Nevada national., 1859-01-15
Tho snrnl.rr-aip.

We publish in another part Of this week :
paper. pn article from the san Francisco
National under the above caption The
article. It will he seen. gioriiirs Mr. Speaker
Stratton and Mr.. Phil Moore, AMI gives 20
each Of them virtues enough 10 set up doz-
en- Speakers Of the Assembly We do not
find fault with snch enthusiastic praise Of
the gentlemen, but simply wish to notice one
or two points in the Nationals article.
Tho .NafjonoI says. in italics: 3" 4 prin-
ciple trds iHrolrsd Wiica IL tras ,HmcHhy
necessary fer he ,r,iforC ami uHHYof our
pdrfv sto'iH be- susfaiHsR. and IL irGS sps-
tanned" The election Of Mr. Siratton there?
sustained the principle necessary for the
unity and harmony Of the san Francisco
.NaiioHaTs Party. The election Of Mr..
Moore. who was an efficient fellow soldier,
according to the National. would have de-
feated that eminently necessary principle
for said sustcnauce of said party. For the
Democratic party of Nevada county we must
say that the San Francisco National is wrong.
Tue election or defeat OF Stratton OF Moore
sustains or demolshes no princil le enter
tancd by Nevada County Democracy. We
had hoped that the Democratic party de-
pended for welfare and unity on no petty
election to sustain essential principles. We
had hoped that one Democrats election TO
position. endorsed the Administration a.
much as the election Of another Democrat
We verify believed that man who had stood
by the good and evil fortunes Of the Demo
cratic party before and ever since California
was State, could not rebuke that party in
his advancement to position. But the Ad-
ministratiun must be endorsed - This was
done by the people OF the State when the
Legislature was elected. and to make that
endorsement complete there was no need Of
Adminisi ration forces rallying around one
man more than another when the Democracy
of both were undoubted. The people said
the Administration was right, and the As
sembly election Of man to the brief Office
of Speaker did not add force or emphasis to
the peoples assertion. The truth is that the
election Of Speaker vas made occasion for a
Senatorial issue The issue was not made
in caucus, but was urged outside. 1t was
announced that Mr. Moore was a Weller man
aud thereupon the friends Of other aspiranis
yea. the aspirants themselves combined in
holy crusade against Mr. Moore. n Mr..
Stratton 5 election was the way % endorse
the Administration emphatically, why did
not his friends 50 assert it at first? Where
was the use Of trying TO place Mr. Moore in
4 false position
We by no means hold. or attempt to hold
Speaker Stratton responsible for the posi-
tion taken hy the enemies Of Mr.. Moore
But those who attempted to foist man
issue on the Democratic party, those who
attempted to make point against a good
and true Democrat by first asserting that a
candidate ilr position is friend Of that
Democrat and using that asserfioH. mot
hufh-as a reason for the defeat Of that can
didate, before the issue is properly present
ed. these men are responsible TO the party.
The assertion that Senatorial issue was
made will be denied, and the caucus resoiu-
tons be shown to substautiate the denial /:
but that the "cat did jump that way in
private elecioneering, against Mr.. Moore,
is true and cannot be denied.