The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-06-15
DISTINCTIONS ANB Castles OF
SOCIETY.

Negro Equality, says that the negroes
to whom we referred were ~''colored
children" This is simply a lie made
cut of whole cloth. There was not a
child among them. They were all be-
tween FIVE and six feet high, and some
we took to be middle-agedme Our
expressions,-te which the Oregonian
makes exceptions,-tAat they were
"big, fat buck darkies," 'big, greasy
buck niggers," ''big, strapping, lazy
buck whelps," Is literally true, and
we repeat them.
Elsewhere the Oregonian virtually
comes out in favor of Social Equality,
and vaguely refers Us to "severafp pass
ages" in the New Testament to prove
that its position is correct. The edit
or--the great, evergrown, lubberly
fanstic-is not only in favor of Social
Equality on earth, but he thinksit will
be the rule in heaven. He evidently
thinks these negroes will occupy the
front seats there-just as they did last
week here in Albany.
The STAT boy" of the Oregonian is
informed that we very thoroughly ex-
amined our New Testament years ago
on these points, and arrived at positive
conclusions. We would not, for the
world, to propitiate party, advocate
n measure or doctrine which we be-
1ieve to be essentially wrong. We
know it is a common opinion that an
editor must obey the behests of his
party, right or wrong;-but, thus far,
we have never advocated any princi-
pie or measure which we did not be-
lieve to be morally right-and wenev-
er will. The editor of the Oregonian,
IN covertly charging that we do advo-
cate principles at variance with the
moral law, probably judges us by him
self
There is no doctrine more plainly
recognized and enunciated in the
Scriptures than that of Distinctions
and Castles In Society, The Jews were
separated from all other nations; they
were a peculiar people; )" and the idea
is constantly enforced that they were
better than other people. The hea-
then nations around them were con-
-sidered far beneath them, not only in
religious privileges, but socially, po-
litieally and legally. Even among
the Jews themselves there were Castles
and Social Distinctions; and these
were enunciated and enforced by the
Mosaic ritual. The relations of mas
ter and servant, the rich and poor,
the high and low, the noble and igno-
BILE, the beggar On the dung-hill and
the king on his throne, were all recog-
nized and regulated by laws and pre-
cepts from the Almighty.
The Savior of mankind himself,
when he came into the world, did not
abolish Castles and Distinctions in So
ciety. So far from this, he actually
recognized them in his teachings and
example. Through his apostles he
taught children to honor their parents:
wives to love, obey and reverence
their husbands servants to be respect
full and obedient to their masters /;
citizens to honor magistrates and
those in authority. He HIMSELF
though he cared for and loved ALL
had his particular friends on whom he
bestowed especial marks of his favor
and kindness. Peter, James and John
only were permitted to witness his
TRANSPORTATION on the mount /; and so
highly favored was John that he was
called "the disciple whom Jesus
loved" by common consent.
The Scriptures also plainly promul-
gate the doctrine of Distinctions and
Castles in heayen. "Man is made a
little lower than the angels" and
among the angels there are the cheru-
bin and seraphim-angels and arch
angels. Does the editor of the Ore
gonian,-fanatical and jacobinical
though he be,-really believe that a
converted Guinea negro-having an
intellect but little above the baboon
of his native jungles-will occupy the
same place in heaven that Abraham,
or Newton, or an arch-angel does? If
he does his head is just fifty per cent
softer than we had supposed.
For years past the simon-pure abo-
litionists-those of the Garisonian
.stamp-have aimed at the abolish
-ment of all Distinctions in Society;
and now the entire Radical party Is
gradually adopting. their pernieions
theories They are agrarian, jacob
inical and revolutionary in the ex-
.treme. Every good citizen, of what
ever name, party, or sect, should set
his face as a flint against them if this
be not done, u country will soon be
converted into another Mexico, and
social chaos and anarchy will reign