The Empire County argus., 1855-05-19
EAOvc Feast.

E4ove Feast.
The consolidated Democracy of the city and
county of San Francisco on Saturday last held a
grand love feast--smoked the pipe of peace, buried
the hatchet and agreed in solemn council to make
one more united struggle for power and suprcma
cv, in the city and State They acknowledge, with
tears in their eyes. that differences have hereto
fore existed in the democratic party and recon-
mend "a thorough organization, upon the ancient
and weunderstood principles of the great demo-
cratic party Modern usagos and principles Of
the party are to be discarded shoulder-sriking and
ballot-box stufng, so we'll understood in San Fran
CISCO are to be repudiated now, henceforth and
forever the Knownothings arc to be annihilated
Freedoms Phalanx must kick the beam, and mod
ern Democracy stand aside, in order to leave the
track clear for speedy and safe return to the days
of Jackson and for aught we know, to the days Of
Oliver Cromwell, to find ancient principles
The Baltimore platform of so is not mentioned
by these latter day saints-and very properly
platform having been shivered and splintered by
the present administration at Washington. The
blood thunder and glory of Greytown, the Ostend
Conference, and Cuba, are now Of no account. No,
Sam is about-and must be sienced, and driven
from the Pacific coast. All hail to the consolidated
Democracy of San Francisco. Sam it is said,
has been getting up steam in FL Dorado whercat
the knees of Office holders and Office seekers have
weakened, and the Democracy has begun to move
in the Empire county, to strengthen the weak and
assist the weary There will be no quarreng here
about the nominee for Sheriff, Oh no Nor about
any thing else The Good time coming is here
already the mantle Of Gwnocracy and of Brod-
erickism will be splced, the rents in each closed
up and if the cloak is ring-streaked and spccked,
no matter--Sam must be whipped.
"The lion and the lamb shall lie down together >
say the scriptures, and who now can doubt it! 1t
is added, and q little child shall lead them
Wonder if Sam will undertake the task. Mean
time, some nameless organization at San Francisco
has made an official manifesto, in which all poti-
cal organizations arc kicked asde--not even cx-
cepting Democracy, ancient nor modernnor yet
the few whigs supposed to exist on earth No doubt
democrats and wings will be exceedingly pleased,
with this new declaration of independence. Here
it is
1--WE throw aside all former predictions, for the
time being, in order to take high ground against
any innovation upon the Constitution of the United
States, and deem it the duty of every citizen to
oppose this proscri ptiye power. We make the Is
sue, Knownothngism Anti-Knownothingism -
We hail as fellow voters all who are opposed to the
KnownothnGs, and ask them to cooperate with us
in the coming campaign, to defeat this secret po-
litcal organizatiOn'
What will the consolidated Democracy say
Simply this;
"While the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may reurn!"
To show the complete union and harmony Oh
this happy love feast, we quote from the San Fran
cisco Erening Journal, of Monday last:
There is great joy in the ranks of the Demo-
cracy to-day. Old sores have been healed old
feuds laid aside, old differences arranged, and the
unterrifed, at least so far as the city and county
are concerned, are one again. Union and victory
patriotism and spoils have prevailed Men, who a
week ago cursed each other from the toe nails to
the scalp lock, are now locked in loving embraces
Great is the. joy in Israel Saturday night saw the
compact concluded and with solemn libatlons,
sanctifed at the Blue Wing and at 'Cusicks
Sunday morning even beamed on the continuance
of the jubilee; and we could not help admirng
the happy results which must always follow a
manifestation of a conciliatory spirit when we saw
an ex-Street Commissioner, an ex-Asslstant Alder
man, and tavern keeper of great repute wheel
ing each other by turns through the street IN q
hand cart. The delightful exuberance of spirits
exhibited on the occasion, not only by the actors
but by the spectators, must have been highly graf
| flying to every democratic heart. We thought
/ then, and think now, how good thing it is iol
{ brethren to dwell together in unity j."
The State Journal says:
g. The spirit which animates the Democracy o
| San Francisco will be caught up in every part o.
the State, and in less than thirty days not sign o
dissention will be seen"
If this prediction prove true, the Sons of TEN
perance had better beat retreat-at least stanc
from under
In all seriousness this whole movement strike
US asa pitiable burlesque- more ptiabe
in view Of the concentrated littleness of the mel
who so coolly usurp the name Democracy, to serv
their private purposes-and a burlesque, in that /
aims, with less than pigmy powers 10 accomplish
a more than hercuean task VIII these men neve
learn that they are not the democratic party! ]
seems they will not. Their little petty clique ha
so long been putfed up, in attempting to give itsel
the appearance of being the party proper, that
like the frog in the fable, it has burst. And, hum
blest and most silly trick of all, they now drag u
from the ignominious depths to which their owl