The Shasta courier., 1865-06-10

understanding with him. 1t was this told
HIM that our State was in bad condition;
had S6O0,00 unpaid outstanding warrants,
and wanted firm hand over its affairs that
l believed he was the man to exercise 1t, and
that If he would be a candidate | would sup
port him but that. if he were elected, |
would never make q recommendation for
ONCE to him, nor in any other manner, direct
nor indirect. interfere in the State atfairs
while he was Governor | believe L have
kept this understanding. | think he will
say so; and when the contrary is asserted 1t
is simply intended as an impertinent ohense
to hlm-one Of the best of public men, and
one Of the purest magistrates. | believe the
State now pays cash. having paid up Its out
standing unfunded debt.
The Judges VINO were chosen, believe 4
Is conceded, were among the best men and
ablest lawyers in the State. One of those
whom | favored | was not on terms of inter-
course with at the time, but | thought he
would make an able and Just Judge, and |
think he has
When my senatorial duties begun, and
during the two years that I have served in
the Senate, | applied myself, in and out of
season, to such acts as | thought would pro-
mote the public interest | have put down
some fagitious and corrupt schemes, and
helped to put up some good ones. More has
been done in that time in the settlement of
land titles than had been accomplished by
Congress before for us; but much remains
yet to be done. The postal laws have been
improved; commercial intercommunication
between our State and the eastern world has
been promoted by means long talked of;
ruinous and unjust taxation has been pre-
vented and the public defenses have been
carried forward to an advantageous extent.
do not claim to have accomplished all that
has been done. | only say | have done all Of
it that | could DO.
Before became Senator, said that, if |
were chosen, no human being should be held
a slave, If any act or vote of mine could strike
off the chain. | believe | have kept that
promise, although it was made chiefly to my
self alone. All the measures for CARRYING
war to the grand conclusion that has been so
nearly reached, have received my support.
have stood firmly by every measure neces-
sary to sustain the public credit. Yet | do
not expect by these things to secure the re
gard Of all. They have been done because
they were right, and for no other reason.
1t does not become me to notice the attacks
made upon myself, and | shall not. Some
Of them are SO false and irdecent that they
carry their own antidote with them The
others, can trust to time, which we are told
makes all things even.
4 correspondent OF one of the California
newspapers. who was never allowed nor toll
Grated in the Presidential presence while Mr..
Lincoln lived and who had been solemnly
expelled from Congress for his corruptions,
and dere not enter there, makes frequent use
of my name. This is no loss, however dis
pleasing it may be, as men go up in the
estimation of decent people by his condem
nation. and down by his praise.
Occasionally ] hear of threats to divide the
Union party. There is no cause for division.
Whoever proposes it, or proyokes 1t, is no
friend ofthe country. No man Is authorized
to speak for me who favors anything of the
kind Whoever, on mere contest for indlvid
uais, proposes division, should be put down.
Whenever any public man fails to subserye
the public interest, he will be superseded.
The Union party is not N any ordinary sense
a political party. Parties have heretofore
been divided aud organized upon mere meas
ures They are now divided and organized
upon vital and cardinal doctrines and prac
tice. 1t is now an organization OF loyal men
against disloyal men for the protection
of society. and government, and establish
ment of freedom, for every human being with
in our political jurisdiction
Men must not imagine that the work is
done, or that it is to be impeded by the dis
appointment of few individuals A work
of this magnitude must not and cannot be
made to depend upon the elevation to public
place, or the contrary, of any man. Men
are the mereSt atoms at best, and are worth
1 q, ~
they cease to be useful they commonly find
their level There must be nothing lost in
the contests by which changes are made in
public place. The greatest men pass away
and are soon forgotten. The world lives, moves
and progresses, Notwithstanding; and thus
ordinary persons may know of how little
consequence they are, and of how little
importance are their personal conflicts.
If all would try to do what they can in a
useful direction, their efforts would be more
commendable than when expended in pull
ing each other down. We are only justified
in pulling others down when they stand in
the public way, and will not leave it.
Whoever is in the path Of progress must
work or leave it.
The distribution of patronage, as tits call
ed. is always the cause of complaint No
public man can AVOID adVlsln9 IN 1t. ana
none can give satisfaction. In this l can
only say that | do the best | can, and who,
ever may think otherwise, let him come here
and try it.
have tried to make myself understood,
and have written these things to you because
you have been Just to me since you knew me,
and because believe you are friend of
liberty and Union for the sake of the logical
consequences that may grow out of them.
am, truly and sincerely, your friend,
JOHN CONFESS.
WASHINGTON, D. G., April 23d, 1865.
AGooD OsE.-While the mammoth display
bills of the panorama of g Paradise Lost"
were being put up in North San Juan, a
German, well known for his ability in manu-
featuring lager beer, thus delivered himself: