The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-06-20

Oregon City Enterprise says:
''The leaders Of the [Democraticl party know
that the negro equality war cry IL all q humbug,
used merely to secure votes, and put Democrats
In ONCE. Their object IL to roll back the tide Of
civilization rs much rs possible. They have OPP
posed every step. and VIII undo all We have done,
so far as IL shall DO In their power. There can be
no doubt that the ultimate object of the Demo-
cratic leaders, 10 tho restoration Of slavery, and
the repudiation Of the national debt"
The Enterprise editor says that ''the
negro equality question is all a hum
bug !" and that the Headers" of the
Democratic party know this, and use
it merely to put Democrats in Office.
Ii tho doctrine Of negro equality IL
o humbug, the Radicals have a most
singular way of showing it. Since
they have attained power they have
enfranchised the negroes in the Dis
trict of Columbia; they have freed all
the negroes in the South and have
clothed them with the right to vote,
and they are now actually the govern
ing class in the South they have Civ
en- niggers the right to vote in every
territory of the United States-over
twenty voting last year for the Radi-
cal candidate for Delegate to Con-
gress in Washington Territory,-they
have refused admission TO States be.
cause their Constitutions did not al
low the blessed bigger to vote, and
they have adopted an amendment to
the federal Constitution which pro-
vides that every person born in the
United States is a citizen, and that
every citizen shall have the right to
vote, State Constitutions and enact
ments to the contrary notwithstand-
~ing;-thus most unequivocally en-
franchising every negro throughout
the United States. If all this is a
" humbug," it is one of the most stu
pendous and real of which we have
any knowledge.
The Enterprise says that Democrats
intend to restore slavery and to repu.
date the national debt. Both of
these allegations are utterly false. No
Democrat of any prominence and
most surely no Democratic Conven-
ton has ever expressed n desire to
restore slavery. The southern people
themselves do not want it restored.
And relative to repudiating the ma
tional debt there isn't a word of truth
in that either. The Democracy gen.
orally are in favor of paying the prin-
cipal-except the ~lo-4o's-with green
backs, precisely in accordance with
the law enacted by a Radical Con-
gress. During the war greenbacks
were good enough for the soldiers
so the Mongrels told US they were
good enough for the laborer, mechan-
&c, &c.,-they were and are q illegal
tender for all debts, public and pri-
vate, except duties on imports and in
tercst on the public debt" and are
" receivable in payment of all loans
made to the United States" This
language may be found on every
greenback that ever we saw-and we
have seen several thousands, if not
more. No good reaso a be given
why the public debt should not be
liquidated with grecnbacks ; and it is
certainly no reputation to pay in the
same money that was used by the
bondholders in buying their bonds
no reputation to pay our debt in the
same money that is paid to the sol.
der and the laborer. We say If rags
are good enough for the people they
are good enough for the bondholder
and he shall never have a dollar in
gold for his bonds if we can prevent
it.
But who is this who makes these
charges against the Democratic party:
A fellow who, a few years ago, was
a blatant, rcd-mouthed se~cessionist -
who since he came to this coast pub.
lished a rank democratic paper ;-and
who topped" over for a considers
ton. Such is tbs man who now pre-.
tends to disclose the Interior designs
of the Democratic party of Oregon.