The Shasta courier., 1861-08-03
John Conness and His Traducers.

John Conness and His Traducers.
The present campaign has advanced far
enough to unveil to the citizens of the State
the strategic policy adopted,by the enemies of
the Democratic party, and it affords matter
for chagrin and modification to seeras we do,
that our enemies, instead efmaking the con-
test upon principles connected with and vi
tally affecting the stability of our revered ma
tion stoop to the equivocal tactics, long since
worn out by crossroads politicians. SANDER,
vituperation, the most stupendous falsehoods
are the weapons with which cunning hands
and dishonest hearts chose to assail the pub
lie and private character and conduct of our
candidate orthe position of Governor of this
State. From whose arsenal do these missiles
come? Secessionists, Corruptionists, Abo.
litionists and traitors are the ones whose legs
are faint with haste to spread the falsehoods
their hearts have framed. The Republican
speakers and press vie with those who hail
with acclaim the nation destruction, in this
pitifui work. Do either of these parties ar
rogate to itself monopoly Of the honesty and
patriotism of the country? Let history an
swer. Two years ago the New York Legis
| lature was largely Republican, and such was
the stupendous character of the deliberate
frauds and swindles perpetrated, that the
moral sense of the whole nation was shocked
Franchises in the city of New York worth to-
day hundreds of millions of dollars, were ap-
propriated to themselves by this model body
who constituted no insignificant part of the
constituency of our present Secretary of
State, Mr.. Seward. We charge upon that
party that they have beguiled the people of
the Union of their votes, and obtained the
same under false pretences, in 1885, when
with the declaration of ''nu more slave
States" as the very basis of its political creed
it went in to the support of Gen. Fremont. In
a few months-on the Montgomery amend
ment to the Lecompton Constitution they
voted down that leading principle of their
platform by which they had procured the
votes of hundreds of thousands of citizens
We charge that after reiterating tho same
principle at Chicago last year. they voted it
to the winds on the recent bills organizing
two new Territories, thus perpetrating the
second swindle on the voters who placed that
party in power.
A few years ago thsRepublicans were in
power in the lower House of Congress, at that
time presided over by Union sliding Banks"
What was their action? The entire session
was frittered away in investigating charges
of corruption openly made against Republi-
can members; and SO great and overwhelm-
ing was the proof that three were expelled in
tn single session.
How stands the record of Mr.. Fargo, can
didate for Clerk of the Supreme Court on
their ticket, as connected with the Bulkhead
question? Will our Republican friends dis
sect that and give their views to the people in
connection Herewith
What we have said has been more in sor-
row than anger; but when party deports
itself through its accredited organs in the way
that this one is doing, we must tear from its
face the mask under which it hides features
not fitted for the light.
We are for the Union of these States un-
conditionally. The Republican candidate
for the Presidency has become the President.
We salute him as such. But we will never
admit that the policy foreshadowed by the
Republican leaders in California or else
where, is best fitted to advance our material
interests. The very fact that these men are
driven to SANDER to injure John Conness,
against whose character as an honorable cit
izen no true man can utter one rightful word
of reproach, is pregnant with argument, that
unless he is lied down he will scatter to the
winds the cohorts of Republicanism, and the
traitors struggling to the same end who are
| apparently for this contest in close and ap-
propriate league.