Weekly Trinity journal., 1867-12-07
"Noyv's the Day and Now's the Hour"

We have all read of the lice and locusts OF
Egypt how rats came down from Norway in
overwhelming droves how squirrels emgrate
in immense herds how grasshoppers swarm up
on fields, and the army-worm, with resistless
march, eeps all before it how in Africa the ro-
dent takes up his line of travel, eating all before
him. All these remarkable facts in natural his
tory are now being excelled in California. Henry
H. Haight, the Democratic Governor elect, is
the Egyptian upon whom the lice are crawling,
the locusts devouring. He is the happy land TO
which all the Democratic squirrels are mlgrat-
ing He is the new craft toward which every
old political rat is swimming for dear life.
He is the corn and grass of succuent juices up
on whom all the party grasshoppers now pro-
pose to feed He is the Mecca of all the rag,
tag and bobtail pilgrims, and as the Guberna-
torial mountain will not go to the local and
county Mahomets, these prophets coming to
him. His entire vote in the State was only 49,
9O5, and already, informed upon most
veracious authority, that he has had over so, 900
applicants for Office and the cry is still they
come, and like the daughters of the horseleech
their cry is. "give, givep' All nationalities ex-
cept the Chinese, all brotherhoods except the
old Republican, all celors except black, cCme
crawling to his feet, lick his hands in hope to
pick up the crumbs that fall from the political
table. The Germans are clamorous for office be-
cause they elected him. and it is even said there
are some Irishmen who hope to be rewarded for
their long service to the Democracy. The hun
griest and the leanest crowd is the old chivalry,
and in our opinion they are the most deserving ;
at all events they are around in numbers. Mem
bers of the first families of Virginia and Caro-
lima, descendants from PocahOntas and Georgia
majors Charles, twelfth Earl of Fairfax, and
William, last Duke of Gwin, are standing about
convenient for the office to find the man. Broad
brim hats unfamiliar for the last six years, again
make their appearance upon streets; old
fossils, dug from the ant-pluvial of the Re-
publican deluge, are again crawling up to the
surface and warming themselves in the sunlight
of their new hopes. Old butternut trowsers
again walk our streets as bright new the old
holes repatched and the ever-present crook
topped hickory cane swings pendant from the
arm, as waiting for whisky, the ruling class
leans in easy nonchalance against our municipal
lamp-posts. We hail the good old times, and
look forward to the happy period when the Gus
tom-house and Mint will again become the aims
house of the Democracy, where the old chronic
cases may find whisky for the present, consola-
ton for the past and security and shelter for the
future. New England has had her day, let Ireland
have hers. We remember two years ago when
the Democracy went shivering along our streets
little knots whispered together their fears
Yanks were blatant and jolly now the tables
turn, and the political gentleman from North
America looks Respondent and glum he whis-
pers around the corner and looks blue at the
news from new ! Ork ana pennsylvania, WDlle
the gentleman from Ireland and the gentleman
from Germany, and the gentleman from South
Carolina, look as though they had been resur-
rected to a new and happy life. We wish every
body joy and every Democrat an office. We ex-
tend cordial invitation to all country politicians
to come down and Governor Haight there
is a great multitude of offices to fill, and every
man who voted the ticket is entitled to place.
Wharfngers along our water front; Notaries
Public, to the number of twenty; Harbor Com
missioners, with deputies and employees, score
or more not less than fifty good berths at the
States Prison, and room for more inside odd
places all around the State, and when the Leg
slature conyenes, multitude of snug chances
where labor is light, pay excellent, and whisky
within the reach of all. Let every Democrat
come down to San Francisco and see the Gov
ernor multiply your petitions; call at his Of
fee during business hours, if he is not in follow
him up go to his residence. Sunday is an ex-
cellent time to find him disengaged If you
can't see the Governor, his partner, Mr.. Jackson
Temple, will be pleased to have you tell him
your story in full detail. See Tom Cazneau, he
has influence with the Governor; so has Mr..
Rogers, Chairman of the County Committee.
Do not leave stone unturred, and. if everything
else fails, McCoppn will at least give you po-
siton on the police.-San Francisco Ners Letter.