The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-08-23
THE CHURCHES AND roLrrrcs.

. Ger, Is fair representative paper il
: the Grant interest. While It may no
claim to lead public sentiment in it,
:, party, it is certainly correct camera
reflecting faithfully the light radiatine
from greater Radical luminaries. Ii
its issue Of last week, the Registe,
published, approvingly, communica
tion over the signature of can Old
Man," which illustrates without dis.
guise the effect produced by Grants
: bid for the influence of certain church
organizations. The "Old Man" is
r evidently one of those who believe
r that the christian churches should lay
. aside their dull plodding work OF
saving immortal souls and enter the
: lists, as allies of the thieveing carpet
: baggers and pilfering federal office
holders, who are striving to elect
Grant. BY way of casting odium up
on the supporters of Mr.. Greeley, he
says:
There is not Christian Church In
the United States that endorses the
Greeley Brown ticket.
There is not a true christian in the
United States who desires to wit.
ness so debasing a sight as that of
christian church endorsing either tick.
ct. No President ever bid for the
endorsement Of any church, except
the eminent christian statesman and
Long Branch sporting character, now
occup, ing the chair of State. He.
alone, is entitled to the proud distinc-
ton of bartering the offices of the
government, for church aid and infiu-
ence to assist him in overriding the
will Of the people and retaining pow.
er. And the "Old Man," Is one of
those who were knocked down by the
auctioneer's hammer, when the Pres
dent bid. We are led to inter tha,
he is thoroughly orthodox in his opin.
ions. He doubtless returns teryent
thanks to Grant first and then TO God
for the appointment of any of his
church brethren to lucrative federal
Office, and his olesty is probably not
so excessive but that he could be in,- =
duced to accept one himself From ,
The tenor of his letter in the Register, +,
It IS evident that the sold Man !,
looks upon sin without the least de-
gree of allowance. In proof of this :
We quote again:
"Greeley's new quondam friends en-
'raee nine-tenths of the whisky ring II
md their victims, and nearly every {;
hade of infidels." >,
The reckless disregard for truth
in the lines above quoted, "
not their most striking feature, :,
'ne would have thought the writer -
90 shrewd to make any reference to
the whisky ring" considering the = !,
let, SO notoriously known, that Grant -
The head OF the most gigantic whis- G.
y ring in the United States. Igno- -
'nce alone, could have prompted the -
ritter to challenge comparison be. g
Veen Greeley and Grant, in regard
their personal habits, or character
their respective supporters. The :,
sgusting detail of Grants moral Wv
'linquencies is part of the current !
story of the times, which every ci,i
n possessed of a modicum of de-
ney would rejoice to have craced
'm the memory of man. His chief
pPorters are men like himself, the =,
ere dregs OF society, thrown to the -
rface by political convulsion and 7
stIned to "shine and stink. and
nk and shine" for brief period, D.,
N to disappear and be remembered y
y for the evil they have done. To
class may be added the more ip- a.,
ant and degraded, of the late slave " !"
'ulation of the South; and last of l.,
every jong-faced hypocrite, who. ,ad
me language of Horace Greeley. Y
lis pray" with an "e" and believes
IS called especially to "prey" upon Co. Co.
substance of the people, and , ~
W rich without labor. The Rea- "
rs correspondent will find no diff Uo" ,,
y in finding his affinity in the "n'
ses above enumerated. l.,
he purity of Horace Greeley's Is "a
acter is proof against the maIie- L. o.
of his enemies, For forty years a
as stood at the front of the army Won
temperance, illustrating both by. swan
tlce and precept, the nobility and '.,rrl ,,,
lty OF life of labor and selfde. IL
While he has differed with paper
OF his countrymen in matters of "reel
nal policy his h;ttoroa. rally
escended to charge him with Ii
,nest motive or a1, ;a,no, mates
e "Old Man" exhibits the intol- Ticket
ce of his class .ra h., :, to ref
Us OF his letter in the following "A
at other denominations. alread
is true that the NJ. e. Church nesota
= anu perhaps few others, which vote
N HI.