The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-07-14

never be President ! Are these max
inns of politica! action forgotten, or has
the public consoiente become scared aud
blunted : Or have We learned to EN-.
ploy better methods |
These questions are not political.
They rise above all merely partisan
issues and are now engaging the
thoughtful attention of the best mind',f
our country irrespective of party.
Another danger that threatens the
welfare of our country, is the ineq nat
ity of taxatioS. Any system OF raising
revenue that compels comm N lahore.
who is taxed upon what he eats and
wears AMI MT NJ on VIA he possesses
and who by ,his eunningly devised
system pays as much taxes "a Naidsr'
bilt or Gould, is unjust and oppr sslee
and any system that will not le'mIt
you to sell your wheat in the markets
of the world aud receive such merchan-
disc as you need, IN payment, without
extra taxation, is legalized robbery.
You arc thus taxed 20 protect some
body.
Anotl Q, question ia which W ~rt
all alike interested here il tha iatra.
ductien of suryie labor. Such sys-
tenn il Incompatible with the growth
and developments of free institutions.
II brings our IN ,chAnic' artlslna and
| aborers into sharp and direct comps t.
tioa with the Asiatic lordes WHO are
being imported here by capitalists be-
cause they work cheaper than Ameri-
can laborers. They have no family
ties, or expenses growing oas of that
relation, nor do they have any social
or civil duties such as are incident to
American citizenship. They contribute
nothing to the support of the state, but
are constantly drawing away and con
stunning its substance. American lahore
caunot compete with such system and
it ought not to do it, or attempt 1t. This
Chinese curse must be arrested. The
further importation of coolies ought TO
be stepped aud those now here should
be invited or sent out OF the country.
Il is useless TO expecs the recent legls-
lation by Congress will stop it, the evil
is only aggravated and intensified. AS
long as there Is a Chinanan left in
America others will come.
Popular education in its broades:
sense is the best corrective OF govern
mental abuses. Il elevates the require
ments of the public ser sice; it stimulates
higher eadeavor it quickens the public
conscience and brings a surer retribn-
ton for public infiislity. l. insists
that patriotiam must precede party ;
that personal ends must be subordinate
to the public veal that parties exist
by common consent to promote pIinci
pies aad fer the sole purpose of serviae
the public efficiently, and net for tbs
puposo of gratifying private ambition
or promoting men TO Office or making
gain at public expense. In d;fferen
sense it prepares these young ladies
and gentlemen for the actual duties o
life, strengthens and enlargss the un
! derstanding unfetters the mind FROM
every kind of superstition and stimu
; lates the fullest inquery into the liteia
ture aud sciences of the age and of every
; question affecting the welfare or happi
, ness of mankind.
; Our country hls Passei st'e'y
through the first century Of It's exis
tence. During that time it has expert
enced all the vic.ssitudes OF foreigr
wars, domestic insurrections aud re
7 bellions the acquisition of territory an,
, the creation Of new states AMI il has
! triumphed in every conflict. Ths foun
dations have been laid for grande
empire-one more extensive AMI diver
sifed than Rome when
"she zt upon her seven hills AaA
From her throne Of beauty
Ruled the world"
, No grander epic is recorded in th'
worlds history than our own, and il
the years 10 come, who shall undertake
to portray our possibilities.
A continent washed by two ocean
fer home every diversity of climate
soil of unsurpassed fertility a consti
ton liberal and just in its provisions
laws mild in their sway a people main
, ly homogeneous in their habits, language
and thoughts whose inventive geniu
. las laid the oldest and richest nation
of the earth under tribute the accu
muIased powers Of modern discovery an
inventicn-these are our heritage
they are the means whereby the des
! tiny of this people is to be wrought on
in the remote ages of the future.