The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-29
From The Eerfeik yirginlan.
STATES RICssTs.

says {" Tho Southern Journals have
shut up suddenly on the subject of State
Rights, alarmed by the alacrity with
which the Republicans rose TO meet the
issue. Silence comes too hte TO do any
good. They cannot take hael, or de-
stroy what they have said, and the issue
will he the leading ono in the fall cleo.
tions." We have heard great deal Of
"Northern tdlts aheut Southern StateS
Righis' such as the above The most
radical Of our Republican cotemporaties
arc compelled 70 admit that there must
be some line Of demareation between
the Federal nn9 State authority. Tho
Northern States ere quick enough 70
take care that lhe General Government
does not interfere with their rights, but
the moment any Of the Republican
tools who are sent South for the pur-
pose Of making improper issues and
disturbances with The State authorities
are arrested or punished for lawlessnesa,
then comes the Republican presa croak-
ing Of tho evils Of Estates Rights"
Now we are tired Of this thing.
From the very foundation of our Re
public the doctrine Of States rights
was necessarily engrafted in the struc.
tine of our confederation. There are
are so many different State Govern.
menia that were the several aud dis
tinctly separate rights Of each not re
garded and respected by the others, we
would be in continual anarchy, aud II
would truly take central government
with nothing short Of absolute power
to control the subdivisions and keep
the peace. Il is only the rights re
served by each Of the original thirteen
States to govern itself BY its own laws,
that has perpetnated the republican
form Of government under which we
now live. The people Of the Statea
will not brook Federal interference at
the polls they want for their repre-.
sentativea in Congress men who know
and support the views Of the majority
in their respective districts, and not
tools of the administration. Ii is alb
surd to expect Republican represent
atiye where the Republican party can
not muster eorporal'a guard, and the
people will not anbniit to United States
Marahals and bayonets forcing such re
suits. If this is what the stalwarts
call ''tho hereay Of States Rights" they
viii find that there is a larger States
Rights party in these United States
than they ever conceived Of, and that It
is composed largely Of men who were
lighting for the Union when these
croakcrs we're at home Sinking duty
and stunning bullets.
There are no men more opposed to
this kind Of thing than the army, rank
and file, aud we doubt if single oil.
Ger, Hho has distinguished himself foE
gallantry. can be found who would not
feel degraded if called ON to perform
patrol duty at the polls. Il is worthy
Of note that never until the Republican
party held power was it deemed mecca
sary to have any Federal interference
ut the polls, and il the Intervention OF
an armed force. no matter Of what dc
scription, IS necessary to keep that
party in the ascendancy, the sooner il
is swept away, and made a thing Of the
past, the better for our eountry's good.
a new era is opening for our land, and
one We trust fraught with prosperity
for all sections. Northern men and
Northern capital have FOR several years
past been drawn to our sunny South,
and large industries have been estab-
lished in many, sections, which being
nearer the staples of production and
manufacturing facilities than similar
undertakings in the North, have, as a
necessary result, proved more profitable,
and the information from these pioneers
to their friends at home is gradually
hpving it's weight, and each year new
industries are being opened up upon
our Southernstteams and water-courses.
These give employment TO class OF
skilled labor not to be found among the
blacks, who have heretofore monopo-
lied the employment bureau of the
South, and, unlike our tobacco factories,
give preference to white over eolored
labor The skilled artisan Of the North
finds home in a moro genial climate,
where, the cost of raw material and its
manipulation being less than in the
North, he can obtain better remunera-
ton for his services and more home
comforts for his money.
These useful and worthy citizens have
hearty welcome from our people, and
the more that come the better for them
and for ourselves. Year by year the
colors of BIaine's bloody shirt are grow
ing fainter and fainter, and as our
Southern country IS opened up to
Northern capital, the scum that the i'm
moral influence of war has waited to