Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-11-05

what has Become of their Premisess


during the last political canvass, that
if they got into power, and had posses
sion of the reigns of Government in
Oregon, they would carry out the con-
stitutional requirement, and pass law
that no negro should come to Oregan,
or hold property here, and provide some
efectual means whereby those negroes
who are now here, should be driven out
o. the State, and so modify and arrange
the laws of Oregon, thata negro should
have no rights that white man was
bound to respect
Second, that if the people would only
trust them with the sword and purse
peace should pervade the earth, as the
waters do the mighty deep. upon the
principle OF "no coercion )" let the
military be subject to the civil author.
ity under all circumstances keep men
together, and make them good, If you
can by moral suasion, but il they will
not hear and do right, let them 10 a.
they please; for they said. we have had
enough of arbitrary rule; and then
their terrible shrieks about the squan>
dering of the peoples money. They
promised retrenchment, reform, that
they would reduce our taxes, and save
to the people large sums of money.
Third, they promised, long and loud.
that the iron heel OF Democracy should
be placed with great vehemence upon
the neck of monopolics in Oregon.
And in the fourth place, they made
promises, too sacred to be broken. that
if the people would give them work
ing majority in the Legislature, they
would, when convened, pass laws to
protect the down trodden caacasans in
the State, By taxing the long cued,
moon.cyed, rat ea'ing Mongoiians out
Of the country.
/ Wen, the harvest is passed, aud the
summer is ended; the people gave
them large majority in both branches
of the Legislature; they have met, aud
their work is over hut how stands The
account? They have left upon our
hands and in our midst the odious
negro, with the privilege to exercise all
the rights of white men. snd have
fai'cd 10 make provision. according TO
their most sacred promises, for his
immediate exit from the State. They
have not fulfilled their oft-repcated
promises to bring about " Peace on
earth and good will to man." They
have failed to so arrange the laws as to
do away with any necessity for military
authority !; they have signally failed to
tighten the burdens of taxation. In
stead of putting a stop to the sqaander-
ing of the peoples money, they have
converted the hitherto retail. into a
Wholesale squandering. And as for
| their promises to save 10 the people
large sums of money, they have pro-
vided by law FOR the extraction from
the pockets OF the people enormous
amounts annually, heretofore uudis.
turbed.
In redemption for their pledge to
oppose monopolies, they have attempted
to rob the people for the express pur-
pose of establishing and encouraging
monopolies all over the State, of the
most contemplate character.
And last, but not least, they have
wilfu!ly, knowingly, and with malice
aiorettfbugh,, left the poor down trod,
den Caucasans to the mercy of the
moon.eyed Chinaman in Oregon, to
whose dictation and arbitrary rule the
people aust submit for two years longer
and that sin of omission was perpe-
tratcd against the solemn protest of many
good Democratic members. All this
and more, is true, of the long catalogue
Of broken promises made by the leaders
of the unterrified Democracy, and O
the now sad condition of on oppressed
but religious and patient people,
IL this indictment shall be pronounc
: ed insufficient by the Court. We shal
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