Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-05-27
.gIatters poIttienI."

The Bee is a fright pert" little paper III It's
way, and, as general thing. contains some
good selections of Lews matter, and inter
esting telegraphic dispatches. But when II
scans the political horizon from what it Is
pleased to term SO 'ndependent position"
its aim appears to be wholly for the purpose
of creating divisions and dissenslons in the
Democratic party The political procilVlues
Of the Editors of the "indcperlent," (impu-
dent would be more appropriate, in our es-
timation,) and industrious little "blossom
sucker" we believe, are decidedly X N
Fillmoreish-at ali events. tile nmented
parent and predecessor of the Bee,
was the State organ Of the party
iSOatforni'g M sooner was the STATE
Tribune wrapped in its shroud, and borne
10 its lone and silent scpulchre, than the
independent Dee spfang "Phoeuix-hke,"
from its ashes
The Bee devoted itself for some time, ox
clusivelj to the circulation OF news items,
aud succeeding III acquiring quite circu-
lation, considering its size, "waxcd fat,
and began to kick in political matters lts
first essay was to place Col Baker in the
field as the Republican candidate for Gov
error, leaving lee way for him to slide out
and-make room for Col Watkins to come IN
NJ peoples candidate" upon whom the
"Republicans," "'Know. Nothings," and all
"honest Democrats" were to unite. This
was not, perhaps, the precise language of
the Bee, bat was the plain inference left on
the mind of the person reading its first 20
iitical efforts. It was necessary for the OPP
position to form plan by which the differ
en-; isms could unite in opposition to the
Democracy The Bee did this. probably to its
own Satisfaction, and is now bringing its
pop-gun batteries tobear against the demo
cratic candidates for Governor, as fast as
they present themselves. In pun sauce Of this
line Of policy, the Bee, after going to the
Republican leaders for consolation, comes
down On Hon John b. Weller as follows:
For onr own part, we have nothing to allcge
against col. Weller. We only Know thul the R"pub
licaE leader extremely anxious INST he should
,' L n,,,rra,ic c,n,liI,,,n + , In. s,nIn r.ns,,,
that, ia hsr estimation. he Is the weakest man the
p.mncr,t- con nominate THIS weakness Of cot
Nrll.r ~ nyuIa,ued 10 rs hy several thorough Re
pu0licans will gov out of the determined md an
1,rs p1 tr mnn catholic church and those Who
Hmpalhlzr wlh hem 'nrrhSon' iath ANA wor,nlp'
should col W cliSr receive the nomination Tor Gov
crnor from the D mocralc Convention the Ecpubn.
can Iournas ami stump orttcrS Will I'm mcdlhlcy cal
look in the L :, Senate, ON the 2,' day OF january,
n win re- remembered tina, ON ihe above named
day r 60 snGned resolution, caiinS ,@r M
pInm1nic character Of sigmor Bcuiui. who was, ut
," ''''', on ,'',. n, ,rn ,L pnnn Of E'
and who d received some gro>" indi Mite ana
,"ol,.i in The ellie. rHhlumorc. New Yor, aud Cin.
cm''u Mr. Cas-, IN submitting ms rr1',n'M
his uc,c-ation OF that rur,t ot ngoDry which could
ra' u,Io,, h,'. w. h."nI T., M
neercircd t. ON government by he SOVEREIGN Pom
a" Mr. Gas were appro, cd and echoed by The atl..t
ana most dl.,'sI'a senators I,s,n.
dr. Mason, Of virginia, Bn'er Of south Carolina
n ,"SI 80 % u ne9 ,er,,t 81 Vn..prn.c,. Nda.
Of mississippi, and Prllit OF Indiana an" wa, op
On ms resolution, which eventually pas.cd the sen.
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gre.., page 2!3,
II The above extract had appeared IN mn
opposition political paper, or in one profess
cdly Democratic but s,riyipr to create dis.
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