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; $10,500, salaries for the governor, secretary, and judges; $1,500 for taking Mr Thurston set an example, which his immediate successors were compelled to imitate, of complete con formity to the demands of the people. He aspired to please all Oregon, and he made it necessary for those who came after him to labor for the same end. It was a worthy effort when not carried too far; but no man ever yet succeeded for any length of time in act ing upon that policy; though there have been a few who have pleased all by a wise independence of all. In his ardor and inexperience he went too far. He not only published a great deal of matter in the east to draw attention to Oregon, much of which was cor rect, and some of which was false, but he wrote letters to the people of Oregon through the Specta tor? 1 showing forth his services from month to month, and giving them advice which, while good in itself, was akin to impudence on the part of a young man whose acquaintance with the country was of recent date. prev next |