The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-18
Michigan ity Correspondence
The history IF fCpucus---tho hOl-
Ger. bClte6..Rene CaWcu, e..
MIcHIa CRY, Jan. 10Th II

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MIR ED,roR.-The caucus recently held
at Beniria was "quorrm." 1t was moi
called to nominate n candidate for the u.
s. Senate. hut for the purpose ~ It's aHvn
Gates claim, nf settling n "que>tion "i
policy" for the purpose Of deciding in
grand council, whether the uSages Of IN"
democratic party ~h"u d he so u tered ~
I" permit the election nf II u. Senator
this wi'ter A joint canrus of both
branches Of the LpgiS Azure was demand
ed, and Il majority, small indeed, hut still
,nalorty Of democrats signed "th+'
call''- they assembled, and on consuita
tion. (for they must have consulted long,
before they could come to the conclusion
tn uproot Hnd overturn the customs and
usages Of the democracy, which have
prevailed since the days of .)pffprSon,) de-
termined hy vote of fFoHryFouRto TO EIGHT
tha, it was the policy Of the democratic
party of California, 10 strike our on ii new
frail.--tn make n s'cut-off," and elect y
s. Senator one year before vacancy shall
occur. 1t viii he observed, ihnt the num-
her voting for this change Of policy was
forty four, m nority of the drn"rratic
Representatives in the Legi> lature. -
Their action was therefore of no account !;
further than it demonstrated the tact that
n ma jority of democrats IN the LegISIa :
ture were opposed ~ % lmralled for ="
sudden Il change of policy. " hat Is to
he dcnp III such an emergency of course
the eight voting against it must brought
over they must he threatened they mist
L.. II aud
that they are ',alInd-to What! to sub
scribe and stand by the forty four, the
glorious forty four, and unless they do,
sha he denounced rs "Bnlter> h !
they were bound, having signed "rhe
raIl' for a rn,Iru>, sin honor" To abide by
The decision "f n msInrt\ "t il, though
thar majority was - minority ot the dem
orrniir Representatives and Senators in
the Legislature. In other words, the
hnw er- and strikers have "inf,midatfd d"
certain Senators, and 80 r.rtliddltd them,
that they rea " came tn The rrnrln>inn.
that minority Of their party Goa Il and
should control the m"jor,ty, and they ar-
rorhing "cGrtd IN" aud now, think
they rnn "dpirnh their position" o!
rLMPoRA! @! Nost! This celebrated
caucus was u joint rauru> oiho,h branches
Of the Legi>lntur , in whirh the Senators
lost the political weight given IN their po
Sition and votes Ivy the constitution; and
the Representatives in .iolntion of thai
instrument, were made equal with the
Senators in political power. No prrrr-
dent for rauru> thus constituted, can he
found in the anna Of the denInrratir
party. The ~pnatp ot the United States,
never went into caucus with the House ot
ReprespntativeS-wh, The Senate with
sixty two members, has MS much power
under the constitution. rs the House nt
Representatives with It's TWO hundred and
thirty three. The Senate viii thirty
three votes can defeat any action of the
House, though supported hy t~" hundred
ma jorty. Can any p"l'iica legerdenain
or juggle after or destroy this ron>tiru
tional and fundamental prluriI e IN the
organization Of the 60 ordinate branches
of our government Have S+nAtnrS the
right,-darp they divert themselves, AFTER
hey have taken the oath TO support the
constitution. of the power given t" them
by submitting their conscience and "pIn
ions 10 the stern DEGREES Of Caucus,
hTh ohli,eralrS The di>rinrti"n mal krh
out and set Hp hy the wisdom of the fra
merS Of that in>iru eni, and " hrh con
situte in fart the >prrpt of the &urre>s of
nnr experiment in Rrpuilrar,i~m. IN
Joint ralirll." of This kind, if legitimate,
the Prrsiden, of the tuited States should
hp called in, for b, the power conferred
upon him hy the ron.tIiut,o', he can veto
any action, though suppnrlrd by over
whelminy u,nj"rife- in horh branches of
Congress, and if h. should refuse to AZ
tend the caurus and surrender the power
given I" h'm hy the constitution to its
blind derr-es- he should hp denounced rs
~ "Boier" and read out of the party. In
This iyhI, how supreme y ridiculous and
absurd. are the dpnuncntiOns fii nluatfh
by certain clqurS against Sen tors Nh"
refused to attend the Bpueria ''j"int eau
GUS" and how peuri p the excuse given
by the ''-ioht Senators" who attended IT
for their acqui-srenre in ,t> drrrers- "In
homo, bound"-O! NOst ! " ny was moI
The Governor invited? WAS it intended to
slight him! or was he invited, aud did
moi attend? for his sancton i- necessary
to the derrees OF this "jnint caucus. y
Verify, John Bgler, thou art "a Bo ter"
unless ynu will. ,i'~rrgarding the solemn
oath you took aud that virgin kiss you
gave the Billie on the 9Th day Of January
last, Submit and ego it b ind'' for the de-
rrees of that "joint caurn>;" though you
may in so dning be robbed of the power
conferred upon you by the constitution,