The Oregon union. (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-28
CORREsPONDENCE.
RosEBURG. Feb. 18th, 1SG


has come over the spirit of Dreams" In
stead of fast we are becoming slow; espe-
cialIy in the way of volunteering for the
protection of our wives and children against
the savage foe that is to be, and the bloody
minded Secessionists in our midst But
let US take courage and hope for better
times. One miserable wood thief of this
place offers to respond to the female proc
lamation for fghtingers, provided, we will
furnish plenty grub and comfortable quar-
ters, surrounded with "lots of our fair,
smiling daughters" with whom to beguile
the weary hours when not occupied lying
around camp. He thinks Camp Baker,
for climate and regulations will suit his
constitution and inclinations perfectly.
A horrible looking being, with red look
ing, fiery eyes, said to me yesterday {:
"Uncle Abe's pet lambs are capable
of barring up under a right smart
chance of leisure in these parts What
mought have been the reason for gettin
EN- out stranger? ? they don't seem to do
nothin but draw pay and go from one good
camp to tother and eat lots O good grub"
I knew he was a secessionist in a minute
by his criticisms, so I replied very wrath
lily "Know you not, Mr.. Southern Aris-
tocrat, that our soldiers think. nor dream,
or act anything but blood, war and thun>
der, and those things of which you COM
plain, are Pacific strategic movements, and
by the same rule of action, with an addi-
tion of six hundred volunteers, in twelve
months more we can scare the Southern
Confederacy out of it's boots, and make
the red devils of the forest quake with
fear in anticipation of the gallant charges
to be made upon the she devils who are
just waiting favorable opportunity to
scalp our wives and children, and burst
Nanny Gibbs best government you or
anybody else ever saw. aYouare seces-
sionist, Sir; your property ought to be
confsticated and given to the loyal black
guards of onr- frontier ;,
The argument, though new, was over
Whelming; he Wilted But, argued he,
the Loyal Blacks would quarrel over the
distribution Of the spoils. What evidence
have you of that said [.
f'I was settin in Bush's offs awhile back
and heard two men talkin in tother room
one said to tother, now Mr.. Bush are you
goin to join in with the Seceshes and for
sake your old friends before you redeem
your promise to me? My Office of Judge
will expire soon and you must help me to
get tother accordin to agreement. You
know there are three thousand men in this
State who were born in the South, and
either one would see me in HI, before he
would vote for me, no matter what ticket
[ run on. Well, said Bush, how can
help it Judge s.? BY pitchin into the
Cd ID Democrats as you used to do;
call EN- traitors, give EN- HI generally;
do with the Republicans as we agreed to
| when Hardin was elected, and as he agreed
to do; oppose the reorganization of the
Democratic party and keep up the Repub-
lican party organization. Says Bush, /
want you to distinctly understand by Cd
sir, that I'm editor of the Statesman, and
[ want none of your id sniveling inter
ference by Cd. I will abuse or praise
any party [ choose; you can go to HI
for your office next time, and if you at
| tempt to interfere again will use the col
umns of the Statesman to expose all your
id mean, political rottenness. [ know
your political history by heart, SO be
warned"
objected. What evidence have that
you are not telling me Secession lie.
He then stated he had related the CONVEX
sation from memory and for the truth of
the substance he referred to Mr.. q. S C-y
of Salem, with whom I have no means of
conyersing, but any person feeling inter-
ested may do SO. lam enclined to believe
it for this reason; when the Blacks and
E'fop- cared Democrats" held their coryen-
ton together in Eugene last spring, Judge
Stratton told John Kelly the "Statesman
had teeth" that he had better not oppose
it OF it would take the head of his shoul-
ders. Hence, the Judge knowing it could
bite, and fearing it would, caved, weakened,
and let down like brickbat, and took the
cursings as any othe Abolitionist or nigger
would do from his master giving still
stronger pioof of the similarity of the two.
Can you tell what is political abortion
Can anybody tell, I want an answer to
the question.
Our County Judge (who thinks he knows
Lincoln to be white. sbecause the white