Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-05-12
From the Sacramento Bee.
An Editorial DueI-on Paper.

The editorial fraternity III Oregon have achIeV-
ed reputation for the use of scurrilous express
ions which, whether deserved or not, distin-
guishes them from the conductors of the press in
other localities. But all are not given to such
peryersons of language, and the OregoRidn is an
exception. In the growing city of Portland, IL
paper of the Democratic persuasion is published
under the good old Democratic title of the Her
aid, its editorials being characterized by the sort
of verbiage which passes nowadays for " Dem
ocratic although we never could see, for our
part, why dirt and Democracy should necessarily
he coupled invariably, they are; or why con-
temptbe conduct should be added. The editor
of the Herald must be n representative man OF
his class, for, the Orcgoaian having ventured to
denounce a passage in late speech of that
fourth-rate scceder and factionist, Henry A.
Wise once Governor of Virginia, as g rampant,
shameless treason said passage consisting OF
appeals for charity in behalf of suffering orphans
of soldiers killed in the service-the Herald
makes it appear by quotation tlat another sec
ton is meant, and them eevating its own mag
nanmtv by contrast, proceeds;
u We care not what may be said by the Ore
gonian, or any other beartless hardened, sonl-
less organ of the Radicals may our right hand
forget its cunning and our tongue cleave to the
roof of our mouth, if we do not speak n kind
word on all suitaIle occasions in behalf of the
poor; the female orphan the orphan fallen on
evil times. May the curse of the Almighty rest
upon us if Go not heed their cries, and in
some way help the helpless ones
To which responds the Oregonian
You "speak kind word all suitable oc-
casons !" You who stood with hands cram
med in your pockets to prevent penny escaping
from them into the charity boxes set up in all
churches at every cross roads, and i'll almost
every human household, for the relief Of the
orphans Of your neighbors, made so by treason
YoR, who never felt compassion or pity for
orphanage till the appeal came from man just
from the reeking carnival of treason You, who
encouraged tratorous scoundrcls through hopes
of counter-rebellion in the North, to continue
for years in the work of making widows and
orphans You talk of speaking 9 a kind word,
on all suitable occasions, for widow and orphan
hood The wonder is that your tongue does not
cleave TO the roof of your mouth, even while you
utter the hyrocritcal words.
That was rather poser for the Herald man,
and not less to the purpose are the subsequent
remarks of the Oregonian, which "casually re-
minds the Hcrald Of its want Of charity when
our own aid-societes were relieving the wounded
of both armies in the hospitals, and of its having
failed to alleviate the woes and sufleringS OF the
widows and orphans whose noble husbands and
fathers were slain and starved By its friends, the
traitors:
..What did YOU call the men who sacrificed
(
ease. comforts and necessares of life for freedom
and right and GOOD government? Such endear-
inc, cnithcts as .minions,' q dogs, q hire
lines ..mercenary tools of tyrant, and
similar affcctionatc terms, did you not? You
thourht that was sufficient consolation Tor the
orpbans of Union soldiers, didn't You! What
did YOU say of the noble women, angels OF light
and mercy who left the joys OF home All behind
TO minister on the field and in the hospitals to
{ -: nd 1Ninn2 NOu said they
were disreputablc, did yon not? Now that
the war is over, and grateful people are caring
as best they can for the poor orphan, fallen on
evil times YOU are suddenly reused to an ecstasy
of feryor to say something in favor CT helping the
helpless? How much are you going to do now
tbatyou have said ewillvcnturethatyo never
did give rs much as three cent postage stamp
to help the helpless orphan Of loyal soldier,
and never will. If your Coppcrhead record for
FIVE wears is entered upon the books Whereby all
men shall be judged you may well fear the
q curse of the Almighty instead OF impiously
invoking it as you did yesterday"
We should tiinl, the Herald would smart IN
der such a reloindcr. But such men have hides
AS tough as tha, of the rhiuoceros.
His is the usual style of the sympathizing
journals. There is hardly Of them that has
not imputed tyranny to the Government and
covertly urged its deposition that has not done
its utmost to produce '.counter rebellion in the
North" and that has not showered the vllest
epithets upon the soldiers of the Union. Worse
than all this they have gone out of their way to
cast slur upon the characters OF these se-sacri-
fcing women who abandoned comfortable ana
in some cases, luxurious homes TO relieve
the sutferings of the wounded and the pangs OIL
the dying patriots. What has the Oregon. deia-
mer to say of Clara Barton, young lady wno'
since the war; animated by the purest feeiing'
of humanity only has at her own expense ideh-
tfed and decentIy buried the bodies OF many
thousands of our soldiers who perIshed on 'he
field of battle or 10 the crowded prison-pen o,
Andersonville {? All honor TO these Angels OF
mercy. - who have braved the dangers OF tue pes
,iIen:e and scorn Of hosts Of craven renegades
,;ta .he man of the Herald, that the world might
no, ranroach their sex with having failed to per-
,or,n is share Of the duties OF ofpatrlosism
This is as good an opportunity as we shall
h.vs TO mention the fact that Charles Z. Fisher,
eorr,erlv of the Red Bluff Beacon, has gone to
eli rho position of assistant editor of the Herald
7, iii he an easier matter for him TO please the
na,-ons Of that paper, than it was to convince
ths Tehama people Of his Unionism