The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-05-09

that the cause Of that hatred Is secession and
the rebellion.
But If 80, why did he and his party hate
the people Of the South before the rcbeIlion7
Secession was the effect and not the cause Of
the intense hatred which, for years before
the war was thought Of by the South, has
ranked In the bosoms Of Republicans Of the
North. This hatred Is tho result, not Of
patriotism, but Of sectionalism and wheth.
or the Southern people arc in the Union
fighting bravely for the flag us many o hard
fought field in our w country and Mexico
can testify, or whether out Of, or trying TO
get out Of the Union, they fight against that
fog, or, humbled ut our feet, they resume
their devotion 10 the Union and wish to live
and die, If permitted to, under the old flag f.:
still in oil these circumstances and every
other, this hatred has burned and will con.
tinue to burn In the breasts of the Radical
m%onopolists of New England and their
toadyists throughout the country. Never
had n lawyer n client he had to lilo harder
for, or less successfully, than did Mr.. Logan
when he tried to defend his party from the
charges Of sectional hate and mercenary cor.
ruption, so ably proven by Mr.. Smith.
The attempt at defence was feeble because
no knew II 20 BIO impracticable, and he tried
to satisfy himself and his audience by build.
ing a mar of straw, giving it the qualities
he considered most obnoxious, clubbing it
Democracy and pitching in. He fought
manfully but hurt nobody.
II was like a man laboring under an at
tack Of d%elirium trcmcns madly pursuing
the visions conjured up in his own distem.
pered brain. Then came Mr.. Smiths turn
again and for fifteen minutes he made the
wool fly. APPLAUSE, long and oft.repeated,
shook the building, and never did rogues
on the piIlory long more anxiously for the
time Of their punishment 10 expire. than did
the blacks for the close Of those fifteen min.
utes. 1t seemed an hour to them, and their
watches would hardly be back in their peck.
cts before they would have them out again.
determined to choke him OF at the very first
second possible, and wondering If that terri.
bic fiaying would never end. But the end
anne at last and with feelings various the
crowd dispersed.
Democrats here are jubilant. They are
proud of their champion ms we'll they may
be. The Blacks are quiet. They do not act
like conquerors and they would probably be
glad to sell very cheapIy all they made yes.
tcrday. They know that Mr.. Smith bea.
Logan yesterday and | have heard one OF
them acknowledge it. More would do so ii
they had the candor to own the truth. $50
much for Buckingham.
The Blacks are squirming ike the tail Of
q snake with its head cut of. They know
that in q fair fight their case is hopeless, and
20 by secret caucuses and midnight conclaves,
by bribery Of Democrats whom they think
they can buy, and all such subterfuges, they
are trying to defeat the regular Democratic
ticket. but they are struggling against hope.
They End little encouragement here. The
Democrats of Lebanon are neither 70 be
wheedlcd, driven, or bought away from
their principles and their duty. We have
our heel upon the serpent head and We
mean TO keep it there, no matter how much
it may squirm.
Hopefully yours, OBSERVER.