Year: 1871

did. 1t the latter, he is certainly incom-


petent to fill the position he occupies.


But his Excellency says he did wrong and


is sorry for it. He says this with sad


brow and downcast look-with christian


humility which would be truly commend
able if he did not, like little Oliver, hand
up his plate for more or in other words,
ask to be paid for it by another nomir a.
tion. The church is always open to re.


pentant sinners, but it is not exf ,cted that
they will oficiate at the sanctaary until
they have proven by their works that their
repentance is sincere. Who has ever


heard of a criminal being pardoned, even,


much less rewarded, merely because he
said he had done wrong and would do so
no moreY What confidence is to be placed
in the repentance of politician? 1t was
politician who said Language was given
to man for the purpose of concealing his
ideas," and his Fxcellency is politician.
By his deeds shall you know him. He
has strained at gDat and swallowed a
camel" He has, glutton-like, eaten twen-
ty large sized loaves and had his appetite
stalled by two little fishes. We charge
upon this renegade Republican that he has
seized the noble Ship of State and trans
formed it into long, low, black, rakish
looking schooner; that he is captain of
this vessel and has been sailing her in
muddy waters with the black flag of "un-
limited subsidies 10 roi1roads' at the
mast head. We charge that under this
flag he has gone forth as the friend and
the striker for monopolists, and that he
has waged relentless war upon the indus
try of the country. We have already
shown that his cruising in behalf of the
railroads was eminently successful. For
long period there was heard throughout
the State only the low murmurings of the
oppressed; but, by and by, the indignant
shouts and denunciations of an outraged
people was borne to bis shrinking ear on
every breeze. His crew had nutinied,
and as there was scarcely anything left
which was worth stealing, it was import
ant that he should save the plunder al
ready obtained. Down came the black
banner and up went the pure ,l,ite aag of
peace, with this bea ,tiful motto inscribed
on its folds: "Anti-suJsidy, forever"
But defrauded people, who have been
and who, we trust, are still willing to give
reasonable and to develop the resources
of the State, will treat with scorn and
contempt this shallow ruse, and its piratical
author. Any maD may deceive us once,
but he is surely fool who is deceived
twice by the same person. Some may
think us premature in this onslaught on
Governor Haight Not so. With us the
campaign has already commenced. We
have scrutinized the political horizon, and
find in the whilom great Democratic party
a most plentiful lack of talent and pluck
so much so that we are forced into the be-
lief that this cheeky individual will be
again nominated by his party, and if he is,
we can assure his Excellency and his SER
vile admirers, that the fight he had with
Gorham was mere child's play compared
to the coming contest. Better, far better,
that our party chould have supported
Gorbam, as a unit, corrupt as many believ-
ed him to be, than that this hypocrite,
renegade and trickster should have been
foisted upon the State.


Since writing the foregoing we see that
the Supreme Court has made decision,
which is unanimous, declaring subsidies
to be constitutional. This gives full force
and effect to all of those unconscionable
and swindling subsidy bills which never
could have become laws without the sigma
ture of Fl. Fl. Haight. This decision
will cover his admirers with shame, and
should cause him to bag his head and re-
tire to that obscurity from which he has
so recently sprung Il Calaveras Chronicle.