Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-09-28
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TUE SACRAMENTO FAIR AND MATTERS PoLirt-
cAr.-The San Francisco Herald Of the 18th, in
its Topics of the day. said


cAT.-The San Francisco Herald of the 18th, in
its "Topics of the day. said
The state Agricultural Fair being held At aaora
mcnto is reported TO be great success seet OF steam
from this city are daily crowded to their utmost
capacity conveying our merchants capitalists Artisans
aud seekers 10 the exhibition and We learn that
from all parts of the interior muudes of the people are
aockng to the Capital We rejoice most heartily at the
success of the Agricultural Fair because furnishes the
best possible evidence OF the prosperity and rapid material
progress the state and also rejoice that sister
city of Sacramento has been made the recipient Of 40
much aud of much revenue But We have asked
ourselves the question, how came these things about To
whom and to what party Is Sacramento indebted for her
advantages, and how has she acknowledged the iaVor
shown to herr She Is undoubtedly indebted TO her own
peerless energetic citizens who have had to do battle
against the dretu calamites of blood and IRE for much
Of her property but IL must by every candid man be
acknowledged that she is greatly indebted TO the Demo
cracy all she been and all she is Democrats apd
Democratic leaders have delighted to do hor bonor and
Democrat Union nemocoat-aganst whom shc east her
vote Mt the last election was her fastest friend
persistent man who has employed all his great abilities
the teeth o violent opposition, to make har the Queen
city of the aeAc Sacramento has much to atone for
/ The Bee comes back Mt the Herald in a very
plain and decided manner. and we leave it to the
honest reader il there is not much truth in the
following remarks from that spicy little sheet:
| Sacramento has nothing to atone for in that
respect. She. of all the popnlous counties ia the
| STATE, gave the Union Democratic nominee the
stendest vote. While the majority against him
/ in San francisco, where the Hsrqfd is nuhlShcd
| is Z 500 out of total vote of $4,000 the mnjorl
ty in this county against him is but $50 ont Of n
vote of 1000; and il the Herald had never been
published. or had been for the Republicans, or
| for the SecrsSonists. instead Of being, ~ prma
! iaeie il appeared, for the Union Democracy, Sac
ramcnto might have, and we think would have,
cast her vote even against her own citizen. and
for his loyal opponent. But there were hundreds
! of true men who could not support party who
recognized as its organ paper that was almost
daily putting forth the very doctrine Of the Sc
ccssnusls. Sacramento was less effected by the
e" panic" than any other county in the State-her
numbers, position and the eallings of her people
considered. She did her duty TO her friend and
/ if she did ess than was expected, we have only
to offer in extenuation the simple fact that 1t
was impossible for the friends o! the Union Dem
ocratic nominee TO defend the course of the
Hcrald the official organ of the party. They felt
and knew that its dsioyal tone was eating into
their ranks teariully, and hatlled all they could
against it but its folly overcame their wisdom.
and the county was lost to its party leader. But
the Union Democratic candidate for Lieutenant
Governor, the Union candidate for Congress- At
torney General, Controller and Surveyor Gcner'
all carried the county 10y handsome major,ics,
while the Union candidate for State Printer lost
it by 400 votes Sacramento has nothing TO atone
for, but the Ltcrqjd has.