Weekly Trinity journal., 1857-10-17
- SCInUCr kslrufua'

Has again favored the SfQte JouyHcI with one
of bis lucid, able and truthful letters from Wca
veryile, the principle purport of which seems TO
be to vent his spleen against the TRNl1Y JoUR-
NAL. The gentleman seems to have taken the
greatest interest in the recent clcction-so much
80 that the pcrusal Of his letters would almost
incline one to the opinion that he was one Of th"
Dictated caud dates. He says:
1t is significant fact, that of all til, coun-
ties throughout the State, Trinity stands alou",
as the only one which has not had the rcturus of
the election published. Asa matter Of public it,
tertst to those at stance, and as IA matter OF
us iul reference 10 our people for The future, il
should have been done
We would respt ctiully refer the gentleman 10
the various issues Of our paper since the election
for a rcfutation Of this assertion. The official re-
turns were no. canvassod until after our Issue of
Sept. 18th, and the following week we gave the
Officers elect from Senator to Constable as de-
clarcd by the Board, and as nearly three week.
had elapsed we did not deem it necessary to pub
lsh the entire county vote and the majorities..-
We fear the writer does not read the JOURNAL
with that attention which he should Lestow upon
it before making so sweeping an assertion as the
above. He goes on to say:
There never has appeared in chat paper, the
vote, either official or otherwise Of The State or
county. There WAS published false statement
OF the ma critics of two candidates. and that false
statement was re-copi'd in the papers below"
Here again he is in error. The false state
ment (could'n Mt have been an error) in regard to
the majority OF one of these cand.dates-R Repre-
sentative-was corrected as soon as we learned
the error, and before Fifty copies were printed.
The veracious correspondent adds " 1t is too
well known here that no one is afforded an op-
portnnity to reply to charges and correct errors
made in that paper" This statement Is uuqual-
ifedly false, We have never refused to publish
any communication furnished us for the parpose
of explaining r. correcting charges made in our
columns and we would here again repeat what
we have so often stated that our columns are
open TO all, and whenever charges are made a
gainst individuals or parties, an opportunity for
reply will always be Afforded them.
We have long experienced that the conduc tor
of a public journal rcclincs not on a bed of ro-
ses. We never expected to please all we were
satisfied that however unbiased aud impartial our
course might be, there Would be some ever ready
10 cry out against it; the more impartial and
independent, probably tie greater the outcry.-
But we hope to pursue our way untcrriled and
unmovcd by the abuse and dcnuuciatOns Of such
individuals as "Scmper Poratus" We trust to
make our sheet Il wclcome weekly visitor to ev-
cry liresde in our county, and we think we can
furnish more agreeable matter for the pcruSal of
our readers than by filing our columns with
long-wndcd political articles. We leave those
for the party papers to surfcit their readers with
There are matters of more vital importance to
Us as a county, than these. There are mines rch
in golden treasures to be developed there are
acres Of fruitful land waiting the band Of the in
du>ir,ous huSbandman 10 bid them blossom and
yield their increase there are roads to be built
TO facilitate our Intercourse with one another and
with nei ghboring counties there are races to he
dug to supply our rich but here ofore unprOduc
tive gold fields ; there are numerous important
subj cts which demand our attention in prefer
ence to politics And entire NOUS dear reader, we
don't cale continental who is Governor or Rep
rcsenlative SO long as Trinity County aud her
cnterprising inhabitants prosper.