The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-02-01
A short Chapter for all to Read.


food for reflection. Let all read aud pom
der
To-day we are paying $3.50 ,000, 900 an
nuatiy to keep up the current e1penses o
the Government. OF this, $3.50, ZOO, ,0OC
is for interest on the public debt.
Millions more for the support of
horde of lazy, indoleut negroes, and tha
pet institution of Sambo, the Freed Mig
gers Bureau.
Millions moro to sustain in luxuriou.
extravagance yet Of swell heads anC
popinjays, pimps for colored brothels, e
enroll and register the monkey voters il
the South.
Millions more to keep up u standing
army in the excluded States, to carry onl
the policy inauguratcd by the Rump Con
gress.
Millions more to enforce the so-called
Civil Rights bill and TO educate the
Fnegeoes, while the poor mems children
OF the North are kent at home for want
of decent clothing aud money to buy the
necessary books.
These millions upon millions come
through every pore Of the poor mans
skin.
The bondholder Tolls in his easy chair,
Gathering his ISTEREsT far and near
While the poor man tolls for his daily crust,
And adds 10 the aristocrats glittering dust.
Itsi is collected 10 every conceivable
shape-by direct and indirect taxation
and in til, gathering OF direct Federal
revenue. Every two millions paid In,
one million goes to pay the assessors
and collectors and their assistants; s'red
tare" must be kept up, aud while the
farmer tolls in the burning sun, and the
mechanic sweats in Ibis shop, aud the
minor, with his little lamp, cramps his
joints in the narrow limits Of his bank, the
assessor, with his arisiocratic air, seated
upon crimson sofa, gives in orders to
half dozen assistants the work Of one,
and. in turn, these hcdgling aristocrats.
seated in fne carriages, behind costly
horses and silver mounted harness, go
from door TO door and farm to farm.
putting on more airs than French dan
cling master, aud with more pomposity
than brains graciously coudescend TO in-
form you that the bondholder wants the
interest on a note he holds, which you
never gavc-that the edges of bis scissors
are rustiug. and that nothing but the clip.
ping of coupons" will restore their orig.
ipal brightness-oud he books you for q
portion OF the bill.
While this. is going on before your face.
a, tAonsand miles away there is another
shark preparing to rob you. This is the
Custom House officer, portly old thief
who walks with massive gold headed
cane He is adding, through his subnr.
dina,es Ga set of long, lean, Iank, handy.
leggcdwretches, like Shaksspcar's apo,h-
ecary. IN Romeo aud JuIict) few cents
on every pound Of your sugar, rice, coffee,
tea. etc, two cents for the government,
that is two for the bond.holder, Jacobin
policy. negro bureau M darkey educa
ltiou-two for himself!
We must bear in mind that nearly all
this tax is paid by the Northern States.
In addition 10 liabilities for current
iute est on the bond holders claim, We
pay over 500 .000. 900 in tariff tax This
goos for the support Of Eastern Manufact.
uring Monopolies, Free Niger Bureaus.
Office Holders. Military satraps, ETC., to
register and drill negro voters, and ship
them from State 20 State and county to
county, tooppress, torment. persecuie and
harrass the white race-to force them to
adobt the policy Of he Jacobin Congress.
and sustain il iniquitous reconstruction
acts
If you would stop these outrageous
expenses. you must change your rulers.
IF you want to pay your public debt
in the currency you. receive aud pay out
daily. you must change your rulers.
IF you wish equal taxation on govern
ment bonds. you must change your rulers.
If you want to abolish tho army Of
Office holders that swarm in the Freed
Negroes Bureau, you must charge your
rulers.
IF you want to open up the Southern
market, where you can feed twelve mill.
ion people with your produce, you must
turn out of Office every Jacobin Office
holder, and stop those leaks in the pub
lie treasury.
IF the Democracy get in power in the
government, they will reduce the tariff
tax on all you eat, drink and wear.
They will restore the Union, and turn
over all Southern States expenses to be
paid by the South alone.
We will turn out and abolish ten thou
sand abolition Freedman's Bureau Office
holders, and save millions Of dollars in
the peoples pockets.
We will bid the South support them
selves, and go to raising cotton and su-
gar, and we will continue to raise produce
to feed them.
We will pay the public debt in the
same currency we pay you, and the same
you pay each other and thus save mill.
ions more in the pockets of the people.
If we pay the rich in gold, we will
pay you in gold. If we pay you in pa
per money, we will pay the plethoriC
bondholder in paper money.
We viii enact laws to enable you tc
buy your goods where you can buy the
cheapest, and sell where you can get the
best prices.
We will protect labor from the encroach
ments of capital.
We will leave each State to govern it
self, limited only by the Federal constitu
ton.
i We will reduce the army in the South
and send them to the plains to protec
the frontier and the new routes to the Ia
i West.
. We will restore commerce, trade, peace
and goodwill between the North and tht
South.