Year: 1872

rated snake it strikes wildly in all direc-
tions. The "Union " knows of no
monopoly on this Coast save the Central
Pacific ; that is to say, it is on good terms
with all the others. 1t hardly attempts
to disguise the opinion that it is able to
cram down the throats of the people any
statement, no matter how false and alb
surd upon its face. 1t is common thing
for egotistical people to "reckon with
out their host" The campaign of 1867,
over which the Union" glorifes so
much, ought to have led that paper to
different conclusion. The so-called In
dependent Press aimed to beat Gorham
and Parks and elect the rest Of the Re-
publican nominees. They beat Gorham,
but only by overwhelming the whole
ticket in one common defeat. In Octo-
Der, every nerve was trained to manifest
their influence but only to display how
powerless they were to undo the mischief
they had done. The Union " has fire.
quently been called to account by coun-
try papers before now. The JOURNAL
has been content to say nothing, because
we don't obtrude any of our private quar-
rels upon the public through its columns.
The "Union " has much to say about
the arrogance and dictation of the Cen
trail Pacific. Its assertions may be true.
For some time the word of that sheet
went good ways with us. The Central
Pacific never attempted to dominate over
us or anybody here so far as we could
find out; but we thought the " Union
would not dare to deliberately misrepre-
sent facts to the intelligent inhabitants of
this section. We have watched, deliber-
ated and weighed things for long time,
but shall hesitate no longer to express our
honest opinion. In the matter of inten-
ton, the "Union" is guilty of all it
charges upon the Railroad. Its arrogance
and malignity have become insufferable
and must be met. The JOURNAL does
not propose to be railway organ or an
echo of the Sacramento "Union." We
have expressed our opinions freely on
railroad matters. We have cautioned
the public upon the subsidy question and
tried to do so fairly and sensibly. No
railroad organ" has seen fit to take
us to task. Among the overwhelming
majority of the newspapers of this State
the motto has been " Come let US reason
together" Not SO with the Union, :"
BULLETIN " and "Call." Leagued to-
gether, they propose to establish the most
odious monopoly possible. 1t is beyond
a doubt that these papers are united upon
the determination that the public man or
newspaper that does not say "ditto" to
everything asserted in those journals is
to be taboo" and denounced into in
significance. The JOURNAL, however,
will take all the chances and express its
mind freely. In these parts it's the I'm
ion " with whom we have to deal. That
paper would have its patrons believe its
utterances to be law and gospel. To ex-
emplify the pains taken in one Of its de-


partments we would mention that for the
luSL 6lRHItcIl ulOllbllS VI 81 WIG tAtldCbS
taken from the TRINITY JOURNAL were
half the time credited to the Shasta Jour-
nal or Yrekn Courier, while marriage
and death notices taken from our col
umns were located all over the Pacific
Coast. We have little doubt the same
thing has been noted by our country CO.
temporaies generally. SO much for its
pains in giving credit to local extracts.
Suppose we review its political honesty
1t is still fresh in the memory of the
reading public that prior to the Cincin-
natl Convention the political articles in the
"Union " were filed with nsidious, indi-
rect and cowardly attacks upon President
Grant. Its sailing master had all its sails
trimmed to catch the expected popular
breeze from Cincinnati. But perceiving
that the current of feeling in favor OF
Grant was too strong to combat, the "Un-
ion " suddenly veers and tacking about
hastens to join the Grant and Wilson
squadron. Letting this pass, what next {?
One of the principal objections the Il" I'm
ion has to the election Of Greeley is and
has been as its readers well know that
this would involve the election of Dem
ocratic Congress. The Union" thinks
that the good of the country demands
that this should not happen. Yet after
contending for this with all its might, what
are we to think when we find the I'm
ion laboring to elect every Democratic
candidate for Congress in this State. Sure
ly there is something rotten in Den
mark" The "Union" in urging the claims
of Coggins says that he is Republican and
Republicans need not be afraid of him.
In previous breath speaking Of Greeley
it says that Greeley's Republicanism
amounts to nothing, that, as it will be
Democrats who elect him, it will be
Democrats who will control him. 1t is a
poor rule that won't work both ways, and if
Democrats elect Coggns, why won't they
control him. The truth of the matter is
that the Union" occupies at the present
time the most absurd, inconsistent posi-
tion n'possible. Democrats may claim that
paper if they wish to, we have no objec-
ton. In fact we believe such claim to
be the most reasonable. The "Union "
pretends to be a Republican paper. In
reality it is mercerary traitor in the
Republican camp.


Too BAD.-Greeley's canvass in Maine
must have had terrible effect upon the
election held there on Manday last, as