Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-09-27
Democratic County Ticket.

The democratic ticket for Amador coun-
ty has been duly nominated, and is placed to-
day in its proper place The nominations
are now complete, and the people, of whatev-
or political party, are cordially invited to
sean them closely; the Democracy have pre-
sented men whose moral and political charac-
ter will bear the closest scrutiny They have
presented, for the suffrages of the masses,
men who are competent to fill the positions
to which they aspire; men who go before the
people as the representatives of principle;
and men who, if elected, will prove themselves
to be faithful public servants.
1t would be work of supererrogation to
particularize the different candidates. They
are all well and favorably known to the peo-
pie Of Amador They stand forth not only
as opponents of Democracy, but as the rep
resentatives of those who would elevate to
public position citizens who are above re-
proach in every sense of the term. They are
men in whom the miner, the mechanic, the
farmer, the laborng man, and the merchant,
may place the most implicit reliance. They
are men who will not abuse the trust which
the Democratic party proposes to place in
their hands; and which proposal, we may
safely say, will be triumphantly ratified by
a majority of the people on the 4th day of
November next
The Convention was regularly called; the
primay meetings were held as recommended; /;
and although the Convention was composed
of sixty delegates, we believe there was not
single contested seat The representatives
of the party, thus chosen and thus assembled,
held council together, and nominated ticket
amid the utmost harmony. 1t is true that
there is more or less of disappointment;
where there are number of candidates for
each Of the different officers to be filed it is
natural that there should be heart-burnings;
but with Democrats who are Democrats from
principle, an unlucky turn of the wheel of
political fortune is matter of small conse-
quence. The sober second thought comes to
the rescue, and the defeated are oft-times re-
joiced to have so good an opportunity of ex-
hibiting their loyalty and devotion to prnci-
pie. Such we are satisfied, will be the feel
ing Of the defeated in the late Convention.
An objection is raised, chiefly we are glad
to state by the Know Nothings, that there has
not been proper distribution of the candi-
dates. Democrats, if any there be- who may
continue to make an objection of this kind,
have not, probably, duly considered all the
facts and all the circumstances All we ask
is that they should so consider. So we have
good men, it matters little what part they
may come from. They are all to be repre-
sentatives of the whole county; and if they
are true men, they will not favor one portion
more than another. Further explanation is
unnecessary now, and we do not think that
anything additional will be required during
the campaign.
Democrats, but one duty remains The
period has arrived when there is no more time
to be lost. The war is at its height-the
the enemy is in view and we must clear the
ship for action! Let every man take his
post, and steadily guard the position assigned
him until the polls close on the evening of
the 4th day Of November, 1856