The Shasta courier., 1867-07-20
SHASTA COURIER.
" Et Tu Brute ~

Well NAV the Union readers of the San
Francisco Bulletin and Sacramento Union
and Bee exclaim "Et tn Brute 2" For
years past the immaculate three have tuned
their chords to patriotic sounds, and sung
lulling strains of their loyalty to party and
country. CARRIED in spotless surpllces, they
have chanted psalms of sincerity and anath-
ematiZed every dissenter from party meas
ures and usage. But, lo a change came
Ger the spirit Of their dream, and we now
not only find them guiding the enemy to our
camp, but industriously exploring the Deep
est recesses in search Of weak points to dis
cover to his attack Having enjoyed the
confidence of the Union army, and thereby
become possessed Of its plans and charts,
they stand with wand in hand and direct TO
them the eve of the foe-leaving no labor to
perform by such Copperhead guardians as
the Mountain Democrat and San Francisco
Examiner. Why these journals should thus
endeavor to guide the Copperhead party to
power in this State. and what they expect to
gain thereby, is the unreyealed sequel
Charges even foreign to criminal romance
have been ingeniouslv created and applied to
our candidates, which have been eagerly
seized by the Copperhead press and retailed
without stint; stupid and ridiculous reasons,
brazen in deformity, have been advanced by
these journals, with all the gravity of con-
scious sincerity, why the Union ticket should
not be supported sy the Union people; ac
cusations against the candidates have been
spewed forth colored in every hue from
ghost-like paleness to immovable black-ac-
cusations vomited forth by one of the three
today. and swallowed and revomted by the
other two to morrow. So works the trinity.
So it has been since the adjournment of the
Convention, and So, we suspect, 1t will con.
time until after the election in September.
Union men had a right to expect better Of
these journals, and have a right to protest
against such course. Is it not fair to pre-
sumo that had the preferences Of these news
papers been selected as candidates by the
Convention they would have pursued DIFF
ferent course-would have fully endorsed the
ticket, and been loud in their denunciations
of all who dared oppose it? OF course they
would, and none are 50 bold as to dispute
the fact. This proposition tells the whole
story, and courts no argument. But they
charge fraud an primaries and trickery after
organization. What beggarly subterfuge.
What base pauperism for respectable condi-
ton The different candidates, and friends
of the candidates, exercised all means of
which they were capable to secure the power
attained ny uornam ana the Dalance OF the
gentlemen composing the ticket. None of
the aspirants entered the arena in kid gloves,
but fully armed with the usual appliances
for such a contest, and expressing their de-
termination to honOrably abide the result
No other means than those which have ever
been recognized as legitimate were used to
ensure the nomination Of tue ticket. and it is
a foul blot to assert otherwise. The discs
sion in the Union party is of trihing char
acter, based upon nothing tangible, and not
too intricate for the most muddled c0mpre.
hension to unravel. Jealousy and disap
pointed ambition are wet nurses to the 0as-
tard alarm, and every member of the good
old Union party should frown down this at
tempted assembling of sixteenth of July
ConventiOn.-S Record.