The Shasta courier., 1872-10-19
SHASTA COURIER.
REDDING CORRESPONDENTS.
REppINa, Oct. 18th. 1872.

REDDING, Oct. 18th, 1872.
ED. CoURIER-Your reporter in obedi-
ence to your request. has been sharpening
his pencil for week in expectation of being
permitted to report some of the pungencies
of 10 Hamilton and VIM. Writ Pendegast,
whose posters have been up two or three
weeks announcing that they would tell
what they know about Horace Greeley's
Democracy here to night.
Our own two failures, wherein FELTON,,
Love and Amerman disappointed US last
week, and Governor Bennett, of Idaho,
threw off on US last night, in order to attend
the horse race yesterday at Sacramento, had
rendered US all little callous, and we felt
somewhat honored. as town and commu-
nifty, to think we were going to have, at
least, some respectable Democratic speak
ing. Thus we felt until the train arrived
last night with no Hamilton or "Pendy."
Then there seemed to be general impress
sion, among all classes, that it was another
"bilk," and an egresious blk it has proven
to be-
All day we heard that the speakers were
coming from Red Bluff in carriage, and
would be here in time people strained
their eyes in that direction all the afternoon
but no speakers darkensd the Southern
horizon and the fact was reluctantly recog-
nized at last that they we're not coming !;
yet Preparations still went on until the
hour arrived, bonfres blazed to the sky,
benches were improvised out Of building
lumber, the people collected, a Chairman
was chosen, and what think you was the
character of the apparition that appeared to
us on the stand-No, there you are wrong,
it was neither Emperor Norton, Freddy
Cooms nor Tom Spikins, but worse de-
ranged and addle pated ''loviator than all
these combined, the veritable Rackerby,
Colonel Rackerby, Rackerby of Rackerby s
Landing, Delegate Rackerby-he that rep
resented California in the Cincinnati Con-
vention.
. If you would hear the English language
murdered, politics distorted, logic bur
iesqued, reason ignored and truth pervert-
ed, go and hear Rackerby fyou would
hear nonsense hashed and rehashed by the
column, 60 and hear Rackcrby Rackerby
is Raekerby and not to hear Rackerby is
not to have heard Rackerby What would
California have done in the Cincinnati Con
Vention if Rackerby had not been Racker-
by?
He began by placing himself squarely on
\ Railroad Platform" and from thence he
struck out wildly as if he was about to dare
all the windmills in the State to stand up
before him in a prizefght wherein the
stakes should be the Postoffice at Racker-
by's Landing The hour is too late to do
justice, in the short time allowed me before
the stage starts for Shasta, to his ram
bling, not to say maudlin, harangue. 1t
was tissue of vapid nonsense, without plan,
construction, theory or apparent purpose,
simply rant aud tame selfglorifcation, ra-
ting and styling himself the great imitator
OF Horace Greeley the sagacious political
farmer. This is as near an approach to
report as the speech is susceptible of.
After Rackerby got throug gh A Il. An
drews, Chairman of the meeting, being
called upon gave us his views on his par
tlcular theme, ASSOCIATED Capital giving
the credit, however, to Gov Booth, whose
sentiments he claimed to echo on this ques
tion. He did rot endorse Col. Rackerby's
assertion that thirty cents out of every dol
lars worth wheat sold by the farmers went
into President Grants private pocket, but
seemed to have an idea that in some unde-
lined and mysterious manner all the money
rings" Railroad rings" wheat rings" and
rings generally had their origin in the
White house at Washington.
Pelham was loudly called for at the close
of Andrews speech, but declined to do
more than assure them that his mind was
not on politics, and make motion to ad-
journ, which was carried without vote.
And the first political meeting in Redding,
IT this can be called one, was over.
POP Corn.