The Placer herald., 1869-10-16
That Vulgar Speech.

correspondent oI tbs lruckee Zfaoune
attempts n denial of the coarse, vulgar and
obscene language used BY Judge Mcfarland
in a speech at Grass Valley during the Pres
idsn,ial campaign Of last year. This cor
respondescs 10 the Tribune occurred about
the tirne Mcfarland vas in Truckee, last
week, and leads 10 the inference that he
wrote or dictated the writing, and is ashamed
Of the foul language
The Daily Bee, short time ago, attempt
ed to deny that Mcfarland had used this
language so offensive to chastity and deli
cacy. but was met With proposition from
the Reporter to prove the utterancs OF the
filthy sentence BY affidavits Of the best men
in Grass Valley who heard it, and was glad
to drop the subject. Iu looking over our
exchanges we iud the proceedings Of the
Grass Valley meeting reported for the Grass
Valley Union, an Independent paper, and
occupying two and half columns on that
paper of June 23J, 1868. The meeting
VAS held 10 Hamilton Hall. Grass Valley,
on Saturday night, June 2o!h, 1868. Dele
cations from Rough Il Ready and Nevada
were present and the meeting numbered
four hundred and ifty.-six,y-6vs Of whom
signed the pledge 10 support Grant. The
meeting was presided over by George Gep-
herd, SAM. p. Everett and G. w. Dixon
acting as Secretaries; and was addressed
first by Boruck, second by A. A. Sargent
and last by Judge Mcfarland. We quote
from the Unions report:
Judge Mcfarland was called out. The Judge
ptc he'd in rough shod, and gave the copprrheads,
as the Gazette terms it, the best he had One
Of his sentences ran something like this 1T ia
better to give your sons over TO the gambler,
your money to the iheI, your daughters to pros
tituton aud yourselves to the Devil than TO give
the rule OF the country to the Democratic party"
We do not pretend to quote the precise language,
but the above is about what he said, and upon it
we have comment to make"
We do not wonder that the reporter had
90 comments to make Such vile, disgust
ing and obscene sentence 10 be uttered 10
presence Of four hundred and fifty respscta-
bio persons, many of whom bad sons and
daughters, brothers and sisters, by man
then filing the high and honorable Judicial
and non political position Of District Judge,
was enough, for the time being, to sicken
tho heart of any man and make his whole
nature revolt from commenting upon Ian
guage which dslicscy, purity, decsncy and
truth all forbid ito u,terancs. Here 10 the
proof, and for truth and dscency sake, let
US hear no more excuses or denisls Of the
filthy language, except upon the ground Of
insanity or an abandoned and wicked heart.
"A girdle foul with grease binds his obscene
attire
And this is the man respectable Republ-
can fathers and brothers are asked TO vote
for again for high and honorable judicial
position, aye, even Democrats have tssn
asked to vote for him.
These utterances were deliberate, and va
appeal to every honest and honorable man
II our comments are rot mild under the
circumstances. Let every good man see
that that name is net on his ticket when it
goes into the ballo,.box on Wednesday next.
JUDGE CRoCKETr's CAKD.-Ws publi'h b
on our first page, to-day, the card OF Judge
Crockett to the public. 1t is a humllatiog
fact, nevertheless a fact, that we have in
this State a c!as. Of unpriuciped mongrel
journals, that have been base enough to lie
on and misrepresent, even a man of Judge
Crocke,t's exhalted standing. to such an
extent as TO force him, in selfdefense, to
brand them as such in public card. These
disrepu,able Journals, knowing the hopeless
ness Of their cause, we're not only vile, base
and unprncipleI enough to bslray. Judas
like, one Of their own candidates, Judge
Pratt, but were by falssbood and misrsprs-
senta,ion endeavoring to impress The public
mind with the idea that Judge Crockett
winked at and consented to the defeat OF
Gen. Wallace, nominated by the same Con-
ven,ion and on the same dec laration Of prin
cpIes with himself. Judge Crocketts card
sends these vie and unprinciplsd wrs,cbes
snsakng back to their lair., odious and des-
pissed by all decent men.
Judge Crockett ~ouId rather be defeated
than see hi, colleague on tho ticket loose =
single vote by any act of his; hence his
manly and timely card. This meanness Of
the Bulletin and the small spawn that fol.
lowed iu its wake. should give Geo. w. T.
Wallace aud Judge J. b. Crockett thousands
Of Republican votes on Wednesday next.
As IT SHOULD BE.-The prsss Of the State.
almost without dissenting voice, have pro.
claimed in favor OF law requiring all elec.
ton tickets to be printed on Uniform white
paper, of uniform sizs with the same kind
Of type and ink and with the same space