The mountain Democrat., 1864-03-05
our 0oRz5s@o5SDaS9rs.
The zshra senator's.
BUcKuYr. YoIo Co. Feb. Q7,b 1ssl

BUCKEYE, IoIO Co., Feb. 9th, 1864.
DEAR On DAN! Do you remember how. in
old times, when you started the first Demo-
cratic paper ever establshed in FL Dorado
County, you and ! and several others used to
attend to The affairs OF the Democracy of the
countyf Do you remember that In the Demo.
cratic convention Of 1851 Tor 'b9. l forget
whicb) there was delegate named @. D. Hall,
who went to you and 70 me and to several other
delegates from our part Of the county, and
Z AJSGSta IN assist him in bringing forward an
| obscure little fellow from Georgetown
The " little fellow" Was John COuness Judge
Hall, who was one Of the head chiefs of the
party opposed to Mr.. Broderick, told Us, in his
| persuasive way, that COnness was " moi i1uch;"
but, said he, if you delegates from Cold
Spring aud Mud Spring and that ueighbOrhOOd
appear warm for him, 1t will make his George
town delegates think he's "snmeb :" and we
can nominate him for the. Assembly, where we
can use HIM against Mr.. BrOderck."
We nominated him and he went to the As
sembly but did he keep faith with us1 Not
much, be didn' I he took the tirst opportunity
TO crawl under the shadow of the great pulit-
| cal manager, and sOon we heard him bowling
as the jackal Of the lion Broderick. Initiating,
as far as possible, bis distinguished putroU, he
| became, by the dull stupidity Of his speeches
the terror and disgust Qf the Reporters, until
finally, To cap the climax Of successful imita-
tion, he tried On the rhetoric of vituperatioA,
and wound up with an exhibition OG pugnacity
and some biood'thirsty talk Of personal re-
spODsibllity." Timid members, Of course, stood
aghast and non-cnmbatants PREPARED TO climb
u tree but n0 war Of any account ensned,
till one day the little fellow happened to make
some Remarks insulting 10 Hugh MURRAY tSu.
preme Judgel, which caused Murray ~ thrash
him till he saw more stars and felt more
stripes Than are contained in one Of bis loyal
speeches Of to-day.
Dn you remember ftat he whined and cried
g, over thnse stripes. but kept them. wore them
las garment" and still now car rics them un.
avenged IN his Senatorial backg Don't Won
remember that he must have either furgatten
about that "peTs''nal responsibility" or con.
sldered that the stripes un his back were bon.
orable indications Of "the code" inst "a the
scars "n II soldiers breast are testimonies of
/ his bravery?
remember 1t; aud mention It now TO suggest
that there is very large probability that tins
world is very full of humbug.
In this fast and fhnatlcal era Of corruptneSs
and illferIing, people seem Ia have totally u.
nored history y-the history &C even Yesterday
They live but to watch eagerly and speculaie
upulonsly upon the history which is tn be
made Tomorrow. Have we not seen huw this
same little C"nncss, a few short wears after re.
reiving n casiigat"n NJ the hands uf Judge
Murray, was in the habit Outstanding in his place
/ III uuT State legislature and bruw beating tiuid
! nIsmberS with his passionate vOciieraIi"R aud
blO"d- thirsty suggestions Ot personal res,un-
sbiIliv:" And Was there any menIber in hear.
ing 81 his voice 10 inquire If him ii he meant
! bv that kind nI responsibility tn intimate q
I Willingness to lake another garment of ts'riIes
M sir; there were none present who could re
/ member that little suggestion in regard Ia
! stripes would have saved the timld souls oi
I frightened members and the wcared pens OF
overia-ked Reporters from the froIhy vap"r.
ingS "f the member who claimed the floor Of.
tener and held it longer than any other.
Again we see our little man, in the Senate
Chamber, AT Washington, exhibiting at once
his own natural p""dIe dng,i>m aud the pug.
nactv 81 artificial ana assumed. After max ing
the Sacramento Union blow hIm blast such
~ the Herald mil ght have blown when unnnunc
ing that Richard OF the Lion Heart was about
t. enter the arena Ia Ii Eht the world our it'll,
great man rushed furionsiy into that Senatorial
ring with the swudilng grandeur Of "a very d.
mlnutiVe Cbnaman hn attempts to wear The
bIg boots 0t u California miner We hear thai
he I""k pity an poor Lincoln, whom he paited
on the shoulder enc"uraginRly and presented
with a nice pretty little care. He also let tha
p'Hr unprotected orphan bov, Abraham, know
thai hr. CoUneSs. was going to- " defend him
and t1 show that he meant what be said. didn't
he pitch into Hale OF New Hampshire aud Dd
Wis Of Kentucky? And didn't be slay 'eu
both?
But did he, amidst the smoke and dust and
blood and thunder "f parliamentary tourna.
J nlent, forget To go to his mate-par mobile fra
-Snmuer, and shaving that distinguished
Senator his strireS. clam 10 be the second Sen.
atnr "f the United States who bore his creden
tialS on his back
Some Of the Washington writer1, in an ova
tion Of toadyiSm Ia C"nnesS on his entry into
the Senate, we're pleased to compare him u
this and that and the other great man; but u
practIc Il man, who knows nothing Of office.
seeking aBd ab0Eninates 1uhkeyism and pol.
tr""nery. would compare Mr.. C"nness To Mr.
Sumner, and he w,ald fguraiively speaking
designate them as pair of Senatorial ZebraS.
because they are striped"
God bless and protect this Government but
as for this Administration. may it he like the
weapon invented by Col. Gotta "rev"lver! !!
one that will go OFF," Affectinnaiely and
resPonsibly yours, S. II.