The Nevada journal., 1855-12-28
Senatorial.

/ starving proposition with which to start q
course of moral reflections! A word which
once awakened awe and thrilled the Amer
lean heart, has become the dingy vehicle
of low cunning, of staggering and hickup.
ping familiarity; of profane, verdant nc
ridiculous pretensions and aspirations
Senatorial seems to have lost its fsrmel
grandeur and purity, and instead of set.
ting like chaplet of fadeless flowers upor
the head Of intellect and disinteresuec
patriotism, it is now used as a sort of sig.
nal to indicate the location of all the dir
ty purlieus and dusky juggleries in which
Senator's are manufactured. Merit, thai
distils its modest influence upon society
from good, old-fashioned spheres ofindus-
| try, real greatness of character that oul
toretathers used to search out at the
plough, the anvil, or last, or which used
to concentrate the. gaze of observation
from the bar through a grandeur Of char
acter tha. could not conceal itself, and
which yet blushed at its own rec ognition,
the fervid patriotism that CLEANED upon
communities from the unpretending elo-
quenee of divines, are all obsolete consid-
erations, and the subjects of these elo-
ments OF humanity have been ruthlessly
swapped off, to make room for what, or
whom: Truth answers, for CANNON, for
stuff, for mushrooms embalmed in self
conceit, for gaming politicians, for migra-
tory partisan quacks, for men engaged in
reciprocal ticklings, for upstairs and ev-
er-greens, and every thing else that can be
produced by the operation of invention,
unaided by brains
This is the change which marks the
new era. Disinterested observers cannot
avoid seeing it, It is a plain, palpable
and disgusting fact. Look at the Sena-
torlal vacancy now exciting the minds of
politicians. The motely, grotesque char
features OF men, who, in hungry expee-
fancy, linger around it and hover over it,
like buzzards over relished morsels, and
who present picture which the pencil of
Hogarth, or the genius of Punch, could
not exhibit in hyperbole. Oh, for the
days lang syne! when men became the re-
clplents of responsible Offices, because
their practical capacity had been proven
IN some unpretending, unoficious business
OF life. When it was not regarded as gen
tlemanly to swear and indulge in obscene
conversation, as do some of our Senators
and Senatorial candidates of the present
day. When it was recognized as in bad
taste to swarm around the doors of Office
like mendicants at the foot-stool of the
wealthy. When drunkenness even was
not acknowledged as sufficient endorse
ment for high stations.
Cannot this state of things be improved:
Partially California has made an improve
ment, for she has chosen governor whose
character and capacity were established in
the most essential channels of industry and
usefulness. But this seems to be but one
exception in a rule which ought to be en-
tirely reversed. What will our Legisla-
ture do' Most earnestly do we hope that
it will decapitate every single head that
has been presented for Sena torial favors.
Without exception we desire to see every
name that has acknowledged the aspira-
tion, to be completely expunged from the
record of possible Senatorial elevation.-
Expunged! did we say we would have
the Legislature bury them so deep and
carefully that they could not be again
walked by the soundings of their own trum-
pets. si.ss M
Then, if the Legislature wish to perform
a distinguishing act, let them cast about
them and, finding man who is a Califor-
nian bya long tried experience, whose
family-if married-is here, whose busi-
ness and money are here, and .equitably
assessed, and who is recommended by
vulcanized independence and substantial
common sense, with fair district school
education, and man who would treat all
Californians, in Washington, civilly, or
who would not cascade if invited to dinner
at ! o'clock, then we say let them elect
such candidate upon the first ballot =
This will be an act Of humanity. II will |
make the Legislature a name which, when
confirmed by a similar attention to the re-
naming business of the session, will live
in the lasting gratitude of the common
people, who do not want such uncommon
men as are so anxious to sound their own
praises, and SO constantly ready to sacri-
Use themselves for S,,iatoral fayors.