The Shasta courier., 1856-02-23
The Senatorial Election.

The Senatorial Election.
The leader of the State Tribune few days
ago, was this subject, and it was very anus
ing to see with what holy horror. the editor
seemed TO view the reported course of The Dem
ocratic members of the Senate, in having bound
themselves not 10 vote for joint convention
this session.
When the Know Nothing bull cores our OK, it
is all well enough, but when the Democratic OK
cores the K ~ bull. what awful. what heart
rending belowngs are heard! We are too far
from the scene of action, to have any very re-
cent or reliable intelligence the subject, and
cannot tell whether such pledge has been CIV
en- or not but even were it so, we cannot see
any very great harm in it. Have we not a
right to form alliances. b'th offensive and de-
fensve against a common foel Have the DEM
ocraric party not right to say, that they will
pursue this policy or that Have they not the
right TO say that they will advocate this set Of
measures. and they will oppose the other'
Well, suppose they have seen fit, to subscribe
their names to an article of agreement, and that
article should say, that they would oppose a
joint convention the means of preventing an
election, who has the right TO object TO it ?
The Democracy are known to oppose Know
noihingism they are known to think the doc
trines advocated by that party, subversive of a
Republican government. Could they then do
less than oppose by every honest means in their
power, the election Of man whom they know
will advocate and encourage those hated meas
uresl The Democracy have not the power to
elect their own candidate now. and they are
therefore, exercising conservative power, and
waiting for the sober second thought of the peo-
pie on the subject.
We do not believe that the last election was
a fair exposition of the views of the people of
the State of Californa,-we do not believe that
it was a condemnation or rejection of Demo-
cratic principles. and we firmly believe, that
the elections to be neld next fall will show that
we are right in our belief. The cry was against
the rulers not against the creed, for we can see
no creed enunciated by the Know Nothing par
ty which was new or which differed from the
known avowed creed of all political parties.
The cry that the office should seek the man.
was a cry 10 catch the Gears of the groundlings"
and beautifully has its sincerity been exempli-
fed in the efforts which have been made to
elect an U. s. Senator, and in all other cases
The offices have chased a great many of our
population out of the mines. and had 1t not been
for the action of our noble and true State Senate
our country would have been reduced about
one half, for that is about the proportion of the
Know Nothing party in the mines. The action
of Democratic Senate has prevented the de-
population of the mines. and the true lovers of
the State will thank them for it.
The going into an election for Senator this
winter, is of those things that can't be did,
and although the vengeance of the midnight
conclave may be called down upon the Senate,
it will have no mare effect on that body than
the idle winds and will be just about as much
respected. But if they be sincere in their pre-
dictions, we are surprised that they should wish
to go into an election this winter. They say
that next fall the Know Nothing party will car
ry every thing before them, because of the ac-
ton of the Senate in postponng the election OF
an U. s. Senator. Now if this be so, had they
not better wait till then, than lake one Senator
now? Surely an interest of one hundred per
cent in financial point of view, will pay very
well. We are willing to take the responsibility,
and if we lose by it, it will be your gain.
The Tribune says that Mr.. Dosh has not sign
ed this agreement. Whether his name appear
not, his determination is unaiterably fixed,
and his constituents with very great unanimity
endorse his course There is no one with whom
we have conversed who doubts the perfect right
of the Democratic party to defeat this election.
So the oath bound political Arnoids who have
been hoping that election this winter would
place them in power, need not longer lay the
fattering JUNCTION to their souls, that it is even
possible that an election may be had
How keart-rending it must be to oath-bound
Hindoos, to think that party of men should
pledge themselves to fixed political course o.
action Gentlemen we really pity you.
"a We learn from n Driyate letter that Ste