The Shasta courier., 1858-11-06
Gen. Denver.

We are in favor of Conventions, because, not
withstanding they are the source of much evil,
they neverthef 6 accomplish more that is good.
Without them no party could maintain perma-
neni organization-the voter would lose sight of
principles in yielding to his preference for men
Federal and State Governments would have
no established Pr 'icy-and in a short time the
wise polfical pt -, which has also served &
battle-cry for tln Democracy, of Principles
sof men, sk5endered, to suit the Ma
''0nde lnfefftgent0 fs: Principles and men,"
While, then prove Conventions we at
'ne same simca w that they very rarely
nou'nate tnoss nthe people, if left to them
serves, would select In majority of instances
the nominations are the result of political trick
cry or wire-working.
VI the truthfulness of the preceding remark
no better illustration can be given than the
failure of the State Convention of 1886 IN 70
nominate the distinguished man whose name
heads this article, for the position which he had
so ably filled in the national councils. If tba,
Convention had re-nominated him. there can y.
but little doubt, his vote would have reached
figure ten thousand greater than that of anv.
othssman on the ticket And yet he was SEA
aside, or would have been, if his friends had not
refused to see him slaughtered by wire-workers
in defiance of the wishes of the people.
1t is gratifying to his friends, however, to
know that his treatment by the Convention of
1856 has resulted in his good, by placing him
upon broader field and winning for him a
wider fame than he could have secured by a seat
in Congress. His friends exult in the fact that
the stone which our political builders would
have rejected as unworthy, has been pronounced
fit for an elevated position, aye for the key stone
in the arch, by the President himself
Kansas was to cause the superstructure of the
Administration to fall. So said its enemies
The danger did look imminent. Half score of
distinguished Democrats, chosen from the var-
Gus sections of the Union, and with view to
their peculiar fitness for the work in hand went
to Kansas, fourished a day, and died. Even
men who had figured as leading statesmen went
this way of all Kansas Governors so that to
be appointed Governor of that Territory became
to be looked upon a condemnation to political
damnaton. In this unfortunate condition of
affairs we may well believe that the President
looked about him with extraordinary care for
the proper man. That he fixed upon Gen. Dem
yer is the highest compliment that could be paid
to any public man. What a terrible rebuke was
it to the State Convention of 1861 We are
glad we were not member of that Convention.
His extraordinary success, however, in q field
wherein so many men had persisted, is still
seyerer rebuke, if possible, to the Convention of
1856, than the action of the President, for it
fully sustained the opinion of the Chief Execu-
tive that although he might not be worthy of a
seat in Congress, yet he was worthy to be placed
in position where, it was thought, the fate of
the Administration itself was dependent upon
his action.
Judging by the frequent expressions of the
press, Gen. Denver is to-day q very strong man
in California.
The little article below has drawn forth the
foregoing views:
Gov. Denver of Kansas, who has resigned
his commission, to take effect on the lst of Oc-
tober, will resume his position Commissioner
of Indian Affairs Washington correspondent Of
S. r. Herald
Glad of it. Gen. Denver has made the best
Governor Kansas has ever had, and while we
regret the necessity of his place being filled by
some new adventurer, we cannot but rejoice that
he is to resume his post at the head of the In
dian Bureau There is q splendid field in that
quarter just now for the correction of abuses,
and we think Denver is just the man to do it
| Humboldt Times.
So are we glad of it, because we desire to see
him retained in position where we can conti
nue. to fairly claim him as a Californian.