Year: 1873

If the Argus thinks there is any stock to
be made in trying to cast made up slurs on
the Independent Peoples Convention, held
here one week ago last Monday, we hope it
will continue TO do SO. IF it had horse sense
it would know that convention was COM
posed Of men from all parts of the county,
who are much more reliable at home than
the A'gus, and who, of course, will tell the
truth, which will coudemn the Argus as
liar The truth is, the argus is badly
scared; it begins to realize that its anti
mopopolyism Of few months standing is
"too thin"-too new. The people with one
voice cry out, "None but the honest, tried
and true" and they mean it. The Arqus
knows it's not honest; its timonopo yism
has not been tried, and as for being true, it
possesses the very opposite elements by ma
ture. These are facts which frghten the
Argus ring, rairoaders, and well they may


They turn pale and tremble for their safety,
but we wonder not at that, for the voice
comes to us from every part of the county
that their doom is scaled. The deliberate
and wise actions ofthe Independent conven-
ton was the hand writing on the wall,
which, when they 10 oked upon, they trem-
bled. They have been as diligent as
old Belshazzar in seeking an Interpretation
of this writing; they have sent out to all the
people to enquire into the meaning of this
strange action Of men of all parties meeting
for common purpose, and not from Daniel,
but from the whole people, undefled, comes
the Interpretation which tells Them that their
days are numbered They have been
weighed in the balance and found wanting
The Medes (good people) are at their gates,
the Persians Independent candidates) are to
take their throne. The temples of crime
and debauche:y will be leveled to the ground
and they must perish in the ruins. The
tyrant shall perish, and Babylon shall be
ruled by mild voice and easy hand.


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In THE MOUNTAINS AND ON THE PLAINS. -
The Independent camp fires burn brightly
all over the county. From letters and pri-
vate sources the news comes to us from
every quarter, that the people in every sec
ton of the county express unbounded joy
at the ticket presented by the Independent
convention. They say there is no man on
that the people distrust, and there is no
man on the ring ticket but what they do
distrust. A business letter from Gold Run
says: "In regard TO the Independent ticket
| must tell you that the people up here ap-
pear to be universally pleased with it, and
its road to victory is an easy one." Anothe,
from Forest Hill says: "The Independents
have it all their own way on this divide, and
already feel the accursed nightmare of ring
and rairoadism sliding from their weary
shoulders. From the Southern end of the
county comes the news that "the unshackled
voters will 60 for the Independent ticket to
man." From Western Placer we are told
some of the ticket will leave the precinct Of
Lincoln a hundred ahead, while the whole
Independent ticket will have heavy ma
jority, and thus the news comes from every
quarter. Keep the ball rolling boys; Placer
was first in the field with her address, has
the best ticket in the. State, and should
give the largest proportionate majority oi
any county in California