Mountain Democrat., 1857-05-23
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mlhlStratOn and the Democratic party
will not deceive us when they cmanat,
from suspicious characters. Words cost
but little, and We know certain class in
this State who habitua'ly practice upon
the maxim that speech was given to mar
for the purpose Of ''conccalng his ideas. y
In this spirit we have noted the honevtd
editorials Of the Brodcrick organs, and
regard their declarations of attachment
to the Administration and desire for har.
mony, as merely proof that they do not
yet consider it time to disclose their poll,
cy. We venture the prediction that the
Administration will survive alike the
open profession and the secret venom.
James buchanan was and is the choice
of the American people for President
They have confidence in his statesman
ship, sagacity and patriotism. lie is en-
dcarcd 10 the Democracy as their success.
iilI Standard-bcarcr in long and arduous
struggle for the preservation of the Union
and the maintenance of the Federal Con.
stitution. They have full faith that he
will rightly perform the duties of lis high
station. In no manner or shape whatcv-
or have the people indicated their wish
that he should share his power with Mr.
Frederick, Or consult his fiat in the sc!cc.
ton OF his appointecS We demand the
grounds for thcimpudcnt assumption that
MIR. Buchanan is unfit for this portion of
his executive duties and must necds,call
Mr.. Brodcrick to his aid. The Constifu
tion IF the United States docs not once
mention his nanr in this connection. and
the law of our State regulating the clcc-
ton Of Senators is equally silent. Nor
have the California Democracy at any of
their Conventions ever indicated the opin-
ion that wisdom is bound up in this i'm
pcrious Senator, or that the President
should abncgatc his functions, or heed
solely the dictates Of Mr.. David {. Erod-
crick. Upon what meat doth this our
Caesar feed, that he is grown so great 2"
l'ct us, in Gods name, learn the ''pastu-
rage" which has given him "mettle" too
high-strung for respectful speech of the
President and his Cabinet TO allegc
that Mr.. Broderick "lelt his oats" the mo
inent hs took his seat in the Senate, is
excuse for his overlapping all the bounds
Of deccncy, and dcnouncing the President
in terms of coarse invective, which re-
gardcd neither his high office nor his
grey hairs. Surely there must be bounds
even to his prcscicncc. How does it nc.
ccssarily follow that he should be better
judge of what kind Of men will suit Mr..
Buchanan than Mr. Buchanan himsclf?-
lie has admitted OH his return home that
he was deceived in certain men, and this
accounts for the defeat he sustained
Might not his very nominees have proved
alike false and trcachcrous, and did he
not give written recommendation, and
his only enc, to the very man who has
thus foilcd him by all unlookcd-for dis
play Of diplomatic taste and talent?
We have put these questions in all Sc
robustness. The character of the State
and of the California Democracy has been
sadly sullicd and compromised by this
unasked-for intrusion into the Presidents
council chamber, and the burst of impo-
tent resentment which followed the igno-
minious repulsc. Mr.. Brodcrick was
commissioned by our State to sit in the
Senate Of the United States to represent
our wants and wishes, to speak upon
public questions if he could, and to sus-
tain the Administration; not to abuse the
President or "spit in the face" of Secre-
tary. 1t was no part Of the wishes of our
people that Mr.. Brodcrick should inter-
frrc with the Presidents power OF ap-
pointment, and in so doing he has trans
ccnded his commission. lie has estab-
lishcd hostile relations with the Admins
tration at the very time when Mr. Bu-
chanan had taken strong ground for the
Pacific Railroad, and had shown every in
dicotion of peculiar friendship for our
State. The Democracy arc not and will
not be Il party to Mr.. Brodcrick's resent
mentS. They will sustain the Admins
trat!on with zeal and confidence. If Mr.
Broderick is unwilling to "croSs the
threshold Of the White House, If the
"mcttle of his California pastNragc" will
not permit him to communicate politely
to the President the wants of our people,
he should forthwith resign his seat, and
give way to some one who has less "mct-
tic" and better manners.
This he will not do. lie will cling
with obstinacy to position for which he
has already discovered he is unfit. lie
has returned already to vex our counsels
and distract our Democracy with his pct
ty aims and unworthy rcsentmcnts. The
air Of Washington docs not suit him. lie
likes it not, nor the Cabinet, nor the Halls
Of Congress. lie finds that the "grcat
men of the country dwindlc," when he
comes near to them and views them face
to face. lie finds that "pigmy is a pig
my still, though pcrchcd OH the Alps"
| Surely this ought to be pardoncd to them