The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-09-02
SENATOR WILLIAMS.

From an editorial in the B,.lletia of
last Tuesday, we make the following
extract:
'' The prac.ic Il proofs of the ability and indu-
once Of Senator Williams TO accomp ish u & eat
deal for our State are manifested in every section,
and he has, by his application TO duty and his ex:
trnordinary Services in behalf of the interests of
this people, eaa 10 kiasself the good efshes osd
support of a goodiy pasbsr Of Democrats rho seitt
use ereyy proper effort re-eieef him to the place
he has so very asefnlly flled.''
The italics are ours. 1t certainly
requires no very extraordinary amount
of talent to make positive assertions
upon any subject, but the proof of the
truth of such assertions go to make
up the strentgh of the augment en-
bodied in them. It is very easy for
Mr.. O'Meara to positively assert that
Williams 's has the support of good
IL number of Democrats" in his aspi-
ratson for reelection to the United
States Senate. but he will pardon us
If we ask some more tangible proof of
the truth of his statement. Will he
be 50 kind as to name some of that
goodly number of Democrats p
Will he give US the name of single
Democrat of any political influence in
the State who favors the reelection of
Senator Williams? In the same article
from which we clip the extract quoted
above, the editor of the Bulletin I'M
dertakes to read the Democratic press
of Oregon a lecture upon the unfair
ness of opposing his stunning argu-
ments" with groundless denials and
personal abuse; and now consistency
would demand that he should not fall
into the same error but should be
willing to give the proofs of his sage
arguments when they are demanded.
We do not believe that the Bulletin,
or any ether Republican paper in Or
gon, can name one Democrat of anv
political prom .nence whatever who IA
vors the reelection of Williams but
If there Is one We venture the asser-
ton land will undertake to back it up
with tangible proof that he is actuated
ny the same motive power which induced
the editor of the Bulletin to desert his
former political friends and ally him.
self with those who have been his
most persistent and bitter maligners
for the past ten years.
There are other issues besides rail.
roads in which the people of Oregon
are interested !; and while we believe
that q Democrat will be able to ad
vance the internal concerns of ou]
State In the Senate fully as well Mr.
Williams can do, We are also convinced
that upon National principles he vii
represent the majority of our peopl,
more fully than ever that prince o
demagogues has seen fit to do. NJ
Democratic member of the next Leg
islature will forget the career of Sena
tor Williams for the past six years
nor how he assisted in the odious leg
islation which has characterized ths
Congress of the United States during
his term Here are some facts which
our Legislators viii remember whe,
voting for g. S. Senator: During til,
time that Williams has been in th,
Senate (of which the Bulletin insists h,
was one of the most active and infiu
ential members) the expenses of th,
Federal Government have equalled th,
entire expenditures from the forma
ton of the Government down to 1850
The expenses of the Federal Govern
ment during the last fiscal year ex
ceeded the expenses for the last yea
of Democratic Administration by tw,
hundred and twenty millions of dol
lars in round numbers And the ap
preparations made by Congress for th
next fiscal year by more than six mil
lions of dollars. The army and nav,
appropriation bill alone, for the mex
year, amounts to nearly fifty million
Of dollars; while at the same tim
our navy is utterly useless and tn
army is only used to carry election
for the Radicals in the souther
States. All OF these extreyagan
measures, as well as the odious pro
tective tariff and the obnoxious negr
amendments to the Constitution, hav
bad Mr.. Williams for their most DE,
sistentehampion and some of them wer
eminently his own pet measures. A
every Democrat who would be likel
to have any influences in the pendin
election for u. S. Senator is perfect
cognizant of this state of facts, it
hardly possible that any one of thel
could be found favoring Mr.. William
for that position. Indeed the fgl
was made on principle for U S. Sena
tor at the june election, as much q
for any other Office, and no Democrs