Mountain Democrat., 1857-05-30
JoA. \. weller.

We have, for some time past, says the
Sierra Citizen, been intending to speak Of
the services of this retiring Senator in be-
half Of the State. he 80 ably represented,
when the following statements, made by q
correspondent of the San Francisco Her
GI, writing from Washington, met our
eye; and cmbOdying, as 1t does, an undis.
putcd record of the acts and d0ings Of this
faithful servant, during his stewardship,
we substitute it with pleasure for any re-
marks VIC had intended to make Of our
own. We must, however, be allowed to
say, in this connection, that we have
known John B. Weller from our bOyhOOd,
we know his faults, but we know his
virtues as wcll,-and to those acquainted
with our relative positions, anything we
might say in this connection will have
dOubly the weight that parties not cOgni-
zant Of our relative positions, in our in
tcrcOurSc in the Atlantic States, will &C.
cord It.
We are familiar with the personal and
political history Of John b Weller ever
since he entered upon his public career,
which was as the States Attorney in
County in Ohio, where all our own broth
ers and the greater portion Of our own
relatives reside. A warm friend, he was
ever open and gencrOus,-bitter, It might
be, in the advocacy Of his party's inter-
ests, and unspaEing in political warfare
he was ever generous even to his oppo-
nents, and, although possessing faults, no
one was more popular in his private rela-
tions. Although time, that softens all
bitter fccIingS-that in the end ''makcs
all things even, has nlellowcd down
much Of his party accrbity,-=yct John B.
Weller, when the question was vital be-
tween his personal and his party's inter-
csts, never hcsitated to sacrifice himself
upon tho altar Of bis party. Had he, like
his opponent for the Gubernatorial Chair
Of Ohio, in 184o, caught at and pandcrcd
to the popular ''isms" Of the day, he
would have made his ''calling and election
sure" beyond all doubt or cavil but he
spurncd the idea, and; as the standard
bearer Of the true in contradistinctiOn to
the bastard Democracy that went astray
after false Gods, he preferred an honOra-
ble political defeat to victory won by
dishonorablc sacrifice.
Now that John B. Weller is a private
citizen, all parties unite in according to
him that mccd Of justice which his scrvi-
ccs deserve. He has signiAcd bis inten-
ton to resume the practice Of his profess
sion, and retire for season, from the pO-
litical arena, in which he has figured
through life. But, II there is anything in
the gift of the people Of the State Of Cali.
fornia that he win accept, it is bis, beyond
all doubt or pcradventure. II he prefer
however, to retain that "post Of honor, '
Ia private LtatiON-it may DC said o.
him, as Of the Roman Patriot:
Alone, more proud The great Mareellus feels
Than Csesar win the Roman Senate at bis heels.
Editor Of the San FrGaciscO RerdM:-
You will have learned, by this steamer,
the full particulars Of all the acts Of the
late Congress, and doubtless you will re-
jOicc on learning that California has Ob.
tained unusually large appropriations, =
amounting, in the aggregate, to three mil
Tim eight hundred GNd tacents -OnS thou.
sand dOtlGrs, for the following purposes