The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-09-30
"RAIsrNG DEAD ISsuEs.. !.

Democrat" eff Erie New York. eau he
read with profit by genuine Democrats in
Oregon rs we'll as in New York
The above is an expression which COR
stantly meets the eyes and ears of whom
soeyer dares ii these times, To syeak u
our system Of government as ii armed
power had not, by usurpation. well nigh
accomplished lis overthrow. Especially
| do We bear II from the oracles Of " War
| peihociaey7 They seem to be more ont
ragged than their leaders and allies. The
Black Republicans, at amy seniinfenf
which dee, not admit the justice nf 4 rey-
Folutidn accomplished BY violent usnrpa,
ton aud h0lels otitrsee Whal are these
= dead Issues, at6ut which Ho enc can
speak without incurriag the rage Of the
=. t;syernment ar the snarls Of the =, War
DemoAacy." :" ipu9r forbid t9den0unee
the hegfpequalty programme of Black
{eInt'jlics,nlsiii on to rcrrahatc the itirci-
bic destruction of the labor system Of the
South. because . the democratic PARTY
has carried slavery leng enough, : Who
were the " Democratic party :" Who
g'ive It streneh and eiec'el rs catali-
latesg Arc the tipstarts who flr the
last four yelfe, have seea IN ean,rrl of ite
nrsan za.en. m,@ptaIuing feeble anu
half WAY oppos ton 10 the Abolition iey1-
lntionisls. arr My The :. Democratic par
Ity!" Are the men whose timiaity. love
of Office ana selfshnass have cuablad our
sys'em 10 lie oyerthruwn, The Democratic
party p n.!.@@. Il. eAt have these mon,
whose highest idea Of patriotisla Is, The
profession Of such principle as may for
the time win the popular car aud give
them success at the polls, to ignore the
millions Of voters whose sentiments they
.liarcgards What right have they. when
hy their league with Black Rcpublicanism
they have accomplished tine destruction
Of the southern States for the Union, to
iish cut from the ruins Of Democracy a
few shiSere1 planls, aud construct there
with new platform What becomes ol
the grand aud tinie-honorc, principles ~ii
which the Democrat,e i,Arty won success,
carried ou the government asd brought
the country td the highest condition Of
prosperity?
Neither must ono speas of State Rights
that also is dead issue The Re-o-
lutions OF '9S we're Democracy in 1860.
so said the Conventions, but now these
men say il never was Democracy. l'er-
haps this Is another burden that the
= Democratic party had TO carry. The
subordination OF the negro race to the
white, and tho .Jeifersonian doctrine Of
Stale Rights, may have been burdens,
but they were twp principles. 10 which
the Democracy adhered through seven
decades of our history. The DoAnoc-
raey of The " y World. and its imi-
tators aud followers, carries no such
. burdens : as principle.
Il is criminal to deny the right Of the
Federal Government. while in the hands
Of faction. To eoeree sovereign States.
who had resolved to alter their form of
government. Why oty;eld to the 9 logic
Eof events. aud accept an accomplished
fact?' say These trimners and time servers.
They cannot perceive the difference be-
tween eefoa-eesi Submission TO tasoicss
poper while the power lasts, and pro
nouncing right the nets of this lawless
power, which they themselves have de-
nouneed for four years, and proved by
incon ontrpvertible arguments to be uucon-
Estitutiousel, usurping and infamous. .,-a
We believe tlat the Government estab-
Elished By the Constitution Of 1889. and
continued to ethe4th daytof March, 1861
was, ,j;rsf,.a White Mans Government;
secoad, it was fopndea7on the principles
of consent Of the governed; third, to en-
sure the practical working Of these prin-
ciples, the Confederation If States Wis
formed, aud to protect itself each State,
when It's rights were Invaded either By
Eother members ofisthe Confederation or
by the Federal 1Gfovernlnent,1i could ne.
sumo its delegated1pqwors. .
Ibis being the theory OF our Govern
ment, aud admirably designed 70 carry
tout the great idea. Of Republ.canism by
Iafiording the means tors peaceable reyolu-
ton by an Injured people, instead Of a
| bloody enc, as. under European absolut-
ism, What has been done since to alter
our form Of government? 1t thas not
been changed by the people, and the peo-
E.ple are the only ones who have the right
to alter it. A faction in one section Of
the Confederation, haylng gotten posses
sion of the Federal Government, pro-
i.ceeded to carry out, with armed power,
certain political theories which heretofore
the people had steadily voted down. To
these acts of the Black Republican fac
ftion the fe9pte have never given their
assent They have yielded to the logic
of bayonets,' but have not surrendered
one iot nor title of their cherished con-
yictions Under mistaken views, and
with erroneous policy, seven millions Of
people representing over one million OF
voters and one-third of the entire poll at
the Presidential election of 1850, have
been engaged in combating these revolu-
tionary acts. of so-cafled Republicanism
with bayonets and cannon. In the North
nearly one-half the population have stead
ily repudiated Abolitionism at the polls
The South, with its million of voters,
was ignored, and the northern Denlocra-
1 cy were overpowersd by ballots and bay
i onets, while the Southern people were
Iputl down by bayonets alone. The Black
Republican party, IN numbers and in the
reason and justice OF their cause, triumph
/ ed over the AMERICAN PEOPLE, by means
of their timidity and unprineipled leaders
and its own indomitable energy, and utter
disregard of law and the popular will
j There are no q dead issues. . Amefican
i democracy and Republicanism, over