The Placer herald., 1874-12-12
POLICY VS.. TRUTH.

As a last hope of gaining their lost ground
or at least of holding what is left, it has be
come The settled policy of the Republican
press to impress their readers with the idea
that defeat of the Republicans means the as
tendency of The Rebels. The idea is soab-
surd, as to hardly deserve our attention. j.
would do very well in war times to assert
That call who are not with us are against
u.s." but at this late day to tell the people
that al who are not with the Rernolicans,
are against the best interests of he country,
when it is universally known and accepted
that Tor ten years Republicans have been
sapping the very strength and honlr from the
government, il, as we said before so SUI
premely absurd as TO hardly deserve
thought. The tool of the railroad notorious
y run by ring dictaion, in this county, has,
following the cx mple Of its leaders, put in
its repeated assertions to this effect, and
only for the sake OF showing how badly it has
been whipped out do we mention the subject
In all matters pertaining to the county we
have exposed the tools lies, as well rs in
many other things The Mountain Demo-
crdt took upon itself The task Git was not
hard one) of exposing its lies on this sub
ect; and that it does it neatly and udis-
putably all will admit. This 10 what it snys.
"lhe Auburn Argus of November 7lh, at
tempted to create a prejudice in certain
quarters against the Democratic party. hN
alleging that ''ihe rebels Of the South have
majorily of the Democrats in the present
Congress and can very nearly count on
majority of the House in the next one la
our issue OF the 14ih instant, giving tie
actual representation from the late Confed-
crate States, we unanswershlv showed that
this was gIarnsy false, as to both branches
OF the proposition. But the Irqus of the
Dist insists on chasing Kentucky Mary land
and Missouri in its list of "rebel'' States H.
lugubrious lachrymose strain, the editor
There is where the Democrat is wrong.
Instead of saying the editor it should be the
man who writes, while some one or more OF
the editors (ring) dictate. --Ep HERALD says
he has "trudged too many weary miles with
a musket on his shoulder, has seen their soil
crnk to much loyal blood, and haa met tlieil
hostile regiments in battle too often not to
know their status, and adds that they were
"kept in the Union 10y Federal bayonels.
Against this grmy veterans "trudgings.
and "musket- toting' and marvellous sights
IN the "blood drinking line, we submit
few scraps of indisputsble history.
On the 4h OF May, 1861, there was an
election in Kentucky Tor delegates to the Bor
der States Convent on. Union delegate
were elected, receiving 9S, ,56l votes. The
total vote of the State at the Presidential
election, the previous November, was l46.
ZIG. Here, when sectional feeling was Al
fever heat, we have more than II two-thrdS
Union majority in Kentucky. On the 30lh
day of June following their was an election
Tor Representatives to the extra session OF
Congress which had been called 10y Presiden
Lincoln. In every district exccp, the FIRST,
Union Representatives were elected, he
total vote for Union candidates was 92 AGO,
against 81 200 for the States Rights candl-
dates. On the 11h of September of the
same year, by vote of SO to 2G in the
House aud 25 to 8 in tie Senate, the Lcgis-
Ialure requested and directed Go,erno, Ma
Coffin to ''miorm those concerned that Ken
lucky expects the Confederate or Tennessee,
troops TO be Withdrawn from her soil uhcon-
ditionaly." On the 18th Of the same mouth
resolutions were adopted, requesting Major
Anderson, of Sum ter fame, to organize ii
volunteer force and eXpel the invading Con
federaies. On the 9th OF November fol-
lowing the Legislature ,ssed series of res
oluIions from which we make these extracts: :
Kentucky has ever cherished and adhered
to the Federal Union, and she will cling to il
now, in this time of its EXTREMIST peril with
unfalterins DEVOTION" "And she
calls upon her heroic sons TO rally around the
standard of their country, and pat forth The
whole energies of the Commonw eallh till the
rebellion shall be overthrown and the juS
supremacy of the National Government si,all
be restored and maintained everywhere with
in its limits. The Register for 1868 shows
that the total enrolment of men tit for mill
tary duty was 119, 577 OF this number
81 ,444 had catered the Federal service for
three years, IL ,915 for one year, Alb toi
nine months aud 40 for 60 days-an az
gregate of 81 ,53S, almost one-ialf of those
between the military ages. From the he
ginning Of the war to Nov. 30ih, 1868,
Kentucky had advanced to the United States.
IN recruiting, arming and supporting volun-
'eers, the sum of S2,196,6l1. Her pro-
portion of the taxes levied by the Federal
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