The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-06-08

from the starvation staring them in the face
face. Is it time for a nlagnanimousI
Ipcople TO turn away from this cry for sue
cor and help, and to oinflict additional deg.
radations aud humiliationsY Ifitis done,
it is a shame Whicbwill blast the fair fame
Of our nation In al future ages Loud
cfccrs.1 Let me in, passing, ailnde to
another subject, The Radicals have the
TO 90 sneakiug around the country; telling
the Feniaus that they are eympatl1izcrs Of
theirs. Loud and derisiye laughter. II
They 20 around denouncing Andrew
johnson because, being bound by. his oath
10 execute the neutrality laws, he did ez-
ecnte them. Now as they had two thirds
majority in Congress, why did not they
repeal the neutrality laws and save him
from that necessity. No, their sympathy
don't 30 as far rs that 1t only goes to
the extent that they are exceedingly anx-
ious - get the votes fthc FcnIans. They
would have been very glad if Mr. John
aoa lsaA refused to obey The neutrality!
! Law, for then Trey WOud fraye had sam
cient ground for impeaching him, and
would not have been sending smelling
4 committees around the country to see if
they could smell up something TO impeach
hi'u about They would not repeal the
: neutrality laws, and they never will But
) the real test to apply 10 them Is this-they
arc ut this moment making new ireland
in America. They have Let loose their
, vengeance on them; they have robbed
them Of every political and personal right.
!, Ireland, we know, has gone through long
centuries Of oppression from the British
Go, crnment, and people have been sent
there to dominate over the Irish people !;
but in one fhing the Radicals have cx-
, cceded even the British, for the British
1 always sent whites. [Grcat Laughter and
: cheering The Radicals in their ingcn-
]. uity, have devised scheme Of making
c the negroes the masters Of the white peo-
), pie Of the South-[applausc1 land whilst
] thcy are carrying on this, hcaping indig-
Mtg and lyranny on the South, they have
: the hypocrisy to pretend that they SYM
+! pathizc with the oppressed people Of Ire
i land. The opprcssors of one nation Of
t people are not likely TO sympathisc with
!. the oppressed ofanother nation. Cheers.
q They simply wish to get the support Of The
h Irish In the elections. and when they have
f got it they will talk as Senator Ferry talks
Il in recent letter. describing the character
C Of the Democratic party Of Connecticut,
, which he says with a sneer, consists for
o the most part Of forcigncisi As much as
n to say that these foreigners are people who
i ought not to have voice in political af.
i fairs, but that should be left to him and
n people Ike him. IN the State Of Nilsson.
n ri. from WHICH come, the Radicals have
IL set up Que Of their model Governments
u Ii was first established by means Of tie
/ bayonct, aud only about eighty thousand
O. votes were east for the Constitution
II though the State gave one hundred thou
il sand men 10 the war, aud out Of that vote
se il 0uly had about one lhousand eighi
$. hundred majority. 1t is evident that
/. about twenty thousand soldiers we're ex.
d clulel b. the test oath which vas requir
Of cd. No man is allowed 10 vote by tha
al oath, or TO teach, practise law, or preach
ie the Gospel, unless he swears that he hat
"a been guilty in no way Of any act, even o
&c any sympathy, with any of those wis
re were in rebellion.
re In State like Missouri, where tn
G question of Union or secession divided
" families. to require that man shoult
&c swear that he never had any sympath
&c with his brother. who had committed th
Us error or the crime Of lifting his han,
ne against the Government, IS the worst kin,
10 of despotism A man was not allowed t
,h proclaim the doctrines Of salvation as
re preacher of the Gospel who could no
Sc take this oath, and hundreds Of preacher
- in my State, especially the Catholic clergy
s. men, were seized and imprisoned an
e. fined under the infamous law becaus
lie they refused to take that oath; they sal
ir they were commanded to sympathize witt
a, all of their fellow creatures, and becaus
ed men had committed crimes aud errors
Ial they were more.in need of their sympath
ht than if they were blameless in life. Rev
ay Father Cummings appealed case to tn
N Supreme Court of the United States, an
- the law was held to be unconstitutiona
ey null and void, and the Supreme Court re
ds quired that the clergyman be dismissed
nd Applause /, myself, though | had er
M tered the army at the beginning of tn
Isl war and remained in it until the end, bt
in cause would not take this iron-clad oat
lls was refused the privilege to a vot,
x Laughter There were people near an
all dear to me who were guilty OF the GRIM
to- of fighting against the Union, and syn
Sc pathized with them. did not conceiv
n. that it was necessary for man to be
or deg and devil to be Union man
he Cheers. If man is only Radio;
to now, however, these gentlemen are nj
es, very particular as to how bad a secession
in st he was during the war. Laughter
on 1t is the fact that most of the Radical
se were originally secessionists. There al
ID, only half dozen exceptions in the Who'll
tn list of the leading Radicals of Missour
" They were the meanest kind Of rebels
% Those who persuaded young men to g
nd into the rebel ranks, and staid at HON
N. themselves. Loud laughter Whel
to they found out how the war was going t
IT, turn, they became the most rampant Rad
sir Gals there were to be found. They tax
of the oath-they could take any oath
up you might as well try to choke them wit
il good living. daughter and cheers.l
Ia only the loyal men of that State were pei
le- mitted to vote, Missouri would give 90
So 900 majority against the Radicals t
he morrow and as the Supreme Court ha
ng declared this test oath unconstitutiona
!