Butte record., 1855-02-10
THn SENATORIAL ELECTION

lol I1uhdioS, - iOi DiOuOiiSn1 e1"N
from II to Is for McCorkle. The peo-
pie are becoming tired of it, and if the
legislature can neither elect a Senator
nor adjourn the convention, they had
better draw their 81, 900 each, and re-
turn to their admiring constituents. 81
sThose who were elected as democrats
Should bear IL mind chat they owe a do
II to, the party, and that they will Be
held responsible for its noh-fulfllnspt
The mass Of the democratic party IN
California, care nothing for the different
factions now struggling for supremacy
at the 1caP';;t0lf..' .The democracy are not
held together "by the cohesive peget 81
public glanders - as they have many
times shown, and those who would ad-
vance the interests of a faction, or sac
rifce the democratic party, will have to
answer for their misconduct before an
offended constituency. The time IL
ready. wasted in vain attempts to re-elect
DIR. Gyin, is sufficient, we should sup
pqses to ye9nyincse hiss friends that they
h9velRqaefgtFpkaenl zen g@7re th2n "a h they ean &C.
eqqnpplilslh. qqlppi ! 4. The. So same may be said aid d 4
the friends Of NIr : Biroderiek,. We dsern
il +, i ,ilmp9ssihle. fof the present Legislature
to elect either of these gentlemen, And
were it possible to elect either Of them
the differences existing in the party woe
be rendered still worse instead of being
healed and united. Tbs question has
already besn the means of dividing the
party, AMI caused the defeat Of a por-
ton Of, The democratic ticket at the lat
ELECTION. n.as / # the sdispqerat party o
iCailio'nlaa iES worth preserving, the pr s.
ent Legislature should put an end to the
question by the eject on Of a map upor
whom ail Claiming to ,bg democrats ca'
units, The idea that there is but one
man caPab e Of repre> en'ing -Callfornia
in the United States Stnate, is rid Gu
lousy absurd, and the democracy under
stand very well, that those who urge
SUCH a proposition, ''haye axes to g'ind.'
If a majority Of the democracy in the
legislature honestly believe that there is
no man but Gwin in the democratic pr
ty who is sufficiently capable, faithful
and honest.' for an z. S Senator, the
soongr they they throw the State into
the hands Of the whig party by postpon-
ing the election, the better it may be
for the State. But such is not the fact
We're majority of the legislature gov
erned by a desire to promote the welfare
of the party, for whose principles they
profess an ardent attachment, they
would moi, Willingly sacrifice those prin-
ciples for the success OF any particular
man. Union, concession and harmony
for the sake Of principles y is as good a
democratic sentiment as that of the
GWin faetion-''the majority SHALL
X / F3' fnr sa ke of mon
Two efforts have lately been made to
unite taef democratic members Of the
upon candidate for Sena-
tor, but their. harmony meetings. were
attended by members who carri, their
with them. Gwin men were
willing to unite upon Gwin and Brod-
erick men were willing to. unite up
on Bfoderick. Of course such a state
feeling would accomplish nothing in The
way Of union and harmony, and their last
injecting very properly adjourned Iunti
some time in August next. Weregard
the remarks of Mr.. Flint, of San Fran
cisco, in the concilitory meeting, as out
of. place, however true they may have
been.s ,Itis hardly to- be expected that
the friendsiof DIR. Gwin would be con
vineed of the necessity for harmony, by
being told of tae faults of their eanrIi
date They undoubtedly felt the neces-
city of union and harmony, or hey
would not have attended the imeeting-
That S6nisFfancis r where Gwin wa.
best known, had r6pudiated him, was ;
fact familiar TO all, and needed rot'to b,
told in a harmony meeting. ''--1 g
The pres mt state of affiir in tn,
L mocratic party has been brought abou
by factions in San Francisco, who de
sired to rule the party and approprlatt
Offices. to themselves. Thr people de
clared agai'st she most powerful combi
ua'ion "i this kind at III last election
SIN Francisco Immediately ,pr9ducee
mother. combination OF ofice seekers
which demand exartly what The citizen
Of the State h. d refu>ed 10 grant to tn,
Br derick faction. and with less powe
To accomplish iheircnds, but sufficient
probably, shoald he two factions of Sal