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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-01-19
:. NO TAXES FOR FARMERS. !,

i
Statements are frequently seen go-
ling the rounds of the Radical press
to the effect that farmers have no
taxes TO pay or account of the in
crensed expenses of the national gov
ernment. Let us see If there are
mo taxes for farmers to pay" No
farmer can consume peck Of corn
meal unless it is made from corn
raised on taxed land, plowed by a
taxed plow, drawn by taxed gears;-
unless it was hoed with taxed hoe,
cultivated with taxed implements,
gathered in taxed wagon, drawn
with taxed horses, thrown in taxed
CRIB, sheHed on taxed machine,
| measured in q taxed measure, taken
in taxed sack and ground in tag
ed mill, sieyed witE o taxed sieve,
mixed in taxed pan, stirred with q
taxed spoon, saIted with taxed salt,
put into taxed bake-pan, baked in q
taxed stove. laid on taxed plate, cut
with q taxed knife, and lastly, eaten
by q pretty heavily taxed farmer.
"No taxes for farmers" is very
silly assumption for Radical papers
to make when every farmer knows to
his sorrow that tax enters in at every
door of his dwelling; it stares him
in the face when he sits down to his
meal, it finds a place at his freside;
it is omnipresent; it never leaves him
in the outgoings and incomiDgs, and
tax is impressed upon everything
which conduces to his comfort or IS
necessary to his being. Taxation is
the Demon which Radical misrule
has let loose upon the country to
pursue TIE farmer and everybody
else Except bondholders) with re-
lenting, merciless power, and from
which there is no escape, except in a
change of policy which will secure a
more economical administration of
public affairs. The only remedy for
the farmer, the laborer, the mechan-
ic and professional man is a change
in the administration of this govern
ment. Farmers, vote for a change
and thus relieve yourselves of the
great weight that oppresses you.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-01-19

EXPANDING THE LUNGs.--Step in.
to the purest air you you can find
stand perfectly erect, with head and
shoulders back, then fixing the lips as
if you were going to whistle, draw
the air through the lips into the lungs.
When the chest is about halt full,
gradually raise the arms, keeping
them extended, with the palms of the
hands down, as you suck in the air, so
as to bring them over the head just as
the lungs are quite full. Then drop
the thumbs inward, and after forcing
the arms backward and the chest
open, reverse the same process by
which you draw your breath, until
the lungs are empty. This process
should be repeated Immediately after
bathing, and several times during the
day. 4 is impossible to describe to
one who has never tried it, the glori-
Gus sense of vigor which follows this
exercise Home and Health.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-01-19
A BEAUTIFUL ALLEGORY,

A traveller who spent some time in
Turkey, relates the following beauti-
full parable:
Every man has two angels-one
on his right shoulder and one on his
left. When he does anything good.
the angel on his right shoulder writes
it down and seals it, because what
has been done is done forever
When he does anything evil, the an
gel on his left shoulder writes it down
and waits till midnight. If before
that time the man bows his head and
exclaims, Gracious Allahl / have
sinned-forgive mel the angel rubs
out the record; but if not, at mid
night he seals it, and the angel on
the right shoulder weeps.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-01-19

A NEGRO member of the Texas Leg
islature was met upon the street with
large roll of greenbacks in his hand
looking at his pile and cackling SO
loud that he attracted the attention
of q bystander, who said to him:
"What are you laughing at. Sim?"
"You see that money!" replied
Jim.
Eyes do. !"
"Well, boss. I just got that for my
vote. Use been bought four or FIVE
times in my life. but dis is de fust
time I even got &c cash myself.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-01-19
Tnn Red Sea is said to be the ho

The Red Sea is said to be the hot
test place in the world. The atinos-
phere for about fifty miles on that
sea is steamy and sticky. Everything
in the shape of iron or steel about q
ship takes on a coat of rust. During
the summer months no one travels
on the Red Sea, unless compelled by
business or military orders to do SO.
In the winter and spring the passage
is delightful. Yet navigations in
that body of water is always atten-
ded with many dangers.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-01-19
wHITT1ER's LAST POEM.
TIE sisoER.

Years since fbut names to me before),
Two sisters sought at eve nv dovr
Two song birds wandering from their nest.
a gyay-old farm house in the west.
Ti;nid and yonng, the elder had
Even tbeo a smile too sweetly sad:
The crown Of pain that all must wear,
Too early pre- sed her midnight hair.
Yet ere the Summer eve grew long,
Her modest lips were sweet with song
memory haunted all her words
or clover fields and singing birds.
Her dark ,IiIating eyes expressed
The broad horizons of the west;.
Her speech dropped prairie flowers; the gold
vi harvest wheat about her rolled.
Fore-dootned to song she seemed to me;
queried not with destiny;
! knew the trial and the need,
Yet, all the more, I said Godspsed
What could other than did?
Could a singing bird forbid7
Deny the wind stirred leaf? Rebuks
The L usic of the forest brook?
She went with morning from my door.
Bot lie me richer than before;
Thenceforth knew her voice Of cheer,
The weiconle of beT partial ear.
Years passed through all the land her name
pleasant household word became;
All felt behind the singer stood
A sweet and gracious womanhcod
Her 6fc was earnest work, not play;
Her tired feet climbed a weary way;
And even through bsr ligbtest strain
We beard an uDdertone Of pain.
Unseen Of ber fair fame grew.
The good she did fhe rarely knew:
Unguefsed Of her In life the love
That rained its tears her grave absvs-
When last / saw her, full Of peace,
She waited fer her great release;
And that cid friend 30 sage and bland.
Our later Franklin, held her hand.
For all that patriot bosoms stirs
Had moved that woman's heart Of hers.
And men who teiicd 10 storm and sun
Found her their meet compaa:cn.
Oar converse, from her suffering bed
To heaitbfui themes of life she led;
The outdoor world Of bud and bloom
And light and sweetness filed her room.
Yet eyermore Q n underihouzht
Or ioss to come within us wrought
And all the while we felt ,hc strain
OF the strong will that conquered pain.
God givcth quieiuess at last.
The common way that all have passed
She vent, with mortal yearnings fond,
To fuller life and lore beyond.
Fold the rapt soul in your embrace.
Ny dear onesi Give the singer placsI
To you. 70 her-I know not where
lift the silence Of ,prayer.
For only thus our own we find;
The gone before, the left behind,
All mortal voices die between:
The unbeard reaches the unseen
Again the hlackb;rds sing; the streams
Nake, laughing. from their Winter dreams.
Aad tren bic in the April showers
The tasscls Of the maple fowers
But not for her has Spring renewed
The sweet surprises Of the wood;
And bird and flower are lost 10 her
Who was their best Interpreter.
bat ifeae qte saf lfssisa G asafrr -sssredy
What urdreamcd beauty passing show
Eeqniics the loss Ct ali We know,
o silent land, to which we move,
Enough II there alone be Lore;
Aud mortal need can ne'er outgrov
What it is waiting to bcs,owi
O white soul. from that far-ef shors
Float some sweet song the waters o 'er,
Our faith conGrrn, our fears dispel
With the old voice We loved well!
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-01-19

Mrs. Spratt. an Illinois woman,
has made the following speech: .Yas
gentlemen, this is productive coun-
try. Anything in the line of the ani-
NAL or vegetable world. I have.
made 450 pounds of butter from FIVE
cows in one year; and. as you refer
to my children. ] am proud to- say
that have twenty-six, and that man
there (pointing to her husband) Is
the father Of every blessed one. "
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-01-19

Also does all work in the line
SfffzA of his profession in the best and
lQ1D most approved method and at as
reasonable rates a can be had elsewhere. Nj
srous oxide administered for the painless ex-
4 sfion of teeth if desired. Office in Parrish's
bs.ex Block-up- stairs Residence. first house
south of Congregational Church, fronting on
Court House bleck. v7n17y1
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-01-19
MOUNTAIN BALM.

Uvo THE AFFLICTED WITH COUGHS.
Colds. or Liver Complaint the Balm is
invaluable as many have been restored by its
purifying effects on the system, many who have
been called incurable Recommended by many
of the physicians of the country, and for sale
by all Druggists. Prepared and sold by
Y7n20m3. s.. 4. RAYMOND.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-01-19

THE Cardington, (Ohio,) Rspublss
can says: aAt West6eld, q young
mother gave birth to male child. with
closed legs looped over the head,
firmly and unalterably eutwined
around the neck.n Morrow county d
destined to compete with the world
for the supremacy IL freaks cf nature.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-03
did tha. . great deal Of time was ,lselessiy

did that q great deal OF time was useiesely
tosts e.iFE re- fE 10
ployed, and IL the sessieHseould be limite 30
ntAety days that Jan che usefE 1egisfA
OF The CofnnnoHAe alth aotsld b done fiji E9at
time, and1 shkf82een nDthing asssea to Ctias1ge
TINT option, dfered8 bilts aHniting stlle
sessions to ninety days, with tfeprovIa6 that
from that time the pay should Sc redace,f
to two dollars; which bin, with very little
opposition openly made-Whether it was
through fear Of tic dang boHng old
man, or whether through mere merriment
they were thrown off their guard; IS not for
me to say--but, at any rate, it did actually
become n law, and was, entitled by the Rich
;mond Enquirer !" Keen's starvation law - -;
but the same body, repealed it BY, a ryder
Tackled to another bill late at night, but, few
hours before ltwo-dollar time. Speaking Of
the Richmond Enquirer of that day, and
finding that your memory is somewhat, at
fault, / thought most. of, your high-wrought
pictures were perhaps reproduced from
gIimmcring recollection of the sclrrilous
abuse of that paper and others OF the same
kind. -..sI r. F.t.t;,tf,, .,1} ..-r5Ft ~
And as. to my snuG.boX and bandana, !
never took a pinch of snuff 10 my life, :. u
am now eighty-fotT years old, and this Is
the first article | ever wrote for a newspa-
per; and as you have just ground bag that
has been standing for thirty years, hope
you will do ME the justice to publish this,
and oblige, yours respectfully, Ct, ',,-HnsIa
JOHN KEEN.
DusuiHe, March; 80, 1872. sr.4 rt>fJr g
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-03
For the Dispatch. .s
Important Railroad Meeting -ssieh-
..s mOnd Deeply Interested.
OXFORD. y. c., March 80, 1871:

49,. OXFORD, n. c., March 80, 1872.
MrSSrs. Editors: The purpose OF, this COLI
munication is simply to call attention to
projected railroad scheme in which the city
of Richmond is deeply concerned. We al
lude to the plan Of building a road from this
point to Marrow's Crossing. or some other
point on the Roanoke Valley road, some six
teen or eighteen miles from here, and thence
to connect with Kcysyille, on the Richmond
and Danville road. The citizens of Oxford,
at public meeting held at the Courthouse on
last evening, discussed the question of build
ing the road as described above, or of build
ing one from Oxford to Henderson; on the
Raleigh arid Gaston railroad, q distance Of
twelve miles. The vote was favorable to the
idea of connecting with the Richmond and
Danville road, on the suppositlon that Rich
mond would come forward and help literally
in carrying into execution a project that
would so inevitably enhance her material
prosperity. The advantages to Richmond Of
the proposed road, in the event it should be
built, are manifest on the most casual obser.
walton. It would afford easy and direct ac-
cess to the finest region Of country lii North
Carolina, and would divert from Petersburg
and Norfolk large amount Of traffic that
would be at once emptied into the lap
Of Richmond. As my intention is chiefly to
call attention to this subject do not propose
to 20 into any detailed statements. l will
state, however, that the citizens on the line
of the route proposed will, we believe, sub
scribe literally to this object; the Pennsylya-
nia Central, it is also believed, will subscribe
something's and Richmond, If the subject is
presented in It's true light, would, we doubt
not subscribe in liberal spirit to the promo.
ton of an enterprise fraught with SO many
advantages to It's eoit,riiereiai iinpbttahce:
Should the contemplated road be built the
distance to Richmond from rich, fertile, and
populous country, that is now patronizing
other places, would be greatly shortened,
and we think all immense trade, hitherto uli-
known there, would assrtredly spring up in
that city. There isa large district of eer,n-
try west and north of this place whose peo=
pie would ship by this route, as it would be
by far cheaper and more expeditions for them
to do so than by any other way. Many per-
sons residing not very far from this place are
even forced to ship from some point on the
North Carolina railroad which subjects them
to delay and heavy expense, owing to the
distance that their freight has to travel over,
and the necessity of running the gauntlet of
several roads before their produce arrives ut
q desirable market & Il.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-03
An Interesting Letter from an Octo.
- genarian.

To The Editor Of he Richmond Dispatch:
Dear Sir,-I am now quite all old man,
have long, since laid by politics, take no pa
per, and am seldom three miles from Homie
but was handed your paper 1T the 18th in
slant, in which find an editorial under the
head "Per Diem" You criticise the action
of the present body, and compare it with
other sessions that raise a tempest in tea
pot and keep standing bag at the mill.
Now, sir, as to how many stupid men who
have raised hue aid cry of reduction of
the pay of members and shortening the ses-
sions, to give them a seat, with all this /
have nothing to do; but, for the better Illus
TRITON Of your position, you go back to the
time of the elder Keen, of Pittsylvania. and
you give what have no doubt you believe
to be true sketch of the history of those
days, the same demagogiical waste of time
being then as common rs now; so the infer
ence is that, from first to last the whole
thing is a sort of weak humbug to blind the
people at home. Now, sir, with regard to
the elder Keen and his action on that sub
,iect, if you viii take the trouble to eX-
anime the Journals of the LegisE-.
ture of those days you will find that you ut
terly mistake the part he took in reducing
the nav of members; You say he never
failed to introduce bill Il suppose being
honest would do to redeem his pledge made
to the people the previous spring.. Now,
sir, that was never subject Of consideration
before the body of which | was member
but one session, and then not for the pur-
pose of reducing the per diem; the object
was to limit the session to ninety days; and,
strange to say, with all the ridicule cast upon
the old man and his bib, and considering his
indomitable courage, standing with his snuff
box in hand and his bandana on his desk, the
whole House conyulsed so that It was vain to,
ATTEMPT anything Ike order, the old man
still maintained and actually beat the little
bull that ran against the engine, for when
the vote. was finally taken upon his laf e:
passed beth Houses, and wns the hW OF The
land. The Ac Of the case is, believing asI
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-03
A Good Man Redivivus.

We publish with true pleasure the letter OF
our Venerable old acquaintance and friend
JOHN KEEN, of Pittsylnnia, whom we had
supposed to be gathered long ago to his IA
theirs. He has been buried in the seclusion
of the. hills of Pittsylvania for long time,
and the war intervening the while was well
calculated to induce us to believe that he as
well as many Others Of our old acquaintance
was dead. We are glad to know that the
aged hero Of limited sessions Of the LegiSla-
ture still lives.
We had been under the impression that he
exerted himself at several sessions to obtain
a limitation of the session of the Legislature
and reduction of pay at an extended or eX-
ira session. Did he not try it by resolution
at more than one session.? But this matters
not. Mr.. KEEN acknowledges substantial de-
feat at the session formerly referred to by Us.
He denies the snuff, but tacitly confesses the
b,ndanna and the trumpet. Our error was
natural. We have ever associated snuff and
the bandanna as inseparable companions, and
this niisled us; while the error was encorr.
aged by the faith in the man as one who was
sup to snuff" .,.
We wish our venerable friend yet many
days of peace in his quiet home.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-03
rfnder the Ban.

TITO lower House of Congress mas pe''
.,, ,,icr ressraint from granting az"
nss,v to any man who had been a memuel
~ Co,orcss and then took, part Witn silt
S.,,,hcrn Confederacy BY an agreement maos
a,,n,cst members not in any event 10 pro
nosc the name OF any such person to be IN
r,,,dod in any amnesty bill passed on a Mon
d,y without opposition. The Speaker feei
c.l,cd upon 10 invite attention to the exist
once Of any such name In any such bi''' ai''
Il is hustled out Us a strange Pig irS'' 'A''
litter. GT"e ,,;.,
II little curious that this vigllan' ''n,',.'
towards class of southern citizens sI,'''o w
maintained now seven years '''el VIZ ,;hora,
The monarchies of Europe are p'o'o
towards political offenders ana Se'en $50
:. a,,;,e time enough 70 wear out even fep"o-
g. n,..;ce But the southern congressman
80. ,.,o war come in for no such reasona-
h,e considerations against prolonged persee''
49, Nor4bern members have made pledee
-, ~ Weld to those considerations, ana
however loose they may be in some things,
a. ob,ication to continue to be malicious and
unrelepting Is one which we believe they will
rigidly respect.
General GRANT, in his amnesty message
said that the rule by which men OF the South
who held high public positions before the
war were excluded from positions OF tras'
and honor now deprived the nation OF tne
serv;ces Of those who were the most tried
and trusted and the most capable. But Con
sress either ignores this just view, or, appre'
cisting it, declines to be governed by 1t foi
some reason we cannot understand.
People are prone to cxpatiate upon the
austerity and tyranny of kings. For our
part, we would prefer to take our chances
under the incurred displeasure OF one man to
suffering from the vindictiveness of many
Most ass,,redly it would be safer in political
and partisan matters. The passion of the one
would wear out for the want of fuel, while
the rancors Of the many are kept alive by
q combination Of motives. Partisans are
ever afraid to relax their animosities lest
they be accused of infdelity, and themselves
be placed under the ban and deprived OF
their share of the public plumber. This is
sufficient to keep them well abreast In the
policy towards their party antagonists, and
more especially towards conquered people.
But how foreign to the true principles OF
republicanism is this unrelentipS policy
There should be no class and no section un-
der the Ian of Acknowledgement or political
disability in u republic. In such Govern
ment all must be free and equal. We used
to soy that it was only in monMchical Go
yernments that such things were. But if we
introduce them into ours we make ours no
better than the monarchy, and they who
have the power and put such inequalities
upon our system only establish an example
whereby at some future day they may be de-
prived of rights and restrained by disabili-
ties incompatible with Republicanism. Mr..
LINCOLN was against all this.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-03

Mr.. BooTH.-,Fhe performances Of Dir. j.
B. BooTH have elected much criticism, and
he has run the gauntlet pretty thoroughly.
1t is his misfortune not only to have to bear
the great burthen of his fathers reputation,
but also that of his illustrious brother. He
undoubtedly has talents, and he has grave
faults, but they are nearly all remediabe.
His transitions from excited action to quies-
cence are rather too widely contrasted, and
his deliberate recitation is inclined towards
an intoned drawl, but yet not reaching it.
The relapse is too decided, and needs the
help Of the spur. Yet, again, when he rises
to full animation he often resembles very
closely his great father. For instance, the
scene between HAMLET and his mother was
very good, and Mr.. BooTH's tones of voice
were often SO closely alike the elder BooTH's
that, heard while the speaker was not seen,
the auditor might almost think that the old
favoIite Of Richmond had, come to life.
Mr.. Booth is very like his father
in stature and feature, and with the correc-
ton of some of his faults he would much
ofener remind us Of the elder BooTH than he
does at this time. His attitudes are at times
notthe best, and he brings his eyes father too
much into play. They are 'singularly like
the elder BoorH's, and very expressive. The
matter Of Mr. BooTu's calibre may be stated
in brief: That he is an actor of decided me-
rit, who may be much improved by the correc-
ton Of errors that can I've reformed, and
that he is an excellent reader, his voice, how
ever, sometimes dropping too low. He can
never nearly approach the standard of his ia
Their. But there is worldwide gap be-
tween good playing, and the lofty pinnacle
reached by the father. That height, like the
highest! Of the, Alps, looks down upon a
number Of lesser elevations, to the more ex-
allied of which the son, with his veryi fine
mental endowments, may confidently aspire.
Whether VI he viii suffer mere by the weight.
Of the hthers reputation than he viii
be benefited by the. sympathy for him on
accomt'of his father it is hard to say. NJ 4
The company supporting Mr.. Booru is
very genteel, and it's whole, performance is
1eeorous and pleasing. Mrs. BoorH is grace
nj woman and q very talented actress.