The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-09-12
REVIEWING THE RECORD.

The addresa to the public of the Com
miLtee Of One Hundred, representing
the snti.Blaino Republicans Of Massa--
chusetss, was issued Monday. II con-
tains the following
We are told that the past of that
party Is glorious.and that we arc there.
fore bound to support lis candidate to-
day. We yield 70 none in our pride At
its great achievements or in devotion 10
it's principles, but when the lesson Of
ita past 10 forgotten aud les principles
are abandoned its name alone cannot
command our allegiance. The question
is not what the Republican party has
done, but what II will do not what Il
was, but what IL is not whether Lin
coin and Seward and Sumner and An
drew aud Stanton aud Fesseudsn were
great men and leaders, but whether
Blaine and Robson and Keifer aud
Elkins and Clayton and Kellogg are
men TO whom we can ssfely conGde the
future Of our country. For maay years
corruption in high office has bsen con-
spicuous. L. has shown itself in every
department of the public service. We
have seen Vice President driven into
private life by proef OF personal dis
honesty q Secretary nf War impeach.
ed for participation in felony . Score.
tary Of the Navy charged With corrupt
practices and leaving Office under q
cloud of suspicion, only To appear as Q
Republican leader in tho House of Rep
resentatives Q Secretary of the Interior
forced from his Office by charges affect
ing his personal and official character !;
al Attorney Gsuersl compromised by
evidence Of pctty fraud. We have NOT
forgotten CoIfa1 and Bclknap and Rob-
eson and Delano and Williams.
In the Treasury Department We have
seen prominent officers implicated ia
Sanbosn contracts ana suspected TO
completely in the gigantic conspiracy TO
dsfuud tho revenue known ~ the
"Whisky Ring" aud ths Private Seere-
tary of the President indicted as con-
spirstor, while the Minister who sought
10 punish the criminals was dismissed
from Office. In the Post Olice Depart
ment We have seen an Assistant Secre-
tary conspiring with Senators Of the
United States in 'atar route frauds aud
the conspiraters boldly defying the Gov
ernment, which was powsrless 70 secure
justice IN its own calitai city. We
have seen the last Republican speaker
dlsgrsped by proof tba. be had ahame-
fully abused bis appointing power, and
IN face of this evidence. which has de-
st'oyed the confidence Of bis constitu-
ents, again the chosen candidate OF the
Republican party for the same high Of
tice. 10 the Siguai Service We have
seen Superintendent, Ia the Treasury
Department chief clerk, and in other
departments trusted officers guilty Of
stealing the public money. We have
seen the guilty protected, but we have
yet 70 see them punished. We have
seen the whole patronage Of the Federal
Government used openly to support .
leader of Virginia who.e principle Ia
repudiatiop aud whose methods violate
every rule Of political morality. We
have seen the public business neglected.
the reform Of the civil service sneered
At, and political assessments levied in
defiance of party promises and public
opinion, until the wave OF popular In
dignation forced q reluctant Congress
TO inaugurate reform. The evils Of q
debAsed currency have been disregard
ed our navy Is q monument Of malad-
ministration the surplus, with oil ita
temptations TO sxtravaganCe remains
substantially undimiuished.
Finally, we have seen the Republican
party relying for It's costinuance 10
power, not on its own achievements, but
on the mistakes Of It's opponents, and
We have seen its leaders not seeking "a
prevent, but TO encourage these mis-
takes, in order that thereby, at their
country's expense, they might be furn-
ished With arguments for their contin-
uance In power. We have seen all
these things, and have been told tha,
the party must be reformed from with.
in that our remedy lay in its caucuses
and conventions. For years We have
yielded TO this advice, and have strug-
gled against the men who have sough,
TO use the party for Ease, personal ends
At times we have thought them beaten,
and have hoped that the party, which
was once so great, might emancipate
itself from the control OF tho men who
had degraded it and reassert its origin.
al character. Instead we now see these
men promoted and their in fuence in
creased, while under their inspiration
the party turns its back upon It's prin-
ciples, and, in place of declaring ir
clear words it's policy on the question,
of the day, by equivocal declaration,
and snmanly appeals to prejudice, ,seekl
to secure votes only to perpstuate th.
power of its managers, and not to ad-
van@ the prosperity of the country.
It's candidate for President is o mar
charged with the basost ofpublic crimes
-the abuse of official power for hi
own pecuniary advantsge-who fol
eight years has never dared to demanG
that full investigation of the charges
which his polisical associates would
gladly have accorded, aud by which
alone those charges can be met. Upol
tne evidence already produced we be-
lieve him guilty, and We know tina
many of his prominentsapporters sharl
our belief. Their silence or their gua,d
ed language in public addresses since
sre conclusive evidence of this. H. i
convicted by his own statements of de
liburate falsehood on the most solemn
occasion. The men who in the pas