The Shasta courier., 1860-03-24
A Miserable Fatsehood Revived.


The following squib, containing a very little
aud false inuendo, i, from the Cdiareras Chroni-
Gle:
The Shasta Courier regrets to learn that ex-
Governor Weller is not candidate for the
Charleston Convention, as it thinks the demo-
cracy of California would be honored by being
represented in the National Convention by men
of his high character. We quite agree with the
Courier in the high estimate it is pleased to place
on Mr.. Weller, and take the occasion to assure
its editor that should he be placed in such posi-
ton, instructed-as the Cincinnati delegates were
| to vote for Daniel s. Dickinson or any other
democrat, he would never disregard his pledges.
| He has never shrunk from the perfoi nance of
democratic duty.
| We understand you, Col. Rust. You mean
to intimate that we, as one of the delegates in
the Cincinnati Convention, violated our pledge
This is a Misrepresentation on your part, Col.
Rust, just as is the assertion that the delegates
sent TO Cincinnati were instructed to vote for
Buchanan. Both of these assertions, according
to our recollection, are untrue. The Cincinnati
delegates were no more instructed to vote for
Buchanan than are the Charleston delegates in
structed to vote for Dickinson. If we are not
mistaken, series of resolutions offered by
Gov. Bigler, positively instructing the delegates
( to vote for Buchanan, were set aside, and a
substitute series, offered by Mr.. McCorkle,
adopted This latter set contained one resoiu-
ton expressing the opinion that Mr.. Buchanan
was the first choice of the California Democracy.
But no positive instructions were passed This
is our nresent recollection We remember dis
tinctly that Mr.. McCorkle declared in Couven-
ton that the delegates were not expected to vote
for Mr.. Buchanan, unless he favored Pacific
Railroad. His peculiar representatives in the
Cincinnati Convention-the Pennsyvaton dele
gation-voted to table the Railroad resolution
proposed ty the California delegation, and henc'
the California delegates could not cast thei
votes for Mr. Buchanan without doing violenc'
to the platform adopted by the Convention whicl
elected them. Gov. Weller was In Cincinnati a
the time We understood then, and have neve
heard 1t cuntradicted, that he then thought an,
said that the California delegation did right il
1 not voting for Mr.. Buchanan. Now, ifit be tru
that Gov. Weller approved the action of the Gin
cinnati delegation, in voting against Mr.. Blu
chanan, what will his very ardent friend, tn
Chronicle, do about it7 Maj. Solomon was on
of the Cincinniti delegation. Did he violat
his pledge? If so, then Mr.. Buchanan reward
: ed treachery by making him United States MAJ
shall Mr.. Buel was also delegate. Did
violate his pledge? Then in his case also NJ
| Buchanan rewarded treachery by making hil
/ Agent of the Nome Cult Reservation.
Thus, Col. Rust, you will see that your yer.
very little inuendo was uugenerous, aad wors
4 than all, contained two positive msrepresen
tious-one by implication, the other in plai
4; language. Therefore, Colonel believing you
2 be fair and honorable, we expect you to state
4 your readers that you committed an error in a
serting that the Cincinnati delegates were il
structed to vote for Buchanan, and violate
their pledges by not doing so-or else confe!
that Gov Weller and Mr. Buchanan have acte
dishonorably-th one in approving our cours
the other in rewarding some of the delegates wit
4 fat offices.