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 372 T. W. Davenport. deserving have been omitted. But however faulty in this respect, the reader may rest assured that it is not from want of a desire to recognize merit where merit is due. Many persons of distinction do not appear in the list, for the reason that their sphere of activity did not begin until after the decision of the que^ lOn in 1857. Some others who were prominent as opponents of the ruling Democracy, prior to that event, are not included, for the reason that they were neutral upon the slavery question. The Methodist Episcopal Church North was credited with being anti-slavery, but few of its members engaged individually in promoting free-state sentiment. And so far as I know, even among those who actively engaged in extending the free-state cause, the in- alienable rights of the negro were seldom mentioned. The colored brother had few defenders, and to the others, the low moral tone, or rather the lack of moral tone, observable in Judge Williams' free-state letter, should not have been offensive. MARION COUNTY. D. M. Keene Wm. Porter Dr. P. A. Davis Dr. Chitwood Leander Davis James Campbell Wm. Engle Jos. W. Davenport John Batchelor Fletcher Denny J. H. Bridges Pones Wilbur I. H. Small N. D. Simons Ai Coolidge =Daii'l Waldo YAMHILL COUNTY. W. H. Odell S. M. Gilmour Sebastian C. Adams Geo. L. Woods '^W. L. Adams T. R. Harrison Neill Johnson W. B. Daniels Aaron Payne PI. V. V. Johnson
 * E. N. Cooke
 * John Denny
 * Jos. Magone
 * Wm. Greenwood
 * Rice Dunbar
 * Benj. Davenport
 * Thos. H. Small
 * Dr. James McBride
 * John R. McBride