Year: 1867

Forest Hill Correspondence.


FoREsr HILL, May oh, 1867.


MEssks. EDIroRs:-I have never been q
subscriber to your paper, but on the other
hand 10 times past have been rather bitter
enemy to the HERALD and ito editors. You
must know am an old line Republican, and
it was natural should engeudsr such feel.
ipgs, because you fought us with such peril.
nacity. But have Of late been compelled
to admire your course, for notwithstanding
my aversion to your paper sometimes drop
into SCOTS" to read il. and have noticed
your course on the "Chiuess question:" and
your independence in regard to that monster
monopoly the Pacific Railroad, or rather
Stanford & Co. also admire and indorse
your course in standing by President John
son in trying to bring about perfect unity
among the States once more. sustain the
President 10 bis endeavors; as an old line
Republican believe be 10 carrying out true
Republican ideas. The "blood and thunder"
course Of Mr.. Stevens, Of Pennsylvania, l
cannot approve Of, neither can I approve Of
the position Of Mr.. Sslkirk, the editor Of the
Stars and Stripes-that we mus. favor negro
suffrage. SIR, this is abhorrent1to my man.
hood as a whito man, and will not subscribe
to it. The Republican party a. organized
under the leadership Of such men as Mr..
Seward and President Lincoln never intend
ed, and it was never contemplated it should
be SO demoralized.


have thought fit to say this much so
that you may truly understand my position.
am not Democrat and never have been,
but am free to say that circumstances seem
TO impel me to vote that ticket this year, for
l have become perfectly disgusted with my
former party friends, they appear 10 have
lost their reason and common sense.


The eager anxiety Of 50 many of them for
Office is scandalous. Almost every other
man in the party seems to be hungry to get
some public position by which be can live
without Iabor-it is a sort Of political disease,
which is dangerous to the good morals Of
community up this way,


notice an instance of this in John Yule.
When the Republican party was in its in
fancy it run him for the Legislature, and be
has been like blown up bladder ever since,
and be has proved himself in bis course more
like the appeudage to the mouth Of the afore.
said bladder than anything else be can be
compared to. After the adjournment OF the
last Legislature, in which he disgusted the
whole State, be buried himself somewhere
up about Last Chance. A short time since
however, be got to San Francisco, and bad
bis name announced in tho Times of that
city as a candidate for Congress Of this dis.
trct. The fool came back as far as Auburn
looking like young rooster just learning to
crow, aud more inflated than ever. Before
leaving for home he was sent for by self
constituted committee in session at Judge
Hale's Office, where lie found the Judge, Ex-
Sheriff Sexton, Mr.. Selkirk and my old friend
Judge Fellows. Yule was informed that bis
attempting to run for Congress would only
have a tendency 10 divide the Placer delega-
ton in the Stale Convention aud neither be
or Judge Hale could get State nomination,
and it was proposed that Yule withdraw for
Congress, and leave The 6eld clear for Hale,
and then they would give him their united
support for Sheriff, aud in order to make it
doubIy sure Yule was sent to waite upon
Sheriff Poole, with the modest request that
Poole should withdraw from the canvass in
favor Of Yule. The proposition was listened
to, when Poole replied mot muchy." This
disconnected YuIe and the Commitlee-how
they are TO arrange matters l have not
learned, ut know that Yuls passed through
here day or two afterwards, and looked to
me as If be bad bis comb cut" lie did not
appear to have as much "brass" about him
as usual. Mr.. Sexton was up here last woek
electoneering for Sheriff, 90 conclude
that the proposition to run Yule has been
dropped. II not, Sexton would now be the
candidate for Recorder 10 The place Of W. B.
Lyon. Sexton found but little comfort
in Forest Hill, for Mr.. Nef had been here
revously and got the ear Of the leading
men.


This slate making and packing the COM
vention before the people baue sent delegates
to it is disgusting, and many gentlemen that
could mention are not disposed TO accept
the dictaton without protest.


OLD LINE REPUBLICAN,.