The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-04-30

EE- We are pleased to observe that the
Stars and Stripes is becoming a more read
able paper than usual The cause of this
Improvement arises from its recent editorials
being devoted almost exclusively to the PA,
Ger Herald Now the Herald is an inter.
estng subject, and has been any time these
last dozen years. 1t has proven interesting
to many constant readers, who will also be
glad to know that il has been the cause of
some animation in our too prosy cotempo-
rary. The cause Of the sprightliness of the
latter, however, does not seem to proceed
from inherent good nature, but from the
prlcking of some tender spot that previously
had not been touched. Indeed our cotem
porary, as it waxed warm with its subject
the Herald-grows angry, red in face, makes
mouths, and call names. Even that of cop
perhead.
This dspleasure arises from reading our
article on Poor Placer" in which we very
plainly stated that the serious arrangement
of our county affairs has been caused bv ABB
clifton misrule. Our contemporary assumes
TINS TO be an accusation against the new
county officials, and with this assumption for
Its text, keeps those gentlemen prominently
III view throughout the article. We are
surprised at the perverson that arraiens our
article against the new officers No allu.
sion is made to them, and SO far as their
official acts 90, it would be ungenerous and
untruthtul to include them within the scope
of our remarks. They are gentlemen in
private relations whom we respect, and
whose official conduct we hope may be
worthy of approval.
1t is easily comprehended that from bad leo.
lslation comes the weight of our county trou-
DIes; and that Legislation is the emanaton of
the representatives of the Abolition party
from this county for the past three years.
And as the result of their acts comes most
of the enormous taxation that is placed upon
the county to-day, and for many years to
come. They are the men who passed the
bill to subscribe s25O,OOO to the Pacific
Railroad. and thereby caused $4,000 Rail,
road Interest Tax to be raised for the cur
rent year, and $4,000 per year for eighteen
years to come. They have provided for
monthly meetings of the Board of Supervis,
ors at an additional and unnecessary cost to
the county. They have given away strips of
territory Of the county, on the east and west
without compromising advantages, and they
assisted by their votes to increase State taxes
from 70 to 81 ,25 on the one hundred dollars.
The Board of Supervisors are not respon,
sibe for these acts. They have had duties
to perform under the laws as they found
them. they have not been rigidy econom-
lcal in every respect, yet it is not they who
have caused the taxes to spring from 81 ,35
in 1868 to 1871 in 1864, on the one
hundred dollars valuation.
This is the result of Abolition legislation.
and that party in this county must bear the
responsibility. They elected the represent a.
tives and have Endorsed their action. If tie
party now finds itself in the condition Of a
sick patient with nauseous medicine to be
taken, there is no help for 1.-THE dose must
be swallowed
A party that piles taxes mountain high
upon people, cannot not long retain power
in this country, even though the pill be sugar
coated with the highest sounding lip patriot
ism. That trick is losing its charm. Vo-
ters are beginning to comprehend that the
present dominant larty has been leading
them by the most specious devices, while
every step in its career has been toward
bankruptcy and an overthrow of the repuh-
can system Of government.