The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-18
To the Peorle of the interior.

election question has been deferred in
both Houses, until the sixth day Of March
This, in common with every one who
feels an interest in the honor and integrity
Of our State, we deeply dep ore No
matter how this question is finally to he
determined whether the Constitution is
TO he VIC ated, popular sovereignty out
ragged, and political integrity condemned
or not, il Shou Il have been at once decl-
|ded. For another month, corruption is tn
stalk around our I.egis atorS-fO another
month, the peope's interests ART to he
neglected by their ServanfS-fnr another
month the disgusting spectacle IL to be
exhibited to the world, ot the prostitution
Of the honor of a sovereign State AT the
feet Of avarire and individual ambition. -
We have appealed in vain to the prop e's
servants to crush this reasonable move.
We have called upon them To revere the
sacred and time honored u>ages of all
the States of our Union, and not lend
them>e yes to the nefarious attempt To
violate in spirit and meaning, the sacred
edice OF our Constitution. So far our
apppa' : have been in vain. From day to
day, from week to week, srhemi z de-
vices have been concocltd, and cunning
straiagerns devised, not to legi>late for
the people, hui to promote the ends of in
dividual ambition. Like weather-co"ks,
veering with each passing brerze-n"w
here, now there, now any where-we
have seen men who should ut least know
how 70 form an opinion, vasci latlng as
the verIeSt child.
From such then we appeal to the pen-
pc. AS is our privilege and as becomes
the press, we turn from corrupt and tune
spvering p"litirialI>, to the august tribunal
of an inrorrupt constituency. 10 these
we say. your ri ght> are sought to be i'll
vaded, your highest privileges assaulted,
in fact your very sovereignty itself, in IT,
most vital part, is about to be ruIhle>>ly
betrayed. The fathers of your C"nStitu
tnn. when they broke the >harklr> of OPP
preston whirh crippled their energies and
bound them to the earth, boldly proc aim
ed To the world the sublime truth, that
all power rested in and enanated from
the ppnp q. they declared in words.
whose truthful eloquence even now. burns
into the memories ot tyrantS, that govern
nent. are instituted for the benefit of the
masses. and that written constitutions
limiting and defining the powers of their
In order, therefore, that those no have
been intru>ted with positions of public
importance should At al times fee their
responsibilities, frequent occurrences to
the masses for renewed pow wers have been
made an element in the organic laws of
all our States ! he longest constitutional
term of any elertve office, is that of
United States Senator, which after much
debate in the Convention which framed
our NationaI Chart, was limited to six
years. Thus did the fathers of the Con
sritotion determine that it was nof safe
for the people to part with longer grant
of Legislative power than six years. and
carrying out the same idea, every State in
the Union, from the foundation of the
Government to the present time, has
limited The power OF election Ia period
Ms near the commencement of the artu Il
duties of the term rs the circumstances
of the case won d admit. In no instance,
where An election of Senator has occur
red before the expiration of An existing
term, has it ever been otherwise than al
the session nert preceding The same.-
A different course would have been vlOiut
ing the intention of those who framed
our Constitution, and rand-d AS unwiSe
the sagarious forecast of the founders of
our Government.
| Notwithstanding this, a deliberate At
ten pt has been made on the part of your
servants, AT the in>tignton of designing
and ambitious men, to violate the rights
and privileges guaranteed to you BY the
Constitution. Elected to pass laws for
your welfare and social happiness, the,
are seeking to prostitute their positions,
and all the sacred responsible ifes connect
ed herewith, not to further your interests,
hut TO advance the schemes of individuals
and Of rI'ques. They nre seeking to
make the highest law, next to the divine.
known to the people, SlhServient to the
ends Of i, dvidual ambition. hey are
seeking to rob you of your rights, and in
stead of that confidence which relies upon
the discriminating intelligence of thu
masses AS sufficient for any political emer-
gency, they unhluShingly proclaim to the
world, that if this great question he left
to You at another e ection, you will Stuti-
tfy yourselves by returning men unft to
represent you. Is not this the sum Of
their argument? Is there any Other rea
son ssigned for this unhpard of infrartion
of the po iticaI Common Law Of all the
States of this Union?
We have shown to you in former arti-
cles up n rhis subject, that although the
constitution gives the power t. the States