The weekly Placer herald., 1853-02-05

carries with it no force or weight from its
authors character, and borrows It's only
respectabi lty from beng noticedat all by
honorab men, Such charge is only
Surpassed in shameessness by the malice
which prompted it, and in ,neanness Try
the man who made it.
A few words of advice to this manikin,
and, will wash my hands Of him. He
viii comprehend that it is written less III
friendship than in admonitlon, but the adj
vice may have sufficient charlns in It's
truth TO induce him to to low it.
vi. Sir, you have grossly and without
cause attacked men, who, if they possess
common gratitude, will hourly thank
Heaven, that they hold no sympathy in
common with you. You have made as
sertions which you must have known
could be refuted at sight, and you have
drawn an inference, stating it as an accu-
sation and IL truth, which nothing but
blind ice could invent orb inder folly
publish. Do you flatter yourself that
your motive can he concealed behind your
srreen of devotion to the public interest!
Every man knows that the little Orhlr
public has been treated only rs the great
California public has always been treated
by the General Government, and that we
comp ain only of ii neglect and indifier-
ence, which is felt throughout the State
MOI you remember well, (tor you never
forget such things,) who among many
men, good and true of all parties, used
their time and influence against you,
whenever you have tried to creep into n
station of public trust. Do you not re-
member too, that you have more than
once been thrust back into your obscurity
10y the overwhelming potence of publIc
scorn?
Gather wisdom from past reverses -
You are not pleasant in the pubic eye.
Vex it no more. Retire, AS many wiser
and better men have done, from the strife
and anxietles which wait on prominence,
to the calm joys Of domestic life and the
pleasant task of self cultivation. En-
deavor to raise one large thought-a SIN
gle large vicW-One generous feeling
only one many aspiration, and depend
upon it, if you succeed, the unwonted
luxury will amp'y repay all the anxiety
and troul1e of cultivation. Take Il look
out from between your prisoning columns
of dollars and cents, and the world IN
which other men breathe and think, will
seem almost Heaven to you.
You say that you are responsible for
your letter. Responsibility implies pub
lie confidence and trust for its bail. You
were very safe in writing those big words
But and my right hand are responsible
to you for every word contained in this
reply.
You say that your name can be learned
at the office of the Placer Herald. 1t is
quite unnecessary to apply. There is but
one man in Ophir who would have writ
ten that letter, and | lay slug against
any pewter dollar in town that | si,ve HIT
on the man and rfraWn his portrait.
Here endelh the first Iessnn- W hen next
You neeL isnother you know where to APP
ply for Il teacher.
Perhaps an apology is due to the public
for the length of This communications -
Nnthine rnmld have induced me to answer
thus amy sMsllnary attack, but this was so
gross III lis nature, so rcveMgeiuI in its
origin. and so >kifulIy aimed to injure me
in my business by throwing upon me a
public odiun, which ten, Samson ike, ,
Is as powerful as IT, is bliud, that | could
not fal' short Of this in justice to my sub
ject, though all the time painful Iy con-
sci"uS, that my labor resembTed that Of
the man in the fable, who heaperl up Il
mountain to bury mouse. l bis is my
first appearance for public attack or de-
fense. Whether or not it will be my last,
does not depend upon myself.
..> G.. Il. H. PALMER.
The above statement IN regard to the
Post Office affair, fu y indorse. 4,
..rv JNO Q. JACKSON.
Auburn, Feb. 4th, 1858