The Placer herald., 1863-08-15

if flee, and in fact is hardly worth the filing {
of bonds. This is no doubt sufficient reaso
I'd in the eyes of my Republican colleagues 70
~ legislating OUT the county officers, and inss,
ing that they shall REMAIN OUT; ofthe twent
I'd District Revenue officers elected, a maiorit,
h were supported by the Republican pariv, anl
le this is, no doubt, in the minds Of my consis
o ten: Republican colleagues just and suffi
o cent reason for legislating them buck into of
t. .f'ce for their full term. Sir, for bare faced
70 rank and unpublished injustice this is without
It parallel You may rake the pureus o
d Infamous partizan legislation with drag-net
It you may conjure up ancient and hoary .heade,
2 Gwinism, dripping with all the corruption
e you have ever ascribed to it, and YOU can fin,
Il nothing that will compare with the past anc
o proposed action Of the majority. The mos,
} hagrant acts of unjust legislation are gener.
= ally coaked with "some show of reason, -
, but this you propose to "drive through" with
| all its naked deformities by the aid of brute
force, which you possess.
Besides the partizan motives of this char
acter OF legislation, may refer to another
influence, which has no doubt oiled this mat,
ter along, some of those persons holding lu
cratve district offices, are, and for days have
been with and among us, they are now with
in the hearing of my voice, aided and en-.
couraged by that unselish and patriotic
body, the lobby, which has hung about this
Legislature like leech, from its commence
ment to the present time
Mr.. Speaker, have referred but briefly to
the effect of this character of Legislation
upon the county of Amador, but the same
state OF facts apply to their officers. will
state, however, in this connection that there
would seem to be some significance in the
fact, that the county and District Revenue
officers OF Amador we're at the last election
all chosen on the Union Democratic ticket:
and this decapitaton act Gusts them all from
their position.
The amendment proposed by myself to the
bill now under consideration, and to which
l call the attention of the House, provides,
that the successors of the present incumbents
of the County officers in Placer shall be elec,
ted at the general election in 1864, and that
their term Of Office shall be from the first
Monday of March 1865, to the same date in
1866 and that the successors of the county
officers elected in 1864 shall be elected at |
the general election in 1865. and every two |
years thereafter. BY the adoption OF this
amendment you avoid any interference with
the terms of the present incumbents, and at
tain that which is alleged as the object of
Senate bill %, an uniformity in the time of
election, and term of Office in all the coun.
ties throughout the State. 1t is simple act
of justice; such precisely as the majority pro
pose to extend to the District officers. aud is
too plain to require any argument to fortify
1t. There can be no objection to it but onlv
that which arises from purely selfish and par
tizan considerations.
Mr.. Speaker, on many propositions which
have come before this Legislature. have not
been found acting with the majority, whether
wisely or not, have been many times in the
minority, time will develop when the acts of
this session shall have been traced to their
destined results; have no regrets for my
course, no apologies to offer. | have often
been in the minority and when the House has
heretofore been reminded of the fact by nv
colleagues for effect, have stated that it was
a compliment which could not return upon
them. They are generally found going with
the crowd they are evidently not of the met {
al to stand up and undertake to stem even |
the slightest ripple on the wave of popular i
cIamor; and it requires only the slightest gust d
from the heated breath of throng to wheel II
them into line. Why sir, it would not sur
prise me, if in year from this time, it would
require telescope as powerful as Herschel's r
to see, and an ear trumpet as long as your =
appropriation and deficiency bills, and as \
broad as the franchises you have granted q
this session, to hear single member of this 81
Legislature who will confess that he ever did h
vote with tho majority. This is not the first u !.
instance this session in which it has been h
ound necessary to remedy hasty and insid- il
ous legislation. You will all remember the 8
amous "Nuttman road franchise" This o.
nil passed both branches of the legislature Fl
without opposition, and even our worthy Ex, W
cutive with all bis acknowledged acumen re- p.
,arding franchises, "road" franchises mean 2C
did not discover until after approval that y
% had signed bill granting to certain par
les therein named the right to collect tolls Sc
or twenty five years, on public road owned Gu
nd built by the county of San Mateo A or
minority on that proposition would be as tn
opular, as lip professions of loyalty are conn to
non. so
stand alone in the delegation in advoca-
ing the amendment now before the House;
ny political views are of character that
nd response but from five members on gr
his floor, but perhaps that which is equally tn
0 be feared is the pressure from the bar-a IN
ressure emanating not from, or on behalf of "f
ne county officers whose rights as we'll as
hose of the Districts | advocate, for since m
hey were ousted, no County officer has IN
'ade his appearance at the Capitol. They
ave only asked me to state truly and fairly N
he facts to this House, and if denied their s;l
ghts let the responsibility rest upon those Mhr M
ho perpetrate the wrong. ~
There is one thing further which the pr pr
ourse of my colleagues has compelled me m r.,
alude to. 1t has not only been said that y
am generally in the minority, but that the