Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-27
The Harmonious LecOmptonites.

The Harmonious LecOmptOmtes'
The Lecomptonites have kicked up as pref
ty little fight among themselves at san
Francisco, as one would wish to see The
San Francisco National grows fairly pale
with wrath and fury at the success OF the
Nugent ticket for delegates to the LeeomP-
ton State Convention. The Custom House
has been defeated in the contest and the
Gwin. Washington Scott party laid out for
the season. The National seems to act upon
the supposition that everything that is not
Washington, Gwin, and Scott, is for Broder
ick. and openly charges upon the Lecompton
friends of Nugent that they are Broderick-
ties This is very conciliatoryl But to
show how intensely wrathy the Custom
House is, we quote from the National. 1t
says:
1--WE could scarcely believe our eyes when il
was officially announced that the democratic vo-
ters of this city were called upon to meet in their
respective districts on the tCeaty.frst # Nay tu
elect delegates to the State Convention, which
| was to be held on the h0satysec0Rd Of June We
| knew at once that something was wrong. The
|
ickites, Ut was elected before the split of last
YEAR, few Nugenttes, and majority over both
ut regular far play democrats. We inquired how
this early cnll was brought about. All the Brod-
erckites and Nugenttes went for it. This was to
be expected. We were astounded however, TO
hear that GOV. Weller's leading friends 'rc had
| elCctlOneered with the committee Tor the same
thing. We then knew what the result would be
just exactly what tits We said that the trained
band OF Broderck ballot suffers and corrupt COLO
nzers would have il all their own way. we
knew that every Broderick man in the city was
in favor of Nugent We knew TINT The MINT "tth
all those under the immediate contr0t q Me 81
perintendent would act in concert with them, II
for nothing else than TO defeat Mr.. Scott. We
kaew that Rl7e, L. S. appraiser, aoitb three
f0uyflS 0f that department and 0tler feierat oti-
GERS would do ditto This was q formidable COM
bination and one we readily saw could not be
easily encountered"
Observe in the above (tAe italics are ours)
how the National acknowledges that even
the federal officers are not in every instance,
| by any manner of means, true to the Admin
| istration, but are in reality opposed to it.
Observe, also how it accuses portion If the
Central Committee of being Broderckites
If they are Broderickites what arc they do
ing in Lecompton organization But an
enraged man never stops to harmonic in
consistences. and we cannot expect the Ma.
| tional to do so in case like the present In
another place it says:
"Now the friends of the successful candidate
chuckle and rejoice hugely over this victory. Let
| them do it. They are entitled to all the credit
they can derive from it, AS for ourselves, we
had as efenter the sanctuary of the Lord, claim.
ing TO preach his gospel by virtue Of forged l.
ploma, written upon parchment made of the skin
OF sheep stolen from poverty stricken widow,
as enter the democratic convention for any office,
supported by mea with certificates Of election OBJ
taned under the circumstances that most Of those
elected or pretended to be elected were
To the democrats of the interior we have to say,
this is no indication Of the sentiment of the demo.
cratic party ofthis city. Nearly the entire legiti.
mate democratic vote was polled for the defeated
ticket. 1t remains to be seen whether you are to
be influenced BY such dsreputable means. More
anon"
Again, in another place, it says:
1--WE charge the successful asprant for the
gubernetorul nomination. and his friends in this
county, with subsdzing every foul political ee-
ment in our midst and aver, that his success on
Saturday, is attributable alone to the dirty machi-
nations and villainous arthces ofthe same Br0aey
ick cSeso, who have heretofore disgraced the demo-
cratic party, by their pretended adherence to IT,.
Everything in opposition 10 the Custom
House is, in the view of the National, Brod
eriekism. Truly, Broderick must be won
derfu man. if he can control the very coun.
ellis of the Lecomptonites themselves.
The enemies of Popular Sovereignty are
gery harmonious indeed! AS counter
statement to the Nationals report of the
elections in question, we give the following
from Mr.. Nugent's organ, the s. F. Herald:
1.-THE influences which were actively brought
into operation, for the purpose of defeating the
Delegates to the Democratic State Convention,
favorable TO Mr. Nugents nomination, embraced
nearly all the machinery that has heretofore been
considered omnip0tent at primary elections in
San Francisco. simple enumeration of them
will be sufficient to show how great was the op-
position and how signally the preference of the
regular Democracy Of this county has been man
iiested. On Saturday the polling places were sur
rounded from first to last by men, who, by every
means within their power, sought to obtain votes
in support of the Custom House candidates The
whole power of the Custom House the United
States MarshaPs office the United States Circuit
Court; United States Marine Hospital; half the
United States Appraisers office: the Post office
the Pilot Commissioners, with one exception the
Surveyor Generals Office; the Pilots the Port
! Wardens; the State Gnager's office the City
| Hospital the pruprietOrs of both lines of omni-
busses; the Notary Public and the vapquished
Bulkheaders were in the field, engaged in the eff
! fort 10 defeat the friends of Mr.. Nugeut. Even
the buried preudces of the Vigilance Committee
which it was hoped for the public good would
never be evoked again, were appealed to in sever
al districts BY the followers of DR.. Gwn and Black
Republicans to iuure Mr. Nugent We are graft
he'd IN being able to state that the most dIstin-
guished and steadfdst Democrats in the county
men whose devotion to the party hIs been de
mOnstrated on all occasions, voted for and aided
in bringing about the result which we chrOncled
ON Sunday morning. We are convinced that
tOur-fiiths of the regular Democratic vote of San
Francisco were cast on last Saturday in favor of
the successful candidates The intrigues and an
imosity Of DIR. Gwn, and the opposition Of those
who obey his behests, were unavailing, and we
are not surprised to find that they seek consoa-
ton In the uttcrance of ribald calumnies against
the party that has repudiated them. Mr.. Nugent
can well afford to treat with deserved contempt
the insane vaporings of squad that consider il
their principal mission on earth to defend Lime
| Point operations and official treachery in every
| FORM
How IT WAs.-In reference to the charge
of the Custom House organ, that Broderck
men voted for Nugent at the elections for
delegates to the Lecompton Convention, in
San Francisco, the S. F. News says:
1t may be that persons who are opposed to
the present Administration improperly took
part in the elections, but Mr. Broderick is not
responsible for their acts. 1t was not at his
instigntion, nor with his knowledge. that
| they thrust themselves into the service. On
the contrary, he neither interfered himself,
nor did he sanction theinterlerence Of others,