The weekly Placer herald., 1855-09-01
NUMBER. 81.

KNOW .NoTHINGrsM.--The utter coldness. If
not contempt. with which the KnowNOthing
nominations are mt in this city, and also in
Sacramento. together with the demonstrations
made in both places towards the resuscitation
of the old Whig Party. have proved the elec-
tion OF the ticket to be cl arly an impossibili-
ty. The greatest of modern abortions is liter
ally dead cock in the pit. and there is hard
~ man in the order who does not wish he
had broken his leg the day before he Joined it.
The cry now is. save h msclf who CAM
The experiment of making it a reform party
has proved mist rahe failure; for buying
and selling, buttonho holng and intriguing,
have been carried further in this purity party
than was ever before known since the day
when Esau took a bill of sale from Jacob Of
his birthright for mess of pottage. Disgust
an inch thick sits upon the faces Of nearly all
who have been inveigled into the secret cOnn.
ellis They see that their confidence has been
abused, and that instead of lending their aid
for reform, they have been made the instru-
ments of advancing forward men whom they
do not respect, and for whom they cannot
conscientously or consistently vote. Till re-
Gently they have not realized their position.
But now that the nominations are all made,
they see that the last hope of reform through
that nstrumentalityt is gone, and they can
r. main in it no longer-.dita.
THE KNowNoTHNGs IN PLACER.-A Cor
respondent of the State Journai writing from
Auburn. under date of August 18TH says:
The political affairs of this county are
frightening for the Democracy A great
many democrats. from mere curiosity. had
joined the midnight band. but the nomina-
ton OF Secret Circular Johnson as he is
called. has exposed the whole trick to the
Democrats. on can put down Placer county
as safe for four hundred Democratic majority.
Bigler. Zahriskie. Johnson and Terry have
gone north. Weller and Bryan have visited
Ophir and Gold Hill, in our county
Col. Weller. that sterling Democrat is doing
noble service for the Democracy. He met,
at Gold Hill, the Know-Nothing candidate
for the Senate in this county, and utterly de-
molished him. to the great delight of four or
five hundred Democrats present.
Judge Bryan. although not taking parti2an
part in the canvass. elOquently explains the
position of the Democratic party in the crisis.
JUDGE MrRRAY.-For six years Judge Muir
ray and | have lived in California. During
thet tine no one has seen me to gamble one
dollar. or has seen me once drink. or ever saw
my foot within the threshold Of brothel;
neither has single tongue made such reports
of me. pretended to no virtne beyond Or
binary morality amongst my fellows, but
should be false to my earnest wish to see a
purer state Of society in California if did
dot try to secure for Supr, me Judge-for my
Judge-a man at least equal to myself in the
common mOralities of private life
ETfrdct from George GOrdOn's Letter.
JUDGE MYRoN. NoRTON.--A report of viola
ton of pledge having been circulated in Sa-
cramento, for the purpose of injuring this gem
tleman with the Sons of Temperance, of which
organization he is member, Ben. E. S. Fly,
who was present at the time referred to. pub
fishes card in the State Journal in which
he says:
Il am happy to be able to state that The
Judge is F. W. P. of the Sons of Temper
ance. and consistent Temperance man. /
say this not to favor Judge Norton but az an
act of iustce-for | shall not vote for him
unless be should be nominated by the State
Temperance Convention.'
THE X. n PRESCRIBING EACH OTHER.-By
far the richest part of the Know Nothing
Ritual, says the state Journal, is the Third
Degree obi cation. or at least. that portion of
it in which the Third Degree members s,cear
that they will prescribe the members of the
First and Second Degrees. The obligation
runs thus:
"Ihnt you riH cote for and support for
all political offices, THIRD, or Union DE-
GREE members of this Order, in prefer
enre 10 all Others"
What do the members of the First and
Second Degrees think Of this? They are in
almost as unfortunate a fix. and as much pro-
scrihed. as the poor reigntrs. for only the
favored ones, we understand. can gain admis-
sion to the Third Degree. In fact it is ap-
parent that the members of the First and
Second Degree are slaves and tools to those
''who are higher up in the papers"
THE PREsBYTERIANs AND Know NOTHING
IsM-The Preslyttry of Shenango, Wis, of
the Associate Presbyterian Church. at a meet
ing held on the l7th ult., adopted the follow
ing resolut on, which we would commend to
the special imitation of members of every
Protestant denominations:
ReSo/red That in the Judgment of this Pres
bytery, the principles Of Our church erciude
from communion the mtmbers 0f the secret
society cafied hnOw .Nothings, and the mem
bers Of all such secret societies. and that the
Presbytery direct sessions to enforce this
opinion.
GLORIOUS NEWS FROM THE MOUNTAINS.-We
expected that the Know Nothing organization
would weaken before the election but we
never expected SO tremendous reaction as
we now witness. The councils appear to be
breaking up in all directions, and the with