Amador weekly ledger., 1858-05-29
" Turn Out the Guard"
lone Cry, May 26th, 1858.
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OENTLEMEN: - My communication OF the
Sd inst. was effective What an explosion,
and that too In the very magazine of the en-
envy Satan himself recoiled no quicker from
the touch of Ithurieps spear than did the
Sentinel from the bare sight of the following
portion Of that letter:
If however, party-ties bind party-men,
then, the public printing belongs to the party
paper, and we will see this custom sustained
by the action of the next County Conven-
ton"
That simple sentence startled into full ac-
tiyity the surging venom of the Sentinel.-
Mark that sentence. 1t is hypothetical,
merely hypothetical. What is there in any
hypothesis that should alright from their
proprety persons not liable to censure? 1t
may be however, that it is not exclusively
hypothetical. 1t may be that party-ties do
bind party-men not alphabetically but really;
not in supposition but in fact; and conse-
quently the conclusion is irresistible that "the
public printing does belong to the party pa
per-" Keep cool, sir, keep cooI. When the
harpoon nas been driven home to the handle,
what whaleman wonders at the noundcrings
of the wounded fish? "Stern all," is the
cry, "et her have line" No wonder that
they get their backs up, and lash the sea in
to foam No wonder that my letter is at
tributed to p c. Johnson. Persons blinded
with rage and fury are not apt to discrimin-
ate correctly either as to causes or conse-
quences 1t is no wonder then that the Sen
tinel in referring to my letter, and to p. G.
Johnson says "We also kno0 that he is the
writer of the letter in question" You your
selves do not wonder at it, for you predicted
the charge of authorship upon him by the
Sentinel
All this, however, diSturbs my usual qui-
etude. / wrote the letter of the Sd inst. in
order to bring the matter Of public printing
publicly before the Democracy OF the county,
previous to tho ensuing County Convention.
My intention then was to let the matter rest
until that Convention should meet; but since
that now seems to be out of the question, be
assured that / shall sustain the proposition in
regard to public printing as well as | am
able; of one thing more you may be assured
that the opinion of the Democracy of this
county is well settled in the affirmative Every
matter that is likely to be discussed by a
Convention can receive no injury however
from previous discussion, except through
the inability of its advocates, but this propo-
sition appears 10 me so self-evident that !
have no fears as to the result.
You, sir, may be well assured of another
fact, viz: that | shall mention nothing in any
letter that | may write for the Ledger which
| shall not be able to prOre.
| have thought it incumbent upon me to
make the above statement to you as | see
the following sentence in the article in the
Sentinel of the 22d inst, under the caption
"P. G. Johnson--The Ledger" ""P. G. John
son is fully aware that nearly every word ut
tered in that communication is palpabl'
lie" / maintain, on the contrary, that every
assertion in that letter, stated as a fact, a
against the Sentinel, j can prove from th,
columns of the Sentinel; and whatever is as
serted in that letter as an inference from th'
words and acts of the Sentinel, | can proy'
that such is not strained but is reasonable
inference. shall avoid making any rash o
indecent assertion. shall quote carefully ant
particularize and if the Sentinel can ayoit
the points so made by any sweeping genera
denial without particularizing, it is wecom
to do So
Such general denials effect nothing. Ii
my letter of the Sd, charged that pape
with always being hostile to at least a par
of the. Democratic ticket | now particular
ize. 1t opposed Norman in 1856; it OF
posed Stewart in 1851. What general dc
NAL can avoid these charges in a count
where the remembrance is still fresh in tn
} memory of all who resided here in thos
wears? What becomes of the Seatiueps al
sertion that the charge Of hostility was a pa
pable lie? But enough for the present;
. will be prepared with the files of the Sent
mel by the time of your next issue, so as t
! be able to give not only the instances Of hoi
. tility on the part of that paper, but also I
, quote the dates and the exact language use
in its opposition ANON.