The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-05-02
FAMINE In NEW YORK.
The New York Times, of q late
date contains the following:


The New York Times, of a late
date contains the following:
''Every day reveals moro clearly the 6xtraofdi-
nary amount ofwant and suffering that exists among
tho poor of this city at tho present time. Wher-
ever q place Is opened TO furnish relief TO the des-
titute, Il Is instantly filed with gaunt and hungry
wretches, eager for tho bowl Of soup and crust of
bread which comes from the hand Of charity. The
statistics Of tho regular institutions Of charity
show an amount of distress unparalleled since the
hard times Of 1855. The soup-housos In Boston
are also kept very active"
So it seems that there is an extraor-
binary amount of suffering amongthe
poor white population of New York
and Boston. Some are actually starv-
ing, and would starve were it not for
the "bowl of soup and crust of bread
which comes from the hand of chart
ty." The people of Oregon some
times complain of hard times-the
tightness of tho money market, and
all that,-and, compared with other
times, these complaints are we'll
grounded but there is none here in a
starving condition. Those who work
receive fair wages-not in greenbacks
but in gold the crops never fail en-
tirely, and as we produce the precious
metals here, it is not probable We cv-
or shall have many cases of destitu-
ton, or that our circulating medium
will be grcenbacks. But in the At
lantic States it is very different. The
common circulating medium there is
g~reenbacks and the National bank
currency. The common people see
nothing else, except they go into a
brokers' shop or n banking house.
Wages are comparatively low and
labor abundant; and as most of the
necessaries of life are high, it is not
at all wonderful that many are in cir,
cumstanccs of restitution and even
starvation.
In the South there are Negroes
ablc-bodicd and healthy ~rascals, who
are too lazy to work-that are not OH.
ly fed, but clothed and educated Of
the expense of the federal treasury
The Radical leaders raise money by
taxing the laboring white men of the
land, and thus uphold these negroes
in all their filth and idlencss. They
take the clothes from off the backs
and the food from the mouths of tho
poor white mans children, and feed
and clothe, and educate the southern
negro and his progeny.
Are the people willing that this
state of things shall continue? Aro
they willing that lazy negroes shall
continue to be fed and educated al
the public expense, while hundreds
and thousands of white men, in the
north, are actually starving? We d.
not think Government should gran.
bounties of food and clothing to any
individuals, white or black but if j
feeds and clothes INDECENT niggers
why not give starving white folks a
the north something also? Is the mig
ger better than the white man VIII,
should white men work like slaves
and have a good portion of their earn
ings go to the support of the negr'
race? Why should poor white mel
starve and niggers live, and fatten oil
the toll. and sweat, and life-blood o
these same white laborers?
If the people condemn this policy
let them vote for men who will vot
against it-men who will war agains
it in any and all the forms it may q:
sumo. Make the negro stand aside
say we;-let white men have som
chance to live as we'll as negroes
This is a white mans government
made for the benefit of white men :
and negroes, Cinnamon, Indians, an
all mongrel races have no natura
right to a participation in u govern
mental affairs, or to be upheld an,
supported at the expense of the pull
lie treasury.