The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-10-01

lHt RoOu sense or honesty oil ttthb Hiall
Is seriously to be impugned who does
not read in the plain mandate Of the
fourteenth amendment the absolute seal
Of illegality aud ntillity is yet upon all
such claims. Having been for mum
Der Of years in Washington, have
learned who were the real beneficiaiies
of the claims paid 10y Congress 10 the
past ten years, Of the class sly led
"Southern claims, and in almost every
instance n great lnrt Of the money
flowed into the pockets Of Northern
aud very loyal assignees who had bought
up these claims for song from their
impccnnious Southern owners. Al Il
great gathering of Republican ladies
and gentlemen last week there were
lawyers, bankers and Statesmen who
had more money in their pockets from
Southern claims allowed by Republican
commissioners aud Republican courts
thnn the poor South ever received since
the war or ever will receive from now
until the day Of Judgment.
The cry OF "solid South received ut.
tention, aud Bayard said that the South
is not solid for anything the North need
apprehend, and its solidity has no feat
ure and no result nnfriendly 10 the
prosperity Of the entire Union. In re-
lation 10 the condition of business and
society in the Southern States, Bayard
quoted freely from paper by Edward
Atkinson. Of Massachusetts,, published
in the F0rtnightiy Rsrisc, in which APP
pears these passages Total produc-
tion Of gold and silver hy mines and
rivers OF the whole world for twenty
seven years has been s4,400, ,9s7 900,
and the American cotton crop for the
last ten years amounted to from g ,500,-
000, 900 TO S3,000,0OO. Since 1865 nm
industrial revolution has occurred, and
in the States made free by the war such
as never before occurred. On the SIR
face there has appeared To BE- fraud,
misgovcrnment, political disturbance,
want Of stability and someiimes vio-
lence but underlying this surface ap.
parently 30 deeply agitatej, great in
dustrial forces have been quietly and
surely working to the end indicated by
great crops OF cotton, the ten last crops
markets exceeding ten anti-war crops
by nearly 100000 bales. while the
crop now being marketed will be Ear
the largest ever grown. Violence and
anarchy cannot have L,.rp +, h~ rul,. in n
section that has pr..sinc,-,l .rr.,t..'. crnI,s
for sale and has at lee satn,. time i-.en
more Aelf-sustainiug than .r,.i }. ion. in
it's history. Speaking # the tost-er.tY
of the nation, and "f the production ., .
tobacco, sugar a,,d lise, B.,tati said .
And Vet our siouH.Ntle prp.incfi'tI ~ mr.
lass two articles Is ot,iy tu tbs Sot.theru
States, aud tobacco is chiefly produced
there OF the tobacco CROP. tWo-tithz
il retained aud manufactured ia tie.
United States, aud from it over SIS. :
600, 600 revenue has l,een derived tie
last fiscal year.
With the executive power Of this
government in the hands OF an admin
istration just and friendly to every sec-
tion. how trifling will ever the great
present be to the great future Of pros
perity that awaits us. BaYard referred
to his visit to South Carolina and said:
Ii any man who WAS unwilling To zee
the truth had been ut my side during
my visit to South Carolina he wonld
hove eome-away assured that industry
was the rule among the people and that
the relations of the races were quietly
and happily regulating themselves, and
but for the devils work Of selfish and
INSCRIPTIONS politicians of the Radical
party, there never would be any such
difficulty among the people there. The
claim that the resumption of specie
payments were the work of the Repub-
liean party, received considerable atten-
ton, and Bayard said that not until
BFistow was placed at the head of the
treasury was AIRY suggestion or attempt
made to resume specie payments.
lie declrred that the resolutions for.
merly introduced by himself to hasten
resumption were buried in Sherman's
committee. OF Garfield, Bayard said
that he was chairman of the committee
on appropriations. When corruption
and extravaganza ran riot in Washing
in Washington City when Boss Shep
herd and his crew were drawing tens oi
millions to lay rotten pavements il
those streets with false measurements
with double prices and with all the car
nival Of roguery from go until IL
the Democratic majority put an end tC
the lobby and Congressional plunder-
where was the voice and vote of Gar
field 2 If he sought reform he did it sc
quietly as never to be heard. leave
the reports of the committees, ,controllet
by men Of his own party association, t.
describe his personal connection witt
discreditable transactions and only SAY
that if we accept their account of Gar
field we may we'll say, "Never more b,
officer Of mine" General Arthur wa
collector Of the port of New York whel
under the infamous moiety system n,
merchant was secure against the seizur,
of his books and most private papers
Custom house bribery was regula
practice and custom house appointment
were mere counters in exchange for po
litical influence. Collector Arthur wa
dismissed from ofiics because of ther
abuses and because, to use the words o
Secretary Sherman indorsed by th
President, his retention would hay
been serious injury to the public sci
vice. Gen. Hancock was presented i
contrast, and of him Bayard said Th
bright light of public scrutiny, the hos
tile pens of party animosity has bee
turned upon the spotless armor Of h
private and public character, and =
flaw or stain has been disclosed.
his associate on the ticket, William |
English, it was said that his unblep
ished charactar ns n man end statesmn