The weekly Placer herald., 1854-04-29

the people, instead of bringing it down as
near as possible to them
Our space forbids us as extended re-
view of this speech as is desirous, we will
make one more quotation from 1t, and
turn our attention to the remarks OF Sena-
tor Tuttle. The extract will be found
towards the close of his remarks:
Sir, my democracy has never before been
questioned. In the last state campaign my
colleague and myself packed throughout our
county the unpopuarity of some of our can
/ didates and defended them against the SLAM
| ders of their enemies even at the sacrifice of
personal friends We succeeded in contest
where the election of Senator never was men,
toned. We come to the capital of the State
| where we find the friends of MIR. Broderick
industriousy engaged in trying to bring on
| this election We ask why is this. and are
answered on the first page of this address that
! it is zone of the legitimate avals of the late
| State contest Who asserts it? Is it the
! Democracy? have never heard their voice.
Is it the Governor of the State' He has no
right to barter away the rights of my con-
stituency.
No sir. it is not the democracy, but the
friends of Mr.. Broderick. 1t is they who
proclaim that the election shall come off, as
that men who dare oppose it shall be branded
as boilers, traitors, disorganzers of the par
ty. love the democratic party, but not the
demagogues who would turn it away from its
high and noble mission to accomplish private
schemes and selfish purposes
Senator Tuttle has been credited by his
acquaintances, with capacity of intellect
above mediocracy, and the speech before
us, is an evidence of the correctness of
this estimate.
Had the gentleman pursued the course
so plainly marked out by his constituency,
| he would have been found in the advoca-
cy of doctrines where his genius would
shine above the ma jorty of his brother
Senators. He appears struggling in net
of his own weaving, and artfully watches
his opportunity to spit his mpotent
venom. If there is anything generous in
his nature, it seems to have been frozen
by coming within the shadow of the great
/ d. G..
The object of the speech seems to have
! been to throw the responsibility of the
odious measure upon the shoulders of
those who were opposing the election.
Hear him:
"The opponents of an election this win
ter, charge the friends of the election with
| having unnecessarily agtated the public
mind out of doors, and delayed the pubic
business here, by Introducing the measure.
a recital of the facts, and detailed
history of the bill now under considera-
ton, will tell with how much justice"
We were not aware that the opponents
of the election had charged them with
"unnecessarily agitating the public mind
out of DOORS" and we will take this oc-
cason to exculpate them from the charge
so far as this county is concerned, tor they
have been quite secret about all their
moves, and avoided so far as we are
/ aware, all public discussion of the matter;
and we know that Mr.. Wakup offered
to resign, if Mr.. futile would bring the
question directly before the people of this
county, and that Senator r., declined :.
In the opening of his speech, he gives
Il history of the measure under discussion,
which is in these words:
"lmmediately upon the organization of
the Senate, the Hon. Senator from Neva-
da, Mr.. Crenshaw, introduced a bill re-
qurng the Legislature to elect in January,
'55. Almost simultaneously, Mr.. Gordon,
of the Assembly, introduced into that body
bill similar in its provisions. At this time
the friends of the election had made no
movement whatever. SO far as they were
concerned it was a mere topic of CONVEX
sation out Of doors. Mr.. Crensbaw's bill
passed through the usual preliminary
course, and was, by the votes Of those
who deemed the law improper, post
poned until the 9th of March. The bill
of Mr.. Gordon, in the other House, met
with the same fate. The whole time
consumed by the Senate in the considera-
ton of this bill before its postponement
did not exceed three days. From that
time until the present, the friends Of the
election have introduced no resolution or
bill in relation to this subject NATTER
They have simply contented themselves
with, at proper time and in a proper
way, giving their reasons for declining to
support the bill Of the Hon. Senator from
Nevada. In the Assembly the bill of Mr.
Gordon has been amended so as to allow
the election to be made at any time within
one year preceding the expiration of the
term of the incumbent, and in that shape
has been passed and sent here for our con-
currence.''
Yes, those Conversations out of doors"
have been made somewhat notorious, by
a memorable examination in the Senate.
The Senator is right, there wa, very little
dISny, ,rcio in ot, th,h