Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-03-19

remove without assigning any reason. The bill
now allows the Governor, Secretary of State and
Attorney General, acting jointly, to remove for
cause.-The charges to be made in writing, and
the accused allowed opportunity for defence. 1t
is said that the Governor may under this act SO
annoy netty office-holders. like Notaries, that
their Office will not be worth keeping. They
NAV be required to leave their business and come
to the Capital to save their official heads, and
this may be repeated at the will of the Execu
tive It is evident that the men who make such
objections to the bills can have but little conf
dence in the honor o dignity of the Governor.
If the Governor had this power it by no means
follows that he would exercise it. He is too
shrewd if not too just a man to bring himself
into disrepute by such means.
SOLDIERS TO
The bill introduced by Thompson Campbell al
lowing California volunteers to vote for Presi
Dental Electors, members of Congress and men,
bers of the State Legislature will probably pass.
1t meets with scarcely any opposition Its jus
tice is conceded by all. its expediency scarcely
questioned and its constitutonality only dis
puted by those great lovers of the Constitution
the Peace Democrats.
THOMPSON CAMPBELL.
Campbell is a shrewd man. He knows what
measures he may safely advocate so as to i'll
crease his reputation among the people, and aid
MIN III III: aspirations LOT pOlltlCdl
He proposed to amend the Appropriation bill by
adding twenty-five thousand dollars for the bene-
fit of charitable institutions. His speech on the
occasion was an excellent one in all but its style
of delivery Campbell is not pleasing speaker.
He is dictatorial in his manner ungracefnl in his
gestures, and has disagrceable expression of
countenance, much like an old woman i'll fit of
anger He has forbidding shake of the head,
a nervous twitching of the facial muscles, and
wicked glare of the eveballs, which do not pleas
antly impress the spectator. Yethe has much in
uence in the Assembl y-more probably than
any other member, and it has often been mat
ter of wonder to me III what his influence con-
sists He has not made n favorable impression
upon me vet before | knew him | was greatly
predisposed in his favor. He is a public man,
and as such l suppose have right to criticize
his character, especially, it is understood that
he hopes to attain very high position in the
civil government of the country. | am afraid
HE Is A DEMAGoGUE.
The apologist for and strong supporter of
slavery, while that institution had chance of
life, he gloats its death, derides and
splits upon its harmless corps, and every oc-
casion makes known how deeply offended are his
accute sensbilities at the mere existence of its
putrid remains. He would have the last rem
nant of human bondage swept from the face of
the earth he would not leave broken fette:
even to show that it had ever been. The ad-
vancing tide of civilization must crush with its
iron heel the last vestige of this relic of barbar-
ISM Now this is all very fine. We old Repub-
licans agree with Thompson Campbell in this
exactly, but there a time when walked in
different paths. He may foam and fret over
a dead cock in the pit if it suits his TASTE but
we, who have been consistent all our lives, do
not the necessity of = going off the handle "
at this particular uncture. On the contrary
must confess to a considerable feeling of disgust
when have listened to Campbell's professions
in the Assembly, and noticed how many of the
members appeared to accept all he said as the
true utterance of sincere heart Campbell
knows what is agreeable to the popular ear, and
complete is his demagoguism that although
he is naturally assuming, self-conceitcd, over
bearing and obstinate, he schools himself to
yield gracefully to necessity, and always appears
to be the controlling spirit of every successful
movement, though he may hate the very thought
of its success. Ihave noticed this several times
in his action questions before the Assembly.
He has never yet been known to cast vote with
the minority any important question. lie
either veers around to the strong side, or lodges
entirely. II is true he favors the Legal Tender
currency, not now popular in this State, but his
position on that question only proves to me his
clear-si GIFTED vision of the future. He is an able
man, and knows what he is about when he
watches the stream of public opinion-not that
self in the strongest current, and, with great
apparent exertion and :: hulabaloo, make fools
believe that he moves the stream-not the stream
him. Unfortunately the maorit of men
unsuspecting, so such pretenders 90 swimming
on the top wave, while they should be kicked
out of sight by all honest Campbell de-
sires to 60 to the
NATIONAL UNION CONVENTION.
am told he has something to disclose that
will bn dan aUi 10 Con En0rorn p Mc('lpIlap
and of course favorable to the character of Mr.
Thompson Campbell. He says he can prevent
the nomination of Mcclellan by the :: Dcmocra-
cy." But why? Why should any Union
trouble himself about Mcclellan now? His
nomination by the Copperheads would give
great advantage to the Union party F.; it would
place our success beyond a doubt. | hope Cali
fornia will send as delegates to Baltimore men
who have no axes to grind, no damaged charac-
tiers TO build up, and no pro-slavery regulations
to be got rid of by hollow professions of loyalty
and noisy pretences of love for = universal lib
erty." l regret to be obliged to add that for
more than week after the final passage of
Campbells Patriotic Resolutions, their illus
trious author was in a very eieUated condition,
and unable to perform his legislative duties. A
hne successor to McDougall he would be, surely.
One thing more, and 1 am done with this gentle
man During his weeks absence the House or
aered two thousand copies of the Patriotic Reso-
Llutlons printed. Whenever a resolution has
Peen adopted by the Legislature, it becomes an
expression of the Legislative body, not the pro-
geny OF any one man so it would have been
proper to have printed the resolutions under
some such head as 9 Resolutions on National
Afiairs-adopted by the Senate and Assembly of
the State of California, February IL. 1864. y
but the clerk, out of courtesy to Mr.. Campbell.
endorsed them as :! Assembly Concurrent Reso-
luton No. 10, introduced by Mr. Campbell. off
San Francisco, January Is, as reported by com
mit'ee OF Free Conference, and adopted by both
HOUSES, February II, 1864" On Mr.. Camp-
pen return to the scene of his labors and his
triumph tins disihterested patriot grumbed very
much at the clerks, and complained to some of
the members because any allusion was made to
the committee of Conference, and because a res.
olutlon directing the Governor to telegranb to
the President that Campbells resolutions had
been adopted irithout material amendm,nt was
MT printed with the other, of which if formed
70 part, and with which it had no more connec-
tion than the Assemblys order to a c,nrl ~
transmit bill to the Senate has with .ba h;n
itself However, every such splurge is indicative |
of character, so do not regret that it was made
am only sorry that the gentleman was too
shrewd to make ninuy of himself by brino;no