The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-12-10

stream. IF 1 have built myself a
house, and man comes to the prop
erty next me, and builds high wall
round my house that ] can neither
see through nor over, he has exclu-
sive control of my light and air. If
man binds my hands and with pis-
tol to my head forces me to walk
along the road he points, he has ex
elusive control of my movements.
II in olden days Southern man
owned slave, he had him under his
exclusive control.
Did any one hear till now of man
venturing TO try to establish, still less
asserting openly his righ. to the ex-
elusive controkof navigable river ?
And such river! Gods highway
for these States, rolling in its majes-
tic course 10 the sea-Gt to bear on
its broad bosom the commerce OF
nation, draining in its splendid prog
ress hundreds of thousands Of miles
of fertile lands; full and free like the
air we breathe; a fit emblem of the BEN
lfcence which has fitted these north
| western States for thousands ofbappy
homes. Exclusive control. of the
Columbia Mark the adjective and
notice the tale it tells. Exclu
sive ?" Yes, by shutting out, by
closing the door and barring it in the
face of one entering. There lies the
sting, and this man, who has piled
dollar on dollar, wrung from the
farmers and traders of Oregon,
bushes not at the arrogance OF the
claim he makes. But the Columbis
even does aot content him. He and
his associates forsooth are to prevent
the establishing Of opposing inter
ests IN their oac,e territory. Their
| tel ritory! Who gave it to them
Did they beg, borrow or stealit it? L
is of such stuff tyrants are made.
We wonder they do not claim tht
very houses we live in, the fields We
till. They do their best to levy tol
and tribute on every bushel WI
grow. Who has carried this fre'
State into Egypt TO compel each ont
J of onr farmers to bring his brick an(
lay 1t on the overgrown pyramid o
their wealth and ambition? Ant
moreover no one is to come to ou
help without their permission. Oppos
ing interests are not to be permitted
to be established. Why not? /
. the people demand it, if the heape6
3 MP produce of the fields lies waiting
for transport, if some Of the faires
: regions of the earth lie untitled, be
e cause nothing would be left to tn,
: brave man, who ventures there tt
7 drive the plough, after paying thei
i, exactions. Can nothing teach thes'
] people that they are but folks wht
r have goods to sell, namely transpor
: tation Of the products cf the State
, and that all the world is free to come
/ and open a rival store? Policies,'
3 Exclusive Control" "Our Own Ter
, ritory," these are the watch-words foj
I the people to print deep in thei
, memories, and to act on too wheI
, occasion comes, as come it viii.
But this same frequently used worG
l has been more recently before US
, Where was it? In this very circnla
n just sent forth to deal a deadly stal
: at the Oregon Pacific, we read tha
the proposed undertaking of th'
: Oregon Pacific will also imply th'
, necessity of overcoming the control
: ing influence Of the city of Portland
3 What! More control It is no
, enough then that Oregon is to- b,
5 +" controlled" by Mr.. Willard and hi
associates; must it be controlled b.
) Portland, too? So many masters
: a poor lookout for us all. But it is
f long lane that has no tnrning. It il
. darkest just before dawn. A whispe
has reached us that this foul blow o
3 the garbled circular did the Oregon
Pacific no real harm; that on tn
: contrary, the virulence of the attacl
!, opened a good many eyes 1t was in
: tended to close, and that, therefore
j we may take courage, confident tha
eI ere long, in spite of boastful words
h in defiance of vain threats, we s1tdi
: see the establishing OF opposin,
: interests" in what may truthfully b
called oar oU,s Territory.
LETTER FROM 7. EGENT0M Hoaa.