Year: 1859

cratic principles, the Opposition" press rage
and roar against himl On account of his
peculiar fitness O for the station to which he
aspires, the members Of his own party op-
pose him. in order that less Godlike q men
may occupy the place which he alone is ca
pable Of filling


In conformity to very usual custom
prominent Democrat, who does not think
that Weller is the man for the times. publish
es his objections to him in the San Francisco
National, and signs himself spectator. -
Everything that "Spectator" has said is le-
climate and allowable. He had right to
express the preferences which he felt and to
state his reasons for the same He did so in
language perfectly courteous and admissible.
No sooner, however, does he express himself,
than the California Express and perhaps an
other paper or two friendly to Weller, set up
a tremendous howl of persecution" !" "perse-
cution!" Never was there a man so abused,
they say, as Gov Weller by Spectator !
In vain do the readers of Spectator look
for the villfcation and abuse said to have
been resorted to. 1t makes no difference
The Express and its few confreres still loudly
assert that such villifcation and abuse have
been used. 1t is necessary, You see, to make
out case of persecution, and they are bound
to do it, at the sacrifice of all decency and
common sensel Having done all they could
to make capital for Weller out of the article


of Spectator" they next snatch up COM


munication to the Bulletin, by "Nimrod'-
sort of Independent individual who, on 9th


er grounds than those assigned by "Specta-
tor" opposes the election Of Weller. (He
OBJECTS to him on general principles. and
specifies other particular objections which
happen to weigh with the writer) This is
perfect God.send to the Express ct id o0'ne
genus, and the manner in which they make
use of it is truly amusing, The article of
Mr. "Nimrod" shows that the entire army of
the enemies of the Democracy are hostile to
Gov. Weller thathe is the great barrier in
their path which they wish removed; that
he is the soul and embodiment of that De
mooracy which they hate, and that if ever
the Opposition wish to overthrow the Demo
cratic party, it is necessary that John B.
Weller, the great embodiment and essence of
Democracy, should be put down! Such is
the cry with which they burden the politi-
cal atmosphere


To completely farcfy the grand proceed
ing, Mr.. c. II. Kungle, member elect to the
legislature from Yuba county, deems it nee
essary to come out in high-sounding card, |
over his own signature, in reply to "Nimrod,"
of the Bulletin He denies, emphatcally,
that the Yuba delegation is pledged to vote
for Weller for Senator, on account of his
having appointed Judge Haun U. S. Senator
for the interim in the term of Senator Brod-
| erick, deceased. Very few people ever be-


leved that the appointment of Judge Haun


was owing to any such consideration, and


Mr.. Kungle ought to know that such a charge


is not worth noticing. 1t may be that he
does not know it, but imagines that it is his
business to reply over his own proper sigma
ture, as legislator elect, to every anony-
nous writer in the papers who remotely or
inferentially Y alludes to him, by stating that
there is such a thing in the world as the
Yuba delegation. 1t may be that such is
the notion of this new-Aedged member of
the Assembly, and it may be that he has
been induced by some wire-worker for
Weller to come out in the card which he
published in order to keep up the cry OF
persecution" At any rate, Mr. Kungle
takes advantage Of an ostensible reply to
"Nimrod," to dwell upon and magnify the
immense imaginary qualities and attributes
of Gov. Weller, and to advocate his election
to the Senate. Either this is Kungles own
work or an advisers. In either case, it is
demagogical effort to make capital for Vel
Ter, by pretending to reply to Nimrod, an
anonymous correspondent, while the article
was really and truly a simple piece of full
some adulation to a Senatorial aspirant
whose only chance of election is the preva-
lenee of an idea that he is q tremendously


persecuted individual Perhaps, now, if


Jonas Wescoat, and Mr. Hugg and the bal


ance of "the Yuba delegation" would also


make an onslaught of fire or sir lines on
| Nimrod and devote the balance of long ar.
ticle to a panegyric upon Weller and an ex


position of his great fitness for Senator, and
publish it in the Express, it might have a Won
derful effect in favor Of his election. Let
the thing be carried through. Let every
anonymous scribbler be picked up. Let him
be answered, over their own proper names,
by members elect of the next legislature
Let every communication in the papers OBJ
jeeting to Weller be construed into violent
assault upon his private and public charac
ter and represented as teeming with sour
rility and malignant abuse Let it appear


that enpy of his great qualities by members


OF his own party induces them to write arti-


eles in the papers against him, while the


Opposition" is nearly distracted lest such
formidable champion Of Democracy and in


vincible extinguisher of all organizations op


posed to Democracy, should be lifted to a
position in which he could afflict them with
the might of his indomitable will and the
strength of his potent arm, and his election
is tolerably certain.


Hurrah for humbug


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