The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-26
AN oID-LINnR ON Tnn sIrUATIoN.

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An old-line Republican, writing t.
the Oregonian from Salem under dat
of 18th inst. gives vent TO his rghteou
indignation against the Hippleites il
the following style: ai b vd b8iaied
| c"The Convention has met, Nipple
| glorifed, and the party ruined"
heard good and substantial Repub
licanl say yesterday, as a few were
talking the matter over There was
no rejoicing atfall ip this city when
the delegates to the State Convention
returned; but instead, q considerable
English swearing. 2 The Hippleitef
say they have won a brilliant victory,
but the honest and moral portion
claim that the Baker resolution is dis
astroas, and SO it will prove on the
18th of October SO far as the Repub.
lican ticket is concerned, for Mr.
Smith has, no more chance OF being
elected than he has of going to Heay-
en-, probably not as much. A great
many Republicans say that they will
bHosTAY AWAY FROM THE PolLs,
And let the election go by default.
The truth is, Mr.. Mitchell does not
wish-a a Republican to be elected, As
he is the only Republican, Senator
from Oregon, he will have all the
say who shall fill the different
Federal offices in this nState,1 and
ofcourse be will have only those who
will serve him and admire his accom-
plishments as a bigamist, He would
rather rule over the wreck of a noble
party than serve in the one that has
elevated him to the high office that he
in his disgrace fills and causes all
good men to look away in shame. I
am credibly informed that he said in
Portland only few days before the
Convention, shat he didn't care
d-n if anyone was elected if the
Convention would sustain him." The
Convention did, but the people will
not, and forty-five men with sixty
seyenJvotes that composed the major
ity of that body will find out that
they do not rule the people, and the
minority will be found TO have had
the best judgment on the subject. AT
the time that Ex-Governor Gibbs de-
teated Mr.. Mitchell in9the Republican
caucus for U. S. Senator, he instructed
his particular political friends to sup
port Mr.. Gibbs until their votes would
elect him and then to vote for some
one else and thus defeat the party
nominee, 'He is now doing the same
trick to defeat the party. One of his
admirers said, "Mitchell now can go
to Washington and show that resolu-
ton, and say thatlit was adopted by a
vote of 81 to 30, a complete victory"
That may he so, but if Mr., Nesmith
is elected by majority OF 1,2O0 land
he assuredly wilH, will not that have
its effect to show the Administration
that the victory was disastrous? The
Administration cannot certainly think
much OF such an endorsement. The
truth is, that the Republican party is
now led by such corrupt crew of
harpies, that a change will have 10 be
made, and ...., OBJ,
A NEW PARTY ORGANIZED, OR THE
" OLD ONE RENOVATED.
For several years the party has
been manipulated by third-rate law
yers, professional politicians and bro
ken-down Indian agents, and hangers
on, who have no fixed residences, and
care nothing about the wishes of the
people and these third.rate lawyers
obtain positions, from County Sheriffs,
ETC., upato, u s. Senators, by both
fair and foul means, until the condi-
tion of things has become unbearable,
and the people, the farmers and me-
chanics, are awaking from their leth-
argy, and political revolution WILDE
enacted next June at the State cleo
ton, The attempt TO galvanize the
the Nipple political corpse into life
by that resolution will be a great
lever in the cause of reconstruction.
One gentleman sareastically suggests
that the Governor call an extra ses-
sion OF the Legislature and allow
them to enact the Mormon Code, and
thus finish up the ridiculous farce en-
acted at Albany. fai0 osa9 al3il
Well, there is no use to 'cry over
spilled milk" and the best and most
consistent course for true Republicans
to do, is not to 60 to the polls, but
let Mr., Nesmith's election 60 by de-
fault, and thus maintain our record as
Republicans, rebuke Nipple and his
obsequious convention, and allow a
man to go TO Congress who is not
scavenger. At.