The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-05
persistiug in Falsehood,

Mr.. Mcconnell, which was calculated in the
feverish state Of the public mind to provoked
violation of the peace. They were charg
ed with being in direct communication and
league with the leaders of rebellion, Of
using arguments suggested by secession SEN
timents, and of being members Of secret
reasonable society called the knights Of
the Golden Circle, DC, &c. Now as absur.
ed and foolish as these charges were, they
were harped upon, iterated and re itersied
until many men actually believed them. 1t
is conceded fact that thousands Of Demo.
Gratis imposed upon by these and other false.
hoods Of the same nature. sealed their devo
ton to the Government by voting against
their political convictions, for the only per-
son, as was asserted that could preserve us
from civil war-Mr. Leland Stanford We
supposed the success OF the rouse would
satisfy the editors and managers, who had
played" it upon the people, and that when
election dav ha passed we should hear no
more Of it Those who supported Mr.. Nc
Connell are nearly one third of the voters,
an probably Of the populatioe of the State.
They will compare favorably, in point of i'm
telgence, responsibility and probity, with
the balance Of the people. They have
proportionate property interests here, and
are quite as much interested in preserving
the peace and enforcing respect to law, as
any of the rest Of our population. Not
outstanding these patent truths, we find a
portion Of these papers still insisting upon
denouncing these men, as citizens opposed
to the Government, unreliable, and treason.
able to the last degree. 1t seems to be their
endeavor to influence public prejudces until
it becomes passion, ready to make any vio'
lent demonstration against them. When
this mob spirit exhibits itself, it is referred
to las evdencing violation Of the public
sentiment" in given case, and apparently
quite commendabe. These editors al pear
determined to carry persecution to such an
extent as to force people into conflict, and
thus inaugurate the greatest Of all disasters
civil war! Nothing would SO soon des
troy the business and property interests of
this State, and all its people, as shock of
this kind. It would psralyze enterprise at
once and send the pennyless laboring man
into the streets beggar for want Of work.
We submit, that this class Of editors are the
worst enemies Of the people.
Among the papers most active and mean
ly insinua,ing in this description Of mali
cious SANDER is the Sacramento Union. No
faseeood is too gross and despisabe fer its
columns so that the etfec! is to strike down
democrat. Assuming to support CONFESS
it went over to the supper. Of the Republ
cans few days before the election by which
double hypocracy it assumed the wenkness
Of Comes, and gave the appearance of be-
ieving the lies itself had originated and
uttered against the supporters of Mcconnell
Since the year 1858, this paper has steadily
worked to bring abou. the defeat AMI ulti
mate ruin Of the democracy in this State,
by assuming friendship for one side or the
other in our divisions, and then abandoning
both. This has been its meat and bread.
Having now succeeded in its real designs:
the success of an anti slavery party, it new
er,heless persists in pursuing the members
Of defeated party, by repeating in issue
after issue the malignant falsehoods by
which it has acquired success against the
party, all who do not come into the active
support of Lincoln and his Cabinet, in their
war policy, are charged with attempting to
break up the Government of the United
States as if Lincoln, Seward Cameron, Chass
and the rest Of them, were in fact, the
Constitution, laws, and the three branches
forming the Government, and as if such a
thing as opposing the policy Of an admins.
tration had never been perpetrated since the
Federal Government existed. Why accord
ing to the sagacous ideas at the Union
when Mr.. Lincoln and bis cabi,fet shall die,
the Federal Government from this fact,
must necessarily cease to exist. With this
falsehood ever on its lips, it has gone
through the canvass Of 1861, and we Judge
by certain comments in the issue of the 22d
ult, made upon classification Of the legis'
lature elect by the S. F. Herald, that it is to
be taken as its settled course in the future.
The Union says:
1--WE had supposed the only opposition in
" the present division Of political parties was