The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-07-14
Jhe 9tlltOtrat.
JULY H. 1882
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Til the quick snarl Of his rife,
Downward by the river shore.
flushed the rolling wave Of clamor.
And the gallant chase vas Ger
But the vanguard Of Improvement.
With the compass and the chain
Bivouacked along the valley,
From the mountain 10 the main
And tAe iron arm Of Progress
Der the virgin wild was thrown
Andthe steAm,teind shrieked aud beloved
Where the solitude was known:
And the canyons thrOhhsd aud thuadcreI
With the tread of mailed steeds,
Aud ths breath Ct glowing nestrils
Relied like war clouds o'er the meads.
Vainly when the shadows lifted
And the dew was on the bush,
Mississippi would wind Ais CONS huF1i
In the mornings fragrant hush
Turk would lead the tawny hunters
To the hll side as oi old
But would never pitch tho music
For the tracks were dim and cold
Aud full often, too mistaking
For the horn the engine pipes,
Taey would wander ON Wild chases-
Like the foolish often snipes-l
Twice and thr &C 1t was repeated,
When his gun went Ger haak
And the hunter went 10 swearing
Ashis heart within him sank
This has come Of that there railrOrl
And knew when they begun.
That twould skeer the deer to thunder
And the hounds they wouldat run ;"
Our country is cursed with more
than 200 900 e-holders-fsderal.a and
state. This Is vast army-many
times larger than Scipio lead into Africa
and with which he overthrow Cartbag Q.
More than 100000 of this vast mum.
Der receive their appointment and COM
pensation directly from the Federal
government and are under one central,
controlling power. Add to this, that
innumerable throng who join in the
struggle for each of these ofiises-some
estimate ten for each position, or :, 2,000,.
900 in all-and we can begin to apprs
ciate the baleful effect of such a system
upon both public and private life, and
upon the morals OF the people
It may be safely assumed that one
half or more of this vast army are
Political mendicants ts-soldiers OF for
Eune,-who will do battle as we'll ua-
der one flag as another but under
whatever banner they enlist it is not
for the principles involved, but the
'spoils"-In either event they arr
worse than useless, and the very places
they occupy should be abolished. They
draw vast sums OF money from the pub
lie treasury which ought to be applied
In paying public debts, or if not need
ed fer that purpose, the money ough
not to have been taken from the peo
pie at all. And worse than all, thess
men have no will of their own and ar
compelled to contribute portion o
their salaries to aid the persons wht
placed them In power-thus indirectl'
enabling those political ''bosses" VIII
ara shame and curss TO our age, {,
draw money from the public treasur,
70 buy their way to public favor. lie
me not be misunderstood. Tais is al
evil and danger not necessaril, pee
liar to any political party, but has de
velOPed more or less In all. Part
methods may make it strong or wee
accordingly as such men are placed il
power or are driven into retirement
| cannot admit that this is a vice neees
sarily inherent either In our system O
government or politics. Bluntly stat
ed, men who have no merit to con
mend them to public favor resort to IL
as the surest and In many cases, th
only way to success. This systen
makes politics cs-business-a trade il
which the inferior article is apt t
drive out and supplant the supet Tor a
the debased coin or paper money surely
and soon supplants the standard. On
reason why [ say these evils are no
produced by our system of governmen
nor inherent in our politics, is thai bot!
have existed for more that IS year
without any sign of this canker-worm
without any premonitons of its coming
Ii IS of recent growth Ia our own fail
land and from every Indication now
It's existence must be Transmitted indeed
THIS pestifrous breed of "bosses"
the spawn Of the age and of the time.
: They assume that they were born t
command and that
eve pretty men must sereep under
Their hdge legs aud look about
To dni ourselves dishonor2bIe graves
"Eseh Of them, burns with most intense and fr
gran: zeal
To serve his c1ustry, Ministerial grace
Deals him cut money from the public chest
Or that mine be shat. some private purse
Supplies his need with anusurious loan,
TO be refunded duly when his vote
Wen m1uaged, shah have earned its worth pries
A part of this system is the vii
hunt and reckless pursuit of office, as
means of getting money. In th
earlier days of the Republic, men ac
cePted place for the purpose of servin
the public; for the purpose of incorpo
ating principles deemed important, Int
the constitution and laws of the countr,
that their views of public policy migf
be put to the test of actual experience
to the end that they might find the
best reward in the grateful plaudits