Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-10-14
ANOTHER wHIG YICToRYl

The las, arrival from California brings
partial rv,arns Of the late olec,iou for Gov
ernor, Stale Officers, Congressman, &c.
The returns were nW full enough 10 give
the cn,re news, but enough wus known to
give ,olerubly accurate guess at the result.
Like Maryland, the people OF California
have had trial Of Locolocolsn, and they
| ave spurnrd i. from them. The ~ Y.
Tribune suns up the news, and tho moral
',hcrcof In the following article:
When the S,u,e Of California was organ
lied. the self styled democracy" took her
into their own hands almost as a matter Of
course. They chose their own Governor
and Lieutenant. Members Of Congress, L"g-
isla,ure and u 5. Senators. filled all Judi
cial and Executive stations from their own
set, aud seemed 10 nc, as II they had war
ran,ee deed of power Tor all future limo.
Tha, confidence has probably proved their
ruin. There wcro among Them several old
singers from Tammany Hall, as we'll rs ad-
ycn,urcrs from Ohio. Missouri and other
States. They had come 10 California to
mike money fast, nnd they had opened a
particularly ,ich placer in the Government.
;, each for himself appears to have deter.
rninrd TO "go it while he was young," and
make hay while the sun shone. They al
fixed magnificent salary 10 every neediul
uliicu, and being still insaliale, they invented
new places on purpose 10 make provision
Ior tho faithful who stood oulsi,lu with WIN.
trry mouths after Tho first LOT had been filled.
IL short they won, slraigh. ahead Tor No. |,
with particularly resoIusc disregard Of cx-
pense.
I'horo is In any OPERATION ol this sor.
p"rlluus tendency to OVERRIDING. The ma
chine breaks down from being overloaded.
So i, was in California. Tho lucky holders
Of the democratic cunjuring wand used il
righ, and left ill its potency was overlaxcd
IN serving mp The State. they cut their own
slices rather too Fat. Tho result, though no
fully asccr,aincd, is prcuy we'll understood
The Why Gmernur is certainly elected
SO is probably the " hole Wing State ,ickc.
so is une crr,nn'y; so are probably both
the Wing candida,rs for Congress; and Il
the " higs have not the Legislature and the
U. S. Senator, they Ioso them solely by the
running Of independent or hall.and-halt
uckeis in San Francisco, Sacramento and {
few other counties. The Legislature nigh
have been Wing. and doubtless would have
been but for unfortunate divisions among
,hc Wings OF the central counties.
The moral Of this result is one which ul
parties should take to heart. democracy
has collapsed in California. not because the
People are not democratic, bu, because they
are So. They refuse 10 be swinded aud
made bankrup. for the benefi. of The leaders
aud managers who jumped on tho democras-
ic hobby and rode it 10 destruction. Thoy
mean 10 BE- more economically and honestly
governed hencefur,h, even though ,ha, re-
solve should expose them 10 be s,gmalise
as Federal or by some other equally hor
rible appellaiion. There is grea, deal "
common sense over in that same California
and whoever expects 10 cnp green spec.a
clcs upon her and make her cat shavines 10
grass will pre.,y certainly fall short of hi
ca'cu atoms. The o'nnipo,ence Of regua
nominations is there nearly ended.