The Nevada journal., 1855-10-12

The Times and Transcript, State Journal
and other phaanx sheets, are working them.
selves up 10 q great state ofnervous excitement
for fear the American party will act on the
principle that "whats sauce for the goose is
sauce for tie gander," and play the same game
on the people which was attempted two years
ago by the majority Of the Bigler- -phalaux
dynasty in our legislative halls.
The arguments used in the Majority Address
on that occasion endorsed by such men as Brv.
an Colby, De Ia Guerra, Sprague, Conness
Moore, Mahoney, Whiting, Hunt, &c, all lea.
ders OF the cohorts (which the T. i T. and
State Journal are the drummers, are peculiarly
applicable to the exigenc;es of the present
time. Now, we would like to ask the sore
headed conductors Of the journals we mention,
If it IS any of their business, being only com
mon citizens, if the next legislature takes upon
itself the responsibility of slecting two T. s
Senators. Is it Eot Democratic doctrine, that
two Senators care the legitimate ayails of the
late state contest" "To the victors belong
the spolls," and, "the public is goose and he
ia fool who does not pluck feather says
the Premier of America, VIM L. Ma rev
The people have transferred the power to elect
TWO Senators to technical and practised UNI
| plres'-the Legis,ature-and Gc cording to ar
guments considered valid two years since, the
people are not TO be consulted next winter on
this subject for fear of insulting them. DE
pendence on the people, is a confession of SER
vile incapabilty for Legislator" "It pre-
supposes both. ignorance and weakness" nei-
ther of which want of Qualities we trust the
next Legislature will exhibit.
Supposing the members of the Legislature
discover dangers from their positions which
escape tho eyes Of the ignoble rmgus." A
monkey can see farther from the top of his
pole than the dogs that drove him up. Ought
they not if the Vaccinations of enemies are
such as to require prompt action, and sudden
check, to avail themselves of the legitimate
fruits of the late state contest, aud for the good
of the party elect two Us. Senators? Law
and practice, the constitution and the weight
of custom, all repose on their side and each
will be violated and our rights forgone, if the
election be postponed.
Is there anything in the constitution against
the election ofthe successor of John B. Wei
Ter by the coming Legislature? Whatever
the Constitution does not prohibit, it permits,
nay, in this case it ordains,' and it will be "not
only illegal, but almost criminal if John B.
| Weller's succe essor is not elected This is the
proper time to elect. See As hbury Dickins
letters to the Majority Members of the De-
mocracy two years sioce. Party ends demand
it. We do not wish "that the Senatorial ques.
tion may be thrown like fire brand into the
next general canvass, to consume our narrow
aggregate majorities, to breed in our larger and
closely balanced counties, bitter and distract
ing ieuds, and to slip in between the striving
candidates q" phalanx electoral majority, to
curse our empire in the National Halls with O
barren scepter and divided rule" The Ameri
can party will pattern after their opponents
IN horn. They will not 'consult the people
too much, for fear of insulting them a little. y
They will have fac simile, of Dave Broderick
and his political vermin, crowd of shoulder
strikers, infesting the purlieus Of the capitol
They will employ Palmer Cook & Co., to buy
up Legislators. They VIII squander the reve-
nues und bankrupt the state out of devotion to
one man. They will rend their party in twain
as their opponents have done in attempting to
rob the people of rights not yet delegated.
There was once an old fox, he was not half
as GINNING as the generality of foxes, who lost
his tail in trap, &c. The sIimss g. Tran
script and State Journal know the story and
will make the application. Perhaps they may
by intermeddling in our aEarq, induce others
to lose their caudal appendages as they have
done, but we doubt it. Having all trumps we
cant follow suit.
Every effort will be made unblushingIy to
distract the American party in the next Legis-
luture on the senatorial question of course, by
the opposition. An ntermeddling disposition
will be shown. Corruption will be attempted,
and every appliance which political ingenuity
can invent will be called in requisition to de-
feat the American party in the next Legisla,
ture. But they will all signally fail
We have heard it currently reported that
! there once lived q man who got rich by mind.
ing his own business. Oar opponents at pres
ent DO not seem ambitious Of slumbering in
political death with any such enviablc reputa-
ton.