The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04
Senatorial ElrCt'Ou.

"The present agitation of the Senator
ial question can he viewed in no lieht that
it will not appear obnoxious I he com
nerrial towns of San Francisco and Sac
ramento have now all four of the repre-
eentatives in Congress from this State
The on Y candidates for Dr.. Gwin'S place
are from this city. 7 hu>. then, should a
Senator he elected This winter, the north
and the south viii be completely >hut out
from the contest and the choice vi he
confined to one locality. Neither the peo
pie of the orih nor of the south have
presented 4 candidate for the Senate, as
this question has on been sprung upon
them since the election in Septemher -
Leaving every other feature of this agita
tion out of consideration, this diStran-
chsing Of nine-ttnih- of the people. is
r'"nS'r",- unjust and oppressive. Let
those who are so ardent and loud in their
lnoltss,"n> OF Democratic fealty now
show their sincerity by permitting the
Democratic people to have voice in this
Senatorial Election If, at the next ses-
sion of the Legislature, Il majority of the
representatives oi the people should in
their wisdom, and in accordance with the
known wishes of their constituents, rhoo>e
q Senator trosn among the candidates from
San Francisco, we shall rtjnice at such
marked compliment to the intelligence of
this great commercial city. Eut let us
not ignore the existence of the mining
counties by allowing them no shadow OF
chance to he represented in hr Senatorial
ConventiOn'' S. +. Herald.
We published the above extract last
week, and intended to call the attention of
our readers to it. Owing to the locality
from which it comes, the city Of San
Francisco, we think it well worth the
consideration of the citizens Of Placer
County. The " hole question of the elec-
tion of United States Senatnr this " in
ter is put in nut shell. If the members
Of the present legislature shall determine
to bring on the election, and not permit
the people to decide it for themselves, We
hope Those who represent the interior and
mining counties will not SO far neglect
the interests of the people rs to select Il
man for that position from San Francisco,
who cannot be even supposed to know or
understand our condition and wants.
1t is real humi iating to see editors in
the interior advocating an election this
winter, while a paper in San Francisco
comes boldly and fairly out and comedies
that we are entitled to the Senator, and
that the election should not he forced on
one year in advance of the time, and so
done expressly to secure the election of
man from San Frame SEQ.
One can hardly believe that the organi-
cation OF the democratic party can be SO
abused and perverted from its high Oh
jects, as to be made simply an instrument,
to elevate particular man, to a high po-
sition, and that too, in direct opposition to
the wishes Of the masses. How long is
Il since the Democratic party has shown
itself unable to protect itself? How long
is it since certain editors have made the
discovery that it is not safe to trust the
people, and that it is necessary the mem
bers Of this Legislature should constitute
themselves the guardians Of the peo-
pie, and decline to permit them to ex-
press an opinion even Oh so important
q matter as the election Of an United
States Senator! " hen did these Solo
mons discover that the people cannot dis
cuss aud decide for themselves, any aud
all questions of importance!
The Old Federal doctrine was that the
people were ignorant and could not b
trusted to decide upon principles and
measures effecting theif interests, but that
the few and intelligent should do It for
them. They say this legislature is an
intsl!gent one, and ought to decide this
winter for the people question, which if
left open until next fall the people will
make muss out Of Regular 6lue-hgM
Federolisn1 this!
Again W. say, if this legislature is de-
termined to bring on the election this win
far, that the representatives from the