The Placer herald., 1872-04-27
A MISTAKE.


neghbors mercurial temperament, his ut
ter hatred of meanness, deceit and trick
cry, and his exalted opinion of his judg-
ment of mankind, and that he must have
had terrible internal, mental and physical
earthquake, all of course TO himself, before
he could get his own consent to publicly ac-
knowledge that he had been deceived, and
deceived others as to the men he imposed on
the party last Fall, we gave our ideas of
the contortions and mutterings that be must
have gone through with before making this
open confession. We did not put into his
mouth the expression that he was add fool
we only imagined that that was about what
he would say, and the proper thing to say,
before writing the humiliatng confession.
What we did say was this:
"Our minds eye views our neighbor on
these trying occasions; sees him striding up
and down his sanctum, stamping the floor,
biting his lips, tearing his hair, sweating
great briny drops from every pore, and ex-
claiming, 'What ID fool | must be; I'm
ruined, m lost; my prestige Of prophesy is
gone, and now | must ANONYMOUSLY ac-
knowledge the lact TO the public. -
We did not think or say that our neigh
Dor had got so much beside himself as to be
making his tongue literally talk to and lee
ture his head. But now, neighbor, since
you have informed us that you have done
none of these things, was not mad enough to
do them, but simply, not from inclination
bm as cold duty as an editor, just entered
your editorial, not personal protest, we
must and do take it all back. The thing
now assumes about this shape: An old ne
gro's wife had died. and the preacher came
and asked the husband if he had induced
her to repent and try TO get to Heaven.
"Wel, YES, massa," said the old darkey,
"you see I'd rudder not hab her in Heben,
but den 'suade her some jis to clar my own
conscience" This is all, as it is not our
funeral; but we feel sort of bad to find out
that our neghbor was only shamming, when
we had given him credit for sincerity and
strong feelings in the matter.
CARL ScHURz is just now, says the San
Jose Argus, chief object of vituperative
abuse at the hands Of the venal Republican
press of the country, from Grants home or
gan, the Washington Chronicle, down to
the petticst hebdominal in the most remote
and obscure mining camp in the far West
The former says he is Of a ''party of cow
ardly IIessians to whose trcachery was due
the Bull Run Disaster" and the White Pine
Ne,cs, of Nevada, taking up the refrain,
says, in the article referring to the Liberal
Republican movement: "The principal leader
in the movement is Carl Schurz, an advcn-
turer, who left his native country for his
countrys good, and in bis adopted country
has been distinguished for his vanity, avarice
and sefshness." Schurz's great ofensc is
found in his manly independence; his faith
fulness to his sworn duty as a Senator, and
his denunciation of the conuptions in the ad-
minisraton of national affairs whose vileness
dsgraces every branch of the public service.
He has dared to do his whole duty; refused
to wear the collar of Grant and the infamous
cabal of thieves and traitors whose catspaw
he is, and for this he is bounded and de-
nounced. But their denunciation is his VIM
dicaton with the people, while their praise
would result in his disgrace. Schurz's abil-
ity is only equaed by his incorruptibc in
tegrity, and by gaining the hostility of the
corruptionists he merits and secures the re-
spect and love of good men of all parties
The pensioned organs of the Administration
can do him no injury by their denunciation,
and when their master is remembered only
for his crimes against free government Carl
Schurz will be enshrined in the hearts of the
American people as one Of the great and
good men of his adopted country.
DELEGATES TO THE STATE CoNvENTIoN.-There
was n beggary attendance at the late Republican
primaries. In scarcely more than half the pre-
cincts were any elections held. and the total vote
throughout the whole county only amounted to
from $50 to 200-less than ten per cent of the
vote cast for Booth. The names of the delegates
elected to the State Convention are as follows;
Mahon Waldron, George d. Aldrich Griffith
Griffith, 0. W. Holenbeck, Jacob Keck c. j.
Brown, Judson Wheeler and NJ. II. Power
Stars and Stripes.
There were two reasons for the refusal of
the Republicans to vote at these primaries.
First, it was conceded that no matter how
California went Grant would be the nominee
of the ofiice-seekers Convention, at Phila-
delphia; and second that not one out Of ten
Ronn blicanS In tAia conntu ,roro m;ll;nor Ia