The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-04-11
RADICAL PRoFLIoAcY.
DEBT, TAXATION. AND PUBLIC PLUMBER.
THE EVIL AND THE REMEDY


Below We copy extracts containing the
leading points of speech delivered by
Hon. s. s. Marshall, of ILL.,, in the house Of
representatives, on the 9th of January
last
This thing of stealing, sir. has become
a wholesale business, and has grown 10
most appalling proportions since tho I'D.
vent Of the republican party to power.
and IT will cease, in my judgment, the
very day il goes out of power, and not
one moment sooner. The present cond.
tion of the country, sir, ought not to be
considered cause for surprise or wonder
to any one who has brains enough 10
comprehend the natural aud inevitable
connection aud sequence between the
cause and effect. Similar causes would
produce similar results in any age or IN
any country. The abolition. now called
the radical or republican partv, was
founded on the maxim. which they spread
out ON their banners and boldly pro
claimed to the world, that The United
Statcs constitution is u covenant with
death aud an agreement with hell, " aud
that there was higher law than the
constitution, and no man was bound BY
its provisions or obligations Aud this
party, since it came into power, has been
true to this theory upon which it was
founded. Every feature aud every prin.
ciple of that sacred instrument, aud eve.
ry safeguard put there for the pr lection
of the rights aud liberties Of the citizen.
have been openly aud defantly trampled
under foot 10y this party Aud now its
great leaders and representatives u,on
this floor openly proclaim that they are
administering the government outside
Of aud 10 open defa &C OF the consiitu-
ton. No wonder, Mr. Speaker. that all
sense Of moral obligation has been des.
troyed among their followers. No won.
der that the foodgates have been br ken
down and deluge Of crime, dcbauchery
and prostitution, political, moral aud so
cial, has swept over the land. When tho
chosen and select prophets Of the sect
openly and de6ap;ly disregard the sane
tioDs and guarantees Of hat great char
ter which they have just sworn to sup
port. why should wc wonder tha; the less.
er lights and disciples should feel resting
lightly upon them the obligations Of the
commandment which says. Thou shalt
no, steal" or be surprised when VIC see
them engaged in wholesale pIuuder and
debauchery?
/ Ii was the most natural thing in the
world. that, whom the leaders ~ere en-.
gagged in violating their duties to- the
country and its constitution, the lesser
lights should practice upon the rules oi
venalty which had been laid down for
them. aud go 10 filing their pockets
Aud they have done it with ven.
geancc.
These robbers arc now rioting 10 lux
ury all over the land, while the honest,
industrious laboring people are borne
down with poverty aud taxation. The
very bread which they make by the
sweat Of their brow is wrestcd from them
before it reaches the mouths of their
children, and one half of tho revenue
wrung from them il taken to feed and
clothe lazy, vagabond negroes, or put into
the hands and pockets of these plunder-
ers.
This system must cease, and there is a
remedy for il; anil the only remedy is to
go back to tho original principles of the
government; to reinstate that party
in power which for go years safely and
economically carried on The government
aud successfully prosecuted two great for.
eign wars without any oppression of the
citizen. any violation of the safeguards OF
the constitution, and without sending one
federal tax gatherer among the people to
cat out their substance.
And how dare my colleague. or any
gentleman in the presence of public aud
well known facts. charge any of these
frauds upon the president or upon any
one outside of the party now in power
BY an act OF congress the PRECEDENT is
stripped of his rightful power for the
correction of these evils. He cannot re.
move single man from Office, not oven
one Of his own cabinet ministers, or ap-
point single mau TO Office without the
consent Of your radical senate. The
consequence is that, while tho Offices are
now filed by radicals, all new appoint.
ments must be made from that party. 1t
is sufficient for the Senate to know that q
man is friend of the president or an
opposer of the radical measures of con-
gress to secure his rejection and, there.
fore, rather than have these Offices va.
cant that are necessary to be filled for
the public service, he time and again
sends in men of the radical party, and
they are the only ones who can be con-
tirmcd for positions Of any Importance
He has not the power to select men OF
his own choice. Why, even for the very
highest Offices in the land, although
opposing congress in its miscalled
reconstruction" policy, the president
takes the elect Of the radical party
Look at our foreign missions, where the
vacancies have occurred. Mr.. Bancroft
was appointed to one, and Mr.. Raymond
to another. Then Mr.. Greeley, the very
head and front OF the party, was nomi-
mated for one of the first positions under
the government. 1t is not true that the
president, even where he has had the
power of appointment, has confined him
self to his own friends in mixing the Sc
lection. He has been compelled, in all
these revenue cases, so far as my knowl-
edge extends either to take men of the
dominant party. or those with whom they
were satisfied, or leave the Offices untitled.
And if, IN selecting among them, he finds
one thief out OF dozen, do not think