The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-11-27
OFFICIAL PAPER FOR OREGON.
ssJuvENILE sATHANUs'' AND ''YOUNG
DIABOLUs.'

ssJUVENILE SATHANUS'' AND "ROUNG
DIABOLUs."
In a short paragraph in Saturdays
Statesman, the editor of that paper
goes after the ''juvenile" crowd left
in the DEMOCRAT office in rather q
boisterous manner. He heads the
article FDiabolical Extravaganza"
and accuses us Of burning brim-
stone very recklessly," and says we
accuse him of having "drifted hither
from foreign country, ''and that
makes him feel extremely bad" &C.
Well, such an accusation is little
800 severe in the light Of Mr.. States
mans explanation, that he "never
could succeed in getting out of the
United States and into a foreign
country, except once, and that was
oply a short distance into New Jer-
sey." Well, that may not have been
SO heavy alter all, on the people of
New Jersey.
But since reading the Statesma,a's
editorial paragraph, referred to, we
have carefully read over our ''juve-
nile" article, to which he refers, and
for the life of us, we cannot see
wherein we have been profigate in
the use Of "brimstone," in our criti-
cisln of his editorial of the 18th inst.
In our "jsEenile" editorial, in last
Fridays DGMocRAT, we sought to
make review of the Statesn,dn's ed
itorial Of the 18th inst, in which he
is pleased to indulge himself in the
luxury of calling the Democratic
party ugly names-such as "a saw
age and barbarous rabble, a con-
junction Of batlled and blood
stained traitors, an anarchical throng,
and vice" drifted upon us "from
every quarter of the world, generat-
edin.our municipal sinks Of pollu-
ton, and imprisoned from every
earthly hell" These, and other del
icately touched and refined rhetori-
cal figures, did the Statesman's edi-
tor indulge in; and being 'juve-
nile" Democrat ourself, and having
a few years ago "drifted" here from
another State, we felt it our duty to
invoke our Juvenile" pen and defend
our faith; but it never for once oc-
CURED to us, that we had dipped our
pen in birthstone. When writing
the article to which the Statesman so
seriously excerpts, we did not know
whether he had "drifted" here from
foreign country, or, like our "juve-
nile" self, from some other State, nor
did it mako any difference with us
whether he came from o foreign
country, or was native born Amer
ican. II a native born American, he
has shown himself culpably slow to
learn what all intelligent foreigners
very soon learn-and that is--there
is at least as much stateSmanShip, as
high a degree Of moral aad intettectu'
al culture, and christian philanthropy
among Democrats as can be found in
the Republican or any other party
AS to the patriotism Of the Democ-
racy, it was mover questioned by my
but the demagogue, who had only
learned the use of the word "bar-
barous rabble and blood-stained trai-
tors" without knowing the applica-
ton OF the language used.
We think if our friend Of the
Statesman would somewhat relax tho
rigiditB Bof his.individuality; see and
know more of those with whom and
to whom he has "drifted;' study and
seek to learn more Of our theory Of
government, State and federal; and
be content to tolerate o difference of
opinion as expressed ut the polls by
the people of other States, he will ap-
pear fully as amiable as he does in
the two articles to which we have
called attention.