The Shasta courier., 1858-10-16
SHASTA COURIER.

NATIONAL BoAsTING.-Just about this time
Brother Jonathan has abundant cause to indulge
in what foreigners are pleased to call chs Ia
vorite pastme'- -boasting-although according
to our daily observation of men of almost all
nations for years, that is {" favorite pastme
of men of every CLINE. The successful laying of
the Atlantic Telegraph Cable is the OCCASION.
By this event, the name of Morse, the inventor of
the electric telegraph; of Lisut. Brooke, the ins
ventor of the instrument for deep-sea se22rd-.
ings, without which the cable would rot
been laid Of Field and Hudson, whose et..
bined skill, enterprise and energy contributed SO
essentially to the success of this master effort of
science; and, last though not least, of Hughes,
by whose printing telegraph machine we are
enabled to talk at distance of 5000 miles, at
the rate of seven words in minute-the next
best machine, that of Wheatstone, the great
English telographist, only talking over this same
distance at the rate of nineteen words in eigh-
teen minutes; We reflect, by this great event.
the laying of the cable, the names of these men
have been added to the long list of distinguished
Americans alb mt whom Brother Jonathan is SO
apt to grow arrogantly boastful.
Of these names, Hughes is Kentuckian, Hud-
son New Yorker, Field and Brooke are Massa-
chusetts men, and Morse the greatest of all, a
son of New Hampshire, although we perceive
the Boston papers are claiming him for that good
old State, just as they even want to do with the
great Webster. This offence against the truth
of history, however, would be pardonable in
them were it not for the lact that they refuse to
let the same rule work when Fraukln's name is
mentioned boastngly by Philadelphians
ekING OF THE VILLIFIERs, CHARLATANs AND
SLANG MAKERS. This is the caption of one of
the most unreasonable ungenerous and SEEM
ingly vindictiye articles against Stephen A.
Douglas, in the last Sierra Citizen, that we have
ever read from the pen of one protesting to be
Democrat
The editor, after declaring that his douglas
"tongue is an ever-going vehicle of vulgar, pro-
fame and slanderous words" that " he is man
ufacturer of gross and spiteful expressions and
filth-coated political appelations !" that "he has
more inborn coarseness and disclosed corruption
of morbid organism than any and all Senators
since the Government was established that "he
would give an arm and leg, renounce friends,
party, anl all professsd opinions, sacrifice pro-
perty, and gladly stand as an object OF puoiic
contempt, for the title of President" concludes
his dsgraceful TRADE thus;
" We say that he is politician, more ener-
getic and obstinate than intellectual, more per-
sonal in his aims than national in his views,
more like master of night-hidden conclaves
than a counsellor among the people. He as
pires to be at the head of the Government, and
has reached the head of political imposture he
is King Charlatan. In the Senate, he has pass
ed eleven years as disturtcr of the Senatorial
department and as disorganizer of his party.
He has been in public office for twenty wears.
doing but little save furnishing the Democratic
party OF Illinois with corruption, and rebellng
against the national organization; for more than
twenty years, he has controlled primary meet
lngs, county conventions and hirelng press
and his chief followers at home are a class as
distinct and nnrefned as the rowdy tribes of
cities.n
After reading these quotations the reader will
readily conclude with US, that, if Stephen A.
Douglas is King of the villifers and Slang
Makers" the editor of the Sierra Citizen is emi-
nently fit to be his Prime Minister.
In conclusion, friend Citizen if Douglas is the
man you represent him to be, you do not desire
to see him returned to the u S. Senate next
winter If he is defeated, you will rejoice, will
you not? If his opponent, Abe Lincoln, is
elected, you will what will you do then? If
you really believe Douglas to be the man YOU
represent him, you will throw up your hat and
give three cheers for his opponent, Lincoln-the
full -blooded Abolitionist In short Won have
nursed your hate for Douglas until it has brought
you to the position, when you can rejoice over
the defeat OF Democrat and success of an
avowed Abolitionist-a queer position for an
editor OF Democratic paper to occupy.