The Placer herald., 1866-03-17
Questions for Politician.
The San Francisco Call is anxious fo

The San Francisco Call is anxious for in.
formation on the following subjects:
The people Of California would be pleased
10 have their servants answer some very per,
tinent questions in relation 10 very i,nporiant
issues which now attract public attention
Are Governor Low and the remainder Of the
fast politicians Of Sacramento in favor oftar,
ing the people Of the States which never ver.
in rebellion, some thirteen dollars head
over two hundred and fifty millions of dollar.
annuaIly-for the support Of freedmen9 II
they are not in favor Of this proposition. wbv
did they abuse the President for vetoino ,ba
Freedmen's Bureau BilI2 Do Gov. Lo1 .nJ
the rest Of the politicians above referred IA
believe President johnson to be uu,ru,,w wor'
thy9 If they do, why do they abuse him fo,
refusing 10 accept the power TO fill the Na,;on
with bis myrmdons in the shape ofthe eseven-
thousand officers be nigh. have appointed
had the bill become law? If he be the bad
man that Gov. Low, the Sac. Union and tho
Rad icals generally would have us believe wbv
were they SO anxious to force upon him The
patronage and responsibilities which the bill
conferred! II President johnson is half a.
bad as the Radicals would have US belieye he
is, what are we to think Of them for wishing
to confer upon him the power to fill the Ma
t'on with his appointees, and rule it with his
armies, as they were trying to do by their
outrageous Freedmen's Bureau blI9 Do Gov
Low and the fast politicians Of Sacramento
wish that the United States shall paw the debt
contracted by the so-caIled Southern Confed.
eracys lf.bey do not why do they oppose
the Presidents policy Of restoration, and why
DO they contend, with Thad. Stevens, that tho
Southern States had legally seeded, and are
now occupying the position of conquered
provinces! As we have before demons,ra raj cd.
the logical consequences of the doctrines up.
held and advocated bv them will be the lepa
liability OF the United States for the paymsn
OF at least that portion Of the rebel debt held
in Europe. II those pretended Union men
who have abused the President for bis veto
and his general policy Of restoration, are nos
in favor OF heaping enormous additional t;xes
upon the people Of the United States, and are
not in favor Of assuming the psymen. of the
rebel debt, sensible people would like TO know
what they are in favor of. And IL the Radi.
Gals do really believe Presiden, johnson to be
the treacherous and unreliable man they as
sert him to be, sensible people would like TO
know why they were SO anxious to confer on
hm the unrestricted powers provided for in
the Freedmen's Bureau bill. Perbap. Gov.
Low, Senator Cole, the Sacramento Union, OF
some of those Senators and Assemblymen
who have been foremost among, or warm aid.
ers and abbettors Of the enemies Of the Pres.
ident, will condescend to enlighten the pub
lie upon the points to which We have referrsda
The chances are that our State politicians, to
whom reference is herein made, did not
know what they were about when they com
menced bowling against the President
They felt the prick Of Thad. Stevens spur,
and feared the lash of his whip, and COM
'nenced an jndiscriminate and insensate bark.
ing. They will now probably follow the ex.
ample of some of those in Congress, and en-.
deavor to crawfsh out Of the very unpleas.
ant position into which they have thrust
themselves.