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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30

far as known they come on their own accord,
to make just such kind of statement rs they
please-at least ii would appear so, rs | un.
derstand their statements are conflicting.
Even il they professed to como rs Gods
messengers, then their own words would
condemn them, for they conflict with His
revelation.
When Paul ministered on earth as profess.
cd ambassador, with satisfactory credentials
from the highest authority in Heaven, he
never pretended to teach his WI wisdom,
but declared his mission and message both
TO BIO from God. A Ills messenger he taught
that the righteous had n glorious home in re.
serye-a building eternal in Heaven I; he
also taught hat tribulation awaited tho i'm.
penitent. Now, suppose II spirit comes and
claims to be tho great Apostle, assuming a
vague, indefinite mission as u wanderer from
the spirit-land and, 10 crown all, contra
diets Paul's prior teachings tho message
itself would prove him to be an impostor,
contradicting the testimony which God had
confirmed. And if they could establish that
they are the spirits Of the departed, the fact
then stares us in the face that we may not
consul; them 10 do so would BIO presumption
against our Creator, for tho Bible expressly
forhids us to consult tiom on any occasion
The numerous passages %forbidding 10 con.
suit familiar spirits arc applicable. And
though | am very far from being convinced
that spirits have any agency Mt all IN the
whole affair, yet il the phenomena must be
.ascribed to any spirit, n decent respect and
n sense of obligatip Lie memoir of de.
parted f%riefis, and fns zcrhandG OF justice
prompt a feeling ofsoFrow and disapprobation
when we hear skepticnl communications i'm.
puted 10 them, especially as the testimony
examined hon0rably exhouorates them from
any p~articipancy In it.
McspAsrism may complain Of not being
heard and though | am not its advocate,
yet ii it possesses half the wondrous powers
attributed to it by it, adhercnts, it's claims Of
agency tower 80 high above those Of spirits
IA TO throw them entirely into the shade.
But, waving this, If | am compelled to i'm.
pute the phenomena to spirits, then a strong
suspicion arises that il il "A repetition Of the
d%cceitful tricks of the Old Enemy, whose
malice IsaEer ceases to burn against man.
kind having through falsehood deceived
the first pair, lac now visits their progeny
with ii kindred strategy still protesting
friendship, he comes under n mask Of the
name Of some relative 10 gain our confidence,
and, true 10 his evil nature, teaches false
hood as before to deceive and lead US into
pcrdition ! The Bible teaches that there Is
"A lying spirit, possessing n wonder. working
power, who can transform himself and.
with numerous subordinates, may he not be
thus seeking the destruction Of mankind by
lying wonders? Truly the works have d
striking resemblance IN thosc portrayed in
the Bible description. ''By their works you
shall kaow them GILMAN.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30

Mono LEGIsLATURE.-The New YORK
Herald, more out spoken than some Of its
coworkers in infamy, openly thretens that
the Southern States should have no rights
in the Union until "a legislature ofblacks
10 South Carolina should make laws for
the white people of the state" It is by
means Of such %scoundrels, says the Noun
tain Democrat, as control the columns Of
that paper hat the bitter feeling between
the sections is kept up, andifit ever could
be just to stretch a neck for what the lips
had spoken, or the fingers written, this
kind Of speech would furnish good and
sufficient canse for doing it. What a splen.
ded Union it will be when the "biacks
legislate for the whites.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30

On the 4th of December, 1862, tht
Hon. Thad. Stevens, introduced the fol
lowing resolution into the House of Rep,
resentatives, viz:
ResolrsG. That if any person in the employ.
ment of the United States, in either the Legisla
tive or Executive branch. should propose to make
peace, or should accept or advise the acceptance OF
any such proposition oa any other basis than ii,
iategriy and entire unity Of the United States daa
tAeir Territories as they eristed at tie time Of tke
rebellion. HE WILL BE GUILTY OF A HIGH
CRIME. (See Congressional Gto6e.)
This same Thad. Stevens is the author
of House bill No. 543, on "Reconstruc.
tion," as contained in Congressional
Globe, under dates of December 10Th.
1866, and January Srd, 1867, which
reads
WHEREAS, TIE eleven States, which lately
formed the Government called the Confederate
States of America, hare forfeited all their right.
-aHder tie Constellation, and can be reinstatef en-
the same oals through the aetioa Of Congress,
Therefore, Be II enacted, &C., That the eleven
States lately in rebellion, except Tennessee, saay
form raid STATE Governments in the following man
ner.
1t then proceeds with six sections Of
Congressional legislation over the said
States, prescribing the mode and time of
elections, DISTINGUISHING the whites and
enfranchising the blacks, and debating
what their State Constitutions shall and
shall not contain, and closes with the
sections It'll and 8th, viz:
SEC. Z. That no Constitution shall be present
ed to or acted on by Congress which denies to any
of the citizens any rights, privileges, OF immuni-
ties which are granted to any other citizen in the
State. All laws shall be impartial. without regard
70 language. race or former condition. E5-If
the provisions Of this section should ever he alter
ed, repealed, expunged, or in any way abrogated
this act shall become void, and the said State lose
is right 10 be represented AZ Congress.
SEC. S. That whenever the foregoing eondi-
stions shall be complied with, the citizens Of said
State may present said Constitution to Congress
and u the same be approved by Congress, said
State shall be declared entitled to the rights.
privileges and immunities. and be subject to ali
the obligations and liabilities Of a State within the
Union. No Senator or Representative shall be
admitted into either House Of Congress until
Congress shall have declared the State entitled
thereto.
Is not Thad. Stevens and his friends
guilty of "HgA Crime" as contained
in his resolution of 1862?
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30
Gold Yield ofthe Columbia Basin

A pamphlet has been prepared by T..
N. Barnum, formerly of this State and
now a resident of New York city. giving
an interesting and valuable statement of
the yield of precious metals in the Great
Basin of the Columbia. The compiler
has evidently taken pains to collect au-
thentic statistics, and has presented them
in detail and By comparative statements,
in a very Ineligible manner. By the re-
port of the Director at the mint at Phila-
delphia it is shown that the total amount
of gold deposited in the mint and branches
during the four years ending on the Both
of June, 1866, and reported as coming
from Oregon, and Idaho, and Washington
territories, was s19,015,372 Is. The
bulk of this was, of course, reported at
San Francisco. The statement is then
added that ga careful examination of the
sources of the gold mined in the United
States, and of statistics showing its final
destination, gives decided evidence that,
By as near an approximation as practical
bic, the amount of deposits at the mint
and its branches, embrace about one
third of the total product of tie mines"
Following this rule, it would appear that
the aggregate of the gold yield from the
territory comprised within the Great Ba-
sin of the Columbia has amounted, since
1862, to the sum of S57, 900, 900.
For the fiscal year ending on the Both
of June, 1866, Oregon is credited with
a gold yield of s914,446 81 Idaho with
1891, 997 48, and Montana with S.
505,074 20. This does not include the
silver yield, of which Idaho alone must
have produced from 81, 600, 900 to So, OOO,-
900. The product of 1867 without doubt
will be largely in excess of that of 1866.
1t would be entirely safe to estimate that
within the next four years the yield of
precious metals from the Great Basin
of the Columbia will reach, and perhaps
much exceed, 500, O00, 900.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30

HARD on THE PURITAYs.-The Chicago
Times is hard on TIE Puritans and their rock.
just near what the irreverent fellow says in
the following, which we extract from that
journal:
"The New England Congregational church
in this city has recently finished a house of
worship, over the center to the main entrance
to whichithere is fragment of plymouth rock
This is better than nothing as q memorial
ofthe Pilgrims, but ifthe church could have
obtained some Of the ashes of burned witches,
a compilation of the Connecticut blue laws,
a piece of the whip with which men were
fogged at the c~art-tail for kissing their wives
on Sunday, a toe-naiI of the first negro slave
imported in the Mayhower, the bones of a
Quaker hunted to death by Puritan ~intoler-
ance, and a part of the skeleton of an Indian
murdered by the Pilgrims in return for his
hospitality to them, it would then have had
the materials for O Puritan museum truly
illustrating the religion actuating them. 1t
would be a good thing for the country if Ply
mouth rock could be hoisted up into the
atmosphere by a barrel of gunpowder, but if
the thing can be broken into fragments and
widely distributed, it will be less mischieyous
than if left intact. Large amounts of it
could be sold In Chicago for the construction
Observers and vaults IN out buildings. It was
a good idea for the church to which we have
referred to place the piece of rock in a locality
where it could be seen Of all. If the remem-
brance of such atrocities as il will be likely
to recall will not inspire an aversion to them,
there is no truth in Pope's idea that
"Viee is a monster of such hideous mien,
That TO be hated needs but to be SEEM"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30

The habit of drinking, says the La
Crosse Democrat, can be cured by giving
the drinkers all the whiskey they want
all the time. That this experiment viii
prove a success We know. 1t was tried
on a whiskyist in Milwaukee not long
since, who after drinking all the liquor
he could hold for two weeks, imagined he
saw snakes, devils, Ben Butler and Thad.
Stevens, and Jumped out ola four-story
window. running 2 curb stone into his
head. He has not drank and since, nor
viii he the rest Of the century.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30

We have recently received the follow.
ing letter from the US. Marshal of Mon
tana Territory -
HELENA, NJ. r., Jan. s., 1857.
EEtToR DEMOCRATS You will please send TO ny
address copies Of your journal containing Rev.
Spaulding's correspondence concerning the settle
ment Of Oregon, etc.
IL YOU can persuade Nj. spauldinr 10 send me
his photograph, with a view to publishing his por-
trait in my "History of the Settlement of the
Rocky Mountains" you will confer a great favor,
Address, NEIL HOW'LL,
u. $. Marshal,
Helena, NJ. T.
Under oil the circumstances we con-
slider the above quite cool. The "U. s,
Marshal virtually requests us to send
him S., and either give it to him or trust
to his honesty for it. We ask to be ex.
cused. The "U. S. Marshall can have
his wishes gratiied by enclosing us the
money,-not without. We do sometimes
trust some persons for the. Democrat for
a short time /; but the most of them hive
either in Linn, or Benton, or Marion, or
Polk counties and besides We know
them to be not only good in law, but hon
orable also.
IfMr. Spalding sees fit to send the
"U. S. Marshall a photograph of himself
we have no objection. The embryo his.
torian might embcllish his "History''
with the pictures of many a man not
half so good nor praiseworthy.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30
The First kentucky Resolution of 1893.

Resotped, That the several States composing the
United States, arc not united on the principle of
unlimited submission to their General Government,
but that by a compact, under the style and title of
a Constitution for the United States, and Of amend
ments thereto, they constituted n General Govern
ment, for special pu~rposes-delegated 10 that Gov
eminent certain definite powers, reserying, each
State to itself, the residuary mass of right to their
self government and that whenever the General
Government assumes undelegated power, its acts
areunauthoritative, void, and of no force; that TO
this compact each State aceeded as n State, and is
an integral party, its eo-States forming, as to it
sell, the other party that the Government Great
ed by this compact was not made the exclusive
or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated
to ITSELF since that would have made its discretion,
aud not the Constitution. the measure Of its pow
ers; but that, as in all ether cases of compact
among poteers hariRg no common judge, each party
las 0R equal right TO Judge for itseV, as Weu Of IA
fractions os Of tke mode and measure Of redress.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30

INCQRPoRATIoNs.-We are indebted to
Secretary May for the follwing list of arti-
Giles of Incorporation which have been re-
Gently fled in his Office (: Articles ofincor-
poration of the Portland and Hillsburough
Plank Macadamized Road Stock, $50, 000
The Willamette Iron Works of Portland
have increased their capital stock from
$4,000 to $50, 1000.
Articles Of Incorporation for the estab,
lishment of an Independent Educational
Society at Harrisburg.
Articles ofthe Oregon City Oil Manu-
featuring Company; capital stock, $40,.
900.
Articles of incorporation of the Rogue
River Valley Wooden Manufacturing Com
pany ; capital stock, $50. O00.1[Unionist
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30
Suffrage for Ladies'.

Editor State Rights Democrat:
In your journal of March %, you have
an article on 'Woman's Mission, in which
composition you hold sentiments adverse
to mine. l favor giving women the elect
i've franchise. They were created to be
help-meets for man. Shall we refuse to
have them for help-mects in political af-
fairs? II is argued that mans highest
privilege is to vote. How, then, can wo-
man have higher mission, if denied this
cherishable privilege? Women did vote in
the Apostles time-were never censurcd
for doing so until the dark ages, when
they were deprived of this right-and
many intelligent men of all parties can see
no improperly in again allowing the right
of suffrage for ladies'. IF you think Dem
ocratic ranks furnish no ladies rights sol
diers. you are mistaken. Our l.. II. Par
" has able men from both sides, and we
are earnestly working to carry Oregon
We feel that women have naturally the
same right to vote as men possess. The
more enlightened the nation is, the
more privileges its women obtain; the less
enlightened, the less privileges. | shall
be under great obligations to you for pub
fishing this in your anti-woman's rights
paper.
YENRUT N0TXARB LEINAD.
Salem, Oregon, March %, 1867.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30

NEARLY As BAD.-"Therc must be n terri.
bic state Of things in Mexico" saba visitor
10 our sanctnin, this mornig, says the New
Orleans Picayunc. why, what up nov? FL
said we. You don't know p he remarked
with apparent surprise. "Why. | see II
strted that a gentleman Just returned from
Mexico says that things arc nearly as bad
there as III the United States"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30

A cubic yard of gold, is worth in round
numbers, S10,000,000, and at this esti-
mate all the gold in the world, if melted
into ingots, might be contained. in a cell
lar t~wenty-four feet square and sixteen
feet high. All the boosted wealth al
ready obtained from California and Aus
tralia would go into IN iron safe nine feet
square and nine feet high.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30

An hour passed in sincere and earnest
prayer, or in conflict with, and the conquest
over a single passion or a subtle bosom sin
will teach us more Of thought, viii more eff.
f%ectually awaken the faculty and form the
habit Of reelection, than a years. study in the
schools without them.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30

DETERMINED-The Washington CORES
pendent Of the New York Herald says
The President Is immoyable. An init
mate friend Of his quotes a remark that
he twill fight the radicals until a certain
place freezes over, and then fight them On
the ice"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30

A New Bedford lady recently wrote to
a Boston publishing house for a copy of
GeAert; or, Trust IN God, and received,
for reply. ''There is no 'Trust IN cor
to be fouad in Boston, New York Ex-
press.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30

Men spend their lives in trying to un
derstand each other, and at the close are
compelled to acknowledge that they can
not understand themselves.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ undersigned have been appointed Ad1ain;s.
traitors with the viii annexed, Of Arthur ".
WITH, deceased. All persons having claims
against said estate viii present them legally arr
thentlcated within six months, to the snbscr;bsr.
ct Their residence, In Peoria, Linn county. Oregon.
All persons indebted TO said estate are ,eorastag
to make immediate payment.
JOHN G. WORTH, Admir-.
A.. NJ. WORTH, Adm,x.
March Is, 1sgG-v2n5S4w
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Administrators Notice.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN TO All.
~ persons having claims against chs Estata 81
9onn y. a. Worth, deceased, late Of Linn county.
six months from this date, to the undersfnnam lsnIp
miPI1+-ators Of said estate, at the late residensa -
the -seased, in Peoria, Linn county. Oregon 81
persons indebted to said estate vii make irarn.A
ate payment,
JOHN G. WORTH. Adm,
A.. N. WORTH, Adm'x.
March Is, IsG7-y2nSS4w
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30

Running streams preserve themselves clear
and pure, whereas standing pools soon cor
rupt, and breed poisome and Yenomous crea-
lures. Just so of the mind and heart. We
must be employed. if we would be either
healthy, pure or useful
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30
YENRUT N0TXARB LEINAD.
Salem, Oregon, March %, 1867.

4 HEAVY DEBT.-The national debt
of the United States is a weighty concern
in more senses than one. 4 correspon-
dent of a contemporary, who has cypher-
ed it up, calculates hat in silver II would
weigh $3.50 tons of 2,240 pounds each.
In gold it would Abs tons. To freight
the amount in silver 81 vessels of 6I5
tons would be required. We may add
that loaded in a wagon train-a ton Of
silver to each wagon-allowing forty feet
for each vehicle and team, the train Of
wagons would extend q distance of 439
miles-which train, following a regular
route of travel, would reach from San
Francisco to within two miles Of the city
of Austin, in the State ofNevada. There
would be 57,940 wagons, 115,880 horses,
and $3.50 drivers. It will take a long
time to pay adebt which stretches out to
such a distance. The debt amounts to
g. 700, 000, 900. IF in silver dollars it
would take eight men thirty-two years to
count it, supposing they could each count
$50 in a minute, and worked eight hours
a day. including Sundays. These dollars
laid fat on the ground, with their edges
touching each ether, would extend a dis
lance Of 1882 miies-a string of dollars
reaching from here to New York and
back again. The silver twisted into a
rope, an eighth of an inch in diameter,
would extend around all the States and
Territories fine cord to bind the Union
together.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30

A SWEE THING ON IoE.-Teaching a {
sixteen year old bundle of calico how to
skate.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

TVHE COMPREHENSIVE HERETOFORE
existing, in the town of Albany, between Da-
vid Werthan and Joseph 0ppenheimer, under the
name and style Of Werthan d Co., is this day dis
solved by mutual consent; the said Joseph Open
heimer assuming al the debts and paying all the
liabilities. d. WERTHAN,.
March 2s, 1887. ]. 0PPENHEIMER.
N. B.-Mr. Joseph 0ppenheimer viii continue
in the business until it is finally closed out,
v2n33tf
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30

Henry Clay's' ProdietiOn.-''The slavery
question in the Free States will destroy all har.
mony, and finally lead to disunion. The eonse.
quences OF disunion are-perpetual war-the ex.
tinetion Of the African raee-ultimate military des-
potism. Clay Letter TO Cotton, Sept. 2, 1S43.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30
BY C.RAP H

toonr,Lrp raos rus onEooS nsnArpl
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30
state Rights Democrat.

We have recently received tho follow
ing letter from the US. Marshal of Mon
tana Territory -
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-30
Administrators Notice

March rs, 1sG7-y2nss4w l0
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-08-16

Tie latA temperance Investigations in Massa
chusetts have thrown a food Of hight on the hor.
ribln abuses practiced in the liquor trade, and
have at the same time deHonst rat,h the absolute
necessity for unadulterat~d diffusive stinulants
for III, dicinsl purposes. Clergymen Of the high
est standing. men Of tia highest rank in scieuce
Al philantbrcpists, whoare above the reach o
prejudice have testified no; only 10 the permit
cious effncts of the sdulteratei liquors of com.
mPrce bnt also 20 the efficacy nf uncnntaminatsd
alcoholic tolijcs a. remedial and restorative
agents.
First on the list Of this class OF preparations
Best known and most extensively used Of all
the stomachie. Of the day, stands HOSTEL.
TEES SroMACH BITrERS. This specific
IL The only representative OF that absolutely
pnrc article which emine1t divines chemists
Physicians and social economists of New Enc
land have Just declared not 10 be n proper sub
iect for prohibitory legislation. The tacultv
proclaims by the mouths of its professors that n
Stilnuant of this character j. q medical necess;
~. HDSTErrER'S BITrERS satisfies all TN.
requirements Of science. Its alcoholic principlp
is free from the irritating constituents which
analysis detects in even the best imported lilo.
uors, and the vegetable extracts wifi which Il
is medicated are among the hest antidotes and
restoTatives that botanical science, in its world
wide research has Yet discovered Ii il an in.
dubitable fact that some constitutions and hab
its of body demand stimulation, and for all such
stimulant which combines arti.bilious and
slightly apcrient properties with its tonic vir
tues is manifestly desirable.