The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-05

s.o~-Sv general aftsF SCI fiiis WIN marx
- distinction IN the senate. ohe night
ssssr making q powerful speech 10 the
ar - CANYON creek. they expressed
- 40 him honor hy comforting on
c. secret order Of the r. ClanpEus
ssA- ,rhfch they did n IS an order
49,, akir 10 the Occidental Brother
co. .,novrn 70 soT1e % you among the
s-ssrs;ors Of happy long ago.
as travelling companion was Sam Scott,
~.--ecraftc candidate for state senator
raseohiue county. ours was a stiH
-. We made a quiet canvas, on the
.ersole order and introduced each
80 wherever We went. One day a. we
Going along Apologize. on our way
v.pnayss ferry. a. we supposed. ve
.s.need 70 meet several voters on horse-
- ne stopred and I began: Gentle
-. Kermit me 10 Introduce Hon. Sam
-. democratic candidate for senator
-, Josephine county he - both
l'ss- 49, . farmer: he is blessed with an
a-sahge wife ami SIX lovely children. Is a
..-sver and a gentleman and a good oltl-
-f,h hut q single bah fauIt-he il a
S.rat Hold on Eonld on. my friend,
- eff the track and jumping strange
ss-~4srz5 This is Jackson county. and
80 are out Of your haliwick. Sorry We
-, bsIr you ont. but We can't. so good
49, and away they rode. leaving the
soke on ne.
@.so,,t that time 1t was my good fortune
80. our honored president. Judge ia
- fo~ the first time. and a little later.
,ss,k Il was the 4th o. July. 1850 when
swas Younger and better looking than he
: go IL such a thing can be thought pos
80 7 found him with a circus-af least
- xas in circus tent-and
sssn the ring where the clown usually
r.seasr his voice rang out like a silver
D. Of Irsf.#
= ire miners, which was the beginning
- sts fame as an orator I'm that part OF
-. yebfoot state The whole country
,arnad out. and the circus tent was the
,,,gsst place, except outdoors. In all
that region
-rol E. D. Baker. the gray eagle OF the
-. the silver-tongued orator without a
,ee, led the Lincoln campaign in 1850 in
oregon. and was greeted by tho miners
n gog,hern Oregon as their political lido
Indeed his fame had followed him from
california, and al classes fiocked to hear
fs4 wonderful music Of his clarion voice.
had the honor and pleasure TO introduce
hm 10 his audience when he SPOKE a.
sailor Diggings.
sFollowing his election came the civil
~ar for which all the regular troops on
ne Coast we're speedily ordered East.
and 10 ai their place and meet the dis
laval demand for a Pacific Coast Re-
saiiie" California. oregon and Washing
ion pere called upon for volunteers. Cali
fornia responded promptly with four regi-
nents. but oregon tried hard from No
ssnber. 1861. 10 April. 1852. and raised
oaly seven companies OF cavalry. Wash
!azton territory put a regiment in the
aeiA but they were mostly from Cali
tornla This slow recruiting was due 20
various causes. The election had Just
Shown nearly oue-thiFd or the population
10 BE- unfavorabie TO the war. We were
100 remote from the scene OF conflict TO
catch the war spirit. our money-seeking
Ieople hesitated 10 quit $50 and 500 a
month to accept service Offering no glory
and but rough frontier fare and SIC
Month And besides, we in oregon were
required to furnish our own hoTses and
equipment. so that when we took the
fsld after six months OF recruiting ana
drI without dollar Of funds except what
ne had OF our own. IL cannot be wondered
al that our officers were all bankrupt
and unable even to purchase uniforms
ard side arms.
While We were lying in Camp Clacka-
nss near Oregon city. ostensihly walt
hg for clothing for our men. but really
waiting for the June election of 1852 so
We might ali vote before leaving the state.
w - a..
q, Portland and found TO my utter as
toaishment that he was very genial. obllg-
lax and quite willing to loan TO our Off
GERS on their pay accounts. | surprised
the camp by carrying back $500 OF Mr..
LadGs gold. Thus Unexpectedly had |
CIT the Gordian knot-smote the rock in
iae desert-and supplied our wants. Mr..
laid was Well patroniZed. His charge or
per cent. a month did not deter our
officers from using their credit for all IL
vas worth
1t was the last Of June when we
reached the bunchgrass hills I'm the won
oeffHi land OF kamiakip. and IL was truly
revelation to me. What an empire,
Fai With tho opuleuce OF its virgin soil.
resounded with the hoof-heats OF un-
numbered herds % horses As we marched
Tor nearly go miles along the great Nez
ffrces trail-from the Deschutcs 10 lap
Marlborough waving fields Of bunchgrass.
TAU. rank and fully headed out like "a
harvest field I thought no wonder the
cassy sons Of the desert gathered here
were jealous Of their possessions. No
wonder the martyred Whitman saw. as
Win prophetic eye. in the rich possibili-
ues Of that new Canaan a prize worth
he best blood Of a nation No wonder
ne sent back across tho plains the Mace
CONAN cry for his countrymcn 10 come
V'eF and hclp him reclaim and hold il
a. heritage for the American pioneer.
Al tho crossing Of the beautiful Una
una We found the great overland road
pouring Us tribute into the older greater
Nsz FeTces trail. and we exclaimed with
'ae poets enthusiasm;
This was Tho path or empire. Fifty
Have hang their halos where heroic
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