The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-05-13

THEIR FOURTH PLANK.

We were at loss for some time to |
see the exact point to DO attained by
the Radicals in their terrific howl
against reputation. Had there been
a repudiation plank in the Albany
Platform the problem would have
been of easy solution. But such is
not the case. Then why is it that ev-
CT since tho opening of the campaign
every Radical orator and editor has
been diligently eng ged in manufac-
turing and promulgating the prepos-
ferrous falsehoodp The 4th Resolution
of the Portland Platform furnishes an
answer in these words: "That the
national honor requires the payment
of the public indebtedness in tho ut
most good faith to all creditors at
home or abroad, not only according 10
The letter, bat tte spirit Of Me ta,c under
,chich Il tcas contracted.
Here then, we have, in a single par
agraph, n keynote to the whole pro-
gramme of the Radical campaign -
1t was conceived in duplicity, was born
in mendacity, and is having its being
i'll the slime and corruption of mer-
cenary horde of public plunderers.--
1t is n fitting prelude TO the Infamous
design of corrupt party striving to
maintain its supremacy in so unwor-
thy u manner. BY diverting the at-
tention of the people Of this State
from the letter and spirit of that 4th
resolution, by the specious cry of re-
Ipudiation, the Radicals had hoped to
march on to victory by the assistance
of the votes that could only thus be
obtained from the honest, honorable
and hard-fisted yeoinanry of the State.
BY charging repudiation upon the
Democratic party the Radicals had
hoped to add the name of Oregon to
] the list of States whose voice and vote
would favor the payment of the bond
ell debt IN gold coin OF the United
States, or, III the language of their
18th resolution, according 10 the spir-
it OF the contract. When We reflect
on what the letter of the contract, 10
which that resolution refers was, VIC
are not Mt loss TO determine what is
meant by payment according to the
spirit" When we consider that the
Sth resolution of the Democratic plat
form announces that the bond i debt
should be equitably adjusted, that is,
paid according to the terms of the
contract, which is according TO the
letter, we have another evidence OF
what it is to urge its payment accord
ing to the spirit. When We take into
account that no Democratic platforms
in any State in this Union has cvci
urged repudiation Of any part Of the
national debt, we are forced to con
J clude that TO cover up the design T.
extort United States gold coin in pay.
rnent for the bonded debt, is the rea'
design of the Radical party here il
: Oregon and elsewhere, and that rcpu
diation is but the cry OF "stop thief,
used to throw the people of OF tho
isceEt Of Il dical iniquity. The
trick is too transparent. The hour ha'
, passed when such contemplate expe
, dients can be rcsortcd to with success
, The object to be accomplished is s.
; plain and unmistakable that the way
: faring man, though Z fool, could no
, help to discern it. Therefore we vii
+ adinonish our Radical friends of tn
= evils that beset their paths; OF the al
most inevitable destruction that such
I course of conduct will bring upol
q their heads, and urge upon them t
{ forsake their serpentine ways and wal
in the uprightness OF their manhoo'
| in the future.