The Shasta courier., 1862-04-26

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will rejoice at its destruction, will be at fault
to whom their monuments should be erected
-whethor Yancey or Giddings. We shall
leave for the guidance of unborn philanthro-
pists, our opinion that Yancey is the man to
whom the chief honors of abolitionism will
be DUE.
The LEGISLATURE. "A question is before
the Courts which will probably bring up for
decision the constitutionality or legality of
the removal of the Legislature to San Fran
cisco. W. A. Cornwall has applied for
mandamus in San Francisco to compel the
State Controller to issue to him certain State
warrants. The Attorney General demurs to
the complaint, on the grounds that the law
requires that officer to reside at Sacramento,
and that the claim is barred by the statute of
limitations. If the last named of these is
sues should not be deemed sufficient, then the
case will turn on the other point, and though
there may be question as to whether the
Controller is in the same category as the
Legislature, in regard to the place of the ex-
ercise of the functions of his Office, yet it is
difficult to see how the Supreme Court if
this case reaches that tribunal, can so frame
an opinion in relation to the official residence
of the Controller, that it will not at the
same time decide all questions, or intimate its
views, in respect to the seat of government.
Even if the Supreme Court, in its decision,
should abstain from any allusion to the State
capital question, that circumstance alone
would create nearly conclusive presumption
that the Legislature had no right, in the
opinion of this Court, to adjourn to the Bay.
1t is matter Of congratulation that the suit
has been brought, for all doubts es to the
legality of this removal should be settled as
soon as possible. for obvious reasons.
CALLING NAMEs.-You can always tell
when a secesh print is cornered. 1t imme-
diately begins to call names, and the choicest of
alb their expressions of contumely, and one
which seems to them to combine the acrld
qualities of all others, is the word =" Aboli
tionist-" There can be no doubt but that
this word has constituted potent argument
in. days past but our brethern who drive the
secesh QUILL do not seem to know that, like
everything else in the rebel line, it is pretty
much played out" 1t has been applied 50
recklessly and profusely to all who differed
on any subject from these niggerless gentry,
that such point or sting as it may have once
had is broken off. Nobody cares whether
secesh likes the loyalist plan of making war
or not. We do not believe that the ulti-
mate GO You are a id A5olitionist" will ST.
lence the Union artillery, or stay for one in
slant the resistless march of our columns.
So we see that rebeldom is deprived of. its
best argument, which is no longer of any
more use to its disgraced and beaten cause
than spiked gun, or one of Davis messages.
After while they will begin to comprehend
that this is a white mans war, made for his
rights, and that but few knew, and nobody
cared, what would be its effects on nigger-
dom. We do not believe that one of these
sympathisers, whose opinion is worth
straw. can be found who will not tell you, if
he speaks honestly, (about which you must
take your chances) that slavery is infinitely
more to be preferred than the Union. lie
will not put it in so many words, but his
style of chat will amount to just about that.