The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-07-13
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uAo hhu J"rt'tr" "ipf8 -uahtftihFl tbhH oSi
pediency.''
There IL set snotl.ef eyil that bsi
shown Itself iH OIL n,idst ~ late yesrs
cJmfnaaism. or the d. etIine 0f . eDn-
munity Of property amonu all the citi
zens. This ~ no new idea, nor is Il
the prodact of tl,fa ceHtary. Is comes
to ~ covered with the dast e hges
and II We trace its f..os.stSt.s amid The
years Of the pss', ~e viii fDd atsau
red with the bl6oI 4f the god. the
wise and the gress. Tire ssciept srorId
grappled with this .li-cordAnt elsmeut u
society and Isft IL I'0wsrIess and b,ni
century ago in France is ws,ied
through seas ~ HOOD 70 shake . throne
70 its fonBdatioD, bafding i1.ifs death
grip the throat Of royalty, and trump
ling tenesth It's, scoasssa feet the
wretehsa poor. until ~ length ;is lay
Bisaehing in the sntIighs, irfsless car
cass, craahed beneafb the ~eishE n its
dead and dying, sftes having aswept
from existenee jn its fieadisb pisfcb
many Of the ,l,is@t chfLlrea of that
unhsppy couDtrs. And to-day we
find IL, IN this l-,,I Of pars crrepisg
aaid ohr biIIs, gliding in oar Valley,
raising its crested head "a many of oar
large cities, seeking in sB nhiiInely y
honr, TO I'ene'rs's wiIh the poison al
It's enYenomed L,nSns the heart II =
great nation opvering it wpi its own
slime, and crushing { ia ia ample f,lds
In order that it may s~allo~ ugi fo,.se,
the vested rights Of tees sl,eopIe.
Awake then, Amsrican citizsns, fDr :
syren Of sin, more deadly ia iA r6ncI
than the DeIiihh Of old, has laid be,
heavy hand upon yonr lOcka. Th~s
evils have not a. yet i,econe Of gIe.l
magnitude bnt . must remstnter that
great conseqHencss cflen times nS-
from su,-ll beginnings.
a pebble 10 the ssreAallet seaut
Hath changed the conrseof Iaaily rive
A dee drop on the tsndsr plast
Hath warped the gixnt oak f,iteyer.
Surrounded then ny Esllsw cifiz-ns
by thess, aud many other evils tha
each honr ebcroach npoh Our Da,iona
prosperity. I f-si that lhrre are N
greater inst' uns-',tr of ps0tsctioa tha
can coHulemi 10 sou upon this snspi,
ipas day, than IsatsiotisnI aHd religion
Nay the loses'f FAsriotisin pervaas yo'
Ike the hrea'h .f Heaven, and m-
the swsst .fhhaencrs Of religion ~rs
y"n HiSlnt, and cio,ha ysn ever as il
SUNSHINE. For vho can tell. If ~
cherish we'll the love Of country and
God, that ~- 0'ag stAud forth amid d
centuries thar srs-,o eome, the gu-@t.-
offspring Of tIIBp, even when prou
England, white with the dust of- age
has sank into the bosom If the vatr
out Of which shs sesms Z, have sIHus
like the f.bled spirit q isye sad ls%'Et
all white witb rLs fssm Of The ne
Cherish them well, and ~hen the Ua
verse shall fall away, and the earth a.
the sea ~hallGisa mp their dead. aud Il
great Creator. seated upon His thron
above the rolling clouds an1 revolvil
, worlds. shall ask OF the ages that q
no more, what nation vas il that We
fArthersst flr the canse Of liberty, d
most Ear bleeding. suffering hrmsni'
the faca 6f the recording Ange., v
beam with celestial Joy and beauty,
be writes high upon the inner wall
Heaven, IN letters Of living ligh: am
the sad and silent stars, "THE UYfT
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