The Nevada journal., 1858-08-13
FRIDAY MORNING, AUG. 18th, IS
That Proclamation.

that paper. The document is a curious
piece of composition throughout. 1t
starts out with history, slides gradually
to The discussion of the legal PROPOSE
tion that principal is responsible for
the acts of an agent. then gives a col
umu Of argument based on q false sup
position Of his own and tapers off with
the very intellectual appeal to woolly
heads to beware of Abolitionists. 1t is
strange medley and does no credit to
an sspirant for County Judge. If by
any combination of circumstances Mr..
Moore should be elected. his decisions
on the bench, if not made up with great
or difference to justice than the late
proclamation, would not rebound very
much to his reputation either As judge
or losician.
In matters of history we will not at
thia time take issue with Mr. Moore
There were several hundred witnesses
present at the pow WOW, the historian
Of which Mr.. Moore appears to be. who
can Judge of the truth or falsity OF his
version of the affair, and with them we
leave the matter for the present. But
We l,ere word or two to say concern.
iag the proposition that the delegate is
iesponsihle for the acts OF his proxy
TO firm it, strikes us. at first blush,
Is simply ridiculous. The proxy of
III. Chase, Charles Kent was admitted
. ,acmber OF the Convention by its au-
ileriiy and appreciation. When Mr..
Kent applied for seat in the Conven-
fi'g it devolved upon that body to say
~L~.her he should be admitted or not.
If the principal had applied for seat,
the Convention could only examine his
credentials with reference to one fact,
namely; were those credentials authen
tic. But when proxy asks admission,
his credentials are not only inspected
with reference to the same point, but
the genu;neress of his authority to act
for another may be questioned and the
Convention may also decide whether or
not Proxies shall be admitted at all.
The Convention in this case accepted
Mr.. Kent in place of Mr.. Chase, which,
20 a common expression, "let Chase
out" He was no more q member Of
the Convention after Mr.. Kent was &C.
cepted in his stead, than any spectator
outside the bar. The Convention Sc
decided, and NJ. Moore acknowledges
this when he says Mr.. Chase ''peeped
within the bar among the delegates. in
xiolation file erpres, orders Of the Con.
rrntion, and in disregard of the Ser.
geant- alarms"
The long rigmarols about those reso.
lutions passed by the Douglas wing,
which Mr. Moore charges Chase with
drafting, is found to be entirely rcduld-
ant when the fact is made known that
the aecu,ed had nothing to do with the
resolutions and was not even present
when they were gotten up and passed.
Nothing can be made of the charge
that Chase acce epted the nomination for
Senator from the Douglas wing after he
had been nominated by the whole Con-
veution together. As we understand it,
Nj. Chase did no such q thing. He
contented himself with the endorsement
of the whole body. and rendered his ac-
acknowledgements during the day of the
Convention to no other; nor has he since
BY any public act known to Mr.. Moore
or ourself, accepted nomination from.
the Douglas wing. In fact we have
vet to learn that wing has ever tender
ed il.
Mr Chase denounces the boilers, who,
after nominating him. cast him aside for
Lansing. as he might with Democratic
propriety have denounced the other
wing instead, had it been guilty of the
act of t.eachery. He can be charged
with being Douglas man for SO doing
with no more propriety than with being
Buchanan man had the wings been
reversed.
In reference to the peroration of Mr.
Moore, we have simply to say, if he will
point out an opinion in that part Of
ar. Chase's address that is attempted
10 be branded as abolition in sentiment
the like to which may not be
fairly drawn from the productions ol
Henry A. Wise. Fred. P.j Stanton
John J. Crittcnden. John Bell, and
other distinguished Statesmen, we will
concede to him greater acumeu than his
friends have ever claimed for him and
,f he calls these gentlemen "Abolition.
,sta as he does in effect, he is cersainl,