Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-12

From some cause, to US unknown, the
Marysville Herald seems determin d to
misrepresent US, every time it has occa-
sion to speak of US. After we had dis
tincily stated that we were opposed to
all secret political societies, the Herald
stll continued to eliss Us as opposing
one secret political institution and up
holding another. This was unjust, and
we spoke of it in strong language-such
as we thought the occasion required.
Again, in the Herald of the Sth, we find
oursef still more gros -ly misrcpresented,
followed by C mments, which betray IA
readiness to believe anything. against a
political opponent, no matter how pre-
postrrous, absurd, or false it may appear
upon its face The misrepresentation in
the Herald OF the Sth, is as follows
''Ihe Record, in speaking of Mr. Dodge.
says that he was sheriff of the county for two
years, aud went out Of office forty thousand
dollars in debt to the county"
This Is simply and unqualifedly false-as
Gen. Allen must have known, had he perused
our paper and paid less attention to a lying
and villainous correspondent. Is it possible
that the editor of the Herald is incapable Of
exercising a little common sense; or is he
willing to promulgate any statement, however
false and absurd. if he only has the authority
Of some ignoramus, or wilfully false CORES
pendent: The Herald again says:
The Record has jumped at this little piece
of scandal and promulged it, without taking a
single thought of its absurdity."
This is also false. We never promulged
anything of the kind, and would advise Gen.
Allen to peruse the Record before promuga-
ting such wholesale statements concerning it.
Here is what We did say, and We defy any
man Of common sense, who does not desire to
wiltully misrepresent US, to put the construc-
ton upon it that the Editor of the HeraId
does
''Mr. Dodge was sheriff and head revenue
officer of the county for two years, AMI went
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debt-and further that the present democrat
ic administration has about wiped out that
Indebtedness.
Having tortured this statement of ours 81
as to read that Mr. Dodge event out of office
forty thousand dollars in debt to the county,
Gen. Allen concludes his remarks by intima-
ting that we are likely to close cast as reli
able editor" We should like to inquire who
would not lose cast as a reliable character, i
he permitted such foul and damnable falsehood:
to go uncorrectea? We had hoped that what.
ever political discussion might take place be-
tween Gen. Allen and ourself as journalists
would be conducted, on his part at least, with
truth and manliness. But we have hereto
fore had occasion to correct mis-statements
appearing in the Herald, which instead Of
correcting, the editor permitted to be re- tier
ated. In the editorial of the Herald now al.
/ luded to, we can see only the most barefaced
Misrepresentation, and desire on the part
Of Gen. Allen, to expatiate upon that misrep-
resentation to our injury, and as he has here.
tofore neglected to correct the mis- Elements
which have appeared in his paper concerning
US, we feel compelled to denounce the informa-
ton furnished by the Herald correspondent
and the remarks thereupon by Gen. Allen, AZ
false and libellous in every particular