The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-02-09

entitled to, not to interfere under any
circumstances with the lands of bona
tide settlers.
The people, at first seemingly a lit.
tie inundated in relation to the mat
ter, and accepting a true the false
representations Of these lying dema.
gogues, who, under %pretentions Of
friendship to the people, but who are
in reality their worst enemies, at
tempted to mislead them, have since
discovered the virtues of the bill and
now regard it as a wise and judicious
enactment. So we SEQ at once tina,
the RAIDS will have to look and wait
for some other theme upon which to
deceive the people, for evidently the
Swamp Land Bill has gone back on
them.
Now and then n star of dim magni'
tube makes its appearance in opposi
ton to the Litigaut Law, passed at
the last session of Legislature, which
they also denounce as q grand swim
die. How amusing it is to hear RAIDS
talking OF honesty; it is like the Devil
rebuking sin. 1t has always been
a custom for the dominant party to
distribute the public patronage among
its own members. This is q prece,
dent established in the earlier and
better days of the Republic, and
strictly adhered to by all parties.
In their dying agonies they will
catch at n straw in order to make q
point. Our State officials arc attacked
and denounced front every stand
point by them, but all to no avail
Gov. Grover seems TO be an especial
object upon whom to ven their spite
This of course is gratifying to tho
Governor, for well he knows that il
he met the approval of men who Ell
dorse the Fifteenth Amendment, the
Ku-Klux Bill, and the other
unconstitutional usurpations of the
Republican party, that Domocrat'
would regard him with some degree
of suspicion.
The last topic upon which they
have lit, and which is talked of seri
ously among them. is the expulsion o
Senator Fay, for the crime of seduc
ton. This, l believe, emenatcd from
the brain of the Sage of ioncolla,'
whose object is TO vent personal NAL
ice against Fay. They Halter them
selves that some Democrats would be
induced to vote to expcl Fay on nc
count of the persistent and u~ncalled
for attacks made 10y the Jacksonville
Times against Senator Kelley, Repre-
sentative Slater, Governor Grover
Ex-Governor Whiteaker. aud in fac,
other leading Democrats of Oregon
who happen to incur the displcasurt
of that sheet. And even in this mat
ter of expclling Fay, the RAIDS are in 4
quandary, for fear that in case they
should make Il failure they would en-.
list his opposition for all time to come,
and just now they imagine he is doing
them more good than harm. No
Democrat would be justifiable in vot-
ing TO expcl Fay on the mc.c charge
of seduction. 10 matter how many
chronological examinations the Sage
of Yoncolla" may have held over
Hannah Rails child; besides, personal
motives should never actuate men in
voting OH matters of this kind. Ev-
cry true Democrat regrets the course
of Senator Fay, but it should be re-
meunbered that the ones whom with
out cause or reason he continues TO
a@ssail, he cannot %iniurc. They arc too
well and favorably known by the peo-
pie of Oregon to be in any wise in.
jured by anything which the Jackson
vile Tins may utter against them.
If the vote on joint ballot should
be anything near equal, in the ap.
preaching Senatorial contest, the eff
fort to expel Fay will be attempted.
But it is a contamination "devoutly to
be wished" and can reasonably be ex.
pected that on the first Monday OF
next June the corrupt and filthy car
cas- of Black Republicanism of Ore
gon will be lowered into the silent
vault, never to be resurrected.
Respectfully, EsTo.