The Placer herald., 1856-01-05
Matters Senatorial.


the Democracy, is about to be fully dcye-
oped, with what result, we think, can be
easily foresecn.
In the celebrated secret circular of l s. 2 3,
to which we have so frequently had occasion
to allude, the Wing leaders recommended
the abandonment Of the Wing name, an al
lance Of the Wings with a section Of the
Democratic party, and the adoption Of some
new title. Know Nothingism came along
Just in the nick Of time, the novel organiza-
ton exactly suited their scheme, and they
but too eagerly seized upon it as lever to
serve their purposes. Amongst the most
prominent Of the lea,iel5 in that movement
was j Nicely johnson.
In the secret circular was asked, "What
are Principles without powerr" This SEN
tence (amost become proyerbiaD is the key
TO all the movements which have been made
by the Wings during the last three years
They have succeeded in all their plans, and
while we lament that the calamity Of having
Wing government has beften us, we can
not bat admire the sagacity Of the men who
devised, and who have carried the political
scheme to so successful teruination The
best way to ascertain the character of poiti-
cal movements is to examine their results
by their fruits We shall know them" What
have been the results of the Know Nothing
movement They can be written in very
few words. We have a Whig Governor. a
Whg Private Secretary, Whig Secretary
Of State, Wing Controller, and a Wing
Treasurer All the offices connected with
which there is the besowal Of patronage,
are filed by Wings. We have a Wing State
Printer All the leading X. \. newspapers
are controlled by Wigs More than two
thirds of the dominant party in the Legsla-
ture are Wings. At the last K. Y. State
Convention, three out OF four Of the gentle
men who were elected as Delegates to the
National Convention were known to be F'H-
mare Wings and will vote for the nomina-
ton of Fillmore for the Presidency. And
more. they claim Whig to represent us in
the United States Senate. What fair play
have the X. n. Democrats had? What rep
rcscntation have they in the Government;
Judging from the past a Democrat has in
the future no more chance for a nomination
than has Chinaman. There is no doubt
that Wings will be nominated for Congress
next year. The man must be determined to
be blind who cannot see all this. lie must
be wfully ignorant who says he does not
know of any Whiggery in the history of
Know Nothngism in this State.
We have little objection to Crabb on per-
sonal grounds. His character is unblemish-
ed, albeit we think the Wings might have
set forward a candidate possessing more
mind, and, generally speaking, ofaptcr quail
itications for the office Of Senator We have
an objection to him. however, which must be
fatal in the mind of every true Democrat.
He is Wing thorough paced Whig has
been one from his boyhood up; and an ex-
treme southern Wing at that. He was the
leader of the old Wing party in this State
carried their flag from hustings to hustings,
and proclaimed whig doctrine from every
stump. His life has almost been devoted to
a warfare against the Democracy. Admit
ting then that personally he is all we could
wish or admire, every Democrat must see
that it would be dangerous to send him to
the Z. S. Senate. Questions of government
tai policy which anciently formed the line of
separation between the Wing and Demo
cratic parties are continually arising at
Washington. If so, would not a Democrat
ic State be improperly represented in Crahb'
But there is another view to be taken of the
matter. This Know Nothing party is about
to break up. The Know Nothngs of all the
free States represented lately at the Cincln-
natl convention announced their intention OF
fighting through the Presidential canvass in
favor of the Missouri compromise. Slmul-
taneously with this, the State Council o
South Carolina orders the disbanding of the
order, and the Southern X. Ms in Congress
intimate their determination to act with the
Democrats. Supposing, then, that the turr
in political affairs should lead to the break
inc up Of the order, south of the line, anC
an alliance with the Democrats, of which
there is every indication, be formed--in wha
position would the X. N. Democrats of Cali
fornia who are part and parcel of the grea
national Democratic party so far as all vita
, issues are concerned, in what position would
the X, n. Democrats of this State be, whel