The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-04-26
Our Ncighbor Fnlan.inates-

Eloquent "hitalutin." OCCASIONALLY,
Quakerlike, as the spirit moves him,
he raises his voice to a high key of
marshal earnestne<s,& and shouts
through his "suoot" in nasal tones
a monotonous exhortatlolr Tor his
'brutllering" in the faith to "klndle
the Democratic watch-fires and
marshal the Democratic klans."
Then he soothes down until some
other inspiration kindles q flame OF
Sophmorcan uttenbleless upon the
altar of his Democratic heart, and
then elevating his facial handle
skyward, a flow ofadjectivescrowd
from his lips like froth from the
oriice OF a beer keg. Last week
our leighbor INDUCED in one of his
most exstatic flights of periodic in-
spiration. His utterableness seems
to have been over full, and his high
sounding adjectiyes fairly piled
over, under and through each other
in their frantic efforts to get out.
The text which calls forth this ef
f.sive word-spi;ling, is an iltcrog-
atory taken from All editorial in a
recent number of the REGISTER, to
wit: elias the Republican party
changed principles 2" "No sir )"
comes gurgling through the
"snoot horn" of om neishbor, "it's
the same lying, cheating, deceptive,
galvanized, pef.lurel, false, delusive,
tricking, plundering, pillagilg, op-
pressive, SwiMlIing, molarchial, and
tyranical party to-day, that it was
when it started into the war with
lies in its mouth and deception in
its heart" Here our neighbor
chokcd, either on two words getting
crosswise III the northeast corner of
his palate, because he lad exhaust
ed his supply Of wind, or because
the monstrous depravity which
prompted the utterance of such a
slander, sent tlnge of emorse to
his conscience. We don't know
which it was, but most concernedly
hope that the pause there was in-
duced by the last cause. What
will the "possums" think ofhim if
he continues to talk so? grmbuIl
and Scllurz and the rest of the "pos
sums" are Radicals still, in princi-
pie, having changed only in their
feelings towards Grant How can
our neighbor and the Dcmoc-
racy generally, coalesce with these
men, who have done so much to
develop Republican principles, and
who still adhere to the cardinal
principles, if what our neighbor
charges in the above is true? If
the Republican party "started into
the war with a lie in its mouth and |
deception in its leart," all of these
'possums" were there, and have
been with the la4ty ever since, ulr-
i'll quite recently, assisting in devel-
oping that lie. The propensity ofour
neighbor to string words together
has lead him into a great error, as
the clustering wind he 50 earnestly
putfs reaches ilicnds as well as foes.
Farther down in his article he asks,
"Can 4 lion change his skin or the
Leopard his spots?" We do not
know Of az y animal or thing that
can surpass the Democratic par
ty irf.lh suddemess and variety Of
its changes. 1t can adapt itself to
any position on very short notice,
and with the greatest ease, and as
surance. No, the Republican party
cautot change its political cuticle,
nor its principles which "spot" it
with honesty, wisdom and human
ity without losing its identity but
the identity Of the Democracy is
known only as it continues to
change. s'sJ9i f,jtt yI
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The e,,,IoifpA owner Of the Jeff.