The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-30

THE Cry PRINTING.-Under this
caption the Democrat of the 23d has an
article that displays the usual wit aud
sprightliness that has ever characterized
that sheet under its present management.
The columns of the Democrat have con-
stantly teemed with railincs, bitter de-
nanciations and seurrilous abuse Of indi-
yiaual members of the Union PARTY,
whom it styles Radicals, charging them
with wantonly and wick edly rohbiug the
public treasury for their own agsrandize
nent, thus increasing the burdens Of tax
alton which are now weighing down the
energies Of our people but when it is
shown that these robbers and thieves
are bed rock Democrats who have con-
stautly affiliated with the Democratic
party, instead Of condemning it palliates
their faults aud little digressions from a
strictly honest and upright course by the
sneaking plea of 'rreeedent Any
criminal may Put up this plea of 'spreee
dent" with equal propfiety. And when
this pretended conservator of the public
veal is called upon and its theory put to
the test, what is its practice ? Let the
facts answer: \ City Council is elected;
four of the Councilmcn are Democrats,
two are Union men. y committee is ap-
pointed by this Council to solicit bids for
the city printing for the current year.
fering to do the work for $50, the DEM
ocrot putting the figure at S!o. Now
here is chance offered these self sacri-
fcing Democrats to show that they be-
lieyed in the Democrats theory, and that
they believed the editor to be truthful
and in earnest in his shrieks for economy
in the public expenditures. They show
their appreciation of his truthfulness and
honesty in his attacks upon the extrava-
gance and wasteiulness OF public servants,
by voting the city printing to the Demo
crct at s7o, thus uselessly squanderiug
SO of the tax payers money. And the
Dcnocs-at, that vlrtuous sEeet, that pillar
ocratic honesty, late'y SO terribly horri-
fed at Radical extravagance, with its
wouted charitablcncss when Democrats
were to suffer by the carrying out of its
previously enunciated theory, excuses
these worthy Den,ocratic Couucilmen on
the slaringly dishonest ground that the
squandering Of twenty five dollars is Sc
small matter that it isn't worth the men
ton! The 12snciple is the same as il
the city treasury had been robbed OF
twenty five Thousand dollars instead OF
twenty five, Dir. Democrat, and your at
tempt at upholdiug the action Of the
Council in this matter is SO weak aud
nonsensical that you are ashamed of Ii
yourself. Every man gifted with com-
mon sense in this community, who has
/ pe,used the Denaocfat for the last few
| months even, can and does see that it has,
in this matter Of the city printing, gone
| back on the record sought TO lie estab-
! llshed BY its teachings heretofore, and
now virtually upholds robbiug the people
! of even small sums, prouided the robblng
/ Is done by Democrats for the benefit oi
Democrats. Here is the whole matter
in nutshell. So long as Democrats dc
the squanderiDg. throw away the peoples
money to BENEFIT Democrats, you vii
hear no word Of condemnation from this
virtuous and honest editor but let hin
even imagine the boot to be on the Other
foot, and his Indignation aud wrath al
''wickedness in high places would cause
him TO write column after column il
loaded small plea crammed with the
choicest bilin9syate hurled at the heads
of the guilty offenders.