The weekly Placer herald., 1852-10-02
TO THE PUBEIG.s
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TO THE PUBLIC
aHaving, received nnmer0sis. cammuniss
catiousI from citizens Of this. county (eSs
pressing a conviction that I WAS defeated
in the late whig convention. through ,wit1t'
full misrepresentation made TO 1hatl body
by certainldelegates, and requesting ns'to'
offer myself as an independent canditisite'
for the office ofcoumy clerk aethe coming
electioHs Il deem il il proper eto make
kpowh, to those VINO may not he rs we'll
psasFteh4in ,ths matter asthe, Citizens Of Ithss
iumedietehuyicinity ao6s auburn seme
ofa iHe2s' faetsdIi III yltheq Sc: 4a4 Some
m19nlths sinesI was spoken 10 by q gentle
man, prominentiin i'm the, dwbig party, con-,
cefnmg the approaching connty nominal
tions, and iii the course Of that con versa
tien he remarked that world. unaoubted-
ly receive the uhalnihous vote 6ffhe con-
vention forthe clerkship,o believing the,
gentleman better versetf in such matters
than myself, Epail MO farther attebtions.o
the matter until q short time previous yii,s to
the convention, when Il learned that snot.,-r.
Ier person, (the present noninee.) y would
be a candidate before the convention and
in failure Of success 'woald rim ran iHdepenn--
dent called upon, the gentleman and.
asked him concerning his inten,ionsu He
gave me no decided answer but appoinsed1
a time for an interview, which interview
he never saw fit to grant, ,ij 10 aoiirairnr.
On tile day Of the convention I heard
there would be strong vote cast 'for Mr.. 7:
Grant.s sIu,tepded the eeonyention expect
ing that in theg effort1to throw me soyer-,
board charges world be brought IF ne-l
glect Of duty; of tfpco,npetency, 81, per-
hspsl a faint Of fdywocracy opspy part, ,apd
the Observation-Disclosures ,aesiis and,
chains Of m,y opponent lstrongly urged.
But nothing Of the kind Occurred. i9t The
great and unanswerabIe reason why fmpst
not receive the ,nomination, was, that
had sasddca already served ops ierm Of ,ofice and
the principles of the .whig party demanded
| rotation. 2 Ihat that INSERTION was ma,
quaiifedly false no fS.ii knowsbetters than
he who uttered i, neyertheless1 1aas X was was
uncentradirted il was received as gospel
| byia raajcritylof the convention.f That
am not and never have been clerk Of this
county any. man who Has been served With
legal process or has read a legal adyerr
tisernent knows full .syeil,, and lasI said
before, no man Knows IL better thane Mr..
B3eeeGhher, | was through a great fraud,
thel perpetrators Of which are unknown
save to tt.einselves, their raccomplisesand
/ their God, defeated in that canvass. .ss9Nol'
| mat, vas louder in his denad93eeT7atiSns Of
the crime than the gentle emap, Who,, with
imhiense brass, sinformed the oconventipn
thatl had Served onetefrafand was there
fore Ineligible to denomination. "a It Is
true ,as, depuyeieFk l'haseshad full charge
and coapflraSlf coapflr ffof ths ofiss, ,a3dl hbelleve It
likewise eoehat have discharged the
duties of that office to- orthe.satisfaction of
yfsllow 4eRizsnsg such at least Mas been
ny and ID 1SHSdd, 1hSsHsSd fs il1s The eo ~
trary urged in convention. NV jIens rev
WHEN, rspoke To Mr. Beecler about the
m'fsstatemseSnatas' he Had maae,, his only ans
wsr was that. if bs had y not qtlad done SO he
would have lost his infuance with the
wings of his2pfeemetg osbnsd u sldi bns
fcrygq, OF s9;n9qya .9d1 1oH 9yGa .h]h
I'D 9 show the consistency ofthe one flf term
party;itwill be ,hoticad that upon the next
ballot l was unanimously nominated for
assessor Which nomination | declined,
and that the candidates 0radistrict attor-
ney and public,a ic,administnator,a ,ase the very
gentlemen who now fill those Offices io9
One word more and that with regard to
the sympathy expressed by my opponent