The Shasta courier., 1864-04-30
rr. Gaming presidential Campaign.

The casual observer must aunii' 'no 'i'A
;oo-tanee of the next Presidential canvass
ITO be or not to be" is the question =
,.betber wsare to be nation of freemen,
powerful, prosperous and happy, respected
by all foreign powers, or number OF petty
republics, eternally contending over imagin-
airy wrongs.
Already the viper Democracy are at work.
Already their hiss is sent forth by the Beriah
Browns. the Streets. and their emissaries,
the Ridges, g Organize organize p'-and IN
this they show their hypocrisy, for they were
never better organized in the State; and in
proof of this, without handbills, without pub
LEGATION, they are to gather together in our
own town oday, to send rebel emlssaries to
the Chicago Convention. How is this done?
this notice given?-this call made? Is it
done openly? By no means. 1t is done Sc
| cretlv-at midnight, sometimes; it is done by
those means known only to the initiated
those only who are sworn friends to the Con-
federacv-the left wing of Lees army-who
Micawber Ike, are every day hoping some
thing will turn up'' in favor Of jeff. Davis.
In their efforts to serve the Confederacy, ev-
erything is done, and everything written that
the mind can invent to misrepresent the Gov
ernment. Every loss of man is swelled
into hundreds, and every loss of a hundred IS
sweled into thousands by their plant pens
Every success is disparaged so as to appear
in their minds complete failure. Even
disaster ~ the elements is charged as a gross
and objectionable blunder of the Administra-
ton. They endeavor to make it appear that
there is none so low in their ranks but he is
the equal of the greatest minds to be found
among the loyal, while there is none so high
in the service of the Government but is only
fit to do menial service for the Confederates
They place the Government in one scale, and
the few paltry dollars we have to pay for
taxes in the other, and then urge us to sink
country and save our money. The poor,
miserable, cracked tar buckets to q worn out
chivalry wagon forget that the dearest and
most cherished idol man can have on this
earth is his country that when the National
emblem is dishonored and lowered before
enemies, whether foreign or domestic, his
pride is humbled and his heart is heavy;
nevertheless with presumption and assur-
ance BETTING Satan VIII N he rebelled against
Heaven, they are constantly denouncing the
Government and its supporters, and praisng
the ability of Seymour, Vallandigham and
Mcclellan, in order to g fire the Southern
heart'' North of Mason & Dixon's line, and
in order to make little leaven to raise the
dropping spirits of their friends in arms
They raise the hue and cry of dissensions in
the army and the Union party-that the ar
nv is clamoring for McClellan-that the
Germans are going for Fremont independent
of the nomination-that Chase's friends are
determined he shall be a candidate-utteT-
ances which are not only untrue, but defam-
atory to the known loyalty of the Germans
and the friends of the different candidates.
They see the handwriting on the wall, that
Abraham Lincoln is sure to be the next
President, unless split can be created in the
Union party. They see that nearly every free
. y.
and they know that in those States he is sure
to receive the Electoral votes, unless divis
ion occurs; they also know what his election
will prove: that these States must stand as
one undivided, free Republic, with one Flag
and one Government,-a lesson to all trait
ors and ambitious demagogues, that this
Union cannot be broken up by acts so damn
ing and outrageous as have been perpetrated
by the so called Confederates; and knowing
this, they will leave no means untried to
sustain the fast sinking craft Of Democracy.
Their emissaries tell the people that Dem
ocraey is gaining ground, while the spring
elections in the old States show that they are
fast sinking away from public gaze.
We warn loyal men to have nothing to do
with them. Young men, you who are about
to cast your maiden vote, do so on the side of
patriotism. Let your first act of manhood be
to sustain the Government under which you
were born and raised, and are now protected
: Old men and middle aged, you who have be-
lieved in Democracy in its palmiest days and
when it was National. do not allow your for
mer love to mislead you. Look above party,
and there you will see your country full OF
bleeding wounds, brought about by this same
Democratic party which is still trying to sink
her in the depths of oblivion. Cast off the
shackles of party prejudice, and rise above
and superior to it. Show to the world that
YOU are not only loyal in speech but in act.
II every true loyal man will do this the coun-
try will be saved, and our Flag. the emblem
of freedom. will forever float to the breeze, its
stripes frightened and its stars gilded by the
sunbeams from heaven shining on nation
PEACEFUL prosperous and happy.
HOMICIDE IN TRlNITY.-We learn from the
Journal that E. J Williams, for many years
a resident of Pennsylvania Bar, Trinity riv-
er, was killed by Jerry Whitmore on the af-
ternoon of April 18th. 1t appears that on
the afternoon of the day mentioned Whit
more. and j. Fisher, of North Fork, went to