The Shasta courier., 1866-01-20

IHE following beautiful specimen 0I Dem
ocratic journalism is from the leading organ
of that party, the Examiner. The great
strength aud freedom of our Government is
proved beyond question in the fact that men
may so write, print and publish, and yet
live unmolested to repeat the dose at will,
until all classes of community become so
nauseated by its devilishness as to refuse the
support necessary to keep them alive;
Since the war closed the Abohtion Beqst
has been bowling for blood. lie became so
camorous that a lromGn had 10 be murdered
aye, worse than murdered, JoHolted to
death, to appease his bloody cravings. This
satisfied him for while. The dainty NOR
sci quieted his wolfsh appetite. In the
course of nature, however, he became hum
CRY again. He howled for more blood
His keeper, Stanton, cast about for another
victim. He would have taken q lofty one
the great, the good, the immortal Lee. In
this he was thwarted, no doubt by Grant
So poor, frieRdlesS. crippled foreigner,
manacled and crushed in spirit. was led
forth to the sacrifice His mangled corpse
was thrown to the Abolition Beast amid the
shouts of the depraUed multitude, and his
appetite was again temporarily appeased.
Some time having elapsed since then, the
ungainly monster must again be fed. He is
CRYING for more blood We therefore see
that another victim is selected. This time
it is more distinguished character. 1t is a
man of world wide fame. 1t is no less a
parsonage than Capt. Semmes, Of the Ala
bama They are going to hang him for the
unheard of-crime of escaping as a prisoner
ofwar. If his escape was against the rules
of war, then England, who enabled him to
escape, and refused to give him up was
guilty Of a cds,ts beiii towards this country
Why not hold her responsible? Why not
punish her? That would require a little
more trouble, "a little more heroism, than
hanging defenccless. unarmed. powerless
man. Besides the Abolition Beast could
not digest so large victim. Semmes will
do this time, and so we infer that his blood
is to add another damning stain to our ma
tional escuteheon. Hol0 long lrU God .gith.
hold his M1nderb0ltS ?p
''Thus Beelzebub
Pleaded his deylish cause. first devised
By Satan, and in part proposed for whence,
But from the author of all ILL., could spring
So deep maiee?'
The Yreka Journal quotes the above, and
thus comments:
The ways of the Almighty are mysterious,
and the human mind is often at a loss to
comprehend them. Why such malignant
disposition was given to the editor of the
San Francisco Examiner can only be ac-
counted for by supposing that God relentsd
towards Satan, and in a moment of compass
sion toward the arch-enemy of the race trans
terred the mantle Of wickedness to b. f.
Washington. for he seems to be actuated by
the same devilish instincts which keep hell
IN continual uproar. We really do not
wish the devil any bad luck with this can
dldate for Satanic honors; but he must
double bar and bolt the gates of his king
dom when he gets him, or he will have a
battle to fight beside which the E" War of
the Angels will be Insignificant. The
mills of God grind slowly" but they will
pulverize the last traitor in the land in the
course Of time.