The Placer herald., 1856-05-31
Hear an Old Clay Whig

1tdl dill Olu Oldy Wig,
The Bartstown(Ky) Gazette, conducted h.,
Hon II. M. McCarty has rcpudiated Fusio,,
and enrolled itself under the Democratic ao,
The folowingis an extract from its proa.
pectus for ls56, and it will explain ITSELF
The Bardstown Gazette was commenced
in lS4l, and was for years the organ in hi,
Congressional District of the old Whie nart,.
1t was the advocate Of all the leading WIZ
measures so ably contended for by ClaSS
Webster, and the other Wing champions =,
the past generations and SO long as there ev
isted national Whig party, it was alwavs
found battleing for the success of that oroan
ization. But when that party disbanded snl
its leading adhercnts basely deserted its ranla
and skuked from its flag amagarnat;na
themselves with corrupt secret faction
whose principles were opposed to the spirit
and genius OF our constituton-the editor ~
this paper refused to follow them, and at onra
assumed an attitude of independently, and
adopted for his motto that genuine freeman.
sentiment:
Pledged to no factions arbitrary swav
Wen follow TRurn where'er she leads ,bo
way,
And sure we are she will never lead the wov
into a Know Nothing hiding hole or council
chamber.
"Devoted to the strict principles of riob
and Justice, we refused to sacrifice our conyic.
tons of duty to secure ephemeraI popularity
or to gain the almighty Dollar" The eji.
tor never did and never will,
Bend the supple hinges ofthe knee,
That THRIFT might follow fawning'
The paper is enlisted for the WARFARE for
life-against the bigoted proscriptive and
anti-Republican party which first under the
name Of Know nothings,' more latterv un.
der the deceptive title of 'Amercans,' what
unholy PROCLAMATION, are endeavoring to Get
the reinS of this government into their
hands.
1--WE consider that party as the most dan
gerous that has ever arisen in this country,
and one whose fruits must ever be what thew
| have been so far-nothing but anarchy. bloils
dssensions, sacriIege and bIoodshed. Against
this party and its odious principles we shall
| battle while we have mind to think, or strength
to guide the pen.
"Furthermore, we are thoroughly conyir,
ced that that the National Democratic party
is now the only party in the country upon
which the people can rely for NatouaI pres
ervation-tor the integrity of the blessed
Union--for domestic Peare-for the security
of their personal rights and the maintenance
oftheirreligious liberties.
I'VE believe that the National Democratic
party is the only organization that has either
the ability or the disposition to procure the
election of a man standing upon a platform
! which the South can indorsc.
Thus believing We expect to give that
party and its candidates our unwayerng sup,
port now aud throughout tie coming plesi-
Dental canvass.
"By vigorous, constant, earnest and pa!l-
otic effort upon the part Of the unsNom free
men Of Kentucky We have no earthly donl,
! that our proud State can he redeemed from
the thradom Of Know Nothineism and for
one we intend to devote ourselt to the work,
and hope to do our duty, our whole duty,
and nothing but our duty"
IMroRrAHT DECISION At THE GENERAL
! LAND OFT!cE.--lt has been decided says the
I Alta by the General Land Office, that if tie
lake were permanent body OF water (and
wherever it has been meandered in surveying,
that fact implied it was so made when the
surveys were madc) the purchasers Of pub
lie lands extending to it would hold riparian
proplietorship, whatever accretons might be
formed to their several tracts by the acces,
sion of the water But If it should be found
that the lake is not a permanent body OF wa
ter, but so shallow that it may disappear BY
the operation Unnatural causes such as eyap,
oration-then the land thereby covered
the property of the United States, over when
the lines of the public surveys should be eA'
| tended, and in that case the land would he