The Nevada journal., 1860-11-09
The Senatorial Nominees.

had money. He used ii freely and on every
occasion, and to such al extent that ten
years per diem in the Senate will not re-
store it to his pnrse. His friends bet heav-
/ ily on his election which commanded a
considerable influence in his favor. He
propitiated tie Catholic Irish, and with
few honorable exceptions they went in
body for him, regardless of party lines. He
is foreigner, and that fact did not mill
tate against him with the native born, and
secured to lin the sympathies and votes of
scores of those who came from the other
side of the Atlantic. The Germ ans, Scotch
and English were in general true to their
party principles and did not support Watt,
but, the Irish went almost in solid body
at Grass Valley and other thickly populated
Irish districts, for him. Here al classes
were less clanish aud more independent.
We know a great many Irish in this city
who voted independently, either for Phil.
Moore or Sykes, just as they saw proper.
But the great cause of the election of Watt
is owing TO the extraordinary efforts of the
! Douglas press to force Gwin before tile peo-
pie as a candidate struggling fer reelection
10 the [. s. Senate, and then availing them
selves of his unpopularity to secure votes
/ for the candidates for the Legislature pledged
against him. So great was the fear that
Dr.. Gwin might by some chance get back to
the Senate six years longer, that dozens of
Republicans, not having confidence in the
strength of their own party, voted for Watt,
and it was only by the most strenuous e1er-
lions that hunireds more wee persj adel to
vote their own party ticket. The scare-crov
set up in the person of DR.. Gwin frightened
many from the Republican county ticket
Had the Republicans known the relative
strength of the Democratic wings the result
would have been different. Nothing could
have beaten the entire Republican ticket
The caases enumerated decided the con-
test in :ayor Of Watt A comparison of
the candidates for SenatorsLip reveals the
facts. Watt has money. He has been lucky
in mining operations. He has considerable
physical force, and, his party friends claim
for him great honesty. On what grounds
the claim is based, taking political view
of the man, is left for his Anti Lecompton
supporters TO tell. He supported the Kan
sizes down TO almost the hour of his nomi-
nation. and we never heard of recantaton,
( or the semhlance of one from him. As far
as his record goes nothing is visible or au-
diole TO show that he is not supporter Of
/ all the iniquities Of the government de-
nounce by the -Lecompt9nite of last
/ year He maintains his old opinions still.
What merit did he present to the Anti-Le-
comptontes for their support? None but
the barren confession on his part that Ste
phen A Douglas was regularly nominated!
! He does not subscribe to his principles, or
when was the conyers;on2 Watts vote
shows how little principle actuated the
bulk of the Anti-Lecompton party of this
county last year, if it is not already exhib-
tied in their ready Endorsement Of Fitzpat-
rick as soon as his nomination was made
known to them. Principles are nothing
regular nominations and party idols, every
thing.
AS we said before, Watt had money, and
he used it freely. Sykes had none. A few
years ago, he began to operate in quartz
like Watt, but unlike Watts his lead was
poor one. He became involved several
thousand dollars. Insteal of applying for
the benefit of the insoIyent act, rs many
would have done, he went to work, some
times on wages, like an honest man as he
is, and by the most rigid economy, cancel
led his obligations almost to the last dol !
lar. He had no money and less inclination
to haunt whisky mills and cap for votes |
4 man of education and refinement, Of
scrupulous honor, he would not stoop to it !
and was sacrificed.
Neither was the Legislative experience of
Phil Moore of any moment when thrown
in the scale against money. Phil support |
the Administration through thick and thin.
So did Watt. Both professed the same
principles, Both, so far as we know, con-
strued the Kansas-Nebraska bill and the |
Cincinnati Platform alike, and in accord |
ance with the views of the powers at /
Washington. But when it came to the |
nomination of Douglas, they separated in
action. Moore deemed principles and con-
sistency of vital imp0rt-Watt did not |
Watt set regularity of nomination above
professed cardinal party principles, and
Moore dissented. Experience and straight
farvard less went under-money, subsery-L
iency. demagogism, triumphed. -
The county is as certain to 20 for the Reg
uIar Democracy, as the sun is certain to rise and
set on the day of election."-G. Y. National
Douglas will get 5000 votes in Nevada
county."--Nerad1 Democrat
Gentlemen, it wont do to set up for prophets
after this. Just take estimate of the
strength of the Republican party in the various
townships in the county, and see how near we
came to it, and how distant you did.
"NoRToS l, EMPEROR" seems to have
considerable method in his madness. We
copy his last decree from the Mirror:
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