The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-07-08
Ghe Albann gsgisfer.
The Real Issue.

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The Mobile Register, which, after
.fercely unfolding human slavery as the
corner stoEse cN tree institutions, and
struggling to the last TO overthrow .
mild and equab1s government which
promised to curtnil q the Territories ~
the United States the precious right Of
the Southern gentlemhn Of selling At the
auction-b block the m&ther Of his scolored
children, with her ofsp pying--whichsxsf
lished system that waAS the degradatiop
of slave and Shareholder together, and
the foul stencil and dieAgrace Of the
American name-which Tvs utterly
foiled in its hope of destroyinet she Con-
stitution and government Of tho republic
of the United States, to rear upon ito
ruins an empire Of slavcry-uow begs Its
Democratic friends and allies not to. q
pose the .rwonderfr1 institstion" known
as Tammany, but to turn all their guns
ION the Jacob;n tyrant who sits enthrou-
ed at Washington, to the terror Of nh
patriots, and to the peril of free govern
ment." This is its description of the
modest and honest soldier who finally
frustrated the plans of the Mobile Reggie
fer and its fellow rebels, and who, BY thu
will Of the loyal and intelligent friends ef
the Union and of equal hberty-who are
great majority Of the American people.
lis to-day in very truth, and to the JOY
of every honest believer in equal rights
"the terror" of such patriots rs the
Mobile Register, and ethe peril" Of tho
freedom Of the Ku-KIux, the Mobile
Registers friends.
The precise feeling of the Southern
element Of their party, upon which tho
Democratic leaders rely for success is
shown in the ardent appeals Of the
Register for harmony. Its one fond re-
membrance is the rebellion. Its one
passionate hope is the destruction Of tho
results of the Union victory. All its
illustrations spring instiuctively from III
most familiar associations Be friends
Be friends +! it cries to its allies. Don't
undcrratc the powerof Tammany. "Tam-
many is the right bower of the Democrat
ic strength. We fire no shots into Tam-
many while it stands bulwark ofstreneth
an adamantine wall, betwixt the Empire
State and the Jacobin traitor TO the Con-
stitution of his country. What would
have been thought of Lees men firing
5 into Stonewall Jackson's Blucher corpz
!. when it came up TO sweep the gray -coata
: on to victory on the Chickahominy? The
3 Democratic press and politicians would
! do far better to initiate Tammany, thar
E in making war upon this Stonewall wing
T Of the grand Democratic party"
q This is no Insignificant newspaper non
uncertain sound. 1t is the voice oil
what Democratic authority calls athe
: most influential journal now published In
: the State" Americans Republicans
!, it is with the same old rebel cries and
I aims, it is by gladly and proudly identi
il flying itself with TIE lost cause, that the
!. Democratic party enters upon the Presi
!. Dental campaign. We appeal to everJ
i, intelligent man Of every party In ths
# land, what advantage to the peace and
prosperity OF the country can be hoped
+ from its success? The policy of distusk
r ing the settlements is the only policy il
!, proposes. Those who demand il ars
: those who have always dominated ths
. party, who will contcmptuonsly leave u
3 Taulmany and its lackeys the plundel
!, which they desire, and to whom Tamma.
o ny and its lackeys will be absolutely
. subservieEt. "It's voice, = says the World
speaking of the Mobile Rsgisscr, swiil b
: heard and needed in the councils Of the
. conservative men," Certainly It will
1t was precisely the same voice that wa.
heard and needed in the Democratic
!. National Conven ion of 1868, and which
i then,t as now, declared the settlements o
9 the war to be ''revolutionary, unconstitu
= tional and void. ~ Harpev's Weekly.
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