The Shasta courier., 1859-08-13
The Cry of "BoIters..

Henri" in the Herald of last week, says:
"But if defeated candidate express his dis
satisfaction at the nominations made by the late
Convention, these editors set up a cry of bolt
ers,' violated pledges, and all that sort OF
thing"
Lord bless your innocence, " Henri" we have
not been very severe ON you. When you talk of
boiling the nominees of the Convention, we of
course remind you, if you were q candidate be-
fore that Convention, of the fact that you SOL
e.anly, in the presence of the assembled Democ-
racy of the county, pledged yOur aeord Of honor
that you would abide by the action of that Con-
vention and support all Of its nominees Instead
OF feeling hard towards US for doing this, you
should thank US for endeavoring to preserce your
honor, which, in a moment of anger, you were
about to violate. Our offence hath this extent,
no more. The Herald is the paper that you
should be angry with, friend Henri" That
paper, on the 9th of July, said:
We have no patience with men who through
incidence or indifference, stay away from the
primary organizations and 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 if if it be wrong for a Democrat who
stayed away from primary meetings, to bolt
the party ,'"because men are not nominated who
entirely suit them," how much greater is the
fault of Democrats who "bolt the party" after
having participated in those primary elections,
and given solemn pledges in Convention to sup
port its nominees?
Again: The same article of the Herald con-
cludes thus
! " 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 q
nomination, he Uiolates his 1cord, and bolts the
ticketbasely and treachcrously 5etrayng has friends,
and the greai party he is pledged as man Of honor
to stand 6y; let him carry about him after
ward, stamped on his forehead, the brand of po-
htical danmation"
There, Henri" what do you think of that ?
Does it not cover your case? Did you or did
you not go before the late Convention and
pledge your word of honor to support its nomi-
nees? Did you or did you not afterwards at
tempt to organize an opposition ticket for the
sole purpose of defeating the ticket which you
in Convention had pledged your honor to snp-
port? Were you or were you not one of those
| "a list of whose names we have in our posses
sion) who met in a certain suburban villa on
High street, for the purpose of effecting this in
dependent organization?
If you can respond to these questions in the
negative-if you were not a candidate before the
late Convention, gave no pledge to support its
nominees, and was not one of those who met in
solemn conclave in said Z" suburban villa" on
High street, then the language of the Herald
does not hit you If, however, the truth (as we
trust it will noD compels you to respond in the
affirmative, then all we have to say is, that you
would act wisely to initiate the example of fol-
lower of old Father Miller, as recorded in. the
song-leaye this word and "Shin it up big pine
tree ~