The Placer herald., 1856-08-09
AUBURN, AUGUST 9, 1855.
Politics,


the most masterly style of our contemporary. Nc
doubt the editor intended it for circulation thro
the various prints Of his order in the State, and u
his vain imaguings listened to the Mandatory
enconums Of his brethren: but having forgotten
we suppose, to write the word nub in it, none Of
them noticed his effort. The article as whole
reminds one of the long dolorous howl the gen
tleman was won't to give vent to in the campaign
Of last year; when Sam was about desperately
bent on finding some unfortunate men, upon
whom to infct the cares and perquistes Of office
and promising all manner of good things 10 the
dear people. should the KnowNothings succeed
There are seasons for everything. but the season
for carrying the crowd by the silly shout for
Sam" has gone bye.
He breaks out in protracted lugrubrious wall
over matters as they have been, imputing with
his usual fairness to the Democratic party, all the
misdeeds of the times. He would have one be-
lieve that the Vigilance Committee was founded
for the express purpose Of hanging and banishing
the men composing the Democratic party OF Cali
fornia, instead Of owing its revival and present
existence to the punishment of a know-Nothing
Supervisor and Supreme Court Judge. His in
vective rises to the flowing numbers and melif-
luous notes Of lyric song. For instance, when al
| lnding TO the time when Democracy died its
death" and 1.-The loafng retainers Of Democracy
left our Shores one is apt to imagine Sappho
risen from her long sleep Of death.
Many of them will return no more forever.
Foreign wars and ftrays the pestental miasma
of Central American swamps and lungles have
laid them low. Others lie in the prisons and hos
pitals of Mexico. and others have gone God only
knows and nobody cares where"
If anything the strain becomes yet more lofty
when speaking Of the inroads Of the vigilants
upon Democratic partizans.
"Some of the acts of the Committee are a fnal-
ty and can never he revealed. The pistol of Casey
will no more resound in the streets of San Fran
cisco to hush in death the voice OF remoustrance
against official corruption. The brutal arm of
Sullivan will no more alright and beat back the
quiet citizen from the polls.
"McGowan wanders Outcast and parlah
among the bleak hills. or hides in dank swamps
a fugitive from the law and the people. He will
return no more to plot evil work for shallower
brains and make the ballot-box farce. His race
is run and it is to be hoped We shall never see his
like again
Pity Pegasus should hobble so over the closing
lines; nevertheless taking the extracts together,
we do not believe that even Brace could have ad-
ded anything to their poetry. He might possibly
have made the subject more popular by setting it
to the music of Jordan is hard road to travel"
Oh stupid American scrblers. would you con-
sign Hawkins to fameless grave for so slight
fault as that? Or do you prefer that his excellen
ces shall extort immortality from his antagonist?
Have then thy cruel wish; we have made the re-
cord.
AT present. however, says the editor, "they
(the Democrats.l stand shoulder to shoulder cheek
to cheek bowling from the same rostrum. all
swearing by the same God-Democracy. They
now, as Of old, consider their party nvncble,
and look upon a nomination as tantamount to an
election. Those therefore. who ambitious Of
Office are already in the field pulling their wires,
rolling their ogs. and laying their pipe for nomi-
nations
Here is an important admission, viz that we
"stand shoulder to shoulder' but why he should
exhibit his gratuitous malice against those who
Joined him last year when venting his rage at De-
mocracy and clamoring for reform we are unable
to see. Perhaps we shall hear next that these men
are traitors and perjnrers. No doubt when the
American flag shall canopy his prolific head. we
shall have scinctilatone of genius suuh shall
startle US all from our tame propriety. We can
bear his anger at Democracy, but when the old
story of reform comes up we feel inclined to ex-
anime the claims of his party TO use the term aa
an incentive to join their ranks. The year 1888
will remain memorable in the gentleman's history
as having played the part Of pet organgrinder TO
Know -nothngsm in Placer county, and welding
for the time being commanding influence here
and in the State at large; thereby the result Of
the canvass considered ''reviveing the purer days
Of our revolutionary fathers
The leaders induced the support of the people
by denouncing the corruptons of the previous ad-
ministraton, and promising reform in legislation
and in all the departments of State. According
to Mr. Rhodes the former Secretary of State under
Gov. johnson, the greatest expense the Bgler ad-
ministration ever encountered the State within
any one year, was s900000 and that during the
first year of this reform party, they have raised
the expensesto exceeding 81 .8lS 900 They howl
ed against the schemers for patronage through
laws providing for the appointment of flour in
spectors. and Notaries, &c. and themselves pas
sed beef and pork inspectors act and only failed
on an act providing for the appointment of a
batch of notaries. through the patriotism OF the
Senate. They went about denouncing the De-
nocracy because of the management under John
Bigler of the State Prison, and themselves passed
law and under it made contract by which
$4,000 was given to Gen. Estel and $1,000
per year of the peoples money, was set aside for
the payment Of the General, in the future. They
elected set of Inspectors to manage this same
State Prison, whose duty it is made by law, to
give their daily attention to the management OF
the Institution. who do not discharge that duty,
but publish each other as rascals.
They denied prescription for opinions sake upon
the stnmp and elected Governor. who, the first
opportunity he had attempted to make party
appointment in the only Office, admitted to be
managed with scrupulous honesty. and which in
M other State and never before in this is re