The Placer herald., 1855-10-13

"Man's strange animal, aud makes s;runge
OF his o nature and ae various Grts.
And likes particularly to produce
Some experiments to show his psrtsv
This is the age of oddities let loose,
When different talents fnd their different maris
You'd hest begin with truth. and when you've lost your
Labor. there's sure market for mposture."
We have no idea the poet when he renned the
above quotation, dreamed how exactly fitted they
were to become to any living creature. No one,
however can read the last weeks ebuiiton of
the great UnW ashed, who presides over the Press,
without being most forcibly struck with their ap-
plication to him. The passing notice we took of
him, two weeks since, seems to have stirred up
all the bile in his nature, and he launches at our
devoted head cumbrous leader Of column and
q half The angry rumblings of the fearful storm
came TO our cars in the early part of the week,
giving us time to prepare our nerves for the
shock. Among the quid names about town, it was
said che would defend himself to the best of his
ability''-n short, that such was his desperate
threat.
Here then we have q specimen of the best Of his
ability, and regarding it in this light, we pro-
nounce it-hash. Hash, from beginning to end,
having for its principal ingredient our criticism
upon his editorial declarations, chewed up and
seasoned with slang and falshood, with an occa-
sOna desperate effort at wit. One of the flashes
Of genius burst from him, in this wise: that a
good plow-boy was spoiled when we became an
Editor. The public, no doubt. would be under
lasting obligations to him, if he would convey to
them solution of that enigma in regard to him
self. We have heard it suggested that. in his
ease. nothing was spoiled.
We find nothing in his hotch potch worthy of
notice, save the charge he makes against us Of
having once been member of q know-nothing
l.
it to be true, and we are convinced an acquain-
tance with its impious treason to the Constitution
of the country would have made us ashamed of it,,
and caused US TO sever the connection Gs soon as
possible
Now, how stands the case with the editor Of the
Press He openly declares himself member OF
the l;now-nothng order. Some two months since
there was published throughout this State, what
the public have right to believe. (slnce 1T has
never been dened.) to be the ritual of that order
in California. According to this ritual. among
other ceremonies, the candidate is obliged to take
the follow oath:
you do solemnly swear. without any mental
preservation or hesitation whatever. upon this
holy bible. before Alme ehtv God and these wit
'nesses. that you will never divulg ge any question
''prepounded to you here. whether you become a
member Of this society CT not; and that you ,ciH
"nerer under Gny Circumstances rercai the name
'or names Of any person or persons, you mag see
'ciety &C., &C.
If We are not greatly mistaken. Mr.. Littlejohn,
Speaker of the Assembly of New York. in his eX-
pose of the ritual Of the order, affirmed, whilst
ackuow led ging himself a member. q similar obi-
CATION On the members there. From these facts
the public have seen the ecce signum. and there
fore drawn the conclusion that each member has
thus bound bmsef. and in connection with the
charge made against US. will not be slow in arry-
ing at the irresistible conclusion:
1st. That, if We were q member the editor of
the Press has violated this obli CATION, in publish
ing the charge made against Us. and thereby per-
jured himself. Of there is anything binding in
an Xtra-iudicial oath.)
%. If We never was member he has told q
wlful and malicious lie.
And here arc q pair Of horns which our neigh
bor can wear. No lodging, even youth and in
experience wont save You, for children are whipt
for lying and as for periury-its very, very
naughty indeed, and those guilty of it have been
known to receive the scorn and contempt of all
high minded and honorable men.