Daily national Democrat., 1860-02-24
Trouble in the Camp.

ing at Fosters Bar held 10 eisce ueleS"'es W
the County Convention, had the sense to dis
regurd the ridiculous test recommended by
the State Central Committee, and elected
two anti Lecompton Democrats to the Coun-
ty Convention, towit; Walter Burns and
Andrew Diver We make an extract from
the communication, which is signed dele
gate"
Il perceive in the Express of yesterday,
notice of the primary election held at Fos-
ters Bar, in which it is stated that a. J.
Batchelder and p. Guerin were elected dele
gates to the County Convention. You are
misinformed in regard to those gentlemen
being delegates from this precinct, AS | will
proceed to show. On Saturday evening,
about ten minutes past seven O'clock. the
meeting was called to order, and John Holmes
was elected Chairman. After the organiza-
tiou of the meeting, proposition was made
by Mr. Andrew Diver, to admit all Demo
Gratis to vote who pledged themselves on their
honor to support the nominee of the Charles
ton Convention. This motion was opposed
Tor posed" as Guerin says,) by Batchelder
and Guerin. Mr. Diver called for a division
of the Administration voters in the house,
and it was found that there were eleven in
favor of permitting the Douglas men to vote,
and nine against it, This nine, after agree
ing to abide by the decision of the majority,
withdrew from the meeting and would take
no part whatever Mr. Flattery was then
called to the Chair, and the meeting went on
harmoniously and every man was pledged
to support the Charleston nominee Andrew
| Diver and Walter Burns were the unanimous
choice of the citizens for delegates They
received all the votes cast, (24) there being
no opposition. The meeting adjourned at
| half past nine o'clock, and no sooner was
this done than this belligerent nine, headed
by Messrs. A. J. Batchelder, and Pat Guerin,
came into the house, organized what they
called a meeting and elected the aforesaid
Hon. gentlemen delegates"
In commenting on the above, the Express
says at is a matter Of doubt, however,
whether the Convention County will ad
nit any man to a seat in that body who has
not heretofore acted with the party" No
body pretends, we suppose, that Mr. Burns
and Diver have not acted "heretofore" with
the Democratic party. The Express means,
however, to say that no one should be ad-
mitted who did not vote the majority of the
Latham ticket last fall. Now, we would
like to know what right the County Con-
vention would have to exclude delegates reg
ularly elected at regular primary meeting.
Are the precincts any more bound by mere
recommendation of the County Committee
than counties are bound by the recommenda-
tion of the State Central Committee? And
af fhora han Of -, h.
State which have wholly disregarded the
test of the State Central Committee. San
Francisco county had test of her own,
which admitted Anti-LecomptOn Democrats
to participate in the primary elections Sac
ramento had test which admitted many of
them; El Dorado the same; Tulare one
which did not exclude them Yolo ditto :;
Humboldt ditto; and others ditto; while in
counties whose Central Committees recon-
mended the State Central Committees test,
precincts saw fit to pay no attention what
ever to the TecommendatioR-the same as did
the precinct of Fosters Bar in this county.
The action of the primary meeting at Fos.
ters Bar is therefore not without precedent,
and precedent based upon right. And we
have much curiosity to see how the Express
is going to work, upon the facts as they now
stand, to exclude these delegates, Burns and
Diver, from the Convention. Each precinct,
as weunderstand it, manages its own affairs,
and other precincts have no right to inter.
fere, to overthrow the legitimately expressed
| will of the majority. Each precinct makes
it own test, and such has been the usage of
the party. Recommends tions are one thing,
pointblank party law another
Will the EXPIRES undertake to say that the
delegation from Yolo are to be excluded from
the State Convention because they are a
Douglas delegation and because Humphrey
Griffith. an Anti .Lecomptonite, is one of the
number2 Yet the State Convention would
have the same right to exclude a regularly
elected county delegation that County Con-
vention would have to exclude a regularly
elected precinct delegation
The uneasiness of the Empress, at every
demonstration which has the least bearing in
favor of the election of Douglas delec ates
from this State to Charleston is as laughable
as it is apparent. Notwithstanding thou
sands Of good Douglas Democrats are ruled
from voting, and their hands tied up for the
time being, from assisting the man of their
choice, yet that paper is mortally afraid
that by some unlocked for process the food
gate of Douglasism will be thrown open and
swept he Dickenson faction clean out of sight
No fair show has been given Douglas at all
and yet his opponents are oppressed with
fear nt the very sound of his name. Well
they may be, when the great States of Ilh-
nois Ohio, Indiana and the rest have thun-
defed their will in his behalf and when the
States of Maryland, and Delaware and Zen.
nessee have strongly signfed determine
tion to support him in the Charleston Con-
vention, if we may rely in any degree upon
the signs of the times There is a strong
Douglas sentiment, too. in North Carolina.
in Alabama and in Missouri. Verify, the
Express has need to tremble.
LATER FROM ARIzoNA.-The Arizonian of
Feb. 9th, mentions the discovery, by par
ty of Americans, of a rich gold bearing re-
gion in the Sauta Cruz mountains, between
Calabassas and the boundary line of Sonora
1t is said. by those who have seen the coun-
try, that the mines will pay at least eight
dollars a day to the man.
On the night of February 4th, the Arivaca
ranch was visited by band of Apaehes and