The Placer herald., 1867-03-30
IEor the HERALD.

lame attempt to deny few things no!
charged by Tax. Payer lie, tie man Of
The Stripes, admits that the term organ o!
the Railroad" in ono sense is appropriate,
but denies that it is in another. Hear Lin
''i'ut if, as is generally supposed, it is the in
teDtion to assert or intimate that oar pen
aud our press has been Subsidized! BY the
Railroad Company, and that the company
contsos or Influences our eXpressi MS on tie
subject" g.. Here follows very coarse de,
NAL.
Why, Mr.. Stripes man, nobody ever dream
ed. let alone charged the Railroad Company Y
wiki subsidzng what. as is generally beev-
ed never was yours. Men snd Companies $
do net subsidzs that which is their own.
Nov Taxpayer thinks that if permitted to
call few witnesses upon the stand, and
place them under the so!emni,es of an oath
where perjury would ioIlow false swearing
he could pretty nearly show what influence
the Railroad Company have, or ought to
have in and over the Stripes Office. Mr..
Boges, the former owner aud publisher of
the Stripes, could and would tell who were
interested in the purchase Of the Office and
why he got such an extravagant price for it,
He was not subsidized, perhaps.
Dan. Rice, Of Newcastle, could not clearly
tell how he so suddenly become ;be owner
Of 50 popular and valuable piece ol proper.
ty as the Stripes concern, through which
Selkirl; talks so pre,tiy to So vast a number
of people, and never says anything coarse
or smutiy.
Ii lie would search his bank account il
would probably give him no light upon
the subject. Thee has been no eff. entor,
prizes in when The Office was prize, that
have beard, aad yet if Rice will 90 10 the
Recorders oiiiee he will, l suppose. see that
he nomiualy ows the concern.
Crocker would very probably tell good
many things about it lhat would not surprise
Tax payer. Not Charley or E. b., never
want them on the witness stand unless they
are on my side, and then if waited to dam
age same one would greediIy accept them.
But enough, what is he Use Of telling the
public what every intelligent man in the
community believes.
lLinl if had these witnesses on the
stand with several more that | could name,
that | should prefer to examine them myself
to employing a lawyer So much for the
office that has not been "subsidzed.'
TIE organ glorios in the fact tha. poor
old Placer has $4,000 of stock n the
Railroad company, for which she has and is
10 pay in gold coin S65o,o00. What is this
stock worth Mr.. Stripes man, and who will
buy ii? No sensible man would take it as a
gift. Crocker u Co, might be willing TO
take it a. present, if the County would
pay all expenses for transfers, de-, however,
| doubt whether they would even then take
it, as they have all they want, and more than
they are willing to pay taxes on.
But here is poiut which somebody has
failed to post the organ on. See how the
man puts his foot in il: lie says "Il is suf-
ticient for us % know that the franchise has
been disposed Of beyond recall" Mr.. organ,
did you ever read the bill which passed
Congress granting aid TO construct the Paci-
tic Railroad ! IT, you did, you must have a
very short memory, or wish TO deceive or
mislesd the public. Chali;ab'y believing it
is information you need, will here insert an
extract from the Railroad law which if you
will carefully read, you will find slightly
different from your asset ton ",lat the fran.
elise has been disposed Of beyond recall"
BY referring to Section %, and the last
clause, you will find that Congress NAV,
at ony time, havipg due regard for lhe rights
ot SAID companies named therein, add to-, al
ter, amend or repeat Mis Act."
We hope the readers of the ".Str;pcs' will
not hereafter be deceived by the assertions of
rs edlior-they are not TO be depended upon.
1t IS best for them not to believe ANYTHING
they see 10 that sheet unless it is corobora.
ted by other and better evidence
We sec that Congress specially reserves
to itself the right any time 10 add to, amend
or entirely abolish the franchise. Congress
is now in session, and could at any time
have the "whole caboodle," Clocker & Co,
Placer County, coolis slaves, and the "or.
gan" out in the cold but Croker & Co.,
are safe IN any event, and perhaps that is
what The organ meant, for they have already
drawn vast amounts from Uncle Sam, and
sold, suppose, millions Of first mortgage
bonds on the constructed, and one hundred
miles in advance Of the constructed road,
several patents to vast bodies OF valuable
land, pocketed nearly q million dollars
| iIcih tt'SS SO"hN'VS, soItI bOlluS upOlI W Ulcu
the State has granted the in.eres, for twenty
years, DC.
Under the above extract from the Rail-
read law Congress has already acted, ex-
tending the land and timber grant, and au-
thorizing the issue and sale of frs. mort
gaso bonds.
New Mr.. Stripes l shall not charge You
nylhing for the above information this time
but caution you not to draw too heavily
upon my time in the future. Suppose you
read more and write less for awhile, and see
| how that will act on your "membrane" aud
hang on the angles Of our (your) cadvsrous
plz." TAX PAYER.
For The Herald.
Mr.. EDIToR:-The Stripes insinuates tina,
tho meu,bars nf tha nemocraiio Cartrol