Weekly Trinity journal. [volume] (Weaverville, Calif.) 1857-1972, 1865-07-22
WEEKLY TRINITY JOURNAL.

w 1AAA1 III ~ L OOUlNhHs
senator CONFESS SPEEcH.-Senator Conness'
speech, at Placerville, reported by the Mirror,
is a singular document, to say the least. 1t is
III e. igpihed nor talented, but shows some
what moro e and sonred mind. His allusion 10
tIe war. and to the tros, is ell,-for we
b ieve John Conness is loyal to the core. But
his reference to his last visit to this State, taken
in connection with his alBsion to Lincoln was
in bad taste. 1t is well known that he returned
yetr ago displeased with the denomination Of
ncoln, and that he was among the movers IN
the East for the pos,ponement OF the National
Cohvrntion-the specfiv object of which WAS to
defeat Lincoln and nominate Secretary Chase
The Honorable Senator hints at some great ma
ti0nal question in the distance. II seems TO US
that, Senator overlooking with loyalty ana
patriotism at the successful issue OF the war, II
would not been out of place to have told his
hearers what this great national issue IS, or Is 10
be. There was an opportunity to lead not to fol-
low. There an oppor unity 10 show attachment
to principle ~ laying it down. But the Senator
threw away this opportunity to snow hmseil an
independent ami high minicd statesman lie
Saws the question is coming and when II attacks
him he g honrs TO take part in the discussion
On what subject, and on what side The Sen
ator.i according To the Mirror, accepted very
undignifed way of defa,ng his position on negro
suffrage. He puts himself. a Senator, whose
opinion the people have right to know. on
level with an editor whose individual opinion is
of no significance to the public or the party-no
more than our own. We do not complain be-
he did not define his position on this sub
jeci, but must III, nk il would have been more in
keeping Min the Senatorial 1oIa TO have said
nothing Il he said that - lie considered the
vete OF a loyal black man better than white
rebels" with CONFESS or that And
we also agree with him. where he says it is pre-
mature 10 agitate the negro suffrage question:
Wewould calthe attention of the political friends
of Senator Conness to this declaration. His
fricrds m; king great - hOdoo over the
negro question: charging every man opposed to
Low tor Senator as being Niger suffrage
abolirionist." The speech Of Senator Conness
su>tains Us in our position on this qurStion-that
TIE .'niggcr' was divided between the longs
and the - shorts" That if it VAS made the
issue there would be quar,ering Of the halls.
We are sorry that the Senator speech WIS not
reported verbatim. We then could have COM
menied more Understandings. NoryscWe 1p-
peal.
No WAR Observation-Disclosures, in one of his
letters to the Bulletin, thus tells how nicely Sec
rotary Seward has got the British lion = in the
door" on the Alabama question. After referring
to the evasive and shutting course Of old
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United States for damages done by the English
pirate steamers, he says:
In the meantime, however. it is conSoling to
remember that Seward has so mInaged aft tirs
that we hold abundant security in orr hands for
an ultir. decision in accordance with our own
views \ ltrge amount of cotton and other
property seized by our armies in the South was
undoubtedly the property of British subj cts.
The value of that clearly proven to he such will
more than Offset claims against England for
the Alabnmh's deprcd tions Oar Government
refused to give that property up when it came
into our hands by the natural progress of the
war II taken possession Of by the United
States authorities. has been sold for golf. and a
careful account of the net results OF the sales has
been kept. Whatever amount it brought over
and above the expenses OF transportation and
sle belongs to British subjects but Eng and
will never receive dollar of it until she has
satisfactorily adjusted orr = little account for
damages sustained by American citizens at the
hands of the ango rebel pirate.
DEAD LErTERs.-The number of letters which
are being received ut the Dead Letter Office
in Washington, sent there under the new law
which makes prepayment of postage compulsory
amounts to more than Is 900 per week. These
figures denote great carelessness or ignorance of
the law on the part Of the senders Of these let
tiers. The public should remember that the old
Law allowing letters not prepaid to be sent for
ward according to the address, and double post
age collected Of the receiver, has been repealed
that every letter not entitled to be carried
through the mails free must have stamp upon
it, or il is sent to the Dead Letter Office. Espe-
cill care should be taken by every person to OBJ
serve at the time of depo:iting letter in the
Post 0.hce that the postage stamp is firmly fixed
upo., It. Such attentive scrutiny would
reduce the number of letters - held for postage"
and consequently prevent the enibarrassments
and vcxatous delays now arising from this class
of letters.