The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-03-28

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The readers of the DEMOCRAT will bear
witness that we rarely step aside to refute
charges made against o%urself. But for req.
sons which will appear below, WI publish
the following from the Salem UIlionist Of the
25th instant,
1.-THE last number Of tho Albany Democrat con-
tains n gross and unproyoked attack upon Judge
0cary, When the mental ealiber and moral char
aeter of the editor of the Democrat Is considered
In connection with that of the gentleman he so
wRntonly assails, the force Of the assault i%sentire-
~ broken, and the malignant libeller appears like
u pigma [pigmyl hawking at n giant. We were
permitted TO rcad u letter, not long since, from n
gentleman In Washington Territory, who knew
Abbott in Pike county, Illinois. lilo l. charged
with the bascst ingratitudo 20 an old Uncle, upon
whose bounty tho wretch lived for n long time, aud
when at last tho uncle shut of his g~ratuities Alb
bolt had tho merdacity 10. abuse him through u
paper which he published upon material belonging
TO the saine Uncle. The swell headed loafer is also
charged with dcfrauding his Sureties by emhezzing
county funds when he held the office Of county
treasurer. These charges are tIade direct, and we
have no doubt OF their truth. Would 1t not be
we'll for Abbott to clear up some Of these charges
before he attacks n man Of as pure character char
a%eterl rs Mr.. Geary."
II is u lie that we ever lived upon the
bounty of IAN old uncle" or a young uncle,
or anybody else. We have hewn our own
way through the world, and earned our own
livelihood, ever since we were sixteen years
old.
1t is n lie that we ever abused this "same
uncle, or anybody else, through n paper
published upon material belonging to this
uncle" The %''uncle" referred 10 never own.
ed n type in his life, nor anything else con.
stituting the fixtures Of u printing Office.
Ii n lie that We ever defrauded, in any
manner whatever, any mar that was our
surety. 1t is u lie that any man ever lost u
cent by being surety for us, either on our in.
diyidual note or as our bondsman.
1t is q lie that we ever embezzled county
funds, or any other funds, when we ''held
the Office of county treasurer, - or at any 9th
or time. This is not the first time this foul
lie has been published. IL was first started
by the Springfield I'm Journal, in the fall
of 1864, for the purpose of affecting the elec.
tons then pending. But it is a lie from cen.
tire to circumference We do not owe the
county a cent nor the State. At the very
time we were charged with being delaul,cr,
and embezzling. and all that sort of thing,
the county was actually owing Us an over.
paid balance of Sl26,25 (which balance
was afterwards paid us by order Of the Board
of Supervisors Of Pike county, Illinois. Al
this is q matter of public record. Three sey.
eral times in our life we have held Office,
which required US To give bonds once a
School Coinmissioner-bonds, $1,000
Once rs Receiver of a Land O~fice-bonds
100000 and last as Cuonty Treasurer
bonds, $4,000. We repeat: No man, dead
or alive, has ever yet lost a solitary dollar by
being our bondsman no man, anywhere
living or dead, has ever lost a cent by being
our surety on our individual note.
Thus much for these lies uttered by thu
lying villain Of the Unionist. We have n,
doubt that they will be reiterated ere the en-
suing canvass shall have closed. But W,
shall not probably refer to them again, az i
is very distasteful TO US to talk Of our per
sonal matters. Besides, the main objec
those who make them have in view is to caus,
us to spend that time in defending oursel
which should be employed in dealing blow
upon the common enemy. We understand
their tactics and shall act accordingly.
Relative to Judge Geary, we simply sa,
this 70. the present. We have not attackcC
his private character. What we have sait
had reference to his public acts and nm,
journalist of ordinary sense and intelligence,
knows that a mans public acts are publ
property, and as such are legitimate subject
for discussion. Whether what we said o
Judge Geary, lastweek. was an ''unproyoke'
attack" or not. is for US to decide and no
the libeller and liar. and drunken hound an,
scoundrel of the UHionist. The Oregon Her
aid describes him as a ~''recent importation
from the dens Of infamy of San Francisco :
while the Recmd,-a Radical paper-say
he sis a miserable wrctch''-a ''vagabond,' ,
and ''moral leper"-and charges him wit
having been drunk on the streets Of Salem
thus fulfilling the saying, ''the SOW tina
was washed is returned to her wallowing il
the mire."