The Placer herald., 1865-08-26

"BENIrIcENr EFFECT The Stars and
Stripes, in its issue # March 22nd, felt con.
strained to differ from The opinion of mcs'
of its party contemporaries, that the split in
Sacramento. over the municipal nominations,
would he i"juriops, but considered ",hs, in
many OF ta aspects it was extremely oppor
tune and calculated 10 exert bsneicent ei'
feet on State politics generally, as we'll as
ultimately in the city of Sacramento"
We then thought The Stripes WAS right.
and it expressed our sentiments precisely,
that The split would exercise "benifirent ef
feet on State politics generally" Prophetic
Stripes! neither Of US imagined the "beuef-
cen. .ff-c," would be felt so soon.
1t further said. in reference to the grow
ing quarrel ip the party, $50 far as Placer
rounty is concerned, Union men, consider.
ing the division Of the party into men and
boys, short hairs and long hairs factions,
frivolous, and ntf.bly foolish in fac. utter
y failing TO comprehend ths cause or nature
of the division-have presented solid front
to the common enemy"
1t would seem from The presen. condition
of the Union par in Placer county, coin
prehens"n Of the cause and nature of the
division has been arrived AT; and those eau
ses instead OF being considered frivolous,
and inefaby foollsh" have been serious
enough to cause tw" parties, where before
there was but one. and they accep, the des'g
nations of short Hairs" and Long Ila,rS,"
and As they are Common enemies" they pre-
sent a solid front" to each other, aud are
dealing blows that are strengthened by the
bitterness Of the contest. But the Shorts,
who come from the lahoring and hard listed
classes of the party, administer such telling
breath on, Of the I" Longs" Ga election day.
when '',ilne" is called. it is doubtful whether
the latter will respond.
SHOWING THEIR HASDs-it is freqnen,
remark Of AboIitonists, when pressed for
their opinion on the negro suffrage question,
to remark well. l would as soon haye ne
groes to vote AS lrishmen or Dulchnen"-
We doubt not that this feeling is very gem
orally entertained among the radicals. Dur,
ing the progress Of the war il WAS consider
ed impoitie To apnuncia,s such sentiments.
hu, as the neressi Y no longer exists to re.
cruit the ra"ks Of the armies, they give ven,
to their hostility to that class Of our natural
wed ri,'zrns who naturally accept the rrinci.
Piles Of the Democratic |arty, as the true
theories upon which the Government should
DO administered, and which so long prevailed
TO the b-nef, OF the county and the happi-
ness Of all citizens, both native and foreign
born. But ths war being over, and Irlsh and
Germans no longer required to illustrate
their fidelity and courage on hard fought
battle f. Ids. and still remaining true to their
predictions for the principles of the democ.
racy. the old knows Nothing Ieaven OF hos.
tiIi.y and prejudice breaks out in expressions
like that quoted above.
Yes, these Abolition leaders would have
negroes vote (who they suppose they could
control and manage like SO many ca,,l-) to
otfse, and neu,ralize the votes Of IRISH and
Germans who have cast their lot with the
DemoMatic party---ths party whose policy
has made the United Sta,es the asylum of
the oppressed Of every land, and rewarded
intelligence and industry according to its
deserts.