Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-12-07
READY FOR THE FACTS.

The Yreka Union, of November 23d
. makes brief, very brief, extract fror
recent article in the Journal, an
f comments under the caption of i" Let
: have the Facts" The language ou
e Yreka cotemporary takes for its text
: this:
= The Sacramento Union undertook t
p blackmail Stanford 81 Co. and failed
Hence its opposition to the Central Pa
cifc Company"
The Yreka editor is politician and
lawyer, and his article smacks of both
We can conceive why, as a politician
with Luttrcll's example before him, h,
should incline to conciliate the Union
and why, in view of the fact that tn
Sacramento paper has ranged itself il
opposition to the Republican party, he i
disposed to rcpel assaults made upon it
Leaving politics out Of the question, ou
1rcka cotemporary is apparently fairanc
moderate in its criticisms. But in stating
the facts and the law of the case it errs
If, as the Yreka Union assumes, "thC
proprietors of the Union are the accu sed
parties and the public at large is the jury
empanelled to try them," are all the
counts in our Indictment admitted, save
the single allegation excepted to ? If so,
we are willing to rest our case, and con-
sent that on that point verdict be en-
tered of mot proven" We might stor
here and pause for reply from the Yreka
Union, but we propose TO be as explicit
with it as we have always been with its
Sacramento namesakc, and for a com
plcte answer state the simple, unvarnished
facts:
In August last we referred to the cir
cumstance that the Union advocated the
nomination of j. X. Luttrell as an anti
subsidist, and truthfully criticised Lut-
trell's subsidy record. We cast no as
pcrsions upon the Union, and in no way
questioned its good intentions. That
paper, however, made this the pretcxt
for wanton and malignant assault upon
this paper, and charged that the TRINITY
JOURNAL favored and advocated the nom
ination and election of Gorham in 1867
because he advocated what the Union
called the railroad swindle" of 1863
To this statement we gave positive de-
NAL and retortcd upon the Union that it
opposed Gorham because he refused to
nominate the Unions candidate for State
Printer. The Union denies this and says
the JOURNAL is in the pay Of the Railway
Company. We denied any connection
with the Railway, reiterated our former
accusation and, adding that the course OF
the Union was due to personal quarrel
between Anthony & Co. and Stanford &
Co., we challenged the Union to produce
its proof, holding ourselves ready to make
good what we had asserted. This was
and is something the Union men dare not
agree to do. As little as the editor of the
TRINITY JOURNAL knows of the motives
which shape the course of the Union at
this time and have shaped it in the past,
! the men who run that concern are salts
/ fled that he knows more than they would
like to have placed before the public in
| the form of an established fact. They
had much rather that knowledge OF
their sclfshncss, their hypocrisy, and Their
malice, should not extend beyond the
bare assertions Of the Chickadee Press. >
The editor of the Yreka Union, as az
EARNED neutral" will agree with u,
upon reflection that it is really quarre
between an "incensed Chickadee" " on
the one part, and the great Sacramento
Now-yo -it-and now -you-don It on the
other. The TRINITY JOURNAL called
upon the Sacramento Union for proof
Where was the Yreka Union then ? Its
neutrality was not only EARNED" " but
dumb. We propose, in legal phrase, tC
manage our case in our own way. When
ever the Sacramento Chameleon is ready
to prove that the TRINITY JOURNAL i.
one of the bought creatures Of the
Railway Company" we will be ready tC
show beyond doubt that the trouble whcl
afiicts that deectable sheet so sorely i,
that it is one of the unbought."
The Yreka Union now has the Sacra-
mento paper for an ally and had better
be cautious. We are experienced and
capable of giving advice. When An
thony & Co. say "whte is black" you
must echo "back." When they announce
by all that is good and bad that it il
white" By so doing you will have tho
Sacramento Union on your side and may
laugh the balance of mankind to scorn
But, Mr.. Yreka Union, be cautious
Don't you ever oppose Anthony & Co
politically! If you do, it's proof poin
blank that you are \" Railway creature
and edo the dirty work of the Railroad
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