The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-08-08
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tor Of the Mercury, AZ whose devoted
head he hurls such misscls as tho
names Of "Floyd, JEFF Davis and Ste.
phens," and to the weight and force
of these he adds ell their treason, then,
to cap the climax, he lays sacraligious
hand upon the skeletons of the
starved union soldiers, " in Southern
prisons and hurls them. We beg
pardon of the 1erc,ry for what ever
notice we may bestow this week upon
the article in question, but Il Is too
dainty q repast for US to pass by with
out appropriating to our own use a
morsel or two.
The Register says: "For instance,
the monstrous thieveries of Floyd -
the perjury of JEFF Davis aud other
sworn members Of Congress and
United States officers" Well, neigh.
Dor, was Mr.. Floyd shown to have ap-
propriated public funds to his own
nse--and if so, how much9 Does it
equal Hodges defaulcation ? Mur-
phys or his predecessor, whose name
we cannot now recall9 Bullock,
Scott, and scores Of others whose
names can be hunted up? Tell ns
The amount, neighbor.
j Why, Mr.. Register, in the past
twelve years Republican Office hold,
ers-Eederal, State, and municipal
have stolen more public funds by 4
thousand fold than the Democrats
stole in seventy years, This is Sc
notorious that, if you persist in
such declarations about Democratic
thievery, the people will begin tc
doghk-y0a-Sntesl4iigence, If net your
sanity
| We think il would be difficult tc
convict man Of perjury for any act
done after he had ceased to act in the
official capacity. But, sir, in this ss
in the matter of stealing, your party
should move out OF glass houses be-
fore they commence throwing stones.
The Fifth Article OF the Amend.
ment TO the Constitution OF the United
States says: "No person shall be held
to answer for capital, or otherwise
Infamous crime, unless on 8 present.
ment or indictment Of a grand jury,
except in cases arising in the land or
naval forces, the militia, etc. =. i.
Nor be deprived of life, liberty. or
property without due process Of law. y
And in the 9th article We find. that
"In all criminal prosecutions, the ac.
cused shall enjoy the right to n speedy
and public trial By a1s impartial jury,
of the State and district wherein the
crime shall have been committed. r.
Il IS well known that during the late
war there were ten thousand men
not connected with either the land or
naval forces, or the militia-who were
deprived Of their liberty without due
process Of law; many of whom were
held 10 answer for crime without IN
dietment by grand jury, and none Of
them that were tried were allowed a
public trial or trial by jury, and all
these men were citizens, of what you are
pleased to call the "loyal States" and
we think not one OF those failed 10
furnish . representative to some one
of those military bastiles. Now. Mr..
hs9isteT, every man who was acting
under an oath to support the Consti.
tuition Of the United States, and gave
an order for the arrest of a civilian.
committed perjury; everyman making
such an arrest, 50 acting, perjurcd
himself, and so with tie keepers of
such prisoners; and with the officer
ordering a military commission to try
such citizens, and every one partici-
Pating in the trial-sll, If acting under
an oath to support the Constitution
comsnitted perjury. And, sir, in the
the cases>where the accused were by
such tribunals condemned to death
and executed, the crime Of murder
was added to the crime Of perjury
But this is not al, Mr.. Register, il is
well known-perhaps not to you, bat
10 the country-thatto to the perjury in.
seperably connected with these mill.
tary commissions there was added the
crime Of subornation of perjury in or
der TO secure a conviction, and one
such suborned witness was since in.
dicted for the crime of perjury, and if
We are not mistaken, convicted.
The Register further says: "The
barbaFous system sanctioned by the
authorities of the so-calIed confedera-
cy, of slowly starving Union prison
ers TO death One of the Ten Com
mandments reads-"Thod shalt not
bear false witness against thy neigh
bor.' Where is the evidence that the
confederate authorities "sanctioned'
the starving of Union prisonersP and
where is the evidence, except by sub.
orned witnesses, that Union prisoners
were. starved at all? There was
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