The Sierra citizen., 1854-07-15
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REPORT

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REPORT
" the Committee appointed by the Demo
cratic Non-elecsionist Conrention at
Do,onieriite, July 9th, 1854, to dsati
Resolutions and an address to the De-
oaoeraey Of sieTrd County:
The Committee beg leave to report that
Whereas, the Central Committee OF the
Democracy OF Sierra county, by pubic no
tee. convened the Delegates from the dif-
ferent port ons OF the county. to meet at
Downieville Oh the .4th ofJsIy, 1854, for the
purpose. OF nominating candidates for the
various Offices to be tiled by this county;
ind schereas, said delegates did meet at the
time aud place spec tied; and arAereas, q
majority OF said delegates were treated
with ccltumely and insult by a minority.
composed of some eff the o:hc -aolders O..
the county, augmented by some OF the rah-
bic Oh Dcwniesille, therefore,
Resoluad, That we not recognise any
set Of men who conduct themselves
IN defiance OF all rules OF law AID order,
and who are bliIdly subse-vient to the Will
aid behests OF sord.d clique of Office
seekers and dema gogues, as RI representatives.
OF the pure. untarnished, incompatible and
unterrined Democracy Of Sierra county.
| fesolred, That in view of the COR
ruption existing in the Democratic ranks.
aud OF the necessity of purifying the same,
we believe it to be duty we owe to our
constituents and to Democracy in general
to use every means in our power to endea-
'or TO purify our party, by putting down all
asp ring aid corrupt demagogues, who en-
deavor to rule us and to make us believe
that thy Know better than the pc ople them
selves what their rights and privileges are;
that they, and they oaly, are sap ent judges
OF what Is r. ght and wrong in Democracy,
and W placing in Office good, honest aud
observation-disclosures whom even if they do
not possess all the acquired abilities and
pro- ound Knowledge OF old and experi1
enced statesmen, yet are men OF sound
common .mse-men that caaIpt lie cor
rupted nor led astray ly the geld of asp
rag oiice-se,k ers, nor 10y the stump oratorv
o. polt cal demagogues.
Ii soir,d, That we consider. ourselves
as representatives Of the pure, untranl-
| meled, non-electonist Democratic party OF
Sierra county, and do hereby appeal to
(aAd rely ny upon the just ce of our cause,
we know we shall not appeal in va!n,, the
Itarn she'd Democracy O. this county tn
sustain us III the course we have taken: and
il order that you may perfectly understand
the eau, es that prompted us to take the de-
c.ded stand we have this day determined
upon, we consider it our DUTY rs good and
faithful servants, to lay before you plain.
un' arnlshed statement OF facts W til regard
to fl,1.y ri
vent on previous to our adjourument from
the NJ. Z. Church to the Nat:o.ial Theater,
which we will now lay before you.
In the hrst place, the Convent Oh was or
dered to- b. Convened, aad the order was
signed by b. NJ. Fetter, who never was a
memi.r even, much less Secretary, of the
Central Committee OF this county.
The Convent o. was ordered to be
convened the 4th Of Juty "a day that
ever has LeeL and ever ought to be dedica
to solely to celebration as the birth day O,
freedom, as the day upon VIII CHI our stern,
determined, and discriminating forefathers
took decided and fearless stand against the
tyra-ny OF Great Britain; and therefore We
consider .tas political acralege, d srespect
Tul alike to the pair. otism OF the present
generation, as to the memories OF our illus.
tr.ous forerathers, to occupy that day in the
TRANSACTION OF polIt matters, because
in all Conventions for the purpose of nom
mating officers to ill places of trust or
emolunent, there is in the very nature OF
things bound to be some d;scord and strife.
VIII CHI never ought to take place amongst
lree-bOrn Amer cans. be they Wings or
Democrats, upon day set apart for the
united Fluctuations OF all freemcn; but it
was the policy of certain cl que to an
point this hallowed day for the convening
OF the delegates, in order that the amuse-
ments anu celebrat sOl Of the day m. ght at
tract the attention o the ulllit att d 4 I'd Il
vert Their minds from the business of the
Convent on, SO that they would be Obliged
to adjourn, and thereby occupy two DAYS to
complete business that could have been
eolsummated in three hours time, knowing
As they did that many Of the members from
remote parts OF the county would. for Pc
Gun. airy reasons. retire to Their homes and
leave Their votes with. their friends, tina:
then they would have the numer cal major
ity Of members in the primary orga lizat on
OF the Convention. although they had not
the majority Of votes. ia order that you
may all understand this, we have only to
state, that prev. Gus to the acc ptance of the
report OF the committee on credentials, all
mot ols brought before the Convention
were dec ded 10y uica uOce vote. aud there
fore member who had but ole vote count
ed as much as one who had twenty proxies,
so that the delegates from Do1nieville,
some cf whom had proxies. could find a
friend for each proxy they had, VIII Oh CO l.
seouently woald give them the numerical
major,ty;) therefore, When the report of the
comm ttee Oh credentials was presented, the
majority of said comm ttee having reported
| in favor Of the admission of the full
quota of delegates that had been elected
| from each precinct, and that where
there had been two different elections
held at the same precinct, those elected At
fh first r,,aat;r,cr sho,,ld La y