Butte record., 1856-12-20

on election day. The New York
Times says:
'.The fashion Of settling peoples affairs by
the aid of small piece of lead ond few
grains of powder, assisted by percussion
cap, is becoming unpleasantly predominant
in the City of Monuments. Presently there
must be added to its monumental records
one to the Genius of Murder Our Balti-
more exchanges report that fourteen per-
sons are now under Indictment for wilful
murder, in every case by shooting with
gun or pistol
An appropriate place for the tri
umph Of Know Nothingism, where
citizens are shot down for attempting
to exercise the right Of suffrage.
DURING the session Of 1855, when
the Legislature failed to elect an Uni
ted States Senator, we desired to see
the Legislature unite upon any good
national Democrat and elect him !;
and although Senator Gwin was not
our choice, we should have been sat
isfed had the Legislature chosen to
re-elect him. As they could not
elect him we consired it their duty to
unite upon some other man. This
they declined doing, and there was
no election. Papers which then
supported him in preference to all
others, and were willing to give the
election to the Know-Nothings if he
could not succeed, now express their
willingness to see the Legislature 60
into caucus, nominate and elect two
Senators, 'uninfuenced by the press,
and that the election Of any two
sound national Democrats would be
satisfactory. We arc gratifed to
observe this disposition of unity on
the part of the Democratic press, and
see many future Democratic triumphs
foreshadowed in this feeling. This
is good democratic policy, and had it
prevailed at the session Of '55, it is
possible that the party might not
have been beaten at the following
State election.
While we are strong in the belief
that is the duty of the party to elect
the Senators uninfuenced by the op-
position press, we do not think they
should wholly disregard the prefer
ences of the press which assisted tC
place the party in power. For while
the party press are willing to acqui-
esce in any reasonable choice the
Legislature may make, there is not
one of them but has its preference
and it is proper and democratic thai
it should make that preference
known. It's not necessary that al
editor should advocate his preference
in such manner as to make politica1
enemies Of those of his party who
prefer different men. The difference
should be only such as an election
would satisfactorily settle. We vel
remember the pleasure We felt wher
such men as Gwin, Latham, Henly
Van Voorhies, and others, came W
to the help of the Lord a against the
K-Yies and Black Republicans, anC
We hardly think those gentlemen arr
willing to condemn such of the de-
mocracy as do not prefer to see then
elected u. S. Senators. The prin-
clples Tor which the party contended
have triumphed, and all who assisted
in their triumph cannot Of course bt
elected to the Senate. It's, however
the duty of the Legislature to elec
two United States Senator's, and
we prefer to see Messrs. Brodericl
and McCorkle elected. That /.
sour position to a dot"
HE News brought by the steamer
Sonora will be found in another col
umn. It will be seen that Buchanan
has received one hundred and seven
ty-four electoral votes, Fremont one
hundred and fourteen, and Fillmore
eight. Pennsylvania, the gallant
Old Keystone, gives Buchanan a
clean majority over all opposition.
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