The weekly Placer herald., 1853-12-10
For the Placer Herald.
Auburn, Dec 9th, 1858.
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cd wo'u 'oremplfed an in the conduct OF affairs
ton a. mnar o county of tho state, glorious
in the oan"f T would like to explain thing or
onu .1ro 70 the uninitateo .,o cuona 1,,rr
two ~ ,.;nr from the report OF the trano 'ury
Juuslna anntv. it will be seen that old Placer
Of the o0% tar 60 biz county. Such paragons
is lucNy ,tl;c ,ficors! 1t must be perfect martyr
FOR PnD w. the af4ble gentlemen having charge
doni ~ rocords of the Clerk, Auditor ana ke-
Of u. ~. 70 so discharge his duties as 10 oe ne-
e'r.; Of all praise" Ana then no" 'ucHy
s99'tTa 9, placer is in a Sheriff! In the language
of' of tbe report, he-- ce nc,1 .oo n'eniy
o.''.onmenled " for the very ape i"ltlIui "ilu
'ea'.n :no1 manner in which he performs the
"ehc'e"q hi. Office. oftentimes arduous, diff
'4,. and pcrilous in the extreme
"cui' a .he collector too has laid the county
Hna lasting obligations by ''the energetic
anuel ani'rh and faithful mode in which he has
'lnofod lnIys0rmed the weighty labors Of the trust
"asss 1ny "I luckv too in the "cnergetc" ''taith-
~" "rJ Thorough" foreign tax collectors
IG n, have dealt so revenue swellingly' with
wiz, Nlo '.roce Of foreigners, SO strange in lnngu-
VnaV aIitsa and customs In short our good
"IS w. h,va also splendid treasurer neat
vim vouchers and entries, &c all K
"S n1 Is.t. though not le lst, the Grand Jury
~,ckon from what they can see that our coun
~ judiciary are replete with competency,
!yyrr;tv ool courtesy" and ~ new and
snlpndii Court House they seem to THINK
p'u calculated to set them off to advantage.
Val Mfr, Editor, after nll this, do you not
.,;nl that oll Placer is blessed in all her
,ardnrs. and of C urse will not tail to bless
III within her borders And then there no
d,nbt about il, for the Grand Jury Of the
.nn,tv say all these fine things, and the peo-
IIe of the county wont ubt word Of it.
ffnd oh shocking ingratitule the bare
thouuht thnt the chaSte Thrice blessed peo
rio Will not reward these good and faithful
self.s,crjhcing public servants, who have
hnen wearing ont their very lives in the peo
nIe's service Nor can it be presum for one
,oomcnt that it ever entered into the brain OF
ana man on that Jury or off from tn Jury. to
"a, my Of these fine things in modest p"niss
Of the exemplary county officers for white
washing purposes" or fnr "buncombe' for
some future use No, no! that would be high
ly improper in Grand Jury Of old Placer
Nor can any reasonable man for one moment
suspect thst that splendid report, so justly
praising commenting and endorsing, those
faithful and self sacrificing public officers,
ever emnnatel front any other source than
the aforesaid GRAND Jury. NJ! n"! that
would BE- highly Improper Yes, ycry For
the law (>tatute 1851, page 235, sections ZIG
III and 2l8 determines that the court and
District Attorney are the only lawful c0un
seIlors and udv srrs Of the Grnn1 Jury, and
every member Of the Grnnl Jury is bound to
keen strictly secret all that may be said or
done by them except in certain cases to test
the consistency OF the statements Of witnes
scs examined before then; therefore, 40 out
slider, like myself coull possibly know the re
suit Of their deliberations, except hy their
hwtul report. And, oh scandal ,us--oh cr-
olery sckenns and debasing cursed be the
ewes Of him who nsinuates that Mat self same
r,pnrt WAS gotten up, yes written by the
Sheriff Office lawyer the Honorable Ben
Oh! no! IT cant be possible that that lauie
tory report didn't c me really from the great
fl hearts of that discerning Or nd Jury, but
that it was gotten up under the eye and su-
rervsion subject to the inspection Of. ana to
serve the purposes Of those wh09e praises are
20 sweetly sung. and under the sklful hnnd
Of the aforesaid Honorable Oh! no! that
must he slander upon thnt gentleman? For
although he WAS elected by the people as one
Of the honorable law makers, he was not
elected to tamp with or furnish instruction
or reports for Grand Juries and >urely he
would not sully his fair tame by such acts
anu worse Stlll-lt can OF be possible th9t
those modest and faithful officers, were privy
10 and suggested the expression Of these
hushing honors, heaped thick upon them
And II can't be possible that ALI the fine things
IN th.s report are nothing more nor less than
an attempt on the part Of those saf-exnltn2
othcers to humbug the good people Of this
county through q dignjfel report of a more
dSnhed Grand Jury, furnished to their hand
all prepared - cut and dried, by said Off
GERS ger eral attorncy-tho honorable Ben.
And yet Il this is not the case how tie d--l
does 1t come that this identical Report was in
the lrnter'. Office all in the hand writing of
sad Hon Ben, at least one hour before id
Report was read to the II n. Court of Scs
sions, while the said Honorable gentleman
appeared in said court--al nttention-Mr
hAger, to hear " hat the Grand Jury ,rottId
report, and who very modestiy suggested to
the District Attorney before that officer had
read It to the Court that the report had bet
Ter be published And upon it's being read
come of the faithful officers looked bashful
emo 'gh tohcsure,as these unsought for praises
ana nconlums were heapeh thick upon them
When, Mr.. Elitor, will all things be ex
pla'ned, and when will the citizens Of the
county adort some course to prevent our
faithful officers from being weighed down to
tne ground aye, literall, buried beneath
loads adulaton.
In the meantime fellow men and women. 1t
- well set led fact that there are many
ways OF Whipping the devil around the stump
UtT>lDER.
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