Year: 1859

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it is too late to disprove the charges that are
made, the Express fairly teens with aceusa


tions against the personal honesty and veraci


ty of the more prominent Douglas candidates
for office in this county. 1t is too late to dis


prove these charges, aud those who make
them know it, before the election comes off
but the people may rest assured that they
will be disproved, after the election, and as
as soon after as the documents can be pro-
cured. If VIC mistake not, or have not been
misinforned the very men who make the
charges in The Express against that high
minded and honorable man, VIM, Singer,
have been his supporters in times past In this
State, when lie was running for office. If
he was such dishonest man as they pretend
to think he is, why did they support him
These things which they charge upon him
are alleged TO have have happened long be-
fore the period in which they gave him their
support. Why do they come out, nor, at
this late day, and denounce the man whom
they formerly sustained? 1t looks like per-
sonal malice. Something has probably hap
penud, of a personal nature, since those men
used their influence in favor of Judge Singer,
to disturb the good feeling which existed be.
tween them, and he who was very good
man then is non consummate rascal We
have no fears that the public will condemn a
man whom they have long and favorably
known as an upright and good citizen, smp.
ly because he cannot bring his witnesses to
disprove a charge which is withheld until the
very eve of an election. 1t is a mere eec-
tioneering trick, and the Express ought TO lie
ashamed to resort to il. But that sheet is
becoming desperate, in view oft approach
ing doom Of its rotten and corrupt party.


As to the charge against De Long, the affi
davits which are paraded amount 10 nothing
1t is charged that he stated that Col. Watkins,
in the flibusteriug times, asked him to ac-
company him to Sonora, and il successful,
they could eonfiscate property, pillage
churches, and thereby realize fortune much
sooner and easier than they coNl5 hy remain
ing in California" Mr. De Long denied this
charge in Writing to Col. Watkins, and we
would believe Charley in preference to his
vilifers at any time. But how do they 60
to work to prove that De Long did make this
remark By bringing afidavits ofnen who
say that they heard Miller say that De Long
said 80 and so. Why don't they get the aft.
davit Of Miller himself7 Because they are
afreid to- All there is about it is this: II
Miller has ever informed anybody that De
Long made such a statement to him, Miller
is simply mistaken, and wholly misunder-
stood De Long. Mr.. De Long would hardly
be silly enough to make such a statement,
when everybody who knows anything about
him, knows that he had no acquaintance Nth
Watkins at the time of the preparations for
the Sonora expedition and indeed he never
became acquainted with him until about
eight months ago. The Express talks about
the affidavils of these men, who report that
Miller told them that De Long told him, and
90 on convicting De Long "of stating a false.
hood" A decent paper ought TO be ashamed
of such language respecting an upright and
honorable man. The charge that De Long
ever made such statement is, we are au-
thorized to say, false, and furthermore It is
not likely that Miller ever said anything of
the kind. If he did, he said it under a vide
misapprehension of what was said to him.


As to those other INSCRIPTIONS charges
against Mr.. De Long, that gentleman has in.
formed us that he is pledged to no particular
man in the world for u S. Senator, and no
body ever heard him say for whom he would
vote for that Office. He has declared repeat
edly that he would never vote for any man
for U. S Senator who was not pledged to
the doctrine of Popular Sovereignty OF who
had ever sustained the LecomptOu fraud in
any shape or manner.


He desires MS to say, on his behalf, that
any man, whether the editor of the Express
or any informant who says that Mr.. Gree
ley was ever in his office, tells an unqualified
and unmitigated lie


So much for the trumpery of the Express.