, 1868-05-29
me canvas in Oregon.

PoLrrloAL SPEAKEG.-The announcement that
Messrs. Smith and Logan, the democratic and
republican candidates to represent Oregon in
Congress, would speak at Ireland's Station, on
Tuesday last, drew out very large attendance.
At WalIa Walla, stages, carriages, aud every
other means of locomotion were brought into
reoaisitiou, and thus the crowd was greatly
swelled by accessions from this quarter. One
of Abbott's stages was chartered by party of
democrats, who unfurled from its top the Ameri-
can flag. Not to be outdone, the republicans
also chartered a stage, from the top Of which
they displayed flag, with the name of "David
Logan" emblasoned on its folds. The attend
anee at the meeting was estimated at Eve hun
dred, including quite a sprinkling Of ladies.
And here let US say that we believe it would be
well if the ladies more generally would grace
public meetings by their presence. They would
serve as a check upon the obscenity to which
speakers occasionally descend, and in every re,
spect they would exercise an influence for good. !
At IL NJ, the meeting was called to order by the
election of R. H. Basket as Chairman, who there.
upon introduced Hon. Joseph s. Smith. The
appearance of the democratic standard bearer
was the signal for round of applause, which
at once assured him that be was in the midst of
his friends. Mr.. S. then occupied an hour and
half in an able and eloquent viudication of
democratic principles, and an exposure of the
ruin and desolation that followed the accession
of the radicals to power. During sixty years of
democratic rule we had peace and prosperity.
During eight years of radical misrule we have
had civil war and a subversion of everything
like constitutional liberty. Under pretense Of
giving liberty to four millions of degraded, bru-
talized Africans, an attempt was made to enslave
eight millions of whites. Steadily and surely
loosing ground in the Northern and Western
States, all the energies of radicalism was now
| directed to Africanzing the Southern States,
aud bringing the blacks to their support in solid
phalanx, they hope to secure another lease Of
power Having lost the confidence of the white
race, they make their final appeal to the emanci-
pated slaves, as presenting the only means where
BY they hope to escape the wrath of an outraged
people. Mr.. S. also discussed the question of
untaxed bonds, and the general financial policy
of the radicals, and established conclusively that
the interests of the country and the necessities
of the people require change of rulers. We
have here only given the briefest outline Of Mr..
SIS speech. Mr.. Logan then followed, and at
tempted to show that negro suffrage was only
temporary expedieut, resorted to for the purpose
of reconstructing the Southern States, and to be
abandoned with their resdmisson to the Union.
He forgot to say that negro suffrage had been
imposed upon the people of the District of Col
umbia, and of the Territories, thus showing that
eufranchising the negroes is settled principle
in the radical confession of faith, aud not mere
expedent. The exemption of bonds from taxa
tion was justified, and the creation of bond
holding aristocracy declared to be wise and
proper measure. Mr.. Logan certainly deserves
credit for frankness in this regard, and certainly
no one who heard him will question the propri
ETY. of termiug him the "bondho older's candidate !"
As matter of course the republicans present
Justify cheered their champion. The democrats
also were in the best spirits, and left the
ground fully impressed with the belief that the
election of Monday next will seal the doom of
radicalism in Oregon.