The Nevada journal., 1855-12-07
NEVADA JOURNAL.
L. G. WAITE, EDITOR.
FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7
State Economy.

those who have held the reins of govern
ment, and dispersed the patronage Incl
dental to political power, have been mind
full only of the present, little thinking or
caring that there was to come an ine1ora-
bic future which would assuredly scruti-
nize the past and award the curse of pos
terity. A system of plunder was COM
meuced with our state existence and per-
severingly pursued through the several ad
ministrations to the present time on q
large and catholic scale Democracy, or
rather the party whose Premier snnoun-
ced "the public to be u goose, and he a
fool who did not pluck feather" and
which has in this state at least, religiously
adhered to the aphorism, has been always
dominant. With the help of the immense
spoils gathered at the first harvest of po-
litical thieves, the venal scoundrels Of par
ty have been enabled to soothe public
conscience, and mould and shape public
sentiment to sustain and perpetuate the
rule of the party in power. Five years
of misruls have sufficed to rob the state #
all her property and scatter "thick as
leaves in Falambrosa" deprecated cvi-
dences of her Indebtedness, over the land.
Five years have suficed to fatten pam
pered few, and fill their hands with three
millions of scrip, with which to make pc
riodical swoops upon the treasury, and
vampire like, suck its last mint-drop; and
hve years have suficed to open the eyes
of the people to the necessity of inaugu-
rating an administration pledged to re-
trenchment and reform.
The voters at the late election who
gave their suffrages to the American can
didates, were actuated more by a desire
to see an end to political pilfering, and a
system Of economy commenced, than by
an extreme attachment to any other poll
tical principles whatever. l. matters but
little comparatively who is elected to the
U S. Senate. The kind of statesmen We
have heretofore sent to Washington, have
been Of the do-nothing, if not know moth
ing kind, and upon whomsoevcr the Sena-
torial toga may fail, the consolation is
left US that it is barely possible to fare
worse than to commit our interests in the
hands of such beautiful brace of Sena-
tors as Gwin and Weller We are de-
pendent upon the liberality and sense Of
justice of the representatives of the other
states for every appropriation for the i'm
provement of harbors, and if ever a lail-
road across the continent is projected to
be completed by the assistance of the Gen
sral Government, self interest will be
the ruling motive of the states at its East
ern terminus, to induce cooperation oi
their representatives with ours, in carrying
out the enterprise. On the whole, if Cal
ifornia is to be represented in the nation
al councils as she has been, we might as
we'll trust entirely to the magnanimity Of
the East for fostering care and aid to our
young state. And therefore except fol
the formality and regularity of the thing
1t is not remarkably hard to believe thai
no great detriment would befal us if nc
election of q senator should be had at tht
next session of the Legislature, provided
little time was squandered in a vain at
tempt at election, and the legitimate bu
siness of the session attended to withou
being made to hinge upon the senatoria
question. Interested politicians may keel
the public mind in a fermsnt about tn
elevation of this or that man to the L
5. Senate, but the people who coo!ly an,
dlspassionately view the whole subject
look upon our federal relations as of mi
nor importance to an honest and economi
cal administration of state affairs.
Much Is expected from the Legislator
soon to meet in Sacramento. Tho Sena
torlai question should be disposed of i'm
mediately, and the wants and necessitie
OF the state receive prompt attention.
The people expect that four months wi
not be squandsred in accomplishing wha
easily might be done in seventy Idays.-
They do not expect that thieving relic
bills to the amount of half n million dol
lars, are to be passed as bonus to indi
vlduals Cor assistance rendered at the lat
election, or as a quietus to discontente
politicians They do not expect that tn
doctrine ''to the victors belong the spoils
IS to be praeticed by the regime about t
be installed in power by virtue of thei
votes in the canvass of September, to tha