The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-05-06
VINO SHALL MOURN :


proven to be the greatest rascals. Few
men condemn others unless they are
guilty of the vice condemned, and
worse. Tho hrawliug or sneaking cat
walking political purifier of the day is
the greater scoundrel He has no stand'
ing of Significance either as man or a
politician and whyl Because no COR
rupt man can condemn his fellow-man
without receiving the greater eondem-
nation himself. Hannah of to-day is
the same old Haman of long ago. He
will hang every time on the gallows he
erects for Mordeoai Political reformers
full of conceit and low ambitions do
not dwell in the affections of the peo-
Pile Every villain will draw fire to
ais fellow man to escape in the dark.
ness with which he is surrounded.
Years ago there was Salem clique
composed of men renowned for then
superior organizing power, their fdelit,,
. one another, aud their in6delity Il,
t,ese whom hey could not manipulate.
"a Ssase kaoes them we'll. Ge.
pss .sos QUO OF them, and coul'
). have eeyn, since the object of thu
S. que was To destroy him. The power
af tbe clique increased the time cam
{ War, aud by vi,uperatlon, desp'cabI'
e,t-, ,ui,e,de, and other methods lo~
i ivhss1ag N spirit and letter, III,
:rurrsi Was stricken down aud de-
; t.tyed hy them In their terrible an'
derous purpose they defed tb
de.', enplance aud the curb's ~
The General had often tough
a. icto,y, but this was the iirst tim'
= .sas called to fight for his life. IL,
as bitterly pursued and received ali
manner of indigniiies at their hands
and hnal!y in Polk county he was hung
md burned IN efhsy. Those Of thi'
Clique Hho obtained position aud wealth
from the Government received them
through The favor of this old hero, but
no sooner were their ends served than
this war hegan aad they succeeded in
robbing him ef the power by which he
bad brought TO them position and rich
es. The private character of these men
discloses the fact that those who re-
ceived these favors have been all their
lives most insincere in their friendships.
It was not case where they feared the
Generals power rather than the man,
for they despised both. Notwithstand-
ing all this the General wanted to 60 to
his grave in peace with all men, and a
short time since he gave it out that he
forgave all bis enemies. Selling on this
declaration these men came from their
foul hiding places and begged forgive
ness. Not one of them ever had the
dignity of an honorable combatanl
enough to ask the GeueraPa forgiveness
they waited until he had done the work
fer them. Whilst they gloried in THEN
cause and in his downfall, they in after
years heped for an occasion to wipe out
to some extent as least the public con-
d-mnation Of their acts, and when the
time came to seek this pardon without
murmur, as meekly as convicts do
their begging these men hs.mbly asked
for it. What parody on sincerity
Had this fight been among honorable
combatants 1t Eould have been differ
ent. Honorable combat leaves the par
ticipants on either ground fitted for re
spectful recognition at any time. How
humiIiating in the light of these facts
It is for old settlers to witness the ef-
forts of these men now to praise this
former object of their hate. One OF
them puts forth an eulogy in leading
newspaper. His quotations are well
enough in their way, as usual, but ii
seems wrong to choose them to mask
the inward convictions of the man who
copied them. Had it .een written by
an unknown pen It would have been
regarded as a fair but not remarkable
production but kno sing the author it
bears on its face an attempt only to
render the blood spots of the old assault
more dim. Others stood by the grave
aud there performed their part in a
painful attitude, a. ing, as it were, "We
came not to praise Cesar, but to bury
him, though our words are as fattery.
Alexander showed how much he re-
sf.ected honorable warfare in his bat
ties. When the wif= of Darius and
her daughters were i4ken prisoners by
Aexander's army, the wife of Darius
sent messenger to Alexander to know
if hee husband was a prisoner, and il
50 nid he be put to death Alex.
AZ aers+nt her his answer, "that Darius
eas n a prisoner, be had escaped from
his suers; bnt were he prisoner
no h rm soolild befall him. l came to
eonq4er empires, not to destroy adver-
saries." And when Alexander was
asked to give the enemy battle in the
night, when the darkness wonld give
him an advantage, he sail no, and
added those words which made bis name