The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-04-18
OUR LETTER BOX.
ANOTHER FROM ALPHA.
LOOKING GLASS, Or, I
April 10, 1873. /

h pAAA AOt A0tos
Editor Democrat.
During the latter part Of last month
we, as member of the lodge of Inde-
pendent Good Templers at Jefferson,
preferred charges against three Of the
members for violations of the pledge,
and we were compelled to do so by the
rules of the order, because we klet0 of
such violations. One of these charged
pleaded guilty; the other two were
proved to be the most notorious drunk
ards that the place eontained; nor
was this any thing new, for they were
already known to be such by almost
every man, woman and child, In the
town. Now these two miserable in
CRATES, to be revenged on us for the
part we took In informing against
them, employed hirellng, giass-eyed,
"guzzling sycophant," and green
back gambler, puritan hypocrite, one
who has been guilty of the grossest
crimes against society, humanity and
decency, to assist them In producing a
batch of slanderous calumniations,
which eventually appeared In the
columns of the Statesman. TO this we
promptly sent reply, but have since
understood that the editor of that
sheet contented himself with publish
ing but one side of the question. In
the poorly composed, sweet scented
epistle referred to-. I'VE are charged with
1aming the character of woman"
through the columns of the DEMOCRAT.
We suppose they allude to the time
when we stated that we believed that
n certain lady preferred the company
of a railroader to that of an Indian.
They also state that we haye eau sed
''disunion. and strife among the diffe-
rent church bodies' of Jefferson. Now
We have never mentioned any thing
relating to church affairs except some
facetious descriptions of amusing Incl
dents, and 1t is well known fact that
there has been spirit of antagonism
existing between these churches for
years, caused by the Disgusting
practices of the few leading numbers
on one side, and the denunciations or
their uachristian proceedings by the
other. We are also charged with hav-
ing filled the DEMOCRAT with personal
attacks. The only attack of this kind
that We made was on q Druggist for
selling intoxicating liquors, aud We
never made that until We had been re-
quested TO do so by a number of the
best citizens in the village; and we
happen to know that this whisky
ring' was terribly wrathy about that
affair, and IL was doubtless what they
alluded To when they spoke of person.
al matters. We are further charged
with having sent an illustration of n
Jefferson incident to the Days Doings
on the ground we presume that
there was no one else in the town pos-N
sessed of sufficient ability to get the
thing up. 1t matters but little who
sent it and we will confess II 1t will be
any consolation to these whisky guzz-
lers, to having done some worse things
than drawing pistol on an insolent
Indian, and we will confess further
that we are not a particular admirer
OF the race 'by any means" Perhaps
it would be different If We were on the
same terms of intimacy with the tribe,
that this degraded band of calumina-
tors are supposed to be. Their last and
longest charge is that we have created
strife and confusion In the Good Tenn
pier Lodge; and thereby hangs the
principals tale. This communication
also contains silly stab at the editor
of the DEMOCRAT, but 1t only proves u
deficiency of brains on the part of the
writers; and all of these charges evince
three characteristic features-viz: false
hood, want of common sense, and NAL
ice. They require neither notice or
refutation, as all of your sensible read
ers, including the persons and parties
referred to, know that the principal
and statements which they
contain, are vallainous lies. This trio
Vi pEOiuIoiuS CduuiuuLes iuT tic psul-
tentiary were also assisted In their
''little game" by noted hell bred hy-
en:, one who takes special delight in
tearing up graves in order to blacken
the memor, of the dead, and there is
a malignity in the malice and hate of
these internal fiendf, which BELTS
only the denizens of damnation. We
wonder If they hatter themselves that
the people of jefferson either heed, re-
spect, or believe them. They ought to |
know that they are almost universally
Stunned and execrated. InA
we expect to return to JEFF
fsrson shortly, and it will give us
pleasure to write up this whisky ring at
our leisure, and we promise to unearth
some mysterious deeds, and to review
some almost forgotten "reminiscences
regarding this "clique," which will
surprise the natives If nothing more.
Yours respectfully.
/ ALPHA.