The weekly Placer herald., 1854-04-29

people at large, to fill their minds with preju
dice and induce the belief that the "bolters,
as we are craftily called, had actually con
spired with the wings to ruin the democratic
party. l pity the meanness of the man who
can make such charge and will not descend
to measure the ontempt in which he should
be held by all honorable men. Sir, the
charges as applied to us are totally false
The charge that the wings met with us at our
first meeting is SANDER and falsehood, and
the man who first uttered it knew it at the
time, Our second meeting was public. The
charge that we have made or intend to make
an alliance or coalition with the wings for
any purpose whatever, is malignant SANDER
a treacherous lie. l know that the engines
of calumny and detraction are incessantly at
work to pollute the public mind with the
foulest kind of Misrepresentation Sir. l
have an inetfa bic scorn, an unmitigated con-
tempt for that man who can stoop from the
high estate of truth and fact to secure tri-
umph by the use of false assertions and filthy
blackguardisms.
We have the authority.of Mr.. Hubbard,
that the charge of coalescing with wings
was not to apply to members of the House
but to outsiders, and as we are aware of,
sanderous inuendoes, being afloat in the
county of Placer, with regard to those
persons who have opposed the Senatorial
move, we take this occasion to pronounce
it utterly false, and that they who crcu
late it know it to be false The Demo-
cracy of this county are as true to their
faith as any in the State. In alluding to
the doctrine advanced by the Broderick
ties, that swhat constituents do not pro-
hibit they permit" Mr.. Bradford remarks
that sthe strongest friends of even Gen'l
Hamilton would have shruDk from its
paternity" and he affirms that
"The advocates of election have applied
this doctrine to the constitution of the United
States ! charge it upon them and they can
not escape it. They will say, however, that
they referred to the constitutions Of the indi
vidual states. but will bring the gentleman
from Yuba, Mr.. Jones, to contradict them
and to prove my assertion to be true. That
gentlemen signed the address, and here, to
day, he has made an express application of
this doctrine to the constitution of the United
States; and for the purpose of convincing us
that he is right as an advocate of this election
I will make a short quotation from Mr.
Madisons opinion of the powers of the con
sttution. to contrast it with the opinion of
the advocates of this election rs expressed in
their address, and in this debate
The powers delegated by the proposed con
stitution to the Federal government are few
and defined Those which are to remain in
the State Governments are numerous and in
definite. e.-(Vide Federalist, page 21s)
Sir. | leave it to the people to decide which
is the correct doctrine viii they take the
opinion of James Madison, the father of the
Constitution, or will they take the opinions Of
the advocates of election. as expressed in
their address, and on this floor to-day
"What the Constitution does not prohibit it
permits"
I hold this to be the rankest of Federal
doctrines The Oldest champions of our par
ty never warred against a doctrine more dan
gerous in its consequence than this The
doctrine of the democratic party since the
days of jefferson has been strict construc-
ton of the organic law of the Republic.
The doctrine of our party has always been:
What The Constitution of the UniteG
States does not permit, at prohibits and the
close observance of this doctrine by the tried
leaders of the democratic party has secured
to the Republic much of its present prosperi-
ty and total exemption from dangerous mon
opolies.'
In regard to the sentence of ostracism
pronounced against those who oppose the
election this session, and the assertion
that minorties must abide the verdict of
majorites "right or wrong" according to
party usage, he says:
Sir, l hold this to be monstrous doctrine
but am not surprised at its utterance. when
these gentlemen know it may have the effect
of soaring timid democrats into the support
of the bill to bring on the election this session.
No one knows the influence better than these
gentlemen, that constant harping upon
party laws party usages,' and 'Jeffersonian
customs, has had upon the minds of honest
democrats of this Legislature. The thought
of running counter to these, has frightened
them from the propriety of honestly formed
opinions, and for every infringement of con-
science and principle they can take shelter
under the law of party The game has been
played to win, and with outside influences
has been most successful.
Minorities become criminal in not submit
ing to the verdict of majority right or acrong?
Such an argument would dethrone liberty
itself, and nuke the freedom of speech a
mockery. The most corrupt legislation that
was ever had; the most stupendous frauds
that have ever been committed under the
mantle of legality or of party, would stand
as monuments Of the enormlty of this doc
trine were it recognised throughout the land
l recognise no party law as superior to the
interests of the State and the rights of the
people. The thunders of an excommunica-
tion from the elf-styled pure democracy has
no terrors for me. When a party fails to
become the proper instrument of the people to
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