The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-06-28
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lacy, cannot be a source of very
great comfort TO the members ofthat
persuasion now. While they are
lauding the wisdom and virtue and
yagac;ty Of tie Philosopher, it
might enl.arc their ecstasy in these
directions, by readirg tie following
extracts from his graphic lcns Illus
tratiyc of their intelligence andvlr-
tie;
"Point wherever you please 70
an election district which yon will
pronounce morally rotten-given
up in great part 10 dehancheTy ana
yieo-whose voters slbsist mainly
by keeping policy-oflices, gambling
hoasps, grog-shops, aud darker dens rs
of intamy-ald tlat district Will
he tund giving large majority
lor tl.at which styles itself the
Democratic party.
What is the instinct, the sympathet-
ie chord which attaches them so
uniformly to that party?"
From the Tribune, January !, 1861
The World recently gave a
graphic account Of the dens ard
denizeus which give character to
the Five Points ard other" slums"
of our city-a class perhaps lower
in the scale of being than can be
found in any heathen city on earth.
| We thcreupon asked Or coltcmpor-
airy 10 stale frankly whether the
pugilsts, blacklegs, thieves, burg
lars, keepcrsof lens OF prostitution,
etc, etc who make up SO large a
share Of our city's Inhabitants,
were rot almost unanimously Demo-
Gratis?
from the Tribune, january !, 1851
For tie last thirty years every
American STAKEHOLDER on the .Afri-
can coast has accounted himself in
politics a Democrat. 20 every one
who chooses to ike by pugilism, or
gambling, or harlotry, with nearly
every keeper of a tippling-house, is
politically Democrat. He be-
ljeves il "LtisScz ,tajre that
"the world is governed too much "
that I" the best government is
tlat which governs least" lie
wants +" his trade to move without
restriction" Hejoyfully sabscribes
to the World, and echoes its cry,
"I.ct the people cat, drink and
! amusc themselves as they see ft, so
long as they do not infringe on the
same liberty in others" A purely
selfish interest attaches the lewd,
rufianly, criminal and dangerous
classes to the Democratic party by
I the instinct OF selfpreseryation, the
preservation Of their right to make
gain Of others degradation.
From the Tribune, October II. 1861
Ii there were not a newspaper
nor common school in the eoun-
try, the Democratic party would
be far stronger than it is. Neither
elementary instruction nor knowl-
edge of transpiring events is ncccs-
sary to teach the essential articles
of the Democratic creed : "Love
rum and hate niggers." The less
one learns and knows, the more
certain he is to "vote the regular
ticket from a to lizard" +"
But Republicanism rests on a
radically different basis, and is sus-
tained by wholly diverse considera-
tions. 1t lives by Intelligence; it
dies in the murky, sitting atmos-
phere of ignorance, Canvass al
most any township in the land, and
distinguish those who take from
those who fail to take newspaper,
and you will find that two-thirds
of those who take vote Republican,
while, thce-fourths of those who
read nothing but a chance newspa-
per picked up for a few moments in
a bar-room vote the Democratic
ticket, and will not be persuaded
10 touch any other.
from the Tribune, October 25, 1861
70 smoke is o Democratic virtue;
to chew is that virtue intensified !;
to drink rum=is that virtue in the
superlative.
| From the Tribune, October 30, ls67.l
This would amount to six in a
bed, exclusive Of any other yermin,
for every Democratic couch in the
State OF New York, including those
OF Sing Sing and Auburn.
From the Tribune, December 10, 1851
If the Democracy has concocted
or borrowed an interference
theory" which justifes such med
ding, it is a worse theory than even
we lad supposed. Ill do know
that there are several hundred thou
sand mulattoes in this country, and
we presume no one has any serious
doubt that the fathers Of at least
nine-tenths of them are white