The Shasta courier., 1859-10-15
SHASTA COURI Err.
The Beacon and Courier.

The Beacon of last Wednesday has another
article touching the editor of the Courier which
demands little of our attention.
The persons who informed the Beacon editor
" that Gen. Dosh did express, before Gov. We'll
Ter got up to speak, that he would be interrupt
ed" deliberately falsi6ed.
The amount of annoyance" to Gov. Weller
was not more than four or FIVE questions. Gov
Weller did not refuse to speak because of that
inconsiderable annoyance, but because he fear
ed it was but the commencement of what might
prove disgraceful disturbance. We admit that
we feared he might be interrupted, and hence
when be came upon the stand, we left it. and
took position not more than six feet almost
directly in front of him, so to aid in stopping
any such attempted disturbance as soon as pos
sible.
"Your paper, a long time out of the traces" /"
This is untrue, wholly and in part. With the
same propriety we might charge you with being
purloiner of mutton. The Shasta Courier has
never been out of the party, and the editor of
tne Beacon knows it, True, the Courier did sup
port the course Douglas on the Lecompton
question. until - sen.~,oa of the English
bm, tiieff lf76ilfered , n Efm. But that is pre-
cisely what Milton S. Latham did. Was he out
of the traces? The Shasta Courier has never
failed to support every regular State and County
Democratic ticket.
The Beacon wishes us to cdInit that we misre-
presented the people OF Shasta, Tehama and Co.
lus, in voting in caucus for Broderick.
As the people of these three counties had nev-
er, up to that time, expressed an opinion upon
the question of +" Broderick or Weller,n we cam
not crafty the mighty man of the Beacon, who
assumes to himself the right and the power to
assign US our position in the Democratic ranks
We know this, that the Democracy of Shasta,
Tehama and Colusa, elected, as our successor,
gentleman who, at the time we cast that vote for
Dir. Broderick, endorsed it most heartily, and
for the same and sole reason that we gave it,
to wit: the hope that by electing Gwin and
Broderick, who had for years divided our party,
peace and harmony and strength might be re-
stored to it.
But the Beacon wishes us to " let up on Gov.
Weller. or at least give him his DUE" We never
have waged warfare upon Gov. Weller The
Beacon, ardent as is its friendship for him, does
not hold him. as a Democrat and man of ability
in higher estimation than we Some of his Off
cial acts we have opposed, because we disap-
proved them. We will wager hat with the
Beacon editor, that no paper in California has
spoken in more exalted terms of Gov w Her
and his administration than has the Courier, and
will appeal to our own files for the proofl What
say you to this, Monsieur Fisher?
As to the candidates for the Senatorial va.
cancy, We like all other Democrats have our
personal preference. But, if our representatives
think it their duty to their party and the State
to vote for some other Democrat, we shall not
raise one note of censure. We shall not abuse
and persecute them because they may not think
it best to vote for first choice The injustice
Of such a course of conduct we have too bitterly
experienced in our own brief political life, ever
to mete out the same treatment to others. No
we say to our Senator, Mr.. Logan, and to oHr
Assemblvman, Mr.. White, vote for the Democrat
whom you think will best snbserve the interests
OF the State and party, and with gauntlets en-,
we will defend you against all assailants