The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-06-02
Mr.. EFF1NGER.
purposes.

One of the unterrifed appeared at the
court house in this place last "Wednesday |
evening and attempted to fill the ear OF the
Democracy with tidings Of joy. A great
portion of his speech was devoted to about |
the same line of argument As the other Dem
ocratic speakers have made use of before
him. At the close of his address he de-
parted somewhat from the speakers beeore
him and took up the subject of Republication
He attempted to show that the Republican
party was one of Reputation. He took mp
the Malone party in Virginia and attempt
ed to show because Republicans voted with
the Malone influence that therefore the
whole Republican party was one OF repudi-
alton. The fact of the matter is that Mr..
Malone was an officer in the Southern
army as was also Mr.. Eifinger, so we under
stand. Mr.. Malone could not run the Dem.
ocratic party of Virginia to suit his ideas,
and he therefore split off from the old
southern bourbon element of that party in
Virginia, and formed new party of his own
and thereby took off great many Demo-
Gratis with him.
Previous to this time tho Republicans Of
| Virginia had been voting the Republican
ticket in hopeless minority without any
prospect or probability of effecting anything.
The old Democratic party there previous to
the Malone offshoot had carried things with
high hand and the Republicans were anx-
ious to break up and foil their high handed
schemes and as they could not possibly effect
it by voting by themselves; they chose what
they thought to be the lesser of the two
evils, and voted with the Malhone offshoot to
had the desired effect.
| Mr.. Effinger said that he had always been
Democrat. The air was full of it where
he was raised and he thought if under any
circumstances he could be induced to act
with the Republican pa ty it would be
when his party stood for reputation of the
debt of Virginia; he thought then he would
stand firm to the party which stood by its
obligations. Such f1nisy assertions as this
might do to tell those who ;an not read.
!
discard his Democratic party on account of
questions of repudiation, why did he not do
so and become Republican few years
ago when the Democratic party in their ma
tional convention amongst other things in
their pIatformvirtuaily resolved in favor of
repudiating the national iebt? Orwhen North
Carolina Democracy repudiated S44, ,353, Isl
of her debt? Or when in 1878 the Demo
cracy of South Carolina repudiated their
State debt to the amount of $4,000, 900?
1t is wonder that Mr. Effinger's faith in
Democracy had not been shaken when the
Democratic party of Alabama by a system
of compromises which she forced upon her
creditors thereby repudiated S2S, 600, 600 of
her State debt. Or when the Democracy y
of the State of Tennessee by the .epudiating
aeS f",eei upon here creditors thereby repu-
..s.-stit ,'9sr So 600 900 of her debt. There
:. "a se"e-ti ..t'ler OF the States where repu-
,l.a,."n was adopted by the Democratic
pa!5Y watch was enough to shake the faith
Of NJ I.iinger if he had been sincere last
~ 1T anl aiming to. tell the truth to the
peonle OF this county. Whether man be
Democrat OF Repub'ic lean it does not ex-
cuSe him rom telling the truth on such
occasions or justify him in garbling tie facts.
NJ. E.Bn.ar cor again, but don't put youl
assumed sincerity in opposition to the his
4-tssy' o. l':s country fo' the people of Ben
Jon county are a reading people and car
g .l!y see through your reputation subter-
fnoe.