The Placer herald., 1866-09-01
FIFTEENTH VOLUME.

With the present Issue we com nence tNe
Fifteenth Volume Of Ills paper.
The Placer Herald was eslal lislel as an
Independent paper in 1862, and in 1853 en-
lit I'd regulrly in the ranks of democratic
journals, as an advoca!evf The great consei
vaive doctiines taught and SUPP rttd by that
party.
From 1858, ii has continued through good
aud evil report, through success and defeat,
its steady adhesion to ihcse doctrines
The past six years Of MD has by no means
lessened our faith in that Interpretation of
the Federal powers, Which aprled il prac
'ice. continued US n united and prosperous
people for some seventy years; on the con-
trary, the severer the test the more confirmed
lisvs those prinri lis Of government correr,-
ly reflect the IDEAS embraced in the De, lara
,ion Of Independence Of l776, and in the
Constitution Of the United States, as our sires
intended and understood those Instruments
In common with our cotemporaiirs Of The
Democrai ic press, the ordeal we have passed
through has, we trust, been sufficient TO es.
tablish in the minds of all our readers the
siuceli'y of our professions. We have suffer
ed the g'ipirgs ofpoveriy, the ins. l,nce OF
power, the intolerance of partizan opponents.
and the scott and scorn Of crazy fana'i ism;
but patience is master virtue-sleaclilv and
uuobtIusivelv We have pursued the even
tenor Of our ways, turning neither to the
tight nor to the left, but now The stars have
come out of the gloom one by one, and
darkness is giving way before the approach
Of day.
Throughout this long light Of Abolition
'yranny-duling its darkest and most dis
coura ing hour-we have stood at our post,
and when the sun rises to gill the conquering
standards Of the people, God willirs, We
shall sill be found with our harness on our
back. 1t is beyond dispute that mighty
reaction has set in, against The political de-
signs Of those we regard as the enemies OF
the Constitution and the people.
The past sessi Of Congress has sufficient
ly developed the REASONABLE aad ex!reme
revolutionary plans Of division Of he party
in power. to horrfy and alarm every copser-
yatge citizen in the nation. and to drive the
better men, irrespective of party ties, to the
support of the Presiden, in his attempt to
administer the Government in accordance
with the provisions Of the Constitution.
1t is beyond dispute that the unity Of the
Abolition party is destroyed, that there ex-
lists serious and we'll grounded apprehen-
sion Of great danger arising out of these rev.
olutionary designs, and in this hour of peril
we propose standing by any man, or party of
men, whom we may find battling against
those designs. Andrew johnson is Presi.
dent Of The United States, placed in that po-
sliion not by any advocacy or vote of ours
on the contrary he is their man-but. so
long rs be retains that position and is found
administering the Government lawfully, we
shall do our best to maintain him in such
lawful power, as we would any other officer
in the legitimate discharge of his duties
We pledge ourselves no further and in doing
so, we abate no 'jot or tillls' of democratic
sentiment, nor are we the leas, alarmed ,ba,
IN rendering such support we shall in any
way endanger the organization of the Demo-
cratic party-that organization has main ain
ed itself against the desperate tyranny Of the
past six years-and it will not be found
wanting whenever it shall be found useful to
the people.
1t is not now question as TO which party
shall dictate the policy Of the Adminis,ra-
tlon,-it is TO retain a Government to adj
minister, and SAVE ourselves from the hol-
rors Of civil war. In such crisis we viii
not handy words about party organizations;
and since 1t is resolved into Question OF
power, regardless Of the rule of right. we
will join hauds with any and an men who
propose to save the government from 10.
struction, and the people from the thresteaoa
vortex.