The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-12-01
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A late number Of the Oregon Herald
contains letter from some correspondent,
from which we extract the following

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contains a letter from some correspondent
from which we extract the following
"0ur country is about to pass terrible ordeal
| IL is evident 10 me that this coming Congress i
about to re-enaet the scenes of Cromwell IN Ire
land, and the scenes of Robespierre, Danton ant
Marat in France, and inangurate in this country an
otherreign of terror. First it will impeach thu
President, depose him, appoint some one of the
iayoritos TO act ne President and perhaps kaAs
Mr. Andrew johnson. Then they will establish
negro suffrage in the Southern States. Then they
will appoint aeommssion to try Confederate ofh
GERS for treason, convict and hang them and con
fseate their property. They viii then distranehis'
all who were ia any way connected with the Con
federate cause, and coniscate the Southern land
under the pretext of paying the expenses of tn,
war. Then they viii invite the negro to insured
ton and lay the blame on the whites, appoint an
other commission TO try those accused of participa
tion in the riots; then more hanging of white
men. more confscation of lands and more dis
franehisement. Then they win accuse prominent
Northern men Of treason, appoint commissioners
to try Northern traitors" hang the richest o
them and eonscate their property, and commit tbs
poorest OF them to bastilsS Then they will com
menee crusade against the Mormons. accuse
them of treason against the Federal authority, try
convict and hang their rich men and conhscate
their property. Then commences a crusade against
the Catholics, accuse them of c0nspiring against
the Government, appoint commissioners to try,
convict and hang the Bishops Priests and rich
laymen and confscate their property, and dis
franchise oil Catholics. In the meantime the
Freedmen's Bureau will be working the Southern
negroes and pocketing the proceeds oftheir labor.
Whoever he may, be, We agree with
this writer. We believe that the Radical
leaders are aiming to produce all these re-
suits; and that if they do not it viii be
because Of their being checked by pow
or greater than their own. The future
peace and quietude of this country de-
pends greatly on Andrew johnson. We
are about to pass through another terrible
ordeal Has johnson the requisite nerve
and courage for the occasion Those
who know him best claim that he has
We shall probably soon see whether this
confidence in him is justifable. Under
the leadership of Stevens, Wade, Sum
ner and Bingham, Congress we have nc
doubt win attempt to impeach the Presi-
dent. OF course if they attempt to i'm
peach they viii be successful-not because
he is guilty at all, but because SO corrupt
and unprincipled Congress viii find the
means whereWith to convict him, whether
guilty or innocent. His conviction aud
execution are foregone conclusion and
johnson once out ofthe way all the other
results, so correctly depicted by the Her
aid 5 correspondent, will naturally and in
evitably follow. The Civil War through
which we have passed, although sufh.
eiently terrible and bloody, viii be as
nothing when compared with that which
will thus be inaugurated; because that
was war between sections, while his
win be war between individuals and
communities war something like that
which, during the last six years, has
spread havoc and desolation throughout
the State of Missouri.
We hope johnson will have the cour-
age Of Jackson. A large majority Of
the se1ole people Of the United States are
with johnson, and they would sustain
him in any policy of his own and their
seifpreseryation he might see proper tc
adopt, whether it should be to seize and
imprison the ring leaders of the faction
opposed to him, or the more summary
and just punishment Of hanging them uF
by the neck until they are dead, dead
dead. A bold and successful coup detat
on the part of President johnson, is al
that will save our country from all the
horrors of'another bloody Civil War.