The Empire County argus., 1855-11-03
For the Empire County Argus.
Palmer. Cook d Co.

week, too late Tor insertion. Emanatlng it does
from an out-and-out democrat, we give it place in
our columns hoping that the harmonious Democra-
cy will see in it an admonition to drop their bick-
erings. The American party desires to contend
with the united democratic forces, that no plea of
division may hereafter excuse their defeats
Mr.. ARGUS: In the last issue of the Mountain,
Democrat appears article in which somebody
exhibits high dudgeon and low malice, because the
Washington Union has dared to make remarks
creditable to the character of j. c. Palmer, of the
House of Palmer, Cook & Co., who is now on
visit to the Atlantic States This foray, again be-
gun by what claims to be democratic press but
what is really organ established to advance per-
shows clearly that the fight is not yet ended and
that Gwinism is not prepared to endure the pros
perity of any of its antagonists.
No adherent of that prince of schemers VIM.
M Gwin was to be found in the State, to raise his
voice against the House of Palmer, Cook & Co.,
when they were favorable, supposed to be, to his
aspirations for reelection to the United States SEN
ate. Up to the point of time when J. C. Palmer
failed to do homage to the California Richeeu
Mr.. Palmer was supposed and said to be reliable,
faithful energetic 'incorruptible &C. &c. The
adjective man of the Democrat, and all his friends
would have defended MIR. Palmer from any inag
ined assault, with all the bombastic ferocity with
which they now assail him, and the reputation of
the house of which he is the acknowledged head
For two years past the California Richelieu and
his hirelings have traduced, vilifed, and msrepre
sented, at Washington and elsewhere, not only j.
c. Palmer, but every decent man in the State, who
would not become their tool and instrument A
cabal with its chief in a position of influence in
the U. S. Senate, Chairman of the committee on
naval affairs from whence he is said to have Of
ten forced terms from the President, and exhibited
insolence to the Departments which for the time
had to be borne has undertaken, with its money
and power, to blacken the character of all its op
ponents If they were politicians they were weak
| and had no infuence-mere excrescences on the
party. If citizens, they were corrupt, SC. And
thus for time, the cabal and its ours filled the
atmosphere of Washington and elsewhere with
miasm that has finally destroyed its generators
Even stranger could not enter the national capi-
tai without being surfeited with the venom dis
charged by the chief of this cabal and his toades
will quote an instance of the style in which this
venal clique exhibited its industry A Rhode
Island Senator, knowing that distinguished dem
ocratic son of that State, then in Washington was
about to remove to California, courteously intro
duced him to the California delegation in Con.
gress. AS he was really an able man, and would
no doubt make his mark on the politics of Cafor
nia if he turned his attention to that field when
here, the opportunity was sought with avidity by
the great chief, to set him right in regard to
California and Cafornians Richeeu's opponents
were of course scored unmercifully there was
nothing but rank corruption opposed to the mmac-
ulate Senator in California. This game has been
practised, in and out of the State, until lies, re-
vamped and reiterated, have in part been made to
bear the semblance of fact and with that class of
facts the opponents of Democracy in this State
have been furnished, by those revers of character
With such facts, and such only, democratic speak
ers in the last campaign were met, and their party
was defeated the full responsibility of which rests
upon tho odious cabal of Which the Mountain Dem
ocrat is but wordy echo.
Why does not the Democrat get wroth at the ar
tice in the Washington Union of August 5th
where John Bger is spoken of as he deserves to
be-as man to whom the democratic party was
under great obligation?
The Democrat may as well conceal its chagrin at
the fact that disnfecting agent has been found,
powerful enough to clear the atmosphere of Wash
ington, after the influence of six years residence
of its chief 1t is but the solution of verv COM
mon problem in moral science and although some
times delayed is very certain of accomplishment
The Democrat says that I" it is an insult to the
democratic party, to say that ]. c. Palmer has done
effective service" Suppose the Union had used
the same language towards one of its pets, or to-
wards the modest and handsome editor of that pa
per would the mouse have become a hon at the
insult thus given to the democratic party! He
says: this J. c. Palmer stands charged upon the
journals of cur Legislature with having offered
bribe to State Senator to betray his constituency
and the party that elected him." So does the fac
tion of which the Democrat is one of the wind in
struments stand charged with fomenting and origi-
mating that charge for the base purpose of inurng
distinguished member of our party!' And the
Democrat continues, in swearing himself clear of
that charge the whole community believe that he
made simple-minded innocent man suffer for his
guilt" An innocent-minded simple man This is
sympathetic allusion to the virtuous Peck Does