The Shasta courier., 1861-03-02

perhaps the very oldest Democratic paper IN the
State, it may be gratifying to its friends to know
that its prospects for future years of usefulness
are satisfactory.
The State Of the Senatorial Fight.
The condition of the Senatorial fight, at last
accounts, was decidedly mixed-so much SO,
indeed, that, with the light before us, we are
not prepared to give positive expression OF
opinion-feeling that what the next hour or day
may bring forth may entirely change the COM
plexion ofour present rather fugitive impressions
touching the right and wrong of recent moves
upon the Senatorial and party checker-board.
On the 10th February. some &c Douglas mem
bers, friends of Denver and Nugent withdrew
from the Senatorial caucus, upon the pretext
that some of the Douglas members exhibited
Republican leanings by refusing to support
resolution which endorsed the Crittenden Com
promise, together with thepatriotism of Douglas
and Breckenridge in sustaining the same. Now
we think the members who voted against the
Harris-Logan resolution acted foolishly, nay,
considering the present appalling exigencies of
the country, alphabetically. True, we think
neither the name of Douglas or of Breckinridge
should have been in the resolution; but then as
they we're therein honored only so far as they
endorsed the principles of the compromise, the
disapproving members should have looked upon
their presence thing of almost inconceiva-
bly inconsiderable Importance. On the other
hand, we do not conceive that simply voting
against the resolution, by men who endorse the
principles of the Crittenden Compromise, is any
evidence of their Republican proclivities. Ger
tainly it is simply ridiculous to charge that all
of the Democrats who remained in caucus after
the withdrawal of the twenty six, are secret
sympathsers with, and aiders and abetters of,
the cause of Republicanism.
After the withdrawal of the twenty-six, some
twenty of them, together with the Breckenridge
members, met in the Assembly chamber, and
adopted series of resolutions calling upon the
two State Central Committees to meet at an
early day for the purpose Of adopting some plan
for n fair union of the two wings.
On the goth the remaining faction of the
Douglas caucus-some twenty-four members,
and considerably less than half or quorum of
the caucus when full-convened and took ballot
Sd, with the following result:
For Griffith-Chase, Hill-2.
For Edgerton-Harvey, burst, Henderson-3
For Randolph-Clark, Adams, Coltrin, Con-
ness, Dougherty, Green-6.
For McDougall-Edgerton, Leet, Ryan, Sharp,
Thomas, Denniston, Green, Hunter, Howell,
Stearns, Tilden, Walter, Wright-l5.
McDougall having received majority of all
the votes cast was declared unanimously NOM
mated. Some of his warmest friends opposed a
ballot, believing that nomination in fraction
less than a majority or quorum of the Douglas
members, would simply slaughter their favorite.
In that they were right.
And thus the case stands at this time of writ
ing. What has been done since we may learn
per telegraph before going to press.
We cannot refrain from expressing our regrets
that the Douglas party did not remain together
reason why this was not done.
No one is more anxious than we to see the
two wings of the Democracy united. We know
that the extremes of both wings are opposed to
such union. In our party the '5S and SO Anti
Lecompton boilers, and in the boiling Breckin-
ndge party, the seceders" are ud-mouthed
against union. That class of men, however,
who are always opposed to giving an inch even
to accomplish an inestmable good, will kill any
party in two years, if their leadership be fol-
lowed. Hence their advice must not be taken.
Let them amuse themselves by calling each 9TH
er boilers. No one will dispute the correctness
of their assertions. All will recognize in it a
parallel of the kettle calling the pot black, or
the pig applying the term narrow-face" to the
opossum. But in the meantime, the moderate
men of each wing must not remain with their
hands in their pockets. They must act. And
the fundamental principle of the union must be
perfect equality, and a total forgetfuiness Of By
cones. Unless this is agreed to in such man
ner that to violate it, would be deemed dshon-
orable even among politicians, the Douglas
wing can newer enter into the arrangement. For
ourselves, so help us Heaven, rather than aid in
hosting men into office, who will use the power
thus gained to ostracise and punish Douglas
Democrats, we would the party sunk in
nethermost hell and the State in the hands of
the Republicans.