The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-07-07

tion of his country, a rebel" For seek
ing to restore the Union and to preserve
the Constitution, President johnson is
called an 'usurper and 9 despot, by
this vile old traitor of more than thnty
years standing Babbling hypocrite !.
wretched, hackneyed reviler OF your
country! chronic traitor to every public
and private virtue When shall nerci-
full death relieve the land Of aNpresence
which has been calamity and shame
from the first hour of your public life ?
Silence miscreaut Then, sir, who is
Benjamin Wade, the next person in this
hiuanCii.ate of traitors? What is his
record Has he borne reputation for
patriotism among his countrymen? What
has been his public character 1t is but
a few years since a member Of Congress
from his own State denounced him pub
licly, on the floor of Congress, as '.ial-
sifer, a calumniator and coward aud
to this day he has not dared to do other
wise than to crouch beneath the public
charge 4 branded coward and falsifier,
he now asSai!s the President. because he
possesses those high attributes of patriot
ism and courage which must ever be
hateful to such man as Benjamin Wade.
There, sir. stands his record, as black as
a nesro's face. Ten years ago he pro-
claimed these infamous rords, This
Union is not worth PRESERVING" Aud
after declaring that the Constitution of
our country must be divested of certain
parts, he said, : five can't have that, |
go for no Union at.all, but go for fight. =
That, according to his own words. is what
he has been fighting for, for 10 Union
at al. And he is now fighting the
President because he is fer the Union.
The President is con;ending for the Gov
ernment cur fathers made. Benjamin
Wade is for oyerthrowing that Govern
ment. That is the fight, sir
Now, what of Charles Sumner. the
third person in this trinity of the Con
gressional rebellion? Has he the record
Of a gentleman and man OF honor y
few years ago he vas publicly whipped
fer the too free use of his ribald tongue.
and what did he do about it Why, he
put eff sfor Europe, and exhibited himself
as alchfoped nan. TO the surprise, if not
the amusement, of all gentleman on that
side OF the water. We had the mortifea-
tion to run against the dog-like creature.
both in Londonand Paris. and were COM
PEELED 10 be q Spectator of the contempt
with which he was regarded by gentle
men Of all shades of opinion. All we
could say was. that we believed there was
not another man in America, who was
shameless enough to go about the world
himself as wkipped n,aa
And what is the character Of Charles
Sumner fer patriotism Has he net.
during his whole life, borne the repusa-
ton OF being fanatical lover Of negroes.
and a virulent enemy of the Constitution
and Government of his cou.tryg (Yes.
yes.) His FIRST step on entering the SEN
ate of the United States was an act OF
perjury. for Senator Douglas afterwards
wrung from him the damning confession,
that he took the oath to support the Con-
stitution of the Ipited States y7th men
tai reservations. That " while he
openly took the oath to s9pport the Con-
stitRtion. lie inwardly swore to himself.
and to his negro idol, to break it How
faithfully he has kept the oath to his
own perjuTed soul and to his negro idol,
let his present attitude in the Senate bear
witness. lie has always been an avowed
nullifer. disunionist, seditionist, and
revolutionist. At public meeting at
Worcesters Sept. 7th, 1854, he counseled
the people to disregard and disobey the
Supreme Court of the United States, de-
claring that That the whole dogma of
passive obedience to the court must be
rejected" Again. in 1850. he called
upon the people to resist law of Con-
gross, promising to set the example him.
self, saying. am bound to disobey
this law" But why do | quote this
mans record His shame and treason
are as public as his name. And this is
the ribald wretch who assails the honesty
and patriotism of President johnson for
striving to save the Government and the
Union from his assassin's hand Gap
plause.l Such, sir, is the character and
the public record of the three leading
ccnspirators of this Congress What a
triumvirate of vilhansI Men # outra-
geous insolcnce, total strangers even to
good manners, who seem driven by some
evil genius, inspired only with hatred to
our country! The whole plan of their
legislation is packing aud mating these
States together into despotism that is
precisely worthy of community of me-
groes. The rest of the Republican mem
bers of Congress appear to be mere tools
of these infamous traitors. They are fol-
lowed By them ike their shadows. They
thread them like needles How long.
Americans, win you endure these COM
mon pests of your country ?-the promo
teTs of jealousy, the inspirers of malice,
the enemies of the white mans civiliza-
ton, the foes of public and private de-
cency-how long shall aur wrath, oh,
my eountrymen, slumber over this trinity
of abhorred traitors Away with theml
Profaners of the name of liberty assas-
sins Of our country may the wrath of
God and men hunt them out of the land
they have smitten with their black and
dire CURSE Great npplause.) Sir, it
has not been the custom of free and brave
communities to stop long to argue with
such conspiFatnrs as these; because no
argument can reach men Of such stipend
Gus crimes. But the laws must be re-
spected. Sir, they are eonspiring to
overthrow the lays! While you dream,
their revolution goes on. The liberty of
Rome fell, not because there were con-
spirators in Rome. but because weak and
tiInid counseliors said wait l--and The
people dreamed. Greece fell a prey to
Macedon, not because there was not a
Demosthenes 10 thunder opt the timely
battle-word Of resistance, but because
there was Q weak aud corrupt Esehines,
to lull the people with the syren voice Of
safety! There can be no peace nor safety