Daily national Democrat., 1861-02-28
SACRAMENTO CORRESPONDENCE.
SAcEAMENro. Feb. 26. 1861.

the Golden State, Notwithstanding the news
that a small party of rosewater gentry at
Montgomery. Alabama, have declared jeff
Davis the President Of tie (which) southern
Confedcracy. The subjects, hereabouts, of
jeff |, to wit: Thornton, Crittenden, Mont
gomery ct al, still act for all the world like
citizens of the United States, and are suppos
ed to draw their pay, with commendable
regularity, for the services rendered 10y them
in supporting the Constitution Of the United
States and the Constitution of the State Of
California. Although both branches OF the
Legislature were in session to-day. no notice
was given of the introduction of a secession
ordinance or of any bill for calling "soyer
eign convention of the people for secession
and their political brethren contemplate any
movement for releasing California from the
gripe of that hateful old fogy "Uncle SAM
they evidently intend to do all with modera-
tion. The stars and stripes are even allowed
to tlaunt from the capitol flagstaff, and many
indications are gwen by the Sound" ones
l. c. the Southern Confederacy chaps in and
about the Legislature-ofa spirit of toera-
ton towards those weak-minded and fshy
individuals known as Union Democrats, who
are foolish enough to speak respectfully of
the United States Government and dspar-
ingy of the Cotton Kingdom This mild and
conservative course of our California seces-
sionists is accounted for in the minds of many
by the fact of their powerful weakness
their entire number in the State being esti
mated at various exceedingly low figures
The 'seseshes" are mostly OF the class who
"aspire to be leaders, not followers, of the
multitude" and leaders of the multitude they
are, if we omit "the multitude"
The Senate to-day made the Broderick ex-
punging resolutions the special order for
March 5th, and the Crittenden amendment
resolutions the special order for tomorrow
The House ordered engrossed the bill to re-
peal the beef and pork inspection act. The
Union resolutions were taken up. and seeing
a member draw pretty szeabe roll of man
uscrpt and commence reading the same l. in
with all but twenty or thirty 9TH
ers, retired from "the Hall of the House of
of the State of California, as
South Carolina Patrick grandiloquently
styles the Assembly chamber in his call for a
straight Breckenridge caucus. This call, duly
signed by G. w. Patrick, President, (who
helped to break up the Charleston Conven-
ton and elect Lincoln) and Lloyd Magruder
Secretary, (who was glad of uncle Patrick's
action aforesaid) was posted up in both hous
es this morning, and invited the faithful to
come to time at p. NJ This of course rather
startled the half-shels who bolted the Demo-
cratic caucus because Denver could not be
nominated for Senator 1t looked as though
their new political friends were unwilling to
meet them until they had agreed upon a plan
for greasing and swallowing them The fu-
sion caucus, you know, had adjourned over to
this evening at u. was considerably anus
ed upon going to the Assembly chamber at
the last named hour, to see the Denverites
scattered around, waiting for the Brecks in
the Senate chamber to get through with their
secret caucus-to finish spinning their wheel
within a wheel. You know how the super
numerares of a circus troupe, previous to
the commencement of the performance, run
about, fixing the lights, spreading tina saw
dust around more evenly etc. and how in
significant they seem when the equestrian
performers make their grand entrance, with
spangled dresses and waving plumes, bestrid
ing fiery chargers which prance to the sounds
of several wind Instruments Such seemed
tonight the contrast, between the deserters
from our party, and the proud and defiant
Brecks whose supernumeraries they have be-
come. They waited until quarter past eight
before their masters left their private caucus
the motley assemblage together ('motey's
the only wear.'-IV. Shakespeare and Leet
(half- shelly moved to exclude outsiders from
the Hall. He thought the reporters for the
press had tried to "diScolor the proceedings
of previous meetings" Sam Merrett (Breck. J
hoped the motion would not prevail; he had
no concealments to make (why then had he
Just come out of secret Breckenridge eau
cus?) Ross (Breck) hoped as Merritt did
Ryan (true blue) would not stay in a secret
caucus. He thought it was a meeting to har-
monise the Democracy. lie said he was for
harmony, and thought one good move to-
wards it would be for all hands to go to work
and elect the nominee of the regular Douglas
Democracy-Gen. j. A. McDougal- to the U.
S. Senate. Several members wanted Ryan
to leave after that break, but he would not
go. lie said he was invited, and if there was
no secret object for the meeting beyond the
avowed one of suggesting plans for harmony
he did not feel out of place there. Then
Laspeyre (Breck) wanted a secret caucus
Sorrell (Breck) didn't. Somebody else,
q shelly did, somebody else (Breck) didn't
and another fellow did, and SO it went for an
hour and then Leets motion was lost. Then
another long debate ensued, nothing being
before the house. as to who ought to be in
and who ought to leave. Zack Montgomery
(Breck) SAID he would not give up a single
principle or opinion for fusion Parks (Breck)
said State Committees could not fix platforms
Magruder (Breck) offered resolutions which
We're referred Watson (hy-b -by-nighD made
barleycorn speech, saying that he opposed
none but Black Republicans. Murray Nor