Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-03
THE SAN FRANCISCO "BULLE-
TINS POST sIORTEil ATTACK
UPON THE CHARACTER OF
WILLIAM c. RAESTGN.

r-s', for last Monday evening, appears q
to.r column review OF the career Of the
late William C. Ralston, headed in full
face type, as follows:
The following article. reviewing the
politico- financial career Of the late VIM.
{. Ralstou during his residence III this
city, was written on Wednesday night
r: last week 1t was the intention to
publish it in last Saturdays Bttlletia.
The bank OF California, Unexpectedly to
-. failed Thursday, and Mr.. Ralston,
sti!l more unexpectedly, died Friday.
although believing beyond q doubt that
TIE information contained in this article
should be spread before the public in
time TO have its due influence on the ap-
preaching election, respect for that
which was good in the late Mr.. Raiston,
compelled Us to defer its publication
until after the funeral.
Citizens Of San Francisco, read your
history, Note the calaclities you have
escaped and the dangers that now
threaten you. Do your duty next
Wednesday. We have done orr duty.
Tie paper which contained the article
t.1s heade,! was hawkei about the
a:reeis Of san Francisco by loud voiced
-4eEsboys whose piercing tones disturbed
the silent sadness Of the mourners Of
Ike dead banker as they returned from
LIS burial.
Tie article itself is 4 resume OF the
5ss-iepeated charges made against Raj
SION by The Bulletin, and contains the
following charges and inuaudoes, namely:
That he seconded Captain Garrison in
attempts 10 cheat the city out OF certain
wa.er-iot property. and i'll manipulating
elections.
That lie was e lobbyist aud mauipu-
ia.or OF Legislatures and Supervisors.
Tia: he was interested in fraudulent
land grants.
That the measures for tie opening OF
New Montgomery street and the grading
II Eincon Hill, were schemes 10 plum
der the city.
TIA, he tried 10 burden the city with
ctcat debts for bis own advancement.
That lie was privy to the aInold-Slack
Diamond Swindle.
That he was trying. when tbs Bank
failed, to saddle an iuigUi;ous wafer
scheme Oh the city.
These a.e the outlines Of the principal
charges
Virtually the I.ezr-!a.s-rs c-l;..i,.iEs
these acc'.,.tiols> ana ,:.;.sl,;Je, Wa
f-rg Into the hearse as it returned IRON (;
L;-ryiiig the man thus attacked.
Now We axe aware OF the necessity to !!
tie student Of anatomy, Of the dissec.-
TX table. and of the value 10 the student !
IL comparative anatomy Of the reveal !
lions which come from viyisectiou; We !
recognize the fact that a 4an who las |
Leen dead for five minutes is as dead as |
tie Mgmmies Of Egypt; and we cannot !
deny that great emergencies sometimes /
demand great sacrifices. But the man !
Who for hire robs of its occupant loved |
oI-s grave; the uufeelipg demonstrator |
who dissects, by piecemeal, q living
Lare; the wretch who ;nu.ilates a corpse, !
and the chief magistrate WHO would
sanction, a. = military necessity what |
Je:teIson Davis sanctioned at Anderson
VILE and the other prisons OF the South,
tie presence Of si.ch as these makes one
shrink and start away. as from Il loa;h-
some, cruel thing.
Tie course OF the Bulletin, steady,
strong. uufaiteriI-,. even courace ous, as
= Is sCEpasses IL the measure and t feet
g. its relentless uneharity the repulsive-
LESS Ct the course taken upon her
self by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe when
size wrote the series Of magazine articles
styled Lady Byron indicated" Mrs.
Stowe yieldsd to a semi-momentary
temptation TO achieve Eotoriety 10y fill
ing the dead Byron's grave with the
litily flterings OF q CHASTITY and ucred-
5bIe scandal. The managers OF the Bal
'stir. hunge.ing with the appetite which
stimulates a genius for defamation, have
pursued lust such course as this which
prompted their horrid epilogue to the
Reverend Hemphiil's euiogy over the
body Of The dead banker, for nearly
twenty years. 1t has been their bust
ness since james King Of William died
and left his eviI-born paper in their