The Placer herald., 1860-09-22
The Sacramento Union.

OF all the groveling. cowardly, abolition pa
pcrs now printed this one bears off the PALM
It's editors are imbued with as intense and malig
nunt hatred to the people and the institutions
of one half this Union, as animates the fnnatica
brain of Horace Greedy, but they are too much
under the control of lust of gold to avow it,
The principal business support and circulation
is derived from Democrats. and hence it assumes
to be independent in politics. This independence
is measurable hypocrisy, for it never yet has
allowed an opportunity TO pass Of doing all the
injury possible to the democracy md its leading
advocates. To reach this end, the means adopted
have been as various MS the cases presented
The first and most important step, and one by
which it increased its business and circulation
was made in 1858. 1t then became violently anti
Broderick. Not that it cared fig about the
matters in controversy-but because it aid
ing as it believed, in dividing and destroying the
democracy. In 1855 it became the advocate of
the Know Nothing reformers, but its zeal received
shock. through the failure of one of its proprie-
tors. TO obtain the nomination from that party, rs
! State Printer.
Nevertheless. this time serving pap hunter. had
acted consistcntly-it had abused the confidence
of these Democrats who had trusted in its word,
| and ms far as in it lay. produced another division
among Democrats. When Mr.. Brodcrick left the
| Democracy and allied himself TO Douglas and
the enemies Of the party that gave him his Scna
| torial place. the Union from being his uncom-
! promising opponent. became now his Jealous sup
porter. This was another opportunity TO break
| into the Democratic organization. The political
| position Of those gentlemen suited the paper. be-
cause it was drawing Democrats into the arms of
the Republicans When it can see the d. mocracy
powerless it will then favor republica nsm-but
| Imam ,yff fEe If IeJ fb0fo
tion for ertrenie abolition purposes
| Whether it praises or blames Democrats as in
dividunls; whether it speaks truth or ialsehood
| il has but on object. and that is to break down
the Democratic party.
! In 1855 it tauntinglv declared that the Demo
cratic members of the Legislature dared not tuke
sides between Douglas and those he was assault
| ing. but when the StrattCn resolutions were be
fore that body. and being discussed, the Union
discovered at once that the members were vast
ing the time and money of the people. uscessly.
| The scenes at the Charleston Convention. made
the Union a Jealous supporter Of regular orgN-
nzation." 1t declared mt once that the hope of
our nationality rested upon maintaining intact
the organization Of the Democracy.
On the 10th OF May last, in speaking of the
Charleston Convention. This paper says. so long
as it 9TH" Democratic party) continues Il national
organic alton. there is no hope Of disuniOn. and
herein We have the secret of the late attempt to
defeat nomination and to divide and de troy
the Convention" This jams faced double
iongued old hypocritc. pretending 10 be in favor
of maintaining III" democratic party? Why its
impudence is only eqnnllc@ by its mendacity. 1t
! commenced $ stemnt'c course Of fulsehood from
the first day after news was received from the
Charleston Convention. 1t charged upon the
California delegation in that Conventions that
they had voted for an ultra slave protection.
southern platform, Il slave code platform" aud
against a Pacific Railroad" This the L-niun
| knew to be false. The difference between the two
| platforms contended for there is found Ivy refer
ence to the first. second and thir positions en-.
braced in the platform adopted hy those who
nominated MI Breckenridge. In the estimation
of the Union this makes it slave code plat
FORM but Mile. Taylor, Geo. L. Pugh, and AL
bert Reid, the Douglas National Committee, in
an address issued by them and in which after
quot ng those very resolutions. they say of them
''nothing could he more vague and unsatisfactory
than these resolutions: they deal in fruis,ns Of
the tdfuest signifcdnce." So far as the Pacific
Railroad WAS concerned the resolution on that
subject was word for word. the same in both
platforms.
No sooner had the news arrived from Baltimore
of the result Of the two conventions, than this
Union, with view Of influencing Democrats TO
join the Douglas party, published nearly every
leading Democrat in the State as having declared
for Douglas
1t reported large majority of the State Cen
tral Committee that way; it reported the Central
Committee OF this county unanimously for Doug
las, when in fact there was but a small minority
that way. it WAS but the other dny. it reported
Mr.. Hunter. of Virg ina, rs having taken the
stump for Douglas. when the truth was he had
taken i: for breckenridge. Thase are but few
instances drawn from III long catalogue OF false
hoods this paper has given currency TO.