The Placer herald., 1856-01-26
Flint and Fiske.

Iue W HlO NuOW NOlDln0S nave let loose
the dogs Of war upon these gentlemen. Mr.
Flint has become the special object Of attack
and no charge is too unreasonable or too
unjust to make against him. Little harm
will the warfare do him, and little, we pre-
sumo, he cares about it. He has taken a
bold postion and, if we are not mistaken in
the character Of the man, he will maintain
1t, let the CALLED jades vince never 50 agOn-
izingIy. The X. \. Press generally has SIM
ultaneously set up hideous howl on his ac-
count, which would be actionable if it We're
not really SO very amusing
The time has come, at length, when a stop
will be put to the conspiracy which has
turned the State Government into Wing
and sectional institution, and which also
would have bound California hand and foot
in her relations with the Federal Government
The people will thank Me>srs Flint and Fi>ke
for stepping into the breach Let the presses
rave, the disappointed office seekers TIN eaten;
let the wire pulers crowd on the outside
pressure. Justified by conscences void Of
evil, and supported by their rare moral cour
age, they will 90 before the people with il
clean record; and story Of audacious usur
pations by party which protessed to be
Democratic and pure, but fell.
'Io give our readers an idea Of the gross
vulganty and coalseness Of the warfare
adopted we clip the following from the cor
respondence of the California Chronicle:
There are thousand flying rumors re
garding the Senator from FL Dorado (tiske)
1t is SAID he is Il Free Soiler and that he is
III the market; that he wants his own candi-
date elected or none"
Now this is a shameless and miserable
slander. Mr. Fiske's character for integrity
stands as high as that Of any other man in
the legislature He has valid reasons for
the course he has taken. Had he acted in
any other manner, not only would he have
gone counter to the will of his constituents,
ut would have violated the dictates Of his
conscience. 1t has come to a strange crisis
when any man, who is compelled 10y his con
science to oppose the wishes Of some even of
lis own party, is to be savagely and Loosely
charged with being actua;ed by corrupt mo-
tives. We are only surprised that Mr. Soule
who is generally SO discriminating and dis
posed to be just, should have permitted SO
unwarrantab!e a paragraph to obtain publ
cation in the columns of his paper.
As we have said before the Senatorial is
political office: and, hence, it is not surprising
that men should disagree in their views OF
the subject. The only avowed object Of the
X. n. order in California was the defeat OF
the Bie,er administration No provision was
made for future operations; the whole range
of politics was left open. The consequence
is that when real, live. practical issues come
to be settled the views of the different wings
of the organization will not harmonic. We
have foretold this from the commencement,
and there is, after all, nothing remarkable
about it. Gentlemen need not be astonished
that independent minded legislators will not
90 as they choose to drive; the Democrats
will not swallow AVhggery-they would
sooner take poison at once. Wings need not
be surprised if Senators should stand at bay
when prosecutions and threats are resorted
to, trammel their action. They are com
PEELED to turn upon their enemies in self
defence.
1t has become the fashion to call Know
Nothings traitors who complain when the
organization is used for improper purposes.
OF what materials is the secret order com
posed Is not every member hoter from
either the Wing or Democratic party! Ac-
cording to the new ruling, each one would
be subject to the charge of being a traitor.
Out upon such hypocrisy
We have no doubt that both Messrs. Flint
and Fiske will as Independently, as wisely,
and represent truly the wishes of their con
stituents. State JournaL