The Nevada journal., 1857-02-13
Fright among the ..Falthful.n

The valiant democracy are beginning
to show little sensible fear. They are
evidently beginning to suspect that their
empire is not "whole as the marble,
founded as the rock. :" They grow su-
perstitious. They begin to be "bound
in by saucy doubts and fears" lest the
ghost of Vigilance should arise, and
push them from their stools. In the
first flush Of victory, they appeared to
think that anything might be done with
impunity. Sailing, for the time. in
smooth water and before favorable gales,
they seemed to think that there were
no reefs or breakers anywhere on the
rude political ocean, and that all hands
might go on spree, and let the vessel
rip. Now, however, they are drifting
fastly towards dangerous rocks, and
those who have first come to their senses
are extremely anxious to "wear ship"
and take new direction.
The Mountain Democrat, Of Placer
vile, staunch party paper, in an ar
ticle about the anti-Vigilance propensi-
ties of the Legislature, discourses elo-
quent discord as follows:
"If the members of the Legislature
act judiciously; if they do not occupy
too much time discussing extraneous
matters, questions not properly before
them, no combination will be sufficiently
strong to defeat the Democracy. But if
they waste their time in frivolous de-
bates, in rising TO questions of privilege
in warning against a disbanded organi-
zation-objectionable and criminal as it
was-they may anticipate dangerous
party to contend against next fall. 1t
is sometimes discreet to let the dead
past bury the dead" Strong and unre-
Ienting as was and is our opposition to
Vigilance Committeeism, we cannot dis
guise the fact that a large majority Of
the people favored it, and we do not
wish to see the question revived.
The Democrat is frightened by the
State Journals story of ''new party"
about being hatched. Moreover, the
DemOcrat-man lives in the very heart of
the mining population, and he knows
that the masses don't sympathise with
many of the doings CT thismos extraor-
dinary Legislature. Let the motley
assemblage of wiseacres, now congre-
gated at Sacramento, but continue the
course which they have commenced, and
we can assure the mountain democrats
and all democrats, that they aciH have a
= dangerous party to contend with next
fall whether a new one, or an old
one.
1t is astonishing how completely the
county members became metamorpho-
sed, when they got to Sacramento. Be
fore they left home, they well knew the
sentiments of their constituents, in rela-
ton to Vigilance, and expressed no
opinions contrary to the popular feeling.
When they arrived at the capital, tho,
Estell, and few others who had private
malice to satisfy, speedily put new ideas
into the heads of these fine gentlemen,
and they entirely forgot, both their for
mer selves, and their old-fashioned con-
stituents. They put off their old clothes
AMI their old notions together; and with
high collars, and swing-tail coats, came
high nonsense, and spluttering littleness.
Just keep right on, gentlemen; but the
time will come when the people Will say
unto you, " We know you not -
OREGoN.-The Alta California of the
9th contains very interesting letter
from Portland, O T. The writer is
Californian who is now travelling in that
countrv TT nromiseS to coutinue his