The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-28
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party. Only in New England do the
radicals appear to hold u%ndisnnted sway
in the party, and perhaps, if the truth
could be fully disclosed to rs ON this
coast. even in the six Puritan States
there are Republicans who are eager to
see the downfall of radical Abolitionism
and the return of reason and Justice in
the control of the Government. Bur
these conservative men of the party in
New England can at present do little,
either for themselves or the country.
They permitted themselves to he guided
and ruled by the fanatics among them.
and must endure, with the best patience
they an, the odious and CALLING yoke of
their oppressive masters.
In most OF the Middle and Western
States, the factions are too equally divi-
ded for either one or the other to expect
the supremacy of their own peculiar poll
ey in the construction of the party plat
forms. Hence they have recourse 10 II
suppression Of their respective sentiments,
instead of i compromise upon them, and
this very curse promises more destrue-
tive to both sides than an open, bold
avowal Of their real, different, variant sen
timents, would have.
Negro suffrage md the reconstruction
Of the Southern States are the two rocks
upon which their party is certain to split.
and go to hopeless wreck sThese issues
arc the Scylla and Charybdis Of the party
in power and among them all cannot be
found an Ulysses capable enough or with
tact enough to guide their sh~1y, cranky
cr,.fs. safely past the threatening, frown-
ing twain.
In Iowa, the radicals being numerically
able. have imposed Negro Suffrage upon
the State, but their act promises the dis
ruption of the party there. In Ohio,
where the radicals and conservativestare
quite evenly balanced, the attempt Of the
latter to ignore the Negro question by an
absolute silence with reference 10 it in
the State platform, has Disguised and in
eensed the radicals, and their leaders and
organs declare the thing will not be per-
mitted to rest as it is;-they pU have
an expression of the party on the suf-
firage issue. let what may be the conse-
%quence. In Indiana, 50 owe learn from
Republican sources, the radicals, under
the lead of Congressman Julian, insist
upon the declaration in favor of Negro
Suffrage in their State platform, and not
evea the hazard of throwing the Stete
into the hands Of the Democrats, through
a division in the opposition ranks, will
have the effect to cause the j~ulianitcs Il
reiinqaish their radical policy, or to cease
their clamorings for a Negro Equality
platform. And in other of the State:
outside of New England, like causes ar,
producing ike results in the Abolition
ranks. Greeley ii New York insists up
on 1he right being given to the negro t,
vote. The Times and Albany Evening
Journal. on the other hand, seek to dodge
the question for the present, and do mo-
appear to wish its adoption at any futur,
period. They think it is enough to fre,
the negro their party have freed him
To invest him with the right of voting i
more thaa they bargained for, or are vii
ling 10 do.
On this coast. the trouble owe the same
issue has commenced. Conness of Cali
fornia some weeks ago come out in a let
ter in favor of Negro Suffrage. Tn,
State Convention which closed its labor
only a few days ago, totally and contempt
uously repudiated CONFESS and his follow
ers. They did not declare in favor of en-
f~ranchising the negro in their platform
but they did not dare to proclaim thei
opposition to it. They simply dodgeo
the whole question. AS a consequence
instead of meeting and notifying thei
previous troubles, they increased and in
tensifed them. Their chief organ. TIL
San Francisco Flag, fears the result t
flow from the "bolting'' movement OF
foot, and sorely deprecates the division
in the ranks which may give the Demo
Gratis victories in some counties. But tn
split has gone too far. The party canno
be again united and made harmonious il
that State, and its disintcgration int
small, weak, viralent factions, powerles
0 for harm only as against each other, j
L but a question of time.
The leaders and organs of the Aboli
ton party in Oregon have so far man
aged to keep down the agitation of tn
! vexed subject. But it is we'll know
that here, as elsewhere, they are divide,
d and distracted by it, throughout the ram
n and file. The rancor of the radicals
now so suppressed, will burst forth in til,
Legislature, if Gov. Gibbs shall call al
extra session, as he is quite certain to dc
Q and from that moment all efforts will b
e vain to heal the dissensiop and STAY tn
wrangling that will continue until thei
next State Convention, when the part
e will break into two or more parts. An,
Democrats need have no fear of speculat
ing upon these f~oreshadowed events. 70