Weekly Trinity journal. [volume] (Weaverville, Calif.) 1857-1972, 1868-03-28
An Appeal to Union Men.

TRINITY CENTER, March 10, 1868.
EDITOR JOURNAL In late issue of your truly
loyal paper you urge upon the Union men of
Trinity county the necessity of preparing for the
coming contest by organizing campaign clubs to
promote the interests of the Union or Republican
party. This is a matter in which every friend of
Justice should be awake, and manifest deep
interest. No thinking man will deny that the
year upon which we have entered is to be one OF
the most eventful in the history of this nation.
A work that is destined to effect humanity for
ages to come must be concentrated within the
narrow limits of few months. With this fact
staring us in the face, who does not that
there is no time to be lost. Our enemies
secretly at work throughout the county to-day.
Oily-tongued and hypocritical, they lie in wait
to deceive the unwary by their specious misrep-
burdened people by the Government at Washing
ton" The result of the elections last Fall should
teach us that with too many they will succeed
in their evil purposes if the influence they exert
is not promptly counteracted. Demagogue-like,
they appeal to the prejudces rather than to the
reason of those for whom they set their snares.
To the wealthy they prate of the " burdens of
taxation which crushing the vital interests
of the country" To the poor they talk of siun-
taxed bonds which only tend to make the rich
richer and the poor poorer" To the unlettered
they talk of &c Negro suffrage, Negro equality
Chinese suffrage and unrewarded labor" Ig-
noring the fact patent to all candid minds that
the so-styled Democratic party is responsible
not only for all the money spent, but for all the
blood shed during the war, they boldly assume
that all tn sse evils to the moment some
traitor at heart, who during the rebellion SYM
patized with jeff. Davis and the horde of muir
derers of which he the leader, in their al
tempt - destroy the best government the world
saw, is placed in the Presidential chair
he main issue at stake will be carefully dis
guised by all who lead in the Democratic ranks,
and this main issue is, whether after the terrible
punishment which this nation has undergone for
its transgressions in the past, it shall be reor-
gained on the Hindoo principle Of caste, which
will, if successful, be the bane of our future ma
tional existence land perhaps involve the de-
struction OF our republican liberty, whether,
on the other hand, everlasting justice and all
rights TO all shall in the future be the foundation
principle in deed 5 well word upon which
this government shall in future rest. The sue
cess of this broad principle involves the COM
mercial prosperity of the whole country, and the
extension of the system of education until there
shall be no State within the jurisdiction of this
government that shall not have its regular sys-
TEN of common schools. With this will come,
rs a natural accompaniment religious toera
ton, freedom of speech and of the press, gen
eral prosperity and universal contentment. But
in order to attain to this much -to-be-desired end
work must be done. 1t is necessary that we
know who orr friends are; that all the points Of
dispute ne presented to our citizens in their true
light that every man, woman and child may
know that the success of the Democratic party
in the coming Presidential election will he but a
prelude to the return of the cmancipaed blacks
TO slavery, the reputation of the national obli-
cations and the payment of the Confederate
debt 1t is necessary therefore 10 move immedi-
.tely in this matter. Who Will set the ball in
motion? REPUBLICAN.