The Placer herald., 1855-12-08
Silas. the Legislator.

The passing notice which we gave the wander
ing representative of Placer, in the next legisla-
ture, some time since, has brought him before the
public through the columns of the last No. of the
Placer Press. His constituency no doubt will
be pleased to learn that he is still in the land of
the living, and has actually turned up
He vey innocently wishes to know if it is ne
cessary to possess property or pay taxes in order
to be representative. No. Sas, the law does
not specifically require it; but, you know, people
will talk. For instance they will say: There is
that fellow, Slas, who loafed about Rattlesnake,
figured as an agent of the know-nothings, got a
nomination by them, was elected. aad then
left" Yes, Silas, people will talk of these mat
ters, and then too, they will wonder if you were
so anxious to make money and pay your debts
(Which, by the way. is a very laudable desire on
your part,) you did not find employment, in a
county where you had so recently been elected a
representative. and of which you claim to be a
citizen. You know, Sas that Placer has fifteen
or twenty thousand inhabitants, more than twenty
towns and hundreds of mining camps throughout
her borders, and that in thus leaving her you have
cast reproach upon the golden inducements she
offers to the laboring Industrious man. With such
a fair field as this before you, are you not afraid
your constituency will come to the conclusion that
their representative belongs to the 'do-nothlng
Silas. we begin to think you have not done the
fair thing by "Old Placer after all the honor
she has conferred upon yOu-more, no doubt, than
ever she will get pay for. But, so it is
You pride yourself, Silas in the way you was
''schoolcd' and educated in the belief of the
doctrine taught by the immortal Jefferson" We
had a specimen of that schooling, the last time
you wrote us which we yet preserve as literary
curiosity. If your "Jefersonian" is as miserable
as your English education you are decidedly in a
fit condition to be sent to school again. In fact,
Silas, you should institute suit against the old
gray haired peda gogue who gave you that "Jef-
fersonian education.' for you could recover heavy
damages no doubt Although he may have in
stiled into your mind 'honesty." yet, it is very
evident, he failed to make you capable "
1t is great pity Sias. with all your simplicity
you are not able to keep from lying. You say,
you distinctly remember how anxious we were to
have the know nothngs advance. us fifteen hun
dred dollars to publish paper adv coating their
principles. Sias. your memory is as contempil-
bic as that "Jeflersonian education of yours is
Indifferent. Now. if you had told the readers of
the Press, that we had made offer, in connec-
tion with another gentleman. to the citizens OF
Iowa Hill. Irrespective of party-know-noh ohings,
wings or denocrats.) that if they would raise a
certain amount of money would contribute
the balance. for the purpose of starting neutral
paper you would have told the truth. Now,
Silas. you have it in nut she'll. and the whole
truth of the matter-out Of which a contemplate
know-nothng lie has been manufactured
Your reference. Silas, to the collected wisdom
of the know-nothng State Council and that they
lin their collective capacity possessed almost
as much good sense and wisdom as we do is heavy
upon u.s. and when we remember you were a part
of that collective capacity feel bad. and
mentally cxclaim Lord, help us. Heaven help the
Council!