The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-12-16
d Dcx,aocracy, .syenera6Ia. EEolaorcN
G01sassAcs. Parental.

i'll wears, honorcu III traditloh, coln-
pact in organization and parental III
existence" Old father Democracy
is indeed venerable. There was
e time, long, long ago, when he
was young and vigorous, and strong;
but he departed from the faith OF
his fathers he wasted his strength
and substance in riotous living; he
oppressed the weak he trod upon
the necks Of the poor; he sowed
the seeds Of discord among breth-
rem; he she'd the blood Of the inno-
cent, like. mighty rivers, in order to
increase his power to oppress the
helpless; lie struck at the life of
the nation, which had nourished
him. and to whom he owed his very
lie and all of his prosperity; in
this act of madness he loaded the
ration with debt infirmities, and
caused Rachels to mourn for their
children because they were not, and
the tears OF the widows and the
orphan to be she'd in torrents over
the graves of husbands and fathers.
slain to appease his thirst for hui
man bondage. These profigacies
and crimes. caused Democracy to
grow prematurely old. His locks
are white, now; his forehead aud
cheeks are corrugated with wrinkles;
his eyes are nearly useless his
limbs are lank and tleshless, and he
totters OH cane as lie walks
memory seems to be almost gone,
and his mind is very feeble and
he "pipes i'll childish trebles." lie
is, indeed, a mere wreck of his for
,ner self-verc ssvenerable"-vely
inbecile- e-incoherent III his toothless
1numblings, and hardly accountable
for his numerous departures SO
nearly is he like dead man.
But this Democratic journal says
that Democracy is "honored in ira
dition,' as well as venerable in
years. Yes, tradition tells us, that
away back in the early history of
Democracy, he was innocent of any
evil intention, though he might
have erred in judgment; but evil
influences and councils caused him
to depart from original purity and
fall into the grievous sins and crimes
which we have indicated. Tradi-
tional honor is better than no hon.
or at all; but how much better it
would be to old father Democracy,
if now, in his old age, he could
look back over life of consistent
devotion to freedom and truth, and
feel that the great heart Of humani-
ty delights to rise up and do him
reverence now. But this can never
be. Tradition says that in his
infancy, he was youth of good
parts-his youthful intentions were
good-but in subsequent years, he
sowed many wild oats, many tares,
and now, in his old age, he must
reap the crop of dishonor and neg
lect which such sowing has produc-
ed.
But this journal says that Democ-
racy is compact in organization"
ar well as sshonored in tradition"
etc. Well, Democracy's organlza-
ton was compact enough, until
about 1856; there the sins of his
earlier years began to tell on his
Compact organization" Lie was
a unit up. to then, pretty near !;
but here he began to lose flesh and
strength. His Organization" has
never been sound since. He has
gone down, down, until now he is
loose jointed, and a mere wreck of
his former "compactness." ;" He has
been afflicted with the "new depart
ure'' desease worse than ever. The
old fellow has been almost disjoint-
ed and quartered by it. 1t has
made him fretful and peevish, and
he GALES names and cusses some
times, and makes accusations which
he cannot prove. O, he is not.
compact any more.
But this journal says that Dem
oeraey is ssparental in existence.',