The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-05-02
PLAIN TALK AND COMMON SENSE.

fornia is in the possession of the Executive
and Legislative branches Of our State Gov
eminent. They are making secretly, and
by every other means that craft can suggest,
tremendous effort to retain that power by
reelection that will continue them in that
position for four years, and at the same time
to grasp the remaining branch, the judiciary,
in which if successful they will have the
ruling power for four years, in spite of the
ballot-box. Whilst this is true of the State
Government, it is an acknowledged fact,
that the corrupt Legislature of 1868, legis,
lated the county officers of this county out
of office, that thereby they might be enabled
to obtain the county government of Placer
for two years. To effect this object, it is
only necessary that voters of Democratic
sentiments shall be divided in their support
of candidates. 1t is only necessary that
men of Democratic sentiments remain divi-
ded on matters of policy as to the means
Of accomplishing certain ends desired by all
by the Federal Government, and in the
deciding upon which nothing can be prac'
tcaly accomplished whilst the present
Administration retains the control of the
Government. This proposition is so plain
that it is sufficient to simply state it-no
further illustration is needed. This truth
was so manifest to the Democracy in the
West and Atlantic States that they have
long since abandoned obsolete and now
senseless divisions among themselves, and
have in the recent elections, presented to
the enemy one solid front. The citizen then,
who did not subscribe to every measure of
Administration, was denounced as a traitor
and copperhead, the same course has been
pursued by the Republican leaders in the re-
cent Legislature, and will be adopted as the
language of that party on the stump before
the people.
The citizens there who desired the success,
Of these Administrator Abolition measures,
threw themselves and influence into the scale
in raising obstacles to a hearty, Jealous, and
united effort of the Democracy, and it neces-
sarily follows, that the citizens of this State
and this county, who desires to cast the
powers of the State and county government
into the hands Of Republicans, will raise
all manner Of objections to satisfactory
union Of Democratic strength.
If there are such leaders we warn them
that the people are DESTROYS of presenting a
solid front to the foe-of sinking old differ
ences, of securing first of all thei own
rights and safety as citzers and he who
places himself in the way of this desired
object will be run over and crushed out in
the march of events, and be in the future,
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Men who are aspirants for place. who
are accidentally in the position of commit,
tee men of the different wings of the Dem
ocracy,-men who are truly DESTROYS oil
preserving the rights of the citizen and the
peace of the community, should remember
these truths.
We warn aspirants for place that without
a hearty and zealons cooperation of every
Democrat in the State and county there is
no chance for their success. We remind the
Committee man that his position is simply
that of an agent of very limited powers, aud
all the force he is able to bring to bear il
that which results from doing what will b,
approved by the people of his party. If a'
a committee man he acts in such way a
to endanger the success of his party friends
future but curses and kicks.
Our common enemy will allow no hal
way measures-they denounce all Democrats
as copper-heads and traitors. They make
war on all without distinction. Then if il
is to be a contest between "copperhead y
and "ngger head" what sense is there in the
former trittering away their strength il
senseIess divisions! Why shall our counsel:
be divided, when the enemy is batterine
down the gates? We were so conscious OF
this necessity, that we urged similar view
of matters last year, and an unsuccessful
attempt was made to that end by the Cen
tral Committee of that branch of he Dem
ocracy with which we acted. The necessity
this year is, for many reasons, much greater
than at that time. Let it be accomplished
) without fail-this year.