The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-10-17
Mfs. PENDLETON IN COSHEC.
TIEUT.
THE CLOSING SENTENCES or HIS SPEECH
AT HARTFORD.

OhlIcu StdtcS IL TO pay the buudholdc
exactly what We promised This is th
only way to relieve the laborcr Of his bni
dens; this is the only way to relieve III
burdens Of the country; TO make il casic
Tor the people to pay their taxes to max
It easier for them TO gain "A living. d
Ihis, aud prosperity will again return
your fields will again be fertile, your in
tu+iry will flourish The Rcpublicar
arty IL opposed 10 this whole system
they are IN favor Of not paying off. bu
IT funding the bonds According L
heir plan, the funded debt would hav
10 years TO run AZ per ceot interest
p yabic both priucjpal and interest il
."id ; anil tle bonds shall not bc subiac
u taxa'ion, neither by the State nor b.,
hc Federal Government Well, gentle
men. | object, with gold standing at III
perhaps l45. If yoa convert thcse
D 'nds into gold bonds now. you wlII add
IUD .ODU. .OUO to the debt; you make il
impossible 10 pay the debt IN iigc years
Il u amounts To $500, GOO. 900 and you
'ay ! per cent only, II will amount t.
'l0Q0,UUO Il year ia gold lur interest
yon pay this sum for - yc.s. y0u
siii. at ;l,e end of - wears, have paid
1900. .OOD. 900, and AZ the end will s;l.
save the debt "f s. 500 600 200 beside.
50 t, ycars! Why. how many oi you
III ite that time! How rany even
i your children VII be alive ~ the cad
i II yons; Year IS year you wi!l have
- - "a lagsns tfis enormous amount
c.r by year ii will coiic out 81 The
.lnnd, the homes, and tii, aud sweat al
~ children. Do you know what na-
ION Il debt mc1ua Il mcaea that ihc
ca shall he richer. uni the poor poorcr
e neaps that capita! shali bc exempted
ran laEalion. ahd thc laborcr hear all lh
'ur'!eu. II MEATS for thusc ~!ln labor
i'r their daily bread scant clothing.
roEn bread AMI ~ meat. Il means
vat capital shall pampcr id!cnc.a IN lax
try; hat .qu1.oT -lta!l pres dc nycr thc
ablus of the ponr; aud n his daiIy
itu.2lcs 10 daily bread shlil make bi>
f. . cuu- a4t death / see bel re me 4
right fnIuY voting man. aud c1n Ecc
% lass tesu in. cye and intelligent face
II hogc ht les ut the bottom af his
tsast. Ill. js willing io labor on : q
- yc4f, and 10 hope tla, lc wlil be
Bile thsn 20 trade ou the capi'al vi ich
as industry and fru9alj'y haze saved.
He hss his asy dreaiu uuI his night
.rcam. lie secs n snug INC i.ghgci "a.
81 II the smile uf I5vc, and noisy wish
ne pro',ie or inian. tongues made "a
trcl oy the .rcscncc ot wife and
nDther-~surr"und within and without
= those rays If cau:cnilucnt which plenty
snd property shed. Young mcn. are
you wiling 10 give up those cherished
hopes of the future, aud 10 consent for
ali your lives that taxation shail take
from you all except what j. necessary fur
your lood aud clothing! Voiccs--'' No.
no; never n No, gentlemen. do not
yield to this fyren voice, that which per
suades You to extend the debt aud reduce
the interest Pay the debt aud save the
interest. That will answer your pur-
pose. That will insure your future
But, gentlemen, passing away from
this subject Of the material interests OF
the country, on which | have dwelt los.
ger than intended, let me egain cal!
your attention Ia this fact-tha, the great
role star Of the Democratic party is the
Constitution of the United States. Do
not. my fellow citizens. in the heat oi
this arduous contest. forget that great
lessen. The Republican party believe
they can amend il; that they can change
il aud make IL better constitution than
our fathers made it in ihc days If Ill
charge il upon you, Democrats, that are
here to night, never 10 consent 10 an
amendment, or its degradation. DO not
seek to amend II; 3o not seek to cvade IT,
Obey it. Ii was guoi enough for your
fathers--it is good enough Tor you. II
you obey it, it will be coed enough for
your children for 100 years to come
Study understand II. Carry it abou
with you as living presence in all lh,
walks of your daily lie. Take it to youi
home read it to your wife; teach il Ia
your children; put it upon your family
altar, that when You bow your head il
supplicating prayer 1t may be there nexl
to the image OF God himself. Do this
aud then in Ills own good time you will
be able to raise it up to that place and
power to which the brazen serpent in The
wilderness was raised in order that the
plague might be stayed. Do this aud
you will be able to raise it up to thn,
high place of honor To which the Ark oi
the Covenant was raised. round which The
unseen legions OF the Almighty Kept ward
and guard. that he who touched it with
inlpious hands should die. Remember.
fellow. citzens, that the Constitution con
tains within itself all that was good IN
the experiences OF The past, and all tha
is hopeful in the prospects Of the lutufe
It is tie ark of safety in the midst Of the
flood that is upon US. 1t may be tossed
in the bIackucss Of darkness upon the
weary waters of many days, but it Will
rest upon the mountain top ut last; the
sun will shine, the dove will leave it ne
ver to return, and now as then, emblem
of purity, and liberty. and peace, she will
seek to rebuild her habitations amidst the
scenes OF her former life | do not dc
spair. | have hope in the aspirations OF
men. | have faith in tho providence oil
God. | know that the pathway of his
tory is strewn with the wrecks OF empires
aud peoples, and constitutions, and liber-
ty and it may be in the providence Of
God that this country of ours will follow
in the wake OF all the nations that have
aoue before. If it shall be so; let it not
be owing to the faults or misfortunes Of
the Democratic party. II it must be So,
Lot - ha Lna,un that II was ha nartv af