The weekly Placer herald., 1855-06-30
CONSISTENCY.

Noah Webster spells this word in different
ways, and gives about dozen definitions to
it-in no two instances meaning exactly the
same thing. We have examined the works Of
other profound scholars and photographers.
and find that they are about as complex in
their style of spelling and defining the word.
and moreover disagree with Noah and with
each other We are therefore irresistably led
to the conclusion that, although prima tacia
the word is consistency" yet, that in fact
the same is very inconsistent-not agreeing
with itself, never in harmony no uniformity,
quite incongruous, and on the whole about
the worst word the editor of political paper
of the Know-Nothing stamp could put in
print as against an opponent
We were led to this elaborate research and
to perpetrate these reflections. from reading
some remarks of our neighbor of the Placer
Press" in relation to what he calls the ''self-
stultifying'' act of the ''amalgamated commit
tees" of the democracy of this county, and of
the conduct of the actors at the primary cleo
tion held at the Court House on the 9th inst.
That the entire proceeding was wrong is
plainly discernable from his remarks; also.
that the big Indians in our wigwam have for
gotten "that the masses Of our party still re-
tain sense of decent consistency and honest
discrimination between right and wrong;" and
we will take it upon ourself to say that if it
had been ever hinted at by the most /obscure
inuendo that these things were not to our
neighbor's taste. transactions of the kind new
er would have occurred. However, it must
have been a source. of cOngratualation and
soother to his violated judgment when the
reporter informed him about that little in
formal indignation meeting that was formed
''outside the barr True, the expression of
disgust and indignation, when the yeas and
nays were called, was not loud, but this only
shows that their feelings must have been deep
-"Stil water runs Deep" and "the silent
COW eats the swill," are aphorisms that prove
it.
Four weeks ago, when there was a whig
party in existence, and an auburn Whig" to
advocate it's doctrines this Inconsistency
might have been tolerated. But now the case
is different. A new party has sprung into ex-
istence, imbued with the great original North
American doctrine of political reform - of
preserving inviolate the Constitution against
the encroachments of the Pope and his big
gest Bull-of purifying the ballot-box of Irish
and Dutch votes and continuing all svindling
to the native born sovereigns-and of exalt-
ing very enlightened individual called, by
Bailie Peyton last Saturday night, the Guyas-
cutus, into the Presidential chair at some fu-
ture time. This society or party, which is
publicly secret, cannot brook such extreme
Inconsistency as that persons claiming to be-
long to the same party should vote the same
ticket.
We suppose it is not possible for Know
Nothngs in their councils to have rank
Abolitionists meet face to face with your fire.
eating Secessionist, busily and afectionately
counselng together for the preservation of
the Union; or staunch Wing, who never
voted for anything in his life that hadn't pro-
tective tariff and United States Bank attached
to it, in the ahectionate embrace of Demo
srat of the Tanamapy school. Broderick, Anti