lie 



OREGON. 



and administration of which the country com- 

 plain*. 



8. We are opposed to granting by the General 

 Government ot subsidies to steamship lines to im- 

 port Chines* slaves to our shores, and we demand 

 such a modification of the Burlinnme treaty with 

 China as will effectually cut off tbu stream of Chi- 

 nese immigration. 



. We demand of Congress an additional appro- 

 priation for t be removal of obstructions to the navi- 

 gation of the Willamette River, and such aid by ap- 

 propriation or otherwise as will open the Columbia 

 River to free navigation, by means of a canal and 

 looks at the Cascade portage, and the proceeds of the 

 sales of alternate sections of the public lands to 

 aid in the construction of the Portland. Dalles & 

 Salt Lake Railroad. 



10. That as the vast extent of our coast, embracing 

 a distance of nearly 1,000 miles in extent, is destitute 

 of any place of resort for vessel* in stress of w eath- 

 er, and vast amounts of property are lost yearly 

 thereby, together with a great many valuable lives: 

 Therefore, be it resolved that we require of our Rep- 

 resentatives in Congress to use every honorable 

 effort to secure an appropriation for the harbor of 

 Port Orford : first, as being adapted to an improve- 

 ment of the kind, and also for the improvement of 

 all places in the State that may contribute to our 

 commercial prosperity. 



11. That we most cordially invite all who favor 

 nobment and reform in cverv department of the 



public sen-ice, and the restoration of the govern- 

 ment to ita former purity and efficiency, to assist us 

 by their votes and Influence in the attainment of ob- 

 jects so important and desirable. 



JtaoittJ, That the high crimes and revolting mis- 

 demeanors of J. 11. Hippie, alia* John II. Mitchell, 

 meet with pur most emphatic condemnation, and, in 

 common with all good men, we demand his resigna- 

 tion, or his expulsion from the United States Senate. 



The last resolution was passed, after a pro- 

 tracted debate, by a vote of 85 to 28. 



The Republican State Convention assembled 

 in Albany, on the llth of September, and con- 

 tinued in session two days. Hiram Smith was 

 nominated as Representative for Congress. 

 The following resolutions were adopted : 



Ktiolftd, That we look with pride and satisfaction 

 upon the prosperous condition of our country aa the 

 natural results of ita application of the principles 

 controlling the Republican party in the administra- 

 tion of national affairs, and that we reaffirm the 

 principles of tho party a* heretofore enumerated in 

 It* conventions, snd declare that their practical en- 

 forcement la essential to the welfare of the country 

 and the maintenance of the rights and liberties of 



v That the Chief Executive of the nation 

 has our unstated and unqualified confidence in his 

 integrity, ability, and enlightened patriotism in the 

 administration of the duties of his high office. 

 .MWrurf, That we point the discordant and cha- 

 :ionts which oppose the Republican 

 party to-day to the grand advance mnde bv our Gov- 

 ernment on Its political standing, financial credit, 

 commercial Importance and material development of 

 toe resources of the whole country as the direct, nat- 

 ural, and inevitable result of this' enlightened policy 

 and principles of the Republican party. 



That we denounce the recent act of Con- 



(I*** known as the back-pay bill and the voting for 

 - increased pay for services already 



That we denounce all Credit Mohilier 

 transaction), whatever their form, and we heartily 

 appror* of the action of the late Congress in expos- 

 '"^nd pouching corruption. 



i That we favor retrenchment, and re- 



form, and rigid economy, in the expenditure of the 

 public money in the State and national admit 

 tion, and the reduction of taxation as ruj ; 

 sistent with good government and maintenance of 

 the public : 



J&nlttd, That we cordially welcome to our shores 

 the oppressed of all countries ; ami n 

 that our adopted fellow-citizens have ulway>. j.r<.\ > J 

 loyal to the flag of the Republic, we demand lor 

 them the fullest protection of the laws. :,i.,i iuvr 

 increased facilities for naturalization. But we con- 

 demn the cooly trade, and all lorn mtary 

 servitude, and affirm that the safety and prosperity 

 of free institutions demand more ttrlngcut laws to 

 prevent such traffic. 



Jtaolttd, That the interests of this State, and the 

 demands of its commercial relations with the other 

 States of the I'niou, both present anil prospective!}', 

 will warrant a liberal expenditure on the part of the 

 national Government in the imp <t our 



harbors and river channels, snd it is the tun ; 

 of our people that they should be so represi nted in 

 Congress as shall most effectively accomplish this 

 result. 



Jtetolrtd, That true economy in the management 

 of the public lands of the United Slates, as well as 

 the settlement of our vast domain, and tin ... \ . ':. p- 

 incnt of its resources, demand liberal grants of pub- 

 lic lands in the construction of railroads and other 

 public works, with such limitations as will secure 

 the ultimate sole to actual setlli rs. 



Jtttolrtd, That we are in favor of congressional 

 prants of public linds to aid in the construction of a 

 railroad frrm Portland, Orecin. ' nt of 



junction with the Central and Union Pacific Kail- 

 roads in Salt I.ake Valley, and of a railrrud firm the 

 Rogue River Valley to a junction with the Central 

 Pacific. 



Jlttolrfd, That the interests of commerce demand 

 the construction of a breakwater at Port f'ri'c.id in 

 this State for that pur] 



Kttvlrtd, That the protection of the crir.mercc of 

 the Columbia Km r demands the placing of a steam 

 revenue-cutter with all ncceuary appliances at the 

 mouth of said rive r. 



Jtttolrtd, That the producing, commercial, and in- 

 dustrial interests of tl should ln.v 

 1 1 -i ami > 'heapcst of transportation possible, and 

 while capital invested in such means of transit 

 should have a reasonable remuneration, those inter- 

 ests shoufil be fully protected, and the facilities for 

 transportation should be adjusted so far as possible 

 to the wants of every part of the State, with no un- 

 just discrimination as to any section, perron, or 

 class, and as capital and labor are inseparably eon- 

 . and imitinillv depctidi lit, the TIM inccs of the 

 State will be best developed, and the beet interests 

 of all classes promoted l>v mutual concessions and 

 accommodations between labor ar.d capital, and be- 

 tween the producer and carrier. 



Jfaolrtd. That we are opposed to the setting apart 

 of the Walla Walla Valley for on Indian reservation, 

 and the candidate of this convention is hereby 

 pledged to TIM- hi> influence to secure t" white set- 

 tlers the lands in said vallev; thnt the Modoc mur- 

 derers of citizens at Lost River and Tulc Lake, in 

 ibcr last, should at once be delivered to the 

 civil authorities of this State, that they may be dealt 

 with according to law ; that we arc in favor of a 

 humane peace policy toward peaceable Indians, but 

 full and complete protection should at all times be 

 given to the settlers on our frontiers against the dep- 

 redations of hostile and refractory tribes. 



The following resolution elicited n spirited 

 discussion, bat was finally adopted after mneh 

 opposition, by a vote of 67 to 27 : 



Knotted. That whatever may have been the mis- 

 fortunes, faulti, or shortcomings, of the Hon. J. II. 

 Mitchell, United States Senator of this State, in his 



