The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-03-09
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OuCe mOEes Us u pu0AS uas5t
must call the attention OF our readers
TO the fact that the action of 70 party |
bellies and contradlcts Its professions,
so much, as the action and course OF
the leaders Of the Republican party.
These leaders formerly were wont
to tell the people that they were the
only and exclusive friends OF our
common public schools, but then, his
tory pointed these gentlemen to the
fact that provisions had been made
to extend governmentaid to establish
and maintain public schools long
before the Republican party was or
ganized. Then in hypocritieal and
pharislcal manner they set up that
they were tho only and exclusive
promoters of tho christian religion.
when In fact the very hot bed OF
atheism, infldelliy, splritualism and
other isms of Anti Christ, was to be
found within the sacred precincts OF
The grand old party. Then we were
told that this party was SO thorough
lly purified and renovated, that
criminals, drankards, thieves, murd-
erers, and purloniers of public money
were found only in the ranks oil the
democratic party.
But the current events OF the day
have Teen successfully invoked to
disprove these blatant professions of
the leaders of the Republican party.
Such has been the tenacity OF the
education of young Republicans in
tn ese lofty professions Of Republican
leaders, that, until very lately, there
was large majority of them who
actually believed that these claims oi
all that was pure and good was to be
found only among Republicans, and,
that oil that was corrupt, immoral
and bad, was TO be found only among
Democrats. We are led to these re
Aections by the very recent attitude
which that party assumed on the
prohibition question. The wcrId was
informed that the Democratic party
was made up of whisksy drinkers.
Very recently the Missouri legislature
which is largely Democratic. by close
vote refused to submit prohibitory
amendment to the people of that State
, whereupon Republican journals seizs
upon the fact as text fIom which te
preach long sermon upon the sinful
ness of sin, and the generally debased
morally degraded condition Of tbs
Democratic party in general, and es-
pecially the ignorant, dissipated and
benighted condition Of the Democratic
party in Missouri But when Repub.
lican legislature in Minnesota. las was
the caseron Feb. a. by large vote,
refused to submit prohibitory amend
ment to the people Of that State, the
Republican press are profoundly silent
and have no sermons to preach, unless
it is upon subject the remotest from
their own unfaithfulness to the profess.
ions and promises which they make to
the people. Not long since Gov. But
Ter of Mass achusetts who, The Northwest
Neacs says, will be The Democratic
nominee for president in 1884, fecom-
mended, in the interest Of good govern
ment, sobriety and orderly elections,
that all days Of election be declared
legal holidays and that all liquor saloons
be closed on such days, TIE very pions
and staid Republican legislature Of taat
State incentinently voted down the
proposition. With all of their self
praise and self.lsuds.ion, these same
leaders are utterly unable to inspire
public confidence in their professions of
interest in good government and sound
morality. No other party would dare
to resort to the thousand and one ques-
tionable and contradictory expedients
to which Republican leaders have resort
ed, in order to maintain themselves in
power, and the burning consuming re-
tribution that awaits the leaders of that
party in the near future, will be in
proportion to the crimes which they
have committed against good govern
ment and the sound moral sense Of the
people, without regard to party predi-
lections. The bulk of Republican
voters in the land will not follow these
unfaitbful leaders much longer.