The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-05-21
An Anti-AIbany Party Letter.
We copy the following letter, with t

We copy the following letter, with the
editorial comments thereon, from the
Portland Commercial of the 18th +:
The letter copied below was enclosed
to US for publication by Mr. James NJ.
Johns, of Scio, Linn county, whom we
personally know to be am active party
man, and also one of the most influential
gentlemen In that strong Democratic
county. Here is his letter:
scIo, May 9th, 1870.
Editor COMMERCIAL 1t has been
long time since | sent you anything for
publication, but as | have been carefully
scanning the political field I am some
what amused to see the lodges made by
political aspirants and their friends. For
instance, when the Albany Convention
met, the Democrats of our part of the
State in 's Old Linn we're almost unan-
ilnously in favor of Reputation, and ex-
pected to incorporate plank Of that kind
IN their platform but the " Bloated
Bondholdlng Democrats said e nay you
will defea. the party; you must change
the 9th resolution you may couch it in
language to mean anything or nothing
but we who expect to be nominated must
have q platform as near like one the Re
publicans will make as possible, because
we are not half so much interested in the
bond question as we are in securing our
own election" Now, take the position
that the masS of the Democratic party
are in favor of Reputation, but we have
bondholders and aristocrats in the Dem
ocratic, as we'll as in the Republican par
ty. and that class of men generally man
age (whether by free use of their cupons
or not, | don't know to get nominated
for the most important offices, and, when
elected, work in harmony with the
:" Bloated Bondholder" of the Republican
party that we hear SO much about. Now
L take this position, and the masses OF
the Democratic party will hold me out in
1t: that whenever you take the Repudi-
alton question out OF the party, the non
boudholdlng classes of the Democracy
have nothing to contend for, yet, part of
the Democratic press of the State are
contending and trying to prove that the
Democracy are in favor of paying the
bonded debt of the United States. Tie
Albany Democrat says (and what it says
is copied in the Press at Salem,) that
every man of intelligence knows that the
bond question cuts but an insignificant
figure in the political campaign -and
just as surely as the people OF this State
become imbued with the idea that Repu-
diation is an issue, just as surely will the
Democracy be defeated in the coming
June election" If the above is true, |
pity the intelligence of the Democratic
party. AS to becoming imbued with the
above idea, they know that to take that
principle out of the party there would
not be enough left to sit as judges of ell
ection, outside of the bondholders. These
things being true (and defy successful
contradiction the only question for the
people to decide in the comm. election
is: Whether we will put few thousand
dollars into the hands of men calling
themselves Democrats, or give it to Re
publicans?
As we must give our money to one or
the other, the questions are: Who will
do the most for the interests of Oregon 2
Which party will build our railroads
dig our canals ? bring population to our
State settle and improve our lands and
develop the resources of our young State?
[ f the Republican party can and will do.
these things, then we, as sensible men,
will support that party, and if the Demo
cratic party, then support that. Sensible |
men can redilv determine which party
they will support. Yours, truly,
JAMES NJ. JOHNS.