The Placer herald., 1873-07-12
PRINCIPLES vs.. POLICY.

1t has for Some time been a settled fac
1 that the only ISSUE before the people O
Placer County ut present, is a fight for oul
freedom from the further impositions Of the
railroad corporation. This said corporation
OF moneyed monopoly is at the foundation
OF all our grievances, and to right these is
our aim. They have, by means of the
wealth placed at their command by an un-
suspecting people, corrupted our officials,
legislative and local, bought the influence Of
prominent politicians, who have, under false
secured their aid to measures calculated to
forward the interest of the monopoly, and
work out the further oppression of innocent
people. In this manner they have from
year to year been successful With each
success they have become bolder and more
confident of their ability to hold the balance
of power; increased confidence has made
them more tyrannical; tyranny begets op-
preston; and oppression has become so gen
orally and sensibly felt, that the people
throughout the State, and particular in Pla-
Ger and other counties where they have had
occasion make their grinding power most
felt, can remain blinded no longer, and many
of them, in beholding their condition for the
first time in'i,s true light, stand aghast at
the situation. The arguments and precau
tions against this bligher of our hopes and
destroyer Of our prosperity, which has been
sapping US Of our wealth SO gradually, ard
under such guises that few could understand
the agent or be- brought to realize the result,
which have 30 oft been set forth by the
HERALD, are now clearly understood, and
everywhere, as the light breaks forth, and peo-
pie begin to see their true condition, we hear
of but one voice, one sentiment, and that s
determination to free themselves from the
shackles which tie monopoly are endeavor-
ing to fasten upon them. Placer County is
no exception. A large majority of the peo-
pie are determined to vote for no man but
what is known to be firm and uncorruptibly
devoted to the interests of the people in
opposition to the impositions Of the monopo-
ly. The leaders of the Republican party in
this county have made this discovery, and
painfully realize that f they continue TO al
low their organ zation to be openly used for
the furherance Of the monopolsts inter
ests and designs, that the main body Of
their followers will desert them, join with
! The right, and lend helping band in dig
ging the grave in which the corpses of their
deceitful leaders shai. forever rest in the cold
embrace of political death. after the Sd of
next September. The grave yawns Seiore
them, and shudderingy they behold the un-
hallowed spot to which they must soon dis
gracefully be assigned. But one faint hope
is left, and on it they resolve, and to that they
will cling with the tenacity of a drowning
man to straw. That hope is to repudae
the past, lay aside their principle, disguise
if possible their true position, and fol the
meantime resort to policy. They seem to
say, GA strategcal policy may prolong our
life yet few short years, and calm an en-
ragged people from desperation against our
former acts" This is the true condition or
situation of the Republican party in this
county, and their anli-monopoly pretensions,
recently assumed by tie Aryats and aspir-
ing Republicans, is the policy adopted by
them, through which they hope TO triumph
over the true anti monopoly people of the
county, whose fight is based on principle
and principle alone. On one side it is a
fight fo.'freedom, eminating from the purest
motives of human nature; on the other side
it is a fight for! pelf and power, prompiec
by the basest desires hell can originate. On
one hand the fight is to plunge our country
into vile slavery and bind it with calling
chains Of tyranny, clnched by unprncipled
men. On the other hand the fight is to
avert such calamity and save our country
and people from eternal Disgrace, and from
everlasting ruin and misery. No man needs
to hesitate as to which is the right side, and
he who refuses to support it "stabs his coun-
try and dshonors his Creator" Let each
man investigate this matter and decide for
himself. To lay the truth before you is our
duty, and you are left TO resort to policy or
embrace honest principle.
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