The Placer herald., 1869-10-09
THOMAS B. REARDAN.

It may not be necessary TO defend this
gentleman from the uncaled for attacks
upon him 10 an article or two in the las,
issue Of the Stripes, but as all may not
know him, or the true motives Of the wri-
ters for that paper. we will quote and cor
rect the errors and Interpretations. In
one place we find the following:
"Thc nomination of Rcardan was one not at
all fit to be made. and was nothing less than n
gross insult to any decency. Responsibility. self
respect or loyalty that remains in the Democratic
party
The article from which We clip the above,
contains not one w. ord. line or sentence or
charge agairst Mr.. R.ardan. either as a
man, lawyer or a citizen. and yet the read.
e. would suppose that they knew something
terrible against Judg, Heardan. Now the
Central Democratic Committee Of Placer
and full delegation Of gentlemen from Ne
vada with fall knowledge Of Mr.. Rear
dams history character, and his legal stand
ing, placed bin in nomination, without a
dissenting voice, and yet. here it is said that
these gentlemen all have been guilty of a
gross insult to everything decent and re-
spectacle Shame on a wtitcr who could be
guilty Of such Wholesale. ungarded and un-
justi6able language. without a reason in the
world 10 plead in defense The whole SEN
renee is gro undless, g!aring falsehool. In
another article we find this language 10
speaking nf Reardan's nomination. be is an
nouuced as an "open, ayowed and ontspoken
rebel. and that he was placed on the ticket
"Solely because of his unbcsitating and unva
rying avOwll OF his raiiOrons sent timcnis. at all
times and in all pnces.--we say this deliberately
AMI advisedlv--solely for this reason Reardtn
was preferred and is now the Democratic nom
inee.
Now we say that this language. when ap-
piled to Mr.. Rea don, is basoly false and ut
lerly void Of all truth. II the writer has
any authority for these wholesale and Sian
derous sentences. why no, produce il at once
and he done with it. lls has none, and wa
content ourself here by branding them as
they deserve and asking for the authority, if
there is any. How desperate and desp'cable
ble must be the cause that would lead men
to resort to such shameless ISLANDERS against
a gentleman Of Mr.. Reardan's standing as
lawyer and private citizen. Judge R-ardan
came TO this town and was here en-
gagged in mining nearly twenty years, ago
was elected County Clerk Of Sntter
county (his portion Of Placer being
then portion CT Sut'sr) while living
here at Auburn. lie afterwards served
some three years as County Judge of Su'l.r
county, then engaged in the practice OF law
and has ontinued constantly in tho practice
ever since, ranking among the best lawyers
on the coast. lie has never been q violent
party man, tu, supported Douglas for Pres-
dent in 1860, and Gen. Mcclellan for Pres-
dent in GA lie has been all his life singular.
ly free from mixing in party strif-, and totally
above the Clique Ring isms', in which bis
opponent is wont to ~allow. When he is
elected, as he will be on the 2Oih of This
month, the whole people will have a Judge
and Juris, IN the tepch to he proud of, and
not one that all parties are as amed of and
attorneys and li,igants afraid of.