The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-26
BAYIEG THE MOON.

circle of personal friends, not satisfied
with disappointing his friends by his
malignant efforts to disrupt his party
under the cover of cloak of purity
so very thin that it formed an inefIect-
ual disguise for hypocrisy that howled
at Mitchell as Senator, yetscrupled not
to elect a Nesmith as Representative;
finding himself baked in his futile at
tempts TO eject United states Senator,
whom, in the role OF gossip, spy and de-
tractor, he seeks TO hurl beyond the
possibility Of Senatorial usefulness Of
innocent or personal reform if guilty;
finding himself snuLbed in Washington
and spiped in Pennsylvania, sneaks
: ''-'-', -, sast to, Oregon IKE 2 whipRsa
! spaniel to It's lair, and having found out
his own nttleness, yet hopes to hideit
from the gaze OF the multitude BY max
ing 2, ,ysheEaent Outery a-bsying Of The,
moon, ...,.... 81. 49,. .l-.g 81.
We bad hoped neyer TO allude to this,
subject again. The public was long ago
nauseated aud disgusted with it beyond
endurance; but, as we have not yet lost
all hope of awakening an old friend, in
whom we have once had confidence, TO
the knowledge that he is digging pit
for others that he alone shall fall in,
conscience commands us TO give him
this notice, and i'm obedience to her be-
hests, we are constrained to question
him as follows, explaining to those OF
our readers who do not see the OregOniGn
that a two column re-hash of the
Mitchell scandal appeared in that jour
nal on the 23d inst:
Brother Hill, ought you not to know
by this time that the L nited States Senate
will not listen to you? And suppose
that august body should descend into
the questionable business of raking up
the antecedents OF men who are sent up
| by the States TO represent State affairs
instead of domestic ones; and suppose it
should conclude, as you do for yourself,
that being without sin it was its duty to
cast stones at its Senatorial associates,
concerning whose particular domestic
affairs il has common sense enough 10
mind its own business; suppose we say
that that body should have the bad
taste TO obey your behests, what then ?
Remember, this is none of our funeral;
we only object TO your blind attempt TO
dig your own grave. Senator Mitchell,
as Republican, represents the interests
Of your party for the State of Oregon.
He is far beyond the shafts OF your
calumny, as you should have learned
ere this, judging from the poor success
that has followed your attempt to re-
move him from the highest Office in the
gift of the Oregon people. But, while
it is impossible for you TO injure him,
you are seriously crippling-fOr time
only, for this will all react upon your
self-the party 20 which you claim TO be
loyal, while doing your best to hinder its
usefulness in the United States Senate.
But, We repeat, suppose you should by
any possibility remove Senator Mitch
ell, what then? The Governor, whom
you politically oppose-or pretend to
would Immediately fill his place by a
Democratic appointment. Is not this
the very end for which you are striving?
Why do you not throw of the cloak
of hypocrisy which is worn so thread
bare that your real motives are no
longer hidden from any man or woman
Of sense, and come out openly on the
side of the party I'm whose interests you
are undermining the party TO which
you profess to belong, that you may thus
command respect? Granting all your
charges against Senator Mitchell to be
true, and no sane man or woman who
knows him will believe them, no mat
ter how often you "prove" them, what
have they to do with the great ques-
tiOns pertaining to the affairs of our
State, including needed appropriations
for opening the Columbia river and in
Identifying the surviving pioneers OF
the wilderness for their losses by savage
Modocs
When a mans misdeeds have been so
long ago committed-if committed at
all-that legal statutes have exhausted
their limit, and have no power to reach
him, is it not well to allow the personal
and private charities of Christian for
bearance, forgiveness, silence and hope
to spread itself like mantle over that
which even the vengeful arm Of the law
has forgiven that fha victim, of Gin or
misfortune may have power to prove
that time and eternity which are ahead
OF all OF US, are given in which TO work
reformation and restitution?
Is persecution the Christ principle?
Did not the Christ whom you profess
even while blaspheming him in the
name Of scandal and malignant hate
forgive us whenwe talk plainly-teach all
men the new commandment to love one
another?
These questions, friend and brother,
are but sample of the many that
crowd upon us every time you re-dish
that sour hash which you have so often
thrust down the throats OF your readers
that il is little wonder that the stom-
achs Of their reason refuse 10 digest il.
When the dog bays the moon that
luminary is not in the least affected by
the attack, but his brethren who must
needs listen are annoyed, sometimes be-
yond endurance. Can you point the
moral?