The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23
NEVADA JOURNAL.
Queries for the DOuglasiteS.

In the late stormy convention we no.
ticed rivalry between the two wings
in declaring themselves the supporters
of the Administration. The Kansas
question is professedly the only ground
for variance. The Douglasitcs alike
with the Lecomptonites, support the Ad-
ministration in all things save that. We
propose query or two to these Douglas
men, which we trust for the sake of con-
frming the people in the belief that
there may be little common honesty
somewhere in politics, will be answered.
Do you support the Administration in
its total departure from the Sub-Trcas-
ury system-that great hobby of De-
mocracy-and resort to Treasury notes
not from necessity but from choice If
so, how does your present Democracy
comport with that professed in the past
Do you applaud the Administration
for putting itself under the guidance of
such characters rs jeff Davis, Toombs,
Stephens, Keitt. and Quitman, who are
all enemies of this Union and whose on
ly study is how to destroy it :
Is the Administration worthy of your
support for despatclfing on the eve of
winter an army over well known route,
to be caught by SHOWS and starvation
in the mountains, as every one knew it
would, before reaching its destination,
at a cost to the government of at least
ten millions for absolutely nothing
Do you endorse the unparalleled ex-
| trayagance of the President and his cab
inetin wasting thirty-nine millions OF
dollars per annum more than the aver
age cost of the government during the
Mexican War, when our expenses were
ffightfully enormous
Should that Administration be 8uppor-
ted which retains a cabinet officer when
it cannot be doubted his hands arc soil
ed with Q swindle of the government
Buchanan came into power with thir-
ty millions in the Treasury Do you
approve the policy of buying up govern
ment bonds with it at sixteen per cent
premium, and Immediately after the ex-
haustion of the Treasury by such means
issue Treasury notes at aruinous discount
to meet an exigency in the government
long foretold ?
Is an Administration to be respected
that to please the North dismissesa Uni
ted States District Attorney, at New Or
leans for allowing the grey eyed free
booter to escape, and to curry favor with
the South, threatens to court-martial
Commodore Padding for bringing him
back
Has that Administration any claim
il,pon your support, which, after the pro
curemcnt Of an act of Congress by the
representatives Of Missouri and Califor-
nia and none other-no other State ask
ing ito carry the mails from ST. Louis
to San Francisco, by palpablo infrac-
lion of the law, ict he contract for a
Southern route. worth nothing 10 cur cit
zens
Is your confidence undiminished in
thai administration which came INTO pow
, er pledged 70 the constitution OF great
nationai highway out whose Mouth
pieces have postponed the measure till
another session. and arc Ahown to be
hostile to the plJeot now aud foleyeli
Donglasites ifyou wink at all these
enogmities, judgment has assure iiy fed
10 british beasts and men have lost their
reason you do not sanction them,
uhat single act in the administration Of
James Buchanan do you sanction and are
lcilling to support
Let every one who reads these lines
consider them personally addressed to
himself. Let Douglas;tes and Lecomp-
tonites both answer.