Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-08-24
That Voice" from Calaveras.

1QaL ~NOlC6 lfOm S8ldVGIaSr
In the issue of the San Francisco Ezansi-
ner, published on Tuesday last. some unre .
constructed rebel writing over the signature
of Union Lacquer" gives his reasons for
not supporting some of the nominees of the
Union party in this county. The letter is
dated at Copperopolis. and the writer says
he is 'professrdly Union man." Without
stopping to argue the question whether he
is "professedly" Union man or not. or car
ing particularly what his political opinions
are. the statements which he makes in rela-
ton to that portion of the ticket which he
says is objectionable" are basely SANDER
Gus and unquali6edly false. Believing that
we know the filthy source from which the
letter emanated. and aware that the canting,
mercenary hypocrite who penned it would
sell his soul for mess Of pottage. and cheat
the purchaser at that, we were at first in
clined not to notice his vituperative assaults
at all; but as silence might be improperly
construed BY some not cognizant of the facts
in the case, we are reluctantly compelled to
stoop to refute the malignant falsehoods of
one who is really too contemplate to merit
the attention of Digger Indian. Union
Leaguer's" effusion bears such remarkably
long ''earmarks." that we can scarcely be
mistaken in his identity, and his letter so
openly betrays its assinine paternity. that It
should have been headed a bray" from
Calaveras instead of "voice." He dates his
letter at Copperopolis, but he is not resi-
dent of that town. Union Lacquer" if We
are correct in our supposition, is a native of
the ''land O. cakes,' and although his name
is not .'Norval.' his father may have fed his
focks on the Grampian hills. His venerable
physiognomy has been discernable at every
Convention held in the county since we can
recollect-generally as delegate-anda Pc
culiar habit in which he invariably INDUCED,
of holding both hands behind him. has made
him exceedingly "hump-bac; ed" while his
endeavors to look over his shoulders to get a
view of those who were ''palming' him. have
distorted his visual organs. He has always
been regarded as a merchantable commodity
in the political market, and his price has betn
graduated by the scarcity or pientifulness of
the article. Notwithstanding the prominent
part he has taken. for years past. in the po-
litical affairs of the county, the operations of
tho T tho CO.
that he is not citizen of the United Utates.
His nice little biennial operation of selling
himself at premium has been "nipped in
| the bud," and "that's what's the matter with
Union Lacquer" This vile traducer is under
personal obligations to at least three of the
four nominees whom he attempts to
villify; but what could be expected of one
who is base enough to place his vote in the
market, and that, too. when he knew he was
not entitled to the franchise. He ought to
be prosecuted for "obtaining money under
false pretences." Speaking of the Union
nominee for Senator. he says:
At the head of the ticket stands the name
of N. G. Sawyer, the nominee for State Sem
ator-an ex-editor of the Calavrras CHRoN-
IcLE. ex-member of the Assembly. ex-Cus-
| tom House officer, and with how many other
ex-honors God only knows, but he is sure of
another on the 4th Of September next that
of an ex-candidate for the Senate. His course
in the last Legislature in supporting the three
million subsidy to the Western Pacific Rail-
road, and the present unjustly discriminating,
| hlnndprInU ipp he Aff
and other measures of the kind, will insure
his defeat. His only cleims and qualifications
are an immense capacity for billiards, whisky v
and tobacco. After the adjournment he got
berth in the Custom House and remained
there until three or four weeks before the
Convention met, when his employers sent
him back to Calaveras to become their rep
resentative, not ours. His opponent, D. l..
Morrill,, is an old Douglas Democrat, man
of character. talent and influence. and long
identified with the interests and business of
the county.
Now. with the exception of the assertion
that Mr.. Sawyer is an "ex-editor of the
CHRONICLE and an ex-member of the Assem-
bly," the paragraph copied above is as false
as the heart of its author. In relation to the
Railroad Bill. its provisions were not to pay
the Western Pacific Railroad subsidy OF
''three millions of dollars" as Union
Lacquer" states. but specified that the Com
pany should receive the interest on bonds tc
the rmount of $l.SOo.OOO. The addition tc
the rate Of taxation to pay the interest on
these bonds, was one-tenth of one per cent. moi
"ten per cent" as many people believed
Mr.. Sawyer gave his reasons for supporting
the measure. over his own signature. in the
columns of this paper but short time since
and they were fully sufficient to convinct
any reasonable man that he did so under tht
firm belief that it would materially benef
honor to represent. The fact that he voted
for the passage of the Bill over the Govern.
or's veto. attests that he acted conscientiously
As for Union Leaguer's" attempt to defamt
Mr.. Sawyer's moral character. it, as we'll a.
its traducer. are too well known by the cit
izens of this county to necessitate any denia
of his charges by US Mr.. Sawyer nevel
played game of billiards in his life, is tenn
perate in his habits, and his character as
private citizen is above reproach. "Unior
Leaguer's" statements in regard to Mr.
Sawyer's course after the adjournment ofth,
Legislature. are false in every particular
He never had berth in the Custom House
The facts of the case are simply these: Upor
the adjournment of the Legislature. Mr.
Sawyer returned to Mokelumne Hill and
engaged in several mining enterprises
About the first of January last he went tt