Daily national Democrat., 1861-06-26
Federal Interference in State Politics.

party, or whether he retains in Office those OF
his aprointees who make it their business to
use the patronage attached to their positions
/ fIr that purpose The Administration OF
James Buchanan 50 rotted the timhers Of the
Ship of State that il will require all the ener-
~ aud Ingenuity Of cunning workmen to put
her in repair; and the rotleuness grew out OF
the corrupt means used by the Admnistra-
ton leaders at Washington, for the purpose
Of exercising supreme dominion over party
Affairs in the several States The man WHO
as,ired To honorable position in the Admin
istrntion Democratic party from 1898 10 Ieoo,
soon found that he must in the hrst pace
look for the support, pot of the masses OF The
p,rtv, but of the general agent OF James
buchanan on this coast-Collecor Is. f
Wn.linpton The aid Of that magnate and of
the lesser Federal officials could only be had
by such as were willing to be the servants
and meninls, when necessary, Of the President
and the favorites of his Court The people,
Ike patient nsses as they too often are, car
RED the load up TO the moment that the
President commanded them to vote against
the party nomnee--Stephen a. Douglas-for
the Presidential succession This tyrannical
suhslitution Of the will of the Chief Executive
fr the will Of the people, was not even at
tempted to be concealed. In 1859 the insig
n licant Scott-who is now a contemplate
t,ator, in arms against the Government
was urged upon the Administration State
Convent for a re nomination to Congress,
on the openiy-eXpressed ground that james
B Ichanan desired his nomination by way Of
Il thorough and practical party endorsement
Of the L-compton infamy. If these inter-
meddlings with State politics by the Federal
Administration had evil tendencies when the
country was, so far as the greut body of the
people knew, at peace, what effect would
they now have, when eleven States are in
open rebellion, and three Others are only pre-
vented hy Federal power from joining them
While disorder aud anarchy are becoming an
Old story to the ears of the people of the
United States, will the legitimate Govern
ment of the Nation obtain frmer hold upon
the people 10y turning away from fighting
trenson, to engage in aiding this or that
loyalist to defeat another for Office? What
the Federal Executive should not do himself
he should tot do by proxy If he cannot,
with safety to the public interests, follow the
example of James Buchanan, he cannot will
ingly see his subordinates follow the example
of the Federal officials they have just pushed
from their stools. The people will have no
respect for the Government if its rulers are
to have no thought but the acquisition Of
political power, and the rewardng of parti-
san services None bnt Republicans, SO far
as we know, have entered into any contest
for Federal offices The patronage of the
Government has been bestowed upon the
party favoritcs, and no one complains, or has
any business to complain. 1t is universal
custom. But there will be complaint if the
Federal patronage is to be turned loose upon
the people to be used to affect our popular
elections The times are bad enough, God
knows. There are bad men enough to buy
votes. and bad men enough to sell them. Let
us be spared repetition, this campaign o
the disgraceful spectacle Of a whole army o
Government employees paying regular as
scssmrnt pom their salaries, for the purpos,
Of creating bribery and corruption fund fol
election day, The Government has need O
all the friends it can make. Democrats and
Republicans are fighting its battles Parties
must not be divided upon the war issue in the
loyal States In the contests for the posses
sion Of the State offices by loyal political
organizations, the Federal Ada illustration
must not interfere. If the friends of Ben.
Butler and the friends of n. p. Banks run
State tickets against each other in Mnssachu
sets, the Federal officials Of that State must
not use the public patronage to pull down one
and build up the other. Every citizen has IA
right to exert all the influence which honest
ly belongs to him, of course ; but it is in the
power Of the Administration to prevent d
general plunder- league from being organi
zed among its nppointees in any State. |
i the recipients Of Federal bounty here in Cali
u lornia did as is charged control the Repuh
> lican Gubernatoral domination, we hop,
they will see the propriety, at this time, o
assuming virtue, if they have it not an,
that they will give the voters of the State ne
, reason for drawing parallels between then
f and those who preceded them.
. HARD ON CAREY.-The ). f. Herald con
tains the following note addressed to tn,
l Editors of the Alta California:
In your paper Of this morning you declin,
, to publish my communication of the l4tl
, from San Jose, in reply to your comments OF
my letter in the Alta of the 9th. The reason
b, YOU give is that your columns are not opeI
e to apology for treason
, That is serious saying. "Apologv fol
trenson" is treason. Treason is the highes
y crime known to human law 1t has no de.
-. grees 1t is absolute, or it is not at all Any
person eoguiz mt of the crime is participant
in it, If he fail to make the fact known to til,
6 proper authority. WIN. CAREY JONES.
e If the Alta refuses to publish Jones's com
# muniea'ion bccause it is an apology for trea
= son" and if an apology for treason is trea
if sou" then the Alta has been very hard o.
1t Jones. What is to be done?
s. MARIN COUNTY DELEGATrs-The followin
= named gentlemen were elected 10y the Mari
IS County Democratic Convention, as delegate
q to the l. JuiOn Democratic State Convention I