The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-09-30
THE DAILY MAIL.
In the hast Statesman there appear

the Relieving
The STArR RIaHss UkavCkAF vents n little
of its ancient a~niMiusity to Judge Williams,
in it's ISSUE of the 10th inst, by throwing
upon him the entire blame of the stoppage
ef the daily mail, It says explicitly that
Senator W. euunaelea the stoppagc Of the
mail, to gratift his I" personal spleen, = and
because he was feed counsel for Ben IIolli.
day and others. &c. The whole statement
is mlse-false alike in letter and in spirit.
Judge w. fully realizes the value Of the
daily mail, aud has never recommended its
stoppage. Tue statement is u lie out Oi
whole cloth.
The Statesman ought to be a little more
careful in its " statements" We did not
say /" explicitly that " Senator Williams
.counselled the stoppage of the mail,' &c.
What We did say was: We are inform.
ed by persons who have facilities for
learning the facts" &c. If what We al
legged against Senator Williams is a lie
out of whole CLOTH" the onus rests not
upon US, but upon informants, two Of
whom are rather active and jealous mem.
bers of the Statesman's own party in
Salem They gave us the facts during
our recent visit there, and va do know
that each of them enjoys more than or
binary opportunities in procuring intelli.
gencc of Oregon affairs at Washington
They are in no way interested in tbs
Stage Company, nor in the mail contract
business; one of them We know to have
been a warm supporter of Senator vii
liams for his present position. SO much
for what We published, only to add thai
We then believed generally what they re
pcated to us, aud we still believe it, the
Stateslnan's assertions to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
Now, as to the facts : Will the States.
man deny that Senator Williams urged
the idea upon the Postmaster Genera
that the Stage Company was demanding
altogether too much for the transportation
of the MALI that he assured that fanc
tionary that responsible parties could be
found ~ Oregon who would contract Il
carry il for i" about $500, 600 :" that he
declared this sum amply sufficient for the
service? aud that he advised Gov. Deni
s6n to close the contract with Recside
We are positively assured that Senator
Williams did all that is here alleged, and
that he did labor and counsel against al
acceptance of the Stage Company's bid
Again, The Statesman would have il
believed that Senator Williams is in favor
of the Daily Overland Mail, and intimate.
its own support of hat service, and it,
desire that the bid of the Stage Company
should be accepted by the Department
Let us examine into Senator Williams
and its own record in this. Senator vii
liams is from Portland he owes his cleo.
ton quite as much to some of the CAPT.
%talists, steamboat men and politicians oI
that city, as to all other influences and
individuals combined. He is more their
Senator than he Is of the people of Ore
gon, or of his own party. He is under
more pledges b take care of their pecu.
liar interests, than he is under to al
others. They like a Daily Overland
Mail for the accommodations it affords
them well enough but it is q thing oui
of which they can make no money. And
when q thing brings no gold TO Their
pockets, they viii gladly abandon it fol
something which win richly pay them
They w steamboats,, or are interested
in them. An ocean mail, weekly, from
San Francisco to Astoria, a. the old semi
monthly mail was let, might not fall t.
their share; but from Astoria to Portland
and to other points, the mail 30 brought
by Ocean route, would have to Be carried
by steamers, and these steamers would be
their own. A contract to carry these
mails would surely be q lucrative one
The Oregonian, which is but the soundint
board for these men, has already throwr
off its mask, which looked favorably on
the Overland Mail, and com out in favol
of the Ocean Mail. Has it, or have thu
rich men it represents in this matter
and whom Senator Williams but repre
sents-rcceived notice from the Senate,
that the iron is hot and the time for strik
ing it has come?
And nov for the Statesman's record
That paper was the very first in the Stat,
a few months ago to copy an extract from
the Portland correspondence of the Sar
Francisco Bulletin which commented
most prejudicially upon the service a,
performed by the Stage Company, and i
added to the extract, comments Of its owr
very antagonistic to the Company. /
quito plainly intimatsd that the eeneraoi
ought not to be again awarded to them
Next, whom the announcement was mad,
that Reside had obtained the contract
it did not stop at telling It's readers how
we'll it knew I" old Reesido," and how
well it knew that he would perform tn,
service in tip top manner, but it went OF
to give the rejected Stage Company SOM,
Eleft-handed ticks. It so happened, how
ever, that old Reside had nothing to d,
with tho contract, for the very good rea
son, We believe, that he was dead. bu
that yoAng Reside was the contractor
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