New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-23
rtr spIrT IN CALIFORNIA.


Rv our California adyices, it will be seen that tde
Fusion Of former adversaries low quietly gong fpr-
ward in this part of the Union is balanced by conu
sion in another part. Briefy-the Sham Democracy
of California bave st the r recent state Convent'on
exp oded into two HUSTLE parties, each having us
tn icket for state Officers OF course sballd there
ne a simple Wig ticket in the field, supported wi.h
s,y kind Of spirit and unanimity, il must be elected
Overwhelmingly. THERE'S yet time for, though little
probability OF, reconciliation OF the warning Dem
ocratic factioD es the Election does not take place
till the Tuesday following the first Monday in No.
yember. which is the same day with our own.
Though tbs outbreak wears an air OF novelty, the
feud is very old one foG California as well as very
bitter one 1t began with the origin of the State, and
has grown with it's growth 10 its present maturity.
The parties are substantially the ChSalry, or emil
gratis from the Slave States, the one hand, and
the Northern or Free Labor Democracy on the oher.
The latter have proved most subSerSent to the de-
crees of the Slavery Propaganda on every point out
one-that of admitting Slavery into The whole, or at
least into BALI of California itself Willing enough to
conDiye at the planting Of Slavery in any other terri
tory or region, the Northern wing of the California
Democracy reyOted from !ts establishment on their
own soil, and tie consequent debasement oil their
own labor to the same level with the bought and sold
chattels OF the Chiyary But with the latter ths was
the gist of the whole controversy, and they have IN
sisted since their first surprise III the early trans
formation Of the Territory into Free State, that
either Slavery shoudbe admitted everywhere or the
State divided, SO that the Southern half should be-
come Immediately Territory and ultimately a Slave
State.
The graduates of TaInmany Hall who, by virtue of
their training and tactics, have assumed the lead OF
the Northern wing Of the party, have manifested
every disposition to concate their formidable and
resOlGte rivals. They have passed through different
Legislatures two fagrautly unconstitutional acts,
whereby all the slaves taken to California, not only
prior to her organization State, but prior TO hr
admission into the Union, (Which was delayed N my
months by the controversy in Congress which
terminated in the Compromise Of lo5O,) should
remain Slaves in that State for nOminaliy limite
but practically indefinite term. Further they coald
not 60 without extreme peril but further the Chv-
airy insisted they shOad go be shiyered. The re-
suit We have already announced.
The fight has been, but be no longer an even
one. The preponderance of numbers is largely on
the side Of the Tammaues but the vast patronage OF
the Federal Government has, since Gen. Pierco's
inauguration, been welded by Senator G win X Co.
for the aggr Al dizement of the Chivairy. The Tam
naDics had decided prepO lderance in the last
Legislature and tried long to eject our exfellow-
citizen David c. Broderick L. s. Senator instead
of DR.. Gwis; but the Wings and the Ckivslry to-
eether had force enough t. staye OF election. The
struggle 10 elect and 10 prevent an election nearly
enerossed the session, and is said 10 have involved an
enormous amount of direct bribery well as of incl
dental corruption. AT one time Broderick was
thought to lack but one vote Of al election.
We do not feel at all confident that the Cbivalry,
however determined will fight their battle square!y
at the polls. They are much stronger in C,uven-
tions Legislatures or anywhere else, than where
each man counts nexoraby one, as a, the ballot box.
Our apprehension is that the Chivalry will seek to
sell out to the Wings or rather to buy the Wings
over to partial &C Iuossence in their schemes by
such proher as the devil made TO Christ If they
do as we apprehend, and the Wings are not wise
| enough TO answer, "Get thee behind me, Satan =.
they will doom themselves TO aprotracted ana richly
merited infamy. But we trust the Wings will repel
every suggestion of an arrangement with their dead
ltst enemies, and move quietly, steadily to the tr
umph now plainly within their reach. If they dc
thin, the State will be theirs not merely for the mex
year but for many years thereafter.