Year: 1865

| Union organization !; but we hoped in vain
| The love of Office has caused the dismember.


ment of the Union party in nearly every


county in the State, and two tickets. both
Union, are now before the people The
Peoples ticket, now before the citizens of
| Tehama county. is composed of honest and
| trustworthy n.-Iadependent, July 9th.
just such bosh trash and assertion without


reason it is that the "Organ' is trying to
cram down the throats Of common sense


men. as justification for the course it has


taken in the present campaign. Now we
/ say that if the Independent had remained
consistent with the following. in its issue of
June 29th, there would have been no bo!ter's


ticket In its issue of that date it says:
! THE PRIMARIEs-0n Saturday next the
people will assemble at the different polling
! booths in the county, to ballot for delegates
! to the County Convention To prevent any
s1uabble and disagreement, the Central
Committee have plainly and distinctly an
nounced, in their cali; that the election of
delegates shall take place at the polling
booths in each precinct, and that the polls
must be kept open from two until four O'Clock


P NJ on Saturday the first day of July. If
these instructions are properly carried out.
/ there will be nc trouble il organizing the
/ Convention.


| The candidates are numeroas, and are
Jealous and persistent in their endeavors TO
/ fix up the election Of delegates favorable to
themselves Each of them would like to pack
the Convention to suit himself; but we trust
that the people will see to it, that the honest
and trustworthy only shall have the honor of
representing the people in convention. As
We said before, it is of the utmost Importance
that the Union primaries be we'll attended
and a aiadicial choice made of delegates to the
County Convention, The way that matters
now stand, nomination by the Union party
will be equivalent to an election, so that the
real contest will be decided at the primaries.
We should not lose sight of the fact that the
delegates are to express the choice of ma
.iority Of the people, and not their own in
dividual preferences. That some will be
disappointed and feel sore. we have not the
least doubt; but disappointment is to be ex-
peeted where the candidates are so numerous
and of good material. We have refrained
from saying anything in regard to the differ
ent candidates, for the reason that we believe
the intelligence and honesty of purpose of
the delegates will be equal to our own. 1t
is not the mere say-so of newspaper that
makes the candidate fit for the Office The
delegates should examine the announcement
column of candidates, or by some means find
out who they are, and inquire into their
qualifications, just as strictly as if about to
employ the individual themselves in some
responsible capacity


Union men who will endeavor to create
i'll feeling because their favorites were not
elected delegates, ought to be exposed and
frowned down as enemies of the party. Men
lose themselves by too much oficious inter
medling. The excitement of the race for
Office has so deadened the sense of propriety
in some of the candidates that their mpor
tunities have become almost nuisance. To
Che people, then, we would say, in every
precinct, let the selection be the best that
can be made-let the delegates 90 to the
Convention unpledged, but firm in the re-
solve to put the best man in Office


We give the Organ" the benefit of the
reproduction Of its article of that date, be-
cause then it was talking sincerely, it meant
what it said, and talked sense, and we be,
speak for the extract careful perusal. In
contrast how painful it is to read the columns
of that paper since the invention Does
any one believe that the boilers would have
made a nomination if they had not had a
ready tool, in the form of the Independent,
to act as their organ and grind out the worse
than hanl-organ music to tickle the ears Of
the unwary-the unthinking- are some
times deluded into the belief that where there
is much smoke there must be some fire. The
Organ" grinds..out '' fraud, )" undue infu-
ence, u '' whisky" &c.. says it, too, in
manner to justify one in believing the asser-
ton must have some base. else tie impu-
denee and insincerity of the writer is limit
less.


In this fl ght the :" Organ" has no capital
but its impudence and reckless disregard of
truth. No blush mantes the cheek of its
editor when it pronounces false, what for
four years it has maintained to be true
Like mad bull, he shuts his eyes and goes
in. n his efforts to make assertion answer
the purpose of fact and logic, he recklessly
throws ink and asserts everything In his
wildaess be coutradicts himself half dozen
times in ten line paragraph. but no mat
ter, he still bucks. nor seemingly cares where
where he may alight. Poor thing lit is mad
Just as mad as it can be-and fortunately
Just as powerless for evil as pismire in the
same fix.


We know what's the matter. and right
here we are going to tell It. Prior to the
primary election the Organ" had slate
In its power to carry that slate there was no
doubt in the mind of the happy editor His
subs. his admirers his believers in the poten-
cy of the pen were around him. and they too
believed. 1t is safe to say that the article
we have quoted and which was given to the
public on the Doth of Jnne, was the joint
production of the editor and Of the g head,
tail. and body" of the Union party in that
town, and when perfected was put forth to
quiet any who might dare to rebel against
power so august. Their slate was going to be
carried-none so bold as to doubt that-aud
the foregoing from the Organ was neces-
sary to whip in any who might have the
temerty to say, q don't like it." But alas
for the Independent and those who have faith
IN the wrong doer. :. the best laid schemes
of men and mice aft gang agleeI"


A FUNNY FELLow.-The Independent, by
his Grapevine, says The COURIER of
Itself has been sickly, sickening institution
for some time past Whenever the Inde.
pendent publishes fact, we with pleasure