Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-12-25
EeyislafTye Officers.

party with greater ease than the elder Matthews
could his personal appearance. Surround them with
vacancies and they will surround those vacancies
with opcn-mOuihcd applicants, whose party allcgi
ance has been given within the hour,-without the
modesty becoming in the recruit they boast Of the
valorOus deeds the next campaign shall sec them
perform, Of the converts they will bring under pO
liticai conviction by their "matcess eloquencr,'
their powerful personal infucncc,-of the troops o.
| ffienHe that need but hint from them to muster
under any~>banner which they Shnll uniurl; and
thus claim power aud position, not as the reward o
pnst merit, but for their promises Of what they will
dn in the future.
| Like the Swiss merccnarics their services nre al
ways given {" the highest bidder; nothing in the
combat cxcitcs them except the hope Of plumber
| They fight according to the magnitude Of the pay
aud remain with their partr only US long as they
are posted on guard at the public treasury
No State in the Union contains many Swiss
politicians this Of ours. They TO be found in
every mountain town and every city throughout the
State. 1t Is they who seek to control primary cleo
tOnS, pack conventions, and do the dirty work
which brings into dsrcpnte any political faith they
, may adopt. Many If them brought up and nur-
iurcd in the tcncis Of the Old Wing party com
menccd political life in this State as Wings. but
when the only f,cmen worthy "f the Democratic
steel was uvcrthrown and consigned to the history
Of the past, finding all hope in that quarter destroy
ed, they smugglcd into thus State u mnnsrusity.
brought firth in the dark aud chri-"ned Know
Nothing. Many good men were led I" believe that
lift WIS taken from trs "arrns and placed under u.
diciOus training. much good NIGH, come "f it, But
they were mistaken. Finding too much roitcnnc>s
in lTtnmark and Disguised wiki 81 much corruption.
they abandoned the party Like all other nI"nS'rr>.
tiles it WAS shrr;.livci Il Was Hash in the Pan
;ha: made great light but soon wen; out. But did
those Tho entered the wiswAmS Ter grin, Demo
Gratis wei - Wings, act good God.fAtEers and
stand Nv t!cir precious baninS when it began ("
>ckru and give symptoms "f its premature decay:
D. nj: TAnsc political rats had TOO much sugacity
for that; they ran tI"m the falling housc and s"ugh;
rrfrSc at the first open d"or.
The better portion, the more intelligent, honest
and patriotic portion Of the old Wing party, united
with the Democracy IN good faith. A number Of
the Americans. perccivng that Know Nothngsm
was leading them into the ranks Of Republicani>ln,
Withdrew from it and fought Ealantly under the
Democratic dag. But many of them are subaltcrns
III tIe EClIOn WuVSt 10 thC
young and brave Senator" BrOdcrick, whose pO.
liiical tactics were learned at the " Dead Rabbit
headquarters" Of some veteran shOuderhtiuy
sergeant. The followers worthy Of their leader,
No falschoOd base for them to utter, trick too
mean for them to perform. Their assertion that
lIrodcrick will bring Mr.. Douglas upon his platform
whether he will or no; that Drodcrick holds the
hero of political campaign such this country
has before witnessed and may never again, in
the hollow Of his hand that Douglas is IL puppet
and Broderick holds the strings that Brodcrick is
the motive power by which alone he eau act, is to0
absurd for serious consideration. They don't b..
lieve il themselves and have not deceived any per.
sOn who, with the slightest justice, can lay claim to
common sense. The present session Of Congress
will demonstrate the relative position Of both Scna
tors. Brodcrick will meet with rs merited rcbuke
from Douglas as he received from his constituents
when he returned to this State to claim their en-
dorscment Of his attack upon President Buchanan
and the Democratic party.
Other of these Swiss politicians have joined Tho
Black Republican forces in those parts Of the STATE
where they hope to gain local position, but the!
can never hope for more. Some are on the fence
in state Of "perplexing betwccnity,' hooking
which way to jump,-always ready TO throw them
selves one way the other in q closely contested
election; and too often these needy advcnturer
gum position from the party necessity which dc
mands their services. Having obtained their posi-
tion, these Janus faced heroes draw their pay unit
the next election, when they again advertise them
selves for sale TO the highest bidder.
The approaching session Of the Legislature LA
warmed many Of these political vipcrs into life
Already, we learn, they nrc Aocking in swarms I
the Capital, button hOling members. and prcfcrrin
claims that exist only in their imagination. The
are candidates for any ard every legislative office
If for an opposing candidate they find one whOl
the popular party know to BE- well tried servant
whose service bars" bespeak him worthy Of III
situation, they g. down peg and enter the list
with little less flourish against some weaker Cut
didate. II not unfrequently happens that leRisl'
tors commit themselves to men they cannat cleo
aud are forced to select Others entirely overloOkin
some more modest candidate who has been conceae
BY the dust raised BY his more active competitor
Men ot real merit are generally to modest to urg
their own claims strongly.-whiIe others. with n
cluims whatever, thrust themselves forward on
occasions.
Let not the judgment Of the members be control
ed BY the interference and opportunities Of the
, didates or their friends-for they all have the
} friends and advocates, from the candidate for II
Speaker chair to tie petty politicians whoare an
: bilious Of becoming pages. Let them act as the
! would in business, and select those only who haV
capacity to fill the respective offices and preovC
. let them examine we'll the record of these cand
dates. and he well assured that they are .fai'hFM
parfy fies. In measure these officers will be III
representatives Of the Democratic party and notl
ing will so demonstrate the character politically
the members, Os the officers whom they may cleo
Edward Everett, man who possesses in an EN-
nent degree those qualities which are necessary I
give weight to such on opinion, says:
"There is nothing which more distinguishes the gre,
national to which belong than its aptitude 4
government by dclberatiyc assemblies its willingness
while it asserts the highest liberty Of Parliamrn
right respect what 10 called the Sclfimposcd
tons Of Parliamentary order and do not think it
aggeration that there Ia trait in the charaG
conclusive 10 the dispatch Of the public business
will say even, which has done establish and per
pctuate constitutional liberty"
II. with the practical experience Of so many year
of political life, Edward Everett gives so much in
portance 10 our drberative assemblies, can III
members Of our Legislature he too careful then