The Placer herald., 1862-08-16
Tho Sacramento Union Against Placer
COUNTY,


The course of the above named paper for the
past six years indicates most plainly. that for
some cause or other it has deep seated preju-
dice ganst the interests of our people. That
this should be is strange, since that paper has an
extensive circulation in the county and receives
much patronage otherwise from our people. Our
public men have been unscrupuously inst towards
it, in and out of the Legislature, and have favor
cd the interests of Sacramento. Nevertheless on
reviewing its course, one cannot resist the
conclusion that it regards US, with feelings of
malignant hatred. II we propose wagon road
over the mountains, we find the Union fumna-
tine it's edict against our pretcnsions and with
might and main advocating another route Is
there question as to whether our people shall
vote APPROXIMATIONS towards the construction of
railroad up comes this intermeddling Cnt0n as
suming to know more about the affairs OF Placer
than her own citizens. There is scarce an enter
prise projected within our boundaries, that this
hypot ritcal old snipe does not volunteer advice
upor, and if one of our public men are to be
basely slandcred. the columns Of the Union arc
open to the traducer. The last move is to take
into its keeping. the purity of our courts, and
become the guardian OF our morals-the sell con-
stituted censor of our judges. Failing to injure
us in other ways. it would undermine the conf
dencc OF the people in their judicial officers
bring their names and their courts into contempt
and pave the way for the rule of mob law-the
direst calamity tnat could bcfill people Re-
Gently there was held n Democratic Convention,
consisting of over one hundred individuals, and
in the opinion of the Union, one Of these hun
dred or more delegates had no right to be there.
OF course that man was from Placer. But we let
the Union man speak for himself:
"REPREHENsIBLE.-Judge Myres of Placer
stopped from his high judicial position to act as
one of the delegates to the Dixie Disunion Con-
vention. We nave known Judges in the State so
far o prostitute their position rs to come down
from the bench and make party speeches. but this
is the first time. so far rs we recolect that Dis
trict Judge has consented 10 sink the Judge FOR
the purpose of acting as delegate to a party
Convention. The Judge must have been very
anxious to have the people OF the State notified
that his sympathies are with the rebels. We
would have much preferred seeing Judge Myears
on the bench discharging his official duties The
precedent is a bad one, and should meet with
such universal condemnation rs to discourage
any attempt of the kind in future Union.
1t is strange that the shallow creature should
tell such nm unqualified lie, and one in which he
can be so easily detected in order to gratty his
malignant feelings towards the people of this
county but it is true. The following men are
shown by the files of the Union to have in times
past. consented TO sink the Judge fer the pur.
pose of acting as delegates to party conventions;
Niles Searls J Fl. Hardy. E. W. McKnstrey. j.
W McCorkle, and Chas. NJ. Cref nor, OF the Dis
trict Court, and for County Judges-thcy
count by the scores. we know that Chas. Lindlcy
State Central Committee from go TO 81. Will
Campbell was there last week-Myres WAS u dele
gate in lS6l-so that the assertion that this is
The first time, and Myres the only Judicial officer
that was ever delegate in a convention, is
most silly falsehood.
Perhaps the Union is laying the pipe FIR an
impeachment case in the next Legislature? If so,
we can assure it that Judge Myres has too much
regard for law and the rights of the citizen, to
defend against such plotting. by favorng the po-
litical heresies of Abraham Lincoln.
Judge Myres was voted for by all classes OF
people and elected over the uou inee of a conven-
tion but no one that voted for him supposed he
was thereby taking from him his ehts as cti-
zen,--it has remained for the Union to make
that discovery. After poisinng public sentiment
by it's inflmies. until il is essential that every
man woman and child in country should turn
out in the service OF the country, it comes in
with its slandorous whine. about STOPPING from
high judicial position, to act n, n delegate in a
Democratic State Convention Of the State Of
California a pace where any gentleman may
with pride appear These assaults upon the in:
teress and people of Placer by the editor of the
Union. are becoming frequent and more odous,
aud il persisted i'll our people will be tempted to
cry OUT
Cancel his bond Of life. dear God. | pray"
That may live TO siythe dog is dead.'