The Shasta courier., 1865-07-22
Politics in Tehama County.

Styleu leaueTS Vi Tue Union party HdNe
placed themselves, in that county, is beauti-
fully illustrated in communication to the
Red Bluff Independent, signed Union"
The reading of that interesting effort proves
that, though untoward storms and commo-
tions in the body polite may give men a
false position, yet like water, they will find
their level when calm ensues. That the
writer may have the full benefit of the only
fact stated, we quote it Ny influence in
the Union party has not been much more
than my vote" &C.. Now, the writing of
that by Union" was a waste of ink. His
readers would leave his article satisfied that
he might have left out the word much, 4"
and still have been within the bounds of
strict truth
Again, this oracle says:
1t is we'll known fact that a. the organi-
cation Of the Union party in Tehama county
there was not an orator or speaker belonging
to it.
Where was Myrick, Earll, Elliot and the
irrepressible Bishop? perhaps we owe an
apology to somebody in the above association,
we make it.
g THE Independent was the great mouth
piece of the party, and done its work nobly
y When the Union League vas
formed in this county, who were the active
members? : When anv particular
work was to be done for the good of the Union
party, who was the man to do it? Mr.. Bish
op. Who was it contributed all the
Union music? Messrs. Elliott, Gage and
Bishop. Who sung all the patriotic
songs and choruses- the inspiring cusses :?
Messrs. Bishop, Gage and Elliott"
And now we ask, Who killed Cock Robin?
Messrs. Bishop, Gage and Elliott. Who
struck Billy Patterson? Messrs. Bishop,
Gage and Elliott "Union" figures it all up
and finds that the head, and tail, and
BODY of the Union party in Tehama county
was embodied in the gentlemen, Bishop,
Gage and Elliott, and cnly one got an Office,
and he, poor soul, only because no one else
would have it-another sacrifice to the cause
of this great nation But now, alas a man
has been found who is willing to make an
equal sacrifice. and g Union" would let the
nation 90 to the devil. 'The head, and tail,
and body" of the Union party of Tehama
county could not get Office. and hence the
Union party is all wrong. There is no priu
ciple in it. How can there be when its
" head, tail and body" are defunct? And all
this in the face and eyes of the fact that none
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by Union Convention, fairly elected by
Union party, only minus Messrs. Elliott,
Gage and Bishop,-or, in other words,
" head, tail and body Yet - Union"
says one of the socalled clique-Bishop,
Gage, or Elliott-was an aspirant for Office
before the same Convention and was defeated.
Then there was, up to that time, g head, ;"
or "tail" or a - body" still to that party
in Tehama county; and his defeat, as logi-
cal conclusion, took from the party its last
spark of vitality; then it lost either its head,
or tail, or the connecting link.
All would be deem d cen from the cradle, fit
To rule in politics as well as wit.
But an old friend assures Us it takes money
to buy land l. requires talent to sustain
oneself i'll any prominent position. One may
easily esteem himself the head of great
party. simply because he made much noise
in its incipient organization, or because he
was the man to do active work, or because he
sung muchly, or because he may have been
so charmed with the music of his own voice,
so enchanted with himself, that he occupied
the floor to the exclusion of more modest men,
who perhaps might have said something to
dispace the q head, )" or tail, /" or ''body"
of the great Union party of Tehama, so
headed, tailed and bodied. Union" has
proven that this same head. tail and body"
will find their level, even in their own esti-
nation, by the same means they so fondly
hoped they had elevated themselves, to wit :
by much talk.
Now that wonderful mares nest discover
ed by Union" contains no more than mares
nests generally. The clique" he so warmly
and injudiciously attempts to defend, had, in
their capacity of = head, tail and body of
the Union party, divided the Offices among
themselves and friends, and up to the day of
the primary election. were at peace with
themselves, and looked smilingly. patroniz-
ingly upon the people. But on that day the
- head, and tail, and body" found itself oc
cupying position, in the estimation of the
people, so entirely at variance with their
estimate of themselves, that the g head"
went awry, the "tail'' dropped, and the
"body" ceased to connect. So fast
One woe doth follow upon another"
DIABoLICAL.-Dr. J. A. Davis. whose
character for reliability the Chicago Tribune
endorses, writes to that paper that rebel
surgeon, who had, for four years, occupied