Weekly Trinity journal., 1867-08-24
SAN FRANCISCO CORRESPONDENCE
ESPECIAL TO THE TRINITY JouKSAL.l
SAN FRANCISCO, August 18th, Is

ESPECIAL TRINITY JouRyA1.l
SAN Francisco August 18th, 1857.
EDITOR TRINITY JOURNAL: - Affairs are pro-
crossing in q manner to suit the most enlarged
desires of all true Union men. The political
enthusiasm is at last fairly aroused and, instead
of occasional meetings of the citizens, we have
them every evening, and in every part of the
city. The enthusiasm l speak of is the newly
aroused enthusiasm among the conservators of
Union principles, and comely matrons and
gentle demoiseles attend the more public assem-
blies so literally that it cannot be doubted the
cause has the approval of all the unprejudiced,
respectable people in the State. On the other
hand the sympathies of all the hard cases ap
pear to be exclusively enlisted in favor of the
Democratic nominees, and the value of whisky
of various popular brands has fallen consider
ably-a singular fact, considering that enlarged
demand creates for most articles rise in the
scale of prices. 1t is proposed by an influential
body of Republicans to confer upon Horace
Halves the nomination for joint Senator. For
Mayor of the city the Democrats can find no bet
ter candidate than Frank McCoppin, runaway
Australian, who was made 81 Supervisor imme-
mately on landing, and in that capacity has, by
clever speculations, amassed fortune since.
He acas rank secessionist. What he may call
himself now, have no means of ascertaining,
as | am not of his circle. As nominee for Gov
ernor, Fay is not much more talked of than Bid
we'll although both undoubtedly stand high
upon the Union record. The claim put forward
by the friends of Haght for immaculate devo-
ton to the interests of his fellow citizens in the
cause of the Union, is not less absurd.
NEW PLAN OF REPRESENTATION.
The minds of a number of political economists
are busted with plans for the solution of the
great problem to how may be secured the
publication of our public affairs. With the
same idea in view, the Honorable David Dudley
Field, of New York, has proposed for the con-
sderation of the Constitutional Convention of
that State plan derived from that introduced
into the British Parliament by J. Stuart Mill,
being the question of minority representation.
lie proposes to define the number OF electors en-
titled to a representation For instance, say the
number were 5,00O the person receiving that
number would be entitled to q seat in the House
of Commons. If there 0,000 votes, the
number of delegates would be two. and no more,
as only 5000 would be counted for one candi-
date The voters have only to place a sufiicency
of candidates on their tickets, designating them
first, second, ETC., and just many will be
returned as the vote will elect. This would Sc
cure chance for the minority. Example if
the voters were to rate as follows Tory, 5,200
Whig, 300: Radical, > 5,l00-one member would
be returned for each party, instead of three for
the Wings, simply because they have small
plurality over the other parties. Here is another
project to worry the brains Of speculative poll
ticians. Yet Mill is high authority, and his
may be plan susceptible of producing good re-
suits. l merely give it for what it may be worth.
THE PEOPLE AMUsE THEMSELVES.
The problem whether the young are to be ben
Gifted by pastmes pursued in the summer resorts
in the open air to which all sorts of people are
admitted, for the price of ticket, is soon to be
solved, for the benefit of thoughtless and iniu-
dicious parents and guardians. For one I SIN
cerely deprecate all such affairs, and even those
grand public exhibitions to which the general
public are admitted on similar terms, and where
several hundred children are made to sing for
some public library, or charity, or school fund.
know the managers think they devise sufficient
safeguards to prevent the intrusion of improper
characters, but immense deal of brutal VIII
lainy is concealed here under the guise of broad
cloth. In any view of the matter, l think the
children apt to lose some portion of their in
nocence end purity. Being reared so much in
public they are apt at least to acquire taste for
public applause which may lead land often does)
to 4 dislike for the quiet observances of good
society Pic-nics delightful affairs, if they
could be properly managed, but they are con-
start!; ntruded upon here by improper charac-
ter,, and only few days ago one was broken up
By gang of rowdies against whose intrusion
security should have been provided Troops OF
ruflians promenade the streets here in even
greater proportion than in early times, ana the
worst of it is, they appear to have license no'
accorded to them in those days. The reporters
for the dalies constantly retail instance: in
which very young girls, and sometimes Ju 60
are the victims. Whether thls 1.P :GP =; ;t
the boasted advantages OF resioin9 III oIy
80 ,L ,,oaps of education are so easily at
tainobIe 7 have my doubts. Inc laet Is, our
- ~ both sexes live too mucn IN puolc.
III orr nnbIic amusem ents 1t Is TOO nucn the
AZ az o romen of questionable morals inter-
cise ,n'' and their examples and the stories that
oro aid about them, cannot but be perniclous
THE CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIAL CHAOS
Suicides and outrages have recently increased
70 a frightful extent. Last week chronicled no
less than four determined cases of felo de Sc
cavorol benp among % our first citizens ~
and it would seem there is a sort of secret per-
secuton going on here which really does drive
men to that terrible extreme. At least many of
the victims aege that as the cause. Then there
were three sudden deaths, one or two drownings,
at least one terrible accident, and, to cap the
climax, an attempted assassination of a family
the perpetrators being entirely lost sight of, and
the most vigilant detectives contessing them
selves baffled. Is not this terrible?
SCARE AMONG THE sMUGGLERs.
Now new incident occurs which must have
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