The weekly Placer herald., 1854-06-17
few sound democrats to participate in it's

| proceedings, who now heartily repent OF
their error, and bitter denOunce the
little clique of wire -pu' Hers who latored
so strenuouSly to get up the convention.
| After sending their eniSarieS al over the
County Gpr several weeks, when the day
arrived which was to see demolished the
old Committee, 10 on'y t,centy -four del
egates made their appearance. ne con-
ventOn was so lneagre IN numbers, that
orders were given by a leading member
of the trio, to form themselves into a
mass meeting, which is something unu-
>uaI in any regular County Convention.
| Ii is needless to say that the orders given
were Immediately carried into effect, and
runners Dispatched to bring in anybody
| and everybody to make as they said, "a
respectable show" This heterogeneous
mass, thus co ected together. took upon
themselves the responsibility of voting
our of the party certain members of your
committee, and actually haG the audacity
| 10 select a spurious committee. With
portion of the gentlemen who composed
that convention we find no fault. They
were innorenty led into it hy the arch in
| triguers, office seekers and hangers on
who got it UP.
Another false issue is attempted to be
raised by these psuedo democrats, wiz
| That some of the democrats who com
! pose the old committee, and the only legal
one in the county, voted the whig ticket
at the last election. The charge is false
| false as the heart is base, which utterS it,
| that any gentleman composing the com
mttee ever voted other than democratic
trket. 1t is needless for Us to 60 into any
defence of our political conduct Many
of us have resided in PAGER County be-
fore it was organized. We have often
fought the good fight together in days
gone by, and now hope that no miSrepre-
Sentations of ii clique, many of whom
have iattened upon the labors of the
democratic party, can affect your course
in the coming campaign.
But, who are these holters of demo-
cratic princi pies, who attempt to read
men ont of the democratic party? Why,
they are such men as Philip Lynch, the
repued editor Of diSorganiziug sheet
published at Auburn-a man always
ready to do the bidding and dirty work of
his masters, and who was one of the pub
fishers of the Index, a Wing paper at
Sacramento City, and who was the agent
vemher-the author of the caIl-Lay,
more, after using strenuous eXertions to
obtain IA nomination at the last County
Convention, in which he only received
six votes, which made him so indignant
that he wished ''the Democratic party
might go to hell, he would never ask them
for another Office" and abused Mr.. Fair
| field, his opponent in convention, in un-
measured terms, and on the day of cleo
tion actually voted against him and for
! Mr.. Crary, one of the Wing candidates
/ for the legislature. If the democratic
party is now divided, it is through the
agency of such men as the above, and not
by any attempt or wish of your commit
tee.
These disorganizers have had timely
warning what their suicidal course was
| likely to end in. From the time the
Senatorial question was first thrown into
! the party as fire brand to distract us,
I we foresaw what was likely to he the re-
suit and as early as the 3rd of November
! last, u>t previous to the ASS ,mhling of
| the Broderlrk convention, your committee
| issued hand bill setting forth what was
the ostensible object of that Convention
and cautioned you to beware of tt
! Our statement at that time was denied hy
the ''rule or ruin' faction. who called that
Covention-tine has long since verified
the truth of the statements we then set
forth. Your committee have done all in
their power to keep the party together,
without sacrificing every principle Of
right and Justice.
Every step that this boiling faction
have recently pursued, has h d Il tendency
to still further widen the breach between
us. Not content with prescribing t'roml
nent Democrats, and their agitation of the
Senatorial question, they must raise hy
subscription among the unhoIy alliance,
the means of purchasing IA small printing
press and establishing II paper As but
very few Democrats ever see the sheet
referred to, we would state for their in
formation that, from week to week it
teens with the gros>est talSehoods and
abuse of your Committee and al 9th
er Democrats who have had III. inde
pendenre to oppose di>organizarion and
corruption. Does such conduct as this
oOk like wishing to harinoni>e The party.
Every Democrat will answer, No!
Democrats, place no reliance in the
hollow hearted pretenSons OF these men.
they have been so accustomed to uil>rep-
reSentatinn, that it is impossible for them
to speak well of amy one who may he
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