The Nevada journal., 1854-07-28
Cur Ticket and its Prospects.

Our Ticket and its Prospects.
To-day we place at the head Of our pa
per the ticket presented for the people OF
this county at the coming election. That
all of them will suit the individual wishes
Of every one, we do not pretend to say
But that it is satisfactory ticket, is too
clearly indicated by the good feeling with
which it was made up. and the popular
sanction it has since received, to admit Of
question.
With this ticket we expect next Sep
tember to show Nevada to be whig
county And in saying this we do not
wish to throw any odium upon the demo-
cratic party for the distracting divisions 1t
is now suffering under.
Indeed we rather look upon these as
matter of course, growing out of the nat
ural order Of things. 1t was once said by
one of our greatest patriots, to be we'll for
parties togovern by small majorities, as large
majorities would naturally lead to impure
conduct among the dominant. Nothing
was ever more fully verified than this has
been in California. The democratic party
has been largely in the ascendant; and we
need only to refer to their own party jour-
mails to find lessons of the basest political
intrigues ever witnessed in any country.
As an evidence OF this we would merely
refer to string Of vouchers published in
the Times and Transcript Of Saturday..
These, however, are only small amount
of the expositions that have continually
been going on. It is natural consequence
that party long and largely in power gath
ers all the scum and filth of the political
world-demagogue who resort thither to
secure political favors. And in consequence
of this, all the best men in the party be-
come disgusted with their associations, and
retire to purer atmosphere. where they
may confidently believe their colleagues
are trying to act for the good of their
country, even though they are repeatedly
defeated in their attempts.
Ii will be remembered that in 1889, the
democratic party, all over the country, be-
came predominant to such an extent as to
leave no show for the diminutive whig mi
nority. They were not only treated with
levity in our national councils, but the de.
mocracy feeling perfectly secure in their al
most unlimited majorities, lost sight of dis
cretion and went peH NELL into all kinds Of
extravagances imaginable, showing to the
world that they cared less for the interests
of the people or the country than they did
for their own pockets-or in other words,
the loaves and fishes. But we all remem-
Der the rebuke they received in 1910. A
most decisive sentence-a reproof we
should hardly think they had forgotten in
II years-one they should remember for
at least half century, as beacon by which
they should be guided to shun similar
breakers in future. One that should teach
the leaders Of that party, that when they
throw off every just restraint, they must
come down from their high places, and for
time at least, be stripped of that sacred
mask democracy by virtue Of which they
are enabled to transact SO many villainies.
BY this we do not mean that all promi-
nent democrats partake of this odious char
acter. Among them are some great and
good men. But they are like the solitary
Eagle, who in the strength of his might
has overcome his prey but the scent of
the carcase soon calls around him a host of
an inferior tribe, whose clamors for the en-
ioyment of the fruits of another's labor,
soon drive him away from his prize
These must Of necessity grow disafected.
While they may deplore the inevitable sep
aration and alienation from those with
whom they have been acting, they more
deeply regfet the misrule under which their
country is suffering.
A change in the political affairs Of Cali
fornia is now called for The time has
come, and unless all precedents fail to in
dicate coming events. our next legislature
viii be whig-a majority Of the State and
county officers will be whig, SO far as the
coming election can control the matter, and
the exceptions will be Of d better class Of
men.