Weekly Trinity journal., 1867-08-31

LIFE OR DEATH WITH THEM.-The San Fran
cisco Erenmg Dispatch, an independent daily pa
per, had an able article under the above heading
in its issue of August 2Oth. Following is the
article:
1t would be well for our citizens to remember
that the conductors of the so-callcd = lndrpen-
dent !" press of this city, engaged in life
and death struggle. Tneir blind Nindictiveness
first led them lutO a rupture with the Union or
ganization of tbs State. They had 80 long held
their rod of terror the head of the party
and of individuals that they were led into ihe
belief tnnt they were the all powerful dictaiors
of the people and the State. Hence they had
the arrog Ance to presume that it was only neces-
sary for them TO show their disp!easure, to force
any name off the ticket which suited their wtim
or the ir interest EmbOldrned by previous sue
cesseS they had the sublime aud"clty TO d mand
that The head of the ticket should be sacrificed
to their Interior design their private prtJu-
dces Day after day they hammered ut the
standard-bcarer of the Union parry; stopping ut
no slandcr, however outrageous, to accomplish
their viliainous purpose; but the man who was
leading the Union hosts, was not made of that
pliablc stuff which bends before every breeze.
His stately bearing under the torrents OF abuse
aud culumny which they dIurnally heaped upon
! his devoted head only tended to incense them
! the more, and to elevate their victim III the es-
teen OF all righl-minded men. But the time had
come for retaliation. The hope that this vicious
coteric Of journalists would at last realize the
baseucss oi their attitude toward the great Uuion
party OF this State, had vanished, for il evi-
dent that these wicked men had stepped so far
in sin that ii was easier to keep right on than 10
retracc their Shiny p.th Thty had had ample
Iime to rrtant, AID 1cturn 10 their patllotlc
duty; but they had either gone too +. r had over
estimated their infutnre or had so far commit
ted themselves to the Democratic party, tnat to
have abandoned their position would have uIti-
mated in an exposure OF Their NenAlIty and of
tue exact in cola tollcd out to hem for their
treachery. . TO thi, complexion had they come
at last, when the Union cdnd ,dle for Governor
opened his bri>tl NJ batteries upon tjcm. Every
shot was IL columUiad the enemy had exhausted
their magazine of mad and iilth, aud
compelled to receive the grape and canister of
truth. They staggered under the sturdy blows,
and for several days they were placed entirely
horse du combat. The dirty alliance, however,
now that the Union candidate is again absent,
are renewing their old feiid warfare with in
creased energy, with redoublcd nsperty and
with the de- ration of the gambler v ho plices
his last stake on - the hazard of the die" 1t is
with them neck nothing. They know that if
Gorham be elected Governor of this State,
they will have lost their prestige with the peo-
pie that his dcction wln be the verdct OF u
great public jury, convic'ing them common
ibelleiS and tlliIher> as the reckless dcStroyer3
OF individual reputation; as the uncleln birds
that st.trve if they have the carrion of ca
umny to feed upon; as the vampires that suck
human blood in The dark rs the Infamous be-
trnycrs of party which they stab within its
own liucS aS the ingrntes who return the hos
piaty OF their host by beioulng the fame of
the females of his house. This, then, is the un-
enyiable poslt.on which the msnamed Inde-
pendent press now holds. Ii feels power slip
ping away from its grasp, and knows that the
only hope lett to maintain Its prestige is in the
defeat of the Un!on party. To that end it viii
stop at nothing. 1t VIII outlie the father of
lies it will invent, manufacture, mould, distort
any or everything into a hideouS libel upon the
leader Of tae party. Il WI connect men and in
stances, no IN tier how nimcal or how antipo-
d1 in common pool of denrnciation. If
there be anything more atrocioas than another,
either in the history of past legislation or of
known corruption, the lmdependcnt" press is
equal 10 the task of making Gorham the great
responsible author of it. Aalthing now to
estrauge votes from him. He will he Their arch
fcnd, their Machiavcl, their Walpole their
Isaiah Rynders their Jimmy from Town. their
Orlin,k, their Tipperary BilI,--but he will also
he their silent tOrmentor, and the cauker worm
which now feeds their stricken livers will
ever be connected in their memory with the
name Of George G.. Corham.