The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-03-28
EDTroRiAL FLapJAcKs.

which are typified in the republican
party there has been another con-
trolling reason for its success: the
purity of its leaders" This is the
ghastiiest joke of the season.
The St. Louis Democrat sug,
gestively remarks that one of Pome-
roy's predecessors as Senator from
Kansas, the notorious Jim Lane, COM
mitted suicide in anticipation of an
exposure which would not have been
one-tenth as damaging as that upon
the heels of which "Old POM re-
turned to Washington to "cheek out"
his remaining month.
The republican party lost. char
acter by working out no betterstates-
manship, to effect its own continuance
in power, than TO array the entire black
race of the south against the whites
and to perpetuate thus social and
industrial disorder there which pre-
vents the south from sensibly lifting
at the burden OF our public debt of
over So 00,ouo,0o0.
-s'I am glad to say to you, dear
brother, that Senator Harlan is reg
ular in his attendance at church, and
his influence is in the right direction,n
wrote Chaplain Newman of the
United State Senate to his clerical
brethren in Iowa during the identi-
cal canvass in which Mr.. Durant gave
Harlan two checks of $4,000 each,
with which to bribe legislators and
secure his reelection.
The president is severely criti-
cised by newspapers of all parties
for pardoning the notorious Phila-
delphia repeater, Brown, who went
round to the ballot boxes last Novem-
Der and voted under different names.
Brown was justly convicted by clear
evidence, and his pardon is regarded
as clear license to himself and 9TH
ers to repeat the ofense as often as
party needs may require it.
In candid review OF the report
of Judge Poland's committee, the
luoha,ck J5aley Register finds moth
ing ''creditable to the intelligence or
candor' of those gentlemen, and
thinks the supposition that 'even the
most innocent OF those implicated did
not know that the object of placing
the Credit Mobilier shares was to
influence votes is an insul: to the
average members intelligence"
Mast, the car:caturist for Tar
pers Weekly, lamented that his &C.
cupation was gone when Horace
Greeley died. But now, surely, a
better field is open for pen and pencil
in the disclosures of the Credit Mo-
biiier What could be better sub
ject than Colfax pocketing his check;
followed by the Colfax preaching to
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion at Philadelphia, and the temper
ance society at Baltimore. It were
far better to caricature hypocrite
than to libel honest old Horace Gree
ley.
The post master at New Orleans
was seeently arrested for embezzling
S1S,388. His assistant has been ar
rested as an accompiice. The post
master has been one OF the men so
deeply engaged in trying to keep the
State of Louisiana under the control
of the national government, and 10
donbt his political services viii be
counted in his favor in the condoning
of his crime. There has been too
much Of this in years past, and it is
high time that change was made
and political influence not be used to
clear criminals.
Will the people consent to the
stigma Of that last national scandal:
Will they tamely acquiesce in such
disgrace? Are they willing to 60 on
record as having reached already such
a depth of degradation, such a col
lousness to honor and integrity in
public servants? Heaven forbid IF
Credit MobiEer are to be unpunished,
where is any safety for the public in
terests? a bolder, more gigantic
fraud was never perpetrated. If the
eonspirators go unwhipt of justice,
then every great rogue viii hope for
similar escape.
"A difference of opinion has ap-
peared between the Cincinnati Com
naerciaZ and the Louisville Courier
Journal. The latter Journal is con-
fdent that Speaker Blaine is a cand:-
date for the presidency, and that the
Credit Mobiiier Investigation has
cleared the way for him The Com
maerci0I says however, in the most
positive terms, that Elihu b.
Nashburne will be the next republi-
can. candidate for the presidency
The editors of both papers have been
in Washington recently, and may be
understood as speaking by the card.