The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-01-25

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On the asth ultimo the Tariff Reform
Club of Boston, Mass, gave banquet and,
OF course, sent President Cleyeland very
cordial invitation to be present. Circum-
stances preventing, the acknowledged
leader of democracy wrote the club long
letter, the last paragraph OF which, reads
thus sin the track of reform are often
found the dead hopes OF pioneers and the
despair of those who fall In the march. But
there will be neither despair nor dead hopes
In the path of Tariff Reform ! nor shall
It's pioneers fall to reach the heights. Hold
ing fast their faith, and rejecting every
alluring overture and every deceptive
compromise which would betray their
sacred trust, they, themselves, shalt regain
and restore the patrImony OF their country
men, freed from the trespass of grasplng
encroachment and safely secured by the
genius of American justice and equality
The publicity given the letter had most
wholesome effect on the tariff reformers
and caused them to proclaim es with one
voice, "no surrender" and to stand firm by
their shotted guns and resist as much as
lay In their power the passage of the Senate
Tariff Bill The Presidents tenacity TO
the principles he knows are just and equit.
able Is without parallel In the Political
history of the country, save, perhaps, Hen
ry Clay's answering allegiance to whig-
ism, which, no doubt, lost that eloquent
Congressman the Presidency. This re-
sounding of the key note of democratic
fighting Is having It's desired effect. The
recent defeat caused many, who stood by
Mills and Carlille In their well.nigh super
human efforts tor the country's redemption
to be rather tame In speaking about the
tariff issue but now the entire democracy
In Congress has been shaken, as Il were,
from "tdrret to foundation stone" and dthey
will take up and analyze the Senate Tariff
Bill as 1t comes to them, fight 1t strcnuously
in committees, and, perhaps, In the House
before the session Is over. Never was an
appeal made so pointed regarding demo
cratic consistency. The President hit the
nail square on the head, as he always does.
He truthfully says no despair,no dead hopes
shall fall in the path of tariff reformers.
We know full well that the inconsistency OF
the party elevated the drst republican
President to the Chief ExecNtiveship ofthe
United States, and that that same inconsis
tency Is the cause of Cleveland's retirement
on the 4th of March next. Now let us be
tvHe-never for an instant doubt the reeti.
tude of the tariff reform actions and sayings
of the men whom we have by our vote
elevated to power. The poet truthfully
said, 10 Consistency thou art jewel,
and from now let the watchword with
democrats be, mo surrender" and when
the time comes to vote, let the ballot be a
straight one. The scratching of tickets Is
a bad practice. To show how Il worked
against democracy, the case of California
in her last gubernatorial election should be
enough to cause them to vote the entire
ticket. Bartlett (dem.) was elected Gov
ernor; Waterman (rep) was elected Lieut..
Governor. Bartlett died within a few
months after his inception into Office and
to-day the democratic victory In California
at that time Is a fiasco as the appointed
Offices of that state, all Of them very nearly,
are filed by Waterman's pets. As well
known politician and orator once put II,
"Be biooded animal OF pure strains by all
means, tor n mule you know is cross" A
true saying,you are engulPhing your party
by voting against any one Of It's nominees
Be not mule in this particular. Lay aside
all petty prejudices against the nominee oi
nominees, II you entertain any, and meas
ure them from a standpoint OF public veal
Rest assured the National or State Con
ventions viii! never place in nomination
men in whom we could place no trust and
(having sent the delegates to these conven
tions ourselves,) we are in duty bound t.
stand by the men they nominate. A trit,
saying is to the effect that IL we take car,
of the cents, the dollars will take care o
themselves, SO If we voters take care q
vote for democrats and not magwumps O
repub leans, we can rest assured those o
our party who are elected will stand by th'
celors and fight until the necessary meas
ures which are embodied in our Naiiona
platform are secured
January 7Ist, 1850.
), YoUNo DEMOCRACY.