The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1875-02-19
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Ehatithe party can succeed. The Ii
ter is undoubtedly one Of the able
edited Republican papers in Il
country, and its high standing al
potential influence with its par
cannot be questioned. It says, no,
.aever, only what the late election
.tnhaye proved--"that thereis nothin
-abut calamity to be expected of IL
present Republican course, An
'athat paper "declines to share the r,
'sponsibility of the result"
In speaking Of the present polit
"cal situation it solemnly warns II
party Of its impending fate in th
following language: "The Republi
can party is in great peril. Th
q most sanguine Republican can hard
ly suppose that if the election wer
ITO take place next month, Repub
fican President would he elected
Nothing is gained by beating gong
and tom-toms, and vociferating tina
such Q view is cowardly and false anC
comforting to the enemy. The way
to escape danger is not to shut your
eyes, but to open them. Republi.
cans know perfectly well that in say
ing that the party is divided and
disheartened we speak the simple
and obvious truth, and that nothing
is palmer than that there must be q
radical change, or the result is fatally
sure"
The Bulletin, which has for months
past been frantic ally "beating its
gong and tom-tom, and vociferating
that such a view is cowardly and
false, will surely see its photograph
in the above language of the great
metropolitan journal, and will either
desist from its endorsement of Grants
wicked administration or brand itself
as the enemy of its own party.
3 Again: The Bulletin unqualifedly
endorses Grants course in sustain-
ing the Kellogg Government in Loui-
isana. Harper's Weekly. in speaking
Of this grave question, says: "The
President and Congress can not rec
ognize and sustain fraudulent gov
ernment any where. The Republi-
can Committee of Privileges and
Elections in the Senate reported two
years ago that if the election of 1872
was not void for fraud, M'Enery and
his associates must be recognized. -
The Republican subcommittee of in
restigation in the House have Just
reported that clear Conservative
majority was elected to the Lower
House of the Legislature last No
vember. II Mr.. Hour and his asso-
'ciates make substantially the same
report, the Kellogg government in
Louisiana must be considered what
it is now generally believed to be,
fraudulent and illegal. To persist in
sustaining it after that would be sui
cidal folly, and party which justi-
fed its Administration in maintaining
o State government which its own
Investigations had shown to be not
the choice Of the people would be in
danger of humiliation at the polls"
Again; The Bulletin insists that
Grant and Sheridan be fully sustain
cd by the Republican party in over {
turning State Rights and substituting {
rule in the South. Hmp@'s {
Weekly says it is 'the first and most |
cardinal principle of the party that |
equal rights are to be every whore :
and firmly maintained in the Union '
inder and by the law, and in no {
'ther wayG And is it not precisely
because their defense has been at d
tempted by stretching and straining c
md wrenching the law, that the Re /
publican party is so shaken and riy- c
IN as wo see it today" Y
Lastly; The Bulletin has upheld 5
irant and his party in every corrupt 5
measure introduced and practiced
y the Government, while Hayper's +
Weekly warns them Of such q calami- 0
Gus course in the following language Q
Had there been prompt deolara- e
ion by the President that hewould not Ii
ccept third nomination, had he W
hown a resolute opposition to office Fl
Iolulhg interference IN politics, had u
congress removed the obvious objec- a,
ions to its financial bill, had the Sc
erformances Of Durell and Casey W
nd Kellogg in Louisiana been So Al
erely rebuked, would the Republi- ol
an party have been weakers And
there no way to deal with polit- 10
i errors but to persist in them9 We re
'niess that we ask with somo APP
rebension, as We read the Senate
acussion Of the Louisiana question.
il be determined there that no
iango shall be made, we trust that rS =,
9 Republican press Of the country -
u not fail 10 warn the President y
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