The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1868-09-26
Mongrel Dolngs.

be raised in Auburn, on Monday last, and by
the Stripes and posters, that the greatest
Grafton in America, in fact the American
Demosthenes would speak in the evening,
and requesting ALL and the "babies' to come.
The pole was little too much for the boys,
and when the shades Of the evening set in,
it was about as near up as Grant will
come to being elected when the sun sets on
the evening of November the Sd, next. The
meeting was we'll attended by all classes,
especially the "babies" who were there, from
old ace down to mere infants-we did not
miss one that feeds upon "pap."
Dr. J. R. Crandall presided, and made a
speech-sad something about the rascality
of paying debts in greenbacks, and told US
how old the Democratic party is, in which
he Just missed it % years. We knew it
was wrong, but we could not heI$'thnkiug,
after the Doctor was through, thaf be was
losing great deal of money, honor, and
precious time, by staying here in Au-
burn, when carpet baggers with much less
capacity than he displayed, are reaping such
harvests in the loyal South.
Henry Edgerton was introduced. As no
one told the audience who Edgeron was,
perhaps those who heard him would like to
know something Of the man. lie served TWO
sessions as State Senator, from Napa county;
voted for, and worked like turk for the
Parsons Bulk bead Bill, which Gov Downey
vetoed; was abused like pick-pocket by the
Abolition press, including the Bullettn, Alta,
and Sacramento Union, charging him with
things too mean and corrupt for a decent
journal to repeat, no matter what the provo
cation. We did not believe him guilty, and
do not yet. Edgerton is not voter in
California, and, it is said be is only the feed
attorney of Mongrelism, getting $4,000, and
expenses paid, for the campaign, and keeper
to 90 along with him and see that be com
plies strictly with the contract. When Ed
gerton d-nounced Frank Blair as bankrupt
in purse, debauched in r5putatou, and q
wreck of his former self, or language to that
effect, we wondered if it was Blair he was
thinking of, or some one closer home Ed
gerton's speech was falure-was not what
was looked for or expected. We were told
that Henry mot his former self, but were
not prepared for SO great letting down.
The first part of bis speech was oratorical
defamation, with not a fact, figure, or sen
tence of corroborating proof, to sustain
word be said, and was delivered well. What
he said Of Seymour was simple re-ba-h OF
the old stale lies which have been disproven
over and over again by no less authority
than President Lincoln, Governor Curtis,
and Edwin Nj. Stanton. What he said about
Blair was grossly false, when applied to
Blair, but true if applied to one Edgerton
ouqht to know. When be TOOK up the
financial question, he labored hard, made an
utter failure, but convinced US, and we think
many of the more intelligent Mongres, that
if be is feed for the campaign that the mon
ey comes from the Bankers and Bond.holders
The crowd was large for Auburn, but with
less enthusiasm, while Edgerton was on the
stand, than any meeting the MougrsIs have
held here. He spoke but one hour and a
quarter, and left the impression on our mind
that if he was announced to speak again in
Auburn, that not forty persons could be
| found TO listen to him.
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