The weekly Placer herald., 1852-10-09
no. aTlHEI lPUBidC.is 81

Having received numerous "conimuni--
CATIONS, from, citizens Of this county ex-
pressing "a conviction thabi was defeated
IN the late fwhig convention. through will
ful misrepresentation made 10 that body
by certain delegates, and requesting Inc 10
offer niysef as neutrality-suspicious. candidate
for the office of'county clerk at the coming
election: n deem''i it, proper TO make
known, to those who may not be as, well
posted in the matter as, the citizens of the
Immediate vicinity ofiss4uburhd dsome
of the facts in the, case: Some
months since was spoken,to BY a gentle
man, prominent in the whig party, con-
eerningthe approaching county nominas
tiohs, and ih the cour5e' Of That CONVERSE
ton he reniafked that would undoubted7
lyreceiye the. unanimous. vote Of the con-
ventionfor the elerkship .od Believing the
gentTemaif betteraversedl i'll suth matters
than MYSELF, ] paid 10 farther attention to
the matter until short time previous : to
the convention, WhenI learneddhat atloth-
erperson,h (the present 'nohinee,) would
be d Candidate Before the Convention and
inl failure of success, would run ipdepep-
dent. Lcalled upon the gentleman and
asked him concerning his Intentions. He
gave me no decided answer but appointed
time for an interview, which interview
be never saw fit to granite g90 ioi vi
,oOhlthe day1of the heuconvcntion heard
there would lie a strdhg vote cast for Mr..
Grant, i attended the, convention expect
ing that i'm the effort to throw me over
board charges woudabe brought of ne
gIectNof duty Or 'incoinpetenty, Or. per-
haps a .taint Of democracy on my part, and
the superior qualifications. 3 merits and
claims Of my opponent strongly ur ged.
But nothing of the. Kind occurred, The
great and uilanswerablc reason why Imust
not receive the, nomination was, that
had already served one term D office and
tle2principles ofthe whig party demanded
TOtutlOil, hat lHdl gttSSBTtlOH WdS uU-
qualifiedly false no MIN knows better thas
he who uttered it, ,neverfhelessl as it was
uncontradicted it was received as gospel
by a majority Of the convention. That !
am not and never have been clerk of this
county aHy lnan who has been served with
legal process oiohas. read a legal advefl
tiselnent Knows afuii well, and as ! said
before, no man ,kfIl knows il better than Mr..
Beecher. When at the organization of
this Count, taWas through a great fraud,
the perpetrators Of Which are sunknownI
save TO theilselvesl their, accQmpilces and
their God, dafeatedl in that, canyass mo-
man was Alouder'in his denuneiations Of
the crime than the gentleman, who, with
immense hfass, informed the convention,
that had served one term and was there,
fores ineligible to lre-nomination. .1this
irueoas deputy clerk have had charge
and control Of the Office, and ], ,beiieye it
likewise true that have discharged the,
duties of that office to the satisfaction Of
myfellow-citizehs; such at least has been
my aim, and | heard nothing TO the CON
trary, urged in conyention.i bio sdl no9ui
When Ispeketo Mr.. Beecher abontthe
lhisstateinehts he had made, his only ans
wef was that'if he had not done, so he
would have lost his influences with the
wings Of his precinct.l9y0 b9blssTq .haG'
sDo show thecollsistency Of the one teriil
party, it will be noticed that upon, the reXi
ballot was unanimously nominated for.
assessor, which nomination. h declined,1
candidates for district attpr-
ney and public administrator, are the very
gentlemen4w whpp now npAv fill those offices. IN 4,
oOne word more and that With hregarel to
the sympathy expressed by my oppdiient'
ateniyedefeatsand Which 7 faHy appreciate
1t is q well known fact, that for weeks pre-
vious to The conventions ,dwhile the duties
oftthe,ofice inwhichi 1 am employed con-,
fined me'to the county seat, that gentle,
man was riding about Ihe the coupty mest an
topbtedly .endeayofingl to secure my nornr-
nationJ and thel stole firlnness with which
heilehdured . etheiea CORY Of the moment,r