The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-02-02
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We opposed the resolutions Of eensurc
at the time Of their introduction not deem
ing the conduct Of BrUdcrick Of sufficient
importance to occupy tho time Of the
Legislature. They, however, we're in
troduced and passed, and Mr.. BrOderick,
magnifying his own importance and pop
nlarity, personally appealed from the
Legislature to the people, and the people,
by 4 decisive majority, sanctioned the
verdict of the Legislature. This was af'
ter they had ampls time tn investigate and
reflect, but before the Black Republican
party presented formidable front. The
question then was living Issue, and Mr.
Broderick. IOrciLly and vehemently placed
his own case bcfUre the people, but failed
to convince them that their representa-
tives had acted improperly or had unjust
! ~ eeasuFed him During the last canvass
his friends judiciously kept silent on the
subject Of expungins the resolutions OF
ccnsurc, and SO fearful were they Of &
second and like verdict Of the people, that
they refused to even listen to the reading
Of resolutions in their conventions in
structing their nominees, in the event Of
their election, to vote for expunging reso-
lutions. We are stating well known and
indisputablc facts. The Douglas County
Convention met in this city on the 10Th
of last August, aud Mr.. David James, .
delegate and devoted friend Of the dead
Senator, on the Both, offered the following
resolution, amid intense excitement, which
the President refused him permission to
read:
"Ee1olrrI, That the NOMINEES Of this Gun.
vention are hereby instructed 90 use all hOnor.
able means, II elected, to procure the eApung-
ing at the resolutions passed BY the Legislature
Of this State in lsjS, crnsuring tue Late David
Z. DOdeTick."
They were afraid to make il an issue
and evaded it by the dcxterity Of the
President Of the Convention, who, in dc.
fiancc Of Parliamentary usage, with which
he was familiar, with irnpcrturablc cool
ness, ruled it out OF order aud Ordered
the introduccr Of it TO take his seat. The
Republicans. we believe, in . majority OF
their conventions adopted o resolution
similar TO the one above, which the Doug.
laS:tcS r. jccted, and the two factions hay.
ing, by accident, carried the Legislature,
Mr.. O'B'ien introduced rxpungiug rcSoIu.
tons in the Assembly, and on Friday Of
last week they passed that sympathetic
body by the following vote, which We
place upon record for future use. With
. unanimity quite significant and unIniS
taxable, every Republican member voted
for them:
Ayes-AdlmH, Avery, Banks. Blair. Briggs,
Burnett. Cherry. Guilds, Clark. Column, C"nnrss,
CuvArruLia., Crorker, DcnnIson. IbnIghefiy,
burst. Eastman. Fargo. Flanders. F"rd. Green,
Hartman. Henderson. I'LL, Hunter. LippincoI
Miller, Morgan. MundAy, O'Bricn, Porter
fu~rll, SmIh IL Presn". spence, Streams
TIl'ien, TilIon, TITLE, Walden, Wiley, Wright
Al
Socs-Amv1. bradley, IsuriI, Chandler. Cole
man, Curtis, GilIrit, Gregory, IIagAns, Hanson
Harris. Harrison. HAun. Holman. Ilurrell.
J"bnson. kungle, KuriI. I.AluT. L.asI~yrr. Ma
grudcr. Montgomery. Morrison. Patrick. Percy
R"rS. SHOW alter. Smith Il Placer. S"Frcll
White, wWpd oi Plumas, W'od II Y'Io-5g.
Mr.. Coleman voted against the r,soIu
ton. 4 private letter informs US thai
Mr. Foster voted against them. but As his
name does not appear in the list Of noes
it would be improper for us to place i,
there.