Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-10-25
The Prospect In Amador.

The skies are bright and brighteningl Our
county nominees worthy representatives OF
the party to which they belong-have thoro'-
ly canvassed the various precincts, and in all
instances they have met with a cordial re-
cepton The Democracy are awake; they
are united as one man, and we are marching
in solid column. They remember the defeat
they suffered last year, at the hands of the
pie-bald X. N. Order, and they mean to re-
turn the compliment with a liberal rate of in
terest Long ago-indeed Immediately af-
ter the result Of last years election was made
known--it was recorded in the Democratic
| lexicon that "AMADoR SHOULD BE REDEEMED;"
and the time to fulfil the pledge having ar
rived, the soldiers of the Democratic army
stand ready to charge down upon the enemy
the moment the polls are opened on the
morning of the 4th of November.
Fellow-Democrats,let let our triumph be one of
which we may be proud in future years. Let
us form compact to literally annihilate, in
this county, the strength of the opposing
4 forces, and we shall have cause in all future
time to congratulate ourselves Let us not
only defeat the enemy, but let it be a Wa
terloo defeatl Amador is, "and of right
ought to be-" largely Democratic; and it is
her duty, as it is within her power, to swell
the Democratic majority in the State.
Courage, friends-courage! You are uni
ted, vigorous, determined and invincible /;
while the enemy is divided weak, dishearten-
ed, and whipped before the battle has fairly
commenced See to it, then, that you elect
every nominee on your ticket. BE not led
away or cajoled by the political and personal
friends Of the various opposing candidates.
To make our victory complete, we must stand
by every man who has been placed in nomn-
alton; therefore, lei us all stick 10 the ticket!-
We must with Calaveras) elect our Senator
because we require majority in that branch
of our State Legislature. We must elect
our Representatives, because we want ma
jority in the Assembly; and we should make
assurance doubly sure" of majority on
Joint ballot because two United States SEN
ators are to be elected. We must elect our
County Clerk, because our candidate is the
best man in the field, and because he will fill
the Office with honor to himself, his party,
and the county. We must elect our Sheriff,
because our candidate is ''the noblest Roman
of them all J" and because it would be worse
than suicide to permit the sickly, diseased,
and stench-emiting carcass of Know Nothing
ism to retain that Office which above all
Others would be a prop TO the continued ex-
istence of the order in the county And so
on. through the whole list of candidates; not
one of them should be sacri6ced-not one Of
them ,cW be sacrificed
Only a few short days will elapse between
this and the election and there is yet work
to be done Preparations must be made in
each particular precinct TO secure the attend
ance of every Democrat at the polls. See to
it that your Democratic neighbor does not
fail to cast his ballot. Eternal vigilance is
the price of liberty" and each individual
Democrat should consider himself on duty for
the occasion. The Knights of the Dark Ian
tern concoct discuss and perfect all their
plans under the pledge of sworn secresy; and
on the day Of election they will adhere to
them without deviation. We must meet this
organization--not with secresy and servitude,
but with an open declaration of our prnci-
ples and with solemn determination to wipe
out of existence the anti-repubcan doctrine
of which Know Nothingism is the last rep
resentation. They 60 to the polls as a Sc
cret political order, voting under the force of
the oaths prescribed to them by their mas
tiers; Democrats so to the polls as an open
organization, and vote their sentiments as
freemen Secresy and servility may triumph
for time-in every State they have been
successful in one contest, as they were in Cal
ifornia last year-but the glimmer of the
dark lantern will not carry them through
second heat. Experience has proved this in
all of the Atlantic States, and such win be
the fact in California. After the result of the
coming election is declared, Know Nothing
ism will be remembered only as mere poit-
ical myth; aud the misguided men who have
composed its strength viii be compelled to