The Placer herald., 1863-08-29
ANOTHER SECRET CIRCULAR.

League, Wnlcn is unQer the management OF
the federal office holders at San Francisco, to
their subordinates. This circular shows that
the secret conspirators are alarmed at the
prospect of the people at the coming election
and are determined to use every means in
their control to avert such a calamity to their
reasonable schemes. For this purpose they
undertake to reverse the uniform practice of
the State in regard to the suffrage of emf
grants, in the hope Of retaining their power
by minority vote, by disfranchsing for this
occasion thousands of citizens under the pre-
tence that nearly all the emigration to this
coast, four fifths of which are from the loyal
States of Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin is com
posed of rebels. Encouragement to emigra,
ton, the interest, the honor and the dignity
of the State, all must be sacrificed to the se'
cret schemes of as infamous band of trail
tors to human liberty as ever were leagued
together By secret oath to subvert the Con
stution and overthrow the liberties Of the
people. Such perjured scoundres and false
hearted knaves as band together in midnight
council to cheat the people of their sutfrages
and plot to subject them to the yoke of des'
potism, to pirate of loyalty and patriotism,
when their oaths perjure them to the consti-
tuition
These circulars prove that the canvass is
being carried on by our opponents exclusive,
ly under the direction and control of these
tratorous leagues, and upon the assumption
that all who do not swear allegiance to the
President and foreswear their fidelity to the
constitution are to be held and and treated
as rebels and traitors. Are the people of
California prepared to submit their rights
and their liberties to the keeping Of a secret
oathlbound cabal composed Of men who are
but the mercenary tools of the President:
UNION LEAGUE OF AMERICA, GRAND Council Cal.
San Francisco, July oath, 1868.
To the Officers and Members of the Union
League of America, within the State of
California.
GENTLEMEN Your attention is specially
called to the following facts: The Grand
Council have ascertained from the best au-
thorty, that about ten thousand male citizens
of the United States are now on their way to
this State, overland, at least three-(ourths of
whom are at heart rebels or sympathizers
with rebellion these persons will attempt to
vote at the coming election, and will succeed
in doing SO, unless section l of article IL Of
the constitution (Which is here to appended)
is rigidIy enforced. This section requires an
actual residence of six months in the State,
and thirty days in the county or district to
entitle person to a vote. A mistaken idea
has very generally obtained that a persons
residence in this State dates from the time
he left the eastern States for California, and
that our Supreme Court so held. This is not
true. ExIAttorney General S. G. Hastings,
for certain purposes of his own, which he ac
compished, gave as his opinion that such was
proper construction of the constitution
His opinion is entitled to no more weight
than the opinion of any other attorney, and
is generally regarded 10y good lawyers as en-
tireIy erroneous and absurd. 1t is possible
that this vote, should it pass unchallenged
may determine the patriotic status of Caltor
mia for the next four years. Within that
time the history of our country will be made
for centuries. No state in the Union can do
more towards making glory of that history
than California Our people to-day are 10y
al let not the dark brand of treason be
stamped upon us by failure to be vigilant.
Let every Council appoint good men and true
to attend the polls. Let every doubtful vote
be challenged, and let record be kept of
every vote sworn in. Nne-tenths of the
votes sworn in by the emigrants of this seal
son will be rebel; at every precinct carried by
such votes, let the returns be contested
If this is done we are sate if not, there
is danger. We seek not to alarm; we
only desire to impress upon all Union men
the necessity for the same activity and zeal,
which is displayed by our army in the field.
Let us all remember that eternal vigilance
is the price of liberty"
BY order of the Grand Council.
S. II. PARKER, Grand President.
ALFRED BARsrow, Grand Secretary.
The above we take from the Sacramento
Republican, of Tuesday last The circular is
an exact copy of one we have in our posses
sion issued TO Union League in Placer
County. But such internal political organi-
cations are bound to melt away as the Know.
Nothing Lodges did few years ago. Such
Jacobin Clubs cannot long exist among free.
men or an intelligent people. Their ntoe
rance will be their own destruction
WHY so SILENT-N either the Alta Cdh
tornia or Sacramento Union have ever had
a word of comment on the reasonable or
ders of Grand President Post Master Parker
What is the reason There are good grounds
for believing that the Old Vigilance Com
mttee of San Francisco &c" not dead bu
sleepeth," and the reasonable designs of tha
old organization find ready ally in the Unior
Leaguers of the State. The attempt to revo
utionize California in 1855, by the Vigilance
Committee. is to be renewed, in 1868, by th'
Union Leaguers.- .Sonoma Democrat.
MARYsvILLE RAILRoAD.-A large amour
Of railroad material, for the Marysvile ant
Orovlle railroad, is now being discharged a
Sacramento.