Year: 1867

" supt. Pub. Instruction...........JOHNS SWEET.
" County Judge..-......-......--.-JAMEsB BARCLAY.


We PROTEST against the practice that pro-
fessedly party papers are getting into of
hoisting mems names as candidates for Office
before they receive nomination. What
right has journal which pretends to be the
organ OF party, got to place anyones name
at the head of its columns. as a candidate for
position, until he is endorsed by the party
for which it Processes to speak: None what
ever; and the moment paper does anything
of the kind, it should be ruled out of the or
ganization. Mischief enough has already been
done in that manner, and it should be STOP
ped. A paper that has not editorial brains
enough to advocate persons claims to and
qualifications for an Office, without hosting
his name as a candidate for the position,
should never be digniied with party appel
lation. How in the world did the idea ever
get abroad that Bidwell was the "choice of
the people for Governor? Who that knows
anything about his ability and record as
public man. believes that the people cared
any more about General Bidwell than they
do about General Freddy Washington or
the Emperor Norton The truth of the mat
ter is just this: Some twenty-five or thirty
cow county and chaparral newspapers. with
more zeal than sense, afraid that they would
not be considered leaders of public sentiment,
hoisted Bidwell's name early in the Spring.
Now, the idea that, because paper places a
mans name at the head of its columns as a
candidate for any position, it necessarily fol-
lows that he is the "choice of the people of
that county, is too absurd proposition to
be entertained for moment; and yet, when
Bidwell was defeated, the "independent
press" shrieked and howled like hyenas.
The twill of the people" had been thwarted
''thirty newspapers y had endorsed him and
consequently he must have been the "first
choice of the people," The influence of the
press upon the people. before the Convention,
was to educate them in the belief that Bid
well would be the nominee; and as he did
not receive the nomination, many we're easily
induced to believe that he had been swim
died out of it, and the defeat of the Union
party in this State was the result. Not sat
isfed with the injury they have already in
ficted, these smart Alexis of the press are
pursuing the same course in relation to can
didates for the Presidency. They are hoist
ing Grants and Sherman's names, and doing
their utmost to induce people to believe that
one of those gentlemen is bound to be the
nominee of the Union party. If it happens
that both of them are beaten in Convention,
or will not allow their names to 60 before it,
the cry will be raised that the "choice of the
people" has not been regarded, and Grant or
Sherman ''swindled" out of the nomination.
All that will be necessary then to secure the
defeat of the nominee of the Union party will
be for Democratic papers and one or two
mercenary sheets, called the :'independent
press" to insist that some one else was the
"choice of the people, and there will be
plenty of shallow-pated patriots" men who
wrap themselves up in Sacramento Union
for protection during a thunder storm, to
assist in electing the Copperhead candidate.


HoME.-What tender, thrilling reminiscent
ces come crowding in upon ones memory as
the scenes of long ago pass before the men,
tai vision. Home Dear, delightful spot
what magic there is in that simple word
home How the lasting aesattssGGtlons affection of the
heart-those when time can never eface-
hhser aETund the recollection of that hal
lowed place. 1t matters not how humble it
may have been no difference whether the
years which have rolled their cycles between
the halcyon days of childhood and the pres
ent, have brought the wanderer wealth and
honor, or have been fraught with poverty
and disgrace; like the dove sent forth by
Noah, which, finding no place to rest her
weary feet, returned to the ark, so the
thoughts of the homeless revert to the happy
days when they knew no want, no care, nc
sorrow, and the future was bright with hope
and joyous anticipations. Home! How
the heart melts and the eyes moisten at the
tHOuSul' hoOkllS DUCK through the Qln
glimmering yistas of the past. as lifes varied
changes pass like a panorama before the
minds eye, no recollection affords such sweet
consolation for the ills of the present and the
darkness of the future, as the memory of q
fathers care, mothers love and the affec-
tionate regard of brothers and sisters. There
is something elevating, refining and enno-
bling in the reflection, although it may bring
sad memories home to the heart. Who tina,
has stood by the side of mothers grave,
and listened. in speechless woe, to the clods
falling upon her coffin, can forget her early
teachings when memory recalls the scene
None. The recollections of childhood have
been the good angels which have restrained
many man from dissipation and crime
Nothing earthly can atone for the loss Of
home affections I; yet how many there are in
California who have no homes. Look al
them. Without that restraining influence
which home exerts, with none to advise
except to do evil, in pursuit of that phantom
pleasure. they plunge into every species o.
vice and dissipation. Slowly but surely the
current carries them round and round, grad.
ually nearing the vortex of the malstrom
until at last unwept and uncared for, steep.
ed to the lips in crime and degradation, they
sink into what is many young Californian
only home-the grave.