Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-01-29
Holden's Resolution.

WHEREAS the Ninth Session Of the Legislature Of
the state Of passed resolutions insruei
Senators in cOgrssS support the policy Of tho Nation
nj Administration III regard to the ad sson Of kanras
under the Lccouptnn Constitution and whereas the
honorable David e. Br0dcrck-a United StAtcs senator
from this State not only dSTcgaTded laid Instructions
but indirectly charged that the mrmhrrS Of the said
smith Session Of the Legislature had msrepresentcdt the
wishes Of their constituents and whereas the people u
this State At the last election, trumphnnty
the action Of the members Of Sad Ninth seSon ~ the
Legislature; therefore, for the purpose Of giving To the
said honorable. David &. bTOdcTck full understanding
Of the position he occupies to his constituency be
R'solred, BY the Senate, the Assembly coueuTrlng,
That the Legislature Of state constitute the immediate
constituency Of a United states Senator.
RShOred That constituency has right at NIL times,
and II s their duty hen deemed necessary, to instruct
their Representatives upon oil matters If public policy
PERTAINING to the duties Of such Representative and
that to such Representatives when instructed there
10 len other honorable alternative obedience or
RssOtred That Senator Brodcrick has neither yielded
TO the instructions Of the Ninth session Of the
Legislature II this State nor has he as yet resigned
the seat he holds contrary to the Wishes Of his CON
Stitucney.
Rr~0iced, That the language used in the speech Of
sad Senator, the I'D u March, la5s, in the Tinted
states Senate TOW ards the Chief Executive Of this Com
frderaey, Nas not oHy undignhed and ,srcspcctful,
but alike insulting to the nation and humatng to the
people Of this State.
Rt-o,reI, That his ExccIlcncy, the GO,rrnor of Tho
state, be requested TO forward copy " the abJNc
lutiOns to the lion ID. &. Brodcrick.
They were passed by the following vote;
0urstion-shall the resolution pass II vas adopted
BY the following vote:
Burch, Dent. Dickinson, Denver Garter, Grith, IIul-
den, IIalnm. Kctcham, Kirkpatrick Lansing Nc Dondd,
Titus-23.
Noc.-Me.sr'. Alien, DaIlon. Burton, Grant, Hart,
Parker, Phelps, Wheeler and WniamS-9
II will be that % Senators voted in the Of.
irmntivc, and in the negative. The OPP ostiun
press have commented in unmrasured dcnunciuti"n
Of these Resolutions, aud the whole subject Is at
tracing public attention beg leave to submit
few suggestions upon these Resolutions, and the
| impression made on our own mind. Had VIC been
consulted prior TO their introduction, VIC would
have discountenanced their being offered, mud fur
the following reason. Ii is APPARENT upon II mo-
mcni'S reflection, that all The ingenuity Of the OPP
! position elements would be brought into play TO
nisrcprcsent their meaning aud manu- factnrc ita
| for Mr.. Sewards's young and brave Senator"
There arc some animals who live by breathing the
air Uf pcstlcnce and flourish amid the debris Of a.
ter. Mr. BrOdcrick belongs to that class. Ills elc
mcnt is opposition and his fungus growth is owing
not to any integrity Of character or intellectual
stamina, but to the force Of mere circumstances,
which he docs understand welding to his rclf-ng-
! grandizcmcnt and advancement. We would not
have given his allies an opportunity to belle the
political record Of tie State and get OF their usual
amount Of mcndacious misrepresentation. The
people understand his position thoroughly andAny.
thing calculated to bolster him NJ, only adds 10 tie
Righteousness Of u reputation achieved by pandcr.
ing ~ the lowest passions Of the human heurt.
Merely, then as matter of P0iiy, we should have
advised the non-prcsentatin Of these Resolutions.
Not that we were afraiduf the result that VIZ dis
believe in the principle therein cnunciatcd. We
endorse them without excepting to the dottng Of
Or the crossing ofa I. They but rcitcratc the re-
suit Of the recent State election, and do nothing but
cmbody IN unmistakcablc public sentiment A
brief review Of the recent contest shows, beyond
cavl that the Resolution Of Instructions 10 our
Senators and Representatives by the Inst ICgiSla-
turr upon the Lcc0npton issue, the expression
Of the unduubtcd sentiment Of the people Of the
State.
When those resolutions were presented in the
Senate Mr. Er0dcrink took occasion ~ say that they
did not express tine sentiments Of the people, and
that lie would appeal to them for Endorsement Of his
action. This We cunccdc hc had right to d., for
while the Legislators are the " immediate consitn
ency :" Of senator, yet, after ALL the power Of ou
government rests under one system with those who
make and unu,nkc Legislators md Senators. T.
that - august tribunal he then had right to NJ
peal as it was question not mouted when the Lag
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the result Of that appeal? Take Mr.. Griliths owl
District, composed Of Solano End YOlO counties
Mr. Griffith opposed the passage Of the instruction.
to our Senators and Representatives the Lccomp
ton issue, and Mr.. Griffith appealed to his cOnstitu
ents also. Mr. Griffith says he is an active worker
and we concede il he is aLlc stump speaker,
enters with vehement spirit into NIL political con
trovcrsics. lie excrted oil his ability to have hi
action endorsed he enlightened his " immediate
constituency" upon the great doctrine Of "Stat
Sovereignty" rs he understands it, and yet the #
male Of his pcrspicucIty the return Of Harrison
Gwinm, from Yolo, and Nathan Cutler, from Solant
. counties to the Assembly, both Of them firm sup
portcrs Of the Administration. We confess we reat
with SURPRISE that after this den0uhrm,nt to all hi
brnggndocio, Mr.. Griffith should talk about "polit
ical graves" In Sacramento county, the seat q
. government, where the people know and witness
and read all these proceedings daily. and where
on account Of the able papcr which uniformly dis
torts this whole LecomptOn question, to the preju
dice Of the Administration party, ard where tn
subject WAS thoroughly and most ably canvasscd
the result was two Administration Representatives
Ellis and Sheridan. returned to the Assembly
and one Black Black Republican, jackson, and ano
Their mongrrl specimen Of humanity, neither Amer
lean nor Englishman, but "alf and nlf" Mr. Dun
combc,-nnd in the Senate Josiah johnson, who vo
ted against the Instructions was supplantcd b.,
Mcdonald, an Administration Democrat and whcr
an untimcly death bad removed the Ajax Of III,
struggle, Mr. Ferguson, his seat was filled by DR.
Price, also Administration. The people thus sane
tioning the instructions by second vote.
In Nevada county, the old Senator Chase, whr
voted Tor Brodcrck aud his friend against the In
structlons, aud went back to his constituents and
made special canvass and appeal to them, was
supplantcd by a good National Administration
Democrat, Mr.. Lansing. who was elected by Scvcra
hundred majority. Even in the counties Of Alameda
and Santa Clara, represented by that prince Of Re-
publicans, the Rev. Mr. Bell and whose locks, like
those Of the great Lion Of the desert, Otenest
seen shaking in the fight for DrOderck and against
instructions, was respectfully invited to attend u,
home to his Sabbath School, and Mr.. Redmond, an
Administration Dsmocrat. sent to GIL his place. IN
our "wn county. where the Frederick element was
very strong and where they had united with the Re.
| pubcsns 10 make assurance doubly sure" the
result showed, after fierce contest, that the Car
penterr, Halls, 1t I'd Omne OvniGa, did not represent