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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21
Where Should jeff. Davis be
Tried2

\ correspondentofthe Hartford Conn
Courant, who is anxious for the %conyie-
ton and execution Of JEFF. Davis, raises
the question: Where should JEFF. Davis
be tried s"-and recommends his re-
marks to c~eansel learned in the law. lie
says:
1t Is said tha he Davis has sent an
army into the District Of Columbia. and
is therefore guilty Of leyying war against
the United States. Grant il. But where
did he levy war; At Richmond or at
Washington ? Plainly where he was
present at Richmond. and in Virginia.
and other Southern States. The acts III
the soldiers and Officers in the District OF
Columbia are their own. not Jefs. Sup
pose JEFF. had sent Booth to y ashington
70 murder any man he would be aeeeSso-
ry to the crime, but could he tried only
where he acted as accessory to the crime.
The Constitution vi the United States
reads plainly and clearly: No person
shall be convicted unless on the testimony
Of two witnesses to the same overt act.
Further it says: " In all criminal prose
cutinns. the party accused shall have a
speedy and public trial. by an impartial
jury of the State or District irhsge tie
crime mns committed" The only ques-
tion then is where did jeff. Davis commit
the crime? Can any person prove an
open act OF his in Washington ? Can
any one act where he is not present? II
A in Connecticut orders b to assault c
in Louisiana, and b does it, will an action
lie against A in Louisiana, for assault and
battery? 1t is absurd to suppose it. a
trial for treason must be conducted on
the same constitutional principles as a
trial for assault and battery. Such APP.
pears to be the conclusion of common
sense. If there is any decision that {
man can be tried where his accomplice
or his servants, or his aiders and abettors
acted. we do not know it, and would be
4, glad to hear of it. We remember one
illustrious case to the contrary:
When Aaron Burr was tried for trea
son before the Circuit Court of the Unit
ed States, the testimony was on motor
stopped, because no overt act of Burr
could be proven at B!ennerhassett's Island
This is our recollection of the case, no
having Burr's trial at hand. | think i
was proven that the reasonable acts were
committed in Kentucky and not in Vir
ginia, and, therefore, Chief Justice Mar
shall ordered his discharge. The Judge
in that case, plainly and emphatically de
clared that a person who was not prescn
where the war was conducted, but in
different State, must be tried alone in thu
State where he acted that has presenc
aoas an essential component part Of al
ouert act. And as Burr was not proven
to have been present at Blennerhassett'
Island, he could not be proven guilty.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21


Down OK GEN. SHERMAN.-The real Sc,
cret of the antagonism of the AbJlt;onists
to Major General Sherman IS being revealed.
In referring to the present Gubernatorial
campaign in Ohio, the Albany Journa.-
Secretary Seward's chief organ-thus sounds
the first open bugle blast against the distin-
guished military chieftain:
General Sherman is a Democrat. He as
an oppoacat Of The Administration. He has
announced himself against those measures
of policy which are sure TO become cardinal
tenets Of the Union party. lie has secured
the unqualified c-ommendation Of Democratic
organs-ineluding the New York News and
World, the Syracuse Courier, the Chicago
Times, and other papers of that ilk. Such
being the case, we see no good reason why
If he is ambitious of civil distinetioH-he
should not run for Governor of Ohio. lie
would be beaten, of course; but the fact OF
q candidacy would put him well forward Tor
the Presidential heat Of 1868, in which it is
evident the Democratic managers intend to
give him McClelIan's place. The country
has reason to regret that General Sherman
haApursned a course which makes possible
such speculations respecting him but this,
unfortunately, is the case.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21
BURKE on CIVIL WAR,

W hat the great statesman and orator
of England, Edmund Burke, said in Par
liament, when it was proposed in England
in l776 to try American prisoners for
treason, may have some value now. On
that occasion he thus expressed himself
War is at present carried ON between
the Kings natural and foreign troops, on
one side. and the English IN America on
the other, upon the usual footing Of other
wars and accordingly, an exchange Of
prisoners has been regularly made from
the beginning. If, notwithstanding this
hitherto equal procedure. upon III pros
pect of ending the war with success, the
Administration prepares to act against
those as traitors who remain in their hands
at the end Of the troubles. in my opinion
we shall exhibit to the world rs indecent
ia piece of injustice as ever civil fury has
produced. If the prisoners who have
been exchanged have not by that ex-
change, been virtually pardoned, the car.
Tel whether avowed or UNDERSTOOD is 3
cruel fraud for yod have received the
life Of a man, and you ought to return 4
life for it, or there is no parity or ~fairnes.
in the transaction.
If, on the other hand, we admit thai
they who are actually exchanged ARE. par.
doned, but contend that you may justly
reserve for vengeance those who remain
unexchanged, then this unpleasant and
unhandsome consequence viii follow that
YOU Judge of the delinquency Of met
merely by the time of their guilt. aud no
by the Nervousness IF it and you make
fortune and accidents. and not the mora
qualities of human action, the rule o.
your justice.
These strange inconeruities must evel
perplex those who .coniound the unhap
piness of civil d~issension with the crime
of treason. Whenever a rebellion really
and truly exists. which is as easily know.
IN fact as it is difficult to define in words
Government has not entered into such
military conventions; but has ever de
lcllned all intermediate treaty, which
should put rebels in possession of the law
of nations with regard to war. Com.
mananders would receive no benefits a
their hands. because they could make ne
return for them. Who has ever heard Oh
capitulation. and parole Of honor. and ex.
change of prisoners. in the late rebellion
in this kingdom The answer to all de
mands Of that sort was We can engas,
for nothing yon are st the Kings pleas
ure.' We ought 10 remember that if oul
present enemies be. in reality and truth
rebels, the Kings Generals haye TO rieh
10 release them upon any conditions what
%soeyer; and they are themselves an vera
be 70 the law. and as much in want o
pardon for doing 50 as the rebels wbol.
they release.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21

HoRsEs AT PAsTURE.-Every horse in the
country ought, if possible, To have at least a
few weeks run in the pasture. It viii do
for him what no kind of medicine or nurs-
ing can do as well. 1t will improve his
hoofs, his hair and skin, his wind. digestion,
and blood, will take out stiffness and lame
ness, and put on flesh, ana infuse new life
generally. Before turning horses out, it is
we'll 10 aceustom them gradually to that kind
of food. but cutting a little grass for them
each day. or allowing them to =" bait for
an hour or so daily in the backward. And
when let oar, they should not have I" fush''
feed at first, as they will be likely TO over-eat,
and iniure themselves both in their looks
ard their wind. The best grass FOR a horse
pasture is a mixture of Timothy Blue grass,
and Red Top. Horses relish this feed bet
ter when it is moderately short. When
they are to be turned out for any length of
time, and not to be used much in the mean
while, they should have on only a light pair
of shoes. This will allow the hoofs to come
in close contact with the soft earth. and will
prevent contraction. Where horses cannot
enjoy pastures they should have fresh cut
grass as often as convenient, and should
have their stall covered with tanned bark.
or better, have the planks taken up and clay
floors laid American Agriculturist.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21
RIGHTS DEMOCRAT.
BE JUST AND FEAR NOR.

Speak thou the truth. Let ei5scrs fcaee
And trim their words for pay
In pleasant Sunshine or pvetcnce
Let Others bask their day.
Guard thou the fact. though clouds Of night
Down on the watchtowcr stoop;
Thought thou should'st sec thine heart deligl
Borne from thee b. their swoop.
Face thou the wind. Though safer seem
In shelter 10 abide,
We were not made to sit and dream
The safe must frs; be tried.
Wherc Ged has set his thorns about.
Cry not, The way Is plain;"
His path within for those without
Is paved with toll and pain.
One fragment Of his blessed word
Into thy spirit burned.
Is better than the whole. half heard,
And by thy interests turned.
Show thou the light. If conscience CLEAN,
Set not thy huShel down,
The smallest spark may send 4 beam
Ger hamlet, tower and town.
Woe. wee to him on safety bent.
Who erecps 10 ace from Youth.
Failing to grasp his life's intent,
Because he fears the truth.
Be true to every inmost Thought.
And as thy thought. thy speech
What thou hast not by suffering bought,
Presume thou not to teach.
Hold on. hold on-thou hast the rock
The foes are on the sand;
The first world-tempeSt ruthless shock
Scstters their shifting strand;
While each Wild gust the mist shall clear.
We now sec ,iarkly through,
And justified a. last. appear.
The true in Him that's true.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21

TESEMENTs IN New YoRK.-The New
York papers publish, about every quagter a
long and lugubrious account of the condi-
ton of the poor in that city. The Times
of the 10Th has a very lengthy statement, the
gist of which is, that there is 495, 592persons
residing in the tenement-hduses to which
should be properly added at least 100, 900
others, who live in a%ttics, stable lofts, and
smaller buildings, in nests of two, three and
five families each. These 'multitutles are
packed upen the house-lots and streets at
the rate Of 240,0 600 to the square mile and
it is only because this rate of packing is
somewhat diminished by intervening ware
houses, factories, private dwellings, and other
classes Of buildings, that the entire tenant
house population is not devastated by the
domestic pestilences and infectious epidemics
that arise from ov~ercrowding and u~nclean-
ness.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21

PRoposED UNITARIAN .RKroRns."-The
following, from a late Boston Journal, will
show the character of the reforms the
great Puritan Church would ~inaugurate.
Such religion is but a step removed from,
infdelity:
A Convention of Unitarian churches was
held in New York in the first week in April.
Gov. Andrew, of Massachusetts, presided.
One of the Improvements proposed TO be in
troduced IS mentioned as followsS
The phrase, '.the Lord Jesus Christ
which was used in a meaningless resolution.
provoked an extraordinary debate. The
Rev. Mr.. Watson, of Connecticut. objected
to the title Of Lord He ~scornesl such
aristoeratic p~refxes. We have abolished
temporal titles in this country. and he
thought, therefore, that the Savior ought Il
be called Mr.. Jesus Christ, or. AT hest, .Je-
sus Christ, Esq. These observations were
received with some appreciation; but the
Rev. Mr.. Burnley of Florence. Nlassaehu-
sets, who was not a delegate and was not
invited 10 be present, pat on the oratorical
gloves with Mr.. Watson, and a very pretty
display of science ensued. The Rev. Mr..
Clarke, of Boston. stopped this sparrine
match by moving that the Unitarians should
be called Independent Church."
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21


HALTER REAKING You've CoLTs.-f0ung
colts, when their dams are used in a harness,
are frequently troublesome about following,
especially when travelling on the highway,
where they are liable to meet other horses
1t is common TO see a young colt run direct
ly awav from its dam. when on the road.
and becoming bewildered. no little trouble
is required to bring it back. To avoid all
ANNOYANCE from this source, make a soft
halter suitable for the colts head and hitch
1t to a strong fence, or some other place,
where it cannot run around a post and wind
the rope up. 1t may pull for several hours,
bat viii soon learn to stand. As soon as ae-
customed to the halter. the colt may be
taught to lead. by placing the dam a few
rods distant from where it is hitched. and
leading it toward her. Ii will be ~inpossi-
bic to lead q colt away from its dam until it
has become well accustomed to the halter.
By spending a little time with a colt, treat
ing it with the greatest gentleness, it may be
taught to travel by the side of its dam, where
ever she goes. Tie the colts halter to the
hack band Of the dams harness. so that
it can Just reach her udder. This length of
halter viii prevent the colt running for
ward Of the mare when she is travelling.
In a few DAYS 1T viii become so gentle that
any one can put on the halter and handle it.
When colts are not accustomed to the halter
until they are two or more years old, they
are frequently very difficult to manage.
But i ftaught to lead when quite young they
can often be changed from one place to an
mother. with little difficult, and viii be much
more manageable.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21

A KEEN REToRr.-Rather keen and sug.
gestive was a repartee made the other even
ing by q little fellow in a Pittsfeld, Mass.
barber .shop. A gentleman of standing,
and an owifer in one of the factories, came
in, and, impatient at being delayed while
two boys had their hair cut, remarked that
" Little boys ought to get their hair cut in
the day time, and go to bed in the evening"
!" YES replied one of the juveniles "but
little boys who have to get up in the morn.
ing at five O'Clock and work in the mill till
seven at night, must get their hair cut when
they can"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21

they hoped to get people of the State to
adopt one of the most anti-republican and
otherwise odious Constitutions of Hoyern-
ment which bad men seeking power ever
dared to frame and propose for adoption
TO a just, intelligent add high spirited
people. The same kind of self seekers
are. 10 doubt, TO he found in other States.
Ilf they accomplish their objects, they
viii establish in the United States as vcri-
table an aristocracy rs exists IN Great
Britain.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21

GES. HURLBuT.-The Chicago Times says
A New Orleans telegraph announces that
General Hurlbut is about to be court.mar-
tailed OF some very grave charges. This is
locking the stable door after the horse is
stolen. Had this officer been justly dealt
with, he would have been c~ourt-martialed
on grave charges" as long ago as the sum
mer of 1861, and been dismissed the service.
He is notably n of the most worthless Of
all the officers given to the service by Hi
nois and he has succeeded in accomplish
ing nothing beyond having disgraced about
equally himself, the Federal Government,
and the State which sent him to the field.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21

Mr.. Vim. Lloyd Garrison, having effected
the abolition of slavery and feeling out of
his element in having nothing on hand "a
nemollsh has concluded to attempt the abo-
1ilon OF tObacco.-fExchange-
Then of course to use tobacco will hence
forth be "~disloyal." As Massachusetts
governs the country, and Garrison and his
set govern Massachusetts, it becomes trea-
sehaoie to DO anything he commands not to
bedone. Won't tea, coffee, cider. and all
,other than white cravats be i~nterdieted7
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21

FoR EoUALIrY MEN TO REFLECT Urox.-
The New York Times, speaking of the free
labor problem, says:
1--WE mus be prepared for a long and Ia.
bOrious struggle-for many defeats and dis
arrangements and ifGt the end o ftwent,
years, nee ind tie relations Of the fro rcce.
an the &0dfdeTR States all we could desire. WI
h have done more than any other natter
ever did in a6entury."
Tothisthe Cincinnati Enquirer aptly re
spends as follows:
That is certainly very eonsoling Il. the peo
pie who have been in favor of disturbing til,
relations of the races in the South a
they have existed for the last two hundree
years. 1t is TO take twenty wears TO Civ
success to the new theories. and in the NEAR
time all is TO be anarchy in the South
As a matter,,of fact, Great Britain has been
trying more then thirty years to repair tn,
evils of emancipation m her West Indi:
Islands, and the attempt is as vet a eomplet,
failure. Hayti has been trying the expert
ment for sixty years and has effected moth
ing. Both Hayd and the British West In
dies, from beiFg among the most productiv,
countries on THE globe, have become, by
emancipation about the most worthless.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21

"CALLED."-Chaplain Horace James, the
Superintendent of the blacks at Newbern,
has received a call from a leading church in
Washington, D. c.
Perhaps the last " call' will pay better.
Does the Reverend James serve God and
principle, or self and Mammon.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21

The following is a verdict of a negroLiury
/" We, de undersigned, being q k%oroner'e
jury, to sito the body of the niger Sambo.
now dead and gone afore US, hab Seen sittin'
on de said negro, aforesaid, did on de night
obd de fourteenth oh November come to def by
falling from de bridge ober de riber, where
we find he was subsequently drown, and af-
forwards washed on the riber side, whar, we
suppo3e e, he was froze to def.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21

Advices from the Red River country are
not encouraging. The conduct ofthe color
cd laborers is represented rs giving a great
deal of trouble. They have the widest
ideas of the new order of affairs, and are
leaving the plantations. in great numbers.
General Heron is doing all in his power to
pursuade them to stay. 1t is thought that
if Government rations be issued to them none
will work.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21

WELL SA1D.-The Ohio Crisis makes the
following pertinent hit at some German Abo-
l~itionists:
One Of the c~learest cases of base ingrati.
tude that we have noted is exhibited BY the
German Abolitionists of Louisville, Ken
lucky, who, at a recent meeting, adopted a
resolution to use their utmost endeayors
to prevent the CIRCULATION of Democratic
papers. But for the exertions of Democrat
ic papers, at a time, too, when it was dan
gerous to combat the fanaticism of tie dav.
these Germans would have been disfran-
chised by the Known othings.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21
THE coLUMN

On, tt herewith 10 NTH 4. p view. ssoS bd Rssr-
maker: - am very parfa ufar about thor
ouohly ecalding and summing my pans in hot
wcnther do moi fill them more than half
fall and skim after the milk thickens suf-
Recently. so that the cream viii come off
smooth without taking any milk with it,
which. / think. is apt to make curdles in
the butter. and that Injuries the looks Of it.
Cbpruine should be done every day, if suf-
Gc;ent cream be obtained. If not. the cream
in the not should be thoroughly stirred when
eyer any Is added. and I add a little salt,
which certainly is not a bad idea. design,
when / churn. to have the cream the right
temnerature. neither too warm nor too cold,
20 as 10 avoid putting in any warm or cold
water u1til it is thoroughly freed from but
+nGaffk salt il to mg taste. and set IT III a
cool place until the next morning, when l
work it over again until it presents a firm
aud uniform appearance. Last summer l
worked me butter over three times before
hacking. At the last working l add a small
quantity more Of salt. After packing it
lsncothfv I sprinkle a Tablespoonful OF loaf
sugar and a little salt over the top between
every LAYER, and apply on the top Of that a
cloth pressed down closely to keep the air
iron it during the tihe that fhnst intervene
before the packing Of the next layer. After
the Jar or frkin is well filed, | put the cloth
on the Top and apply another thicker one,
and FIJI up with salt packed tightly. and
even with the top Of the jar ; then lay on
another cloth to fit the top Of the jar. also
put another one over the jar and have it
come over the edge and paste it tight to the
liar. then put ON a board and weight. Or
ano+her vav4 In stead Of %putting In salt
take melted butter and turn in On the thin
cloth even full, and lastly, apply salt sprink-
led over the top before putting ON the last
cloth aud weight. Then again, ! have had
butter keep well after packing thoroughly
as | have stated, to fill up the top of the jar
with strong brine. Any one, whether he
has a very good place to keep butter or not,
If he attend to the strict observance of these
rules. can have good butter and keep it for
months. and that through the hottest wealth
or. '-[American Agriculturist.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21

STATE RIGHTs.-Referring to the attempt
ofthe anti Democratic press to cast odium on
the doctrine of State Rights, the Philadel-
phia Age says:
Unless history is a gigantic lie, and all
sense and reason have left the people, this
effort to uproot the American doctrine Of
State Rights, because an attempt is made to
place the rebellion upon that platform, will
be a miserable failure. The reeongtruction
theory of President johnson, as set forth in
his North Carolina proclamation, is founded
upon a clear recognition of the rights Of the
States, rights which cannot be preiudiced
even by such action as that by which it was
attempted to take North Carolina and other
States out of the Union. With this path
opened by the Chief Executive of the nation.
it is idle for the anti Democratic press to
break down the cid doctrine of constitutional
State Rights, and substitute in its stead
Centralized Despotism.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21

There is a young lady in Henry county
Missouri, not yet sweet sixteen, who is this
year cultivating fifteen acres of corn. She
does all the necessary work, including pillow,
ing, and has undertaken this piece Of work
to obtain money with which to educate her
self. There is true grit in that girl.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21

A new planet was discovered at Naples on
the 26th of April by de Gasparin, the eighth
found now by that astronomer. In brillian-
|cy it is only equal to a star of the 18th mag
ni5ude, and is therefore only to be seen with
the aid of a powerful telescope. 1t has re.
ceived the name of Beatrice, in honor Of
Dante.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21

A Paris letter in the Nofd says: "The
Emperor Napoleon astonishes everybody by
his unalterable health. Bodily WEAKNESS,
enormous heat, fatigue from work-nothing
evereomes him. He is always bright and
well, the first to he ready, while some of his
suite appear s~ingularly ~fatigued.a
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21

The Richmond Commercial Bulletin makes
the statemen that James Gordon Bennett
made an effort to sell the influence Of his in
famous paper to the Southern Confederacy,
and actually had the GOODNESS to name fifty
thousand pounds as the price of his support,
in a proposition to- Mr.. Davis. His proffer
was, of course refused.