The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-11-16

cessful2 Would it not have been
strange if they had not been? Is it
any wonder that the Democratic party
was bcatcnG Is it not passing strange
that they cast as heavy vote as they
did with such influences bearing upon
them and contending with such oppo-
sition9 They really had the purse,
and the welded by as un-
principled and remorseless scoundrels
as ever livod-arrayed against them !;
and the wonder is-not that they were
beaten-but that they made such gal
liant resistance as they did under the
circumstances.
But all this is now changed. The
foul and lousy bastiles are closed
Leading Democrats are no longer ban
ished or spirited away in violation of
all law. The freedom of the press is
no longer abridged. Democratic cd
itors are no longer mobbed, nor threat
cned with being hung, or banished.-
Capitalists-men of means are no
longer afraid of the torch of the in
cendiary. Except in the Southern
States, no longer is the bayonet held
at the breasts of Democratic voters.
The reign of terror has mcasurably
passed away; and men think, and
write, and speak their own sentiments
again. The issues to be decided arc
momentous; and it is sheer folly to
suppose that the Revolution which
has been inaugurated will cease till
the reins of Government have again
been placed in the hands of the Dem
ocracy. Give them good working
majority in Congress and n Demo
cratic President, and, though our
country can never be made what it
was before tho war, yet our condition
may, and will be vastly changed for
the better 4 villainous Protective
Tarif-whose aim, and object, and eff.
feet is to make the rich richer and the
poor poorer-will be abrogated, and
Tariff for revenue alone will be
adopted. Consumers will again buy
where they can buy the cheapest; and
If the purse-proud manufacturers OF
the Eastern States cannot compete
with European skill, and capital, and
labor, they will and ought to go down
never to rise again. United States
Bonds will be taxed, and thus 81, ,OOo,-
100000 worth of property will bear
their proportionatc share of the pub.
lie burdens. The army now quartcred
upon the South for the purpose of en-
shaving the remaining white popula-
tion thereof, and executing the tyran-
nical edicts ofsundry military satraps,
will be disbanded. The nigger bureau
law will be wiped out, and the lazy,
greasy children Of Ham will be com.
PEELED to earn their livelihood by the
sweat of their brows, and between
$50, 900, 900 and ss0,0o0,000 will, in
this way, annually be saved. The ma.
tainal debt will probably be put in
process of liquidation through the in.
strumentality of greenbacks-most
surely not with gold unnecessary
expenses and extravaganza of all kinds
will be Topped off; honesty will take
the place of dishonesty and villainy,
and the nation will enter upon an era
of retrcnchment and reform that will
reduce our expenditures hundreds oi
millions of dollars annually. Let
Democrats everywhere become inspir
ed with fresh courage. They should
circulate good Democratic papers and
documents; they should boldly meet
their opponents and discuss the severa
issues with them; they should be ac
tive, and Jealous, and vigilant. The
day-star appears.