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Year: 1864

The regular readers of this journal Eave OBJ
served, of course, that in the conscientious dis.
charge of public duty we have on several occa-
sions felt constrained to dissent from the wisdom
and expediency of certain parts of the Executive
policy in carrying the country through the tre-
mendous and critical struggle brought on it by the
causeless rebellion of the Southern States This
imperative but unpleasant duty, while performed
with frankness, we have endeavored to discharge
with the respect sincerely felt for the Chief Ma
gistrate and his subordinates, and the Difference
due to the honest convictions of others. This
much was dictated as well by our own selfrespect
as by our habit but this much we do not deem
enough for an impartial as we'll an independent
press, whose only aim is to enlighten the public
judgment and award due justice to public SER
wants and therefore, in transactions SO deeply in
volyng the public veal, nay, the very life of the
nation, we consider it duty to 60 further, and
place before our intelligent readers the views OF
enlightened men, who equally disinterested with
ourselves, hold opposite views and advocate mea-
sures which we have felt obliged to condemn


Under this sense Of duty we have given as fully
as cur limits would admit the current debates in
Congress on the important questions OF the day,
intending to follow these with such leading speeches
IN erteaso, on both sides, opportunity may per-
nit. We accordingly give to-day the speech OF
Mr. DEMINa of Connecticut, one Of the ablest
delivered in support OF the Administration.
Year: 1864

We have not thought it necessary to add our
voice to swell the universal expression OF the pup
lie press against the policy which dictated the late
insignificant campaign in Florida, which has just
come to such disastrous end. We have so re-
peatedy depored the segregation of our forces and
their employment in expeditions that, even II sue
oessful, can conduct to no permanent or decisive
results, that we feel it would be waste OF words
to re.enforce our views under this head And the
calamity which has just befallen our arms IN the
pursuit Of this policy by the present military ad-
mnstration of the country may perhaps be said
to dispense with the necessity of pointing any
moral at the present time against this huckstering
species of war Nee cauponantes betlun', sea 0eF.
igeraates, is maxim which may be justly SAID to
have wider extension and deeper meaning than
in the classical pages where it is familiar to every
reader of the Roman literature. The Senate, 1t
will be observed, has ordered the Committee on
the Conduct of the War to inquire officially into
the origin, objects, and true history OF this unor-
tunate expedition.
Year: 1864

action" in the interest Of one candidate or another


for while, as we stated, "we have very definite
views of public policy and constitutional duty
which must ultimately determine our course In the
support Of any candidate for the Presidency, we
were careful to add that it has never been our
Practice to take part in the discussions of the me-
rts of prominent persons or of their claims to Oh
fee, which are apt to precede the meeting oil Na-
tional and State Nominating Conventions


In tile mean time we hope we may be permitted
to inculcatc the duty of "moderatlon 10 discus
sion" without incurring the suspicion OF meaning
something else. We may not be skilled In the use
of language like our correspondent, butwe generally
intend what we say, and we hope we generally sue
oeed in saying what We intend. When Gen. MeClel-
Ian, or President Lincoln, Mr. Chase, or any body
else shall be placed 10 nomination for the Presi-
dency by any respectable portion Of their fellow
citizens, it will be time enough for us, we think, to
discuss principles in their relations to particular
men as their embodiment. AS yet, we are con-
tent to discuss principles apart from all personal
ambitions or political rivalries excited in the inte
rest of any man or Of any party; and if, in the
mean time, while seeking to represent In all fair
ness the shades of difference represented by differ
ent Presidential aspirants, we shall find in the
statement of their differences sufficient explana
tion "why men of different convictions should es-
pousc the pretensions of one or another accordIng
to the tenor of those convictions" we must protest
that we cannot see in such statement any attempt
to reconcile" conservatives to the election of Mr.
Lincoln or of Mr.. Chase any more than 1t 49,
attempt to reconcile radicals to the election OF Gen
Mcclellan If we have been, as our correspon-
dent thinks, too charitable in our judgments Of
either Pr sident Lincoln or Secretary Chase, con-
sidered as possible ncumbents of the Presidential
chair the most that can be said in condemnation
Of our error is, that, in seeking for reasons why
their opponents might practise towards them the
moderation which our correspondent observes from
habit, we were more fortunate in the selection OF
the virtue we sought to inculcate than in the ar
guments by which it was supported.
Year: 1864

A correspondent of the Boston Commonwealth,
writing from Port Royal, in South Carolina, under
recent date, exposes and denounces the cruelty
which has been practsed towards the blacks in
that State by the recruiting officers of the United
States He states that the negro soldiers Of Gen.
Hunters first draft, in the year 1862, remain to
this hour without cent of pay-having served
for some three months, while their families were
left to maintain themselves. To this the writer
adds that in the Of subsequent drafts made by
Gen. Hunter, with authority from the Govern
ment, there has been no recognition of the personal
rights of the negro as a man, endowed with the
faculty Of reason and will. On the contrary, he
has been every where impressed into the ranks
without inquiry, warning consultation, as if the
negro had no rights which white recruiting Off
Ger is bound to respect. The correspondent Of our
Boston contemporary says


!" Since Gen. Gilmore has been in command Of the de-
patment the draft SUCH has been suspended and The
soders had orders only deserter But the
OF the former years unpaid service the bar
bnrOus in which the draft enforced and the
stupidity and careessness land wOrse of the officers en-
gagged in catching deserers have made the draft con
sant nightmare and terror to the people For nearly two
months the young men the place where live have
slept in the woods-the oi soldier beng seen in
the roads will send them trembling into their hiding
paces-and every week two fresh story from Beau


fort will make the plantation sick with fear 1t ID an un
reasonable terror, admit and The people certainly show


less energy and patriotism than in most places Still the
experience of what they have undergone will excuse them
somewhat The stories of the draft and Of the search for
deserers will compare with the stories of the Engeb
press-gang. Here is one instance and have heard OF
many such About Christmas time company OF soldiers,
under drunken officer, went in the night time to Cofins
Point at the northern end Of ST. Helena Island broke


into the houses dragged people from their beds fired at
random among them and carried off several men, only
Of whom deserter They we're discharged the next
day but will be that when such outrages this
have been going for nearly year will be hard 10 re-
store confidence to the people"


We have not heard that any member of Con-
gress has yet moved for an inquiry into the truth
Of these outrages upon the blacks of the South
where they have come within our power, though
we do not see much use for Committee on
Freedmen" if such things are allowed to pass with
out scrutiny or correction.
Year: 1864

On comparing the Government edition Of Gen. Nc
Cellans Report with that published in New York under
bis supervision find that there has been in one or he
ether Of them u transposhon Of the sbove-cied para
graph In the publishers edition this paragraph found
at the close Of the third period" Of Gen McCleans
narrative to which 1t obviously belongs 10 point Of losed
conneKon and chronology, being it's the recspituson
Of events he has lust rected among the closing incidents
Of that period In the Government edition the passage s
found intepolsed by accident in the midst Of the
events that initiated the Maryland campaign
We make this statement in justice TO the editor Of the
Army and Navy Journal who not finding this passage 10
the place where belongs and where 1t actually
in the edition published by authority II Gen Mcclellan
inadvertently assumed that the passage had been acc


denay omitted BY the Government printer copyi.t
Year: 1864

are now found ne.dful in the city Of Nashville nothing


would better please the puperect zeaots than to have
them put up at auction be sold only to such bidders as
would take oath Of their prescription They would SEQ
to il that the oath had something in IT which no honest
au could swallow and thus exclude all bidders but them
selves Our Government has righteously invaded the
States under nsurectonary rule with conquerng army
The conquests of that army have gorifed h4g and
given the nation increased reputation with the civilized
world Let us not encourage disgraceul social inva
OF Jacobns and Bsdlamitss to follow in tue Of
soldiers and blot the page Of their weearned fame
Year: 1864

Gen. Candy is rapidly preparing an expedI-
ton to move on this city. From what we hear,
it will number some fifteen or twenty thous-
and men. What direction it will take is prob
ably rot SO we'll known, but it is likely that it
will move from the coast, and be supported by
the fleet Of Farragut, as far as that can give il
support.


1t is not necessary for the citizens to be
alarmed by this announcement, butt is neces-
sary that they should be maKing ready with all
promptitude to meet the threatened danger,
and this cap only be done by implicitly obey
ing the instructions and advice Of the general
in command.
Year: 1864

We hear it said, with what truth we know
not, that W. H. Wallace, Delegate to Con-
gress from Idaho Territory, is on his way
from Washington, overland, to Boise. Fur
thermore, that he expects to be reelected this
fall. We are at loss to know how he will
clear up his Fort Laramie election fraud;
but as he is an adept in political jugglery
he will perhaps shift the responsibility of
the transaction upon some of his official
tools and prove himself worthy patriot and
statesman.
Year: 1864

KooTENAI.-The news from Kootenai
this week is rather favorable than otherwis e,
though accounts of the mines are still Civ
en- more as matter of opinion than from ac-
tual knowledge of the country. Nothing
definite can be known until the water falls,
though many seem willing to risk the chan
ces of going there upon the judgment Of
their friends and acquaintances who speak
favorably of the country. On Horse Greek
miners are at work in the hill, some distance
back from the Greek, making moderate wa
ges
Year: 1864

Some of the wives of leading public men
in Washington city have held meeting
and adopted pledge that after the 4th Of
July next they will not "for three years OF
the wal" purchase any article of foreign
manufacture. The ladies will probably take
a bundle of greenbacks, on Or before the
4th, make raid on the dry goods stores
and purchase foreign stocks large enough to
last them during their natural lives.
Year: 1864

within shellng distance OF the city.


INFORMATION WANTED" Under this
head, the Republican party of Idaho adver-
tise in our columns to-day for information
in regard to the whereabouts of their Dele
gate to Congress- We could not, even in
sympathy for the great concern they must
feel about the fate of their lost one, venture
the opinion that he. is IN Congress for the
reports of the proceedings of that body ywould
contradict such an idea-'nary word ever
being mentioned in them relative to the do
ings of the Delegate from Idaho In fact,
if an effort was to be made to ascertain the
names of the members of Congress from
the proceedings of the body the Delegate
from Idaho would be set down in the cata-
logue as unknolon We rather suspect,
however, that the missing delegate is some
aohere, laying his plans for reelection to
Congress. With all his proverbial Incidence
and disregard for the wishes of his constitu-
ents, he possesses to an eminent degree the
peculiar faculty ofhOnelfagg1ing them when
he appears among them, and by plausible
stories and great promises for the future he
gains their pardon for past errors and dsecures
their aid in re-feathering his nest" He
is one of the few, too, who invariable throws
off on his friends, and the cool Indifference
with which he sets himself to work to regain
their favor is no less astonishing than the
success he meets with His double-dealng
with the ~Gubernatorial aspirants in Idaho
last fall will no doubt be smoothed over be-
fore the next election, and those who are
now uttering curses loud and deep against
him will, as others have done, be declining
in favor of him for the next Delegateship,
under the plea of great love for the Union,
though really spurred on by the hope that
he actually intends to fulfill his promises to
use his influence in eleyating them to position
Oh, what nsugginses He could not give
any OuG VI Iue OON6TuOTSulp anu
attend to his own interests at the same time,
for such step would only have occasioned
the jealousy of the other taoenty-sir to whom
he had made the promise, and perhaps, i'm
PEELED them to such public expose of the
matter that even his impudence would have
quailed before the task of pacifying them.
But, as it is, he can now promise them some
thing else for their support in the next cam
paign, and perhaps he will secure it.
Though it may seem like "speaking out in
meeting" we would bet manzeneta against
his meerschaum that he had an eye to the
"main chance" when the "Poet of Lyons
dale and personal friend of Mr. Lincoln"()
received the appointment to the position
which he had just vacated. Just look at it
and think about you twenty-seven simple
tons, who worked SO vigorously for him last
fall, and see you cannot now see the cob
stinacy of the case"
Year: 1864

PRosPEcTING.-A party left here on
Monday morning to prospect for gold on the
eastern slope of the Blue mountains, about
two days travel from here, where report has
long said gold exists in paying quantities.
Year: 1864

The EASTERN NEws.-It seems to be al
ways the case that just at time when the
news from the East is looked for with the
most interest, the telegraph wires get down.
We cannot imagine, as some others, that the
break downs always occur on account of bad
news or disasters to the Union arms, for we
have too frequently seen it otherwise. The
report of the capture of Fort Darling seems
vet to need confirmation This Fort is dis
tant some seven or eight miles from the
rebel capital, on the James river, and it
will be rendered, is the point where the Fed
eral gunboats were compelled to stop two
years ago in their advance on Richmond.
1t is the main river de fense to the eplace, and
once taken the gunboats can easily advance
within shelling distance of the city.
Year: 1864

WENDELL PHILLIPS DEMOCRACY
Wendell Phillips wrote to the late Cleve-
land Convention, defining his position, as
follows:


"Let me tell you the National policy l
advocate: Subdue the South as rapidly as
possible The moment Territory comes un-
der our flag reconstruct States thus Con-
fscate and divide the land of rebels; ex-
tend the right of suffrage broadly as posi-
Bile to whites and blacks let the Federal
Constitution prohibit slavery throughout the
Union, and forbid the States to make any
distinction among their citizens on account
of color or race.


1 shall make every effort to have this
policy pursued. Believing that the present
Administration repudiates it, and is carry
ing us to point where we shall be obliged
either to acknowledge the Southern Confed-
eracy, or to reconstruct the Union on terms
grossly unjust, intolerable to the masses, and
sure to result in another war, earnestly
advise an unpledged and Independent Con-
ventiOn, like that proposed, to consider pub
lie affairs and nominate for the Presidency
a statesman and patriot.
Year: 1864

MALHEUR-A party of twenty y-seven
men are now out prospecting on the head
waters of the Malheur Some of the men
belonging to the party were in that country
last fall, and they state that they found as
good prospects there as were ever obtained
in the Boise Basin. The company are with, !,
or near, the military expedition under
charge of Capt Curry, now in that country,
Year: 1864

INDEPENDENT.-The Lewiston Golden
Age, since it lost the Territorial printing
patronage, has been free from the shackles
of party. 1t now takes an independent
and respectable stand. In the last issue it
makes the following good hit, more espe-
cially hitting the party with which it was so
recently allied;


"We have been charged with extreme
radicalism by both parties-a rather anom-
olous position, truly but one we would
rather occupy than be the slave Of either.
The fact is, the term political honesty has
become obsolete with both parties, the syco-
plants of neither caring to assume but
barely enough to place them in position to
rob and plunder the people. We feel it
our duty to record and expose these facts,
aud That's what's the matter


We have been fed with the idea that
those who supported the Union cause of
whatever party they may have heretofore
been, had the salvation of the country at
heart, paramount to all other objects. We
succeeded in foisting into power set of
men who have shown no scruples about un-
dermining the foundation of the government
and plundering and deceiving the people
upon every occasion offered, through the
medium of their official position"


How do you like being "fed upon ideas"
and official promises, Mr.. Editor, and isn't
it very poor picking? But, by all means
keep exposing those rascally officials
Year: 1864

DIsBANDED-T volunteers raised at
the Dalles for the purpose of proceeding
against the Indians on the Canyon city road
have been disbanded, owing to a notification
from Major Mclean that he had received
instructions from Washington not to muster
troops into the service for less than three
years, or during the war.


Since the above was in type we have re-
ceived the Mountaineer, which states that
Mclean has telegraphed to the War Depart
ment for authority to muster men in under
the call for volunteers to serve until the lst
of November and that Capt. Olney is dis
posed to continue recruiting, accepting all
able bodied men for the service that may
speedily come forward to the Recruiting of
fee at Fort Dalles.
Year: 1864

PREPARE YE.-Old residenters say that
windy springs and "falling summers" in the
upper country are always followed by severe
winters. Taking the spring, summer and
autumn of 1851 as a criterion, we might
judge this theory to be correct. But, as we
have never yet seen any of the predictions
of 'the oldest inhabitant," Indians, or other
weatherwise prophets fulfilled on this s-coast,
we might argue from this fact that the re-
verse of weather prophecies should be the
correct guide to go by, and thus it would
follow that the coming winter, instead of be-
ing severe will be mild and pleasant Still,
it is better to keep weather-eye out for the
worst, and farmers should put up plenty of
hay and straw during harvest so that their
stock will fare well in case of a hard winter.
1t is better to be on the safe side regard
less of weather speculations.
Year: 1864

The PRESIDENT DEFINES HIS Position.
President Lincoln, in letter written by
him to Mr.. A G.. Hodge, Frankfort, KY,
April 4th, thus defines his "posish p


81 am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery
is not wrong nothing is wrong. L cannot
remember the time when did not so think
and feel.


did understand, however, that my oath
to preserve the Constitution to the best of
my ability, imposed on me the duty of pre-
serving, by indispensable means, that Gov
ernment, that Nation of which the Consti-
tuition was the organic law Was it posi-
bic to lose the Nation and yet preserve the
Constitution By general law, life and
limb must be protected, yet often a limb is
amputated to save-a life, but life is never
wisely given to save a limb. | feel that
measures otherwise unconstitutional might
become indispensable to the preservation of
the Constitution through the preservation of
the Nation. Right or wrong assume this
ground and now ayow it"


1t will be observed, by reading the fore
going, that Mr.. Lincoln claims the right to
violate the Constitution whenever in his
own Judgment he may think it proper to do
SO. The doctrine of violating the Consti-
tuition in order to preserve it, certainly has
the merit of being original with Mr.. Lin
coin. None of his predecessors ever held
to such extraordinary views He says by
law, "life and limb must be protected, yet
often limb is amputated to save life. y
If by law, the limb must be protected along
with the 'life,' we cannot see the point to
the protection the limb would have in be-
ing amputated Mr. Lincoln evidently
thinks he has a sick patient in Uncle Sam s
Constitution, and that he is physician fully
authorized and empowered to amputate any
limb of the Government that to him appears
affected. Poor Uncle Sam, what helpless
being you would be,-what a spectacle you
would present without legs or arms to your
huge trunk. 1t used to be held in the early
days of the Republic that when the Consti-
tuition was adopted by the several States,
that the adoption of the instrument formed
at once the Nation, or the Federal Govern
ment, and that the destruction of the Con.
stitution would be the destruction of the
Government-being one and the same
thing; but in this progressive age, it is
held by the Chief Executive of the Nation
that to preserve the Nation it may be neces-
sary to amputate the limbs of the Constitu-
ton ! This may be good logic, but if it is,
we are unable to see tin that light.
Year: 1864

THE "spell of weather" we have been vis-
tied with recently seems not to have been
confined to this particular locality. In the
Boise Basin there has been more than a
usual amount of rain for the season, and in
the Blue mountains heavy rain storms have
soaked luckless travellers and rendered the
roads very bad. In the Willamette, the
aoebs of the semi-aquatic people have been
as fully spread by recent showers as during
the prevalence of their six months mists,
and on the 18th instant Portland was Wis
tied by a genuine hail storm.