The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-03-20
THE WILLAMETTE rARmER.

has seen fit, through his liekspittle, to
continue the controversy, by u black
guard attack upon "Mr. Abbott .
and as there is great dearth of news
at present the State mails being
blocked up by snow at sundry points
on the overland route-we have con-
cluded to give the Hon. gentleman
another salute.
lie is trying, in various ways, to
make an impression that the Demo
crat Is opposed to tho "bdrmer. -
Whoever asserts, or intimates, that
we are hostile to an agricultural pa
per in Oregon, asserts what is untrue.
We advocated the project from its
very beginning. At the solicitation
of one of the Publishing Committee
we wrote the Prospectus for the
Farmer :" also, the Circular or letter
to the several agents throughout the
State. We did this, not for pay but
because we favored inc project. AL.
so, the columns Of the Democrat will
bear witHess that we published the
prospectus in full not among the
advertisements, as is usual in such
eases, but in the editorial columns =
that we also endorsed it then and once
subsequently. These are undeniable
facts, patent to the world yet, in the
face of them, Minto attempts through
i Sir Lickspittlc-(a dissembler, liar,
and cowardly sncak)--to make the
public believe that We arc hostile 10
/ the Farmer. We are not opposed to
lit. We want il to succeed but We
are opposcd-forevcr and irreconci!a.
| bly-to Mimic as its editor. We say
the Society made a great mistake
when they selected him, because his
anteccdcnts show him 10 be antago
nistic to the interests of the laboring
masses. Mr.. Dufur-ior whom VIC
/ have great respcct-says that "asldc
from politics he is q gentleman oi
honor and integrity" All that may
be true; we have not Yet attacked
him as a man, although he has as
We object to him because he ia sucl
an intense partizan that he resigned
his seat in the legislature in order tc
iniure tho Democratic party ;--tins
/ IdestrUylug tue quorum and placing =
beyond the power Of that body Il
pass an appropriation bill; tho effect
/ of which l. to withdraw over one
hundred and fifty thousand dollar,
/ of gold from circulation. This, in &
great measure, produces the present
stringency III money matters IN Ore
gon. 1t causes our State warrants t.
/ bc hawked about and sold at larg,
I discount. 1t causes the people tc
+ pay interest on them, although TIA,
State Treasury is full of gold, placed
there by them for the express purpose
of rcdeeming these warrants. And
if this sad state Of things is not soot
remcdicd, it will cause the taxpayer;
to pay from 500, 900 to $4,000 NOR,
than they would have had TO pay had
not John Mimic resigned his seat il
the legislature, We say that mar
so rccklcss,-so full Of partisan bias
may suit some Radicals well enough
but he is not fit person to edit pa
per for true Democrats. The Society
could scarcely have made a moro OBJ
iiectionablc | selection, Several of tho
papers of this State, though in favor
of the Farmer, are down on him. a
late Portland Commercial says:
"The Willamette Farmer contains the follow.
| ing the Railroad
The land grant question remains unsettled, 10
action having been had by tho late Congress &
extend the time, as provided for by the bill intro
duced by Senator Williams, which was opposed
by Senator Corbeit aud Mr. Mallory. The Cen.
trail Pacific aud Pengra Company, @hich Ia in
their interest, arc said to oppose any grant OF
scheme but the Branch Road from the Bend u
Hum boidt. Mr. Holiday. who lately came up
on the steamer orfamme, gave the passengers on
board to understand that tho road would certainly
be completed to Salem before the State Fair next
fall though, had the land grant been decided ia
favor Of the East Side, the road would have been
completed to Eugene City before next January.
This shows Mintos eloYen foot on the Rail
road question. and satisfactorily proves that Mimic
(ti'e editor Of the Farmer) is wholly unfit for his
position, wholly unfit 10 conduct paper profess
ing to represent the interests of the farmers oi
Oregon t,ith0ut regard to locality. Tho above
statement Is not only partizan to the East Side OF
the river but Il is not truo in any respect. 1t il
untrue that MesnS. Corbett and Mallory opposed
Senator Williams bill. If the editor Of tho Far
mer will get the Congressional Globe containing q
discussion in the Senate on Williams bill, he will
see that Senator Corbett made mere statement ot
facts, which Mimic himself Iare not deny, and
upon this statement Of facts, Senators Conkling,
Howard and Hendricks took up the discussion
and argued the case against Senator Williams, ex-
pressing as they did, the opinion that the West
Side Company was already entitled TO the Land
Grant, Minto's vote on the Holiday resolution
in the last Legislature, to the contrary notwitE-
standing.
Further; if the editor of the Farmer knows no
more of the material development of the country
than to believe and publish that any contractor
could construct railroad from East Portland to
Eugene City, in ono season Of labor, shows him
self so grossly ignorant as to be unfit to furnish
information 10 the people. The above item is on
par with Minto's ridiculous speech in the last
Legislature, in which he, in advocating tho cause
OF the East Side Company, counted the popula-
ton of the city of Portland in favor of the East
Side and against the West Side.
In addition to Minto's crooked and disreputable
course in copspiring with Sneezer Woods to, break
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