The Placer herald., 1857-01-17

dSSStcu VI COuioO uy IHo AAOH' JU"eeS y Hettt
''in the recent contest in Placer county,
What we did in this memorable conflict our
files will show; we are not ashamed of a word
we have written, and the result in the coun-
ty sufficiently satisfies us, that we have faith
fully reflected the sentiments of this people.
at is to be presumed" says the Journal that
when the intelligent citizens of Placer county
placed Mr.. O'Neil in the influential position he
now holds as an officer, they relied upon his in
tegrty and ability. and conferred upon him GER
tain discretionary power to be used by him IN
any way that his reason would suggest could re-
dound to the greatest benefit of the largest num-
ber'
If by this, it is meant to convey the idea,
that the ruling democratic majority of this
county ever conferred upon o'neiH the discre-
tionary power, of voting in that caucus for
Mr.. D. C. Broderick, we can assure the Jour-
nal that the presumption is most violent
one. On the contrary, he was the only can
didate for the Legislature this year who was
pledged to oppose the election of that gen
tleman to the Senate of the United States.
The reason is quite plain. When he was
in the House in 1854 he voted to bring on
the election of u S. Senator at that session,
was Of those who got upon high horse, and
could see necessity for the election, then
and there, that their constituency were not
able to; denounced the National Adminstra-
ton; called the roll of Democrats, and during
their "litte brief authority cut up such antics
before high Heaven" that the people through
out the State, became aroused at their pre-
sumptuous conduct, and in no county was
the expression of disapproval more decided
and unmistakeable than in Placer
When o'neiH returned to his constituency,
he was received with more curses than thanks;
and forthwith without any sacrifice of pride,
he turns around, joins the strong party, and
bangs away at his recent cronies as hard as
any one. Since then he has committed him
self against Mr.. Broderck's interests in a
hundred different places and ways,-at pub
lie meetings and privately to Individuals
When he set out to obtain the nomination
for the Assembly, people were suspicious of
him, and he spared no pains, to convince
people that in no event would he vote for
Mr.. Broderick. The very day before he was
nominated, he came to us, and in conversa
ton, informed us Of his aspirations; told us
that he was young, and inexperienced in
politics in 1854; was deceived as to the wishes
of his constituency and wished to 90 once
more to the Legislature, that he might have
an opportunity to retrieve himself &C., DC.
1t was under these circumstances that "the
intelligent citizens of Placer county relied
upon his integrity and ability" The sequel
shows that in this respect they leaned upon
a broken staff and that he did not perform
the "duty which as democrat he was pedg-
ed to-"
The editor of the Journal is good enough
to inform its readers that he has mot the
honor! of personal acquaintance with Mr..
| O'Neill." In this we most sincerely condole
with him, and can only say, that we were
laboring under very serious msapprehen-
sion, from the fact, that the honorable gen
tleman claims to be an acquaintance of the
editor, and informed friend the night previ-
Gus to the nomination of Mr.. Broderick, that
he was going to sleep with him. We sincere
ly trust our big brother of the quill, will COM
pass that honor during the present session,
and that they will have good time of it
together.
We hope that this is the last time we shall
feel ourselves called upon "to bring the power
of the press to bear" upon Mr.. o'neiH, we
think it more than probable, that he can never
fully reply" to this article, and out of regard
to truth, he and the Journal will have to
stand it, this once. Whenever italics occur
in the quotations of the foregoing, they are
ours, and not the Journals.
Our puffy friend is disposed to "doubt the
strict authenticity of any remark coming from
us as a professedly Democratic organ" be-
cause of the part we took upon the Vigilance
question. This is rather crusher upon us,
we should like to live a little longer, in view
of certain loaves and very small fishes, if for
nothing better; which we may reasonably
hope for, unless the State Journal designs
doing our county printing as we'll as regulat-
ing our politics. However, we will state our
position upon that question which we were
careful to define at the time, and if we must
90 down, it shall be with our colors flying
and every sail spread. Here is our platform
extracted from the Herald of the 7th of
June last, and it will require something more
than empty defamation to convince us that