"Jno. McLoughlin."
"[At the request of Dr. McLoughlin, we stepped into the Clerk's office and read upon a paper filed in the office that on the 30th day of May, 1849, John McLoughlin filed his intention to become an American citizen, and that the said paper was duly certified to, by the then acting Clerk, Geo. L. Curry.—Ed.]"
DOCUMENT M
Letter by William J. Berry, published in the "Oregon Spectator," December 26, 1850.
"Forest Creek, Polk Co., December 15, 1850."
"Mr. Editor:
"Truth crush'd to earth, shall rise again:
The eternal years of God are hers;
But error, wounded, withers with pain,
And dies among his worshippers."
"Believing that the characters of public men are public property, I desire, with your permission, to speak through the columns of the 'Spectator' about some of the doings of our Delegate in Congress.
"I am dissatisfied with his course in regard to the 'Oregon City Claim.' And now permit me to say, that I am not influenced in this matter by mercenary motives of any kind. I never owned any property in or about Oregon City, nor do I ever expect to; but I am influenced by motives of a certain kind, which are: the veneration I feel for the sacred principles of truth and justice,—and the mortification I feel at seeing these principles not only overlooked, but indignantly trampled under foot.