Year: 1875

Some evil genius seems to direct his

 pen in this whole matter, for he has

 brought MT. E. Ochoa's name into the

 controversy in an entirely new attitude,

 and one that very much displeases

 that gentleman, and he authorizes us 1 to say as much. He is a business man

 and no politician. He is not candi-

 date for Congress and never will be.

 MT. OchOa says we cannot state this

 position of his in too strong terms.

 The Chief Justices allusions to him,

 are construed either as fiattery, like

 that bestowed upon Mr. Butler of The

 Miner, or as showing Mir. Ochoa to be a

 demagogue seeking popularity among all denominations and parties Mr

 Ochoa, by reason of his well known

 integrity, industry, independence and common sense, has been called upon

 to fill various public positions, but

 they all affected, to d very large degree,

 only his own locality. He feels that a tcitizen ought in local affairs to yield to

 the proper wishes ofhis fellow-citizens.

 But the mention of his name in con

 nection with that of Delegate to Con

 gress, is repugnant to him. He will accept no position that will for any

 considerable length of time, take him

 beyond personal care of his business.

 He wants this distinctly understood.

 Regarding his action affecting the

 Church and schools, he emphatically

 declares himself an independent man.

 He believes public and private schools

 are necessaTy-nCt convenient only but

 essentially necessary-and hence his

 support of them. The details of his

 interview with Us, we do not care to

 give, and believe we have not gone be- yond what he authorized us todo. He

 insists that the handling of his name

 as an aspirant for office, is very ofIen-

 sive to him, and those who are his true friends will act accordingly. He

 accepts local offices the people want

 him to, and the duties of them can be performed without material interfer-

 ence with his private business. Being

 large taxpayer, he necessarily is in

 terested in all affairs affecting the pros perity of his locality. Probably when Judge Dunne contributes as much of his time and as much of his money to public affairs, including churches and educational institutions, as Mr. Ochoa has, he will rightly understand the ac- tiOns of such man.

 Judge Dunne writes about anger and bad feeling in discussion. His writings show the anger of bigotry, the threatenings of a revolutionist, and the bufoonery of the man with cap and bells. This is the judgment passed upon them. His references to attempts at his removal from office, are merely the creations of his own mind, if he in any manner intends them to apply to his " old friends" The less h8 says about 4uid pro quo, also the better for his reputation. As long as Judge Dunne acts the part of an impartial judge, we will not join in asking for hls removal He knows us too well to believe that we take any mean advantages. If he wants to know why his communications are ex- cluded from THE CITIZEN, that sub ject will be made so plain that neith- CT himself nor this community will have any doubt upon 1t; and it will also appear that the cause is not be- cause he is Catholic nor even because he is now opposed to the American system of popular education-or if it 1 would please him better, opposed to the common school system of this na- ton, by which he was educated while a youth without grinding much Cathol- icism out of him.

 No, Judge, you will not be made a martyr of with our consent. No un- worthy advantage will be taken of you. to your past and present public record, will we treat you when we do at all. And just III proportion as you attempt to make the public be- lieve you are opposed because you are a Catholic, will we feel it to be our public duty to show you up in an en- deavor to make an untrue issue and , bring on religious or sectarian strife a business you will worry over many q day before you lead us into. He knows we are not welded to this or that Church or religious sect; that we get no inspiration from any, and if he don't know man can be just as good . and useful citizen, and just as fair and upright in all relations of life, without any sectarian inspiration CT sectarian incentives to action, an important les son is unlearned by him.

 MIR R. c. KERENs, of Kerens & Nit chell, proprietors of the Southern Overland stages, arrived with his fam fly from the East yesterday, and will | make San Diego his resi- dence. MT. Kerens was in Washington during the session of Congress last and was an earnest worker among his friends from the Southern States in behalf on the Texas and Paci- fic Railway He was, it will be re- Secretary of the Chattanoo- ga convention, which took such