The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-10-05
The Trlumph end One Cause.

The Triumph and the Cause.
Since the election there has been no
end to speculatious as to the causes which
brought about the overwhelming victory
for the Democracy. The Opposition pa.
pers and the Independent press, with the
single exception Of the. call, which has
the good sense to know better and the
manlness to avow it, attribute the result
to the uDpopularity Of the g Union" noms
incc. While We freely admit that the
ticket put forth by the June Convention
was obnoxious in the eyes of the honest
people Of the State, and also that the In
dependent press exercised a powerful IN.
fuence against it, we cannot agree that
these causes alone brought about the Wal
terloo defeat Of tho Radicals or were
mainly Instrumental in 80 doing The
truth is that the election itself bears al.
rect testimony to the contrary. NotwitI.
standing Coy. Haights great personal
worth and Gorhain's unpopularity and the
determined opposition to the latter on the
part Of the Independent press, 1t Is found
that the successful candidate as not run
as far ahead Of his ticket as was antieipa1 !
ted; nor is Gorham as far behind his
ticket as many supposed he would be. 1t
must be borne in mind that the indie.
pendent press, save the Call, opposed
Haight as we'll as Gorham, and threw the
whole weight Of. its influence in favor Of
Fay. BY taking the vote received by
this gentleman we shall approximate neaE
er to the number who deserted the Re
publican standard through party dissatis-
faction than in any other manner Again
we must not overlook the fact, that the
journals above mentioned denounced and
oppressed the Democratic platform and
the Democratic ticket, more particularly
the old-line peace Democrats, like Holden
Hamilton, Gelwicks, Seckel and Bost. vet
we find these very men. running ND with
the ticket, and in many counties ahead Of
1t. Moreover, it must be conceded that
the independent press did not iniuriously
affect, to any great extent, if at all. the
local candidates in the different counties.
Still, we see the Democrats carried the
day. Take. for example, Sacramento and
San Francisco, in both Of which the Del
mocracy were successful, the independent
press bitterly opposed the successful can
didates. 1t is plain and conclusive, there
fore, from these facts, that we must look
elsewhere for the cause Of Radical defeat
and Democratic trinmph There is really
no mystery about it. The people of Cali
fornia had grown weary Of misrule and
fanaticism. They could not quite and
would not endorse the platform adopted
by our opponents. They were opposed
to the disnnion policy of Congressional
reconstruction, and in favor of admitting
the Southern States to all their rights In
the Union, on fair and honorable terms:
opposed to placing the ballot in the hands
OF negroes and Chinese; opposed to ex-
empting bondholders from alltaxation for
the support of the Governments; opposed
to having their substance eaten m bv
taxes. wholly unnecessary and uniustifia.
Bile; opposed to governing this country
for the benefit of the ricl-feH at the exI
pense of the many whoare poor OPPOSED
to Congress legislating exclusively for the
interests Of the black race opposed to i
military despotism OYER the SontherT
States; opposed to the fagraht Injustice
and gross dishonesty Of the Radical CnHs
gress, made manifest By thousand. acts;
opposed to making. war on the Executive
and Judicial departments of the Govern
meut; opposed to such miscreants as
Stanton, Butler, Holt and Brownlow OPS
posed to longer retaining such party ID
power over the people of California
/ Here we have the chief causes of the Rad
Iical defeat. In the language Of Governor
Haight: The masses of the people were
deeply aroused, and achieved this remark.
able political revolution because the. re-.
suit involved not merely their interests as
lcitizcns and tax payers, but because il IN
volsed also certain fundamental princi-
pies of constitutional government and cons
lstitutional liberty" The victory gaihsa
is a triumph on principle, and must be sd
laccepted. When Connecticut shook of
the black trammels, and declared for
i Democratic government, we are told that
the platform aud Nominees did not come
out openly on the great question Of the
day. We deny this, but it is not in the
Epower of the enemy to make even this
pretence against the Democracy Of Calls
sorDia. We boldly declared our princi.l
fples, nominated sound Democrats, and
fought it out on the grand old doctrineS
Eof DEMOCRATIC faith. tits worthy Of re- res
mark. that Coy. Haight, ii his every
speech, instead of trucking to the mone
grol sentiment, boldly proclaimed that he
IneYer7wa an abolitionist, but with his
whole heart and soul opposed sthe docs
ltrines of the party IN power. Tho tri-
umph has been won honorably, and the
government of our young State viii be
administered in such manner as shall
rebound to the honor of our country and
the well-being of the whole people
Sononsa Democrat. IS
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