The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-11-30
The TWO TICKETS.

Last Saturday evening, the Mon
grcls of Albany met in convention
and nominated the subjoined ticket
For Mayer, john Conner; Record
er, A. F. Wheeler; Marshal, ID. Fro
man; Treasurer, J. Barrows. Alder
men; J. Barry. Jno- Foster, c. Mealy,
E. B. Purdom, P. Spinks, ]. F. Back
ensto.
The last Journal lauds this ticket
to the skies, and attacks the Demo
cratic ticket with great virulence. In
deed, it not only invites, but seems
deslrous to provoke a comparison OF
the two tickets
We freely and cheerfully concede
at the outset, that-as men, as fellow
citizens-those composing the Mon
gre1 ticket stand fair. We are happy
to be able to say that most of them
are personal friends of ours, for whom
we entertain no small degree of re-
spect and consideration. What we
have to say, then, viii be chiefly po-
liticaL
The JoNvaat charges, in substance,
that the Democratic party is so strict
1y partisan, that, if elected, they will
treat unfairly and unjustly all who
@'do not belong to their political faith. +"
The editor claims that the Union )"
or Mongrel ticket is composed Of men
who win ferego previously formed
opinions for the public benefit"
The proper way to test the ques-
ton thus put in issue by our neigh
Dor is, not by personal attack upon
either ticket, but by statement of
the acts ofthe parties to whom they
severally belong.
First, then, let us look at the Dem
-Ocratie party. When was it ever
proscriptive? When intoleraBt? We
defy our opponents to point to a sir
gle act of that party of a proscriptive
or intolerant nature. 1t has ever been,
from the foundation of the Govern
ment to the present time, the earnest
advocate Of freedom of the press and
freedom of speech; and of equal and
exact justice to all under its control
of every name, sect, creed and char
-acter. While the Democratic party
held the reins of power, No man was
prescribed for opinions sake; strict
justice was meted ont 6e all taxes
were SO light the people scarcely felt
them, and our country progressed az
all the elements of greatness and pow
-er, as no other ever did since tfle world
began. While it was in power we
passed though two bloody wars-the
war of 1872, with Great Britain, and
the war with Mexico: PKbfic opinion
was very much divided, as usual in
all wars, when those wars were pro
crossing. There was strong party
opposed to the war In both cases !;
they blocked the wheels Of Govern
ment1 in every conceivable manner;
they even rendered aid and comfort
to the enemy in sundry cases; they
denounced the Government and the
war In the most bitter terms; yet no
one was arrested-none imprisoned
none hung-none mobbed-none pro-
scribed for opinions sake The foun-
tains of justice were not corrupted,
and those who appealed to them had
their wrongs redressed IN strict ae
cord with the principles of right, and
truth, and equity. It is to such a
party-a party numbering among its
expounders and defenders such men
as jefferson, Monroe and Jackson
that those composing the Democratic
ticket,of the city of Albany belong.
They are Democrats, and are fully inn
bued with the principles of Democra-
cy, as taught by its illustrious found
ers, expounders and defenders and
hefair presumption is, that, ifelected,
they will be governed by Democratic
principles.
But what of the "Union" or Mon
grel party, to which those comprising
the .sUnion" ticket, so much lauded
by the Journal, belong? Under Ad-
ans, it passed the Alien and Sedi-
tion Laws, by which men were i'm
prisoned for speaking too freely of
the President and other public func-
ti6naries. When Scott ran for the
Presidency, they prescribed the for
eigner; and when Known othingism
was rranpant-the vital principle of
which was hatred OF, and hostility to
our foreign population-it gained It's
chief strength from those now COM
pffsihg the Radical party. Need we
narrate, in detail, the many proscrip-
tive, intolerant and diabolical acts of
the Mongrel party during the war !?
We have not the time nor the room.