The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-02-02
ALBANY OREGON SATURDAY FEBRUARY q 1861

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all, trusting that time would rectify the
evils under which we labor. What higher
proof Of loyalty could be given than
this? f q t@s"| PI
But, felIow-citizens, was the South ever
disloyal to the Constitution Of the United
StatesY deny that she ever was, and
challenge her most bitter enemy TO adduce
one single instance in which she has been
From tho adoption Of that Constitution to
the time. when she adopted one for her
own governance, no one can lay to her
charge single violation of any clause Of
that instrument Did she ever propose
to change it2 Did she ever evade any of
its provisions? Did she ever denounoe it
AZ .lengue withheld and covenant with
the devilY Nay, more /: when she franz
ed Constitution for herself, did she not
adopt the old and hoEored one almost
word for word Had the North been but
half as loyal as the South has ever been,
no war would have desolated our country,
and the Union would have been what its
founders intended, one Of equal and SOW
ereign States, bound together by the
strong ties of patcrnal affection, instead of
what it now Is, consolidated despotism
of the stronger States, ruling with rod of
iron the weaker ones. The South il, and
ever has been loyal, in the proper sense of
the word.
i am aware that the north has given q
new meaning to the word, when applied
to the South. For the South TO be loyal
in the eyes of the North, she must admit
herself to be inferior in all points; she
must declare that she has sinned, and,
like repentant child, she must humbly
sue for forgiyncss. She must pronounce
State rights and State sovereignty falla-
cies, and she must forget the teachings Of
Patrick Henry, Of Jefferson and Of Madi-
son. You, men Of Pickens, must forget
! the illustrious son you gave to our State,
and you must brand Calhoun as traitor.
The names Of McDufie, Cheves, Hayne,
) Hamilton, Harper, must no longer be held
in reverence in their own State as those
, Of great statesman and pure patriots, but
! the men who bore them, like their i'm
, mortal compatriots, arc 10 be called trail
: tors, and their doctrines seditious. You
will not be loyal until you import, along
= with everything else, your politics. Jour
: morality and your religion from the North.
] know not, iellow.ci.izens, how II may
be With others. but for myself prefer TO
! still cling to the political faith taught by
| her great apostles of Liberty. Ircpudiate
{ as heretical aud damnablc that morality
Q which inculcates q "higher law" than the
. Bible teaches And as to religion, | con-
$ fess that after the way they call hercsy,
/ $50 worship the God Of my fathers. -
/. We obey the laws of the land; pay the
= taxes levied on us; we support tho Con-
= stitution aud we acknowledge the su.
: psel..acy Of the National Government
g The North has no right to demand or to
: expect Of Us more than this. She has nc
D right to ask that we should give up the
: divine right--which even slaves enjoy
b Iof freedom Of opinion; that We should
i deny the principles we hold sacred that
s wc should abase ourselves In the dust te
/ pEopitiate her good will, or that VIC should
d Kiss the rod that smites US.
c "shall free born men, In humble ave,
:. Submit 20 keTyile shame,
Who from consent aud custom draw
Tue sAme right 10 be ruled by Law
: Which kings presead to reisnP P
i Shall we, who are free-born men, be 81
e base as TO declare that our country hal
s. met the fate it deserved? Shall We sub
: NIT to the shame which will cling TO u
e forever if we admit that we had been gull
u ty of treason? Shall We cover ourselve
!. with eternal infamy by branding as trait
d ors the men who died for US, and to Who's
It memory you are now paying honor? New
e er! Never! Ncyerl!i Let any fate
% however hard, be our lot, rather than sucl
IS dishonor should be ours When ne ga
IS liant Warrior-king Of old saw in the defea
o of his brave army, the ruin ofpall hi
s. hopes, proud, though conquered, he coul'
Ie still exclaim, GAR is lost save honor.
70 Let US, amid the failure of our hopes, tn
4 wreck Of our fortunes, strive to save, lik
n him. what is far more precious than a
else, our honor. .. =.
le Ihave shown you the record ofthe South
az | have shown how well she has kept ou
TO faith untarnished, how closely she has ot
IS serbed her obligations. Let me no.
IL turn to the record of the North. Bea
b, in mind that in giving this l sha
"A simply state facts, leaving you
as draw your inferences. / propose
,l- say what the North has done. / d
be not intend to discuss the morality, tn
On honesty or the justice of her action
Mt iWhon"the tyrant disputed the assertion
I'D of the philosopher, and endeavored
w draw him into an argument, the reply
ed the latter was, "I do not choose to argr
he with the commander of the thirty legions
,st Without being philosopher, / can reco
N. nize the force of this argument as total
M inappropriate in discussion of this sor
MS Facts which are said to be stubborn thin,
er will Re amply sufficient for my purpose
to present. sa 80
nd For four years the North waged war u
re on us, only, as she solemonly declared
bring us back into the Union. More th'
re- year ago the South expressed willin
er ness to return, and yet now she is as {
- fectually out of the Uniorf as is sbe h
by never formed part of it. The Nor
nd professed to fight for the Corstitutio
MS As soon as she had the power to do 1
OIL she changed that Constitution, and s.
lly violated its sacred provisions. The Nor
he protested that she did not fight for CO
his quest or for plumber. The Southe
rs, States are at this moment practical
ta- conquered provinces, and more of tn,
is moveable property is now in the han
ess of Northern soldiers, who stole ittthan
ws those of its rightful possessors. The I