The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-05-12
THE.DEMooRATIo ADDRESS.

by the Democratic Members of Con-
gress," and recommend to our read
ers its careful perusal. The address
was drawn up by Senator Bayard, of
Delaware--who is known as one of
the staunchest as we'll as one of the
brightest Democratic members of the
Congressional body-and was care
fully reviewed and deliberated upon,
and almost unanimously signed by
the entire Democratic and Conserva-
tive representation of both branches
of the National Legislature. It is IN
able document-calma and dignifed
in language. but abounding with
piercing thrusts at the ruinous Radi-
cal legislation of Congress and brist-
ling with barbed arrows of stinging
truth against the selfish and tyrannical
policy of the Administration. It
charges upon the dominant party q
desire to scentralize power in che
hands of the Executive, and that
their reckless and desperate 1egisla-
ton has tended only towards pre-
serving and perpetuating their politi-
cal alascendency. without regard to the
welfare or best interests of the peo-
pie. The glaring Inconsistency and
unreliability of the Radical leaders
are shown up in the most vivid light,
and their odious caucus measures,
which were forced through Congress
under the pains and penalties of
Executive displeasure, are handled
with an unsparing pen.
The unnecessary multiplication of
public oficss-the division of the
spoils applied as test to the distri-
button of the vast Federal patronas g
oppressive taxation to support
Radical electioneering organizations
the discarding of ft and honest
servants to make room for trucking
satraps and plant partys tools, and
the enormous defalcations and wide
spread corruption following as nat
ural consequence this pernicious
system-the stealings of revenue
collectors and government money
handlers-the utter refusal to inaug-
urate those reforms in the financial
and revenue systems which are es-
sential to frugal and healthfulIad-
ministration of the goyerment-th the
languishing of the carrying trade
and marine interests under crushing
load of taxation, and the sinking of
nearly every other business interest
for want of profit to maintain itself
the prostration of the agricultural and
laboring avenues of the country which
are clogged by class legislation and
invidious discrimination-the voting
away of nearly two hundred million
acres of land to giant corruptions and
swindling spectators, who are thus
enabled to exercise q most corrupt
and..dangerous influence over State
and Federal legislation-the confer
ring of despotic powers to the Presi-
dent under pretence of enforcing the
constitutional amendments, whereby
the sacred rights of the States are
ignored or totally oyerthrown, the
habeas corpus suspended, the courts
and statutes of commemorative set
aside and the people and property
left to the merciless mercy of armed
yandals and brainless and conscience
less tools who know no law but force
and no will bit that of their Presi-
dental master, are all animadverted
upon In the most forcible terms and
pointed out in the clearest possible
language, while their appeal to the
reason and common sense of the
people to join common issue with
the Democratic and Conservative
party OF the country in an attempt
to check the downward course of our
government under those iniquitous
burdens and to restore the States to
their rights and dignities under the
Federal Constitution, is SO reasona-
bly, worded and SO earnestly express
ed as to command the respect even
of those who might never heed its
warnings or hearken to its reasonable
and just conclusions.
In fact it is document eminently
worthy of its distinguished source,
and one which the people of the
country will feel better for having
seen and perused. Let the Democ-
racy see to it that this address is
scattered broadcast throughout the.
land, and that it may find its way
into every household in the country,
30 that the people may descry the
perils which threaten them and be
impelIed to rush to their own aid
and their country's salvation.
VIM. Mcbride, sen., of Peoria, this
county, veteran and lifelong Demo.