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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20
Hayti aud the Negro.

The scenes in Hayti make it more than
probable that Law and order will never be
restored to the black inhabitants &C that
island. They have overthrow their late
Government, which was itself built on
the ruins of its predecessor, aud are
amidst the horrors of that aggravated
state of anarchy and barbarisn which
has long prevailed. Yet these negroes
succeeded to the possession of the most
fertile spot of earth on the globe, in a
high state of cultivation, and teeming
with The fruits of tillage. Having mas
sacred the white inhabitants, they took
possession of their comfortable and ele-
CANT mansions, and their lands and tene-
ments of all kinds. Besides, they found
an immense foreign commerce, whose
prosecution was rapidly increasing the
wealth of the island, and a Government
under which lay and order, and comfort
and abundance, blessed the land. After
City years possession of such q spot OF
earth, especially favored by nature, what
is the condition of affairs? The large
annual production is diminished to an ag-
gregate which is contemplate compared
with hat under the rule of white men
the has been reduced in like
manner-dilapidation and ruin have
been the fate of all works of art and me,
chanical Observation-Disclosures aud Incidence
prevail-there is no safety, no peace, any
where-revolutions have followed in rap.
i'd succession-and Hayti, one of the
brightest gems of the Antilles, has be.
come an abomination on the face of the
earth.
This is a sort of self-govcrnment which
the negro has proved himself capable Of
after the fairest test which was ever af'
forded a community. The black Hayti
ems were not like colonists struggling in a
wilderness, menaced day and night BY
tribes of savages. They were heirs to
lovely and thrifty domain, provided am
ply with houses and every mechanical ap.
pliance and convenience adapted to their
wants and the uses of labor as prosecuted
then and there. They had everything
their own way. They were so jealous o.
the white man that they allowed him nj
place to rest tho sole of his foot. Ht
was not allowed to own one rood of lane
in their island. Even the mulatto wa
put under the ban, and driven into OBJ
security, often fleeing to Businesses to es
cape persecution and death.
Such is the notorious example-th,
living aud daily familiar illustration-o
negro rule. Hayti is near our coast
Our people are frequently spectators o
the desolation aud barbarism which hav.
there succeeded thrift, refinement, virtue
order, security aud Happiness. And ye
a besotted party in the control Of Govern
ment at Washington, are seeking now-
in order to secure the prolonged enjoy
ment Of the Offices and emoluments the.
hold-to bring a similar fate upon tel
Southern States Of the Union by makinl
the negro the ruling class Of society,"
Richmond Dispatch.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20
wEBFoOT CHRONICLES.
BY N1NKAwHYKKUM.
CHAP III.

A&&
And it came to pass In Weldon, even
in the county of Linn, that the Mongrels
met together and consulted, and found
that honest men had seen what was the
matter, and were deserving their ranks to
such an alarming extent that there was
no show for them to misrule the country
any longer.
SO they said "Let us make usa mixed
ticket, even as our friends in Umatilla
have done. Yea, let US born unto our.
selves a b~lack-and-tan nondcscript. and
thus we will catch oil the s~ore-heads, Pc
ter Funks and stinkfingcrs, and, with
That Of our blue light Radicals, VIC will
still fatten on the Iife-bIood of the peo-
plo.
And their dark lantern conclaye met
in the one. horse city of Lebanon, and de-
cided tho whole thing. And they cast
about them, and found a few sorchead
Democrats, who were known as chronic
Office seekers, and who were silly enough
TO be blinded by the blacks and led be-
fore the people to be slaughtered.
And among others, there was one
Smith, VINO IN INFANCY was dubbed liar
vey, and he was in high standing with
tho Democrats-so much 80 that they
made him Sheriff. But because they saw
ft to give his place to another. Harvey
squirmcd round and sold himself to the
Blacks. And others did likewise, and Sc
the ticket was born.
And the bla~ck.and-tans set up a howl
of triumph; and some Of them were ev-
en- spoony enough to bet their numerous
scads, shin-plasters, and things, on the
bantling they had brought forth ; and
they were jubilant, and made much noise.
But the way they was beaten on the
first of June was enough to brighten
all Blacks, Browns aud sorchcads, from
henccforth, even into the end of the
world. Sclah-L 1LnmLin Press.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20

II is deyoutly TO be wished either
that public men uld abstain from ref.
ercnccs 10 the Bible and our Redeemer
altogether, or that they would speak Of
them 10 such a manner as not to wound
the feelings of their Christian fellow
citizens. A fragrant instance Of the sac.
religious dealing in the person aud posi-
ton Of our Divine Lord has lately been
exhibited by Mr.. Thaddeus Stevens, Of
Pennsylvania. on the trial Of the im.
parchment of the President. In his
speech, as il was telegraphed TO the lead
ing secular papers Of the country, after
charging the accused with I" the betrayal
Of the party that had elected him, and
the principles he professcd," he declared
that was " worse than tho betrayal by
Judas Iscariot, for he betrayed only
n single individual, but Johnson sac
riiccd a whole nation, aud the hoIi.
est of principles" This is simply bias.
phemous. We dislike to deface our
paper by copying the words, even for
the purpose of condemnation. We al
most shrink from copying them, though
it be with the view of entering a sad and
indignant protest against the sentiment.
The invidious comparison has been a "a
vorite one, we believe, with the gentle.
man from Pennsylvania. It has been
drawn before in a most irrcyerent man.
ner. And TIE President, 10 one of lis
speeches, replied to it, in n tone which
was quite as rcprehensible and shocking
to Christian ears. Our Lord Jesus Christ
is spoken of as "ontg a single individual"
and the base betrayal of him, by a man
whose name is a Kissing and a by-word, is
slightiugly alluded TO as q little crime,
compared with the sacrifice of this na-
ton, and of certain principles that are at
issue between two great parties. both OF
which rank in their number some of the
best men Of the country Why. mag.
nifty this nation n hundred fold, and
assume the rightfulness of all the prin.
ciples which the President is charged
with having betrayed, and It is still i'm.
pious to elevate them to u footing with
the Son of God, much more TO place
them above him.-N 7. Observer.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20
OREGON ELECTION.

All the official returns have not yet
reached us ; but we give a few inter
esting facts.
Judge Powell is elected Prosecuting
Attorney by II majority.
Lane county gives Smith 17e ma
jority; and sends John Whitaker, E.
N. Tandy and II. H. Gilfry, all Dem
ocrats, to the Legislature.
r. S. Strain, D., is elected Prosecu-
ting Attorney. and Kelsay, r, is elect
ed Judge of the End Judicial District.
Mosher, D., did not canvass !; Kelsay
did, and runs in as a consequence.
Grant county gives Smith 40 major-
ity.
Smiths majority in Union county il
222. In UmatiIla county, 1872.
Curry county gives Logan SO major
ity.
Smiths majority in the State will be
from 1000 to twelve hundred.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20
People OF the North.

Freemen Of the North Know that the
clutch Of usurpation 10 at the throat Of
your Ministers Of J%ustice; that your treach.
erocs servants, determined to DESTROY
your Constitution, defended by your
Chief Magistrate, have desperately resolv-
ed upon abnegating the Legislative branch
Of your Government, entrusted to their
perfdious hands, and in order to demolish
all restraint of treason, are about TO de-
stroy all the departments Of Government.
even their own, and lifting your Liberties
from your sovereign shoulders. to Law .Il
at the feet of a military despot. Know.
people Of the great free North, that your
chains are forged that the bayonets, a.
it were, are sharpened, the mnskets chare-
ed, the orders written, that are to mete.
out TO each one of you what liberty, what
property, what life he shall retain. Be-
hold, at your fresides, the apparition Of
the guard for g midnight arrest ; in your
places Of worship, the armed censor Of
your prayers, in your fields, at your work
tables, on the high roads, the snaky skuIk.
ing detective. Listen ! You may hear
the drum, as it drops 10 at your startled
ear, the palsy hal thickeDs your yet free
tongue. We tell you that the Supreme
Court is to be struck down, that the bal.
ance Of the Three Great Departments il
swayiDg from its equilibrium ; that the
great tripod of the Republic is to be
broken up; that from your political tenn
pies your bctrayers are banishing your
gods, and from the Genius Of your free
dom are wrenching her inviolablc sceptre.
That a few wretches, drunk upon irres-
ponsibIe power, loathsome with guilt, hid
eous with blood, and mad with lust, may
riot in your halls of power, through the
degradation of the South, your liberties
are to be destroyed, your Constitution
subverted, your Republic dissolved, and
your name dishonored among nations for.
ever.
Arise, freemen, 10 your fiery majesty !
Consume with the lightning of your pow
erful rebuke his deyIish combination of
perfdy aud greed. Shake off the fatal In
crcdulity which lays you supine in the
midst of peril. and let not the sun go
down ere you have shaken the earth with
your mighty tread. Gather, in every
hamlet of the land, from PASSPORT to AZ
toria, and send up to Heaven the shout of
your indignation. The winding.sheet Of
your freedom is woven and its coffin
made. Shall it die and be buried Ma
tionGL LnkeLigcncer.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20
CHASE FOR THE PRESIDENCY,

An enorC mas Deen put IOTtn on the
part of some leading Democrats of
very questionable political anteced.
ents-Democrats of the N. Y. World
and Auguste Belmont school-to
bring out Salmon p. Chase as a Dem
ocratic candidate for the Presidency.
Mr.. Chase doubtless suits them very
we'll but he viii not begin to fill tho
bill so far rs the great body of the
Democracy are concerned.
Except in regard to negro suffrage,
Chase is q most consummate change
ling. He has been for and against
hard money; for and against paper
money for and against free trade -
for and against protection of Ameri'
can industry; tor and against State
Rights, and for and against centraliza-
ton. He once boldly advocated the
doctrine of Secession; but he is now
against it. lie is the putative father
of the greenback and National Bank
swindle; and he favors iiquidating
the principal of the national debt with
gold instead of greenbacks. But the
overshadowing objection to him is
that he is an ardent advocate of ne
gro suffrage. In this he has been con
sistent.
We c~heerfully concede that as a
man he sustains an excellent reputa-
ton, and that in the matter of intel
lect he is a head and shoulders above
all other men in his party. We re-
gard him as a great man intellectual
ly considered. And his conduct dur
ing the impeachment proceedings, as
presiding officer Of the Court, was
worthy of all commentator. To his
praise be it spoken that he forgot the
partizan and seemed actuated solely
by a desire to mete out justice-pure,
unauthorized and simple.
But, in doing this he did nothing
more than his duty; and were it not
that corruption and injustice in the
Radical party, are the rule, it would
not excite any particular comment
In the better and purer days of the
Republic, no one would have thought
of complimenting the Chief Justice
simply because he properly interpret
ed the law and administered it impair
tally. 1t is only because injustice is
the rule and justice the exception of
the Mongrel party that the conduct
of Mr.. Chase is held up by the Demo
cratic press for the admiration of the
public.
For one we cannot conceive of any
contingency in which we could be in
duced to support Mr.. Chase; and il
he should be nominated by the forth
coming Democratic Convention it
woald be the death-knell of the Dem
ocratic party. While he would
doubtless attract hundreds of Radi-
Gals to his standard he would ALLEVIATE
thousands of good Democrats whom
no considerations of public veal or
party fealty could induce for a moment
to support.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20

It will be see that Boyd's majority
over Dierdorf (RadicaD is 164. On
the first Monday of this month the
sity of Portland gave a majority of
eight against Smith. Democratic Con-
gresham elect. This shows a Demo
cratic gain of 172 votes since the cleo
ton and it proves conclusiyely that
the city is Democratic that the sue
cess of the Democracy there is not
due to adventurous circumstances,
but that they have a good, reliable
working majority.
All honor to the noble Democracy
of Portland.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20

SENATOR HEsDERsoS, OF Missouri,
TO BE MARRIED.-Very soon Washing
ton society will be all aglow with the
knowledge Of the betrothal of its most
charming young lady, Miss Mary Foot,
to Senator Henderson of Missouri. Miss
Foot is the most admired of Washington
belles-if, indeed. she may be called q
Washington belle, her home having been
at Saratoga Springs, New York. OF
course you a a photograph. / would
be glad had | the brdsh to paint you Q
picture. But to do this the pencil of q
Raphael or a Reubens would not avail
me. Miss Foot Is a bright blonde, with
large and lovely eyes, an exquisitely artis-
tic mouth, and symmetrical and classic
face. She wears a wealth of rich golden
hair, arrapgcd in tasteful t~resses, waving
back upon her shoulders. The sweet
simplicity and abandon Of this feature Of
her toilet, coupled with her quiet tender
ness, and vivacious naturalness of ANNA
ton, render Miss Foot, in the opinion Of
connoisseurs of beauty, the most witch
ingly attractive young lady grazing the
creme de la creme of society Of the capt.
tai. The nuptials will transpire in No
vember.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20

BUcHASAS's funeral was the most i'm.
posing ceremony ever witnessed in Lam
caster county. A number of delegations
from distant cities we're present. About
three thousand persons walked in the pro-
c~ession. Business was universally sus-
pended.
.Buchanan's estate is estimated at $780,
600. It is understood he left a legacy
for the poor of Lancaster.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20

GRANT N ILLINoIs.-The "idol of
the people" seems to be falling from the
pedestal whereon enthusiastic worship
pers had established him. Thus, Mr.. w.
G. Ewing, of Quincy, ILL.,, writes in reply
TO the famous Stewart-G Grant circular:
The state of public mind 10 my district
is rather unfavorablc to the Presidential
~prctensions of Gen. Grant. There were
q great many soldiers from my district
under Gen. Grant, and they say that at
Fort Donelson he was drunk at Belmont,
he was drunk at Shiloh, he was drunk
Vicksburg, he was drunk. Besides, Mr..
Hilton, we think that a man who will de.
liberatly lie to aud deceive the President
Of the United States will be swift to break
faith with the people.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN undersigned has been duly appointed Adj
ministrator of the estate of Lewis C. Richardson.
deceased, by the. County Court Of Linn county,
Oregon. All persons having claims against said
estate are requested TO present them, duly verified.
to the undersigned, at his residence, in the Forks
of the Santiam. Linn county, within six months
from the date hereof.
o. W. RICHARDSON, Admir-.
Albany, June IL, 1858.
]. c. POWELL, Atty for Admir-. n4Swx
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20
ED1roRIAr CHANaE.-We understand

EDITORIAL CHANGE.-We understand
that Calvin b. Mcdonald, Esq, who has
been presiding over the columns of the
Unionist since last fall is no longer con-
nected with that paper, but is about to
return to Oakland, CAL, where he is Of
fered a position on the daily Transcript.
He promised, when he came, to rcvo
lutionize Oregon politics. The thing
has been very effectually done, to be
sure-but we don't know how much
he claims Of it. The I'm onist is, at
present, said to be conducted by the gen
tleman who first started it w, A, Nc.
Pherson, Esq. The controlling interest
10 it is, we understand, transferred to
other hands.-Salem Record.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20

RAILROAD SUBscRIPTIoNs.-We learn
by MI. Mercer. of Corvallis, hat $780,
600 have been already subscribed by the
people of Benton county TO secure the
construction of the west trunk of the
o. G. r. r. Go. Tho Directors, at the
late meeting of the Board, entered into
an agreement with A. j. Cook Il Co., the
contractors, to build a road through Ben
ton county, via Corvallis, as we'll as a d.
rect road from Albany through Linn
county, SO as to best accommodate bust
ness on both sides of the river. The
condition was that the people of Benton
county should raise $4,000 for every mile
of that road lying in Benton county. At
the rate of success they have in raising
subscriptions, the money will soon be
raised. and the grading will be commenced
Immediately thcreafter.-Salem Record.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20

with an occasional exception n coun-
ties named above have been carried for
county officers as indicated by the vote for
Congressman. In Wasco county Vic
Trivet lDem,0 is elected State Senator
over Lockwood by n vote. In the same
county Waldron (Rep,) and Buchanan
(Dem) candidates for Treasurer are tied.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20
Evervwhere the boilers have been re

Everywhere the boilers have been re-
buked. This is a way the Democracy has
of making boiling odious. An attempt
to defeat the Democratic party at this
time, isa fell blow at civil liberty. This
is why the independents were the
worst beat men in the Stste,-PoM Co.
Signal.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20

bGE- The crops Of all kinds look WE'LL
The prospect is that there will be q big
yield.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20

PORTLAND ELEcTIoN.-Last Monday
an election for city officers was held
in Portland, which resulted as fol-
Iouyo
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20

"a Ripe cherries made their appearance
in this market about q week ago,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20
We give below the m~ajorities. Official

as far as we can get them:
rauok;aa Tn1aU Smith I Nounf;aa In0aO gn
Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-02-22

A SCRAP or HIsroRY.-The Hartford
Convention Of 1914 was held on New
England SOIL, and was chiefly, if not
wholly constituted oftNew England
men. The preamble to the Massachu-
setts resolutions in that body, which
was adopted substantially if not in
terms, says: s tn
"The sovereignty reserved to the
States, was reserved to protect the CIT
liens from acts of violence committed
by the United States, as well as for
purposes Of domestic regulation. We
spurn the idea that the free, sovereign
aud independent State of Massachu-
sets, is reduced to mere municipal
corporation, without power to protect
its people or to defend them from OPP
preston, from whatever quarter it
comes. Wherever the national COM
pact is violated, and the citizens of this
State oppressed by cruel and unauthor-
lied enactments this Legislature is
bound to interpose its power, and to
wrest from the oppressor its victim.
This is the spirit of our Union"
And now, half century after this de-
manifesto, the descendants of
the men who made it, propose to re-
duce free sovereign and independent
States to mere municipal corporations"
for the offense of doing, under ten times
the provocation then alleged, precisely
what Massachusetts asserted her right
to do, and declared to be the very 'spir-
it of the Union" ..t ,-~ .-.,..-.+
Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-02-22

MOLLY ExpREssED.-The Mobile Re
q,ste7, in the course of recent article
commenting upon the vitality of the
Democratic party, pertincntly observes:
The Democratic party lis twinborn
with the United States Constitution.
They must die together, for one cannot
survive the other. The party of the
Constitution must live with the Consti-
tuition, and it is because the Democrat
ic is such a party that it has survived
all other political Organizations in this
country, and is as vital to-day as it was
sixty years ago. And it is the party
that is going, now. to render its latest
and best service to the Nation--it is
going to save its government and res
cue its liberties, and the instrument
that cnbalms them, from the violent
hands of its enemies and would-be des-
troyers. This party is truly dead"
Uery dcad;" aye, and buried long
|ago.'
Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-02-22
A BAD CAsE.-Wc copy this from the

A BAD CAsE.-Wc copy this from the
st. Louis Republican:
One of the Justices of the County
Court happening at public safc in
Franklin county, presuming his juris-
diction co-cxtensive with the county,
ordered an old man who was rather
boistcrous to be-quiet. As if in def,
ance of the aforesaid Justices authori-
ty, the old man was needless OF the or
der. The Justice thereupon fined the
old man seventy-iive cents for contempt.
The old man feeling himself aggrieved,
proceeded to the law Office of Jeffries
and Grow, and stated the fact that he
had been fined seventy-fye cents by the
said Justice. ......
"For what were you fined?" inquir'
ed the said Attorney.
For nothing" was the response.
"Oh but the Justice must have had
some cause for his action; what did he
say you were guilty Off r1-w.
Well" said the old man, che said
l trespassed on his luminosity On
his animosity, and took repeal, and
want you to put it through if it goes
to the Supreme Court" ...-.#
This actually occurred. ,,..-s
Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-02-22


RADICAL RUE SeUrH.--Thc philadel
a,hia Age says:
AS an illustration of the manner in
which military justice is administered
in the South, we give the following in
'cidents Of recent occurrence in that
section: Some months ago Captain
1SChaaf. of the United States Army, shot
and killed Colonel Shepherd, acitizen Of
-Alabama, at Mount Vernon. Arsenal,
hear Mobile. The murder was pro-
.il0anccd most cowardly affair. He
has recently'been tried by court mar
'tial, sud sentenced to pay q fine of
$500, and to be imprisoned at Fort Pu-
laski for six .months. A few days. after
that occurrence negro committed a
rape upon the person Of . young lady
in North Carolina. Her friends cap
tured and hung him Five of. them
were arrested and tried by military
court and sentenced to fifteen years. i'm
,prisOnment at hard labor. This is Rad
icxl justics. The life of white man is
worth three hundred dollars and a tri-
fling imprisonment; that of a negro,
incarceration for fifteen years. =