Daily national Democrat., 1858-09-08

flueneed, by regard for the social and pecu
mary well-being of those in whom they took
an interest, and whom they were reluctant
to see fall before the vengeance of an unrea
sonable and incensed Executive.
So much have we shown, and, in addition
to this, the people have seen, with their own
eyes, much more than we shall ever have the
space to relate. Have they not witnessed,
with their own eyes, the direct interference
of Federal Office holders in this State, with
the primary elections of parties and with the
Conventions, in particular, in which the De.
mocracy were to express their preferences
for candidates, and to promulgnte their views
and opinions upon the questions of the day
All these otfce-holders, who of course must
work for their master-that being the tenure
10y which they hold their offices-have their
personal and individual influence, and may
sway the weak or Ignorant to their purposes
without any direct use of money. In addi.
tion to them, are their own deputies and en-
ployees, who also have their influence, and
who are also bound to work for their mas
ters. And in addition to these, again, are a
host of expectants of office, who know that
there are many chances for position under
an Administration which rewards servility
and Furnishes independence, and which has
several years to run before the expiration of
its power. Thus is vast political machine
ry set on foot, which has its ramifcations
throughout the entire Union, and which can
not help but be felt in every nook and corner
of every individual State in the Confederacv.
This machinery is the more powerful in the
hands ofa man who is unscrupulous in the
use of it. And in addition to the influences
enumerated are the engines of the press
which are set a.going and kept up by the
"By Authority" advertisements of the Presi-
dent, and blow hot or cold as he or his sat.
telites shall dictate. Calculate how many
thousand such journals are now bolstering
up the antiDemocratic course of Mr.. Bu-
chnnan upon this Kansas issue, and you can
not but see how immense is the power of the
Executive for evil, by means of the inculca
tiOn of false views and sentiments, the dis.
, tortion of the truth of history, and the vilif-
cation of good and true men who dare do
right in the face of Presidents.
Have not sensible men seen oil this, and dc
they not now see it? Have they not seen
the vindictive wrath of the Chief Magistrate
of this Nation follow Democr atic Senator Of
the United States to his very home, in hi:
own State, and among his own constituency.
to whom alone he was responsible for hi.
conduct, and there seek to grind him in tn,
dust, because he had the manhood, as q MAN
and as DEMOCRAT, to oppose the sacri
flee, by the President and his Cabinet. of a
great Democratic principle, which was the
very life and soul of the party, as we'll as the
very salvation of the people? We allude to
, Stephen a. Douglas, Of Illinois, the greatest
statesman that now walks the soil of thi,
/ continents man before whose intellectual
n grandeur the fame of Mr. Buchanan, though
4 he be President pales and fickers like q
e three cent candle; and before whose giant arm
upheld and aided, as it Will be, by the Dem
cratic masses of this Union, his present Sian
= derers and traducers will fall like rotten tin,
Der in the path of the all-deyastating hurri
cane. Such is the man that Federal powe,
and patronage now seek to destroy
Talk to us about there being no sense II
the cry Of honest men. that Federal powe,
and patronage are exercised to control tb,
free voice of the Democratic party and tn,
country There Is sense in the cry, and tn,
longer the light of truth shall shine upon IN,
eventful period of this Kansas struggle, tn,
more will the people kmov that there is sens,
IN 1t, and hold to fearful responsibilit,
those who have given cause for such clamoI
to be raised in the midst of what should b,
t the calm and clear and just career of Dem
ocratic Administration. Thank God, ther.
n is day of reckoning at hand.
# THr SEASON. The Olympia Pioneer and
;. Democrat says:
1T is matter of fact, and subject of gen.
e eral remark, that the summer season 3bi.
). year, has been much cooler, in this mart oI
the territory, than it has ever been know n
TO be since its settlement by the "pale faces "
d During most of the time this summer. fire ha,
;, been indispensable to comfort during the eve.
! nings Weare unable to state the mean tenn.
perature as given by the thermometer here
J. TINS season as compared with last but are
well satisfied that We hazard nothing in sav,
ing that the average has been at least fye
, degrees below that ofany other, for six years.
SECOND ARRIvAL-A correspondent OF
the Victoria Gazette writing from Fort Yale
furnishes the following;
On the nth a letter was received here bv
} Mr.. Hogue, agent of Kent d Smiths Express
from Mr. Tucker, formerly of Tehama, Cal
who had arrived at the Forks of Fraser and
, Thompson rivers in a company of 100 men
with 400 animals, from the Dalles. They
i ma been 80 days on the trip; had severe
" 1ght with the Indians on the Groad, at Fort
5 Cb' CCkonagan' an old post of the Hudson Bay
company, IN which they lost three killed and
SIX wounded. Had beaten the Indiana of
with the loss of FIVE horses NV ''''""0 ."