The Shasta courier., 1867-06-22

contest has leea changed from n war OF
bullets to a war of ballots, the same princi
pies are at stake-that the same faith that
animated the Democracy during the four
years of war, animates it still.
Let Union men then combine; let them
work side hv side and shoulder 10 shqllder.
Let no local differences divide them, for the
men and the party who were true tosprinci-
ne and lnval to the country in the datk days
Of the rebellion are likely to be ttue to
principle and loyal to the country in thedays
Of peace If we believed in the principles Of
tie party in days gone by, how can we have
less faith in them nov? 1t seems to US that
the plain and imperative duty of all tfuly
loval men, is to stand by the old organiza-
ton, fighting for principles which have been,
are now and ever will be dear to liberty
loving people, and as just and right as they
are dear Mountain Messenger.
CALrFoRxiAs NEXT GOVERNOR. GeorgeC.
Gorham will be the next Governor of Caf
fornia by sweeping majority. lie has
never been prominently before the public as
an Office seeker, and is therefore not so gen
erally known as such men as Bidwel, Pix
lev. Fav. and others. But those who do
know him. know that he is young man Of
untiring energy. of sound judgment, and
honest ambition deep. clear thinker, and
one of the most ready and lorcible writers in
the State No man began earlier, or work
ed harder or more successfully to build up
first. the old Republican and then the Union
parties. Bitter things have been said against
him by certain papers, but it was in the heat
of contest, and these same papers. II consIs-
tent. will be his ablest supporters from now
until the election. The very fact of his
having triumphed over such men as Bidwell,
! ivla ap1 tl,oir hOstS of n hln friends
should be proof positive, and will be cknowl-
edged as such, by all whose direct interests
I it comes in contact with, that George c.
Gorham is the Achilles of the Union hosts
of the Paciic.-Amador Ledger.
Our STATE TIcKET.-As Union paper,
and believing that the verdict of the majority
is the opinion Of our party fairly expressed,
we heartily give in our adhesion to the State
ticket nominated at Sacramento, and place
it at the head Of our columns. We happen
to be among those who do not believe that
the opinion of a certain portion Of the San
Francisco press is the opinion of the people.
The Bulletin, and the Sacramento Union,
for that matter, neither express the opinions
Of the Union party, nor even OF fraction
of the Union party. Mr.. Gorham has not
been our choice for Governor, but he is the
choice of the representatives of our party, in
convention assembled, and as such we give
him our hearty support. Who and what
are tie Bulletin clique, that they should
dare to intrude their opinions among good
Union men? They have been among boilers
ever since their existence as a newspaper
Santa Clara Neics.
OF Mr.. George G. Gorbam, the heal Of
the ticket, we nave right to speak, as we
have known him. intimately, for upwards of
fifteen years. We have known him in
various relations in business, in social in
tercourse, as an employe, as political
opponent before the people, through news
paper columns; we have worked with him IN
the same political traces for the same object :;
we have known him in adversity-when the
sky was dark and lowering upon his head ;
we have known him in hou.s of prosperity
and we invoke all that man holds most
sacred to bear us witness that, through all
these years, and these shifting scenes best
calculated to try men, as through fiery
| furnace, that no word or act of his have We
known, or even beard of, that had the ight
est tlnge of dishonor, deceit, or treacherv
attached to it. 1t has never been our good
fortune to know a man in whom confidence
in his integrity ofpurpOse, and OF statement,
was more unqualified, stable, and unwaver-
ing, then with Mr.. Gorham. For such con-
viction Of honesty of the man, conjoned to
transcendent ability-the peer Of the ablest
of our land-we, unsolicited by him, or any
Of his friends, and without consultation
with either, when his name was first men.
toned in connection with the Office to which
he has been nominated, began the advocacy
of his claims in this county, to the best of
our ability. Had we a thousand lives, we
would stake them all on the endorsement of
the promise made before the Convention by
the nominee, that if ought could be alleged.
and sustained, against his private or public
character, between now and the election.
he would retire from the field. This is a
challenge that, certainly, not all of his ira
ducers would dare to place before the world
A man of Mr.. G0rham's purity of life and
character can make itwith absolute impunity.
He WILL BE ELECTED BY AS LARGE MA
JoRITY AS ANY Union GOVERNOR EVER RE.
cfIvED IN THIS SrATE.-.San Aadreas Reg
lister.
THE STATE TICKET. The Union State
Convention has adjourned. after having made
its nominations. OF course, each man has
his preference, and we cannot deny that our
favortes were, in more instances than one
defeated for nomination. But we went into
that Convention prepared to support the
antagonists before that Convention. We
forget men and see only the candidates, and
we call on all good and just men to stand by
the guns, to do battle for the most glorious
political party that ever existed. True it is
that some men have not yet altogether buried
their grievances and driven the soreness out
of their heads. But we know that better
counsels will prevail and reason resume its
wonted place. We have no fears of the
issue. The State ticket is headed by a
young man of intellect, ability and progress
i've talent; a carLal embodiment of . Young
America" And let us here remark that we
do not think it necessary for man to be in
his dotage to be properly qualified for Office.
The so called independent papers of Sacra-
mento demand that he Withdraw from the
T canvass as Gubernatorial nominee When
ever any of those journals can show that
George. c. Gorham ever told any man lie,
or made promise which he did not faith
|, fully keep, we will not only haul down his
name from our mast head, but Will guaran.
tee his withdrawal in less than twenty four
hours Red Blgf Independent.
EXTREMELY NIcE.-The Dramatic Chron-
icle says fastidious Young lady entered n