Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-02-19
THE REGULAR TROUBLE WITH
SENATORS.

The California Legislatures and the Cali
fornia journalists continue to have mneh
trouble with the Senators Of that state IN
Congress. No Senator has ever been CHOSEN
who gave what might be called the great
est satisfaction" There are reasons ior TINS
besides such as relate Immediately TO states
manship. The Senators are chosen after
they have, as politicians, formed party de-
voted to the purpose of electing them to the
Senate. The Senator'S party remains, and
upou his name and through his counsel, con-
,inues to operate in the politics Of the State.
The Senator goes to Washington with false
notion of his importance, and finds that he
cannot act with the vigor which his party
fayoritism expects Of him. He is in circle
where his influence cannot be half so potent
rs he had believed it would be- He has
wrongly Judged the Senate by the Legisla-
ture and the party who elected him, and dis
covered the greatest difficulty in every at
tempt to appear propOrtionately to the estl-
mate he and his friends had formed Of his
capacity. The slightest missteP or failure
insures to him disappointment and OPPOSE
ton at home. He is there judged as party
man, not as Senator. He is called upon as
q politician, not as statesman, to do so and
so, and BY either his compliance or non
compliance he becomes involved in every
phase Of party troubles, rises among his OPP
ponents, sinks among his friends, and finally
hides himself in obscurity, or entirely
changes his course till censure thunders up
on him, and disgusts him with his position.
The California Senators have nearly all
been prepared for public life BY party man
asement, and they have not endeayored to
get above mere party usage and arbitrary
party requirments when they have reached
the National capital. The California Legis-
lature, now in session, have been censuring
Senator McDougan and demanding his res
ignation for his neglect to properly represent
the sentiments of the people of that State.
While the denunciations of McDougan have
been going on, the press has been expecting
a much better account Of Senator CONFESS.
The politicians who have been eondemning
the former have been thinking and saying
that the latter would never render himself la
BILE to public reproach, except among his
original opponents. Both of these Senators
were elected by Republican party votes, but
neither of them was known as man who
Internationally approved the doctrines Of the
Republican party. While the discussion Of
charges against McDougal was going on
with the Legislative body, and while Repubi-
can or Administration newspapers and other
partisans were landing the superior purposes
and principles of CONFESS, he is declaring in
the Senate that the present war is an Gag
erosion against the institution of slavery"
An aggression" The war for the preser-
vation Of the Union, the Constitution and
the nationality, an aggression against the in
stitution of slavery! These are his words
and, moreover, he said this was a Quaker war
"a war for the universal establishment Of n
Quaker dogma concerning slavery. Now,
Senator CONFESS is undoubtedly against sla-
very, rs well as the Quakers are ; but, ike
MeDougal, he has unfortunately failed to
represent exactly the Observation-Disclosures
sentiment Of California. The two Senators
are in an ENHANCEMENT which will be preju-
disial to the Union cause in their State, if the
press and people will persist in basing the
most of their political discussions on any
want of explicitness or on any deyiations
from the strict Union idea, on the part of the
Senators