The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-10-10


pure and upright In all the depart
ments of private life. Below is u let
ter from Hon. Il. A. Bensal, who took
his scat as n member of the Legisla-
turc Of Oregon from Benton county
but was subsequently oustcd by Hon.
G. B. Bcllinger. The letter is written
by the said Bcnsal to married wo-
man--a woman who was seen, with
him, last week, on the Fair Grounds
almost daily. Here is the letter:
sLgrz AGgScY. 0nrooS.
November 10, 1907.
DEAREST MARY
received to-day Eve letters from you, some Of
them dntsd Oct 20. where they have been all
this time l. mystery. They contained news both
agreeable and amusing. You did nothing i'm
proper by writing to Clarke, nor In accepting
money from him. II may, or u may not iu-
crease your chances for a Divorce. lie acted hon
orably In promising 10 divide your mutual prop
erty; and you both ought to ngrec 10 grant each
other Divorce, without making public affair
of It, I think an appeal from you 10 him, asking
him to grant you n divorce, ms the last taYor you
could ask, pointing to- tbs utter inpo1sibliiiy Of
your ever living With him, would probably be nl-
lowed You say y0u hays that - tell ms which
YOU can not write. Then come 10 me, where a
warm heart and open arms await you. You
arc mine b1 promise aud acceptance, by love and
truth. II not by lag. This IL only question Of
time. when hylmyl right can and viii not be dis.
puted. We must, however, Keep our own cOun.
sel, and thoughts until the proper time arrives. j
would rather u tn 1usand times rather have you
eome and stay with me than remain with E
. . who will yet prove n thorn in
your side. I ain uneasy while | know You arc
with her. Her tongue Is her own. aud every one
eies's enemy. They Apokogized 10 s. and
Mfs.--- and after promising eternal friend
ship for Maggie and rac. turned against Us in the
last days of their stay, and actually lied to our in
Jury. DO not speak Of it, Mary, 10 them, but
give ihetn my regards. You will know Our side
by and by. / stnd aleiter aud sig so by E
all have. / shall senI more By MeA----,
and hope you will come in with him. / would
gladly come 10 you, Mary. bat you kn6Sn my fix
and that am alone here. II IL inp0ssible for inc
to leave expected 10 have u go to Court, but
was excused. Had | Lave vent intended u
vfzsi y0u y. has heard that you have said bard
thIngs against him. This ID rs work mum" "
He would ike 10 hare talk with you, and / fee
certain there has besn a wrong impression Oh
| tanned somewhere. You say | have sense and
| wouid not go 10 IS unless I had reasous. You
| arr right and of this will convince you soMe
/ time am anxious. dear Mary, T. receive you,
quiet lady-iike hammered woman, in my arfns
never to amst me while ] have home 10 share
| With YOU That you will obey me / feel assnrei
| as of your lore. That / will be true aud dc
voted to you proper regard for yonr nam
| will admit Il eeFtain; and when the time come
/ when can legally MAKE you nine aIli do sp-
t. DO a. ssesst. and shall school you, Ia 10 bin,
ms nearer to yoa. Mary. remember this. and
1 shAii bs an easy and kind master now, as sx
pect o. be a husband in fuinFc. Expecting Z
meet aud kias ynu In lees tban tHo weeks. wt
close ~ il l. bedtime. Read this and feel happ
10 feeling u certainty u nay devo;ednesa aHd car
dor. / send you 4 warm Kiss. Receive It an
dream pleasanily Of me.
Yours, RofAL.
The foregoing is a correct copy of th
original letter written BY Hon. Royal 4
Bcnsal. of Benton county, to a ceriai
married woman who. at that time, wa
also u resident Of that county. We hay
corrected his punctuation aud ineorrec
orthography; but with these exceptions
and the still further exception that wher
names of individuals occur We DO nc
give them in full, out Of respect to III
feelings OF the parties involved, it IS pre-
ciscly as he wrote it.
II speaks for itself but We canno, fol
bear directing public attention to some q
It's features.
The Hon gentleman advises his " lady
love" try TO get her husband
agree with her TO grant each other
divorce, without making n public affai
of H." II is customary with the Rad
Gals to charge that Democrats arc yer
ignorant but We doubt if one Democra
can be produced who is so benighted q
not TO know that divorces can not b
granted by private parties but that, o
the contrary, they are granted by tn
Courts, in open day, after full hearing
Yet here is Mr.. Bensal--an inauenti'
member of the Radical party of Orego
who seriously thinks that divorces ma
be granted by the husband to the wIt'
or by the wife to the husband. His lar
guage is: "You both ought 20 agree
grant each other a divorce, without NAL
ing public affair Of it y A nice mar
truly, to lend to the Legislature to max
laws for bcnighted Democrats. 1t is
fine thing that his place is now SO wo
thi!y filed by another.
The net feature to which VIC dire
npbl;c attention = the immortality OF Il
proposition made by the '0"O'a o.
tleman, to the wife of his fire., :" -
neighbor. 1t is distinct and unequivt
cal proposition that she violate her maj
riage contract, made under tho most so
emn circumstances by leaving her ow
lawful husband, obtaining divorce, an
ultimately to wed said Bensal. This ma
be all right it may be very pure moralit
in the estimation of the honorable gentle
man from Benton but in the opinion {
all right-minded men, it involves til
grossest immortality. More than on
man has lost his life for making simila
proposition and otherwise meddling wit
his neighbor's domestic affairs and MARTA
rights; and the common law of tn
United States now throws its protectiv
agis over the man who thus vindieate
his rights, his honor and his manhood.
We have published the above letter
not only to show up prominent menlbe
q .