The Nevada journal., 1856-04-25

OUR PosITIoN.-The vexations of q
legislative lie being again for time over,
we return to our old post, to do the little
that may be in our power for the advance
ment of Cause which we have been for
ced from necessity and inclination to es-
pouse. Amid the fears, the rumors, and
the idle surmises, which every where pre-
vail, it is difficult to tell in moment the
exact state of political feeling which per-
vadcs the continuity But We know
enough of the patriotism and virtue of the
people Of Nevada County, to believe they
are not easily led away by will-o-the-
wisp which fickers in the dark and moves
onward but to swamp the misguided trav-
eler. In any and every emergency the
members of the American party will, VIC
believe, be faithful to the trust confded
in them. Has any. one doubt of the
course We intend to pursue, let him look
to the illustrious names which head our
columns. The flag on which is inscribed
the names of Fillmore and Donelson is
nailed to the mast, and under it We have
enlisted till it floats in triumph at the
capitol at Washington, or the bullets OF
the enemy have riddled it, and the storms
| of partisan and sectional rage shall have
blown it to the winds.
The ticket of the American party is
without blemish. The Union, fertile as
it is in statesmen, cannot produce bet
ter. We intend to cote that ticket. And
VIC call upon all conservative men from
whatever portion of the Union they may
come to rally to its support. The plank
of non-intervention in the platform of the
party is broad and sound enough for any
good Californian to stand upon, and wor-
thy to hold every lover of the peace and
quietude of the Union.
Does any Southern man desire to desert
our party because Democracy throughout
the State endorses Douglass and Pierce
and their Kansas-Nebraska scheme which
violated the 6nality measures of 1850, and
because his sectional feelings are better
accommodated by an alliance with pha-
lanxism, let him beware lest he force an
issue he may deeply deplore. If he has O
spark of conservatism in his bosom, lei
him adhere to tho middle ground our par
ty truly occupies. In a spirit of compro-
mise let him act and act for his country's
good.
Is there man among US from the North
who inclines to the principles of the Re.
publican party, and seeks to gain by their
advocacy real or imaginary rights, let him
look at the isolated position of the state
far removed from the causes which un-
happily conspire to distract the other por.
tions of the Republic; let him take into
consideration the imminent want of the
fostering care and aid of the Federal gov
ernment on the Pacific coast, and let him
not intermeddlc in the family quarrels
that in any event, whether the principle.
of either great section of the Union shall
prevail, sectional hostility may not crush
our young State in the councils of the
nation by Withholding the appropriation.
so necessary to our prosperity. To Sc
cure the greatest amount of benefits to the
rising States upon the Pacific, we deem ii
imperitive not to take either side in sec
tional contest. AT least, it is the part o.
wisdom and prudence, not to be precipi-
tate vi ca the welfare of the State, if moi
the Union, is pendent in the balances.
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