The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-05-13
SATURDAY, MAY Is, 1871

@.A0 A<~uhOSAAt1S 10 tHS -Ne'~
intents and purposes now that it has been
at anytime during the past ten years 1t
has ssgone back" on no resolution OF ITS
platform; it has not blotted out one word
of its creed. 1t still holds to the old
profession of faith. 1t still pronounces
the war for the preservation ofthe tlnion
as atrocious and without success, and
holds that any reconstruction of it, under
dictation Of the conquerors, as "uncon-
stitutionai. and without binding force.
II champions tho rebel now in the ku
Klux Khan as it formerly did in the
Confederate army, and still maligns and
abuses the Union in the persons of Union
men in the South. 1t gives evidence of
the old spirit Of slavery in its reiterated
contempt and hate of the celored voters
of the Southern States. Il exhibits its
malignant and burning hate for the blood
shed in preserving the Union, in its
eagerness to repudiate the national debt.
Sec what terrible results would follow
the accession of Democracy to power.
Just imagine for moplent the pro-slas-
<ery party Of 1860, the copperhcad party
of the war, and the anti-reconstructio
party of to day, in full control at Wash
ington Attentiyely study the Thirteenth
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
to tho Constitution, and find at the close
Of each that upon Congress develops the
duty of their enforcement by appro-
pirate legislation,p and then answer the
question for yourself, "what would a
Democratic Congress do towards enforc-
ing either of them 20 Would not requests
from Southern Union men and from
Southern eolored men for aappropTiate
legislation be answered only with scorn
and derisioh Did not the Democracy of
the present Congress defend and fight
with all their power any legislation look
ing to the suppression of the Ku-Klux
Klan? Have they not in the past aud
do they not stand pledged for the future
to oppose Reconstruction, and all meas
ures made necessary by the succession
of outrages and treason in portions of
the South The Democratic party of to-
day stands helplcssly committed to
Southern anti reconstruction tsrights."
1t cannot change its principles, for a
change of principles would necessitate
disbandment Of party-utter and ire.
trieyable ruin. Ii is the identical party
that but yesterday strove to.destroy this
Government With the same organiza>
ton, principles, affiliations, leaders
without the abatement of one jot or title
of the spirit that actuated it then, to day
it still hopefully struggles for power. 1t
has not made one single concession; it
offers not single pledge; it obliterates
nothing of its past record, but glories in
what it has done, and boasts of what it
viii yet succeed in doing.
In view of all these facts, does it not
become all good and true Union men to
join heart and hand and once more
sweep back into obscurity this party Of
anarchy and disunion? Sink all minor
issues, and let the great question of the
preservation of the Government swallow
mp and bury out of sight all other
questions. Everytrue Union man, every
genuine Republican, will do all in his
power to preserve unity, rebuke divisions
and aid in making and keeping the party
platform broad and wide enough for all
patriots 10 stand upcn, shoulder to-
saouader. The present is an exceedingly
critical period for the Republican party.
The next Presidential contest is just far
enough off to make us forgctfu1 Of the
necessity Of union, and to overlook the
dangers to be apprehended from the
distracting appeals of Presidential
seheners and plotters. It isthe bounden
duty, then, Of every Union man, of
every Republican, Of every true citizen.
% enter earnestly and heartily into the
work that Is before him-a work of graf.
Hude and love-the work of keeping In
BeWeS the party that has kept the Gov
sxument intact, that has crushed treason,
snat has kept Ill its promises and pledges
20 the people, and that still carries the
Old Flag at its head, proudly floating on
the breeze, without the erasure of ono
ssar. fIoa its azure feld, or one stripe
&nm its folds
The Louisville Courier Journal, de
eidediy the-ablest paper published in th,
soash, has, for long time, been disgust
ID Win the Democratic stand on th