The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-09-21
Corvallis correspondence.
CoRyALLrs. September. 1s, 1867

CORVALLIS, September, Is, 1867.
Editor State Rights Democrat:
| propose, with your permission TO write
you an "occasonal" from this point not
after the style of the of the "dead duck"
''for my two papers-both dailies;" but
veritablc incidents, facts and fancics as
they occur. Perhaps, too, some "Union
man" who "loves not wisely but too well"
''thc loavcs and fishes" Of office, who has
wandered from the constitutional land
marks, and has become lost in the quag-
mirc Of Union politics, s,-"so called
may provoke inc to reproduce his likeness
in the columns OF the DEMOCRAT, for the
delectation Of your rcaders-"only this
and nothing more"
Our quiet little town has been slowly,
but steadily improving within the last two
years and We are 80 presumptious as to
| think that while it IL not tho largest it is
one of the most beautiful Of the upper
valley towns. ms well as desirable for u
permanent residence. In addition to this,
our town presents educational faculties
not to be overlooked.
Many ofour citizens aye becoming in
tensely interested in sundry Railroad Gu.
terpriscs now on foot and in contcmpa.
ton in the near future. II is so easy,
you know, for three or more persons" to
associate themselves together as corpora
tors,--to delineatc on paper the Railroads
in our yallcy-to e-sOmctime--pe perhaps,
but who can tell when or how? But
every body hercabouts almost is in favor
Of Railroads. with an occasional exception,
and those when you find them are at once
recognized as specimens Of the genus ho.
mo now we'll nigh extinct They arc
venerable men who have come down to
us from past nge," men who have bat
tied their way through life along the out.
skirts Of civilization, aud are now about to
be overtakcn By the iron horse at last
Ought they not TO have our sympathy
Those who profess TO know whereof
they speak, assure your correspondent
that very extensive and rich deposits oi
coal have been discovered on Yaquina
Bay, aud tyo or three private corpora.
tions have been formed by ''three or more
persons" for their development. That
bituminous stone. coal has been found
there is beyond question. but that it ex.
ists in sufficient quantities TO justify al
that has been written or said upon the
subject, this depoaent saith not In due
time your readers shall be further adVis
ed ag TO the den0uement.
Since the reception Of the news Of tho
utter rout and overthrow Of MoBgrel:su
in California. the Radicals here are com
pletcly crestfallen; they look. when their
attention IL drawn TO subject, like the daj
of doom had arrived. aud they were abou
TO be judged by an outraged and too con
fidng people, for their crimes against th'
Constitution Of our common country
And truly that day has we'll nigh arrived
when the Countrywide administration
Of its government in every department
win pass into the hands Of men, homes
and capable, who will administer II. no
in spirit Of partizan malienity. or for TIL
advancement Of the uiterior designs Of in
dividuals; but upon the broad and sole
principles Of the Constitution. and for th
: glory and welfare Of the whole Whei
these political gucriilas sec the decree O
their banishment from the places ani
spoils of office 50 plainly. and when the
know it il as certain as fate itself. no won
der they become desperate. "The place
that know them will soon know them n
! more forever" They can retire 10 tn
lhades Of political oblivion, never agai
TO emerge, and where they will have am
pie time to reflect upon their short and in
glorious political career. 1t may be tha
for the benefit of posterity some one c
l these persons will publish the Life an
: Times of Renegade" wherein will b
: clearly and distinctly pointed out the Fl
a tai errors Of his political life. Whethe
! such a work as have suggested be eve
b. given to the world or not. no one viii do
! ny but there is ample material for it j
: almost all parts of our country.
D There is TO be mass meeting of tn
o Democracy Of this county in this city o
4 Saturday the 2Sth inst. Eloquent speal
s ers have been invited and are expected
: be present, and we anticipate such a
: outpouring Of the Democracy of this an
:, adjoining counties as has not been sec
before since the days of "Ould Ian
l Syne."
7 BENTON.