The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-05-08
4 BEAST AMONG THE GRAVEa

Beast Butler, member of Congress
from Massachusetts,, keeper Of the KEY of
tho Tenure-of.O .Oaice lookup, and general
gad-fy on the radical rump, has invented
devil machine or reconstruction bill for
the worryment ofpoorG Georgia, the empire
State of the South. It seems that in the
opinion Of the eminent lobby agents. some.
times called w-makers, Georgia has been
guilty Of great crime in casting the
number Of Democratic votes she did at
the last election. For this crime the state
must be punished, knowing the ingenuity
Of the Beast for torture, the Radicals
have given it to him to invent machine
not more for the injury of Georgia than
for the discredit of the best government
the world ever saw! Sarcasm. By the
provisions Of the Butler bill, Georgia is
to be reconstructed once more. Her Leg.
islature 10 to be recalled. The black
who were ousted out are to be ousted In.
All persons who are loyal to the Consti-
tuition, honest, and patriotic enough to be
men and lovers Of their country are TO be
indicted for perjury if they see ct to swear
allegiance TO the government which once
protected them. BY its provisions the
negroes are to rule, Headed By their inge-
rlors, the Republican carpet baggers from
the north, while honest white men NAV
suffer and the interests of that great
State be as naught, till such time as the
work OF ruin, in which the party in DOW.
er is now engaged, shall have terminated
to the enrichment of the Grant family
and the keepers of congress generally.
Grant said, "Let US have peae." Not
one word Of this was meant for the South
not syllable was meant for the ones who
fought manfully but gave up honestly, as
did the people Of the South. Not an
idea OF this sentence was for the ones of
the South who are honestly and earnestly
endeavoriBg to restore that country to
its woDted prosperity. He asked for
peace not for those who are working, but
for those who are stealing; not for the
good of the country, but for the benefit Of
those who are plundcring the people un.
der the cloak Of loyalty, morality, and
love Of liberty. The only liberty they
know is the legalizcd liberty of plunder.
ing the people, robbing the poor for the
benefit Of the rich, Tobbing States of sa-
cred rights and unborn generations of the
legacy left them by patriotic sires.
If there was some power in this eoun-
try which could compel the ravagers and
eestructionists of the North to let the
South alone, let the people recuperate,
the time is not far distant when we should
be at peace. But so long as this devil.
ment, worryment, and continual meddling
with States, which have rights under the
Constitution, but which rights are with
held, is allowed, SO long will there be fo-
mentations, causes for strife, and grow
ing necessity for another revolution which
will at least rid the cot n ry of its present
rulers, fanatics, and d, struetionists, even
if it does not bring back the glorious past.
How long. oh, Lord, how long is this war
upon poor people, is this war upon sacred
rights, is this war upon those who are
praying for peace TO be continuedY Let
the day come when the children of the
South, now growing to manhood, shall,
knowing their wrongs, have not only the
courage but the strength to resist and to
resent them.-PoBeroy's Democrat.