The Empire County argus., 1854-09-02
Serving two Masters,

1t is really refreshing occasionally to see III, con
sistency of some politicians We have among us
few men, who have been holloaing in one wing o
tho democracy, until hoarso with their exertions
when suddenly they are siczed with new born yea
for the other wing make the miraculous discove
ry that they have been for months baying on the
wrong track-a light suddenly penetrating theil
souls and Illuminating their pathway 20 wonder.
full stroke Of polcy-a stroke of policy sufficiently
huge not only to revolutonize FL Dorado, but pom.
derous enough to startle all the dscordant elements
Of political circles in this State into propriety-
Why is it that mon after cnunciating resolutions
expressive Of code Of political morals, suddenly
vault into the air, and turn complete sommerset
alighting plump among their former enemies; where
they cordially embrace each other, and with ho,
haste unite to overturn the very for which
they had been ccntcnding? When men thus act
is it because they have been like Tau struck down
hy the waysde. when ling out to persecutc their
enemies! If 20, what has been presented to their
minds in the way of weghy argument to promote
speedy conversion? In this county recently, we
have seen men devout in their faith suddenly en-
brace views they had condemned long and loud
In the action of Il portion of the central COM
mitte, app'in,o AZ tn, Crescent City Hotel
convention, we have singular specimen Of
ground and lofty tumbng
One of that committee after having acted on
conference Committee and reported to his associates
that no agreement could be established, resigns his
place in the committee an profosses fealty to the
principles he had all along been advocating when
suddenly he has q shifting of the conscience. and
consuts his friend and mentor, to what is to be
done in the premises and discoversa remarkable
stroke Of policy in the way Of repentance. or sur
rendering at discretion.
Finding plastic associate or two he proceeds
forthwith to issue a pronunc'amentc dissolvng the
organization with which he had been cooperating
and in which he had already resigned his place.
Now what the motives are debating this Sngu
lar proceeding. wo do not know neither do we care
However good or praiseworthy they may have been.
we beg leave to dissent entirely from all such polit.
cal sommeisetting. lhcmore espeacialy do we dis
sent when we see commingling Of tickets thus,
mixing antagonismS contrariely Of views, and dis
similar conventions.
The acknowledgment Of majorites in the ono in
stance being per Sc, all admission of binding ma or
tiles for Denver and Herbert, in another quarter.
Yet while preaching consistency, up guco McDou-
gal and Latham in c1nnex0n with The nominees
of IL rival and antagonistic wing of the party. The
principle of n"jorities' when settled primarily in a
county as binding locally, must he binding through
out all the party machinery, and that very mnjori-
locally acknowledged must extend its obliga-
tionS i'll txcnso. Therefore if consistency bc con-
sul ed and it dictates the support Of nominees LEGAL
y, the same train Of reasoning, will require the
support OF the whole entire thing; especially as that
very majority. would have turned the complexion
OF the State Convention.
Now we would like much to see an explanation.
how the nominees of rival conventions can be sup
ported as regular