The weekly Placer herald., 1854-04-29
One scarcely knows whether the Sena

One scarcely knows whether the Sena
tor was perpetrating joke, when he ut
tered that, or wiltully attempting to mis-
lead. When one considers that he was
one of those who voted the postponement
unril the 9th of March, thus bringing it
within the year, it looks very much like
design.
On the other hand as every one knows,
that the vote on this, was the test between
the election and ant-electionists-that the
passage of the bill was regarded as synon-
omous with the election, we can scarcely
bring ourselves to believe the gentleman
has so poor an estimate of the capacity OF
his constituents, as to attempt to pass so
poor an excuse upon them.
Then too, that amendment was forced
upon them! What bad set of men there
must be at the Capital? Excruciating
very t.... ..r.
In speaking of the right to go into the
election, he says:
"The Constitution was not made for
any party, but for the whole people,
Here, in the Senate, the whole people
are represented, and when we enact law,
it effects all equally, alike. The particu-
lar time Of his election, when we are
within the pale of the Constitution, is
matter of policy"
And he pursues the subject with argu-
ment and example, to show that the pre-
sent session is the time dictated by policy.
Now the people have got it ihto their
heads that in this particular case there is
matter of principle involved, and from
remark which the gentleman makes to-
wards the conclusion of his speech, we be-
| lieve that he once thought so himself -
In speaking of the address published by
the Democratic members on the Cd of
February; he says it was drawn up and
signed by "gentlemen entertaining opin-
ons similar to his own," and from that
address we extract the following:
"1he Democratic rule, which is SUI
preme law with us, recognize the right
of the people to govern, and forblds the
exercise of power not intended by them
to be delegated to their present represen-
Ltatives. We know that those who sent
JUS here did not intend, when they elected
US, to authorize us to elect United
States Senator at this session.
! We cannot, therefore, as consistent
Democrats assume this power"
The foregoing was subscribed to by
MIR. futile, and it contains the assertion
of fact, viz: that the people did not
authorize the election this session. and
| that under the circumstances it wOnId be
an assumption Of posser, and violation
of what he regarded as the "supreme
lap"
| On the 5th page of his speech we find
the following:
"It is the duty Of the individual mem
bers of the Legislature to consult, as near
as may be, the wishes of their constitu
ents, in making the selection of Il Sena-
tor. But as only one can be elected, and
as there are many candidates in the field,
individual preferences in many cases have
to be yielded up, otherwise no election
could ever be made-otherwise the State
would 60 unrepresented, as she did at the
session of Congress, commencing in De-
cember, 1851"
In the first place, the gentleman knows
that his constituency are not favorable to
an election this winter, and if they were,
Mr.. Broderick is the last man they would
choose. Secondly, there has been no
other asprant demanding the votes of this
Legislature, in order to produce any sacri-
flee ofs'individual preferences" Thirdly,
tE is injury inflicted upon the State, by be-
ing unrepresented in the Senate Of the
United States, in 1851, was through the
instrumentality Of Mr.. Tuttle's present
candidate, boiling the nomination.
! What the gentleman means by such re-
marks we can't understand, but are dis
posed to think he had fallen into one of
taceceOus strains.
Further on he says "our whig friends
tell US that that Legislature only which
assemblies in 1855 can rightfully elect"
How very artful in the gentleman to insist
upon this as whig doctrine. The wings
say so, and therefore those who embrace
that doctrine must of course be wings,
and yet but a short month prior to the
utterance of this remark, Mr.. Tuttle pro-
claimed an election this session, rank
violation of the supreme law. He says,
at that time, that he knew his constituents
had not sent him there to elect Senator
this session, now if it was true on the
I'd of February, it was equally SO on the
9th of March. How then came he to
change his position? Let US hear him.
81 cannot, MIR. President, close these
remarks without saying few words with
regard to my own opinion as expressed
out of the Senate upon this matter, for in
the Senate, | have never expressed my
opinion adverse to an election now. When
| | first came tn the capitaI I doubted the