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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28
CORRUPTION FUND.

Does anybody recollect ever to have
heard of an attempt in Oregon at such
a shameless piece of business as that
of the Republican Central Committee
in organizing d plan to raise money for
election purposes 7 It may have oc-
CURED in other States, but IN Oregon
the practice has never been even 80 much
as limited at until now. Is is the very
thing most constantly iterated against
the Tammany Democracy by the Re-
publican press. And while the men,
bers of that party come to look upon
the purchase of great gangs of Repub-
iican voters in New York as the most
wanton and aggravated kind of wick
edness, tho whole community must feel
that u society governed by such means
is on the highway to political ruin.
The party that suggests such thing
deserved to be regarded by every man
who esteems purity in politics, with
suspicion and aversion.
1t is lame excuse to say that this
money is to be used to buy papers and
disseminate useful information. The
object il TO carry ate election The dis
semination OF information may be one
of the ordinary means of accomplish
ing such IN object. But this is too late
day in the canvass for that. This
laudable object isnot otconsistent with the
time, the occasion and the character OF
the actors. Money raised in this way is
most generally and appropriately des-
ignated By an ugly phrase corruption
fund" It is marvellous that the Com
mittee should have exhibited so little
craft, such a total disregard Of the
proprieties ofthe occasion, that, having
resolved upon n disreputable move
ment, they should hazard a reyul.
sion among Republicans by advertis-
ing it. Money is the argument of the
worst and weakest cause. 1t is the
argument of the tyrant and the assas.
sin. As an instrument in the admin
istration of the laws of society, men
have come TO regard it with such fear
and loathing that extreme penal stat
utes exist in every State against its en-.
lployment to influence elections. The
same strong sense of the people vii
scarcely fail to put the right construc
ton upon the net of the Committee. Il
lis clear proposition to debauch the
ELECTION; to accomplish a desperat,
end by infamous means, and the man
ner of its making is an insult TO Ia,
moral sense Of the whole community
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28

poarLAxD, Og'n., Jan. %, 1877

PORTLAND, 0g'n., Jan. %, 1870.
Editors Democrat:
For the past week Portland has been
thick with notable Republicans. Federal
officers, State officers and officers from Re.
publican counties, as we'll as n score Of aspi-
rants. were in attendance to assist the Cen.
trail Committee Of the 10Th inst. 10 bring
forth. tits evident that things did not go
on harponiously at their meeting. Repub.
licans here complain that the Committee
was run entirely by Federal and State off,
GERS, and that the members Of the Commit
tee sat silent and powerless. Itspeaks we'll
for the people Of the State at large to know
that the present State officers are ns odious
to Republicans as Democrats. Not one Of
them is spoken Of for denomination.
Wilson and Boise, Of the Supreme Court,
were present. The former figured largely
in the proceedings. lie struggled hard to
have the basis Of representation fixed at one
hundred. At this, some country members
declared it the intention of some tricksters
to buy mp the convention, and as it would
take more money to buy two hundred men
than one they would have big convention
or none. Then Wilson proposed eighty -
Country now proposed fifty, and a comprom-
ise was finally made on sixty as the basis.
This will make considerable convention If
we'll attended, almost as large as that of
the Democrats, as Republican glcefully re-.
marked, with their seventy.fve. They also
give one for each county at large, which the
Democrats declined to do.
A very bad sign ofthe times however, was
the arrangements made for raising money in
largo sums for carrying the election. Glib.
bon's "Decline and Fall Of the Roman Re.
public" tells of tables of money being set
out on election day for the purchase of votes
by candidates; but this was after the death
of 'tho last of the Romans.v It is a sad
reflection that tho rulers of this State. still
so young that the wild deer brouso in her
very Capital, are so lost to pride or shame
as to meet in her Commercial Center and
bare facedly, almost boastingly, countenance
and encourage to the doing of this snmo
thing, in effect. AS an excuse for such ac.
ton, when took to task about it, Ropubli.
can said they did it because the Democrats
did-thus doing dirty thing and then do.
liberately lying to avoid the reproach of it.
Not one quarter of dollar was raised or
required by the Democrats at their meeting.
During tho few hours the Democratic Cen.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28

The leather makers have been heard
from. A delegation of gentlemen,
among whom was a brother of the
President, has called upon the WAYS
and Means Committee to urge the alb
clifton Of the duty on leather. The
delegation shows that while we had a
large export trade In leather before
the war, it is entirely gone now. Our
neighboEs, who have no duty, go into
the markets Of the world and under
sell us. In spite of all these protests
Congress and the President reiterate
THEN tariff dogmas. While grinding
the liberties of the Southern States to
dust besWeen the upper and neither
millstones of absolute power, Congress
still has leisure to cut off the trade of
our whole country, to destroy our
ships, lock up our shops, fetter our
resources, and cut us hopelessly of
from tho rich advantages of foreign
trade. The time for righting these
grievous wrongs must surely come,
buthow long first?
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28

their antecedents have made them OBJ
iects of decided suspicion and fear.
The apprehension that these men will,
by the use of money, gain some undue
control over the Convention, is rem
son given why the Convention wns
made SO large.
Whatever little differences may arise
among these individuals we think may
be ascribed to the imporfection of the
material that enters into tho party or
ganization. But there is good time
coming, when Union Republican Com
mittees and Conventions shall enjoy
the infusion of the African, the Chi.
nese and the taxed ."big Ingun" ele-
ments, and then the highest party de-
yelopment that men can find will be
held up before the astonished and the
admiring gaze of the world.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28
DAWES SPEECH.

Mr.. Dawes, Republican member
of Congress, and Chairman of the
Committee on Appropriations, made q
most remarkable speech in the House
on the 18th inst. It seemed to pro-
duce that misunderstanding effect that is
attributed to a thunder clapin cloud
less day, or the appearance of bomb
in Camp when no enemy is in sight.
Mr.. Dawes attributed to the Navy De-
partment and the Postmaster General
some remarkable eachievomentsin in math-
ematics. He said that the estimates
for the next fiscal year contained APP
preparations for public purposes of
$50, 900, 900, against an appropriation
for the same objects last year of $685.
900, 900, under Andrew Johnson's adj
ministration, which had been arraign-
cd ON a charge of profigacy in expend-
itures, found giilty and deposed.
''He (the speaker) has brought COM
plants from the other end of the Ave-
nue. that with oil its profession of econ
omy, tcih all its heralding blythe tele-
graph, and otherwise, of reduction, there
tcas but one Of those Departments
that did not estimate increased e1pend.
itares ouer appropriations Of last year.
That exception was the poor
unpopular Attorney General. He
hoped that it was not because of the
remarkable trait in his character, that
it was contemplated at the other end
of the Capitol toremove him from fur
ther public service"
The italics are ours. BY virture OF
his position as Chairman of the Com
mittee on appropriations, Mr.. Dawes
is high authority. The necessity must
seem quite urgent that impels him to
speak so directly and strongly against
his own party. Certainly the reduc-
ton of current expenses has been pla-
Icarded and heralded all over the eoun-
try. 1t has occupied the Reporters
Ipens and the Artists pencils to do it.
And it is most startling to hear now
from Mr.. Dawes that estimates for the
next year are much greater than those
of Andrew johnson.
We have suspected. that the tele-
graphic reports touching retrench-
ment were exaggerated, but it seems
that they are absolute falsehoods; thai
these men, not content with squander.
ing more money than johnson did, af
ter having hunted that individual dowT
for profigacy, deliberately adopt q
system of downright falsehoods. But
detection follows close upon the heels
of concealment. The country realizes
not only the extravaganza of those il
office, but how utterly deceitful anc
luntrustworthy are their statements
and reports" upon what uncertain
means We must rely for information
and in what profound ignorance th'
people may be kept, concerning the
actual condition of public affairs. I
is sincerely to be hoped that this batcl
of retrenchment end reform fellow
viii as soon as possible be ground out
The old style of proAigates is much Il
be preferred to all such.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28
LINN COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CONTENTION

In pursuance Of tho action of the Democratic
Central Committee Of Linn county, the Demo
cratic Convention will be held at the Court House
IN the city Of Albany.
Wednesday. the 10th day o. -March, 1870.
at IL o'clock, a. M, for the purpose of electing
IL delegates to the State Convention. to be held in
the city of Albany, the Esd day Of March, 1870.
It Is hereby recommended that the Democrats
Of Linn county meet at their usual places of yot-
ing in their several precincts, on Saturday, the
18th day of March, 1870, for the purpose Of ehoos-
ing delegates to represent them in the County
Convention.
The ratio Of apportionment is based on the vote
cast for the Democratic candidate for Congress in
the year 1865, giving to each precinct one dele
gate, and one additional delegate for every thirty
Democratic votes cast, and one for every fraction
Of fifteen votes or over, as follows, wig:
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28
DEATH OF GEO. D. PRENTICE.

Geo. D. Prentice, whose death is
announced IN this paper, was one of
the justly celebrated men of the times.
Belonging to the class known as Old
Line Wings, he held a conspicuous
place in the politics of a generation
that is gone. He was possessed of
rare and diverse talents. His genius
was universal. He walked in nearly
all the paths of ambition, and in near
ly all he excelled. He was finished
scholar, politician, editor, wit and
poet and back of these there was a
substratum of character that makes
what is better than all this-an honest
man. His age was 6S years.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28

THERE..is honor due to the newly
elected Governor Alcorn of Mississippi.
Gen. Autocrat Ames proposed to make
him provisional governor, pending the
sdmission of the State. To this AL
corn replies, that coming from mill
tary authorities and subject to military
power for support, he rejects it. He
says:
'I may perhaps be indulged in the frank con-
fessiOn that under the fellowship Of error and
chastisoment By which I belong to tho Southern
people, am constrained by the irresistible forces
in my heart to draw back from lot or part in the
Government and to deny any other right than
that Of their own choice"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28

A NEGRO has finally been elected to
the United States Senate. His name
is Reveals, and he comes from Mis-
sissippi for the short term ending
March 1871. We suppose that Sum-
ner will now be ready to give up the
ghost, for his eyes have seen the glory
of the colored mans coming. He has
lived to enjoy an honor that was de-
MED Webster and Clay-to sit in the
august body of the United States SEN
ate with negro.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28

oUR Portland correspondent gives a
new and most PLAUSIBLE reason why
the Republican Convention is made so
large. he says that a portion of the
members of the committee were, salts
fed that the Federal and State officials
would buy up the delegates, insisted
on having the Convention large, so
that it would require great deal of
money to do IL. and by this means les
sen the chances of its being done.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28

WE suppose that now, since the SEN
atorial toga has fallen upon q negro,
our Oregon Republicans, or some
Of them, viii be able to see how negro
domination in the South may work
in the North. The Mississippi negro
has as much power. in matters of
Legislation affecting Oregon, as Sena-
TOR Williams has.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28

eve hear that there arc thousands of mon out
Of employment, this winter, in California, and we
know that there are hundreds out of employment
in Oregon"
The above is from the editorial col
umns of an Oregon Radical paper that
has, and is constantly insisting upon
Chinese immigration, because, as it
says, we need more and cheaper labor,
and must have it in order to secure a
proper development of the country.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28

now wholly broken up, because the Cana
dians, who pay no duty nor internal rev.
enue taxes on leather, can underseIl Us.
He said foreign and domestic hides are
not used in making the same articles,
and therefore do not come into compoti-
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28

The Portland Herald says: eve
again call upon De Lesseps to aban-
don his impracticable scheme of q
Suez Canal.
Does De Lesseps hear, or wont he
heed?
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28

The Portland Herald says that our
proposition, for the Democratic State
Convention to nominate o candidate
for the U. S. Senate, is revolution
a1.v ;,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28

Gov. Woods has been promoted form
Deacon to Elder in the Christian Church.
This makes him preacher; bu. it is not
announced when he will ''hold forth"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28

A man named Logan had severe bat
tie with an Indian and some squaws at
Yaquina recently. Reinforcements saved
Logan from disastrous dcfcat.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28

Bates New Theatrial Company has ar
rived in Portland.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28

The editor Of tho Herald has free
pass on the P. T, Cos boats for 1870.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28

By order Of the Democrats Central Committee
r. II. CRAWFORD,
EN0CH noULT.
J. II. HACKLEMAN.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-28
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.

by virture of the action of the Democratic
State Convention, which was held at Portland, on
Ihursday, March 10th, 1885, aud of the Democrat
ic State Central Committee, which was held at the
sane place, on Jan. s, 1870, tho Democratic State
Convention viii bc hold at
Albany, on Wednesday, the esd day Of
March, 1870,
ae 10 o'clock a. IN. of said day, FOR the purpose Of
nominating Governor, Member Of Congress, SEQ
rotary Of State, Treasurer, State Printer Judge OF
Second District, Judge of third District, and
Judge of Fifth District, to DO supported at the
next Jane election.
By order of said Committee, representation 10
said Convention was based on the voto cast for
Democratic Congressman at the last election, Civ
ing to each county one delegate for every seventy
Eve Democratic votes east, and one delegate for
every fraction Of thirtyeght and over, but allow
ing each county st least one delegate therein !;
which rule of apportionmcnt will give to the sew
eral counties the following number of delegates,
to-wit:
Benton
Baker
Ciatkamas.......
Clatsop
Coos
Cotuu
Douglas
0rant....
JACK
Sosepolne...s...s.
Lane n
lHn ~
u
Multnomah 10
kolk
1llia
UmalIa
Washington.
WaSco
Iamalll .
ioo
The time for holding the County Conventions TO
elect delegates to the State Convention, was left
by the Committee to the several County Commit
tees, whose duty it viii be to provide therefor.
The Committee would respectfully urge prompt
action on the part OF the Democracy ofthe several
counties. L. F. GROVER, Chairman.
Y. TREvTTT, Secretary.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-22

TEE following result Of the re-
cent exploration by Captain Ray
mond, Of the o. S. A, ofthe Yukon
river, in the Territory Of Alaska, Is
Of public interest: He found Fort
Yukon to be within the limits OF
our new purchase, and so, In pur-
suance Of Instructions from the
Treasury Department, the Hudson
Bay Company were notified to
leave. The trade Of the country
(the great main body Of Alaska is
limited to furs. Agriculture is out
Of the question in those high and
sunless latitudes, and the timber OF
the Yukon is small and Of poor
quality. The native Indians, 1t
further appears, are being rapidly
killed of by the cold, in conse'
qnence, no doubt, Of the whisky in
troduced among them by the Hud'
son Bay traders.
The great Yukon river, however,
In length and breadth is described
(the Amazon first and the Missis-
sippi second as the third largest
fresh water stream in the world.
and enormous quantities Of fish are
found in It's lower portion and in
all the inlets Of the Alaskan sea-
board. From the book Of Captain
Whimper "a British oficer,) pub
lished some time ago, Of his explo'
rations Of the Yukon, from the far
interior to the sea. it win be seen
that Captain RaymOnd's report is
sustained, both in regard to the
length, breadth and volume Of the
river and the character Of the cOun'
try drained by it.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-22
VIRGINIA.

Even the New York Times has
the candor to condemn the pOliti.
cal shIlly.s hallying of Congress
regarding the admission of Vir
ginia.
In its issue Of the 18th it says
of the bill for said States admis.
sion:
To-day the bill referred to is to
be made q especial ORDER and in
one way or other its fate must be
decided. We earnestly trust that
moderation will at length prevail
over the fanaticlsm which would
keep us in q State Of war five years
after the restoration Of peace
Senator Stewart very truly re-
marked the day before yesterday
that the authority Of Congress to
guarantee 10 every. State q Repub-
lican form of government ibid not
imply the right Of Congress to
compel a State to belong to the
Republican Party" II seems to
us that the State cannot be kept
out of the Union any longer ex-
cept by subterfuge and dishones-
ty. By all means let us now have
an end to this controversy -
There are plenty of other subjects
to occupy the attention Of Con-
gress.
This was the 18th, and nowit is
the 18th and 10Th inst, yet nothing
has been done to settle the vexing
questions. Laying aside all other
questions, but looking to the fact
of Virginia's desire to be read
mitted into the Union, and her
having complied fully with every
requirement, we pronounce the
present action of Congress in the
matter, as a mean, dastardly, burn
ng shame, and every one who
had a hand in the business, 0
mean low lived, contemplate cur.
But what good does it do for us
to breathe vituperations against
them? None on Gods earth
They are insensible to honor as
they are to shame.
As soon as there is enough
suitable patch work made up t
properly according to the Radi
cal idea,) envelope the poor shiv
ering shelterless form of wha
was once the Mother Of States
then Virginia will be hauled il
tout Of the wet" What q humil
iatiOn. Virginia the Proud, tn
Noble, the Grand, a suppliant 70
favor from such q party
J Great Cod are we men, an,
shall these things beP
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-22

The "big hog Of the State o.
Ohio has been found at last. An
exchange says that Robert Bcv.
ington, ofKnox township, Holme;
county, has a hog three years old
weighing twelve hundred pounds.
1t is nine feet long, six feet foul
inches around the heart, and four
feet in height.
The British Postofice Depart.
ment made s23, 1000, 900 net profit
last year, while ours went behind
$4,000, 900.
The emigration OF Swedes to
this country is so great that last
year the population Of Sweden
actually decreased.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-22

We hope that The committee
appointed st last meeting Of the
Cazsn's Association win be pre-
pared to make IN encouraging re-
port at the next meeting
Not q stone should be len I'M
lnrned 70 accomplish this object
The necessity and value 70 our
city Of The location Of the State
Capitol here, Is beyond all ques-
lion. Matters are decidedly in our
favor now and ROs0 is the time to
push things.
Let rs spend a little. money il
necessary-and it Is necessary
Money will do q great many things
yes, q great many things. Have
We not enough private energy.
shrewdness and liberality among
rs to engineer this job through
successfully? Meridian, Canton
jackson, Natchez and other point
are growing Of our wonderful
presumption in this matter but lc
them growl; what need we care
The smartest will be that place
which succeeds. Let US "bnckl
into" the matter in earnest, spent
money for It and-hare IL.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-22
The Mississippi valley Bank

We are more than glad to see
that the new banking institution,
about which we uniformed our read
ers some time ago, is ready to open.
The managers Of this bank, the
Mississippi Valley Bank, are the
Kleins and FlOwerrees, and their
energy, enterprise, experience and
responsibility, are too well known
already to require further M
dation. Banking facilities are now
the great need Of the South, and
especially of Vicksburg.
We can never become the grand
commercial mart we want TO b
and ought TO be and must be, unit.
our banking facilities are what
they should be. The opening o.
this new bank is n move In Tho
right direction and for their own
sakes, as well as for the public
good, we wish them success.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-22
save the Rabie..

A correspondent OF tie Medical
Gazette, who 5 q practising
physician, comes 10 the gescae D.!
the babies agains, what lie 1enoun.
ces as their deadly enemy, Mrs.
Wins!ow's Soothing Syrup. lie
says he was called 20 see ~ .utan;
that was in a dying condition, cp-
parently from the effects Jta mar.
cotic poison, and ne was assured
that II had taken no medicine out
this SOOTHING syrup" The docto.
took the bottle and had some Of
the syrup Analysed by . ,k!llfu!
chemist, and the analysis showed
that each ounce Of the stuff con.
tanned nearly one grain Of NOR
phine. A dose for an infant three
months old, as prescribed by Mrs.
Winslow's printed directions, con-
tanned an amount OF morphine
equal to ten drops OF iaudanum,
This is ordered TO be given TO tie
child every two hours, in certain
cases, aud double the quantity tc
q child OF six months Old. A.
children are very susceptible TO the
influence OF opium, of which NOR
phine Is the active principle, foul
drops OF laudanum having been
known TO kill an infant of nine
months, and as the manufacturer
Of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup sell annually about one hun
dred thousand two-ounce bottles IL
the single State OF New York, thC
reader can form some idea OF thu
number Of babies that are soothei
to perpetual sleep by this nostruu
Mothers had better fall back OF
catnip tea.