The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-10-24

was made IN these columns that til,
t Republican platform for 1880 would b,
: essentially the same as in 1876, 1877:
and 1868, few members Of either party
were ready 10 believe what then seemed
3 to the mass Of political observers alto
: sether improbable. The southern pol
&c, of the administration bad been pre-
, claimed and established, aid was ~
; ready in The full tide Of tucceasf,l opcr
ntion. Peace rcignod In the section
whicll. l'ad 80 long been au utter sfran.
ger to il. Tho two inces, 40 long driven
apart hy iartisnn prejudice aud in.
triguf, were gradually drawing together
on lle batis &c common interest.
Prosperity, 40 long dream, was grad
nally becoming n reality. The general
Improvement in everything pertaining
to the public welfare which hnd fol-
lowed the collapse Of carpet bag doini-
nation and the cessation Of federal in
tepierenee was ~ apparent that even
the bitterest Republican organs and
orators we're compelled TO acknowledge
1t. THE Outrage mill" had ceaacd to
grind the "coior line had ceased TO be
"a line Of baiIle; and the "iIooJy shirt"
Ike Otbello, found its occupation
gone No wonder, then, that TO the
careless eye the old issue which had di-
vided and distracted the country for 10
many years was dead and buried beyond
the possibility Of resurrection. No
wonder the popular mind yielded to the
pleasing delusioI that a rev issue must
and would lie brought forward for the
next Presidential contest.
But those who thus fattercd them.
selves did not duly consider tho origin,
history and spirit Of The Republican
party. That party was born OF section
al agitation, consummated and consoli.
dated its power in sectional war, and
made sectional jealousies aud hatrels
the pivot Of it's suhsequent successes.
To sink sectionalism in natioaalism was
Therefore fatal to Republican prospects,
aud this Is the main, il not the only
reason for the relentless md unanimous
Of tho Republican PARTY TO
the Southern policy Of Republican ad-
That opposition, from
the moment it was clearly develop, d,
pointed Enthusiastically 10 the result now
manifest TO the dullcAt comprehension.
The Republican leaders, before HAYES
bad hardly warmed his stolen seat, de-
iermined 10 revive tie old issue for
1850. 1t was promptly dug ul from
- new made grave, has b,en industri-
'usly cultivated and vigorously pushed
'rer since, and TO day Is in the same
aggressive attitude it las always main.
aincd on the eve of national cleo
ION. Every Republican State Cunven.
ion held during the present SEASON has
endorsed it without IA dis.
eniing Noice; every Republican jour
Iai las accepted II with more oi less
nihnsiasn, and not singh. prominent
republican, ~ Ear aS we are aware, has
entured AN expression of dissert. ,
here are other questions of vastly +;
restcr importance and urgency, but 8
hesf' have been ignored aud thrust ont |
{ tight, leaving the Southern question
> nouol'olize ,be political field. The !
'epnbiican pariy has declared that the
,tilsmeat effected through the unex
ec;ed ecnste'nation of HAYES shall not !,
and hat in the event of Repubh- u
IN victc ry next year it shall be, in one
ay or another, toin up, and the car t,
machinery in one way }
r another se-establishcd. The Repub- y y
can test af Southern loyalty is now :,
hat IL always has been and always r,
i'll be: voting the Republican ticket. g
Though the Democracy have endeav- te
ed to secure for the coming struggle " y
| issue less demoralizing to our poll i
ss and less dangerous to the rising OF
'siness of the country, they have no W
ason to fear-so far as chances Of sue. ni
% a,.a eo,,aarral Al. -. ...l.I a III
ponents have forced upon them. 1t in
ibodies, indeed, their strongest posi-
'n for attack as well as for defense. N
le South, as it was from 1865 to 1877. h,
d as it has been from 1877 to 1879, W
rnishes ample political capital for the in
'mocratic side of the campaign. The
ntrast between the results of twelve
ars of Republican rule and two years
Democratic -conceding all the fo
eyed deficiencies OF the latter is Of no
elf an argument which no amount of tn
lhistry aud falsehood can overcome. wi
9 American people, in 1876, decided cy
large majority that the Southern is
icy of the Republican party was an
pendous and disgraceful failure. no
ey viii reailirm that decision by an
reased majority in 1880. The bloody sb,
rt banner is destined to be the Re- moi
'Iican slroud-and this time the Th Tis
pse is likely to stay in the coffin. wit wit