Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-07-13
A Common Scold.

statute is ever put In force. Usually these
scolds were ancient maidens or superannuat-
ed grannies. who had outliyed theis mosal
sensibilities, and vented their spleen upoa
the young aad midaie-aged, whose vitslity
and ambition rendesed them peculiarly OBJ
noxio1s to old fogies and toothless hags. In
modern times newspapers have nsurped the
vituperaton broadcast throughout the land.
Tie paper which stands prominent among
the scolds just now. is the Sacramento Union,
daily. published at the present Capital of
of the State. For years this sheet has been
berating all those who do not endorse its DO
itical hobbies, and is ready to damn any man
or any party which does not agree with its
vagaries. 1t does not pretend to be politi-
cal organ, and yet assumes to dictate to the
party which has never selected it for its
mouthpiece. It sees no virtue in youth nor
ability in manhood. but, groping around in
its parblind senility, looks through its double
convex lens for some ahtediluyan who is as
besotted and ignorant as the triumverate who
preside over its filthy columns. Grown grey
in sin and debauchery, its proprietors can
find no reason for those who vote for or
against any proposition except that arcigAty
argument which has added to their wealth.
Knowing no other rule of faith except the
almighty dollar, they are as relentless as
death tbpir nrt thn,o ho hav e..
vored the introduction of our National cur
rency into this State. They can tolerate any
other evil provided they are allowed to enjoy
the golden coin whose Jingle has so often
been music to their greedy souls. While
pretending to be the embodiment of patriot
ism, they have helped TO disgrace the paper
of the Government by assisting to keep upon
our statutes a law that nullifies the bills of
our National banks. Not that they love the
Union less, but gold more. Shylock would
have taken the pound of flesh from one man
in order to be revenged for the loss of his
ducats, but these hoary sinners would have
sapped the life of the country in order to add
to the amount of their daily revenue. Pat
riotism, when it did not interfere with profit,
+ was their idol, but when it curtailed their
incomes they preferred the golden calf. Ever
since the Convention which nominated Cor
ham for Governor has adjourned, this vener-
able organ of the Nullifers has scolded Un-
ion men, Union Conventions and Union
nominees, simply because they did not follow
the advice of the Sacramento onion, In old
dragged through a frog pond; but in these
degenerate days we are willing to let the
Union float in its own putrescence, and sink,
after election, in its own filthy slime. The
paper has always pandered to the most de-
praved tastes, and gloated over the most
bestial crimes. Nothing too loathsome or
! lecherous for its erotic columns. 1t finds its
. way into families who take it for its news,
and pollutes the minds of our sons and
daughters who read its excerpts taken from
! police records of the Atlantic States and Eu-
rope. Under-its himsy guise of patriotism it
is doing all in its power to elect Copperheads
to State and Legislative positions. It would
sacrifice Gorham to its Haight, and send to
the Senate Bisler or Coffroth instead OF
Sargent or Conness. 1t has malignity with
out sagacity, and treachery without tact. It
has all the mendacity of the politician, with
out the tactics which insure success, and
when defeated turns its fangless jaws upon
the nominees of the party. and Kisses with
all the venom of the eopperhead without be-
ing able to inhict its virus upon the body
polite. The genius that illuminated its COL
umns is no more, while those who dictated
Its course and controlled its policy still fancy
that vulgar denunciation will effect as much
as beautiful language and scathing sarcasm.
With the instincts of the Jesuit it lacks the
discernment which accomplishes the end by
the seemingly better means. 1t would re-
suscitate the dry bones of a defuuc. party,
and rejuvenate the paralytic limbs of de-
cayed organization !; it would put upon the
course an old, jaded, spawned hack. sgainst
young and agile thoroughbred. It would
smoke out of their holes those who shrank
from the lightnings of war, and with them
endeavor to defeat the ablest advocate of uni
versal liberty that welded a pen upon this
coast. With the senseless cry of stop thief
it would turn the popular eye away from its
own record. Does it prefer politics to po er :
Would it have fair play OF faro: Would i,
| NifnOSn frea
Does it ever think. Willie calling mcn thieves
plunderers and lobbyitCs. that the commun;-
ty is 50 ignorant, that il Knows nothing o,
the private vices of these common scclds
'Judse not lest We, too. be Judged"
We publish communication from Hon
n. q. Sawyer, Union nominee for State
Senator. in relation to the Railroad Bill fo,
which he voted while in the Assembly
Blame has been attached to the action taken
by Mr. Sawyer in this matter, in certain
quarters, simply because the Bill was no,
understood. Mr.. Sawyer proves to the sat.
isfaction of any reasonable man, that his ac.
ton was in consonanee with the interests o.
his constituents. and that the Bill, had it be.
come law, would have proven beneficial
measure.
In BoSDs: A Novel. BY Laura Preston. A
Roman s. Co., San Francisco.
This. the ''last new novel," is we'll worthy
perusal. Miss Preston has admirably wov.
en- the web of her story. and the characters il
contains are charmingly delineated. We as.
sure our readers that they will miss a rar,