The Shasta courier., 1865-04-01
SHASTA COURIER.
The Long Hairs.

A few days ago, says the Appeal, we pub
lished in cur Sacramento Correspondence &
definition of . Short-TIairs." This met the
eye of our friend Patrick ostidger, who
sends US the following as a definition Of
Long Hairs" We publish it with pleas
ure, thinking it will bring down the upper
lip Of some of our Short" friends. 1t is
not quite abusive enough to suit as:
NORTH SAN JUAN, March %, 1860.
Mr.. EDITOR | desire as Neutral" has
given to the readers of the Appeal the mean can
ing of . Short Hairs as applied TO party
to give your readers an idea of the meaning
of I" Long Hair" as applied to faction oil
the same party. So here goes.
The peculiar characteristics of the amman
known as the :. Long Hairs" are-First, he
is an original Abolitionist and the straight
est Of the sect. Second. lie is noted for MS
radicalism and his piety. Like the Pharisees
of old he stands at the corner OF the streets
in cities and towns making long prayers, 10
be seen of men, and thanks God that he Is
better than the greasy mechanics ana
mud sills" around about him, who are COM
PEELED to earn their bread by the sweat OF
their brows. He attends church regularly
every Sabbath, especially IN political times,
and generally occupies the most prominent
eeat in the synagogue. Third. lie is exceed
inglv charitable but he always takes pains
that his charities shall be trumpeted forth to
the world If he learns of the destruction of
a church by fire, or other casualty, and finds
that the church members are numerous and
influential he will perambulate the State
and deliver lectures for the benefit of the
church nominaly, taking good care, howev-
er, to enrich his own pockets by the a!yen-
ture. Fourth. lie is a great office seeker and
everybody must give way to him or be anath.
ematized lie boasts of being better than
his neighbors, puts on a clean shirt every
morning, wears his chair long" to give an
appearance of dignity and piety, and keeps
it highly perfumed with " cologne" lie
sports n white linen pocket handkerchief well
saturated with rose water. He is never seen
around drinking saloons, except in election
times, and seldom shakes hands with mud
slP unless he has a point to make. Such,
Mr.. Editor. are some of the peculiar charac-
terlstics of the faction of the Union party in
California known as " Long Hairs How
do you like the picture 1t is drawn to the
life, for while writing we had in our minds
eye one of the leaders of that miserable fac
tion whom we know we'll. Every county in
the State has its representative of that fac
ton. San Francisco has its McM Shaftcr
and others of like ilk and kidney; San Jose
has its j. j. Owen, Murdock, ETC. Sacra.
mento has its Nixon, McClatchy, Anthony,
ETC.; PlacerIts Selkrll and Ule Ell Dorado
its McCallum Nevada its Aaron A. Sargent; ;
Yuba its Hubbard, Smith, etc; Tehama its
Bishop; Trinity its Gordon; Sutter its Has
well. Under the leadership of these sweet
scented" gentry the faction has been growing
smaller by degrees and beautifully less every
year, and unless | mistake the signs of the
times wonderfully. it will be totally wiped
from existence ut the next fall elections
There is another class of persons who es
say to be Long Haired, par excellence, and
that class are the old Breckenrdgers who
have crept into this faction tor the sake of
spoils, thinking that the Long Hairs"
must of necessity be stronger than the Boys
They too, have their representatives in every
county. as for instance, Yuba has its Parks :;
Sacramento its Stratton, and so on. If any
thing, this latter class is down heavier on the
mud sils' than the other 1t is hard, how
ever, to distinguish them. Put them in a
bag and shake it up and you will find them
pretty much all alike. ROUGH.