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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-11-06
WHICH Es THE DANGEROUS
DIRECTION.


A Republican paper with much irony
says that the danger of cheap labor
comes not from China but from the
east. That as result of our trans
continental railway connection, "the
equalizing or leveling process will be-
gin at once. and it will continue until
our industries of all descriptions are
placed on level with those Of the
east. "
That proposition Ia no btcorrect
An influx of eastern labor will place us
on level with those of the east. And
now is il not equally undeninble that
if we "let in the cheaper labor of
China" the same leveling process will
begin ut once? But there is not the
same danger from the leyeling process
with the east that there is with the
west. There is community of inter-
ests between those here and those who
come here over the railroad. Inrace, re-
ligion and civilization theyare the same.
They have the same wants and the same
destiny. These people bring with
them desirable elements for building
up q country. They are consumers rs
well as producers. They create a de-
mand as we'll as n supply. They are
citizens us well az laborers. They
will never cheaper labor below what
will furnish them with wholesome
food; with comfortable clothing; with
houses with the means to pay their
taxes, TO educate their children and to
surround themselves with all of the
appliances that belong to happy and
useful condition in life. And that
degree of cheap labor is not to be feared.
Such men are not dangerous COMPETE
tors-since their wants are equal to
ours, and the wages that they receive
and the "level' they are on are not
those of degradation or seryitude.
1t was shown in the Southern Labor
Convention that Coolies could be
employed in this country for long
periods Mt IS per Please tell
us what laborer, east or west, IN pre-
pared for such competition as this
This is the level to which the republi-
can policy invites the laborens of Ore
gon. There is constant demand for
''choap labor" coming from every rad
ieal mouth-piece IN the State. Who
wants to furnish that cheap labor
Let your ballots answer.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-11-06
WHAT SHALL BE DONE NOW /.

The San francisco Times says the
business of wagon making in Califor-
min has been crushed by Eastern COM
petition. Two horse wagons Of Cali
fornia manufacture have sold hereto
fore at s225 to $3.50. As good wag-
on of Eastern manufacture sells at
s1C0.
What Is good for the whole people
ought 10 be good for part. Where
fore let California have tariff to pro-
tect her industry from the competition
of New England. Practically it makes
no difference to the industrial interests
of California whether competition
comes three thousand miles by rail f.om
New England or, an equal distance by
steamer from the Sandwich Islands.
And behold, the Bulietm says Chica-
go competition is doing great injury to
the job printing business in San Fran
cisco. And now shaa't the San Fran
cisco job printers be protected against
the incursions of Chicago "jobists r
Let Greeley be appealed TO at once,
that San Francisco may be rescued
from these manifold and multitudinous
evils. Let all competition be proscrib-
ed as n curse. Say that Concord shall
not sell wagons in San Francisco and
that bill posters, "done" in Chicago,
shall not be "stuck up" on her street
corners. True, the more numerous
class, the men who buy wagons and
employ printers-the consumers
fat, but don't yon see the wagon
building and poster printing business
is languishing in the city of the Gold
en- Gate? Shall the multitude be al
lowed to buy when it can buy cheapest
and thus indirectly be allowed to rush
headlong into the ruin that is sure to
follow this license of trade? Shall
people be permitted to buy so far
away from home and pay freight on 3
or 4 thousand miles of transportation
Only think of it
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-11-06
SYNOPSIS OF LATEST NEWS.


jeff Davis has gone to his home in
Mississippi--Gov. Yarmouth of Mississ-
ippl says that he win not call special
session OF the Legislature-The New Or
leans Custom House receipts for October
are 10000, in excess Of any previous
mouth since 1860-All of the officers of
the Cuban privatcer have been discharged,
except seven who are held ia bonds of
$500 each for appearance at the q. s.
District court-1hcre is formidable ins
surrcction in Dalmatia, an Austrian Prov
ince-Lot NJ. Morrill, has been appointed
u. s. Senator for Maine to fill the vacan~
caucy caused by Fessenden's death--The
public debt statement shows reduction
of the debt for October Of 81, 1858, ,S81,
being total since March of S62. .332, ,070.
The coin in the Treasury has increased
over eight million dOllars-A early all the
prairies along the Kansas Pacific railroad,
between Lawrence and LeaveDworth were
burned on the 18th inst. A large amount
Of hay, fencing and other property, val
ued at several thousand dollars were des-
troyed by fire, which caught from sparks
from locomotiye-SDow in Maine con-
tinues TO fall. In places it is 18 inches
deep-There is q heavy break down IN
gold which is attributed TO the general
belief that Boutwell, will in very few
weeks make grand emp and at once re-
turn to specie payments thus forestalling
the decision Of the Supreme Court which
will undoubtedly be that the legal tender
act is unconstitutional. The decision il
expected about the end Of the year. This
action Of the Secretary will undoubtedly
cause temporary distress through the
country and create panicin the produce
aud general merchandise markets but as
the step has to be taken some time, the
present is considered the most conycD-
ient,-pollically better indeed, than any
other pcr.od not so remote from the Pres
identiai election.
Among the numerous financial meas
ures in contemplation by Dir Boutwell, Is
one to replace the five twenty bonds about
due. by large foreign loan. This has
often been contradictcd, but nevertheless,
is now about agreed upon with the agents
Of foreign bankers nov In this country
The prospects Of the Duke of Genoa as
Mug u Dp1iu cOb3Ihue 10 ln1Pfoee-A
San Francisco grand jury has indicted
the proprietoas Of the CIronicat news
paper for libel, because OF their publica-
tion concerning domestic troubles of
Augustus Bowie aud w!fe-1ke city of
MarysviiIe Cal, Is becoming more ac-
| tive every day. The outskirts arc alive
with men, horses, wagons, carts, pile
drivers, bridge timber, eic. Onthc south,
the Central Pacific company have gangs
Of men grading, piling and bridging.
Haskins, superintendent, advcrtises for
NOR. men aud teams on the north. Stow
bridge is pushing the California and Ore
gon road towards Chico at rapid speed
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-11-06

Who has not been seduced by an at
tractive heading and few promising
paragraphs into reading what turned
out to be nothing more than an adver-
tisement of cheap patent Litters or
sugar-coated pills. Those who have
can appreciate the way in which We
have been taken in,
Last week the Daily Statesman con-
tanned an article of column and O
half length in its leading editorial
column addressed to Justin Chenoweth
-'about cheap labor" which promis-
ed to be concluded on the following
day. We read that article with much
interest, not for the ideas it contained
but because we felt sure that it was
one of the happiest efforts of Mr.. Da-
vid Newsom of Silyerton. The next
installment was gone through in the
same interested way to the last line,
which unexpectedly turned out to be
nothing else than the signature of the
writer. Now here were golden apples
turned to bitter ashes. Instead of Mr..
Newsom's philosophy, we had been
betrayedinto reading an advertisement
of the cheap wares of s'T. w. Dayen-
port
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-11-06

A BIG DOSE COMING. G.-Mrs. Stowe is
about to launch q second installment
of the Byron slander upon the world.
It is said that advance sheets have al
ready reached the University press,
and that owing to the volume of the
thing there is not room for it in the
Atlantic Monthly, but that it will be
published in supplement to that
Magazine.
Mrs. Stoves attack upon the poet
is the smaller of her offences. The
ugliest feature of the slander is the at
tempt to blacken the character of a
dead lady, Mrs. Leigh, who sustained
IN life spotless reputation, and who
exhibited the noblest attributes of a
sister, wife and mother. Such an at
tack upon one whom the world is sat
isfed was an innocent woman, is
enough to stigmatise the writer as the
author of "the most atrocious libel
that ever defled the history Of Itera-
5ure. " Mrs. Stoves first paper was
IN attack, the second one is defense.
Instead of Lord Byron or Lady Au-
gusta on trial, Mrs. Stowe finds her
self arraigned at the bar of public
opinion.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-11-06
RosEnURG CoRREsPoxDENCE.
RosEBURG, November 81, 1869.
Editors Democrat

RosgBURG, November 81, 1869.
Editors Democrat:
/ II IS tho custom Of people much inter
estcd in themseives 10 make the personal
pronoun Ego the burden of their
thought and conversation. Il may
not be good breeding bnt it is
certainly most natural. We Of the
Cmpqua Valley, believing that We are
somewhat neglected, aud conscious oil
onr oua worth and importance, feel at
/ liberty 10 speak Of ourselves. albeit we
be accused of the vulgar and disreputa-
bic practice Of footing our own horn. !"
The Willamette Valley, largely favored
by nature in the way Of good soil and
market, also, enjoys the immediate pros
pect Of a railroad extending at least from
one end to the other of that rich coun-
TRY. We, on the other hand, more iso.
lated aud inaccessible, have simply the
empty promise without the positive as.
surance of railroad ut an early day
Possessing rich soil, fne pasturage and
grazing lands, excellent water power and
good climate, we are wanting only in di-
rect communication with the outside
world to make US both wealthy
and happy. Senator Williams late speech
at this place furnished US no consolation
whatever. 1t was in truth but feeble
attempt to justify his course in the SEN
atc on the railroad question, and whilst
engaged in the pleasant task of exalting
himself, Wi b the least modesty conceiva.
bio, be implicitly blamed all the rest of
0regon's Representatives, Ex NJ, i.
Mallory, who was lately here, tells very
different tale, and plain, simple mon ere
left to conclude that somebody is mistaken,
or, in common parlance, "there is lie out
somewhere" Williams was kind enough
to indicate that there would probably be
a railroad starting from point not yet
known, running in direction not yet
determined upon, and terminating at a
point as yet as uncertain as the place of
beginning. Gratifying, surely! In a
political way the ponderous Sen
ator was of some benefit to the
Democracy, but in the railroad line Lc
left US all poorer than he found US. The
land grant, over which the East and West
Sides made such on unscemly fuss and
which led to little unpleasan tness be.
tween our Representatives, is an illusion
and fraud. So far as We are concerned
it is valueless, and If the government
can give us no more substantial aid, its
generosity should never have been taxed.
Yet our condition is not one of total iso-
lation. The grant Of land to the Coos
Bay Wagon Road is really of very diff
ferent and better character, and we in
fact have more to hope for from it than
from the present prospect of railroad.
No one not intimately acquainted with
the resources and intrinsic wealth Of Coos
county can form an adequate conception
Of the value OF its Commerce. A recent
visit to that county has developed ideas
previously had not, could not have formed.
The soil upon the coquelle, Coos Rivers
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-11-06

PREusELY So.--The Jacksonville
Ne'cs hits the nail exactly on the head
in reply to that part of Williams
Roseburg speech, urging Oregon to
send representatives to Congress who
are in unison with the majority of that
body. The Ne,cs says that that would
be sending men there not to represent
us, but to represent the fallacies and
vagaries of the people of other sections
and against which our own people are
resolutely opposed. It adds Such
an argument is good for demogo-
que to use, but a silly one for the
people of a State to adopt.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-11-06
STATE NEWS.

Belly BoY-BE4Ts TRAIN.-The local ed
itor Of the Herald says: The writer was
one of the party OF excursionists ON the
completion Of the New York and Erie, Sac
Tamento Valley, tCai.l San ETapciScn and
San Jose. (Cai. and Central Pacific Rail-
roads
We learn from the Oregonian that some
thief entered the residence OF II. j. Dryer
and stole 81 80. Dryer was the fouilaer
of the OregoHian and has been reduced. IN
his old age, to hard labor and extreme poy-
erty. the money sIolen he had just received
Tor some work dune and was every cent he
had
IIerEL BUENED.-Tbe Capital Hotel at
Salem was burned on the morning of the I'd
inst, between / and o'clock. The Herald
contains a graphic account Of tho fire. The
fire was first discovered in the kitchen, by
one Trayers who was sleeping there and
was awakened by the light. Travers at
onee gave the alarm. Mr.. Leninger, the
landlord, says that ut l O'clock the lights
were. all cut in thar part of the house and
the coffee was cold on the range. lie thinks
the fire was the work Of an iEcendiary aud
that he knows who the villais is The oc-
cupants Of the house all got out without in
jury. Mr.. Mallory tex Congressman was
600. There was no insurance. The i'm
preston is that nothing but the heavy rain
which set in about the time OF the occurrence
prevented a general spread of the fire.
[FrOmrhe Heraldl
The first spike in the main line of the
Oregon Central Railroad least sidel was
driven on Thursday, Oct. 2sth.
One mile of Railroad track had been laid
On. H. 4 A.
day-Sundays included. The first locomo-
tive, daily expected by the ship Be6toOf. will
be named the JAS. L. Stephens, in honor Of
one of the oldest residents of East Portland.
The bark FtRlkenburg brought 200 tons
more of railroad iron for Ben. Iolladay.
The Helen Aagiers loaded with wheat hv
Messrs. Corbitt & Macleay of Portland reach.
ed Liverpool with her cargo in good condi-
t'on' Ih's - - sue nrst vessel ever dispatch.
ed on this route. The same parties have
recently loaded another ship, the -Adeliaa
Ellrood, for the same port. The latter YES.
sci took large quantity of prime salmon.
and n pair of elk horns for tue Botanical
Gardens at Kew, England,
From the 0regOnian.l
The steamship 1jGr is loaded with GOO
tons of Railroad iron, this, with what is now
uh TIC h11 "itA 1ASauJ hStSg viii lay over
ii miles of track.
Frank Masterson has been held to answer
In bonds of $1,000 for assault With intent 10
kill, in shooting at John IL. Lee, in Port.
land on the 18th October. Ice was also
held to answer on n charge of assault With
dangerous weapon
Rates Of legraphing, between San Fran>
cisco and Portland have been reduced from
So to 81 for ten words.
From the Guardl
Landers, the man wso was indicted last
Spring for burning the dwelling of Mr.,
Steventon, at Eugene City, was acquitted nc
the late term of the Lane county Circuit
Court.
From the Sentinell
There is not lawyer or doctor at present
residing in Josephine county. At the re.
cent term Of the Circuit Court there tho
property involved in litigation did not ex,
caed $50.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-11-06

STARTLING AccIDENT.-O last Saturday
evening, as young Walter Meyers, Miss
Beach and Miss Sarah Beeson, all residents
of this section of country, were driving to.
gether in two horse buggy over the bridge
at Rock Point, they met with quite serious
accident. They had got nearly to this end
Of the bridge when tile horses became un.
manageable, and backed off with the buggy
failing some lG feet on the rocks below
Meyers and Miss Beach saved themselves by
jumping out before the vehicle went over {;
but Miss Beeson went over with the buggy
and team. She was but slightly injured,
although one of the horses was killed; tie
other badly crippled and tho buggy smash
ed into a complete wreck. Sentinel.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-11-06

The Commercial is exercising itself
about the affairs of the late Superin-
tendent Huntington and thinks the
.. S. Dictrict Attorney will have a
chance to distinguish himself. Hunt
ington's character, though the man is
dead, is still worth something to his
family and friends, and as long as he
is not found delinquent to the Gov
ernment, it is not likely that the dis
trict attorney will seek notoriety in
the matter. We don't believe that
Huntington owes the government a
dollar that his estate is not able to
pay.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-11-06

The M0urltatneer says that O large
numberof cases, arising between Chin
ese, is troubling the precinct courts
OF that city and running up a bill OF
expense against the county. On one
docket was estate VS.. DIR. jim. State
vs.. All Shew, and State VS.. Get Yen
and thirteen others" " Get Ye n and Co.,
seem to have hit upon the expedient
OF kidnapping unsuspecting Celestials
and then compelling them to pay for
their lives. DR.. Jim was recently cap
tured and requested to "pungle" $500
u S. coin or, consent to become a
"disagreeable corpse. The DR.. set
tied with $50-down and '.promise
to pay, " which promise no being met,
he was again captured, and instant
death ayerted by a compromise, in
which he got 80 days further time.
The Dr. said IN court that he was .sbelly
muehe afade, afade allie time, YOU
bet" The Mouratuinee,. asks the Leg
islatnre to provide some means of pun
isllirg this class of citizens and not
the tax payers of Wasco.
Now how is this that a Republican
paper will say such things? Are not
"all men" aoituou regard to race or
color, equal before the law? s.And are
not the Chinese a most sober, orderly
industrious and desirable class of citi
zens And do we not want cheap la
Dor? And shall we permit Democratic
barbarities, in the shape of Legislative
enactments to be made against them
Perhaps the Mouatatneer finds that
tseeing is believing But then such
seeing is a hard road to belief.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-11-06

REPUBLICANS are endeavoring to make
capital out of the fact that Democrats
employ Cinnamon in their mills, facto-
ries, &C., as much rs republicans. The
remedy il to keep this labor-in its
cheap form ut least-ontof the market
So long as it is offered there can be no
regulation in society stringent enough,
no disapprobation of public opinion
strong enough TO keep any and
every class from buyingit. The employ
ment of this labor by one Factory is a
compulsory process that requires every
other within the limits of it's competition
to employ the same cheap means Of
making It's fabrics, or stop it's looms.
The same principle is well illustrated
| by the tariff. Suppose government
should remove the tariff and rely upon
the voluntary action of its advocates to
protect home manufacture by obstinate
| ~ refusing to buy cheap foreign goodsin.
stead of the nearer home made? There
is not "protectionist" that would not
buy where he could buy the cheapest.
And yet no one thinks of questioning
their sincerity because of this DISPOSE
ton. It is publicly stated that Hor-
nee Greeley buys paper Of foreign
manufacture because it is cheaper
upon which to print, in part, his arti-
cles on political economy. Does any
one suppose from this that nc is Sc
cretly n free trader?
Government keeps foreign goods
from being lolght by placing such
an enormous tax upon them that they
cannot be bought. And in similar
way China labor may be kept out Of
this country By placing Legislative re-
strictions upon it. The Democratic
party is as assuredly in favor Of the
latter policy as the republican party Is
/ III favor of the former.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-11-06

a majority Of six ON joint ballot--one
less than last year.
In Massachusetts, and Maryland the
vote is unusually light. No ono will
be surprised to learn that the former
went Republican and the latter Dem
ocratie.
There are streaks Of dawn oil along
this political horizon. In the great
Empire State the day shines radiant.
No Democrat, in the east or in the
west, can refrain from an expression
of gratitude to the Democracy Of New
York. Whatever their faults may be,
they have one virtue that gIows with a
steady light-the virtue of victory.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-11-06

The Corvallis Mercury thinks the Demo.
cratic party in this State will have no trouhIe ;n
agreeing upon platform for the next canvass.
The Eugene Journal suggests that if they eannot
agree upon general platform for the whole State.
the sentiments of the different localities. and =
this waa, prsbably, keep harmonious Oregoa;an.
Or, make a platform declaring that
loyal men may honestly differ on All
the questions involved in the canvass.
just as the Republican party did at
Corvallis three years AGO.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-11-06

An old stable keeper in England saws
he has never had bad foot on his horses
since he commenced the practice Of bed
ding on thick layer Of sawdust. Pine
awdust he inds the best, oak the worst.
New-York tribune., 1869-03-25
6ountrp RtaI 6stats for SaIt.

A L SH0i0LA FALLS, Penn. farm OIL
IN 3TO fishing aud hunting stock
implements Ne Pns,, $4,000 Apply CONSTANT No 10 r't
place
A TTRACTlVE HOMES, Country Seats, pro.
~ daetse Farms all sIe all prices terms JAQUhS ~" ="
New-York tribune., 1869-03-25
NEW,JERSFY.

Ameetng Of prominent real estate and agents
was held at Derrom's Hail. Paterson Monday even
Ing to decide what to take TO bring property in
end about Paterson the notice OF the public
The movement signifies that real estate COM
panies were IN error to suppose that all
their land would be bought by local purchasers
These lands are now dependent upon New-York
All the available local moneys already expended The
meeting was presided over by Adam Carr Of the Lake
View Co. 1t was decided to appoint officers and
ecutye committee with power till the lst OF May,
to bring the benefits OF Paterson notice IN New
York. For this purpose subscription fund will be
raised. Mr. De Grasso b. Fowler, President OF the So
cley for Establishing Useful Manufactures the largest
real estate company in New-Jersey, elected
President OF the Society Col Andrew DerrOm exten
Eivo private landowner and builder chosen Vice
President An Executive Committee. composed OF Mr.
Fowler, Col Derrom Of the East Side Jacob Mercels OF
Highland Park, Willard Fairbanks Of the Paterson
Improvement Co, and Adam Carr Of the Lake View Goa
were appointed II the Companies Of any standing, and
Eone private individuals Will Join the enterprse-Whicb,
by the way suggested last wear 10 two OF The pres
ent Committee by TRIBUNE correspondence
New-fork merchant has purchased a large number
OF shares IN the Riverside Co.. and is negotiating for
majority OF them They stand in the market at s225
share. Highland Park next to Riverside will be sold
at private sale. houses have been erected at
the east side, Wisst by Col. DerrOu, Of them
for james Cooke esq OF the Danf0rth Locomotive Works
..NOrkmeHaIe busy Vreeland-ave.. The Lake-View
Co. have made extensive arrangements for connection
With Paterson by horse railroad.