The Placer herald., 1856-08-16
AUBURN, AUGUST 16, 1856.
Ostracism Prcsnrihed

Ostracism Prescribed.
The persons who have hitherto been most active
in their opposition to the Vigilance Committee,
endeavored to make the Committee odious by
charging upon its leading members a covert in
tention of turning its power into the politics of
the day. The imputatiou has been as often and
Indignantly denied by the members and friends
of that body, and the people have credited the
latter authority. The charge grave one
and the authorities upon which it was made have
been carefully scrutinized before the people, and
we feel assured that had they discovered grounds
for the assertion that the powerful moral force
which sustained that body, would have been with
drawn from it at once. No one believed there ex-
listed any such intention on the part of the ruling
influential men of the Committee. and the matter
passed off without elcitng apparently any notice
outside of the large towns of the State.
With the Inconsistency which attends the acts
Of men who persist in false step, these very same
men who thus attempted to make the Committee
odous by fastening upon its members the false
charge. are now, themselves moving heaven and
earth to introduce this temporary and local mat
ter into politics, and make it vital issue, in the
great national contest now going on before the
people. Repudiated men, crippled in business
arising from the withdrawal of the confidence of
the business men about them, blasted in political
hopes, athirst for revenge and impotent in them
selves to effect it--would restore themselves to
public favor, and recuperate their finances by
foisting their cause upon the Democratic party,
and making adhesion TO their ruined fortunes
sine qua non of sound political character.
acknowledging adhesion to no particular party.
and which by its position upon the Vigilance
question. lost the greater part of its paying pa
tronage, hoists the Democratic national ticket at
its head-joins in this clamor ostracising those of
its neighbors who will not follow its crazy head,
and carry the EDITORS quarrel into the arena of
party. Mr. Nugent, writer of ability, and the
presiding genius Of the Hoald, is the President
and we presume the ruling spirit of the Young
Mems Democratic Club of the city of San Fran
asco, which body recently passed certain resolu-
tions one of which is as follows:
"Resolved therefore, That the Young Mems De-
mocratic Club, believing it to be the sense of the
great National Democratic party of the Union
and because of their detestation of all combina-
tions opposed to the Constitutions and laws of the
lard; and for the sake OF preserving perfect har-
mony in their association, do expressly declare
that no member Of the organisation StV1ed fhe
Tig1ance COMMITTEE shall be eligible to n,eta5e,-
ship in their Club"
Here is language sufficiently plain. These youth
full Democrats would set up new test of party
fath--one must not only be Democrat. but he
must coincide with them upon the Vigilance oues-
ton. AS further demonstration of their feel
ing upon the point, they elected Judge Terry an
honorary member of their order. and sent a com
mittee in Haunting regalia. to escort him, on his
release. TO Sacramento. As citizens these men
had perfect right to condemn the Vigilance
Committee and its members, and express their
JOY over the release OF Judge Terry-they have
light to incorporate their bitter hatred Of per-
sons as the creed OF such Club and in sacrlege
of a name, mighty with the people, invoke the
aid of all Democrats to avenge the private griets
OF themselves or Judge Terry 1t is not now a
question whether Vigilance or anti-Vigilance, but
whether we will permit the usefulness of the
democratic organization in this State to become
at this time burthened with the quarrel of these
men. For one We repudate the leadership of
such advisers; we suspect their motives and doubt
their Democracy
We do not speak as partizan either for or
against the Iga9e,s, mmdton e came 6a from Is
friends, our position would be the same. We
gave expression to our views when the Nevada
resolutions came out, and we believe the reasons
then urged by were considered good by the
democracy of the mountains generally.
The "Oroville Butte Record" an enthusiastic
igiance paper, in the issue of the 7th inst,
makes the following remarks evidently under the
impression that the Vigilance men were trying to
make the question political;
"a portion of the KYi and independent vig-
lance press, are endeavoring to make Vigilance
or anti-Nigilance, the issue of the next election.
The press in the employ Of the mob at San Fran
cisco, it would appear have no better sense than
to insult the intelligence of the people, by asking
them TO permit the question OF Vgilance-ism TO
override every other question. and control their
sutrages at the coming election"
We have said our say upon this question. And
for our part we are determined to condemn this
political question; and those who shall attempt
to force this unheard Of test of democracy upon
the party. The test is: Are you Democrat"
and it is the only one that can be applied.
Present appearances indicate desire, on the
part of certain democrats aud democratic presses.
to saddle the vigilance question upon the party,
and we should be pleased to hear what our breth
rem Of the mountain counties think about it
whether they will adopt their policy, to suit the
desperate fortunes of these men or not.
Release of Judge Terry.
The friends Of the Judge seem inclined to make