The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-06-02
MORE RADICAL HYPOCRIsY.

we nave SouSnt IN vain tnEougu II All TIC
Radical organs, since the adjournment of
their Corvallis Convention, for an exposi-
ton or solution of the following, which
appears in their platform:
Reso1red, That we will, as we ever have,
support the State Governments in all their
rights. as the most competent administrators
of their domestic concerns, as the surest
breastwork against anti-republican tenden-
cies, and preserve the General Government
it its whole constitutional vigor.
Without stopping to correct the bad
grammar of the above, let US examine in
to its construction and intention. threads
ike an endorsement and affirmation of
the doctrine Of State Rights; jet the par
ty which made the resolution declsre that
doctrine to be a atreasonable heresy. Have
they By long use and practice become SO
.enamoured of treason as to rush into it
wheresoeyer they find it Surely their
professions and performances do not
square with each other in this matter of
State Rights. We cannot misinterpret
their language in assuming that, when
they say the State Governments are
nthe most competent administrators of
their 1.-THE Statcs domestic concerns, "
they mean the people Of each State have
the right TO decide in what manner their
own domestic government shall be con-
Quoted.
Now, let Us see if the men who made
the above resolution are true to their own
pledges. The Radicals of Oregon, with
their brethren in other States, sustain the
action of Congress in passing the Civil
Rights Bill over the veto of the President.
They approve the Act as it passed. By
the provisions Of that Act that clause of
the Constitution of Oregon which prohib
Its negroes from coming and settling in
this State Is declared null and void
Again, the Constitution Of Oregon de-
clares that negroes shall not be allowed
the right Of suffrage in the State. The
Civil Rights Act declares this clause of
our State Constitution null and void, and,
fnrther, makes it penal offence to with
hold the right Of suffrage, and every right
!. or. privilege held and enjoyed by white
citizens, from negroes. That Constitution
was made by the people Of Oregon, and
was ratified as republican in form by the
Congress and Executive of the United
States. It was the authoritative voice of
the people in respect to the management
of the domestic affairs Of their own State.
The Radical platform asserts that they
will support the State Government in this
right; yet the very men who made it,
their standard d-bearers, candidates and or
gans, all declare their approval of the
Civil Rights Act, which not only depriyes
the people Of Oregon of the right to man
age their own State affairs in their own
way, bat makes them subject to fine and
imprisonment for undertaking to do so.
This is supporting the State Govern
ments IN al their rights, as the most CON-
petent administrators cf their domestic
concerns. with vengeancel 1t is like
supporting friend in fight with bully
By knocking him down and tying his
hands, and then standing cOmplacently
By TO cheer on the bully in his brut1sh as
saulsa on the PROSTATE man.
But what do the Radicals mean by pre-
serving the General Government in al
its Constitutional vigor 81 What do the,
call the General Geyernment-New Eng
lsnd1 the Congress alone? the twenty
ave States which are represented in Wash
ington the Executive? or, the Who'll
thirtY-fiye Of SIX States Of the Union
And when they say constitutional Wig
o. agreebly to what Constitution do the.
mean! And, what sort of preservation
LincOln's idea Of preserving tho Consti
tuition was by trampling on it; the Rad
cal Congress preserve it By tearing ths
old one ali to pieces and patching it her
and there SO as to make it mean the OF
.posute Of what It's trainers made it; an
Wendell Phillips and Fred. Douglass, tn
two leading spirits Of the party not in oi
fce, would preserve it as some do theI
dead, by burning It to ashes, and puttinI
Il out Of sight forever We should lik
10 know which Of these several modes 0