The Placer herald., 1873-02-08


chasing each other down the hill pell-mell.
He looked in his wagon-nary an apple
looked at the boys, who had gathered around
to hear him swear, all in broad grin-put
his hands on bis hips and looked again at
the apples going down the hill, and swelling
ready to burst, he stood fixed for moment
and then said: Boys, you can go; amt
going to swear. | can't do justice to the
subject" We have watched the slaughter OF
our people in civil strife, the debauchery or
retirement of our public men, the revelry of
rascals in high places, the robbery of our
National revenr es of more than half the re-
ccpts, the contracting of immense and crush
ing National and State debts, the squander-
ing and monopolizing of our public domain,
leaving emigrants and our children with moth
ing staring them in the face but pconage or
tenantry, the National Congress lobbied by
harois and thieves and apologized for by
Pharisees and hypocrites, while general pow
eriy and despair gradually creep over the
masses, and the mountains of corruptions Of
Congress, the Cabinet, army, navy, and all
others in power have become so immense in
fraud and money filth that they are mring
in their own sins and falling to pieces as a
compost heap does in time, while we stand,
is the old man did, and say we cannot do
Justice to the cause. No man can do justice
to it; the guiotine the headman's axe and tie
hangman rope are all short and impotent
to do justice to these vie creatures now in
power in the United States, and God only
c,n pronounce the merited judgment, and the
devil execute it. There is now no longer in
Government, honest men enough to expose
the wicked The Credit Mobilier commit
tees have been scar flying lightly the skunk
Cong but the knife has not yet pune
tured the stink bag, which when cleft will
ill the atmosphere Of America with nausea
and political stencil never cqutled since God
destroyed the antdeuvian world. We can
rot picture the thirty odd millions of Labor
ing peop'e in the United States who are slav-
ing, oiling, saving and suffering for warmth
ood, rliment and rest that these hundreds
of thousands of Federal thieves may
fatten and rcye in crime and wealth; that
these Blains, Wilson's, Colf,xes, Brookscs,
Gardelds, Kellys, Pomeroys, Ameses, Por
ters, Mortons, and, nearer home, Stanfords,
Gorhams, Cars and the myriad of others
may tyrannize over and plunder the toing
masses at will. No human hand can por-
tray it though human brain cin mentally see
it. Under the Credit Mobilier and Contract
and finance companies great crimes have been
committed against ;he Government and peo-
pie, and yet Republican Congressman voted
he money and bonds, and these companies
only stole them and divided with the Con-
5ressmcn. They only robbed the people in
his matter Of about hundred million dol
lars. 1t is small when we know, and the
world ought to know, that these same crea-
lures and their coufcderates, since the 4th OF
March, 1851, have robbed the people Of the
United States of three thous nd million do
Idrs, murdered five hundred thousand
men and sent millions of widows and orphans
into sorrowng, mourning, bleak poverty
md despair. You may go reader; We are
not going to swear; we can't do justice TO the
subject. There must be hell, else God is
not just.