The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-06-29

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try to tho will, passion and violence Of the
African barharians among them who will
trample down those glorious landmarks
and eminent triumphs Of progress which
have cost centuries Of labor and celebrate
the genius of ages.
It isa crime against Christianity in
tbis-that il transfers the government Of
a Christian people to the control Of de-
graded, imbecile race of Hcathens, who
yet retain the idolatry and superstitions
Of tic most revolving systems of Heathcn
worship.
II 10 q crime against reason in this,
that it places bayonets in the hands Of the
; ppreasoning rabble, to destroy life, liberty
; and property at will, in the violation Of
that established custom, among savage
and civilized men, Of committing the
!. rule of tribes, nations and Kingdoms TO
tho ablest and purest men.
, 1t 10 crime against human nature,
which commits its preservation TO its most
elevated and superior races aud The most
eminent and Trustworthy Of every race,
in this, that it degrades the highest type
Of the human family to asubordination TO
the very lowest SPECIES Of the race OF
map.
This Reconstruction Bill is in It's details
aud execution more atrocious than any
usurpation ever exercised by Great Bri-
tain over Ireland, by Russia over Po-
land, by Austria over Hungary. cruel
aud abominable as they have been-in
this, that the rulers of these conquered
people we're Of the same general race,
) customs, habits. religion aud color, while
; the voters to whom is eomInitEed the rule
Of the people of the excluded States are
Of different race, with no common sym
pathics, capacities, interests, destinies OF
hopes.
; This is not q new question in the State
Of Ohio. When the present Chief. jus
tice Of the United States was Governor,
and Mr. Woolcott. brother.in-law Of Ed
win NJ. Stanton, his Assistant Secretary
Of War 1T the time of his death--and
from whom he drew his inspiration-was
Attorney general Of the State, these men
sustained by all of tho intellect Of tho
Republican party, led by Joshua r. Gid.
dings, invoked the doctrines of this reso-
luton 10 rescue vagabond negro from
Constitutional servitude due in another
STATE.
There has been another and more ex-
citing period in thc history Of Ohio when
the enforcement Of this resolution would
have forced her citizens from the most
offensive and debasing oppression which
! has scandalized North America in all her
varied glorious history / refer TO Burn
sides drunken campaign in the State oi
Ohio in 1868.
A defeated, disgraced and impotcnt
? geaeral officer of the army OF the United
States, in violation of this resolution, was
appointed military satrap of your district,
and located in your city to govern your
people.
Fresh from the bloody, inglorious and
horrible battlc6elds Of Virginia, where all
Of his former follies, frailtics and disas-
ters ripened aud concentrated in the over
whelming defeat, route and slaughter oi
brave soldiers, led into the mantrap and
deadfall by his imbecility, which will for
ever doom the connection of the unfortu-
nate field with his Infamous name as the
butcher of fredericksburg. This man
came clothed with arbitrary power, to
rule the State and destroy the people.
: lie entered upon his duties, prompted
by the worst advisers that ever ruined a
reckless man, and amused his Bacchana.
lian associates, surrounded with their ha-
rems of Cyprians. with disgusting brag-
gadocio TO frightep the unarmed citizens
i whose lives were at his mercy.
} Within speaking distance of where /
now stand, he assembled military com.
! mission TO destroy one of the ablest and
most renowned citizens Of Ohio, and BY
this persecution indissolubly connected
! his name with civil liberty, and endeared
. it TO mankind.
) This military commission was conduct.
cd by one DeCourcy, an unnaturalized
! British mercenary. The history is be.
+ fore you, and forbids amplifcation. These
Fl men led by the tool Burnside, committed
) a crime against liberty, which invoked
/ the doctrines of the Kentucky Resolu.
} tions to their aid.
: A corrupt and cringing Governor, who
5 had bartered his principles for position,
, abandoned the rights of tho people and
: abjured the sovereignty Of the State tol
. the patronage OF the General Govern.
. ment exchanged the proud position Of
0 Governor of free State for the protec,
) tion of her people, for the petty, menial
costabulary service, to betray, arrest, and
imprison in distant lands the citizens oil
Q whom he was appointed guardian and
lawful protector.
0 In this memorable period Of our un
: fortunate history, there were brave men
. who stood unmoved by the combinations
and malice of power; seven thousand
r men that never bowed the knee to Baal
! To name these men would be unjust and
! invidious to others just as true, + :"
5 The independents press was swept iron
5 the land, This gave the megcsnaries the
: ear Of the public, which led BY falsehoodS
. at tho expense Of tyrants, who corrupted
. by money those that could not be over
! powered by the sword. The picture is
, sickening and horrible, which was cast
before these events as the shadows of oul
, present woes.
) AS an oasis in the desert, rock in the
; weary land, the stately oak in the grand
prairie, unbending before the furious
t Northwestern storm, the old Enquirer
stood pleading for liberty, defending the
t Constitution, mute and silent when she
dared not SPEAK freely. At the peril Of
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