Year: 1866




MIR. EDITOR PLEASE accept my heart
warm thanks for printing my last letter. I
am the more thankful, because it is to YOU
that am to look for something in the shape
of reciprocation. I remember the time when
would not appeal to the CHRONICLE, 'or
any other man." for communion. In the
days I speak of. I could write to one and if
my letter was no longer than the old hook
nosed warriors famous letter to the Roman
Senate, 'reni, ridi vici," was sure of an
answer as long as the moral law. But this
one went off on a tangent and here am
with pewter ring false emblem), photo
graph Shadow of a false subject). goodly
number of letters, each one of which con-
tains at least dozen plighted vows, and-is
you do not know the rest, why, thank your
fortune for it.


In a former letter spoke of the demerits
of the Copperheads in this region; at present
I shall speak of their merits. With all their
faults. there is one thing about them ad-
mire; they are blessed with noble spirit of
toleration; for instance, Copperhead can
vote for person of doubtful gender and rice
rersa, particularly if they can look into the
future and see that by SO doing their action
will have any bearing upon county seat. 1
have never been able to find but one paral-
lei case to this species of liberation; 1 allude
to the Arabian maid in Lalla Rookh, where
the former appeals to the Fire Worshper to
flee to some distant land. The maids Ian
guage is by far the best, and I quote from
memory; by-the-way, I was but chunk of
a lad when 1 read the poem. She says:


ssWhere may weep our sins away,


kneeilng together night and day;


Thou, for my sake. at Allah's shrine


And |, at any Gods for thine -


Perhaps you Utilities" may say that these
are not parallel cases it would be reason
able to suppose that you would say that this
is religious toleraton on the part of the
maid; not so with the San Andreasians.-
Now my dear sir. I have been watching this
county seat business with the argus eve of
Jealous truth, and I find it is not only
stumbling block in the path of Union men,
but it is the S. AS tutelar god they wor-
ship it, they swear by it; nay, they perform
sacrifices to their false deity. I can assure
YOU this is not a creature of the imagination.
for at a time when secession was on the ramp
age, and treason stalked abroad, no matter
how firmly man may have stood by his
country, at the present time, if he seeks DO
litical preferment, and is so unfortunate as
to reside few miles from this would-be
county scat he is considered proper victim
for the sacrifice. 1 believe it is fixed prin-
ciple in law. that whatever is alleged must
be sustained by proof, and here it is. Our
present State Senator, Mr.. Hardy, was de-
nounced in San Andreas for no other reason
than because he resided at Copperopolis, and
was supported by residents of Mokelumne
Hill. The sterling qualities of the man were
of little account with these immaculate poll
ticians. But the people of the county thought
differently. and Mr.. Hardy was elected by
respectable majority. He mas served us in
stands fair. I can cite other cases, but 1
think this one sufficien. to convince you that
my assertion is correct. do not speak with
the tongue of an angel. neither do 1 speak
with the gift of prophecy, but I say this let
the magician come forth and wave his tails
manic wand over the heads of the San An
dreasians and proclaim to them that if they
will favor negro suffrage he will move the
county seat instanter, doubt not that the
copperheads will come forward and swear
by their tutelar god that they have always
been in favor of negro equality.


Permit me to state a little incident that
happened in that Every NICE place on the
Fourth of July, 1862 Were it in my power
to cothe the affair in the garb of humor,
would send it to Harper. However. must
content myself with my lot. and relate it in
my usual freside style; if not laughable, it
will illustrate the intellect, wisdom and pat
riotism of the cops. we poor Union men have
10 deal with. On the day aforesaid, the Hon.
W. T. Lewis read the Declaration of Inde-
pendence. 1 must do "Buck" Justice; he Is
a good reader Immediately after he COM 4
menced to read, gentleman, we will call
him Cop, said to me, ..who is that ar fellers"
"The Hon. W. T. Lewis" saidI. Il believe
he is abolitionist," said Cop. mo. sir,
Constitutional Democrat" quoth I. In due
time "Buck" read that passage which alludes
to king George, and says: "AbolishiEg
our most valuable laws" The word "aboi-
ishing." was enough for. Cop; he gave me
a punch in the side and said: THAT ar fel
Ter never saw the Constitution; he knows
nothin' about it; he is no democrat; no
democrat would read that id abolition
document" Shade of Monticello! where
is all the greatness that the civilized world
has heaped upon thee. Sac transit gloria
mundi.


To sum up. "every thing is quiet" on
Bunty's Gulch. Your fossil friend.


oLD Foax.