The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-06-29

rogative to think freclt-the Enquirer
must always be esteemed as an able ally
in the great contests Of justice and right.
Whatever may be the fate Of the editors
silently toiling in their secluded rooms,
suffering and denying themselves for the
good of others, the names of Henry
Reed, and q. M. d. Bless, should be pre-.
served in perpetual remembrance as the
co-workers of the proprietors, Faran Il
Mclean, Of that noble paper in all the
furious reign of terror
This Convention has wisely reafirmed
| the Democratic doctrines upon. the cur
rcncy. Banks are said 10 be the legiti-
mate offspring Of civilization. They are
founded upon unlimited faith: the conf
dence which relies upon the ability of
debtors 10 pay three hundred dollars of
debt by one dollar of money. =
Since the commencement of the war, the
triple swindle Of the banking system has
transferred at least $500, 900, 900 of the
property and labor Of the poor to the
Golfers of the rich:
!. BY initiating the currency from
1862 to 1864, from par to S2 S9-100 pre-
MUM, advancing the price Of every arti-
Gle used by the poor in this ratio, and en-
hancing the value to the extent of the
boarded money in the Golfers of the rich.
2. Securing this enhanced value TO the
rich by funding at par the inflated paper
TO be paid in gold under pretense Of re-
ducing the volume of paper money.
3. When the funding was secured
then renewing the imitation through the
National banks, and giving to corporations
double intcrest-intcrest on the bonds
and discount upon the bank-notes which
are hntaxed and deprcciating.
The tariff. under the pretext of protect
ing manufacturers, has been an instru.
ment in the hands Of the rich to opprcss
the poor. 1t ID decree passed TO limit
the amount and quality of the food and
raiment Of the consumer for the benefit
of the producer. The extent and atrocity
Of our taxation de6es comment. It has
placed over US an army OF spies, detec-
tives. contractors, general and subordinate
officers, who meet us at every corner of
the streets, and in every avenue Of busi.
ness.
Placing a Iaoney. .grabber between the
mouths Of the poor and the butcher shop
"A stamp between the medicine and
your dying child-a tariff between your
shiveripg body and the clothing store, be-
tween the muslin shroud and the corpse
Of your wife.
All Of these cdicts of capital are to be
enforced by perpetual standing army
A funded system and standing army are
inseparable. A standing army creates a
debt to support it, and the debt requires
standing army to collect it, The Paine
Military Bill and funded system are the
twin tyrants preparing to rule and destroy
US.
We may be charged with a purpose to
repudiate this debt. Upon this subject
have but few words
The collection of this debt is q question
for the determination of tho courts.
shall not, therefore, moro than refer it
to those courts. Are We bound for this
debt, If so, how and by what Law
We are not bound By the Constitution
to pay it, because it was contracted in a
war to overthrow the Constitution and de-
stroy the system of government under it.
We are not bound by the theory ofour
Government to pay it, because the debt
was contracted in the destruction of the
American theory Of government.
We are not bound by the laws of civ
ilized warfare to pay it, because these
laws, as understood by Americans and
laid down by our treaty with Mexico,
were violated at every step of the war,
from its inception to its conclusion.
We are not bound in justice to pay this
debt, for we have received nothing in re.
turn for it. Not only no equivalent, but
it has been contracted in the destruction
of everything held sacred in property
obligation and security. There has been
no quid pro quo. All this is outside oil
the consideration of the violence, fraud
opposition and cheats employed in the
contraction of the debt
We are not bound in honor to pay thi:
debt. It was contracted without opl
consent
The Congress was elected by the com
bination of force, fraud and corruption
legislated under the duress imposed By
the bayonets held by arbitrary power ovei
Congress and Legislatures aud the Con.
gress thus assuming to legisl4te for the
country had no constitutional existence.
Then there is the court Of last resort
before whom all these questions are to be
hereafter tried--the popular will. Ineed
not predict tho result Of the issue. Such
cases have been tried before the Same tri
bunal.
/ Nosuch debt ever has been paid nc
such debt can be paid; no such deb
ought to be paid no such debt win be
paid.
The Jewish year of jubilee was year
of reputation, divinely appointed fol
that purpose.
The authors of our system, the puresi
lights in the consultations of Liberty
never redeemed their Continental money,
But, overlooking the other repudiations
ofthc world, the party in power i a party
of reputation. 80.
It repudiated the Constitution of the
United States, substituting in its stead
sdicts, military eecERFamissiona eEFa and pFooola
nations. 100 -
ut feppdiated, by positive legislation
the debts due to innocent third persons
corporations and trusts in the Southern
States.
It reppdiated the obligations of servi,
ltpde, as established by law, between the
/ whites and blacks. =
Tho Ganeral Government is now off.