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ALBANY REGISTER. REPIBI.HA STATECOSVENTIOSi. A Republican 8'aie Convention forlhe State of Oregon will lie held a' 'he cityof Albany on TIU'liSl AY. TJIIC 11TH DAY OF 8KPTKMMCR. 1S7.1, a S o'clock P.M., for the purpose of nninmntinifacandldnte for member of Congress ;o till 1 lie nvancy j occasioned by die dea li t Hon J. (i Wil son, anil for the transaction of mioll o her business as may he deemed proper. The several counties will be entitled-to delegates in such Convcn ion as follows: Kenton linker ? Clackamas I'oluitihia 1 Linn Marion Muhnoumh. Co ! 1 ! ! Clatsop... Curry Coos Douglas.. Grant Jackson.. . I l'l.amook 1 1 ; urn i;.u .3 Union . 1 I Wll-ao I I Washington . . t uiiiiiiii Josephine i I. line 7 I Tl The Committee recommend tout the several las bol l heir nrlman elec tions on BATCH! AY, A.CI3C8T S&t.and theirConn'yConi'en lonsOnSATl KI'AY, AlHil'sr 8i h,for selec in delegates to the Sia c ('omen Ion, cw.pabbisb; Chairman Rermblican s a e (en.rai Com. 1!. W. Witn. -, Seere .'try. Kepnbllenii Comity Convention In accordance wi'ii the above call, the Republtean ersofthe lirfercnt precincts In Linn county will meel In convention on Saturday, Aiuusi 231, an I eleel dei-.'it.-s to alien i he Connty Convention, which will convene in this city on Satur- c day, Annsi 8h. The several precincts wiii been'I'lc I n 1 ile :atesln thewttinty Convention as to lows S1" 1? I l.etntnon... i i Santiain Harrisburg Sclo Brownsville Halsey Waterloo Center Pranklln Bntte. t trlcans llrush ( 'reck ... Syracuse Sweet Home ... Total. liy order OfCoOnty Central Committee P. S. Oltielal Paper lor Oregon. FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1873. Is Xohc or thel Bnslnena. Because we have had the bold ct ovtei d to Senator Mitchell 1 that charitv which is inseparable ! from true Christianity charity, ! which while it condemns the error, i does not take away all hoje from its author certain Democratic edi tors, non professors of religion, of course, men whose moral characters would more than likely no more stand the "nosing test," than Mr. Mitchell's of twelve or more years ago, put on a lace of hypocritical sanctity, and accuse us with being j actuated by anything but Christian principle We Will answer all ot the.se fellows by an anecdote: A minister asked a little convert ed boy, "Does not the Devil tell you that you a.e not a Christian?" "Yes, sometimes." "Well, what do you say?" "I tell him," re plied the boy, "whether 1 am a Christian or not u none of his oitstnesSi Thomas Jefferson pointed out lioger Sherman to a friend, saying, ' "That is Mr, Sherman of Connecti cut, a man who never said a foolish thing in his lite." Supposing it had been the Albany Democrat of last week that Mr. Jefferson was pointing out, instead of Hoger Sher. man. We opine the wise Jefferson would have said abuitl this: "That is the Albany Democrat of Oregon a journal, winch, if the present number be a iitir sample, never said j a wise thing in its I he." 'e wonder if our neighbor ot the Democrat has had any more visions of those "heads" which he says "will appear arouud the polls on the Join oi wciooer wim iemo cratic tickets in their mini." (Italics ours) Barnum will pay handsomely for one to put in a case. It is reported that Paraguay, Brazil and Argentine Republic have iguud a treaty of peace. , ... i iiL n. Who are th.lr Tradueers. We want to enter our emphatic protest against the presumption of modern Democrats in assuming to be the special eustndiansot theel at- i acters, political aid moral, of such 1 1 a lhiy lern,) ail,l are prophesying V(,ins 1"t "H" body, is cor historic worthies and 'athers oMhe j dire evils in case he is. Of course j "M It has tteveral running Republic, as Thomas Jefferson, thexe writers are opposed in pulitia onW that everybody sees Andrew Jackson and tielike. No ! to the President as they have been ; Jtwint steal is one of them. iiartv that has evr sought to com-1 pete lor popular favor in this country has ever followed a more cont ..!:- .,n,hi;,,,i,,Hfi.nhsh llWW"Jt r " I ! course in its effnts, than this same i ! so-called Democratic party of to- day. It is not the partv of the "olden time " It liears no resem blance, unless the name be such, to the party that Jefferson laid the foundation of, and that Jackson aided by his determined will in up holding. It is a party, not of open. learly-defi ed, and fixed principles, as was theirs, but of incoi'sisteueies, incongruities and iuharmoiiies-a party ot pretension without sinceri ty ; of words without deeds, save in the way of evil ami selfishness. Its character for the last dozen years and more has been so repulsive to the masses of the American people, as to meet with their unqualified condemnation at the polls. The people numbered it with the trans pressors because its (tmh were fvU, But let it be remembered that while it tried to destroy the Constitution which a Jefferson wrote with his own hand, and which Jackson so emphatically defended from at tempted overthrow by Southern uullitiers, at every step it claimed to be guided by the councils of those m and to lie animated by their ! spirit. Could a greater and more j transpareutstoiderandinsiiltbeaim. cd at their political characters than that? In it this party was found using the good names of the il ustrious dead-names which they had achiev ed for themselves m originating and assisting in founding a grand and im perishable constitutional monument oi government-to give respectability to its suicidal work of trying to destroy that same monument. Since, then, step by step towards the climax of its unprincipled career the nomination of its bitterest polit ical enemy tiff Presidentthe names of Jefferson and Jackson have been evoked to Justify every departure, every contradiction, every foolish movement. Talk, Mr. Democrat, of our traducing the characters of those two worthies in alluding to them as being of a like pattern with other men whom, shoul I rigid justice for moral delinquencies been forced against, would be found wanting. It b you and your m prin cipled, your headless and heartless party, under whose names and prin ciples you claim to do all of your con t radictii "is, by whom their fair names have been and are traduced. You are their reckless maligners; ami as one revel ing the names and memo ries ot the noble and illustrious founders of our political institutions, the noble Jefferson and the tearless Jackson, and the rest; and desiring tlxit the youth of the land, and our children may grow up trobibng correct ideas ot the majesty and purity of their polit ical characters, :aiJ(i transmit the same to their children and so on to the end of time, we enter our most solemn as well as indignant protest against the so-called Democratic party of this day assuming farther to be the custodian of their consistent and fair political names, A Third Term. Though but about six months of General Grai t's second Presidential tprm ims elansed. certain itirnals in the country have liegun to dis- j . 1ir, lba)iiitv 0f (,is elei-tion 1 from the first. The foretelling of the calamities which their fertile jimaginat ons conjure upas sure to WWII our Pennhliean institutions ' in case he is elected to a third term, , .... ... is but a continuation of a habit which they formed when he became j i . tt. Tt.., a candidate for a first term. Inese fellows did not be ieve their own prophecies then, nor did the people, nor do either now Why they con tinue to write them is inexplicable to us, ii less it is because the habit is so strong upon them, that, like certain diseases which are said to return at annual periods, it forces itself upon them at state1 intervals. It is conceded that there is no pro- vision in the Constitution which prevents the people from electing tho same individual to as many Presidential terms in succession, or otherwise, us tin y may see proper; and if a majority of the people choose to pursue that course, who can gainsay it ? Ours is a govern ment of the people by majorities expressed at the' balot-box; and that minority power that would re sist or subvert that determination, would oppose the spirit of our free institutions and favor despotism. Such conduct would be as much destructive of Republican govern-j me t, as the course of a l'resiaent who might attempt to C cesarize it. j So long as the people are intelligent ani ;overned by virtuous princi ples, no President or individual, or mi it y power, will ever Ciesarisse the American Republic, Such an attempt will lail as iguominionsly as did the slave-holder's rebellion. SHAHS. We all admire genuine modesty; but a sham article is more despic- able than immodesty itself, if pos- sible, The way some of these Dem- j ocratic won d-lie-candidalestor i on-, gress have been trying to get their names before their party, is a good example of sham modesty. They don't come out flat-footed and can- iidly say they would like to go to i Congress; in fact, are nearly dead to go, but they get some relative or friend to suggest their names, or write them a letter in which an allusion in that direction is made, and then off they dispatch a note to the printer, in which they express a disinclination to become a candid ate, at the same time deferentially saying that should the Convention see proper to tender them the nom ination, t hey would hot decline it li ving to convey the impression that they are willing to uecome martyrs j lor the dear people. .Men of true j modesty will despite all such con duct. We will say this, however, in justice to our Lion county Dem ocrats. While almost every man of them, we presume, from highest to lowest, holds himself in readiness to accept the nomination should it lie tendered him, but few have had the weakness to try the "declining dodge." The Mercury says of the Repub lican party, "Thou art weighed in the balance and found wanting." Doubtless that is so by the Mercury scales, which weigh ignorance and foolishness. The Democratic party ou the same scales would-be obese. The Eugene Guard thinks the comiiits election is a good opportuni ty for "honest reformers" to ojierate No such reformers can be found in t,ie I-cmtic ranks The reason is the blo,M t,,at in the J" . ' "e PP'6 .v well exclaim, "flow can a pure thing come out of an "'M'"- -"urn-m ,mi.ossm-. I inrn c tr, n nn . in I . . ,,t. .w, run, rpi rm . . , . 1 I, . " priy tot pomi' aiion wnay wnose U..V.1 J. ,.. i : rM,ulBI Wl 1 ' '""l tion, and Heaven onlv knows what the "nosing process" would bring out concerning each of their moral characters. The Mercury says, concerning the coming Congressional election, that "a thorough conviction that we (Democracy) shall win, is prev alent in the ranks of the party throughout the State." That is the same kind of sham "conviction" tQ ti,. w, . ; ,n I orv ii, a i any r-t ,i iucii in tuc country professing to be under "con viction," but they are such egreg ious hypocrites that they never reach conversion. Honest "con viction," followed by genuine re pentance, would very likely enable them to ''wisp' The Mt miry says: "Democrats interpreted the Constitution to say: 'Thou shalt not steal.'" True, that was the theory of the early fathers of Democracy, but practically these j modern fellows will gobble nearly everything they can lay their lianas 0n A 1 emocratic exchange says that great harmony prevails in the Democratic party at this time. If the way they are clawing each outer in California at this time is a sam- pie of it, give us a cage full of torn cats. The Moral Tearlier. The Ti B6ISTEK "readier is n moral teacher, lie teaches Unit crime is no sin : I 1'. hntln..n tat tiw, OOtln tit. tltilll- it It? Ml,' While praying that lilpple may win. The Slanderer. k tnnhieersiieiow to Hades must so, and slanderers with devils must dwell ; TIs hard tosoe, then, how the Mercury rficn Can escape the damnation of hell. FORKIUS SEWN. The Cortes of Spain has approved ()m bi), 5() ()rt0 reserves in order that tne insurgents may oe put down. Eight hundred Calician socialists are marching on Portugal where they hope for sympathy. Five British, one American and three Italian war vessels are lying in Escotnberara bay, in Spain Cartagena, Spain, is preparing for a long struggle. All males abov 1(1 years of age are enrolled. 'I he streets are almost deserted, shops are closed, and the insurgents are issuing paper money. Cholera on the 15th, was report- l( as increasing in virulence in va rious places m Germany. U Vienna, grand diplomas of honor have lieen awarded to Amer icans, as follows: To the United States Government, for display of cotton and products; to the National Bureau of Education; to the Mate of Massachusetts; to the city of Boston; to the Smithsonian Insti tute, at Washington to these four for excellence in methods and pro gress of education and schools. At Chiselhurst, August 15th, immense enthusiasm was displayed by several hundred Frenchmen and others assembled to celebrate the late Kmiwror's fete day. After mass Empress Eugenie and her son gave a reception. The Prince made a brief speech to lib visitors. Apprehensions are felt that Kais er William, o (Jermany, will not livelong. His journey to St. Pet ersburg, it is said, left a bad effect on his constitution. Many of the coal pits in T.icesfer shire, Eng., have been closed. Dis sat'.s'action in consequence of the weighing system caused several thousand miners to strike. Gladstone has lteen legally ad vised that his rejection to Parlia ment is not required by his assump tion of the Chancellorship of the Exchequer. At Vienna the award of medals WHS ST1 Ml I iirn I r l( O I tie " - ...... r;.it(Nl Stat(1R n, received ten diplomas .and England thirty. In . 1 .. the machinery department of the ; exhibition diplomas of honor have , , ' . , been awarded to New York and Philadelphia. Twenty-six lT. S. exhibitor! receive medals fbr pro gress, nineteen medals of merit and eighteen certificates ot excellence. A letter from Pome says the Syn dic has posted up a notice prohibit ing all persons under pretense of making pilgrimages, whcthersingly or in group, from passing through the city. It is regarded as a fanat icism not to lx encouraged, and as a means used in keening up political excitement as well as being detri- mental to the public health. To " ' nil.,, i. n m..n, 1 , . .. getaer, as at Assisi or other places, with very imperfect means of ac commodation, might be attended with serious harm, as in the Mus sulman pilgrimages to Mecca which have served to propagate cholera and other maladies. A Vienna dispatch of August 14th says: "The Exposition has decidedly outlived its interest, and can hardly have any result more remarkable than its enormous financial deficit. There has beeu blundering ami the usual Austrian unreadiness from the start, lbe elements have conspired against the show, and the Hotel keeiors nave ably seconded them. Wl at both 1 ! left to lie done was effected lv the 1 appearance of the cholera, and though the disease has left the city, so nave me visitors aiso. it, now only remains to transfer the big M ofm a( jr(m ih,() g Jlleas. j we garden, like its predecessor in j London, and to write fai lire against tne mosi receni oi international shows." Latest News. The passenger earnings of the Union Pacific Railroad in July were f357,625an increase of over $50,000 for the same month last year. It is suggested that persons who go about with their Cashmere shawls turned inside out to show that they are genuine, should adopt the custom of walking on their heads, to show that their boots are soled. Mr. J. II. Sharon, who lives a distance below Pendleton, says that lie has com that will beat any thing in the State yet for height. Some of it will measure 12 feet in height. The Tycoon gives his support to a new Chinese newspaper enter prise, and secures its success by tl reatening to behead those who do not subscribe, Prof. John M. Garrison, for merly of Salem, is to tke charge of the North District School in Corvallb, to lie assisted by Miss Bat-tie C ark, also of Salem, says Statesman. Mr. Al, St urges, of Applegate, will have this year fully one thous and bushels of the finest varieties of peaches. He a'so has black berries, plums, apricots, etc., in abundance. Hon. James H. Slater has re signed the position ot School Direc tor of the l.a Grande District. Five soldiers are confined in the jail at Baker City on charges ot larceny. They are all deserters. The editor of the Mountain iSew tind offers to make an affidavit that a lied bug cannot be drowned, He has tried, it.