so we'll known, ! will only
say ii ooks more Like malicious prosecution than q
hope to promote justice. That fair and honorable
men, in all the ordinary transactions Of le should
lend themselves 70 the basest SANDER falsehood de-
cepton and fraud for political purposes seems strange
and unaccountabe, and the reason is only 10 be found
in their principles Of action There arc two fonda.
mentally different principles Of government. One is
voluntary association OF the people for mutual protec
ton TO secure their natural rights and equal Justice.
violation Of justice Is violation OF natural right
and violation Of natural right Is violation Of jus
too. Hence all must be plain open, fair dealing, and
every Que mind bis own business and not interfere
with the rights of others. This Is called democracy
Its only authority Is the people, and its only depend
enee for administering Justice Is the virtue and In
fraud trick is mot democratic. The other is des
potie, or government over the people, by whatever
name II goes. They believe the people are not capa
bic Of selEgovenment-that they are ignorant, su
persttious vicious unsteady, excitable aud dishonest
that property does net receive adequate protection
and the government weak-that the few, the well
bred, educated and wealth should goverE-that the
masses must be governed by force
Wealth and talents must be purchased by bribery
fraud and couuption hence, yOu see, the clements d
government under that system is force bribery fraud
corruption and deceit false prctcnce and hence The
different principles by which the parties governed
The one open frank and candid, the other insiduous
secret and false. Hence the change OF names and
pretexts; hence the bounty to capital under the nam'
OF protection TO labor-a monopoly Of the currency
under pretence Of benefting tradc-cnection and dis
tributiOn Of money under pretence Of justice to thu
peoples under the name OF liberty to deprive the peo
pie Of sefgoyernment; in the name Of religion to bal
the gates OF heaven against those that do not coator
to their political views. Hence they split up into df
erent parties take different gather together evrl
shade Of opinion then all combine for general bat
tie. Hence the slandcr and abuse OF Gov. Stevens
without being able to fastcn on him one violation 0
principle or neglect Of duty. II you charge then
with corruption their aqytcsr-"the end justifes th
means;r and hence otherwise honorable men descent
70 the most base and corrupt practices in poltiea
matters. FAIR PLAY.