The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-10-13
WHAT HAS FANATICIsM DONE.


brings before US. It has trampled under
foot the Constitution. Ithas caused hate
to take the place of reason, and power
the place of right, and tyranny to don the
garb of justice. Fanaticism has ignored
laws, and caused those who attempted to
defend and enforce them to be torn to
pieces by mobs and left lifeless aud man.
gled on the soil of Free America. It
was this that waged n terrible war and
filed the iairest land in the world with
sorrow and sowed desolation as by whirl-
wind, devastating great section of the
Union, leaving its cities in ruins, destroy
ing its railroads and public works, and
completely paralyzing its industry. We
have the relics of the nations best man
hood in the shape of half million Of
mouldering skeletons left as q monument
of the wickedness of Fanaticism. 1t has
turned loose upon society three or four
millions of negroes, and changed them
from q useful element to vagabondage
and crime 1t has filled the land with
widows and orphans aud usurped the
place of plenty with penury and want
Fanaticism has burdened once prosper.
GUS and Independent nation with debt
of three thousand millions Of dollars, and
left the people grOaning and struggling
under the most oppressive taxation,
blighting the energies and industry of the
laboring classes. 1t has done all this and
more too, and yet the cravings of its ra-
pacious maw are not satisfied. After
waging such war as was never waged
before, professedly to keep the South
from going out of the Union, and when
the Union was restored, the army dis
banded and the honored work done-
when the South had submitted to all that
was asked of her, Fanaticism boldly steps
in and says the States We fought so long
to keep in the Union arc now out Of Il,
and in the face of oil this has the unblush-
ing impudence to tell US the war was a
success. The South wanted to go out of
the Union peaceably, Fanaticism said no !!
The South was willing to fight its way
out, but Fanaticsm would not allow it to-
The South was conquered, was beaten in
the unequal contest, accepted the result,
and after four years Of the bloodiest and
hardest fighting the world ever witnessed,
returned to her allegiance, disbanded her
armies, run up the stars and stripes, and
is now willing to remain in the Union
she loved till Northern Fanatieism made
it hateful to them. The same Fanati-
cism which opposed secession, the same
Fanaticism which said we were a disu-
nionist, the same Fanaticism which said
State could not fight its way out of the
Union by the sword or by ordinance of
secession-which declared the Union new
er could be divided, now says the South
IS out Of the Union, and can only return
on certain conditions, unreasonable, dis
honorable, and more humiliating than all
her defeats. We ask, is this the charac-
teristic of magnanimous and Christian
people Will such course restore the
peaceful relations once existing between
the North and the Sonth Is it Just.
patriotic, or honorable? Slavery is abol-
ished, and the great object of the war at
tained-is it just and generous to carry
on a more bitter crusade than before ?
While the South with true bravery and
devotion goes about building up her ru-
ins, healing her wounded, and abiding
like brave men the results she could not
avert, Northern Fanaticism continues stri-
king a disarmed and fallen foe. What
right have we in the face of all this to
boast of Christianity and humane feeling
We ask, where is this crusade to end
Has not slavery been given up? Have
not the Southern people been Inundated
before the world? Has not the strength
of our army been demonstrated beyond a
doubt? Has not the dignity and honor
of the Nation been maintained? In
short, have we not conquered? What
more is wanted? In Gods name, what
more is wanted Is it not time that we
were endeavoring to unite in heart and
hand people alienated and divided, and,
together, working out common destiny
for a great and common country? Let
US cease this strife, and endeavor to turn
this hatred into love. Let us now com
mence to pour oil upon the troubled wa.
ters, and heal up the wounds which have
been SO long torn open. Let us do these
things, not alone for the South, but fol
our country.
OUTRAGEs ON "LoYAL CoLoRED'
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