The Nevada journal., 1854-09-01
Township Nominations.
The Election,

Before another week rolls around the people
of California will again be called upon to exer-
else the highest privilege and most important
duty of freemen--that of choosing who shall be
their rulers, in part, at least, for the next two
years. 1t is not merely the privilege offreemen
to perform this task but from the nature of
men and the peculiarities Of our institutions, it
becomes dtay from which no one should finch.
We know it is too otter the case that Amerl-
cans, having implicit confidence in the wisdom
and Justice of our government, to think that all
will be right, and Us they can only give one
vote il will be but small matter. This Is
wrong, and thus if by any means, will our IN
situations be shaken While our voters are
yigilant-whie they watch every movement Of
political schemers, and every man votes, and
votes as his own conscience dictates he should
we have nothing to fear The American
peop'e are capable of selfgovernment, and in
but few instances will their judgments be found
wrong, if they choose to exercise it freely. And
when they find their trusts have once been be-
trayed, it would not be manly to lay their lib
critics passYeIy at the feet Of their oppressors--
merely because there is probability of again
being deceived. But again, it should be bourne
III mind that hitherto our officers have entirely
been selected from among certain political
combination, whose sole object is selfaggran
dizemept Under the sacred name of democ-
racy, they have squeezed themselves into public
trust, where pilage and plunder have been ap-
parently the order of the day. The time that
should have been devoted to the interests of the
people has been spent in concocting plans to
make more money the legislative halls have
been turned into political gambling house
month after month of time needed to transact
business which was pressing upon them, have
been spent without the least possible benefit to
the people, costing the tax payers Of the state
an immense sum of money solely to CRAFTY
the ambition ofpoliticians who wanted more
favors. Officers of various branches of govern
ment have combined to keep themselves in roH-
er. The most heartless villainies and extensive
swudles have been connived at by our judicia-
ry; our legislature have passively looked or,
and we are sorry to say, the executive has been
found base enough to connive at the success Of
their plots in hope of division of the spois
while all would unite together to reinstate each
other ID the same important trusts
While our state has been bankrupt, they
have worked aasiduously to increase their own
opportunities to fiIch from the treasury while
they have yet been painting with excessive IA
tlgue IN plundering your treasury they would
come before you and say they were now ready
to commence your work only give them
another trial. You have given them another
aud another you have tried them often, but
they have till deceived you. Yes, and they
are selfconfdent enough to think you will
again return them to their fat places. We be-
iievenot. We believe the people of the state,
AZ it is with US, are heartily sick and tired of
this political huckstering. They no longer
want that kind of democracy that would run
them to utter ruin.
Then come up to the polls on Wednesday
next, and do freemans duty every one. Vote
for rev set of men. Vote for men from
whom you at least can hope for better things.
You cannot do worse you will stand chance
10 better your condition.