, 1860-01-27
OLyllrI4, Jan. q, 1860.


The many reasons HAT might at thi
e time be given for Tie writing Of politica
article on the politics ofour Territory, pre-
, cludcs tho need Of an apology, and assign
= the best Of al reasons for the writing 0
such an article, namely necessity
n And in cndeo voring 10 perform 80 ardn
! GUS q duty, | shall Try to begovernsd by .
p dne defrrcnos to theopiu'nps Of others, AM
p aLsys.sll, hythe FAoIs. " te irstplscs
t wish TO glance ut polticpl ad1irs priol
to, and at the time OF the mGcNng Of The
|, Territorial Democratic Convention in thi.
plaee last year, and to the nomination d
our present Delegate in Congress. 1t is
an incoutrover,able fact, that the name Of
VI. |. STEVENS was before The Democrats OF
/, this Territory as a candidate for The Dele
gatcShip, subject to the nomination Of the
= Democratic Conventions; and the unanimity
of feeling expressed at that Convention il.
dicate that he was the choice, l might say
the unanimous choice, Of the Democracy Of
the Territory Again, | take it to be in
conIrovertble, that the Convention in qnes-
ton was conducted IN good faith, and with
impartial fairness and justice Yet again,
in the nominee Of that Convention, there
were no twosided opiuions-no two-faced
constructions Of Democracy-no shirking OF
party principles-no smoothing over Of
supposed unpopular sentiments, and no
winking and blinking to any and every sen
timent, opinion aud doctrine, 10 gain the
good will Of this or that faction. But on
the other hand, there stood the nominee Of
a Democratic Convention, an unAinching
exponent Of Democratic principles MS taught
by Jefferson, Madison, jackson, Monroe
and Polk, aud firmly placing himself on The
Cincinnati platform, ho stood forward n
Democrat, and ready TO receive Democratic
votes, and ready to go forth TO his duties
as man of sterling Democratic principles
the choice of truly Democratic constit-
rency. Such, then, is plain statement Of
, facts. And here let me asE If any man
could consistently claim to be Democrat
and at the same time oppose the exponent
of the very principles he processes 10 up
hold? Believing that every thinking MUD
WHY respond in the negative, / pass on to
,Hhquire into matters pertaining to politics
during the present sitting Of the hegiSla.
T ture, and in so doing, | am'br0ught TO the
meeting oil the fRBed. caucus about which
so much has been said and written. |
mean the Democratic caucus called for
f the purpose of nominating Democrats TO
fll the various Official positions in The
House of Representatives. Your readers
are aware that the caucus broke up with
out accomplishing The object for which it
was called, and when ask what was The
cause Of this failure, am pointed to the IN
PRODUCTION Of a resolution Now IN order
to understand ourselves, IL will be neeessa.
ry 10 have quotation Of this resolution
Here itisi lca ssB-s' sdi bra .aei-','
" ResOlrcd, That no person be allowed a
seat in this caucus who does not support
the Administration, aud who did not vote
for the Democratic ,nominee Tor Delegate
to Congress dt the last past eiectior'' r''l''a
4 And now for what purpose was this reso-
luton Introduced? Simply because there
were gentlemen there who did not and do
not claim to be Democrats, and because
there were gentlemen there who TuHs and
were elected on opposition tickets. Oppo-
sition to What l-whyto Democracy, and
TO the nominee Of the Democratic party
Well, what businesslhad suclI geHtlemshin
a Democratic caucus % For myself Lam
free to coufess am at a loss TO know, but
so it was, and hence the necessity for a
resolution, in order thai Q. protection might
be afforded against the impositions Of The
opposition. Again: Iappeal to any and
es cry thinking Democrat, und ask ifsthere
is anything in the resolution above quoted
that the most conservative Democrat, ip
full view Of tue facts, could object to -
Now we will inquire the cause ef the fail-
ufe Of the resolution. At FIRST glance Il
would appear that there was nUt suficirni
Democratic strength to carry IL through
This is q mistake wish. to correct. The
reason was simply this !: Some gentlemen
WHO we're really in favor Of the resolution
had a misunderstanding Of the intent Of a
vote that was taken, and thus voted against
their actual seniiments; hence lhe failure,
I 4hd lest should occupy too mach space,
+ will conclude for this tiGfe by drawing The
Inference that appearsto me mast be drawn
) by every thinking man after q apefnsai Of
the facts above slateds First. Those
that opposed the nominee OF the Democratic
5 party could not possibly have been Demo
.crats, because il they had been, they would
have supported an advocate Of Democratic
principles. Second Those who persistent
iy voted against the resolution above quo
ted, must either have been mised, OF Ihey
are not Democrats, because there is moth
ing in the resolution but what any Demo
crat who believes in and supports Demo
cratic principles could endorse. Third. II
being natural for mankind to try and break
down anything--men or principle-againsl
which they may be arrayed, is it not natu-
raj for the opposition to use every means
in their power to create discord, sever, and
if possible annihlate those to whom they
are opposed.
Then is It not natural that Democrats
should view with suspicion any move Of i'm.
|norlnnce that NAV be brought To lirht by