The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-04-05
Record Of she Republican Party.

with pride and congratnlation. The
brightest pages Of political history
fail to chronicle a clearer type Of
official wisdom, virtue and Sagacity,
than is now attestca in imperishable
letters upon the yolumiuous pages
Of Republican history. The pablie
measures and acts Of the Republi-
can party in the interests Of civili-
cation, for the protection and en-
largement of the blessings Of civil
liberty, securing equal rights to
every inhabitant, without regard to
race, color or condition; having
saved the nation from death and
infused into its vitality a more Wig
orous lite, q more perfect union;
having rescued the millions Of
slaves from heartless Democratic
oppression, and given to them equal
rights; having extended the hand
Of Legislative sympathy and encour-
agement to the laborer and the poor,
by opening TO their possession and
ownership the whole area of the
public domain, except q small por-
ton granted to induce the collstruc-
ton of roads; these, and kindred
acts of wisdom and enlightened
craftsmanship, extending from the
development Of the physical inter-
ests of the country and people, to
the intellectual and moral culture
Of the latter, and this, too, in spite
Of the most strenuous and bitter
opposition of the Democratic party
at almost every step, all furnish
Landmarks to which the Republi-
can party can point with pride, and
gather from them fresh inspiration
to impel them to greater achieve
ments.
Think Of the condition OF the
country on the 4th Of March, 1861, 4
when the Republican party, al.
thorized by the voice of the people,
first assumed control of the Halls
Of Congressional Legislation -
Southern States passing their arti-
cles of secession and in open rebel
lion; armed legions gathering like
swarming locusts upon Southern
plains; Washington filled with
traitors and spies; the navy in for
cign seas; the army in small de
tachments in Southern forts or dis
tant stations: the amories empty;
the national treasury bankrupt |
the whole country in commotion
neighbor looking with suspicion
upon neighbor, aud secretly arm
ing-how inauspicious! What
portents OF gloom and irretrievable
disaster were here to unnerve, to |
discourage! But armies were soon
raised, a navy was soon built, the
credit Of the country was soon re-
stored battles were soon fought,
victories won, and confidence and
lasting peace in the end secured.
Toaccomplish these results, the loft
rest courage and ability, as we'll as
the truest patriotism, were evoked.
The history Of modern politics flu
nishes no parallel instance Of such
noble and grand results flowing
from circumstances 20 inauspicious
and discouraging. The Republican
party, not only in its conquest Of
the rebellion, but in all of its re-
construction and other Congrcssion-
al Acts and Resolutions, has ever
aimed to promote the best interests
Of the entire nation, by striving to
render Che condition Of the whole
people freer, happier and more
prosperous, With this object in
view, it liberated the slave; it |
passed an act to protect all persons
in the United States in their civil
rights and to furnish means for
their yindication; it passed the
Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fiji.
teenth Amendments to the Consti- |
tuition; it prohibited the CooIie |
trade; it established the Depart
ment Of Agriculture for the benefit !
Of the farmers Of this nation; it
enacted the Homestead law, by
which every laborer mav havo and |