Butte record., 1856-08-23
Democratic County Conyent'ol.

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The Democratic County Convention which
meets to-day, has an important duty to per
form. Butte county is entitled to two mem
bers of Assembly, the present year, and 1t
will be the duty of the Convention to select
men who win properly represent the varl-
Gus interests CT the County, if they should
be elected by the People. We want men
who are identified with the County, whose
homes are in our midst, and who will return
to the County at the expiration Of their
term 1t is the policy Of sending men to
represent the different Counties of the State
who are not identified with their interests.
that has done much to encourage the local
legislation with which the State has been
afflicted Men who have emigrated hither
fer the purpose Of representing US in the
Legislature, should be thanked for their
Kindness and condecension; and after they
have became identified in interest and feel
ing in the prosperity Of the County, their
claims for honors and emoluments Of Office,
may then meet with a fair scrutiny at the
hands of the People. For members of As
sembly we trust the Convention will present
for the suffrages Of the People, men upon
whom the Democracy can unite. and give
them such support as will triumphantly
secure their election Men who are {" honest,
capable and faithful" must be presented, if
the Convention would pave the way to the
success which all good men desire to see
crown the efforts Of the Democracy in the
approaching contest
Besides the nomination of candidates for
members of Assembly, it is the duty of the
Convention to elect Delegates to represent
the County in the State Convention, whose
duty it will be to nominate candidates for
Members of Congress and an Electoral
Ticket. The men presented by the State
Convention. for the positions mentioned,
should be men whose characters and stand
ing in public estimation, will yield an infu
ence in favor of the nominees of the Democ-
racy, both State and National; men who will
carry the banner of Democracy into the Ra-
vines and Clutches throughout the State, and
present the issue to the People in fair and
importial manner,-strip the mask from the
distorted and corrupt features of Know No.
thingism, and exhibit in its true light the
sectional deformity of those who nominate a
man to preside over the destinies of the ma
tion strictly upon sectional grounds and
sectional issues. Should the Black Repub-
lican candidate be elected in the present
contest, he can only be the President of one
half Of the Republic. His Cabinet would be
chosen from the Northern States alone, if
they carry out the principles they profess
However national or unobjectionable the
name of Milliard Fillmore may be, the fact
that he has no National Party to support
him-that the Northern Know NothiDgs
/ have been incorporated iRte the Black Re-
publican party, and the enly sane inference
is that he stands no reasonable show of sue
cess The contest is between the Democracy
and the Black Republicans-between par
ty whose platform is co-extensive with the
boundaries of the Republic, and party that
arrays one half the country against the
other With philanthropy that forgets
their own complexion, they take to their
bosoms the odoriferous negro, and preach
the doctrines of religion and anarchy, as
/ expounded by g Sharpe : and unless over
whelmed by the Democracy Of the Nation
their fanatical proceedings and sectional
issues must soon involve the country in an
intestine war, which will shiver the Repub-
lie into fragments, and erect in its stead
little petty Provinces to war and prey upon
each other. These factions are aided BY
several traitors as well as open eneraes, and
it is necessary for the Democracy to be OF
their guard Eternal Vigilance is the
price of Liberty" Let it he the aim OF
every Delegate in attendance, to present
only such men as the Democracy can cheer
fully support With the Constitution and
Union for our watchword, each man can
then buckle on his armor, and cry & Lay on
McDuff, and id be he who first cries
hold, enough"