The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-09-29
PORTLAND CORRESPONDENCE.
PORTLAND, Sept. 25, 1871.

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material, though not wonderful
change. Her progress is like the
steady beat of the pulse of health
rather than the rapid flutter of a pulse
in fitful fever. To be sure, for a
short time last spring, about the time
SO many were expecting an over
whelming immigration from across
the mountains, and about the time
our particular friend Ben. Holiday,
the Duke of Blow and Bluster, was
going to catch $4,000 Germans by the
nape of the neck and transport them,
notens vola,s, from Bremen to Port
land to settle up the lands of the o.
d c. r. II. Co., there was spree of
feverish and unhealthy excitement.
and some of our real estate specula-
tors, giving too much credence to the
assertions of land agents and our Dn-
cal Bombastes, and believing that we
were soon to have among us about
$4,000 Pixies, Wolverines, Hoosiers
and Pukes, to be interfused with the
$4,000 Germans to be imported by
Holladay, purchased lands at figures
it would be difficult for them to OBJ
tain to-day. The local of the Oregon
ian, about month ago, stated that
there was stagnation in the real es-
tate market, which the leading editors
of the Oregonidn and bulletin very
pompously denied, and yet that local,
as a truthful chronicler of events, told
only the simple truth. There is a
stagnation in that market, consequent,
however, only upon the unusual and
unnatural excitement brought about
last spring by the promises of Holla-
day and the combined efforts of our
real estate agents. Owing to these
circumstances, matters were over
strained, and as consequence are
now somewhat relaxed. But the nat.
ural growth of the country will soon
bring these land purchasers out all
right, provided they didn't purchase
with too short means.
You people, up in the cow counties
irrespective of party, are now, doubt.
lessly, most grateful to the last Legis-
lature for passing the Lock and Canal
bill, by which the produce of our rich
valley can find passage to the sea
board without being subjected to the
exaction of monopoly.
By the purchase of the P. T. Com,
pany's boats, Holladay has absolute
control and mastery over the produc-
tions of the Willamette Valley until
such time as the locks shall be com.
pleted. A great responsibility there
fore rests upon the Canal and Lock
Company, and one which the entire
people of the whole valley have a
right to demand shall be executed in
good faith. Knowing the men who
own the majority of the stock of that
company, believe they will prose
cute the work as contemplated. They
are men who could lily afford to prove
unfaithful to their trust, and who will
therefore, proceed with the work and
disappoint Holladay, who, without
doubt, contemplates getting control
of a majority of the stock of that
company and then allow the project
to go by default In fact / am now
told that that conceited man, in speak
ing of the Willamette Valley, calls il
my valley" Well, in one sense, il
was his "valley of humiliation" ons
year ago last June, and if he poke.
his nose in politics next year it will b.
again.
+ [ see our old friend Flaxbrake
hanging around Portland lately with
nothing in the world to do. He has
come back here to look out for a
chance to go back to the Senate
again, and the little clique of one
horse politicians that revolvc around
Holladay, really imagine that the
Radicals are going to carry Oregon
next spring, and thus give Flaxbrake
another term in the Senate. But
can assure our old friend that he has
not the ghost of chance of ever get
ting back there, and that instead OF
loafng around the streets it would be
much better for him, and far more re-
spectacle, if he would get buck-saw
and go to saving cord word for an
honest living.
This little clique have mentioned
base their hopes of defeating the De.
mocracy of this State on the suppo-
sition that we will be divided on what
is called the "new departure a ques-
tion concerning which there is really
no difference among the Democracy
of Oregon. For instance, let US sup.
pose that the next Democratic State
Convention should lay down plank
in substance as follows: "Resolved
that the Democracy of Oregon will
never consent to any departure from
the time-honored faith and principles