The mountain Democrat., 1863-02-07
Hard Swearing.

The Senatorial mudde is daily growing
more interesting, exciting and acrimo.
nious. Leaders of the great "purity
party" with pardonable sincerity, are ex-
posing the secrets and loibles of each 9TH
er. According to their own sworn test.
mony, they are graceless set of liars
and scoundrelS. One wants to brbe and
the other has 10 objections to being
bribed. Either L. S. Postal Agent Wa
trous or Judge Tyler, is guilty of perjury
1t is pretty family quarrel, but from the
antecedentS of the belligcrent parties 10
fears are entertained Of tragical ending
In the classic language of the PuritanS,
they are not "on the fight" They lash
each other numerically with the tongue,
believing it "mightier than the sword"
but not quite so dangerous or unhealthy.
Nearly all men admire the pluck while
they doubt the prudence Of the little bull
that butted against the locomotive, under
a full head Of steam but evidently our
Senatorial squabblers are not ambitious
of such admiration. They prefer to be ad
mired for another and far different quality.
Pluck is good thing to have, but pru-
dence is safer.
Rich and racy developments were bro't
to light in the caucus, on Tuesday night,
equaling in inlamy the waadrobe scene.
a sworn statement of Judge Tyler, of San
Joaquin, was submitted by Senator Cham
bcrlain, and read for the edification and
information of the members Tyler sta
ted, under oath, recollect, reader, that
Watrous came into his office in Stockton,
and said that he (Tyler) might want to
run for District Judge, or for highcrju.
dicial position, and that if he would cast
his influence for Phelps, that Phelps and
his friends would help him (Tyler) 10 any.
thing in that line that he might require"
Modest Tyler. distrustful of his own quail
iiications or Watrous' sincerity or integ-
rity, replied that he "could not consent
to enter into any such arrangement. 1t
wasn't dead thing" he might be de-
fcated if nominated and therefore declined
to be bought for promises. If Watrous
had offered him money instead Of posi-
tion, he might have accepted the propo-
sition.
Watrcus next took the stand, was
sworn and examined, and, under oath,
pronounced Tylcr's statement "a tissue
of unmitigated falsehoods, from beginning
to end" Watrous and Tyler are both
leading members of the Republican party
both oiiice-holdcrs, one U. S. Postal
Agent, the other County Judge, both
honorable men," yet one swearS that the
other has sworn to lie. Which of the
two are we to believe, Watrous or Tyler,
or neither? One of them, by their own
showing, has sworn TO n lie? And yet
they arc leaders of party which boasts
of its purity Watrous further states in
his evidence that Smith made the offer to
sell out, and that he was warned to be-
ware of Smith; and that Park "distinctly
offered to pay all his expenses literally,
and to give him S., 900 the day he should
be elected Senator, if he (Watrous) would
help him" The patriotic Park, who is
so devotedly attached to the Union party,
also declared to WatrOus that he Park J
did not "care id for the Union party
If he wanted the whole of it hc could
have it," Park has n proper appreciation
Of the Union party, knows it is corrupt
BILE and purchasablc, and that not promi-
nent member of it is nctuated by princi-
pie. The disgracefu disclosures in eau
Gus must forever damn it in the estimation
Of all respectable men.