Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-10-12
[From the Yreka "Journal."l
LUTTRELL AND SECESSION.

Our cotemporary wades through a long
driveling editorial Of column and half
in reference to Luttrell and Secessionism,
in reply to an item from the Trinity
JOURNAL, whereas had he just stated
what Luttrel has not been politically,
and what the people here know, there
would be no doubts as to what he has
been. In all our acquaintance Of Lut-
trell's political record, we have known
him to be almost anything on the popular
side, and judging from his talk at some
times, we should call him rabid seces-
sionist during the progress of the war,
and even favored notification in reference
to the constitutional amendments being
| put in force by Act of Congress, when
! Sheriff jackson, of Trinity county, was
indicted for violating that law In 1861
Luttrel was Republican of the most
enthusiastic kind, and did not prefer
Stanford to Conness, as our cotemporary
states, to defeat John r. Mcconnell, for
he was Republican long before McCon-
nell or Conness were nominated. This
did not last long, as the county seemed
hopelessly Democratic, which Luttrell,
being a new conner, did not find out until
after election. The next we know of
Luttrell, as another general election ap-
prOaches, he is a furious Democrat, re-
ceiving a Democratic nomination for the
Assembly, and getting defeated. At this
time and the year following, Luttrell
spouted treason as loudly as the most
ultra secessionist, and in company with
other Democratic speakers, joined in the
chorus ef denouncng the war as an abOl-
ition crusade, and that the North, as they
termed it, could never subjugate the
South. About this time our country was
in the most critical danger, and was
providentially saved by the issuance Of
that glorious and immortal emancipa-
ton proclamation. Luttrell also kicked
against the idea Of draft, and threatened
to resist it by taking his shotgun and
going to the mountains. In fact, it was
stereotyped expression of the Demo
cratic stumpers in this county in 1868
and 1864, to call Abe Lincoln a bigger
traitor than JEFF Davis, as it was the pop
ular Democratic talk Mt that time. He
also addressed a meeting of Democrats in
this city, in company with Irwin, Ensign
Berry, in September 1864, which collected
together after a torch light procession,
headed with n transparency representing
a Democrat holding cheese knife over
the PROSTATE body of Abraham Lincoln,
Democrat, named Booth, the next Spring
in April 1865. With our cotemporary,
we are as ready as any man, and so are
all Republicans, to forgive the rebels Of
the past, particularly those who were
really in earnest and fought as they be-
leyed, but we detest these blowhard
secessionists for political effect, in their
efforts to deny their sympathy with rebels
after denouncing the Administration for
every move it made towards crushing the
rebellion.
The overwhelming defeat of the De-
mocracy caused Luttrell to change his
tone and become a moderate "Yunion
man or "loil cuss," as Republicans
were called at that time, and whenever
the Democrats failed to nominate him or
his friends, he always bucked terribly,
and came near joining the Republicans,
and probably would if they had given
any encouragement or shown any dispo-
sition to place any confidence in him
politically. In 1865, he was in favor OF
abolishng slavery after it was accom-
plished, supported Andrew Johnson's
treachery, and promised to vote for Sar-
gent, another blind to catch apublicans,
in fact offered to do too much, and blamed
only himself for defeat in 1868 for not
playing strong Union man, as the secesh
would understand it and vote for him
| anyhow. AS soon as the constitutional
amendments came up, he got back TO his
old rantng against the government, in
reference to negro suffrage and exploded
fearfully on the Chinese in terrible howl
ing over what the Sacramento Union had
to say. Like his checlered career pOlit-
ically, he has been the same on all other
questions, and was undoubtedly ly a strong
friend of the railroad monopoly until the
defeat of the Tehama bridge bill and ms
a demagogue he cannot be excelled. His
chameleon like changes, render him cap
able of being termed almost anything
politically, therefore to call him a rabid
or mild secessonist at one time, or
moderate Democrat at another, would
not miss the mark bit, as his political
IDEAS naturally float with the popular tide
regard less OF principle or consistency. As
a politician he is not to be trusted on any
issue, and those who know Luttrel's ca
reer place no reliability whatever in him
ard he will be scratched by numerous
Democrats on this account, notwithstand-
ing his nomination, which was given
simply to gain the support of the Sac
ramento Union, in the belief that the
only show to elect Democrat would be
through the treachery of the Sacramento
Union, which paper will have about rs
much effect in securing Republican votes
for Luttrell, as the Tribune has in secur-
ing them for Greeley.
A WORD TO REPUBLICANs.-Seve
years ago the Sacramento Union was II
necessity in this part of the country. 1t
was a member of the odous Associated
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