Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-02-21
THE SONG OF A CIEICKAnEE.

/ 1t claims 10 serve, and then to abuse
that confidence for a succession of years.
But, although constant misrepresenta-
ton as a means of retaining the influence
once honorably acquired may succeed
for awhile, a day of reckoning is sure
to come sooner or later, it cannot be put
off forever. 1t will be found far better
/ to deal with things as we find them, lay
| ing aside the prejudices we happen to en-
/ tertain against the source whence they
originate, than TO establish a principle
/ that " n good can come out Of Nazar-
eth" and, taking that as q text, show a
factious opposition which betrays upon
its face that It has its origin in blind hat
red and prejudice against every act and
every principle which emanates from
certain quarters. Yet this is precisely
the plan upon which the proprietors of
! the Sacramento Union work, and, while
claiming for themselves and their CO.
workers uaexampled honesty; strive to
asperse the motives and malign the acts
of any public journal, or public man,
who dares to hold views upon matters Of
public policy which conflict with their
own.
In Wednesdays issue of the Union ap-
pears an article entitled "Opinion Con-
! frmed," in which the TRINITY Journal
and several of its cotemporaries are as
/ sailed in the style Of rbald abuse with
which that journal daily fills its editorial
columns. We do not propose to answer
that article, for there is really nothing to
answer. The editorials Of the Union
never rise to the dignity of argument,
and when they attempt a recitation of
facts, they are so colored with faIsehood
and misrepresentation that the candid
searcher for truth turns from its pages
with loathing and contempt. Take for
instance these extracts from the article in
question The Union has charged that
Sargent's mineral land bill, before it was
amended by Luttrell, was in the interest
Of the Central Pacific Railway monop-
Oly," '' Yesterdays Record, in the re-
production Of articles on the subject from
the TRINITY JOURNAL, CalaUeras
( Chronicle, AnladOT Ledger and Oakland
TranScript-each and all the very thralls
Of Stanford & Co., did more to explain
tor whose interest this bill was introduce
ed than the Union hes ever done. .
So? Then you charged the bill as being
introduced in the interest of the Central
Pacific without knowing such to be the
case, and then waited to see ou" views,
and find out whether you had lied, as us
ual, or blundered on the truth And the
extracts we have quoted contain a delb-
crate falsehood. The article of the JOUR-
NAL republished in last Mondays Rec
ord, did not make the most remote alus-
ion to either Senator Sargent or the Min
eral Land Bill. Furthermore, our article
speaking Of the two mineral land bills be-
fore Congress-Ward's and Sargent's
was never republished in the Record. so
much for the UHioH's little allegory.-
The simple facts Of the matter are
briefly these: The TRINITY JOURNAL,
the Amador Led9er, and the C0iuUeyds
Chronicte are old established and leading
papers, located in the heart Of large min
ing di stricts they believe Mr.. Sargent's
! bill will inure to the benefit Of those from
whom they derive their patronage and
support. For that reason they favor the
measure. The Union opposes it because
it was introduced by Senator Sargent
But the Union will find that its inAu-
ence is not all potent in this instaEce.-
Even the Dolly Warden Assembly which
on every other occasion has covered at
the crack Of its masters whip, hesitates
to pass a resolution condemning this
measure.
Take another illustration of the man
ner in which this journal Of purity has
sought to blacken the character and un-
dermine the influence of one of our Sena-
tors, who has the misiortunde 20 regard
his duty to the people and his oath of Of
flee as OF greater importance than the
smiles ofAnthony and Seabough. Readers
in the Sacramento Union will remember
a series of resolutions adopted by miners
meeting at Elko, Nevada, strongly CON
demning Senator Sargent, which were
sent TO that journal and several others
for publication. The "honest miners" of
Elko got hold of Wards Mineral Land
Bill, (of which we made synopsis two
weeks ago., supposed it to be the one in
troduood by Mr.. Sargent, and under this
misapprehension called meeting, passed
the resolutions and burned Mr.. Sargent
in ehigy. The resolutions were published
in the UntOn as requested, and in speak
ing Of them editorially, that journal re-
marked that the resolutions were "not
at all complimentary, and the last one
rather pungent." The miners were hon
est enough in their condemnation, but
the nion," which should and does
know tho facts Of the case, readily gave
the use Of its columns to asperse Mr. Sar.
gent and refuses to make the reparation
which an honorable journal would hasten
to do.
An honest journalist will canvass the
merits of measure in just and impair
tial manner, no matter with whom it
originates. This has been the aim of the
JOURNAL, and in pursuing it, the jour
NAL is neither the organ Of any set of
men nor the organ of any mans venom
and spleen. We have opposed the exist
ing unhealthy feeling in reference to
railroad matters not because we are OPP
posed TO restrictive railroad legislation,
but because we foresaw that if public