The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-01-17
SACRAMENTO CORRESPONDENCE.
SACRAMENTO. Thursday, January Is, 1856

EdetOrS Herdld.-lhe resolution endorsing
the President Proclamation was hanging:
fire in the Assembly at the close Of my last
letter. As originally introduced it was
considered as conflicting with itself, or in
other words it was not true 1t is the rabid
Republicans who can See Constitutional
provisions so distinctly in every abolition
act of The President. The original resolu.
tons endorsed the Proclamation as justifiable
under the Constitution-the argument being
1.-The Constitution made the President the
Commander in,Chief, hence all orders enema
ting from him must be Constitutional" But
the old Democratic element within the
Union Party-looked at the Proclamation
from different stand point. For instance.
Mr.. Sanderson, of Ell Dorado, could not
commit himself to such Inconsistency for
a wrongly worded document He, like a
majority Of the Union Party, in both Houses,
saw the political Instructions which would
be thus laid in the path of re election, by
adopting such a resolution. Hence the
amendment, he offered, placing the ProcIa
nation purely on "miIilary necessity" |
might term it ustitiabIe homicide. The
resolution with Sandersons amendment, was
finally passed by both Houses, and on Sat
urday forwarded to the President by tee
graph. A good deal of pride was NANTES
ted by the Union Party in being the first
TO send aid and comfort to the President, so
California can boast (f time should prove
the act worthy of Boosting about that she
was the first State to endorse the Proclama.
ton declaring slaves free in certain States
and parts of States But oh what fatal
commitment, provided the Proclamation fail,
in every sense for which it was designed, and
for which its issuance is onl y made justifiable
to many of the friends of the Administration
What commitment provided the docu.
ment makes one reunion the more inn
possble--the war more bitter and destruct-
and filling the Southern States with seryile
instructions and in the which the innocent
alone must suffer murder and rapine2 Me
thks then there viii not be much boas,ing of
the honor of being the first endorsers of the
Emancip patton Proclamation. But let us wait
patiently and learnhow the pet measure of
the radicals in the Administration works
itself on the army of the South.
THE PUBLISHERS CONVENTION.
This Convention, fortunately or unfortul
natelv, proved a failure On Monday and
Tuesday, there were hardly members enough
to fill the offices. On the last day, the mum,
Der was increased slightly by the three edit.
ors in the Legislature, and the State Printer
coming in. The Daily Bee being the only
paper represented from Sacramento, shows
how much interest the Union and the Re.
publican exhibited in the matter, San Franz
cisco publishers proved more Indifferent if
possible, the Spirit Of the Times being the
only paper represented. The first two days
proceedings were m lager enough, and but
for the coming in, on the third day. Of the
editors in the Legislature, together with the
State Printer, the Convention would proba.
bly, have adjourned sine die. But very little
business was done; and that exclusively re-
latng to means to get together the Publish
ers in an adjourned meetng--to be held on
the 25th Of April next. |, has become very
apparent that editors aud publishers through
the State felt little interest in this Covnenl
ton. But for the fact that the Legislature
was in session, I doubt whether the public
would have learned anything about its assem-,
bling. With this inducement to draw to.
gether a Convent ion of this kind. the num-
Der present was just sufficient to make the
proceedings a Notifying failure. There
were publishers enough in the city,-provid-
ed they felt the least interest in the matter,
TO have made the Convention respectable
in numbers.
But these gentlemen felt either indepen.
dent of or Indifferent to the Convention, and
treated the gathering as one beneath their
attention. But really there may be no prac
teal object to be advanced by the meeting
of such a Convention. 1t is claimed that
such Convention would be of material as
sistance in relation to subscription prices,
and the high rates paid for paper. In fact
there was some talk about organizing Pa
per Manufacturing Company. Such mill
will doubtless pay capitalists, but the idea
that printers should manufacture their own
paper, without either capital or artisan skill,
smacks of the ridiculous. | guess it would
prove cheaper for publishers to buy at pres.
ent prices, unless they could get their rags
on credit
SENATORIAL AFFAIRs-FIRsT CAUCUS.
Your correspondent, planting himself upon
his dignity, made himself present at the cau'
Gus on Tuesday night 1t was not as spirited
a body as | expected 10 see. All was as
calm as summers morning One hundred
members participated; and after the appoint
ment of presiding officer, clerks, and Ser.
geant at arms, business commenced As,
sembly Owen of the San Jose Mercury, un'
dertook to administer dose of radical qui.
nine upon the body, by offering resolution
that none but supporters of Lincoln's Procla,
nation Should participate in the Caucus
This test resolution was a fire brand of con
siderable dimensions, but was finally extin
guished by the introduction Of two or three
amendmens-the original resolution and
substitutes being finally laid on the table,
The caucus then proceeded to nominate and
vote. The nominees were r. G. Phelps, Jno.
CONFESS. A. a. Sargent, T. w. Park, Har'
vey S. Brown, and James Men, Shafter-
only four of six from San Francisco. Eight
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