The Placer herald., 1856-03-22
AUBURN, MARCH 20. 1856.
The Necessity of ORGANIZATION.

the crisis in our national politics. when mo-
mentous questions are TO be decided by the
people, effecting for veal or wo this great
confederacy IN the future, it behooyes h,
men of the Democratic party to consider
the steps proper to be taken, in order to
carry out those ends which as party they
deem for the best.
The men of this State. coming as they have
from every State upon the Atlantic shore,
commngling here and living far from the
scenes of those -burnings and angry feel
ings which of late years have so agitated
the people of the different sections of the
Union, the one against the other, exercise
for these reasons power and influence of a
moral nature, far exceeding the simple nu-
mercal votes they cast. The people of the
Alantct side regard us, as disinterested specta-
tors, save in desire to see them prosperous
and happy, sufficiently intelligent to Judge
and with courage and GOODNESS to decide with
fairness. We have had in times past great
questions of internal policy to decide, and
the combatants have fought these with
earnestness and zeal. They were purely ques-
tions of policy the decision of which either
way, it is believed, would not interfere with
our national existence We would have
lived and progressed under the policy Of the
Whie party-it was conservative in nature
and we probably would not have become
great and strong SO soon. but would never
theless have been respectable.
More angry and ten-fol more dangerous
is the all-important question now distracting
the counsels of State the harmony of the
domestic circle, rendings churches. and
threatening the perpetuity of the nation
No sooner is the storm luled in Boston or
Philadelphia than it breaks forth in Cincin-
natl or Chicago, and anon in the wilds of
Kansas frenzied mobs essay to deyour each
other from the face of the earth Quiet has
been sought, by recourse to compromise, but
the storm was famed into new and fierce
hte by the denunciotions of professed arita-
tors. Relying upon the Constitution as a
guide, a law has been passed establishing a
principle equitable and just in all its parts,
by which this mooted matter should be
governed in ali time to come. These arita-
tors have sworn to override the Constitution,
spat upon the just DEGREES of the Kansas Ne
braska bill, and shouting "agitation, demand
"higher law" for their guidance Violence
begets violence, until it reaches the halls of
Congress, where as one of the legitimate re-
suits of this agitation were two months spent
in brois over the Speakership. 1t has there
fore become 4 subject Of inevitable discussion
in our next Presidential campaign. We can
not escape it if we would, we must say our
say and act our part. Let the American
party Of California dodge it if they will, the
Democracy will be faithful to their trust
We will temporise no mere with these fanat-
les and demagogues but with truth and the
Constitution as our authority, meet them
upon the stump, and agitate until we annihi-
late the hydra-headed monster.
Other and important issues will also come
before the country, and in order to meet the
necessity in proper manner, we should in
stitute a most thorough organization, every
precinct should have its Club, and these
Clubs should call out every voter in the pre-
cinct. They should have purse to defray
necessary expenses, and enable them to en-
tertain speakers, have newspapers, circulate
pamphlets, handbills, &c. In the archives
Of these Clubs, there should be kept record
of every Democratic voter in the precinct.
All primary meetings should be conducted
with fairness, the best and most reliable men
selected for the different posts that harmony
may prevail. BY adopting this course our
friends will be able to make themselves felt,
in party movements, and when the great fight
in November comes off, Placer county may
send up such record as her Democracy
shall be proud of in the future.
Mr.. Nc Kinlay gave the citizens Of Auburn
specimen of his Dramatic Readings at the
Court room on the evening of Thursday last
He opened with a poem Of his own compost
ton, suited to the occasion, and which we
consider quite good. lie then read passages
from Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and the
Irish Ambassador We confess ourself no
connoisseur in these matters, but to our
untutored taste if was well rendered.
We were sorry to see SO small house
The talents of Mr.. McKinlay and the benevo-
lent object of the gentleman deserved better
at the hands of our citizens