The Empire County argus., 1854-10-21

thrie's name. confess do not understand how
MIR Guthrie was induced to violate the letter of the
amendment sustained by Mr. Marshall on purpose
to prevent the purchase of that wretched den But
think it was by your advice. You alone. of the
California delegation, still in WASHINGTON
when it was done. The rest had gone Won must
have been consulted, in common decency and u,,,ss
have approved-for a word of objection from Won
would have been fatal to the sale. How Won ba va
deceived Mr.. Guthrie about it, don't know or care
but here is the fact, familiar to everybody. that
more than double its value has been given for the
old assay Office when the law says the money sshoU
only be applied to the erection and putting in OPERA
ton of mint in California" and not the purchase
Of any building for that purpose.
1t has grown to be the policy of your friends to-
identify you with the administration-to denouuce
as treason to the party all investigation of YOUR
course or characterize suspect the democracy Of
any man who refuses to support you. wish what
ever have said, may say hereafter to be UNDER
stood in this respect. do not consider you as the
representative of the democratic party. or of anv
party-you were not elected by the democracy Of
this State. | regard you as political pirateN-oxr
at best. privateer- attached to nothng-regatd<
ing but your own advancement. You have not the
endorsement of the party here, and trust never
will have it.
1t has also been attempted, with great subtlety
by your organ, the Times and Transcript to induce
the belief that the verdict of the people against the
to bear upon all who opposed to you, the preju-
dice which exists against the electoniss--to den-
hy those who are opposed to you now with those
who were in favor of the election last winter Now,
this is misrepresentation, which you would of
course desire to see corrected. OF all the efficient
men who worked to prevent the election last winter
at the capital. large majority are known to be-
and were then against you. They doubted the
policy of the measure, but did not work against it
for your benefit The vote in the thirteen north
ern counties shows ma ajority for the antelecton-
ticket of 5000 and fraction, while the election
ticket received but Ill votes all told Yet sir in
these counties, you know you cannot count upon a
single vote. This is indiscreet in your organ and
you ought to stop course easily exposed and
so calculated to shake public confidence in the
organ.
After having exhausted Tennessee Mississippi
and Louisiana, you turn your eyes--keen and vul-
ture like eyes upon this State--and like some bird
of prey, you stopped at upon it, and for five
years, with beak and talons you have lacerated
and devoured it. profess to be and always have
been democrat but may in perfect consistency
oppose you The question next winter is not be-
tween you and a Whig; if it were | could only
decide it in my mind by bringing in third
party. | would prefer you to the Devil--but |
would prefer him to Wing. 1t is between you
and some accredited member of the party and bona
fde citizen of the State that we are to decide The
opposition to you then becomes solemn duty We
must purify the party; we must have men in the
public service who consult the public interest only
not one who uses and has used his power and
position to promote every scheme of public punder
who is interested in all steam lines, in all build
ing contracts in every improvement made at gov
ernment expense for private profit Your friends
also attempt to identify you with the country inter-
est-to distinguish you from the professional polit-
clans of the great cities. Why, sir, you are the
only man in the State. believe, who came here
dcoueh9 for ofhce-who came here for nothing
else-whose failure to procure office would exile
All other men who propose to attain Office and
distinction are yet bound to the country by other
ties; have some avocation connected with it, some
business or profession or property. You have no
connection with the State but through your office
no aspiration in your office but to hold it. and abuse
it to your personal objects failure in your cleo
ton would divorce you from California l believe,
sir, have done you no injustice. If have although
will not quit the retirement of de plume to
respond to hreling Editors underling politicians
of any grade still the responsible name is with the
publisher and at yow SERVICE. INTERIOR.