The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-04-03

deceive, but the truth will come out at last
that the hard hands and strong arms Of labor
must work the deliyerance.
Has any person seen farmer or mechan.
&c who complains Of n redundancy Of money ?
The complaints that have reached nv ear
arc precisely the reverse. If they are In
debt, 10 they desire the privilege Of paying
onc.third more than they contracted, and are
they particularly clanOrous for q reduction
Of their wages? Are they clamorous in
their anxiety 10 see $400, 900 900 Of Govern.
ment bonds sold in England for gold TO re.
deem the grecnback currency, and then 70
SEQ the tax gathcrers collecting in the came
gold TO ship across the waters in payment Of
the interest on these bonds? According 70
my theory the burden rests upon their ghoul.
dcrs, and their tongues must make the call
before / will ever vote for bond for any
purpose whatever.
The Southern States embrace population
OF eight or ten millions, and unless their
existence is to be ignored, some consideration
should be bestowed upon the measure, as it
ID very likely TO affect their interests. Arc
they ready for specie payments, and do they
desire that all values shall be reduced to the
standard Of gold aud silver? Almost every
newspaper that comes from that quarter in.
forms us that some finely improved estates
have been disposed Of at Sherif's sale for
two dollars an acre, and as the unfortunate
owners have been bereft Of all else, they
would hardly favor u project which would
sacrifice their lands at 81 %.
OF the situation Of the Southern people /
know littlc from actual observation. Since
tho war / have been no further South than
Gordonsyille, in Virginia. Manassas, which
has riEcn from the ashes, reminds us Of the
opening scene in the civil strife. ] passed
Cedar Mountain, as the people Of the country
call il, in whose shade jackson marshalled
his forces, and from whose summit swept the
charge that never failed Of victory. crossed
the Rapidan, where Grant and Lee, the
great masters Of military science, for seven
long months confronted each other from Op-
posing banks. bitches and carthwOrkg NAV
be seen on all sides, but where are the farms.
the orchards, and the gardens, the corn, the
fruit and the flowers? These rich valleys are
like Western prairies spread out before you,
but no fence 0bsiructs the view and no sound
breaks tho solemn silence that reigns
around. There remain, however, some cyi-
dcnccs Of banished civilization. Now and
then single chimney, like monumental
column, points you 10 the past Il bears no
!etteted scroll but still it speaks 0f happi.
ness and home. Its warmth has been a com
fort 10 age, and sparkling eyes aud ruddy
faces have reflected its light. But the scene
was changed. The thunder cloud Of war
drew near and more near until its angry
flashes gave fearful warning Of approaching z
doom. The mother knee!s at the family
altar, inY0kcs the blessing Of Eliiah's Cod
and goes forth with her children a fugitive
IN this land. Everything that win burn, Is
given to the flames. and the chimney stands
as landmark, starting point for the sur.
yeyor in bis work Of re.eSiablishing metes
and boundary lines.
Other portions Of Virginia may have suf-
fered less, but ! honestly believe that the
people Of that State are not prepared for
specie payments, and that any great contrac-
tion in the country would involve them in
ruin. They could endure gentle imitation,
but viii scarcely survive further contrac-
ton. know not how others may feel, but
IS for my single self, ! confess u weakness
for the old commonwealth Of Virginia. If
she has sinned in the sight of heaven, heay-
en- and earth have witnessed the terrible
retribution. When we speak Of Virginia
the long past rises before US, and we are as
sociated with the heroes, the statesmen, and
the philosophers Of other days. The sword
VI At@ " ia TIC dNcAk vi
fee, and there, too, is his camp and camp
furniture, even down to his pewter plates,
held as sacred memorials Of patriotism
which endured all things for his country s
sake. Jefferson and the Declaration, and
Madison and the Constitution, the eloquencc
of Henry, the learning of Marshall, all pro-
test against the divorce which sewers the
bond of Union and degrades Virginia from
her position in the family of States Dis
membercd and divided, spurned and insulted,
suffering and bleeding, the tottering emblem
Of her former self, If we cannot alleviate,
let us do nothing that can increase the ca
lamities which overwhelm her already
Neither the yicissitudes through which she
has passed, nor tho furnace of affiietion
in which she walks at present, have ever
been able to extort from her one word of
complaint or.reproach. If it is believed that
she can be driven or persuaded to profes-
sion of the Radical creed, it is mistake ;
she will live and die in the faith which has
been handed down from the fathers.