The Placer herald., 1867-08-24
J. D. Hamb!eton, Esq.

]. D. Hamb!eton, Esq.
| This young and eloquent Democratic ora
tor has been doing yeoman's service in be-.
half Of the Democracy this campaign. He
spoke at Chico, the home of General Bidwel
last week the Press Of that place thus speaks
| of lin:
'lle disdained TO tread in the beaten path
Of public speakers, but broke forth in a beau
| iful apostropbe to the starry heavens, and
the audience of both ladies and gentleman
assembled under its broad canopy, to delib-
crate upon matters relating to the veal Of
their common country, in the bright moon
| light which shone through the blue ether
| Ills exordium was chaste and beautiful. lie
| took captive the admiration of bis bearers,
and maintained lis mastery over lheir minds
and hearts until he concluded his speech.
lie spoke of the dishonoraLle means BY
which Gorham obtained his nomination, and
of the part played by General BidwelI. He
quoted from bis celebrated letter recon-,
mending the Gorham ticket to the support
of Union men, and said it should be filed
away in the cabinet of curiosiies. The let
ter; be said would prove fatal to The pros.
poets OF Gorham, aud equally fatal to the
reputation of the writer for consistency. If
General Bidwell believed as be rrofessed to
believe, that Goiham was the agent of
scheming capitalists and corporations and
obtained bis nomination by fraud, how could
he. with any regard for the welfare of the
! State, aid in electing him Governor? His
| jco ,arIS in {, ; Il all
teous, but they were keen as the keenest Da,
mascus blade, and reminded one Of the skill
dspla, ell by the great Saladin, when he sew
cred the cushion Of six with his cymeter, in
tho rrosonoo Of Richard Cou, do Lion and
his Court. Gen. Bidwel sat in chair in
front Of him, but Mr.. IIambleton was not
aware Of the fac. The excolation was gen
llemanly, but terrible 1t would be impossi.
ble to correctly report Mr. H., ard we sha!
not attempt it. lie lef! the impression here
that there is no man on this coast bis supe
rior as public speaker.
| VIGILANCE CoMMIrrEEs DEMOCRATS, BE-
wARE.-1bat a very large IN. ority Of legal
yoters--at least ten thousand will be cast
for tie Democratic S.aio ticket in Septem-
Der, is The general belief, not only of our own
party but also of the more Intelligent of our
opponents. Gorham himself, and all his
scheming and moneyed hackers, feel fully
conscious of this, yet have strong hopes and
expectations Of making him the Governor
OF course they intend that this shall be ef,
fected through means of vIlainy at the bal
l0tbox. So successful have the managers of
this unscrupulous party at the East, been The
past few years, in playing such games, that
they are warranted in calculating much upon
it in California on the 4lh proximo.
To guard against their fraudulent intents,
we invoke the Democracy of every precinct
throughout the State, to organize a vigilance
committee, in advance, whose duty it shall
be to watch the polling Of votes hroughou.
the day, and then see that there be no stuff
ing, changing nor mis- counting afterwards.
| This is all important Examiner.
Pre- -EMrrIoN CLAlMs-We learn from the
Land Office in this city, says the Marysvile
| Appeal that the pre'emption claims of the
following named claimants have been ap-
proved and filed for patenting, viz: Harvey
NJ. Sullivan, Isaac G. Church and Albert S.
Rust. Also, that the pre- emption claim Of
Clement Stone had been suspended until he
furnished more satisfactory reasons why he
did not return to the land pre-emped by
him, which lie left on account of sickness
instead Of living in another place for nearly
six years, etc.
We have the word Of the Bee-poor
authority we admit-lhat Hon. Wm. Highly
stated in his speech at Grass Valley, that
any man who said he (Higby) was in favor
of Negro. Chinese and Indian suffrage, was
a liar - Cdlaveras Chronicle
You never had the word of tie Bee for
any such thing. The Bee simply announced
that the local papers so reported Highly at
Grass Valley.--Sac. Bee.
Highly in bis Auburn speech, positively as
serted that he was in favor Of Negro Suf
frage.
The Wendell Phillips in his last
speech, sums up the cost of Mongrelism, in
these few words: 1--WE have filled half a
million of patriotic graves. We are sur,
rounded by cbildess mothers, and by or.
phans. We have mortg aged the right hand
Of this generation and the next to pay S,oOO,.
600, 900, We have taken the comforts from
every table,"
The Stockton Gazette is the name OF new
daily Democratic paper jpst started in Stock
ton, and edited by Ed K. Compbell.
James Buchanan, Ex-P President, is reported
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