The weekly Butte record. [volume] (Oroville [Calif.]) 1858-1864, 1862-08-30
The Record and Sacramento Union-.-A
Comparison.

making savage nght against Latham and in
favor Of Broderick in 1859, and for Conness in
1851, is a warm supporter of The lodging
Senator, and political enemy of all the prn-
ciples which it has heretofore supported -
- Consistency is jewel The RECoRp is fast
verging to the disloyal side. and were the 'son
OF the humble stoGecutter now alive. the
editor would shake in his boots for his recrean-
cy to principle Sacramento Union
Want of 4" consistency" aud recreancy Of
principle" indeed And such charge from
such source from the Sacramento Union.
name which is SYNONYMOUS with that of pc,
ht'cai chame1eon-from paper which has re-
Elected all shades of political principles from
the pure white of Democracy to the foul
black of AbolitiOnism, just as its director. the
almighty dollar" for the time being dictated
And now a passing remark TO the charges,
seriatim, which the chameleon brings acains,
u.s. We are accused, in the first place. of
Inconsistency, in having opposed Senator La
than in 1859 and being now his supporter.
1t is true that We opposed the Senator at that
time, and did so because our views were dis
similar upon the territorial question. That
was the only point of difference between us,
and that question has forever been put TO rest
killed by party whose views were radically
autagonistic to both those entertained by Sena,
tor Latham ard ourself-a party of which the
chameleon is now an organ - the abolition
party. That question having been sunmarily
disposed Of by an act of questionable coUsttu-
tionality, Senator Latham is now advocating
the same principles and measures which the
Record has ever and uniformly done-those of
the Democratic party of the nation-the cor
ner-stone of which is the preservation of the
Constitution in its purity, as delivered to US
by the fathers of the Republic. Growing out
of this, is the restoration of the Union. By
constitutional means as it was under that
Constitution. Such being the fact. the charge
of Inconsistency is successfully rebutted, and
consequently falls harmless at our feet.
But we have the audacify to oppose John
Couness in 1862, after having supported him
in 1861. \ serious reply 10 such an accuse.
ton could scarcely be expected by any one
even by Mr.. CONFESS himself If there be
aught of Inconsistency in refusing to follow
into the camp of the enemy a renegade from
party which had honored and dignifed him by
making him their standard bearer few short
months before be Inconsistency, we are both
proud and Happy in being able to plead guilty
to the charge. When be sought his afinties,
and joined the Republicans, we parted compa-
ny. Let this suffice for our present opposition
to John ConnesS.
The Record is fast verging TO the disloyal
side, and is guilty of recreancy to principle y
Let our record be compared with that of our
accuser. We are now, and have been, battling
for the preservation OF the Constitution as it is
and the restoration of the Union as it was
In doing so, we give our support to the gallant
young leader of the Federal armies. who is
endeavoring to effect the latter object, by
crushing the rebellion. He has the confidence
of the nation and is worthy of that confidence.
Is this disloyalty? If it be. we wish the cha.
meleon were guilty of the offence Bat how
looks the "critter" just at this moment? What
shades are reflected from its full, glowing and
FURNISHED sides? Are they the red, white
and blue, emblemate of loyalty and patriot
ism? Or is there dark and dingy shade per-
vading il, obscuring almost entirely the glo-
rious tri-colcr? Let US see. In the very num-
Der from which is taken the extract at the
head of this article, there is a bitter, vindcive
and malicious attack upon Gen Mcclellan,
the able, brave, conservative and heroic leader
of the Union forces-the pride and hope Of all
true and loyal men-a leader, in one word who
can crush rebellion if it can be crushed. The
inevitable effect Of such assaults is 10 give aid
and comfort to secession-to rebellion, and is,
therefore, both disloyal and reasonable. Nor
is this the only instance in which its disloyalfy
and reasonable designs towards the Union
have been evinced. They have been NANTES
ted in its direct and indirect support of every
violation of the Coustitution-by its advocacy
of the destruction of everything like State
righis-the humiliation, in fact, of State SOW.
ereignty-by its endeavors to direct the war
from its legitimate purpose, and make it one
for the abolition of slavery-for the elevation
Of the negro 10 political and social equality
with, if not to a condition of superiority to,
portion Of the Caucasian racial acts. be it
remembered. which have aided the cause of
rebellion, and done more to render permanent
the separation of the States, than have the
combined forces Of rebellion. And yet, this is
the insidious, jesuitcal chameleon ike sheet
which has the unblushiug efrontery 10 accuse
others OF Inconsistency and disloyalty
We have thus briefly drawn parallel be-
tween the REcoRD and Union. 1t is for the
reader to decide which will suffer BY the COM
paFison.