The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-12-07

popular weakness that keeps it in.
The order of Good Templars evincc
good tastc--a cunning and agreeable
policy-by giving the ladies promi
nent place In their lodges. OF course
they do not expect the ladies to be-
come i~tempcrate, but desire their co.
operation in the good work-tor no
other fact is easier demonstrated than
by embracing the ladies they raise
their standard. We are actuatcd by
no unkind prejudice against this pri-
vate order for the public good, but
feel an abiding faith in, and cherish
cd hope for the ultimate triumph of its
profcsscd principles But we would
not even assault the hydra-hcadcd
monster Intempcrance, if satisfied by
so doing new vigor would he impaired
to the expiring dragon Of Mongrelism.
We have proof positive, whilst the
mass of Good Templars are striving
to dissipate this liquid ruin that poi.
sons and def0rms moral symmetry,
they arc under the control Of, and CO.
alesccnt with n political party that
have stolen from the party, through
their agents, ten hundred millions Of
the revenue arising from the taxes
they put npon whisky in the last few
months. This is the party clamoring
for temperance and moral reform. We
may be mistaken in some of our con
clusions, but let the proof appear.
If the order stands independent of
partisan complications, why is it that
it boasts OF such an overwhelming per
centagc of "loyar' men aud women ?
In State like ours, where political
parties are about equal, of the same
race and habits, 1t * n sound inference
that any movement TO abatc u public
evil, free from partisan influence, would
alike affect all political parties. OF
our own personal knowledge we can
only speak of two lodges, and there
is barely Democracy enough To make
them respectable. Judging from
what wc suppose reliable data, these
two are correct criterion for the
whole. We admit there are few
genuine Democrats mingled among
them; some Of them are prompted by
| an unsellish carnestness To sustain
temperance; others are attracted by
the crinolinc display of the wigwam
another class, less numerous, perhaps
hut more nervous and noisy, are those
that have contracted a raging itch fol
office. To the latter we would Suggest
a moderate Injunction of Get oil and
gunpowdcr. followed by n thorough
ablution with chemical soap. Il woult
bc more efficacious and less offcnsiy,
than Mongrcl salvc.
The Good Tcmplars are obnoxious
TO another objection that is insupcra
bic and ridiculous They mortify th'
flesh aud stultify the conscience b,
taking solemn pledge before Goc
and man that il is n great mora
wrong to imbibc the delicious content
OF glass of sweet cider. We hol'
that true temperance does not abso
lu;ely consist in tho total abstincnc,
of MI drinks that are liable even to in
toxicatc. We learn the Great Media
tor. whose sinlcss example the pures
Of mnrtals hnt inpcrfccily initiate, dit
not forbid the use of wine, which con
tains much more alcohol than cider
but he turned water into wine an'
gave it ;o the people ~ Il beverage
The nae Of wine or cider * nowhcr
imterdictcd by the Savior or his apos
ties. hut. upon the contrary, wine j
commended in many Instances to tax
; the place of water rs rcficshmcni
and il tcmpcratcly INDUCED is ncyc
forbidden. That system nf ethics tina
mocks nature, insnlts common sens
and claims a superiority over the sub
lime teachings Of Divinity, requires
greater amount of credulity than ~
possess to honor its claims II is jus
n dclctcrions 10 express and take /
cider by mastication, rs 10 take it fror
? cider mill-a difference in nam,
only, and every Good Tcmpiar know
this. Wherefore do they reject il
use rs hurtful and immoral? Som
unleeiing monster, that lisrcgards th
danger of whisky and the displcasur
+ of the ladies, says il docs not abridg
their liberties or modest the gratific:
tion of the senses, for they are 1T Ill
erty TO fill in with mashed apples nm
, nave bIit ctlci TIuceSCh out III VI
E lodge-room. We arc not responsible
for the thought, nor do we vouch II
it's correctness, but think it ratht
, wholesome.
= Local items at this place are pondc
, ous and important. Business livel.
Three large mercantile establishment
: in town owned and conducted by ran
"cOppcrheads" They monopolizc I'll
, whole trade solicit call from ever,
! body, and to insure trade with Gu
' toners they sell at their own price
!. Everythingis cheapand getting cheaI
I er, except razors; they have advance
: hundred per cent. with an upwar
: tendency, owing to the frightfnl ehn!
/ alton of the facial contour OF @oyal
Union men, caused by the late territ
!. "groundswcll" in the East. But Il
' "coppcrhcads" have nobly resolved
: comfort and assist their 'Ioyal'' bret
;. rcn in their barbarous troubles, havin
]. proposed, in fact determined, to sha,
q them without pain or penalty, and a
: only waiting to hear the word-tht
4 the wool flies. DAsHAwAY.
J. IN discussing the forthcomn. trial
d Davis, the New York Times says:
n