Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-07-26

conduct end the punishment of unialthful
public men, who having betrayed the confidence
freely extended to them, shall not be shielded
from the disgrace of their acts by partisaDship of
ours, and we denonnce all tho Credit Mobilier
transactions and. all official misconduct of
whatever form.
3. That we believe that whenever person
holding any position of trust given him by the
people is guilty of fraud or emmbezzlement.
he shall be convicted and punished under the
criminal laws of our land in addition to the
recovery from him or his bondsmen of the
amonnt so embzzeled.
g.. That the acts of lie majority of the mem-
bers Of the last Congress, involving what is
known as ''the back pay steall," by which they
voted into their pockets thousands of dollars
which did not belong to them, was most
hagrantly improper and infamous, and should
secure the ceodemnation of all who were par
ty TO it and we demand that the provisions of
the late act of Congress by which the salaries
were increased shall be Promptly and uneon-
ditionally repealed. -,
7. That we are desirous of political reform,
and for honest economy and purity in all Off
cial administration that to secure this is the
duty of every citizen; that to this and every
ga9d man should feel bound to participate in
politics, andto make an end of the bad men
tpTelng t9alr alection by securing party NOM
ination. ~ declare it the duty of every Re-
publican to oppose the election ofa bad man
and i9e9mpetant candidate, whether he be
candidate upon our own any other ticket
:: That we sympathize with every move
ment to secure fer agriculture and labor their
due influence, interest, aud rights, AMI the
RepuIicau party viii be their ally in eyefy
just effort to attain that ED.
If any honest man can read these
resolutions and declarations, and his
cheek not burn with shame, then We
confess we have misunderstood Lu-
man nature to degree really fearful.
The preamble declares eve be-,
lieve7all mes are eut;tled to the same
political and civil rights" This is an
absolute falshood, because they do not
give all men equal political and civil
rights, and worse, and more false than
all is the fact that they give it to the
ignorant hottentot Of Africa, and re-
fuse it to the civilized educated Asiatlc;
it is true they acknowledge by this
declaratihn Just what We have always
contended, that to step over the line
of race, and give the elective franchise
! to one class and refuse it to another is
manifest injustice, and senseless in
consistency which shocks the mind of
every lover Of truth and true Repub>
licanism, and yet they persist in their
hynocracy, by declaring that all men
should have equal political rights, and
at the same time stubbornly aud WI
fully refase togige them. The truth
is the experiment. Of extending TIE bal
lot td opposite races so far is failure,
and we must go back on what We have
done in that direction and coufnc it
to our own race, which is the correct
theory, or we must, as we have crossed
sthe line of race, give it to all.
This preamble after going on to say
many good things which are never
practiced by that party, with the an-
dacity OF. the devil himself remarks
sbelieveing that the Republican party
lis sill controlled by those principles,
we renew our expression of devotion
Sc, and winds up by declaring, that
we can secure through that party, re-
sIief from monopolies and other abuses
sof power which the country so much
need. We commend that preamble to
the careful consideration of the people
of Oregon, as the most remarkable
document, aud monstrous exhibition
of clean cheek, ever pct forth to
reading public. " =
| The frst resolution declares their
great pride in the past record of the
Republican party, and the sixth rosolu-
ton declares that, q majority of the
resentatives' Of that party in the
fast Congress, were pack of thieves,
aud they demand the unconditional
repeal Of the salary bill, which was the
pet, measure of that party in the last
Congress. ''The jewel of consistency
never hown so bright The second
and third resolutions insist; that the
State has the right and tits it's duty
to coutrol absolutely every franchise it
grants, including railroads, and demands
SUCH Legislation by l.sgistures' both
ESutk and national, as shdlt' regulate
the railwayssof the country and their
abuses, and protecstho* righta' of the
people this is laughab!o, when we con-
slider the fact, that the radical party