The Shasta courier., 1865-07-08
Can't Take a Joke.

Recently few gentlemen of Red Bluff
OF primary election ticket to be run in
that town. The Independent in its great
grief at losing the job, says that "some men
in Red Bluff-Union men-had thrown off
on the Union press, and sent to Shasta to
get their tickets for the primaries printed"
Now, Mr.. Independent, we claim to run
Union paper-therefore your point in that
regard is lost. As to what you have been
guilty of that your press should be slighted,"
is matter entirely between you and the
gentlemen you have made SO suicidal an
effort to castigate. The manner in which
you take it shows pretty clearly that there
must be some fire to create so much smoke.
The Independent sees in it 50 the first step
to disorganization :" we can't. If the Shasta
people had all their printing of a like nature
done in Red Bluff. we don't think that even
then we should have seen any steps towards
DISCRIMINATION therein-but are might hare
seen some indications ofa rant Of confidence
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The Independent closes out long TRADE
against these men, who have been so IN
surprisingly bold as to give trfing job to
us, in furtherance, as they no doubt supposed,
of their own interests, thus:
We do not want offce-we would not de-
scend so low as sneak around and treat to
whisky every hummer that comes in our way
for the sake of getting Office. Politics is
filthy occupation but Office hunting is still
worse-it carries in its train all that demor-
alizes and degrades humanity.
Now if you are in earnest, friend Chalmers,
what in thunder are you growing about
Why don't you keep out of the g. filthy oc-
cupaton." As to the Office hunting"
you are hitting your friends down there
hard lick. Brother Bishop must have sought
something in that line-or Offices have in
dustriously hunted him. Again, is seeking
the county printing. seeking Office? we re-
member time when that fat job was most
earnestly chased by yourself.
We see that the whole ticket printed by US
was elected. and that is all we know about
the matter pro or con. As to its being an
Office holders, or non flee holders ticket
we know nothing and care less, 20 long as
they are all sound on the Union question.
Another article in the Independent. scor-
ing Mr.. P. B. Nagle, as travelling Office
seeker, and one who has staked off claim
to the District Attorneyship, goes to prove,
circumstantially, that there is one non Office
seeker in the "clique" who has transgress-
ed Unionism and offended the independent
by daring to get printing done elsewhere
than at its Office Therein the Independent
man has stultifed himself once, and we opine
that close search for facts would show that
the one referred to in his article is not a SOL
itary instance
Now own up Chalmers. If vou had beat
en- the ticket printed here, would you not
have considered the strategy of these men a
miserable failure, and written upon it as
very good joke? They won, and in the
doing of it have gained double victory in
making you feel it past forbearance-
Z" To follow foolish precedents, and wink
With both our eyes, is easier than to think"
You have proved the aptness of the above,
and aspire to the following:
60 Sure tits orthodox opinion,
That grace is founded in dominion"
Can you do it? can you reach dominion
Is the Unionism of the Independent of that
radical type to entitle it to govern in the
party? Dees it not seek d5llars more than
to sustain principle? We await the answer.