The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-08-16
communicated.

I'D. Albany REISTER:-A man Is
AR,ra BY his company The above
extract Il ollr text for this article.
Horace Greeley has made himself
ridiculous, totally, by frsing with the
Bed Rock Democracy. In vain may
he rail at slavery, secession and rebel
lion: In vain pretend to total absti-
nence. universal freedom and equal
rights. lie is recognized now as the
clanpcon standard bearer ofthe scum
and tailings of the Republican party
and the JEFF Davis wing, or secesh
rebels and copperheads, in the United
States. In this Heterogeneous mass of
incongruous materials may he found
every shade of fallen men, of the worst
type in our Union. 10 suppose that
the ring leaders of the purest Greeley
Brown faction are loyal, or that they
intend to accept the situation" and
abide by il, is HoaseaSe' The spirit of
slavery and rebellion is as strong in
the hearts of the Greeley leaders, as it
was twelve years ago. A total and
tull revolution Of our Government Is
their aim; and they can affect this In
a more popular way, by first obtaining
possession of the o,d Government,
tIlrough the ballot box, when they
would have The army and navy and
the United States treasury at their
command, than to attempt a fevolu-
tion by violence. I refer general
readers to the columns Of the mouth
li,ce ofthe rebel Democracy, PomerUy's
Deao,gd, for years past. And in Ore
gon we have a small fry ofnewspaper
publishers Of the. very same stripe.
Greeley's new quontlam friends eni-
brace nine-tentlls of the whisky ring
and their victims, and nearly every
shade Of intidels. There Is not a
'aritim ChTci III the United States
thatentlorses the Grecley-Brown ticket.
10 istfue that the Nj. Il. Church South,
aud perhaps 4 few others. which threw
their whole influence Oh the side Of the
southern Confttleracy, during the
american Conflict, tlElt will lInriah
for the Greeleytticket. OF course Tam
many, as ia duty hound, will ever
pray, u etc. will 20 the whole hog for
the so calle,l Liberals. France and
England would glory in our downfall,
and the uprising Of the Southern Con-
federacy, as the de f,cto Government
Of the United States. Then would
Co ntedeFlte bonds and treasury notes
ri;e to the surface! Then would the
". +. Church and other loyal churches.
and all bedrock Republicans feel the
whip Of the ''lost cause" Democracy.
The pretended self-abneSatiOn and
loss Of the talismanic word. "Dem0c-
Tacy." which has held such power over
millions tor forty years past In orr
Union, isdiIn rHse, and mere subter-
fuge to catch the unwary. viii two
and a half million Of Democratic vot-
ers 90 over to one-tliird Of a million of
sore head Republicans and be called
LfJaM RcpuNieotS! or would they
not swallow up the sorelleads as soon
as their ends should be accomplished? ?
Very many of the boltrys have been
turned ont Of Office for incompetency
or bad conduct In Office; but they are
uot as thin and starved tor public jdi,
asthe lords and Horsepower gentry,
wlaO have not had the treasury teat ia
their mouths for these twelve years
past. And the scrabble would he so
great for Office, under Uncle Horace,
Il elected, that the more hungry and
lean aspirants wonM. OF course, re-
ceiveall the Offices and spOils of vic
tory, instead Of the sore heads. Chris
tians and all temperance people IN the
United States should ponder well Oh
the ''impending crisis near at hand.
The government of the United States,
or the people upon whose shoulders 1t
rests has never been In as much dan
Cer, since l776y as it IL now Dark
clouds are lowering over o,.r horizon.
| fear that the friends of the Admins
tratiOn and VI freedom, law, religion
and temperance, are not sufficiently
reused up 10 the importance Of tie
victory to be obtained at the ballot
hox IN November. IN the election Of
Grant and Wilson. We must not, by
oir silpineness, suffer The enemies of
our Government and all orderly peo-
pie to triumph over us. They would
conquer to destroy. We would con-
Qiler TO save. peg s4 & rss
why are not Grant and Wilson
clMbs formed all over the United Statess
Why are not precinct and county. city |
eIHl town meetings held everywhere, |
ind able speakers procured torolise mp
'he voters everywhere to zeal and en-
,Tgys The Hatien slambered and
slept from 1853 to 1850. while the
traitors were industriously preparing
to take the life Of the nation. The
aayne wretelles are seheming and plot |
ting the destruction oftlIe Government |
now. And shall we lie at ease? Wake |
up Ofegonlans! Shont the ''battle cry
Of freedom" let Grant and Wilson
he our Watchworl!
AN OLD MAN.