Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-10-30

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greater age. You drew the inference,
then argued against it.
You say Jefferson would not have
voted to make Benedict Arnold a sena-
tor Can it possibly be that you CON-
pase the people OF the south to-day with
Arnold2 If that is not your meaning
pardon US, but your reference to the
"bloody shirt" implies it. Are the peo-
pie Of the q. S. to-day fsllow-eitizens9
Have the people Of the south political
prisiiegesg Do you ask them to be gov
erned and yet not allow them to assist in
governing4 If you had quarrel with |
your brother, then afterwards shook
hands with him, protesting to live in
equality and friendship with him, and
yet all the while harbored the feeling en-
tertained while fighting, would your
course be honorable or treacherous2
When the people of the north professed
reconciliation to the south, either they
meant it, or they played false. Can any
one deny that2 You want us to define
ourselves on States Rights, saying our
claim was ssclear as mud" We said the
party believed in constitutional States
Rights" Amendment 10th Of the Con
stitution reads: "The powers not dele
gated to the L. s. by the constitution,
nor prohibited by it to the States, are
reserved to the States respectively. or to
the people" Read Sec. and lo cf the
| constitution. or rather, all of it for con-
stitutional States Rights, and if it be
still "clear as mud" aue are not response
bic.
(, Regarding finances, you are right as
far as localities are concerned. Demo
Gratis have differed and do differ on cur
rency, but we think you will find the
national platforms to be in accord in that
party. You might have said the Repub
lican party also, for it "hlows hot and
cold" just the same. You make nothing
by the comparison as to consistency fol
the Republican party, and lose when O,
the national record The Republica,
party is certain on one financial point
they are certainly increasing the capita
, of u s. bond-holders at enormous usur
by the National Bank system, at the ex
pense of the people, while the Democrat
have certainly always opposed it.
1 We did not say or imply that the RI
n publicans we're 'straitors during the war.
y Simply this, in reply to the Republica
e campaign boast that the Republican part
: = crushed the rebellion (read platform {
m 18S0), we said that Republicans an
E, Democrats did it, and we brought Il
Is proof. We did not claim taat Lincol
't was Democrat. We said that certai
as n planks of the Lincoln platform, quote
i are in harmony with the principles
O. Jefferson, and OF the Democratic part
ct to-day-and we reiterate it. A Dem
n cratic Congress granted more pensions
'' Union soldiers than did Republics
IA one. In comparing the cost of condut
~ ing government under the last Demoers
he 10 congress, with similar cost under t.
n last Republican congress, the Democra
re diminished the outlay in every item, e
~ =. cept pensions to Union soldiers, aohi
~, asas increased The utterances of pt
ey pie long way off are to be accept
I'll with caution, especially after going
'us rounds of strongly partisan press. I
ey den denied the statement you credit b
IAN with and proved his position, four yes
tho ago. No considerable body of the sou
lar ever threatened to tear the amendme1
de- from the constitution. Of course th,
~ are extremists on every question. So
md man down south may have said
ned Why, sir, there are men to-day "
led speak Of our southern fellow citizens
At if they were on a level with Beneo
sno Arnold 1t is unfair to brand a wh
..os party for such utterances When J
chit say the Democrats granted the first r
hat road lands, do you mean to dispar
low them2 Then supposing your staten
lace is correct, what blame must be attac
to the Republican congress for i
grants as subsidies to Railroads q te
S. tory .tgreater than France, spa;l
Of Italy togsther4"
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