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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-02-17
DanieI webster on Democracy.

Hon. George Ticknor Curtis recently
delivered a speech in Brooklyn before a
gathering of the Democracy. In the
course of it he gave the following inter-
esting piece of history in the life Of the
great man referred to-:
In the early part of my life | was q
political follower of Daniel Webster. The
school in which he trained the young
mon, who came under his influences and
really gave themselves to his teachings,
was entirely inconsistent with any sympa-
thy or cooperation in a sectional party !;
and it was only short time before his
death that the tendencies of large part
of the Northern Wings to convert them
selves into sectional party began to ap-
pear. But the signs of this change did
appear, and Mr.. Webster saw and COM
pretended their full import. He meant
to warn me, as he did others, against
them; and the manner in which he did
it, in my case, can never forget. The
scene was in that plainly furnished apart
ment, his own chamber, In the large
house at Marshfeld, now SO memorable,
aud the time was three days before his
death. Beneath the window, on little,
artificial lake, there rode always small
boat at anchor, with an American flag at
its mast head, so placed that his eyes
could rest upon it, if light suf6ced, as he
closed them at night, and could open on
it with the dawn. Beyond the lake
stretched the great farm witch he so low
led to cultivate, and then the low beach
and the ocean. lie had been very i'll for
several weeks, and it. was apparent to all
about him that his life was now rapidly
drawing to its close He had that morn
ing for the first time during several days
paid some attention to the political news
| it was iustsbefore the Presidential election
which resulted in the choice Of General
Pierce over General Scott, and the re-
| turns from some of the previous State
! lelections were coming in pretty heavily
against us Wings. We were alone to-
gether, and / mentioned to him the news
which had come down from Boston the
night before. Calling me to his bedside
by my Christian name, he said The
Whig candidate viii not be elected. You
love your countrys and you think its vel
fare involved in Wing success. This has
been so; but, let me warn you, as you
love your country. to give He countenanee
to a sectional, geographical party. The
/ Wings, after this election, will break up
and upon the ruins of our party sec
tional party will arise. The stability d
the Untoa aoi1 hereafter depend upon ii,
Democracy r.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-02-17

Attentive. Murphy was asked how it
was 50 very difficult to waken him IN the
morning. 8 Indeed, master, it's because Of
taking your own advice, always to attind to
what I'm about SO whenever / sleeps
pays attintion to it. y
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-02-17

Po1NTED.-Is it not little singular, asks.
the New Hampshire Patriot, that people
people who are not considered ft e7thsf to
govern themselves or to participate in the
general legislation of the country, are stiu
competent to aid in the formation Of the fun.
damental law of the land The Southerm
States are held By the Radicals to be simply
Territories they are refused representation
Ia Congress, and their people are not even
permitted to choose their own leeal 0ficers
or enact local laws. Yet they are required
to exercise a controlling influence in annend-
ing the Federal Constitntionl Nhaa ahsur-
dity is here presented Yet thisis the posi-
ton and policy Of the Republican party
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-02-17

PRoaREssIvE.-OneC Capt. j. G. Scranton.
having been tried and dismissed the service
for marrying negress of bad reputation,
ono of our exchanges dubs him the & Rsotus
martyr, and alls on the friends 0s hursan-
ity to raise shrek over this fagrant ont-
rage upon the . progressive spirit Of sAligkt-
enment. 1t wants to know why HE sopl
isn't to march on 2 as well as John
Browns, and demands q miseexenasion
party with Scranton, Summer, Phillips and
Tilton as its leaders.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-02-17

A RADICAL TooB-Senator rornsroy, Of
Kansas, says, 9 would rather help tear
down the capitol than allow the SoutherH
States to come back into the Union without
letting the negro vote. This Radical sag-
abond expresses the sentiments Of tho Radi-
cal wing of the Republican party He
knows we'll that if the Southern States ars
g allowed to come back into the Union = he
and his sort will be driven into obscuritT.
An overwhelming majority Of the people
want the Union restored and are opposed 10
: letting the negro vote - and they viii hold
the traitor Senator from Kansas to storm
responsibility if he disregards tiieir wishes.
His talk about :. tearing down the capitol 2 i
is supcrlatiye balderdash and worthy Of tho
party of which he is an influential leader.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-02-17

INTELLIGENT Vo7ERs-A Virginia paper
relates the first trial in voting Of our . col
ored brothers y in that State. About .
thousand of them were assembled under the
auspices of the Freedmen's Bllreau, and TO
impress them with sense Of their newly.
acquired importance, the managers told them
they might choose their own Commissioner.
Then the question was put. All Id favors0f
Mr.. w. say ave. All responded aye, with
great vigor. Then the contrary minded, say
no. Instantly the entire assembly answered
no, with tremendous yell. That Is whaa
they call voting" The mahager was
heard to say something about id fools. !"
And these ignorant creatures, Ab6litiouists
say, are fully qualified 70 Yots, while they.
refuse to grant the same privilege to the IN
telligent negroes Of the North I What hy-i
pocrisy
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-02-17

oHARAcTERIsrIe,-A eoupleof negroes livs
ing in a cabin near Mt Pleasant, Ohio.
fancied themselves insulted By a white man.
and forthwith made preparations TO shoot
him. Before they gpt the gun FAIRLY leadeA
they quarreled, when one discharged the snn
ct the others head, and sent the ranrod slaar
through, hlling him insanity. Intersst;ng
people How they are Improved unaar pAss
ritah training. 3 s
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-02-17
MATTERS IN TIrE soUTH.
How the People Endure Adversify
---The Work and Policy Of the
| Radicals.

The following interesting description o
the condition of the Southern people
since the war, is from correspondent o
the New York Metropolitan Record. i
is worthy of perusal. He says:
In our summers intercourse with the
Southern people, very noticeable thing
was the moderation of their language
when talking Of the war and its results
There were no intense expressions, moi
bitter words. They eonyersed on the
subject almost as calmly as if discussing
mathematical proposition whateycl
their feelings, and, in the nature of things
they must have been deep and agitating
to all outward appearance, they we're as
though nothing extraordinary, or terrible
or disastrous had occurred.
We would often draw them on to talk
of their affairs OF their sacrifices. pri.
yations, suferings. desperate fights and
victories, they would talk quietly, as il
they were matter of course; of their
disasters and the loss of their cause
with quiet shrug Of aequiesenee and an
expression Of eountenance which for an
enemy to see would have made him feel
how empty his victory was How i,npos-
sible it Is TO destroy or to humiliate the
dignity OF. great and righteous cause BY
the triulnphs Of brute force and over
Whelming numbers.
A good cause in adversely has supports,
eonsolations and rewards, which a bad
cause can never know, even in the flush
OF its greatest successes.
Why is it that the South, oppressed
and trodden under foot, and reyiled. is
calm, patient. manly? Why does she
smile even amidst the ruins that surround
and the thick darkness that seems to en-
yelope her !? WHY'S she so patient under
calamity after calamity, under a malig-
nifty and bitterness of persecution which
seems TO take no rest?
Why is she not degraded and hun,bled
and bowed down Why does not the
manhood Of her sons depart from them
under the mean. petty, grovelling. spite
fnl annoyanees, prosecutions and insults,
which from hour to hour, from day to
day, from week to week, from month to
mouth. are visited upon them?
It is because they have that within
them which their adrersaries, with :heir
utmost power, cannot reach-the conyic-
tion of the justice Of their cause.-The
consciousness that it is great and noble
cause for which they most unjustly suffer ;
they know it to be the cause of human
right and progress, the cause of Self
Government. They feel that humanity
suffers in them-and believe that Justice
will yet be justified Of her children, their
cause yindicated, and they with it. When
and how all this is to come they know not,
but that it viii come they feel assured.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-02-17
from the Cleveland t0hio) IEerala1
The Late Lord PaIine rsfon Hostile
to the United Sfafes---Death ef
Prince Albert Prevented O War
with England.


with England.
We have reason to suspect that tie
British Minister was hostile to the INIT
ed States from the first breaking out of
the rebellion. and sought plausible pre-
tense to declare war: but were not pre-
pared for such duplicity as there is evi-
dence was practiced By the late Premier.
A gentleman who spent the last season
in Europe, who enjoyed unusual facilities
for information, was informed by i Hieh
official in London that the Trent affair
was greedily seized upon by Lord Pal
merston TO settle old scores With our Cor
ernment During the MANY years his
Lordship had been Minister of Fofeign
Affairs, and at the head of the Govern
ment, several important Questions had
been disposed Of and treaties aade With
our Government. the N0rth-easteEu beaa-
dary. the Oregon boundary, etc.; settled
Palmerston was strongly impressed that
he had been overreaehed in negotiation,
and was biding his time for an opportu-
mtg to accomplish by war what he bad
failed to by diplomacy.
i AC ldAid u 21dSOu 6uQ Cl4uE41 1ENEf
under the cross of St. George vas god
send to Palmerston-an opportunity 10
help the rebels under the guisa Of national
insult, and to pay an old debt. A Cabi-
net council was called the Premier was
for letting slip the dogs Of war, but,
upon the suggestion of peaceful mems
Der of the Cabinet. the question was re-
ferred to the principal law member to ex-
anime and report at subsequent meet~
ing Of the Cabinet. Lord Palmerston at
the next Cabinet meeting, with copy ct
Mr. Stewards dispatch in his pocket, adj
mitting the illegally of the act Of COM
modore Wilkes, and the decision Of our
Government to return Mason and Slidell
under the Bpitish flag, found the laH
membe@sto whom the question was rsfsr-
red, in meditatiye mood, with bis hands
under his coat-tails. " Well" says Pal
merston, g have you examined that ques-
ton 2" " Yes, Ny Lord, but wish to
make further examination before / re-
port 1T is needless, saws PalmeFston,
q my mind Is made Up. g We will have
shy at them" Forthwith troops were
dispatched to the American Colonies, and
great activity in the deck-yards and arse.
nails prevailed. f
1t will be remembered that Prince Al
bert died short time previous, and the
QUEEN was laboring under great depres-
sion IF spirits Tie Prince possessed 3
great influence with the Queen was very
friendly to cur country, and had deprecat-
ed war with us as one of the greatest
Ic4la1nities that could bcfali Hiingiaaa- The
warlike demonstrations of her Ministry
alarmed and excited the Queen, and her
physicians, knowing that insanity Has
hereditary in her family, repres eatsd to
Lord Palmerston and the Ministry that .
war with America would dethrone the
reason ard make lunat:c of their sgver-
eign. This, and this alone, caused the
Ministry to pause $
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-02-17
" For right is right,
And God is just. "

II soldiers of q thousand fights,
| Ye living martyrs of the age,
Let still the cause of hnInan rights
Your wistful. earnest thoughts engage.
Sustained by all the trust of youth
| And the sweet censtancy of truth.
And patience. of true courage born:
| Keep thy sad watch. expect the morn
When foul oppression, torn and riyen.
Shall fec like clouds by tsmpcst driven,
For sure as darkness shrint1s from daT,
So sure shall error pass away,
And right, new risen from the dust,
Shout the glad truth thai 8 God is jilst -
How is 1T that this high conduct of the
South-this manly submission and acqui-
esence seems but to increase the enmitY
the malignity, and the range of their ad-
versaries?
It is much better to suffer wrong than
to do wrong.
The South has the appreciation of its
own conscience and the hearty sympathies
and admiration of all well-informed and
disinterested persons.
The North has not the APPRECIATION OF
its own conscience It may assert that il
has, but it has not.
We do not here speak of those who
know little or nothing of the controversy
but of those who arc informed, and have
understanding Of the matter An such
the louder they protest that their hands
are in this matter clean of innocent blood
the less will we believe them. The Rad
icals, who brought this war about because
slavery was wrong, cruel and oppressive
now that they have accomplished their
end, and established what they call free
dom (!), see that it is much greater
wrong than slavery, cruel and oppressive,
because it brings to the poor freedman
nothing but suffering, vice, sickness, mis-
tery and death. They see, moreover, that
all this wrong and suffering is on such a
lprodigious scale, aud SO evident, that they
cannot hide it, kts;
They see, also, that the weight and
burden of the task they assumed when
they undertook the emancipation Of the
negro is much beyond what they expected
1t calls for sacrifices and denials and
costs that it is not in their nature to as,
sumo, and they viii not assume them.
They thought to have derived nothing
but profit from the great robberies and
du0 LnutUSAS 1HOy nave cteanmlfteQ, Du
now they entertain many misgivings or
that account. s
10 have beer guilty of wrong, gives
them no concern but folly, Wrons
against their own interest, a aburthen which
however they may attempt to shake off
public opinion will fasten on, and it vii
lstiek and burn and torment--to have go
lonly this by their crimes against humani
1ty and treason against our common coun
1 try, gives them not a little concern.
i Detection, or the fear of detection
awakes conscience which would other
wise Sunderland the consciences o
these people begin to afilict them--not tt
Tepentance-not bit of saving grace i
there in this awakening conscience. It il
a sort of Devils conscience. 1t increases
their enmity towards the goodness the,
have af1icted-the innocent, sufferin,
|cause Of all their perturbation
/ Fain would they kill and bury out o
sight every witness, not to their crimes
lbut to their folly-that they might say
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eorrespenaraaz Nriling over assumed signatures
OF anonymotsiy, must make known their proper
Aess % tho Editor. or no attention viii be given
- their communications
Al Letters and Communieatiense whether on
che Editor
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-21

A Boy STRUCK BLIND FOR BIAS
PHEMY.-The vengeance of the AL
mighty was visited on a youth
named Richards on Sunday in the
most awful and sudden manner.
1t appears that the lad, who is
about thirteen years of age, and
the son Of parents in very humble
circumstances, was playing in the
street with four or five other lads
of about his own age, at "cat and
dog"-Richards and his compan-
ions had been playing for some
time when a dispute arose between
them as to the number of "notch-
es" Tor jumps Richards had
scored. He declared that he had
made more than twenty and his
opponents protested that he had
not scored so many. High words
and bad language were freely used
on both sides. Each boy accused
the otherof falsehood, and at length
Richards failing to convince his
companions of the truthfulness of
his statement, flew into a violent
rage and emphatically shouted,
"May God strike me blind if L
haven't made more than twenty"
He had scarcely uttered the diu-
ration before he let the 'dog" fall
out of his hands and throwing up
his arms, exclaimed, ooh, dear, /
can't see." His companions ran
to him, and finding that it was
true, at his request led him home,
where, on examination, it was
found that a thick film had over
spread each of his eyes. In this
miserable condition the unhappy
youth has remained ever since,
and we are informed that there is
little or no prospect of his sight be-
ing restored.-Brighto'e England
Observer.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-21

At one time Daniel Webster had
a difficult case to plead, and YER
dict was rendered against his eli
ent. One of the witnesses came
to him and said: "Mr. Webster, if
/ had thought we should have lost
the case, | might have testified a
great deal more than | did," at
is of not consequence" replied the
lawyer, "the jury did not believe a
word you said"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-21
ga Pestilent Set of
KnaVes.

The New York Times has a
correspondent at Augusta, Geor-
gia, who ventures to tell the truth.
Here is an extract from one of his
late letters:
"No little mischief is being done
by men who are infesting the
State at present in the capacity
of "friends of the freedmen"
founders of colored seminaries,
equal rights journals, and other
kindred enterprises. These men
are working diligently to make
the negro disconnected with his
condition, to persuade him that he
is grossly wronged by the white
man, and that he is entitled to a
position of perfect social and po-
litical equality with the whites
There is a Capt. Bryant in this
State, the selfconstituted Head
Center of an equal Rights As
ISOLATION" who is going about ma
king speeches in this line; and
while he may be earning very
comfortable income at small ex-
pense, he is doing much harm to
both races, as / have already fire.
quently remarked that there was
general and perfectly honest dis
position on the part of both the
white men and the negroes to live
tremendously together and work
for each others good. So arfrom
Offering any obstacle to the educa
ton and improvement of the col.
ored population, the people were
ready and willing to promote them
by every means in their power:
and so far as the civil rights of
the negroes were concerned, the
Legislature recognized and secured
them in the most effective manner
by placing them on the same foot
ing with the white men in every
thing relating to person and prop
erty. He is no friend to the ne
gro who comes here now to induce
him to agitate for more than he
has got. His efforts, if successful
can only work serious injury tc
the whites, and surely result ii
the ruin Of the blacks. These
emissaries are nothing but chera
tiers di1dastrie, gathering into
their pockets the postal currency
of the poor blacks, walking gift
enterprises, exchanging pinchbacE
equal rights notions for the sweat
earned dimes Of the gullible sava.
ges who desert their plows anc
hoes to listen to the white man
who is going to make gentlemen
and ladies of them all. have
watched the operations of these
peripatetic phiianthropists, and 9
more pestilent set of knaves
never met. They are a nuisance
which ought to be speedily aba
ted"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-21
st. Catharine's Is1and-A
Black Monarch Deposed.

St. Cathar1ne,S lSIanQ--A
Black Monarch Deposed.
A correspondent Of the Savalt
nah Herald, who accompanied
Gems. Steedman and Fullerton in
their late cruise along our sea is
lands, thus writes:
Threading the tortuous narrow
island channel, we made st. Cath
arine's Island on Sunday after
noon. On this island a few
months ago, a strange state of
things prevailed A full blood ne
gro, from the North, named Tunis
G. Campbell, was appointed an
agent Of the Bureau under Gen.
Saxton, and assigned to duty at
st. Catharine's and Ossabaw IS
lands. He Immediately constitu-
ted himself kind OF Emperor,
formed Senate and House of
Representatives, appointed a
Chief Justice and Circuit Judges,
Sheriffs, Marshals, Coroner and
Delegates-in short, established
an exact parody of the Govern
ment of the United States, and all
for the control of three hundred
niggers. This done, he issued a
proclamation "by virtue of the au-
thority vested in me by the Presi-
dent Of the United States, and
Major General Saxton," setting
apart day Of public thanksgiv-
ing for the blessings bestowed up
on them by Providence.
Lest any white man might be
disposed to interfere and take
away any of these aforesaid ''bless-
Iings," he raised a standing army
of negro soldiers and stationed
Ipatrols on the beech to drive off
any white man who attempted to
land. Gen. Tilson, ON assuming
charge of the Bureau in Georgia,
at once broke up the Empire of
Tycoon Campbell, and his Majesty
is now filling the position of dele
gate at the African Convention
which is or was sitting in Savan-
! nah. The bad effect Of his rule
and the influence Of an Irishman
, who, under a permit from one of
General Saxton's subordinates,
came upon the island preaching
negro suffrage and selling whisky,
are still apparent, but with wise
and judicious officer in charge of
the Bureau affairs at the present
time, matters are considerably i'm.
proving There is only one plant
alton, w. Walburg's, on St. Catha-
rine's Island, and a magnificent
plantation it is. MessrS. Win.
chester and Schuyler, of New
York, have leased the farm and
are giving the freedmen one-third
! Of the crops and their rations.-
Under this liberal arrangement
! the negroes are working steadily
: and well, and are doing incompar-
ably better than the darkies at the
! other end of the island, who pro-
fess to be cultivating land under
Sherman's orders, but in reality
! are doing as much loafng as work.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-21

In the midst of a stormy discus
sion gentleman arose to settle
the matter in dispute. Waving
his hand majestically over the ex.
cited disputants, he began: "Gen.
tlemen, all | want is common
sense" Exactly" Jerrold in.
terrupted, ''that is precisely what
you do want!