Year: 1860

have hard struggle ha ing a strong and
powerful enemy to contend with. She might
have succeeded and we believe would have.
but it would have required the utmost dill
gence, and a complete concentration Of her
forces. Divided there is no help for her.
She will be an easy conquest for her enemy
Without disputing with the Express as to
the gender of the Democratic party, we must
say that we do not at all approve Of this dis
cournging manner of speaking of Democratic
prospects in the next campaign; and chiefly
we disapprove it, because we do not think
there is any cause for diseouragemcnt We
do not believe that the squad of boilers who
withdrew from the National Convention,
will be sustained by the people Of the States
IN whose name they seeded. Other dele
gates will be elected in their place, and the
nominee of the Baltimore Convention will
receive the support OF the great mass of the
Southern Democracy.


But, admitting that there is any split in
the party worth mentioning, from the with
drawal of the slave code faction, we disagree
with the Express wholly as TO who are res
ponsible for the disruption, We say that
those men are alone responsible who under
took to iuterpolate new doctrine into the
Democratic Platform, to-wit: a slave code
plank. The majority of the Convention


were opposed to any such interpolation, and
| they voted it down, as they ought to have
done, If it had come up a thousand times.
In every conceivable shape in which it was
presented, they voted it down, and they have
the power to keep it under foot Asking, a.
these bolters did, an unreasonable and suici
dal thing Of the Democratic party, in nation
al convention assembled, they withdrew from
the party aud discovered their connection
with 1t, because the great and overwhelming
majority would not knuckle to slender and


Inefficient minority. What new principle is
this in National Conventions, that minorities
must rule?


The platform adopted by the majority in
the Convention was simply a reiteration of
the platform adopted in Cincinnati in 1856,
and determination to abide by the decis-
ions of the Supreme Court upon the question
of territorial sovereignty. What could he
more reasonable? There was no assertion
of power in the Territorial Legislatures to
legi,late against slavery, nothing Of the kind,
but a simple declaration that the question
Of territorial sovereignty was judicial one
and that, as such, it shoald be left to the
courts. The seceders insisted upon a positive
declaration on their side in favor of inter
vention and were not satisfied with the non
declaration on the Douglas side of the doc
trine of squatter sovereignty. If the major
ity having the power to declare the full and
perfect Douglas principle, refrained from do
ing so, aud were willing to leave the ques-
tion as an open one for the courts to deter
mine, was not this compromise enough even
for the most rabid of the opposition The
Express says that the majority ought to have
compromised We say they did compromise,
and that the only possible ground upon earth


for compromise is the ground which was
/ taken, the leaving the whole question as an
open one to be determined by the judiciary.
Since neither party liked to surrender its
opinion on the abstract proposition. here was
an opportunity for neutralizing the contest
by mutually surrenderng the question to a
competent and impartial arJitrament 1t
was as fair for one as the other, but the se-
ceding delegates wanted all or none.


We do not know whether the Express in
tends to take the side of the Boilers or not
but its article of yesterday seems to squint
very strongly in that direction.


VOLUNTEERS FROM NORTH SAN JuAx-The
number of volunteers who left North San
Juan for Washoe could not have been less
than thirty. They all met at Forest City,
equipped themselves, elected L. Il. Fowler
as Captain, chose a Secretary and Treasurer,
and pushed on tor Western Utah by the
Henness Pass. They left Forest City on
Thursday. The amount of material aid
furnished them at North San Juan was over
81, 200.


MuRIERED.-Recently, Mr.. Thomas
Williams, while coming from Salt Lake city
with train to California for goods was mur
dered. He formerly belonged to the Nor
mon church, but latterly dissolved connec-
tion with it. lie is said to have been mur-
dered 10y the Mormons He leaves a large
family in Salt Lake City, and was formerly
ofthe firm of Hooper and Williams of that
city.


FIRE.-We learn from the Petaluma Jour
nal that the dwelling house of Mr.. II. Rich
ards, situated on the Tomalcs Bay road, and
near Prebble's Hotel was totally consumed
by fire last sunday, together with its con
tents Loss estimated to he about $500. The
origin Of the fire is supposed to be the work
Of an incendiary.


PETALuMA ARGUS This paper died few
days ago. On Monday last the type and
other material belonging to the Office were
sold under execution. The price obtained
was S240, and the purchaser was George
Pearce, Esq, attorney for the party sueng.
The concern was sold lject to a mortgage.
1t is understood that arrangements have been
made Whereby the Argus will be revived.
under the former editorial management, and
as Republican paper


LAND TITLE CoMMrrEE-Th committee
appointed in San Frapcisco to enquire into
the matter Of fraudulent land titles, held
meeting Thursday evening to act upon the
decision in regard to the Sautillan claim. As