Butte record., 1855-12-29
The State Convention.

HS ESt6.t 1SEss NtAtk kUEAs
The Democratic party Of California Will soon
be called upon to act. Delegates must be
chosen to represent US in the National Con
gention, which meets in Cincinnati, III May
next; we Will be entitled to eight members
under the rule established by the last Conven-
ton. In every State in the Union, the Dem
oeracy are taking the necessary steps to Sc
cure full and able representation IN the Ma
tional Conclave. 1t is time fer us to act -
Let the State Central Committee call Con
vention at Sacramento. The Sth Of january
has been well suggested as the day. There IS
no better day Tor the work, than that one
made famous by the Hero Of New Orleans
the great Jacksonville glorious old expound-
er OF the constitution, an,. the fearless cham
pion Of the rights Of the people.
Then let the now united and harmonious
Democracy of California meet and choose eight
good, reliable National Democrats, to meet
our brethren on the other de OF the Rocky
Mountains, to nominate our standard bearers
for the Presidential canvass Of 1856. The
contest will be one fraught with momentous
results We must rescue the Constitution
from the perils that environ it Sewardism,
free-solIsn. abolitonism. and all the other
accursed isms that are concentrating and
gathering in one grand disunion organization
can be opposed successfully by the National
Democratic party alaHc That party VIII
prove equal 20 ihe emergency The evidences
Of it are to ne fJunC IA the cordial unlon and
con fraternity every where existing The
democracy of Maine, Massachusetts, and Con
necticut, are as true and loyal to the prnci-
pies Of the party, rs the Democracy Of Virginia
and Mississippi and Pennsy ylyanla. They all
stand upon the same platform they all recog-
uize the great doctrine of State rights and
/ squatter sovereignty embodied IN the Ncbras-
ka-Kansas Bill Congressional non-nteryen-
tion is the cardinal principle in their political
faith. Upon this principle the next Prcsiden-
tial battle will be fought.
We have no fears as to the harmonious ac-
ton of the National Convention. We have no
local questions, no sectional prejudices and
excitements to disturb or divide US. The
dangers which menace the country have but
served to unite the party, and we predict that
there will be more harmony, more good feel
| ing and more enthusiasm in the Cincinnati
Convention, than has ever been witnessed be-
fore We care not TO see where diseurd is to
spring from. Not from the Uictori0Hs democ-
/ rGcY of Maine, Pennsylvania or New York,
for in those states the party has trumphed
upon the union plattOrm-nor yet can II come
from Massachusetts, or Connecticut, or New
Hampshire, for, although defeated in the late
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friendly and as stealtastly fixed and estab-
lished upon the same PLATFORM We need but
refer to the noble address OF the democracy Of
Massachusetts,, in which they show the posi-
tion Of the party in the state.
Our party in California requires good men
to represent it in the national convention
When we say good men, we assume that they
should be democrats Of unquestioned and un
questionable integrity and frmness. They
must not only not be Know Nothngs, but they
must be free from a suspicion Of it. There Is
no such creature known as a know nothing
democrat. There may have been once, but
the race has become extinct. As soon as the
nature and objects and purposes Of the dark
lantern party became known. the few demo-
Gratis, who had been decoyed into their mid
nj 1ht cabals left them There can be no fel
/ lowship between light and darkness. ana those
now acting and co operating with the bastard
and pie-bold party, whatever may be their
| professions, are at heart opposed to the demo
cratic party and its success IN this State, and
/ in the Union
But it is not enough that our delegates be
good democrats-thev must he men of charac-
/ ter and irdueu-e Weot California have it in
our power to weld an immense influence in
this political crysis. We nave much, too, to
/ ask, and may gain much. An otiort, and a
strong Que will be maae to take the President
or Vice President from this state or Oregon.
! We must force upon the Convention the pro-
/ priety and justice OF taking one OF the cand
dates from the Pacific side Of the Union. The
South will favor us-thc North will see the
manifest propriety Of it.
Then let US send good, reliable, intelligent
and influential men to the Cineirnatti Conyen-
tion.-.AarysriYe Enquirer.