The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-11-05


tions of the treaty of Prague, relative to
North Schleswig, hence the Kiug, in his
last speech, was enabled to refer to the
future with confidence.
LONDON, Oct. 31.-The persecution
of Christians has been revived in Damas-
Gus, and so great is the irritation of the
natives against them that a general mas
sacre is feared.
Late advices from China state that the
Christian missionaries whose lives were
threatened at Fungehow have been res
cued.
A year ago the Democrats of Clncin-
natl fused with the disaffected Republi-
cans. and made a half and half ticket
| which was elected by nearly two thous-
and majority Soon after the election
the party hacks raised howl and sw re I
they could have been successful with +
straight party ticket. This fall they had /
ticket which was straight enough to
suit them, and it was defeated by more
than two thousand majority. All OF
which shows that tho people would
rather not take their Democracy straight
And the more it is diluted the better
they like it.
When San Francisco gave Governor
| Haight immense ma jority the pohti-
clans were astonished. Such a change
was unaccountable. A change as remark
able has come over Luzern county (Pa.)
which, like Berks, has heretofore been
regarded as one OF the staunchest OF Dem
ocratic counties-good for at least 1000
majority In 1866 Clymer (Dem.) had
3 ,654 over Geary Rep }; in 1868 Seymore
had $3.50 over Grant. This year Lu-
zcrne turns a complete somersault. l..
d. Shoemaker (Rep.) is elected to Con-
gress by 594 majority, aud George w.
Woodard; the present Democratic mem
Der of fCongress-and by the way the
ablest member of the minority IN the
Lower Iouse-is defeated for County
E J udge, which position he preferred to
/ re election to Congress, by majority
Of 2,252. "a There is many slip 'twixt
the cup and the lip in politics as well
as in love.
, THE STATE OF THE SourH -Amid
/ half the petty squabbles of politicians, and
I all the angry rccriminatlons of partisan
: zealots, the true lover Of America and
, institutions has one abiding comfort-the
country is undoubtedly progressing, ad-
ding t, its wealth and its industry day
by day. In an especial manner is this the
case with the Southern States, concern
n ing which we have heard so many gloomy
\ predictions. notwithstanding the bitter
!. ness with which the battle Of .'reconstI uc-
o ton was fought out; Notwithstanding
the atrocity of Kukluxism, the ex>Con-
: iederate States are again becoming pros
O porous v know how confidently it was
e asserted by political economists of seces-
!. sion tendencies that to destroy the '.pecul-
Il.
4 was to fling the South back into barbar-
J. ism and to reduce the country to a howl
:. ing wilderness. The slaves, it was
maintained, once they were set free would
h not work; the whites, owing to the eli
mate, could not work and were too few
in number to keep up the area of cultiva-
. ton even if they could SO, between the
,. two parties, the relapse of the Southern
:. States into the condition of u barren
proftless desert was conclu-ively proved
,c to be completely inevitable. There is n1
q assumption so monstrous that at leas!
a some arguments may not be brought for
De ward to support it; and, accordingly y
there were not wanting plenty of saplen
a writer's who undertook to support this
10 absurd notion wi assertions which were
e in their eyes at least, confirmation strong
q as proofs of Holy Writ" The American
public was bcsought to examine the stat,
N of things prevailing III certain OF th'
of West Indian Islands where slavery Wal
H. abolished, and contrast 1T with tha
an known to exist when servie labor VA
N employed. aud then decide whether II Wa
,f not more than likely that the Southern
J.. States would undergo the som s;artlia;
5 change for the worse. Ihe aiarmists for
l. got, in their great anxiety TO make on
he their case. that there was little or II
lx similarity between the two countries O
tx their respective populations, and tha
r.. the only common feature in their condl
lv ton was the existence of slavery. An
nj one in the least acquainted with til
,al genius of the American people woul
4 feel convinced that they were not til
Sc. men to let civilization slip out OF the
70 grasp, or progress aGd enlightenment
m leave them in the rear. Low mercilessl
ir. and thoroughly the l9gic of events h;
ais confounded the vaticsnations of the pi,
90 slavery prophets ! Little more than iiv
of years have elapsed since one of the grea
err est that ever scourged humanit
~. ceased to spread ruin and havoc over tn
is fields of the sunny South only hv
years have flown by since slavery wa
ly forever extinguished, and yet the countr
,at to-day is as rich and prosperous a
ce at any time subsequent to its first settl,
ment by the white man The despise
at s'niggers" labor long and well withot
bv the sweet stimulant of Leyrce's lasf
and the cotton fe DIS an quite as fruiif,
IN and as extensive as Of yore, 'only MOI
IT. So az poor Artemus Ward would sa,
,rs because oficlai figures prove beyond th
on shadow of doubt, that the cotton Gro
nj of the present year is one of unpreceden
tv. ed magnitude. 1t is also commandln
~ a good price, and will probably cottnu
to do SO. If violent and unprineiple
h. men did not wilfully throw obstacles i
mt the way of the restoration of peace an
Ia confidence, the future of the lately wa
A. ravaged States would be the brightc
nd and most promising in the world.