The Shasta courier., 1859-09-03
A Brief Political Chapter.

that no announcement OF such fact is made any,
where in that paper, and report says that the
former editor, and Ex-Governor Johnson, when
in town, occasionally assist in preaching their .
ideas of Democracy through its columns While +
the latter two gentlemen-both men Of ability /
as writers-beirg Know Nothings, are not sup
posed to be exactly the most porper meE in the /
world to teach Democracy, the former, Charley /
Street, having, he says, always supported lem
ocratic nominations and acted with the Demo-
cratic party, may be considered legitimately
" called to preach the true Democratic word"
Charley "conie 10 time" when called, and preach |
the " word ?" or, like {" the spirits of the yasty
Deep" does he refuse to come when called?
These questions, in various forms, are being
asked all over the county by Democrats To
satisfy public opinion upon the matter we write
these words.
Charles R. Street ought to feel indebted to
the Democracy of Shasta county. For years be
resided in the county, and was never heard of
out of his immediate precinct. During that
time, he says, and we have no evidence to the
contrary he supported the Democratic party and
its nominees, but still he all that time was un-
known to the party at large. He did not work
in such very enthusiastic manner as to bring
himself into notice thereby. Under these cir
cumstances, he presented his name befSf9
Democratic Convention, wholly unknown, per-
sonally or by reputation, to two-thirds of that
body, and being vouched for by well-known
Democrat, Clint. Johnson, Esq, received the
nomination for Assemblyman. Having done
well as representative, no opposition appear
! ing he was re-nominated the following year
Thus, we perceive, that for all of his political
honors, he is wholly indebted to the Democratic
party of this county. Hence, we repeat, he
ought to feel under lasting obligations TO the
Shasta County Democratic Conventions. Politi-
cally speaking, having been made by Democratic
Conventions, he should have sort of filial rev.
| erence for them. A lack of that feeling on his
part, indicates the blackest sort of ingratitude,
which, the world over, is looked upon as a very
grave crime. Now, the question is, does his
course at present indicate reverence or contempt
for Conventions2 or gratitude to the Democracy
for past favors? We find that the whole regu-
lar Democratic ticket is at the masthead of the
Herald, at the same time we know the Herald
found fault with the action of the Convention,
because some of its friends were defeated, and
questioned the Democracy Of said action Thus
we find a creature of Conventions sitting in
ol,o &c
an earhen pot complaining of the character of
the potterl Thus we find that he possesses but
little flial affection or reverence for Conven-
tions. The finding of this fact also convicts him
of the offense of ingratitude, for after having
been taken from obscurity by the party, and
given honorable prominence and certain infu-
ence, we find him using that honorable promi-
nence and influence, to throw discredit and con-
tempt upon the action of the party's Conven-
tons, and absolutely refusing TO aid in the
election of its whole ticket While ostensbly
protesting in his paper to desire the election of
the entire ticket--indeed he has so professed to
some of our friends in town-he goes about say
ing that he is not working for or against csr-
tain nominee We are at a loss to conceive how
the editor of a Democratic organ can desire the
election of the entire ticket and yet say of some
of the candidates that he is working neither for
nor against them.
Not thus did Chas. R. Street talk when he
first took hold of the Herald. Then he talked
like Democrat. Then he had " no patience"
with men who bolt the party, and fly off in
the support of independent or opposition candi-
dates" Hear him talk on the 9th of July:
ave have no patience with men who, through
Incidence or indifference, stay away from the
primary organizations ard conventions, and then
because men are not nominated who entirely
suit them, bolt the party, and fly off in the sup
port of independent or opposition candidates"
Now ifit be wrong for a Democrat, who stay
ed away from primary meetings, to " bolt the
party" /" because men are not nominated who
entirely suit them," how much greater is the
offence of the editor of Demo cratic organ, who
participated in the primary meetings, who worked
in and around the Convention for his friends to
the extent of his ability, to "fy off in the sup
port of independent or opposition candidates
because those friends were defeated in Conven-
tlon ln1S we KNOW is II - leaulHB queStiou. =
Mr.. Street may say that he is not supporting
any independent candidate. But say that
his refusal to support any one of the ticket is
virtually supporting an opposition candidate
And so will say men generally. His refusal to
give Skillman his support, is virtually aiding
Alex. Andrews, the Anti-Lecompton candidate.
| No man knows this better than Mr.. Street. And
be will find that his treachery to the party that
took him out of the mud, will hereafter rise up
in judgment against him, just as does the follow
| ing language, which he used in the Herald of
July 9th last:
:" Let every candidate before the Convention
be required to come forward and define his po-
siton and declare his determination to support
the nominations, and if on his own defeat for a
nomination he uioldtes his aoord, and bolts the
ticket, 6dsely and treachsrously betrdyiRg his
friends and the great party he is pledged man of
honor to stand By; let him carry about him ever
afterward, stamped on his forehead, the brand of
political damnation."
We desire Mr.. Street to understand distinctly
that we speak of him, not a man, but as a
politician. He will recognize in us the right to
criticise his political course, without getting an
CRY, at least without treating our criticism as
personally offensive. We think he is assisting