The weekly Placer herald., 1854-03-04
Hon. John w. ParM.


L Card.
Fellow- Citizens of Sacramento County:
Having been selected by your partially
to represent you in the Assembly, have
/ devoted my entire time to discharge of
my duties. In this, trust, have not dis
appointed your expectations. In conse-
quence Of my many engagements, have
not been able to confer with you as freely
as desired My great object is to know
and to do your will.
The question of the election of a Unit
ed States Senator at this session Is now
before us This is question of great
difference of opinion.
| have all the time doubted the propriety
of bringing on the election at this time;
but whilst at Benicia, was informed by
several of my Democratic felow-citizens
Of Sacramento, that the whole party Of
that county desired that the election might
he had at this session. | was therefore
induced to consent to bring on the election
at this time. But, since coming among
you, | find was greatly mistaken as to
your wishes, and that many-l think IA
| large maj jorty-of my constituents are
opposed to it. If |, as your Representa-
tive, have mistaken your wishes and gone
into a caucus, agreeing to abide by its
decision, am only bound so far as 1t is
not opposed to your interests or to your
will; your rights should not be affected
by it. Your will, not mine, shall be done.
Again, if men wrongly represent to me
what you desired, no caucus obligations
can restrain me from doing your wi |,
when shall know what it is The first
principle of Representative Democratic
Government commands the Representa-
tive to do the will of his constituents
and no party usages, caucus, ru es, or
promises, wrongly extorted, can excuse
| the Representative.
/ A Democratic Representative, when he
goes into party caucus, agreeing to
! abide by its decision, is only bound by the
decision when it is constitutional, when
it is consistent With Democratic principles,
and when it is not in violation of the viii
of his constituents
doubt the constitutionaIity Of the cleo
ton at this time. 1t is without precedent
in any State do not believe it is in ac-
cordance with Democratic principles. 1t
removes the Senator still farther from the
people, when he was before for six years
beyond their reach. 1t is the exercise of
a power which can as vel, if not better,
he exercised by our successors elected
for that purpose. The voice of the peo
| pie of this county seems opposed to 1t.
/ therefore dec are myself ab>olved from
/ all obligations to vote for the election of
a Senator If in this err, that error can
do the people no wrong; for their next
representatives., elected by them in refer
ence to this subject, will reflect their will
/ in due time.
But if should wrongly elect now,
might violate popular wi and encroach
on popular rights, to the shame and dis
grace of the ever revered name Of Demo
cracy |, therefore. felIow-citiZenS, de
cline to exercise this doubtful right, as
believe it my duty to do under the solemn
oath have taken. You were not afraid
to trust me as your preventative; am
not attraid to trus. you. and to leave IN
your hands all the power you did not in
tend to give me. My sentiments are too
Democratic to allow me TO encroach on
YOUR rights Determine hereafter for
yourselves who shall he your Senator,
and when he sha be elected.
Having The fullest confidence in Presi-
dent Pierce and his Administration, am
unwilling now to elect United States
Senator, lest we might elect some one OPP
posed to him, and thereby further distract
the Democratic party, and paralyze the
influence of our present Senators and
Representatives so long before the eX-
piration Of their term of office.
JOHN w. PARK.
Sacramento, 1st March, 1854.
A house near Lynch's Hotel, on the
Sacramento road, was consumed by fire
on the Oath of February
MILITYAY CoMPANY.-The enterprising
young men Of this place are about to
organize military company under the
| law Of the State, Gas made and provided p"
A FAIR ACKNOWLEDGMENT. - The
Public Ledger, published at San Fran
cisco, heretofore has been very strenuous
in its advocacy of the Senatorial election
this winter, but in the issue of Wednes-
day last, the editors Of that paper remark
as follows:-
$50 strong is the feeling throughout the
entire State, against measure we have
advocated, that we are beginning to be of
the opinion that an election at the present
| Session is of doubtful prOuriptv to saw