The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-12-11
THE STATESMAN AGAIN.

IL 1Oll bLCf1C AhNtAoGNeeNsASI ~ Nf-N-
conclusion is obvious: That party
composed in great part OF the tur-
bulent, criminal and dangerous ele-
ments Of society ought not to be in
trusted with the administration Of
the government, and cannot be with
out eminent danger to the peace and
interest Of the country"
The foregoing is part Of the last
paragraph Of an editorial in the
Statesman Of the Sd inst, to. which
we have referred in another article in
to-day's DEMOCRAT. In that article
we have conclusively shown that the
Statesnta,l's "facts," from which he
draws his "obvious" Conclusions"
are not only "disputable, but wholly
without shadow Of foundation. In
doing this we give facts thai are IN
disputabLe-statistics that are o part
Of the history Of our country. And
these facts scatter to the winds the
foregoing CONCLUSIONS" of the State
man, that the Democracy of the
country--as party, is composed
in greater part Of the turbulent, crim7
inal and dangerous elements of So
ciety," &c.
Again, the Statesman says in the
same paragraph "That, the very
last act Of the Democratic party
while in possession Of the admins
tration of affairs, was to conspire for
the disruption and overthrow Of the
federal government, for no other rea-
son than that it had lost Presiden'
tial election" If it were even true,
as the Statesman alleges, that the
Democratic party sought the over
throw of the federal government, the
reason he assigns for it, the reader
d .
will readily see, has no foundation
in fact; for the Democracy failed to
elect President in 1910, and again,
in 1850 without "conspiring for the
disruption Of the government" &c.
But did the Democratic party, while
in power "conspire to overthrow the
government" We deny it, and the
Statesman gives no acts or declara-
tions of the pnrty Or its leaders in
support of the allegation. Who
were they who always acknowledged
the rights Of oil under the constitu-
tion-North and South2 The De-
mocracy. Who were they who sought
to, and did deny certain constitu-
tional rights to the people Of fifteen
States of the Union2 The Repubh-
cans. They, it was who declared
that "all the States must be free or
slave States" They, it was, who
said, "if slavery is not abolished
give us disunion;' ''if slavery is to
be extended over another foot of ter
ritory, let the Union slide" They,
it was who, in 1856, placed but six
teen stars on their campaign banner,
expressive Of their determination to
continue to foment tho storm they
had brought about, until slavery was
abolished or tho Union dissolved.
Who, all this time, and particularly
in the last four months Of the Demo-
cratic administration, sought to al
lay the storm and adjust the differ
ence on an equitable basis2 The
Democracy Of the country. Who
threw every obstacle possible, in the
way Of compromise? The Republi-
cans OF the country~-determlned to
force the issue-a abolish slavery or
dissolve the Union. There may be
patriotism in all these sayings and
doings, but we fail to see it.
The foregoing are facts that make
up a part of tho political history of
the country, known to every intelli-
gent mind in the land, and furnishes
conclusive proof that the Republican
party, from the day Of its organiza-
ton to the firing upon Fort Sump-
ter, had "conspired' and continued
in the work of conspiracy 10 abol-
ish slavery by force or dissolve the
Union. "Without little blood let
ting the Union is not worth saving
s-~n.--sa--.---@-s
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