, 1866-06-08
Government Favors.

matter of Government fayors this northern
country was and is greatly neglected A:
illustrating the neglect Of which we COM
plain, take the "mopey order system,' and
we find that it is extended to eight towns in
California, including defnnct places, auch as
Sonora, Stockton, Nevada, Los Angeles and
Marysville-towns long since played out, and
only inhabited for the reason that the peo.
pie are unable to get away. Travelling
North to the only country in this quarter Of
the Pacific that gives signs of activity, we
find that Portland boasts the solitary "mon-
ey order Office Washington Territory, as
also Idaho, is entirely ignored, and the man
who desires to make remittance, to his
wife or relative, if he wishes to use the post
office, must travel all the way to Portland.
1t may be asked why It IS that the Depart
ment extends favors to all sections Of Cali
forna and leaves the whole northern country
neglected? The answer is at hand Cali
fornia sends men to Congress who work for
her interests, and are untiring in their ex-
ertions to serve their constituents. 1t was
so when Gwinn was at the head of the Calls
Rnrnia delAsAl;n.4,~- ~--l ;4 10 so tn.dau with
John Uonness as the chief of the delegat
ton from the Golden State. 1t has sbeen
the good fortune of California to always have
"workers" to represent her in both houses of
Congress, and as result she has always had
her share in the distribution of Government
favors. In the northern country differ
ent policy has prevailed, and as conseN
quouce our claims have been neg glected.
Take the Delegates from this Territory, COM
mencing with Wallace and coming down to
Denny, and it is certainly fair to say that
we might as we'll have had wooden men to
represent us. Destitute of both industry
and capacity, their highest ambition has
been to control the appointment of one or
two Indian Agents, and arrange for share
in the proceeds of the sale of annuity goods
A country that in so many ways requires
the fostering care of the Government can i'll
afford tC be represented in Congress by the
veriest putty y~head; and yet will any man
venture to say that this is not the present
condition Of Washington Territory OF
Oregon, it is but justice to say that in the
person of Senator Nesmith she has an able
and faithful representative of her interests
but he is weighed down in the House by a
weak old man named Henderson, who, in in>
tellect, is but one remove from an idiot, and
whose whole energies are absorbed in aiding
Thad Stevens to elevate the negro to a con-
ditiOn of equality with the white man. In
the Senate his colleague is possibly shade
better but he too is content to fritter away
his ti~e in framing arguments in favor Of
the course purpued by the radicals in Con
gress, and occupies his time aud talents in
the radical warfare at the expense of the
interests of his constituents
With men like these to represent us al
Washington, it is not strange that we lack
postal facilities, and that the complaint oI
neglect by the Government is universal. tt
remedy this condition of affairs we must
commence at home, and in future elections
We must see to it that we elect workers and
not drOnes to represent US in Congress. Let
US do this, and we shall no longer have ocr
casion to complain that our just claims are
neglected.