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

a ABEiUrIFULPOLsTICAL SER.
MON.

From the salutatory editorial in the
in the Chicago Democrat-a new pa
per of remarkable vigor and ability
we extract the following eloquent and
beautiful Democratic Sermon:
1t has been truthfully said that
Deeds are better than words; aud
yet it may not be denied that brave
and truthful words are at the real
progenitors of nll that is the best and
most endurablc in the annals Of the
race.
With this thought in view we re-
quest your attention to a brief resume
of the political situation, promising
our remarks with assertion that we
have never permitted ourselves to
doubt but that humanity, planted in
New World and guarded from the
Old by the kindly offices OF the broad
Atlantic. would be able to perpetuate
the blessings which it has actualized,
in the form OF free civil institutions.
The four years of woe which we
had neither the wisdom nor the pat
riotism To avoid. could not pass with
out leaving rs legacy of civil all
ments whose simple enumeration
would snffice to awe the most impu-
dent political quack.
| Burdened with debt so vast that
its magnitude is beyond the ken of
human reason, and infinitely worse
afflicted by the mighty army of otiici-
ais which n false system of taxation
has made necessary, our nation to-
day almost furnishes a parallel for
| the fate of tho semi-historic Samson
and the mythical Prometheus. Like
Samson we have been shorn and made
blind; and like Prometheus we have
been bound, and the accretions OF
our daily labor taken from US by
painful and humiliating processes.
Eager, alert, intelligent. and in
dustrious, and enjoying the richest
opportunities which providence ever
gave to man, in any age or cline, we
ought now in spite of the events oi
the last decade, to be rather embar.
rassed with our wealth than pinched
by our po-erty. Our load, IL wisely
distributed, and economically and
honestly collected, should not forbid
an abundant prosperity. Yet, what
are the facts, looking Mt this question
in the pure light of truth. 1t is moi
necessary that we dwell on those ex.
tremely disagreeable particulars
which from the tissue of the daily
life so large proportion of our peo
pie. Suffice it to say that we neither
touch or taste anything which doe
not bear an cnchanced value which
is ont of proportion with the advance
of incomes derived from honest toll
Onthe other hand speculations thrive
and vast coalitions against the peace
and ll-being of society are openly
organized, and put in successful op
Grafton.
True, in our great State we have
made notable political advance b,
framing and adopting q constitution
which is full of Safeguards to prope
legislation; yet in every other quar-
ter the sky is overcast; and the qnes
ton presses,-ssis there no remedy?
The great questions to which, as
: nation, we must furnish solution, W
range in the order of relative impor
, tance, as follows:-The conditions O
.. enfranchisemcnt-the disposal of th
public domain-the best methods an,
elements of education--thc relation
, of labor to eapital-taxation-trad
--public improvem The civil ser
!. vice-and, finally, the Nationa
debt.
To consideration of all thes
questions we shall, from time to time
!. as we have space and leisure, Civ
: careful and earnest thought. neve
! forgetting, however. that tho first o.
fee of geneal newspaper is to kee
abreast of the events of the immediat
present.
!. Starting out with good will to oil
including even our political opp;
!; nents, we intend to encourage hume
!. which is not poisoned with malice
and to keep our paper SO free frol
!. prurient thought that on mother nee
! hesitate to give the Chicago Democrl
: to her daughter
s a prescription was sent to the ell
{ drug store in Dayton, the writer haviu
added pos 'ript for the guidaasc 80
- k,e druppi n that it was intended e