Butte record., 1855-01-27
PROGRESS OF THE ELECTION

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Of the last eight or ten showing down
ward tendency Of steamship stock, and
gradual depreciation in the price OF
lands in Texas Or in other words, the
last dozen ballots exhibit the gratifying
fact to the democracy of California, that
the Steamship Monopoly's candidate Is
"a dead cock in the pit" He has lost
half dozen votes during the past week,
and may as well chang his harp on the
willow" His friends, abandoning prin-
ciples, have labored for his success, with
an earnestness bordering on insanity
and his organs are still exhortiug his
diminishing followers to hold out faithful
to the end of the session, and thus de-
feat the election. This is in keeping
with the assertion Of Gwin's leading or
gan a short time since, that ''no other
man should or can be elected at the pres
ent session of the legislature Here
tofore, when there were no powerful
steamship Monopo!ies to control the
councils Of democracy, principles and
not men, governed the party. The de-
mocracy could unite in council, and Sc
lect a candidate upon which their whole
strength could unite, because they were
guided by principles, and twas unnec-
essary TO select any particular in oluer
to sustain the administration, or preserve
the harmony and majesty of the party.
In the unfortunate division which has
destroyed the democratic party of Cali
fornia, the friends Of DR.. Gwin have
pursued course that was perfectly sui
cidal. With the full knowledge before
them thatit would be necessary for the
party to be united if they would succeed
they have abused the friends OF rival
candidate, until they have driven tn em
from the councils of the party. The
friends of Mr.. Btoderick would prove
themselves dogs, should they 60 into
caucus with the Gwin faction after the
wholesale abuse they have received from
the Doctors organs And this too.
while they should have known that their
support was necessary to secure the
election of democratic Senator.
The Gwin organs have thus, by their
abuse, and their advocacy Of "men in-
stead Of measures widened the diyis-
ion in the democratic ranks, and now
couture their friends to remain faithful
to the end of the session-to abandon
the advocacy Of principles and lend all
their influence and energy to the eleva
ton of Dl. Gwin. They have reversed
the motto Of the democracy and lost
sight OF democratic principles in their
advocacy of men. This Is frct:onal-
and the fact of their being in majority
renders it tyrrany-and the minority,
who refuse to submit to the dictation o.
this factional majority, are better demo-
erats than those who are willing to de-
feat the election if they cannot ,lect a
particular individual.
1t is claimed that there are seventy
two democratic members in the legisla-
ture, but the dictatorial and abusive
of the Gwin faction, has been such as to
tcf twenty two d0moc as from join
ing in caucus with them, ana we exhibit
TO our sister States, the melancholy
fact that fifty only out Of scventy-two
democrats could be induced to enter a
a caucus. As this number was iusuffi-
cient to secure the election of the nom
inee, eleven others who had been instruc-
It'd by their constituents to throw their
influence for northern man, withdrew
from the caucus, as they did not desire
to stand up in the capitol, and usel, ssly
vote during the entire session for Il man
whom they had been instructed TO op-
pose. Tor pursuing this course, they
are denounced by the Gwin press as
boilers from democratic usage. And
here the democracy of the Gwin faction
is again fault The doctrine of instruc-
tion has long been recognized as dem
ocTaiic principle, and we have yet to
learn that Representative can relieve
himself from the binding force of in
struclions by joining in min ority eau
cus-or even in a majority caucus. He
can only free himself from those in
strnctions by surrendering his position
to his constituents. The Gwin press
show their insinc Gritty upon this point,
by applauding the action of three wings
who obey their instructions to vote for
a democrat by voting for Gwin, and con-
demning these democrats who have been
instructed to oppose him, because they
refuse to caucus away their instructions.