The Empire County argus., 1854-02-18
NUMBER IA.
From the san Francis 0 Commereia! Adyettiscr.
BRIBES.

The gentleman Of the boiling faction at Benicia
are now fully satisfied with the results Of their ex-
pertinent upon the unfortunate Hhig Senator whom
1t was their pleasure 70 use for the Gratfcaton Of
thelr spleen Like tie Eastern tyrant who made
the first trial of new and dabolical instrument Of
torture upon its inventor they enclosed the terrified
creature in a case Of his own discovering and slow
y ground him up alive. To Keen him crushed and
quiet under the horrd operation they called up wit
n"sScs with an ingenious nialignty that would have
earned the grave applauses ola grand inquistor Ev
idence was piled upon evidence, each now one moro
crushing and ruinous that the preceding The high
est names and regulations were drawn forward and
compelled at the point of the law to mount upon the
lucl;loss wratch with weight of responsibility and
PFttge that would have borne down tie best of men
and which absolutely annihilatcd the trembling and
penitcnt victim. Nor this all an eloquent plea
der must be employcd who finished the operation
Of dJcace b. admitting the simplicity and weakness
Of the man upon whom this mass Of destruction
was THROWN shield by shield as the Roman soldiers
hurled their buck!crs upon til" bctraycr who gave
them entrance to her city, crushing her with the re-
ward whcl->lo denia1dcd for her treason Was
II necessary to heap the testimony Of the most res
pons!bie bankers and auctunccrS in the country and
to add to this the corrobolatiye weight Of Senator's
to IrosS ou- the last drop Of life Was it because
thc fallen Senator Whig that this mountain
81 vengeance must be thrown upon him
From the moment when this helpless victim of Il
acllDn maze MS !ilSt frivolous and Idle representa-
ton TO lructt. he rcsembled man whose little fin
ger is caught in the cogs Of vast slow moving en-
ginc. The hand follows the finger. With fatal
pertnacty the machine moves on drawing quietly
the arm after the hand. Cries, entrcatcs, strug-
ecS arc III vain the shoulder follows the arm and
still the wheel turns slowly until the crushed and
bleeding form IS sent through by the laws of malice
and .he fatality ii ,eliShnca> more cruel that the
grave. But here the irritatcd reader cries out upon
Us with Pes'e npon figures Of rhetoric. and a gen
'a denial Of the assumption that Senator Peck was
elected and yicrimi2cd by the boltcrs, because he
happened 70 be L Hdjg, and therefore a man whom
It would be useful bring forward in the character
Of " melancholy example, "Do you bcIieve'
asks tie silnpl, reader that thc Custom House fac
ton would haze got this poor devil Of Senator
mashed and ln!;crzed as they did by forcing him
ia;o the affair against his WISH when it was evident
20 them thar his vote could be held for Mr. Ham
mcnd r Observe. simple reader. that there was a
b?e on the part Of those who used the man and de-
~'roycd him ny this forced exposure Of his weakness
that when they aimed at the picmy they might
geIcialce wound the giant. Like Il miserable cock
rry pepper, who goes out Of II fine morning to kill
lions and falling ,holt Of the noble game, tatters
up sparrow with pound of mustard shot, so did
the Custom House gentry blow into small pieces
the victim in question. first by mistake and at last
ior Intimidation and--a trophy.