Daily national Democrat., 1861-07-11
The Bulletin Gives Vent to its Honesty.

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The San Francisco Bulletin-the Dazzle o.
the California press, the intensely independ-
ent advocate of its own interests, has takcr
I sides in the Gubernatorial contest, for The
time being 1t is, at present, in favor o
Stanford and against Conness. 1t cannot
any longer suppress that starving quality
called honesty" which so possesses all con
nected with it. It is shocked with the wick
this world, and, dropping semi-secessionism
which has at times been visible in its columns
and discardiDg all memory Of the cuffs receiv-
ed at Washington by Simonton, at the hands
OF Lincoln, Baker, Butler, ST., and Butler,
jr., it espouses the cause of the Stanford
party, and declares that Stanford must re-
ceive all but 1000 of the votes of San Fran
cisco. Everybody knows that the Bulletin
is honest, for the Bulletin says that such is
the case. The fact that the Bulletin was for
tine well understood to be in the interest
Of DR.. Gwin is no evidence against its homes
ty; it only shows that Smonton was unso-
BiiobiS"bN'b bllu Iioh lC IllOu5uJ u lllIlb Dcb-
ter of the venerable old traitor than did some
Of the rest Of us. That is all. We all know
that Gwin lost the Bulletins support after
while, although we cannot tell why. 1t is
much easier and more charitable to attribute
the change to q plentifulness Of honesty on
the part of that Independent and high toned
journal, than to any lack of liberality on the
part of Twin. The Bulletin gives its rea-
sons for opposing Conness-at least we
are bound to believe that it states the
only reasons by which it is actuated. .-
If the Bulletin would sell itself to support
or oppose any party, everybody would know
it; and whoever accuses it of consulting pc
cuniary advantage even for moment, when
principle is at stake SO we repeat that the
Bulletin gives its readers tie reason for it's
opposition to Conness, and its support of
Stanford That reason will, no doubt, be en-
tirely sufficient in the estimation of all who
regard the Bulletin as the guardian of the
public morals and the custodian of the pub
lie interests The reason given is suggestive
of the dialogue said to have taken place on
certain occasion between Daniel O'Connoll
md fisherwoman at Billngsgate, when the |
former had made wager that he could van
luish the latter in a war of epithets. The |
woman exhausted the vocabulary of Billings |
gate, but retreated when O'Connell de-
lounced her as 60 parallelogram," the "seg-
nent Of circle" "right-angled triangle, 4,
etc. She fed from abuse which she could
lot understand. We wonder if the Bulletin
is not initiating OConnell when it denounces
John Conness as one who supported the
Bulkhead measure? What is Bukhcadar
What new crime is the name intended to
fasten upon man? The people in this re-
gion feel about as great an interest in the
matter Of the Bulkhead as the San Francis
cans do about the free bridge across the
Feather river.
If we did not know the Bulletin to be
most virtuous and scrupulous, we should
think it was endeavoring to deceive the pub
lie mind by denouncing an unexceptionable
public act of Mr.. Conness as high crime.
If there is anything in this Bulkhead bug
bear-if it is really wicked to build an i'm
mense stone wharf at San Francisco, in lieu
of innmerable wooden es-if Bulkhead-
ism is really so nearly allied to original sin,
let the public be enlightened. The mere
cry of Bulkhead," without explanation,
has become an old story. If for nothing else
than TO save tho oan,r-.-'sn ron dulIness, let
the immaculate Bulletin sing a few encore
verses. We, as one of The patient public, de
sire to applaud every clever trick the Bull
letin jugglers may devise and execute; but
variety is the spice Of life, and the Simonton
troupe are becoming tedious. Let us wait
however, before complaining further, until
We hear from j. W. S. lie will no doubt
rive the strings pull himself, in some future
Washington letter Meanwhile we repeat,
hat the Bulkhead "hue and-cry" has lost
is charm. Stanford's friends should exhort
he Bulletin to answer the peoples question
IF, "What of the Bulkhead?" The honest !
Bulletin can, of course, do this and then
We may come to be alarmed at its strong
and dignifed opposition to John Conness.