The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-09-19
SMASH THEM WITH THE FIG.
URER.O

The Oregonian of last week has
an article under the above caption,
and tells its readers "when copper
heads begin to talk nonsense or these
matters, just enlighten them! Go
right after the brawlcrs with the Off
cial figures, and give them no quarter!"
Well now, although this advice was
not meant exactly for us, we propose
to "take little of il on our plate"
and ego right after the brawlers."
Here are few of our figures:
In 1860, the last year the Democra-
cy had control of the government
land also the last year Of peace and
harmony the nation has enjoyed } the
expenditures all told amounted to less
than sso,o0o,OO0. At that time, our
public debt amounted to only s61,-
600, 900. What is IL now? 1t is al
most beyond computation. The year
ly interest alone upon il amounts to
100000 or more than three times
as much as the principal of the public
debt in 1860. In addition to this in.
terest, the ordinary and extraordinary
expenses of the Government under
Radical rule amounts per year to
$500, 900, ,000-which, added to the in
tcrest on the public debt, makes in all
$4,000, 900, or OUer sir times rs much
as the expenses of the Government
eight years ago, when the Democracy
were in power, and the'interests Of the
whole people, and not a privileged
few, were cared for.
These are some of the figures that
will "smash" the Radical party IN No
vembcr. And these figures are what
the Oregonian styles "Nonsense." Do
they look like nonsense to you, read
cr?-to you, brother laborer? ? 1t is
from you that this amount Of money
is. taken ycarly-it is your wife and
children that are robbed to satisfy the
demands of the tax-gathercr. 1t is
you who pay for this nonsense. II
is from your scant pockets that the
money to pay the officials and the cx-
pcnscs of this Radical Government is
taken. Unjust laws, enacted by this
"loyal" party, have made these things
so. The same party that proclaimed
it's loyalty" to King George and the
royalty Of England of 1870, have la
bored since that day to build up a
bloatcd aristocracy-to make lords of
the rich and slaves Of the poor. The
strife and turmoil of the past seven
years enabled them TO accomplish
their end, and to-day this country has
its shoddy aristocracy, its tax-cxcmpt-
ed bondholders, its moncyed masters
and needy slaves. Before class legis-
lation enabled the rich TO live without
bearing any Of the burdens of the
:. government VIC had honest admins.
trations and trusty officials. Since
the taxes have all been laid upon the
shoulders of the poor it is different.
The rich care but little how rascalIy
those elected may be, for it is not their
money that is stolen or squandered.
They pay no part of it and it matters
not TO them whether il costs ten OF
ten thousand millions of dollars per
year to maintain the government.
But it does matter to the poor
hardworking, toiling class, for it is
from them that the whole amount il
taken. They must foot the bill, and
pay for all this nonsense" and it is
they who should and will put a stop
to it. A party that taxes you .tfcc
hundred and ten millions of dollars
per year, in order that thieving Off
Gals may be enriched, and indolcnl
and worthless negroes kept in idleness
and the bondholder roll and revel il
his costly luxuries, is not the party fol
the poor men of the country to sup
port. They will support Seymour
, and Blair, the laboring white mems
candidates, and elect them, and thus
/ free themselves and their families
: from this crushing weight of figures
with which the Oregonian and itl
! friends propose to ''smash them"