The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-06-22

"UiS SAStNtsSO auout suhui9 ouioItu
nate expressions" which it alledges
have appeared in the Democrat. 1t
thinks it is very naughty and sinful in
us to say of Marion county that it is the
Gibralter-the cesspool-the stinkpot
of abolitionism in Oregon ito call
the fat boy of the oregonian a great,
overgrown, lubberly tanatic-and to
stigmatize the Unionist editor as Sa-
tan or an adversary,
The last Journal is very pious, in
deed but the reason of it is that it
was edited by Rev. j. +. Damon
He is the daddy of all the pious arti-
cles it contains. He occupies two
thirds of a column in trying to prove
that the editor of the Democrat does
"not always practice the precepts or
obey the instructions of Christ )" and
finally winds up by charging that we
are a "veritable antichrist."
Who authorized Rev. Damon to sit
in judgment on us? We don't be-
long to his church, nor eat hash at his
house. He denies the right in us to
use unfortunate expressions" What
right has he to charge that we are
"a veritable antichrist ?" Who gave
him the right to apply such language
to.us? He affects TO believe it is very
sinful in us to call any one a liar; yet
he again and again says that the spirit
ualist lied-"deliberately lied"-con-
corning the contents of sacred his
tory. Wouldn't it be well for Rev.
Damon to pluck the beam out of
his own eye before he attempts to
pick the mote out of our eye?
Rev. Damon is exceedingly nice
and we like a nice man. Like the In.
dams tree, he is so straight in morals
that he leans backwards. He is over
righteous. He is wise beyond what is
written. He strains at a gnat and swal-
lows a camel and if he be not careful
his fate will be that of Dick Smith, who
swallowed a house but got ch0ked
with its chimney. We suppose that
our Reverend brother has read his
New Testament n little Indeed, we
have no doubt he has from the manner
in which he filings scraps of it at US.
If he will turn TO the 23d chapter of
Matthew he will there learn that cur
Savior handled certain mean men
without gloves. He charged the
Pharisees with being most consummate
hypOcrites. They were like whited
sepuIchres, which were full of dead
mems bones and all unclcanness.-
He called them 'blind guides
''fools"-"serpents"-a generation of
vipers." Had Rev. Damon heard all
this his sensitive nervrs would have
been dreadfully shocked and he would
doubtless have regarded 1t as proof
positive that he who uttered it was
actuated by an improper spirit.
We believe in calling things by
right names. The Savior of the
world did so, and we have a right to
follow his example. To illustrate /:
The editor of the "Unionist" recent
" asserted that we had the "blood of
Union men on our skirts"-that is,
that we are guilty of murder. Now,
as this is utterly false, in every as
pect in which it can be viewed, we
pronounced it a lie, and the man who
uttered it a libeller and liar. We did
so because there is no other word in
the English language which so fully
expresses our meaning. We care
nothing about being called "copper"
head"-or even a "traitor"-for they
now simply meal who, in some
things, opposed old Abe; besides, we
had those delightful terms applied to
us so frequently during the war that
they now sound really musical. We
love them, and we hope our contem.
poraries will continue to employ them
~"muchly." But when a man charges
us with murder he lies, and we shall
be very apt to tell him so-just as VIC
did Mcpherson. He lied, and as he
repeated it, he lied deliberately and
wilfully, and was therefore actuated
by the spirit of the devil. 1t is a mat,
ter of but little consequence to US
that he belongs to a church. A
man who deliberately and persist.
emily lies On US, as he has done, we
do mo- fellowship, nor recognize as a
brother. If the Rev. Damon does,
his views of the scriptures and Of
duty differ very essentially from those
we entertain.
This much we have thought proper
to say ON the several points involved
and in selfdefense. We shall proba.
bly, never discuss them again. In con
c~lusion we will venture to give our
Rev. Damon a little advice. He had
better stick to preaching and building
bio houses. and let us alone. He