The hydraulic press., 1859-08-06
THE IrINERENr sPourERs.

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upon by the screws of partisan discipline,
has, very successfully, availed itself of its
neutrality and independence, and avoided
the lending of its powers to the engineers of
either ofthe three parties, thatnow agitate the
State, who might wish to use it in attempt
ing TO crush one or both of the others. In
shert--as our HYDRAULIC Press wears no
political collar, and has no other ambition
than to be useful in its day and generation
it feels at liberty to speak of the actors, now
Haunting in the stirring political drama, as
to it may seem wisest and best. And thus it
discourseth:
Our State of California, though it produ-
ceth not many patriots, is most prolific in
the growth of politicians Though richer
than all her sister States in the gold of her
mountains and the grain of her valleys,
California is not rich in loving children
Why is it, that, in the formidable host of
stump speaking candidates, who are now
making every night hideous, through the
length and breadth Of our beautiful land
not one Of them has kind word to say for
the State from whom he is begging favors,
nor kind proposition or promise to make
for her welfare The seclusion of our little
and modest San Juan has precluded us from
the pleasure-or pain, whichever it may be-
of hearing many Of the stump orators, who
are now bustling through the country at such
a terrible rate; but we have read several of
their speeches in the Sacramento Union, and
we find them all persistently agreeing in one
thing, and that one thing is the utter repu-
diation and ignoration-(we beg pardon for
the coinage of the word ignoreAen, though it
ought to be legitimate, nevertheless)- )-of
every topic of California interest A highly
patriotic Roman Consul-the same quoted
by Gen. Harrison, in his inaugural address
in l64l-said of the turbulent triumyirS who
were struggling for the vacant throne of the
assassinated Julius Cesar, that, "while Oc-
tavius had his party, and Anthony had his
party, and Lepidus had his party, the poor
Commonwealth of Rome had no party!"-
Like this melancholy Roman patriot, we
are ready to exclaim that, while Gwin has
his party, and Broderick has his party, and
Latham has his party, and Currey has his
party, and Stanford has his party, the poor
despised, ignored, repudiated State of Cali
fornia has no partyl No-alas! alackI and
welladay there is not one of these office
seeking stump speakers $50 poor to do her
reverence
What have we-the innocent and icnor-
ant constituents of our illustrious United
States Senators, Gwin and Broderick--
learned from their eloquent performances on
the stump: Nothing that each, in
the opinion of his colleague, is the most de-
graded and disgusting scoundrel on the Pa
clfc coast. Gwin, if we are to believe Brod-
erick, is "dripping with corruption" and
Broderick, if Gwin is to be believed, is but
bundle of mendacious cowardice, who has
long since sunk infinitely beneath the lowest
depths OF contempt. Pretty dagguerreotypes
in sooth, wise and honorable United
''@' oon"lolS MAKE OF eacn Other! Sup
pose, Just for the fun of the thing, that their
compeers in the Senate should, hereafter
take them at their words, ard believe that
each is as bad as his colleague has labored
to make him, why, what weight or influence
could they possibly have in that august body?
If they should escape being kicked out of
the National Capitol by the Senatorial SER
geant at arms, it would be as much kindness
and consideration as we could reasonably
expect for them.
| Some day-perhaps long way eff, which
may Heaven forfend -some day, as We most
devoutly hope, the statesmen and politicians
of California may take it into their heads to
try and make themselves useful to their fell
low citizens, instead of expending their
strength and talents in the villainous ambi-
ton OF outrivallipg each other in gladiato-
rial feats of blackguardism. Some day they
may think it more praiseworthy to build up
the State than to crush one anotber-mora
noble to cherish and enhance the CONNER
cial, manufacturing, and agricultural inter-
ests OF their common constituency than to
feverlshly rummage their vocabularies for
clustering expletives to hurl at their rivals
more consonant with the welfare and pEorv
OF humanity to assist in elevating the people
OF California in the scale of educational and
moral excellence than to play the parts of
demagogues for the amusement of the stu
pld, the vulgar, and the base. That day-a
day in which the people of California will
not have very much occasion to blush for
the shortcomings of their great men-will
surely come, long even before the iron horse
snorts on the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
and we hope to live to see it, for it will be
glorious day for California.