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Mr.. EDrroR In the issue Of your paper
of the sth inst. some contributor urged the
policy and propriety Of the election Of John
d. Weller, as our representative in the U. S.
Senate. writer over the signature OF ga
democrat" in your last number attempts to
controvert the reasons which were urged in
favor of Gov. Weller, and is particularly cla-
morous that some young man. or ''the young
man" should be elected to represent youth
/ ful and growing California"
Now certainly, it is but the universal con-
clusion of all common sense. that new and
+ immature State. the foundation OF whose
/ greatness il rs yet scarcely laid. and whose
[ policy is yet TO be defined and perfected, on
which essentially depends the progress of
this State in intelligence, ideas Of true liber-
ty, wealth and happiness, eminently requires
experienced statesmanship, no less than orig
/ inal talent, and inherent breadth of under
standing. Unreasonable, and dangerously
I fanatical indeed must be that licentious rev.
olutonary spirit of Young Americanism that
derides experience, aud casts stigmas upon
the ripened years of wisdom.
"a democrat" writes thus as an argument
against the election Of Gov Weller to the L.
/ S. Senatorship; "The truth is everywhere
apparent that the party is tired-yea, dis
gusted--with the old-fogy rule which has SO
long weighed upon our party peace aud pros
perity.r "a democrat" must be omnscient
/ to discover all this; and as to ''old-fogy rule
that has weighed &c, one can gather moth.
ing but verbiage from such expressions. when
! the gubernatorial administration Of John u.
/ Weller has been almest faultlesa. and by ac-
clamation he is pronounced the 'best COVER
nor California ever had" We are talking of
John b. Weller for Senator; what "old-fogy
rule" has be had any thing TO do With, that
has weighed heavily upon the State of Cali
fornia? These lonely words that want the
enlivening companionship OF ideas, we al
ways feel sorry for. Desperate must be the
/ cause, barren the resources Of condemnation,
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bier" when he condescends to the indignity
of using such phrases as "old fogy," "siall-
fed," and turning out to grass, in connec-
tion with such a man as John u. Weller,
while he is yet in all the maturity of his Wig
orous powers, with the accumulated expert
enee of thirty years in the arduous study and
practice Of craftsmanship for the vain pur-
pose Of proving him unfit to represent Cali
fornia in the L. S. Senate.
Men naturally. in any kind of contest, use
the best means they have at hand. and. in
the absence of reason, resort TO epithets. stig-
mas, and clap-trap.
"A democrat" must endeavor to improve
his memory or his reason. one or the other.
In the commencement his article be says.
"no objection can be urged to the proiuse
praises your correspondent has chosen TO be .
stow on the object Gov. Weller) Of his ad- .
mration," and then in the latter pa,t, i'm
plicates him as an "old fogy, stall fed. pam
pered politician" that weighed upon the
peace and prosperity of the party and Of
whom it was everywhere apparent the peo
pie were tired
"a democrat" attempts very sophstically
to indicate the status OF public opinion rela-
tive to Gov. Weller by rcconnting the course
Of the Democratic County Convention, as
well as that OF the delegates to the State
Cnpra-ftan nh Of uafhfnr
more or less than reflection of the will of
the County Convention delegates. The |
county convention, as every delegate to.and |
spectator of the same, knows full we'll, was
Meredith convention. 1t ignored every |
consideration save the nomination Of Henry /
Meredith for Congress, and the delegates |
sent to the county convention refused to ell |
dorse any man for the State Convention who /
was not willing. IN the language of Richard /
Moyes TO 90 "for Henry Meredith. first, last, I
and all the time " The convention vigor
ously concentrated its influence to the &C
somplishment of specific purpose--a very |
wise course too-and would not allow itself /
to be confused, or its weight divided by men |
who had considerations for Weller, Findley, |
or anybody else but Henry Meredith. All |
of this is notorious, especially at Grass Val /
ley; what is the use then Of attempting to /
derivea sentiment, from sncb convention /
as this. opposed to or in favor Of Gov. Wei /
Ter. II would be just as sensible to attempt, !
from the doings OF theological convention,
to elaborate tie opinions of i,s members re
garding the proprieiy Of the last war.
Grass Valley, the stronghold of the dem
ocracy OF the county, iz almost unanimously
Weller; and without knowing. a thing impos
sible without vote, we feel oil possible
confidence that John B. Weller is the choice
of the people of Nevada County for Z. S.
Senator, by large majority, over any other
man in the State; and the legislative delega-
tion from this county, II public opinion has
any force with them. will be constrained,
and are instructed, to vote for Weller. We
have heard but two or three democrats ex-
press preference for any one else.
And, looking singly TO the welfare OF the
State, be is by all reason. by talent. learn
ing. address, experience, forensic ability, and