Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-18
4 WORD TO THE SOUTHERN PRESS,

4 WORD TO THE sGUIHEhH PREse'
We do not know that within the same
compass we have ever seen printed more
error, not to say lying, than in the follow
ing extract from the Santa Barbara hide
pei,ieat. 1t says;
Southern climes have always greater charms
than iuclemeut regions OF the north and sunny
rooms. which ure 20 much sought alter IN san
Francisco and other northern towns, are found
everywhere in the south, ard IN no case are they
rare People naturally love the sun rs do the
flowers and the agreeable warmth OF the south
eTn atmosphere stays during those months thal
in Sacramento. and the northern counties, men
and women are clad in fuTS and nutiers. Lie
Is long aud easy in the south and when a man
divs he does not draw up his toes ana ask Tor
more blankets rs he does ia the north. IL IS
also a well-known fact that where mailkluu are
healthy an A luxurious climate, such as the
southern EQUITIES have, that the produce OF the
soil also thriveS and is most pTCducLlNe, es-
peciaily such kinds as require GENIAL warmth;
and hose are the kinds raised IN the South. All
semi-tropicRl fruits, and many tIoplcal proauc-
iious, grow here in the very greatest peTe ction
while in the north the heavens forbid their de-
Telopment.
There is attempted adroitness in the
foregoing. No particular "north" IS men
toned, and it might be said, in response to
rebuke, that Kamstchatka was meant. But
the central and northern sections of lnte-
rior California are clearly intended. The
suggestion that later on in the extract
ripens into the assertion that this section
OF the State is not visited by the warm rays
Of the sun, is purposeful and vicious mis-
representation on the part of our contem-
porary that excites more than our surprise,
The bald falsehood that people Of this
eauable cline are clad of necessity in furs,
while those of the far south bathe i'll hot
suubeams, is Justification that viii bear no
other Interpretation than. that it is willful,
premeditated and malicious. When the
Independent tells the public of the East
for whose perusal the article was evidently
intended-that in this section the heav-
ems forbid" the development of all semi
tropical fruits, it is guilty of an ofiense
deserving of condemnation in terms too
strong for decent print.
Why is it deemed necessary to " boom "
southern California by attempts to belittle
other sections Of our common heritage? Is
it not enough to dwell upon the truth and
state the advantages Of ones own region ?
There is a popular drama in which the
heroine, who IS needy and suffering. is Of
tered a position Of trust and comfort that
another enjoys, She turns to those who
propose to invest her with that she 50
sadly needs, and asks if the incumbent Of
the place Is to be removed in order to give
her the position, and adds, " If So | viii
,tarye before ] will take it. will never
rise by stepping upon others" And this
bit Of honest sentiment invariably brings
down the house" with long and repeated |
plaudits. The public heart is right-let |
our contemporary rest assured of that-it |
will not approve any vulgar, contemplate
means employed to advance the interests Of
any section of the State. 1t will applaud |
those who re- use to rise upon the necks of
others, and condemn their method. 1t is sure |
to know the truth in time; certain to pun
ish those who pervert it and misrepresent |
facts.
There is nothing to be gained by falsi-
cation. A lie to be at all effective must |
he well told, and so well hedgcd about as
10 give it the semblance of truth. Our
contemporaries of the south, how
ever, lie blunderingly when they
employ such means, for instance, as those
adopted by the Independent to advance
local interests and do their sections
grieyous and lasting injury, and those
they aSsail but temporary i'll. If any of
the press of northern and central Cali
fornia adopt similar methods, the same
Judgment must be applied to them. So
far as we have observed, very rarely, in
deed, has there been any effort made in
the north to miSrepresent the favored
south The advantages Of central and
northern sections are, as rule, fairly and
modestly advanced, and the attempt is not
made to bolster them by comparisons
damaging to the south There have been
some acrimonious retorts TO southern
libels that have, perhaps, tended to the
employment of such methods as are here
But they have been replies,
and the northern press never, we believe,
has assumed the affirmative in this vulgar |
and unmanly style of debate, except !
in the case of a few obscure and
unrepresentative sheets. The sooner
the southern press ceases its libels on the
north. the better for it and the country it
pretends to represent.
1t is not long since we were called upon |
TO record the fact that one of the leading
journals of the south was publishing Tor
Eastern circulation such unreliable and |
transparent lies as these: That in
northern California the ground freezes to
the depth of foot or two. That snow |
and ice break down the trees, and prevent
any permanent orchard growth. That |