Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-19
The VarysviIIe Herald,
The following extracts are from the

The following extracts are from the
Marysyille Herald of the 10Th instant:
/ "THE BUTTE REcoRp.-1t seems that by
condensing and expurgating communication
rejecting on the Butte Record, and by mis-
constituting somewhat awkwardly express ed
sentence in that paper, we unintentionally
misrepresented the opinions of the editor, in
relation to Mr. E. X. Dodge Instead of
charging Mr. Dodge with having gone out of
office, forty thousand dollars in debt to Butte
county. the Record meant that when Mr.
Dodge surrendered the Sheriffalty, Butte
County was forty thousand dollars in debt 1t
was pure misapprehension on our part, and no
wilful determination to do the editor of the
Record injustice And now having made the
amende honorable, we feel like having a few
words with the Record on another matter"
As this misunderstanding seems to
have arts n through the misrepresenta-
ton of some sneaking and contemplate
s7ondent from sthis county, we
would state for the benefit of all inter-
ested, that we are ready, and always have
been, to admit articles into our columns
discussing both sides ofpolilical or other
questions, and it seems to us that cor
respondent, whose object is to take is
sue with us, would better accomplish his
object by adopting our paper as a nicdTi
um through which TO counte act our
doctrines, than paper which is seen by
but comparatively few Of our readers
Had this been done, there would have
been no misunderstanding between Gen.
Allen and ourself, and the correspondent
alluded to 7aould not now be walking in
our midst with the comfortable reflection
that His Misrepresentation did create
hard feelings between those who might
otherwise have remained at peace, ex-
ceptinga slight difference in politics.
Who the correspondent is, we know not;
and beg to assure him that we shall not
take measures to cultivate his acquaint-
ance, else doing so, should weaken our
reliahce in the household Of the faithful
among mankind But enough of II is.
We wish now simply to notice portion
of the Uerald's article mentioned as
'iano;hcr matter"
"As an editor-a political editor-he is i'm
pulsive and one dead, and very liable to i'm
agine man a rascal because he differs from
him in opinion
This is merely a vagucry of the Her.
aMs We have not denounced those
politically opposed to us as rascals except
when they were guilty Of political trick
cry, chcanery fraud, and we have i'm
agined and stated the same thing of
some prominent democrats. When we
became satisfied that the Know Nothings
had practiced chicanery and fraud to
defeat the express will of the m rjority
as they have done by sneaking into eau
causes of other parties, and nominating
members Of their own order, and then
clai ming their election as Know Nothing
victories, lille not one fourth of the
voters belonged to their order. Perhaps
the Herald would call this shrewdness
and triumph Of Known othing prime
iplcs but we call it rascally, and those
who practice it rascals. IF this is not
sufficient proof, we would call the Her
AIDS attention to the extract from the
circular issued by the ow-Nothings of
Virginia, and sec the rascality recon-
mended in that Also, to the extract
from the speech of Mr. Littlejohn, where
he shows that the initiate into the order
is instructed that he cannot for his life,
reveal "the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the TRUTH" even before a
legal tribunal. Mr.. Littlejohn was a
member of the order, and entitled to
credence, although he was expelled and
burnt in efigy, for daring to exercise the
privilege Of a Fl eeman, and vote as he
thought proper Are not such things
rascally' Who, after this exposure of
their oaths and ritual, is prepared to be-
lieve IL member of the order even under
oath Are you, Mr.. Herald
As to our being zone idead"-it is
possible that the Herald considers all
as Zone idead," who have not been con-
nected with every political party in the
country. If so, We plead guilty. We
have never been connected with any but
the democra tic party
''He treats them as skunks, as thieves as
thugs, as greasers, as everything that is
wicked and repulsive.'
Precisely so; and yet ''the half hath
not been told'