The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-04-13
Lebanon Correapondenee.
IEpASos, Oregon, March %, 1867.
MONOPOLY.

to the monopoliaing exactions of q capital
combination known rs the Peoples Trans
portation Company. That this Company is
making an exhaustive drain upon the mate.
rial resources of the people, every unbiased
mind eognizant Of tho facts must admit. The
admission of this proposition clearly implies
two egregious and distinct errors. One
seems attributable to the combination that
exact exhorbitant prices from the people for
their services, the other fault plainly lays
at the door of the people themselves for con-
tinuing to pay this extraordinary tribute
when it IS SO completely within their power
to prevent il, | am not one of those that
believe it will best promote the interests OF
the people, or cause the p. I, Go. 10 relax
their grip, by attacking them with villain
Gus epithets ; yet ! am an enemy to every
enterprise that gives its projectors such ex-
elusive control that all who transact business
with them are directly compelled 10 sustain
unreasonable sacrifice, and tho whole people
withts. the range of their operations are nee
essmily compelled to contribute to their sup
port. Notwithstanding monopolies arc so
generally herated rs obnoxious by the people,
we see a disposition to uphold them every.
where, both in individual and aggregated
manifestations. It is an inherent desire in
human nature to accumulate wealth and
power, without due regard b that golden
precept, ''Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you.p Money creates a power,
whm applied with a well. directed energy,
though ruinous TO the interests Of the peo-
pie, it may be, -that is difficult to overcome.
We have a monopoly in our midst that every
one feels the burthen of its oppression still
It is difficult 10 find any one so confding in
the integrity of the people as TO attempt its
correction. Experience has taughtus, that,
for an opposition TO be permanently successful
against an established monopoly, il is not
safe to risk the chances of success upon she
support of the people, but rather upon the
length of the purse. The idea continually
suggests itself to the mind, hat if a line
were started in opposition to the P. T. Co.,
reducing the prices of freight to reasonable
|, living rates, the old line would descend far
below that point and, as inconsistent as il
may appear, the major part of tho people
that suffer from their grinding extortions
! would probably support them, unless re-
strained by considerations not likely to be
provided for. 1t is TO be hoped that the poo.
/; pie will induce the p. I. Co. to modify their
charges-bearing in mind the longer a mo-
nopoly lives, and the more faFers it receives
; from the people, the more ~insolent and ex-
; acting will it become,
5 sANTIAM ACADEMY.
This excellent Institute is. under the su,
: pervision, and belongs to the M. 4. Church,
: North. A fine school is in full bloom. with
r about one hundred students in attendance
g and the Rev. Mr.. Galloway as Principal
: One of its semi annual sessions has just come
to a close. The critical examination tn,
students withstood, esinced industry ant
a proRciency-showing a thorough knowledg'
: of the principles embraced-commendabl,
b of tutors as we'll as pupils. The Exhibition
was surprising in its execution. The must,
II ! uA NtiG NAioA WIS ais
made one realize the feeling that ShakespeaI
d expresses: "He that hath not music in hi
= soul, and is not moved by the concord o
# sweet sounds, is only fit for treasons, strata
gems and spoils let no lnan trust him.
The dialogues were got off in good style
The declarations gave evidence of earnes
il study and proper training, cliciting, as the.
deserved, outbursts of applause. Near tn
: conclusion of the exercises one of the Obi
" boysn relieved himself of q very sayory efu
sion of partisan clap-trap, which the Pro
J, fessor designated an "Original Grafton.
Subject, nameless but its hurting impor
he made plain its intention, Such men q
s, Washington and his compeers were imprC
70 Gated for their unparalleled depravity in to
as Grating slavery. State Rights were stigma
n tized as the sum of all villainy, characters
- tic of the most depraved condition of tn
"a people, the most oppressive and rude fori
ne of government. But the audience was r,
to called with the assurance that these ''twi
relics of barbarism" were numbered wit
at the things of the dark ages. A deyout az
a peal of thanks and gratitude was made
1g the God of battles, for dispelhng the glooI
i that has hitherto hung over our benighte
he country, and fixing our terrestrial abodes
10 the full blaze of the sunlight of freedom
ne where all the sons and daughters of Colun
q bia may share the honors and enjoy Il
de blessings, political and social, ofthat crow
ing type of the human race, distinguish,
IS as American citizens of African descep
+. That the Hbig boys'' have the right to syn
IN pathize with the highlY-aavored and fas
colored freedmen, and to raise their inyoc
=. tons to Heaven on heholding themselv
,et their prospective equals, is not to be. disp
ra- ted. But to libel the names of the patri
LIS dead, to falsify history, to violate the tr
it theory of republican government, to pand
to to the grovelling behests of party rancor,
a part, properly, of the training Of o
le' public schools, is g~ratuitous and unchristia
as and should meet the unqualified condemn
= ton of every lover of truth and correct pri
% ciples.
,es The Santana Academy has been in ext
I'd. ence about thirteen years, and the buildi
is yet unfinished. Various efforts at diff;
the emf times have been made to raise the nee,
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