The Shasta courier., 1867-08-17

"OoRHAM's RECEPTION IN SHAsTA.-The
Gorham organs gave glowing accounts of his
reception in SHASTA stating that he had an
audience of over thousand people, that be
was metaphoricaliy borne on the shoulders
of the admiring masses. and that the enthu-
slasm over him unbOunded. Of course,
everybody knew this to be bald ialSehood.
for the whole county Of Shasta hardly boasts
as many voters as there were people reported
to be rushing to do hOnors to Gorham. We
learn from gentleman-a staunch Republl-
can-who was present at the meeting that
the whole number in attendance when the
Boys cand late for Governor began to speak
less than 100 and that his audience
dwindled down to 20, all told, before he got
through. lle informs US. moreover, that his
scurrilous allusons t. the Evening Bulletin,
Sacramento Union and Morning Call were
received with such complimentary responses
as THAT is lie, - - The independent Press
tells the truth about you" etc., etc. Cor
mind. and our informant says the number
of his hackers are growing small by
degrees and beautifully less" daily.
Of kindred character with the accounts
of the - Great Demonstration" in Shasta are
the telegraphic dispatches which are pub
lished in the Gorham papers. They are
manufactured to order.
The Union and Bulletin have very nice ar
rangement with each other, slys the Appeal.
The Union copies all the Bulletins falsehoods
regarding Gorham, and the Bulletin recipro-
Gates by copying all the Unions articles As
amatter Of course the Union copies the above
with gusto
The Gorham organs-as the Bulle
:, bo 6 o.
have not given glowing accounts of his re
ception in Shasta for the simple reason, that
he has not been within a hundred miles
of that place during the present canvass
He spoke at Chico last Saturday evening,
and that is the nearest place to Shasta he
has been at since he received the nomination
for Governor. In view Of this stateMent.
we ask our readers, to .peruse the above
article and then answer if they have ever
seen or heard of such cool impudence or
total disregard of truth in the annals of
journalism. The Bulletin and Union ex.
change with nearly all other papers in the
State, and yet, they have the impudence to
say that the papers friendly to the election
of Mr. Gorham, stated be had an audience
Of over a thousand people; that he was
metapborically borne on the shoulders of the
admring Masses and that the enthusiasm
over him was unbounded, when they know
very well that there is not Q Union paper in
the State that had anything of the kind, for
the simple reason as has already been stated.
that Mr. Gorham was not within hundred
miles Of the place. Then how knowing the
Bulletin is when it says, of course every.
body knew this to be fasehood." When
that paper sets up man Of straw, it is very
easy for it to knock him down again. Then
it learned from staunch Republican"
who was present that his audience dwindled
down to 20, all told, lefore he got through
Is not that beautiful. They need net have
any brass foundries at San Francisco az
long as the Bulletin has an existence. A
8 staunch Republican, gave them the par
tienlars Of a meeting that was never held
This shows how the Union and Bulletin gets
letters from . staunch Republican" in
which pretended accounts are given of the
dissatisfaction with the Union ticket in diff
ferent parts Of the State. It isan easy thing
for one Of the editors Of the Bulletin or
Union, t1 set down in their sanetums and
write u letter from Ground Hog Glory"
or = Shirt-tal Canon, stating that Gorham
would not get vote in either of these en-
lightened localities The article under con.
sideration proves concusiyely that the
a staunch Republican,, of which the Bul
letin speaks Of, never had an existence. as
@t,, Ill r f.
whole cloth. However, they get forty or
fifty dollars a week for doing these things.
What the proprietors OF the papers get is
more than we know at present. This kind
OF letter writing has often been tried hef1re
The New York Herald at one time had
first rate Paris letters written in the Herald
office. All these things lead people to be
lieve that the - staunch Republicans Of the
Union and Bulletin, are not as worthy of
belief a were the reliable cnntrahantls';
during the rebellion. The information of
the " staunch Republican" that his (Gor
ham's) scurrilous allusioRs to the Evening
Bulletin, Sacramento Union and Morning
Call were received with such complimen.
tary responses MS That is lie, - - The
Independent (?) Press tells the truth about
you, is particularly rich. Great is the
independent Press. OF course, the people
in Shasta praised the indepe ndent Press Mt
the meeting which was never held This
article about which we are writing, shows
bow much truth there is in the independent
Press. The man that wrote the above article
knew he was writing deliberate ie but
then they are used to it down there. Mr..
Gorham's tour through the State is ike a
triumphant march. and the object of the
Bulletin in inventing this story. was u throw
discredit on the accounts which the country
papers give of his enthusiastic reception in
every place which he visits OF course il
knew it would he detected in the lie. but |
fhen 1t VIII invent others whenever it has an |
object 70 gain by doing so. 1t has yelled |
tide lands and other things. until the people |
saw there was nothing in those cries and now |
1t has something else. Fortunately. f,r the |
cause ot trath. the character of the leading
spirit OF the Bulletin is well known. lie |
was State Printer in the good old cbiralrv |
tunes when the Democratic party run the /
State five millions of dollars in daht W.
have 1t on the authority of Phiilin lynch
editor Of the Gold Hill News, that when
G. X. Fitch, was State Printer be raea;rsa
from the State SIG PEI 900 ems Ior M.
ing which he had sent to New York and
had dine for 81 cents lie afterws-d.
1,orobt into Tho Rnliati, -