San Andreas independent., 1856-10-25

JOHN D. SULLIVAN
A:P; HUMPHREY, HUN Trustees
SAN ANpREAs, October 4th, 1856.
Every one has something to say of pol
itics,-why may not we and yet our pen
is so unused to laud or decry any party or
partizans that, like Mrs. Partington, we
do not know but that 'when we open our
mouth we may put our foot in it,"-not
that We have not our personal and political
predictions not that we do not intend
to speak manfully, freely and fully our own
sentiments we do; and intend to
boldly hold those who oppose or attempt to
subvert the interests of the working class,
up to the indignation of their peers nor
will we withhold our hearty approval of all
who in the history, past or future, of our
State, have made or will make efforts for
the advancement of such interests.
To us the struggle of our County and
State officers is one that wakens our strong
est feelings. Nor do we lose sight of the
interest here involved in the mighty strug-
gle that agitates the whole Union Our
National Institutions are as dear to us as
any man. Our hearts yearn as warmly,
and truly, for the settlement of questions
of National policy, that are breeding such
discomfort and bitter feeling in our midst,
as any one. A thrill of horror reaches our
very inmost spirit, as we read the tales of
Kansas warfare, outrage and suffering, and
know that civil war rears it's awful head
in our midst-and as sincere prayer for
its cessation rises to our lips as from any
one, and no one holds the causes of this
state of feeling-we care not to what party
they belong-in more utter adherence
than do we; yet with it all, we are not
forgetful of the interests of our State and
County, and at the same time do we re-
member that in the approaching contest
we engage in warfare that is not only to
have its bearing and influence on the in
terest of this State alone, but upon the
whole Union. In the next Legislature
we send to the q. S. Senate, two mem
These are to be selected from one of the
: three great parties that are now at work in
our Union, and it becomes us to look we'll
to whom we entrust such great interests.
We know not whom may be sent No
personal attachments should influence us
in the contest Principle, and principle
alone, should guide us, and the principles
as developed by the parties themselves,
should determine us in our votes. As we
look at this triangular contest it stands
thus: The Democratic party recognises,
upholds and supports the Kansas Nebras-
ka bill, as the policy of the country, and
the final settlement of our troubles. With
this the Republicans are at open war, and
demand its utter abolishment Not con-
tent with the restoration of the compro-
misses of 30 and so, they wish the fugi-
tive slave law abolished, or changed
The American party, discarding in toto
both of these propositions, struggle for
restoration of the compromise measures,
and each of these conflicting measures, it
is confidently asserted by the partisans of
each, will restore quiet, order, harmony,
and peace in our borders.
What say the people? 1t is to them
they all look! 1t is to the great mass
those who are to feel the effects of one of
these principles being predominant, that
each party depends. You hold, Working
men Of all kinds, the powerin your hands;
but will you use it? Like horse guided
by child, mere turn of the rein sub
dues us too often into obedience. Upon
our shoulders, and by US, have men rid.
den into Office, who in theirlust for power
have forgotten our interests; and we have
quietly seen the principles of such men
disseminated, which have caused war,
bloodshed, carnage, aye, civil war, to stalk
with high hand, in our borders Will we