The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-11-30

rian order, or even that Of the "Thun-
derer" who presides over the columns
of the " Unionist." Our astute CO.
temporary affects to believe that we
are inconsistent BECAUSE we would
have tho Albany City Council grant
| liquor licenses, and because we favor
the establishment of q fire depart.
meht. lie wants to know what We
would think of man TINT would set
fire to Il "splehdid mahsion "-Aiike
that of our friends Barrows or Cum
diff alias "Sitorty "-and then eek
haust his ehetgies in trying to save
the" woodhouse or some other hec'
essary out-building. We answer
frankly that We would think him
wanting in COMMON setise. But where
is the pointH What bearing has that
on the issuing of liquor licenses or the
temperance question gcnerally9 How
does that affect our article to which it
is intended as reply? We confess
we can't see--we can't "make the APP
plication." IF any of our readers can
we hope they will enjoy themselves
hugely at our expense.
Our up-river neighbor, in conclu-
sion, refers us, very modestly, to Mat
thew 1890, which reads: ale that is
not for me is against me-" Does the
editor of the Gazette mean to say
that we are against temperance? lie
must mean this-there is no sense in
his allusion if he does not intend to
convey this idea. Why does he not
prove his position? Has he done so
Not at all. All the public have is
merely his assertion in the form of an
unmanly and base innuendo. The
truth is we are rs strong and consist.
ent friend of temperance as he is, or
any other blatant demagogue who
makes temperance n hobby. We vir-
tually said this in our article of week
before last, aud we defy him to show
TO the contrary. The difference be-
tween us is not as TO whether intem-
perance is an evil for we both agree
that it is but as to the best manner
of dealing with it, all things consid-
cred. The Gazette thinks it bad poll
cy to issue liquor licenses. He had
rather men would sell liquor clandes-
tinely,-without licenses,-and that
the ctr should suffer all the evils oi
liquor selling without any compensa-
tion whatever; while we would have
our city fathers grant licenses under
certain restrictions, limitations, and
conditions, and when these are viola
ted make the offenders pay the penal
ty. When an evil cannot be eradica-
ted we would have the law step in
and regulate and control it, and keep
il within proper limits. We arc hap
py to say, for the consolation Of the
editor of the Gazette, that since our
article on the license question appear
ed, the City Council,-though elected
with the understanding that they
were against the issuing Of licenses,
and though, too, they had steadily re-
fused to grant licenses up to that time
have caused to be posted up around
town and published in the Journal
that they will non grant licenses to
sell liquor! One of two things is ap-
parent 10 the most stupid either
that our article aforesaid was very
convincing, or else that they fear they
will lose some votes next Monday IL
they do not come out in favor of Ii
censes. But 1t is too late-burnt
brandy won't save them. We conf
IDENTIFY expect to be able again to ex-
hibit our rooster In the next number.
We have now splendid type-metal
eock-beating our friend Mealey's all
hollow and we firmly believe that the
voters of this city will, next week,
give US the opportunity to display his
fine proportions