The Placer herald., 1870-06-18
LET Us REASON TuGETHER.

Democracy with US means honesty, To-
tegrty, and a pure and unselfsh devotion
to the best interests Of the governed the
whole country over. Are these the doctrines
and practices os our party to-dayl Do our
leaders, legislators, and officials practice the
great Democratic doctrine Of equal aud ex'
&C, justice 10 all men, and exclusive privi-
leges to none always and under all circum-
stapces2 We cannot, dare. not answer these
questions unqnalifiedly in the affirmative.
The rank and file of our party hold. 10 these
great everything Democra truths as tena'
ciousy as did the great apostles Jefferson,
Madison and Jackson, hut they often err in
selecting candidates who are neither honest
nor capable, and 10 this way defeat and dis
grace overtakes us Indeed we freely admit
that when we tail as party to adhere TO the
principles We profess, end to place men in
Office who have the stern honesty and ability
to carry them out, we ougb. to be defeated
AS party We we're saved from iuevi'a' le
duu OFei uc'c"S !" e"S
future, by the purity aud incorruipitle hon.
esry of a few legislators, and the vetoes OF
Governor Uaigbt at the close Of the last
session Of the Legislature. That Legislature
met with the farest promises, and with the
| finest field 10 which TO achieve renowp, and
ngraliate itself in the bsarts Of the people,
ever presented in this State, and yet truth
compels US to say that near one bali OF Its
members proved to be incompetents or ras-
Gals. These were not The faults Of these
! legisla,ors-G had made them Just wba,
they proved to be, unfathfu', incompetent,
unreliable or dishones'; and it was the fault
Of their constituents that they ever disgraced
tbe halls of legislation, or found themselves
in position to damage the reputation of
party they were foolish enough to believe
they were really members Of. Such men
are not Democratic, and the sooner they find
that out the better for them and the Demo-
cratic party. No member Ct the late Lagis-
!ature who suffered himsef 10 be the dupe
of such schemes of robbery as the Richard
son Bay, the McCsuley ,annery, tide land
s.indes, etc. or tool and mouth. piece Of the
railroad monopolists, is, ever was. or ever
can be Democrat. The remedy for these
things, and this class Of hucksterug polit-
clans is for The real Democracy to attend the
! norioa nd # ! hn
party, and see that no such material finds
place on our sickels, or in our councils 10
any county Of the State, and then and not
ill then, can the Democracy be certain of
resent and fttrre success. Some may cay
that this is injudcious talk, aud tina, the
enemies Of the party and good government
will take advau age Of it, aud make capital
out oft With such we disagree. This is
casting bread upon the waters which the
party will gather many days and years hence
TO The great good Of the Democracy, and
the whole country. We cannot as party
defend, excuse or palate the bad aclp Of
even professed members Of our organization
without overwhelming the whole party in
Disgrace, and loosug for years the confidence
of just public. No, we say condemn such
men and such acts wherever found, and let
them seek their aflioit 10 the ranks Of our
opponents, whose organization is almost
wholly made up of leaders who are rascal,
tyrants and thieves. When the public see
this our ranks will swell, thicken, and grow
dense with honest, true, and intelligent men
from every party; and then, and no. until
then, will our present and permanent sue.
success be assured. The Democratic Press
cannot, must not defend the shor, comings
and rascality Of profsssed members Of our
party, and the party itself must condemn,
diecounteDance and withdraw its support
from all such, should there be any. Let
these be the doctrines and actions OF our
party, and victory ought and will be ours.
CENTRAL Pacific SroCK Fifteen shares
Of this stock were sold yeslei Gay at two hrn.
dred dollars share. 1t wa given out by
| the purchaser that be had sold "short," and
lacked that number OF shares. OF this we
know nothing, but we do know hat the
same figure was offered and declined by an
other holder Of a few shares Of original stock.
What do the people Of Sacramento county
now think of ,bsir Supervisors who sold the
county's stock at seventy dollars a share
few months agoi- Sacramento Union.
We invite the attention OF our Placer
county tax payers to this statement, and ask
them to give it serious thought. This fact
shows that Placer county could have had
$3.50 900 more for her stock than it was sold
for. Our Supervisors bad two separate bid
ders-the FIRST bidder offering par-and they