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The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1861-10-11

loyal States, the Federal Union will be
hopelessly lost. A division of sentiment
and action now must inevitably result in q
separation of the States. There is, there
fore, but one course for patriots to pursue.
Prior to the commencement of bosti!ities,
l was in favor of concession, for the pur-
pose of keeping inviolate the seal of the
federal compact. Failing in this l prefer
red peaceful dissolution to civil war !;
because believed that, by thus allaying
the passions of the contending sections, a
peaceful dissolution would lead to peace
ful reconstruction, upon an enduring basis.
But my hopes and wishes failed. The
sword has been made the arbiter, aud war
must now decide the issue. Our brave
volunteers, without regard to party, have
pledged their lives to sustain the Union, the
Constitution, and the Laws, without de-
manding guarantees as to details. Shall
we, at home, sustain them on this single is
sue or shall we, by dividing among our
selves, stimulate dissentiOns among them,
upon measures deemed prudent and wise by
those whom the people have called to posts
of fearful responsibility Let us, rather,
like men, stand united for the Union, and
by those through whom, only, the Union
can be preserved.
To this war, prosecuted for the Union, l
devote all my energies and powers. TO a
civil war, prosecuted for the abolition of
slavery l am opposed, now and forever
We must not, cannot, yield in our struggle
for the old landmarks, set by our fathers
To yield for the want of unity in the loyal
States, would be most degrading to our
character as people. Forcible dissolution
would be but the beginning of our National
troubles and disgrace; for when this issue
has been thus determined, every mountain
pass, every valley, lake and river, will be.
come the boundary line of conflicting SOW
ereignties. Our national character, our
individual pride and credit, will then all be
gone; our social relations, the ties of home
and kindred, our customs and laws, will all
be lost in the common overthrow and the
American people, heretofore so proud of
their nationality, and of the protection it
gave even to the humblest citizen will be
left without name or a place among the
nations of the earth.
To avert this dread calamity, the loyal
people everywhere must be united for the
sake of the Union. They must practice a
cheerful submission to the laws. They must
cultivate respect for, and confidence and
faith in, those whom the Almighty Ruler,
at this momentous crisis, has placed over
the destini.s of our beloved country. They
must frown upon, as inimicaI to the cause
OF the Government, every attempt to array
citizens at home or soldiers in the field into
contending factions; for, it will require
| the best efforts of US all, sanctifed by the
choicest benefactions of God, to bring our
distracted country back again to its old
condition of unity, order, happiness, and
prosperity.
With great respect, your obedient servant.
II. M. RICE.
Messrs. TEFFT, JAoUITH, and HARRINGTON,
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The Pioneer and Democrats COntri.
buttons to the Army.

We have always felt pride in the char
acter of the printers in our employ. And
with good reason; for they have almost
invariably excelled not only in their art,
but as high-toned chivalrous men. This
feeling was greatly increased, when, in
counting those who had gone from our
Office into their countrys service, we found
the number to reach the large total Of
twenty. three. We doubt if any printing
Office in the West, Of whatever politics or
pretension, has sent more or better men
into the army than have gone from the
Office of The PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT.
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The old Government good enough.
4o The right course to pursue. aa1,


We say with the Albany Argus, that
we are content with the Government we
have had. We want no better one. With
all its faults, it accomplished its purpose
and advanced the race, as no other form of
Government ever did. Even in regard to
the slave, it was moving in this, also, to the
solution of its destiny. AS race in servi-
tude, the African had thrived better here
than anywhere else, and had grown from
colony of 100000 to race of 1000, 900.
Halt the States had decreed emancipation,
and all the territory in which the future
progress of the Union was to be made, was
practically CLOSED against the extension of
slavery. Progress is ever made through
order and by means of peace; and the prob
lem of the destiny OF the black man is to be
solved in his favor only in this way, not by
revolution. Let US give up these schemes of
emancipation, founded not upon love Of the
blacks, but in hatred of our white brethren.
We can only win back the Union by the aid
of our brethren of the South. Let US do
that; and then let US leave the question of
emancipation where it belongs, with our
generous and loyal allies OF the Southern
States" Again, the Providence r. ~
Post speaks words of sense, of truth, of
patriotism, when it says, "Those men who
boldly pronounce for emancipation at all
hazards, who proclaim that the President is
only little more tardy than Fremont, who
declare that our victorious armies shall free
the slaves, are not as they may in times past
have seemed to be, merely fanatics and big.
ols, they are traitors of the deepest dye.
They are traitors not merely to Govern
ment, they are traitors to all that is human,
just or wise. To follow out their dictates
would be to plunge Maryland, Missouri and
Kentucky, to-day into all the horrors of a
servie iLsurreclOn. Not alone would the
disloyal of the Southern States be punished,
but into the homes of the patriotic, those, who
only await the hour when they may safely
avow their love of country, would be carried
fire and desolation, and horrors before which
fire and desolation pale into insignifcauce.
With these men neither the obligations of
justice, the requirements of the Constitu-
tion, nor the dictates of humanity avail.
The only salvation of our country rests in
the fact that they are few and will soon be
powerless. The President of the United
States has taken, and we have full conf.
dence that be will abide by the true ground
and in this his course of prosecuting the
war for the preservation of the American
Union under the Federal Constitution, he
will find the support of all good citizens, as
be will doubtless receive the anathemas OF
Secessionists in the South and fanatics in
the North. These things teach us that we
have still to recur, again and again, to the
first principles of republican government
to fortify ourselves in all sobriety of
thought to learn wisdom and practice
charity"
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PLAIN VIEW, Wabashaw Co., Min. Sept. ~.
DEAR SIR : At public meeting held at
this place, last Saturday evening, the un-
dersigned were appointed Committee with
Instructions to address letter to you, land
each Senator and Representative respect-
fully asking your position on the doctrine
enunciated by General FREMONT, in his
proclamation relating to contiscation OF the
negro property OF rebels in Missouri.
By answering the above interrogation at
your earliest convenience, you will confer a
favor upon the Committee.
Most respectfully yours, &c.
N. G. TEFFT,
j. d JAQUITH, Com.
G. W. HARRINGTON,
To the Hon. H. NJ. RICE, Senator, &c.
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= The force now employed in the Kits
terry maine navy yard is LOO men, and
there are four war vessels in process OF con~
struction-two side wheel steamers and two
gun boats.
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Trade and Commerce.

The World furnishes the following figures
showing the imports Of merchandise at New
York, for the eight months ending August
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1861-10-11
IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING COR
REsPONDENCE. o97h

The Position Of Senator Rice on the War,
and the Question of Negro COnfiscatiOn.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1861-10-11

The World furnishes the following figures
showing the imports of merchandise at New
York, for the eight months ending August
3lst:
In 1859. Observation-Disclosures. .$l79. .45l ,0S4
In 1850 Observation-Disclosures. 167 GAL
In 1861. ...................... S3,fE,Sof
Thus it appears that our trade in foreign
goods has decreased to the extent of about
eighty millions of dollars as compared with
an average of the first eight months of 1859
and 1860. Our importers have transacted
only fifty five per cent. of the amount of
their business during the corresponding pc.
riod of the last two years.
The export trade of the eight months
shows most remarkable advance upon for
mer years. The shipments of produce and
merchandise from New York for January
lst to August 3lst, WERE
In 1859. $43 .476. .7OO
In lS6O. ............... ............ 5S,14I,Z ,ZZI
In 1861. .................... o6,00o,Vo5
While the imports show decrease of forty-
five per cent. compared with an average of
the two last years, the exports have increas-
ed, under the same comparison, sixty-eight
per cent. The exported products Of the
country are thirty-fve millions over the
average, and the imports are eighty millions
under the average so that, in eight months
by the capital produced by trade and that
released from trade, we have one hundred
and fifteen millions of dollars made avail.
able for war purposes.
- The Richmond Enquirer, of Tuesday,
says: We are glad to say President Davis
was able to be in his Office yesterday, for
the first time since his Illness"
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A COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS ADDRESS SENATOR
RICE ON THE SUBJECT OF FREMONT's PROC.
LAMATION.
, 1861-02-22
Extracts from The Report Of secretary Of
War.

We clip the following extracts from the
Report of Hon. John B. Floyd. relative to
Washington Territory, December 8, 1860;
MARCH FROM ST. LOUIS TO OREGON RIVER
1t was, in my Judgment, matter Of the
frst importance, 10 a military point OF view,
TO ascertain the practieability Of moving
bodies Of men from the thickly populated
parts Of the Mississippi valley 10 the Pacide
coast within sneh a space Of tino as to
make them available for service there. I
took active measures to- have q road con
slrncled, with the appropriations for that
purpose, from Walla Walla, on the Oregon
river, across the mountain ranges, to Fort
Benton, on the head Of the Missouri river.
At an early period last season the detach.
ment Of recruits amounting TO three hnn-
dred men embarked at 81. Louis ON the 80
day Of May on two steamboats,. Of light
draught, and with all the necessary appli-
ances for such a march, set oat on the jour.
ney. The season was the least propitioas
Of any for some years, as the waller was
very low from failure Of rains 10 the spring
o"u VI taS uouh lhdlsitl VI suO" untihb
the winter amongst the Rocky Mountain
renge. Bnt, Notwithstanding this disad-
vantage, the expedition made good pro-
gress, reached Fort Benton 10y the % day
Of July without any material hinderance,
and took up their line Of march for the Pa
ci6e Transportation had been provided
for them, and although there was some lit-
tic delay in its reaching the command, il
caused no material detention and resulted
10 no Inconvenience. After prosperous
march Of less than sixty days from Fort
Benton, the command arrived in safety and
good condition at Fort Walla Walla. This
march, covering a distance Of three thou
sand miles by water and six hundred By
land, has beeu made in the space Of GyC
months, During one Of which the troops
were halted, through an unknown and vii
derness country, with no great additional
expense beyond that Of an ordinary march
and Without any serious accident.
Although the movement was an expert
meat alone, it has demonstrated the impor
iant fact that this line of intercommunica'
tion can be made available for moving large
Lodies Of men from the Atlantic to the Pa
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which come within the Jurisdiction Of Con
grcss, and may be remedied by its lcgisla
tive power; aud
. WHEREAS, il is the desire Of Congress
as far as Us power will extend, to remove
all just cause for the popular dscontent
and agitation which now disturbs the peace
OF the country and threatens the stability
Of its Institutions; therefore,
l. Resolrel, V The Senate and House Of
Representatives, Of .he United States Of
American in Congress assembled: That the
laws now in force for the recovery Of fugi.
tive slaves are ia strict pursuance of the
| plain and mandatory provisions of the Con.
stitntion, and have been sanctioned as valid
and Constitutional by the Judgment Of the
Supreme Court Of the United States; that
the slayeholding States are entitled TO the
| faithful observance and execution Of those
/ laws, and that they ought not to be repeal
ed or so modified or changed as TO impair
their efficiency; and that laws ought to be
made for the punishment Of those who at
tempt, by rescue of the slave or other lille
gal means, to hinder or defeat the due exc
cution of said laws
.. That oil State laws which conflict
with the Fugtive Slave acts, or any other
constitutional acts Of Congress, or which in
their operation impede, hinder, or delay the
free course and due execution Of any Of
said acts, are null and void by the plain
provisions of the Constitution of the Uni
ted States. Yet those State laws void as
they are, have given color to practices and
led to consequences which have obstructed
the due administration and execution Of
acts of Congress, and especially the acts
for the delivery of fugitive Slaves, and have
thereby contributed much to the discord
aud commotion now prevailing. Congress,
therefore, in the present perilous juncture,
dos not deem it improper respectfully and
earnestly to recommend the repeal of those
laws to the several States which have en-
acted them, or such legislative corrections
or explanations Of them as may prevent
their being used or perverted to such mis-
cheyOus purposes. 0- s.f
3. That the act Of the eighteenth Of
September, eighteen hundred aud fifty,
commonly called the Fugitive Slave law,
onght TO be SO amended as to make the fee
Of the commissioner, mentioned in the
eighth section Of the Act, equal TO amounts,
in the cases decided by him, whether his
decision be IN favor or against fhc claimant.
And to avoid mIseonstruction, the last
clause of the fifth section Of said Act,
which authorizes the person holding war
rant for the arrest or deception Of fug'-
tive slave to summon to his aid the posse
oomilatHs, and which declares it to be the
duty of all good citizens to assist him in
its execution, ought to be so amended as to
expressly limit the authority and duty 10
leases in which there shall be resistance, or
danger Of resistance or rescue sa II
SEC A. That the laws for the suppress.
sion Of the African slave trade, and espe-
cially those prohibiting the Importation Of
slaves into the United States, ought to be
made effectual, and Ought to be thoroughly
executed, aud oil further enactments neces-
sary TO those ends ought to DO promptly
made.
, 1861-02-22
Whsat and Fork.
J. D. GARRETT.
souTH TuA1Arls, Jan. l6,


South TUAIATIN, Jan. l6, 1851.
EDIroR 0REGoN FARNER-I have been q
constant reader of your valuable paper
from its first appearance mp TO the present
time. In 1t l have found much that was
instructing, Interesting, and at times anus
ing. We have bad variety Of subjects
discussed, pro and con, and we have gath
cred much Information therefrom. There
is much to be gained by free expression
Of opinions and experience in matters ol
interest to the farming community. l have
been expecting, for some time, to see an an
swer to your question, viz: How much
is wheat worth when used to fatten pork al
&c. per pound ?" but as yet have seer
none. l will now give my experience o.
that subject, hoping thus to call out others
that we may be enabled 10 ascertain some
thing near what our pork costs u.s.
put up six small hogs, and fed then
about Eve weeks. During that length o
time fed them % bushels Of wheat an6
20 bushels Of potatoes, making AZ bushels
altogether. When | killed them | haC
1900 lbs of pork. This at cents pei
ID. would be 800 being 80 per bushel fol-
the wheat and potatoes fed to them. Thil
is my experience in fattening hogs.
There was but very little wheat sown il
this part Of the country last fall Produce
being so low, the farmers appear Micaw
ber-like, to be waiting for something t.
turn up" in their favor. So far as m!
knowledge extends, do not think there j
enough wheat now in the ground to suppl
home demands, we're it not for the surplu
on hand of the old crop. l think this i
wrong. consider it our duty to raise I
surplus every year, that we may in this wa.
establish o firm market for our produce
consider this to be the true remedy 70
hard times, so far as the farmers are con
cerned.
A word in regard to our wants w
want steady market for our surplus pre-
, 1861-02-22

FASHIONABLE WoMES.-Fashion kill.
more women than care aud sorrow. ODE,
dience to fashion is greater iransgressior
Of the laws Of woman's nature, greater in
jury to her mental and physical constitution
than the hardships of poverty and neglect
The slave woman at her task will live and
grow old, and sec two or three generation,
Of her mistresses fade and pass away The
washerwoman, with scarce ray of hope tC
cheer her tolls, will live to see her fasiona
bic sisters all die around her. Thekitcheu
maid is hearty aud strong, when her lady
has 10 be nursed like a sick baby. II is .
sad truth that fashon-pampered women are
almost worthless for all the great purposes
of human life. They have but little force
of character, they have still less power ol
moral will, aud quite as little physical en-
ergy. They live for no great purpose 10
life, they accomplish no worthy ends They
are only doll-forms in the hands of miliners
and servants TO be dressed and fedto order
They dress nobody, they feed nobody they
instruct nobody, they bless nobody, anC
they save nobody. They write no books
they set no rich examples Of womauly vir-
tue and life. If they rear children, servants
and nurses do oil, save TO conceive anC
give them birth. And when reared wha
are they? What do they ever amount to
but weaker scions Of the old stock? WhC
ever heard Of fashionable woman's child
exhibiting any virtue or power Of mind fo
which it became eminent? Read the biogra
phies Of eminent men aud women. Not on,
Of them had a fashionable mother. The,
nearly oil sprung from women Of excellen
common sense, who had about as little I,
do with fashion, as with the ehanging clouds
, 1861-02-22
Tie Presidents Message on The National
Crisis.

In the House of Representatives, Janua
Try 9, the Speaker presented-a message
from the President. He says at the open
ing of the session he called attention to the
dangers Of the Union, and recommended
such measures of reiefas he believed would
have the effect to tranquilize the country,
and save it from the perils in which it is
needlessly and unfortunately placed 1t is
not necessary to repeat this opinion and
recommendation. His opinions then ex.
pressed remain unchanged. lie regrets to
say that matters, instead Of becoming bet
ter, are still worse, aud hope is diminished.
Aluding to the condition OF South Carolina,
he says there is no other alternative but to
collect the revenue and protect the public
property, as far is practicable, under exist
ing laws. His duty is to execute and not
10 make the laws. The right and duty to
use military and naval force against those
who illegally resist the Federal Govern
ment are clear and iudiSpulable, but the
present state Of things was beyond cxecu-
tive control
We ore in the midst of great revoln-
tion, and he recommends to Congress to
act in the present emergency To Con
gress is reserved the power to declare war
and remove the grievances that might lead
TO war and restore peace TO the country
on them rests the responsibility.
After eulOgizing the blessings conferred
by Union, he says: Should it persist, the
calamity will he as severe in Southern as in
Northern States. The secession movement
is chiefly made on an apprehension as to
the sentiments Of n majority Of several Of
the Northern States. Let the question be
transferred from the political assembly to
the ballot-box. The people will redress
Ftheir grievance. In Heavens maine, let
the trial be made before we plunge into the
assumptiotion that there is no other alter
native Let us have reflection. Would
that South Carolina had reflected. lie ap-
peals to Congress to say, in their might,
the Union shall and must be preserved by
oil Constitutional means. He recommends
Congress to devote themselves to prompt
action, with view to peace. A division
on the line Of $50 so is suggested, as cal
culated to produce an adjustment. 1t was
an imputation OH members to say they viii
hesitate moment The danger is oa us.
In several of tire States, forts and arsenals
have been seized by aggressive acts. Con
gress should endeavor to give the difficult
ties q peaceful solution.
lie states reasons why he had rcfrained
from sending troops to Charleston harbor,
believing this would have furnished the
pretext, if not the proyocation, on the part
Of South Carolina, for aggression. Refer
ring to Major Anderson, he says that Off
Ger could not, before he left Fort Moutrie,
have held that fort foriy-eight or sixty
hours. He had warned his countrymen ol
its dauger; he felt that the duty was faith.
fully but imperlectly performed.
, 1861-02-22

duce. We want better roads to enable MS
to get our grain TO some shipping point.
And we want an emigration of young mar
riageable ladies. Not the coquettes Of fash.
ionable society, nor the parlor dolls who
spend their time smattering bad French
or worse italian; but we want the true DO
nestle ladies. Those whose education and
disposition would render them suitable
for the men who earn their
bread by the sweat Of their brow.
A YoUNG BACHELOR.
, 1861-02-22

CRrTENDES's COMPROMISE SCHEME Mr..
Criltenden has submitted bis proposition
for compromise in the shape Of a joint reso-
luton providing for its reference to the peo-
pie at the ballotbox for settlement. 1t EN-
bodies amendments to the Constitution, re-
establishing tic Missouri Compromise Line
only that it distinctly establishes slavery
South of 36' 3O' promises projection ol
Slavery South Of that line; restricts Con
gress from abolshing slavery in forts, dock
yards, etc, within the limits of the Slave
States; or District Of Columbia while it ex-
lists in Maryland or Virginia; or from pro
hibiting the inter-slave trade; that Congress
shall pay the value ofall fugitives escaping
from United States officers, and reclaim
the cost from the county wherin the rescue
occurs; that the Constitution shall never be
amendable in any of the clauses recognizing
slavery in any form. Mr. Crittenden's prop
osIrion maintains the Fugitive Slave Law
as it is, declares all personal liberty bills
unconstitutional and void, aud then adyo
Gates an amendment of the existing Fugi
tive Slave Law, as a matter of policy
As this is presented now as the uiiimdtum
Of the South, l enclose it in full. 1t j;
given in another column At the same time
let me say that l have no idea that it will
receive tie sanction Of Congress, for the
simple reason, il there were no other, that
it never can be ratified by twothirds Of the
States CouTespOndenoe of the Batleiin.