Daily national Democrat. [volume] (Marysville, Calif.) 1858-1861, 1860-01-27
Dissatisfaction.

We find that there is great dissatisfaction
in this quarter with the action of the Sucra
meutans in voting themselves the location Of
the i.ext State Fair in their city. 1t is looked
upon and denounced as "A selfish, not to say
mean. trick The manner in which the Oh
iect was effected our readers already know.
Great pains were taken to stock the State
Agricultural Society with members who would
vote for Sacramento Accordingly, when
the question came up, at the recent meeting
of the Society, Sacramento had some four
hundred votes, consisting, as is believed, in
great part of sham members put in for the
sole purpose Of voting on the matter Of loca-
ton, and whose fees for admission as mem
bers were made up, as is alleged, from the
pockets Of interested parties allie to bear the
expense. Be this as it may, Sacramento out
voted the whole country, and decided that
the next State Fair should be held in
that city.
This was done, too, in plain violation of
the Constitution of the Society, which de-
in succession at the same place, and in the
face, too, Of an impossibility in the very ma
ture OF the Constitution that it could be
amended so as TO allow of such decision ;
for the Constitution provides that no amend
ment shall be adopted until it has received
the sanction of two consecutive annual Con
ventions.
Persons in this vicinity as well as in vari
Gus other portions of the State denounee the
proceeding us one of the most shan elessly
outrageous acts ever committed by any body
OF meu in the world claiming to be governed
by established laws and principles
Indeed the feeling of indignation is so
strong as seriously TO threaten the existence
of the Society itself The fact is, that in
point OF all just construction, if it be true
that the Constitution has thus been openly
disregarded, the Society is already dissolved,
AT any rate, there is no obligation resting
upon any member of it to pay his dues, or
in any manner to recognize its acts when it
has ceased to be governed 10y its Constitution.
For our own part, we think it will make
no great difference to this Northern section Of
the country, in any event, whether the State
Agricultural Society be now defunct or about
to be SO. We have a District Agricultural
Society of our own which is already very
well established, and which will be still bet
ter established hereafter. The great size OF
the State and the difficulty of transporting
articles from the two extremes of the North
and South, will for many years be drawback
to the perfect success of State Fair. A
District Fair for each of the two sections, or
for a subdivision of several sections, is far
more practicable, and, if each section will
look to its own interest, and build up and
maintain its own Societies, the loss of the
State Agricultural Society will not be so very
seriously felt We are not speaking now in
favor Of the dissolution of the State Society.
SO far from it, we should regret such an event.
but are only pointing to the independent
position which District Societies may occu
Ply, in case the State Society goes by the
hoard. And that it will go by the board is
certain, If such a course as the one recently
pursued is to be continued.