Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-09-21
THE "UNION" AS AN "ARTFUL
DODGER."

Vi tue liOh luSbdhls lHC lOllOWllS GA
tracts embody its substance, and sit may
not be out of place to give them passing
notice." Says the " Union :"
at is still fresh in the memory of the
reading public" says the TRINITY JOUR
NAL, " that prior to the Cincinnati Con
vention the political articles in the Union
were filled with insidous, indirect and
cowardly attacks upon President Grant"
As others of the chickadee railway organs
have of late made similar averments,1t
may not be out of place to give them a
passing notice.
Further on, the same paper says:
That the Union has ever doubted
or expressed a doubt of the honesty or
honor of Grant, or preference for Gree
lev as President, or that we have insid-
i0usly, indirectly" or in any other way,
given out such view, is falsehood
fathered by the minds cf those who do
the dirty work for the Central Pacific
Railroad Company, for the sole purpose
of weakening the Unions" influence
with the Republican party in order that
1t and its slaves may corrupt that party
to its own base uses.
Before going any further, we will first
state the case fairly. The TRINITY JOUR-
NAL is paper of limited circulation, and
of course not very influential. 1t is not
money-making institution, and is not
conducted for profit. 1t advocates Re-
publican principles, because it believes
the ascendency of the Republican party
is demanded by a regard for the best
interests of the nation. The pecuniary
resources of the JOURNAL will not admit
of the employment of a staff of talented
writers whose pens are at the service Of
those who are able to pay their price.
Although the fact may be beyond the
comprehension of the hirelings who indite
the leading articles of the Sacramento
Union," and who write this man up or
write that man down just as Anthony Il
Morrill, dictate, the TRINITY JOURNAL
advocates nothing but the honest convic-
tions of those who write its leaders and
control its course. The Sacramento I'm
ion" is a wealthy and influential paper,
but there its advantage over the JOURNAL
ends. For an illustration in point, we
will refer to the fact that while its pro-
pretors are Of unknown politics, the re-
election of President Grant is at the pres
ent time strongly advocated by the " I'm
ion in articles indited by paid scribblers
upon whom it is charged by respectable
journals that they are personally favor
able to Greeley's election, and one of them
-Paschal Coggins-is Greeley candi
date for Congress. Need we say more
on this point ?
In denying that it ever expressed a
preference for Greeley to Grant, the
" Union simply lodges the question, as
Of late it makes practice of doing. We
never said any such thing. That it was
guilty of insidious, indirect and cow
ardly attacks upon President Grant,
we reiterate, and appeal to the reading
public to verify the truthfulness of our
assertions. Republicans and Democrats
alike, in this section, We're fully satisfied
of the " Unions" hostility to Grant from
the course it saw tit to pursue, and the
belief was general at the time of the
Cincinnati Convention that it would sup
port Charles Francis Adams if nominated
and probably Greeley. Moreover, the
" Union" was slow in taking an open
stand, but we will in justice add, was not
so dilatory by several weeks as the San
Francisco Bulletin the only paper
which claims to be Republican and en-
dorses the " Union" The fact that the
" Union will at this time attempt
denial that its articles have been of sort
calculated to prejudice the people against
the President as fit person to be contin-
ued in the Presidential Office, shows to
what depths OF Misrepresentation it is
capable of descending. For that journal
to contend that it has been misunderstood
and that i: did not intend to make such
an impression on the mi nds of its readers,
is entirely too small hole for it to crawl
through. It's animus was too plainly
perceived and was too frequently man
ifested. The very article to which we
are referring, aside from its back-guard
reference to the "chicadee railroad or
gans," is nothing more nor less than an
indictment of the whole Republican party,
save Grant, for venaity and incompeten-
cy. Does the "Union" expect Grant to
make any change in his Cabinet or coun-
selors ? Does it anticipate that the
friends of Grant and leaders of the Re-
publican party, whom it so frequently
characterizes as ''crawlng parasites"
will not be continued in favor by Grant
and the Republican party in the event of
a Republican triumph in November
Win the "Union" write itself down such
an ass as to assert the contrary? 1t has
been demonstrated of late that the "Un-
ion" is capable of asserting anything, and
that consistency ranks as jewel of small
price in its estimation. Greeley and the
"Union" as allies of the Democracy, are
twin examples Of hypocrisy, as contempt
ible as it is palpable.
Our controversy with the "Union :"
grows out of the fact that we saw fit to
criticise Luttrell's railway record and
the Unions advocacy of the man.
The "Union " thought it the proper thing
to go for the Journal and doubtless con-
sidered us but small game. We have
learned that paper already that there are
blows to be given as well as received,
and we shall not be the first to cry pee
cavi. We know its record and we have
its files, and we intend to speak by the
card. In its first assault upon the JOUR
NAL, the Union " either willfullv or TO-