Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-01-12
Our Representatives.


the National Legislature are springing up in
every direction. and the political caldron
commences to seethe and boil with its usual
virulence previous to elections. Each of the
would-be lawn makers has his clique of friends
and partisans, who are loud-mouthed in their
protestations of belief that, could their can
he would develop an eminent fitness for the
position, and prove beyond the peradventure
of doubt to be the right man in the right
place" The general belief that law will
soon be passed converting the Fortieth Con-
gress on the 9TH of March next, and that
body will authorize the Governors cf the un-
represented States to call special elections to
fill the vacancies, should such contingency
arise, has precipitated matters and the wire
pullcrs, political hue sters and ring" poll
ticians are already busily engaged in making
up the slate Il is more than limited that
combinations are being entered into having
IN view the choice of the next Governor and
United States Senator in connection with the
election Of Members of Congress. The ac-
ton and the method of procedure advised by
the State Central Committee in its recent
manifesto, will, if carried into effect, have a
tendency to further the plans of the schem-
ing politicians who are using their utmost
endeavors to obtain control of the nomina-
tions soon to be made. The Committee
says;
Conventions for the nomination OF candidates will
be called by the respectie District Committees, and
the proper apporti nment ofdelegates made.
Should this method Ct nominating Members
of Congress be adopted, the widest latitude
Will be afforded those who are intent upon
entering into such combinations as will Sc
! cure their personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and that
CT their friends and followers. irrespective of
the wishes of the masses of the people, to
manipulate the wires in any manner they see
fit. The time for making the canvass preyi-
Gus to the election will be extremely limited
scarcely sufficient for the people to become
fully awakened to the Importance of the
matter, and unless they take interest enough
to see that none but true, tried ana reliable
men are elected delegates to the District Con-
ventions, men who will faithfully represent
the wishes OF their constituents under any
circumstances, the Conventions will be con-
trollsd and the nominations made by those
who have nothing but the advancement of
their own ends in view. We do not believe
that the Union party of this State has any
desire to change our present delegation in
! Congress. Not in single instance have we
heard an expression of dissatisfaction in re-
gard to the course pursued by any of its men,
bers. On the contrary, the opinion ap-
more ably represented in Congress during
the present session than ever before. A gen.
tleman residing in Washington writes as fol-
lows to the San Francisco Bulletin:
From present appearances YOU will have special
election TINS Winter to choose three members of
Congress 1t seems to NE that California was never
so well represented i'll the lower House as at pres
ent Bidwel, McEuer and Highly are all men Of
ihrir rIIu-
ted advocacy OF any Pacific coast measure was sure
OF success. they reelected they would rank
among the first members of Congress, while equally
good 1eir men would have spend years In earning
as good position. On this ground think it would
be subservlng the public interest for the Bulletin to
strongly advocate their reelection without waiting
Tor any Convention to decide.
They have struggled manfully and success
fully in opposition to every measure detri-
mental to our interests which has been intro
duced, and been untiring in their assiduous
endeavors to promote the prosperity and
well-being of the State they represent. Des-
p!te all the establishments of h perfdious Ex-
ecutlve, the alluring temptations of official
patronage, they have remained firm as the
rock of ages to the principles of the party
by which they were elected and are to-day
standing on tie broad platform of hum an
| rights. battling nobly IN the glorious cause
of liberty, freedom and equality. With TIE
experience they have had in congressional
legislation they are much better qualified
to represent US and guard our interests, than
new Members could be, even if they were of
equal ability. In the present unsettled con-
dlton of the affairs of the country, with a
| traltorous Executive and a trucking Supreme
| Court to combat, when all depends upon the
patriotism, stability and frmness of Congress
to carry the nation safely through its hour
OF peril, the necessity for having men of tried
fidelity and experience in the National coun
ellis becomes urgent. Are WE'LL tried, faithful
public servants to be set aside to make room
for those who yet have record to make: Are
capable, onestrepresentatives to be dispens-
ed with and their places given to puppets
whose whole aim will be to subserve the ends
of the tricksters who placed them in power !:
We sincerely hope not. Fortunately for the
party it has thus far escaped the scourge
of being brought under the dominion of po-
htical hacks. The leaders who have manag-
ed It's affairs have been thepeople themselves,
and to this fact, more than anything else, is
due its strength and power. Should the die
tation Of its policy still be left in the hands of
the loyal masses, and they be allowed to
guide and shape its destiny, no fears need be
entertained for its future success. But should
unprinclpled men succeed in getting the con-
troll, and subvert the interests of the party to
secure place and power for themselves, a
speedy dissolution of the organization will
inevitably follow. Union men throughout
the State should take good care that this per-
nlcious element Is not permitted to dictate
the policy to be pursued by the party which
proved the salvation of the country in the
most trying period of its history, and see that
none but those who stood manfully to the
principles embodied in its platform are elect
ed to represent US in the next Congress.
TERRIBLE AccIDENT-On Saturday last,
one of the most heart-rending accidents we