Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-10-11
Our County Candidates.

an important duty to perform--they have a
Senator to choose (in connection with Gala
veras) two Assemblymen, and full list Of
county officers The candidates Of the three
political parties of the day are before the
people; and it is but right and proper that
their merits and demerits should be freely
and thoroughly discussed.
So far as the Democratic candidates are
concerned, we have already, time and again
challenged investigation of their private and
public character, and invited scrutiny as to
their capacity to fill the several positions for
which they have been placed in nomination
No charge not even of the most trivial
character, has been brought against them,
and in consequence we have not been called
upon to defend them
Leaving the other parties to take care of
their own candidates we shall proceed to no
tce briefly the Democratic nominees Most
of them, indeed all Of them, are well known
throughout the county; yet there may be
some who would desire to be enlightened as
to their character and qualifications
STATE SENAroR.-F this Office, the Hon.
w. B. NORMAN, Of Calaveras, is in nonlina-
ton. For two years he has represented the
two counties as one Of their Senators and the
people of his district point TO his record with
pride and satisfaction His acknowledged
ability, dignifed and manly bearing, and uni
form courtesy, won for him at once the conf
dence and admiration of his compeers; and
throughout his term of Office he maintained
proud position as one Of the most ndustri-
GUS, conscientious, and influential members of
the Senate. Jealous of the rights and inter-
eSts of his constituents, ne was always first
to assert them and the last to maintain them.
He has been tried; he has been found true to
his trust; he has ability; he has experience;
he has influence; and it is therefore to the in
tercst Of all classes of citizens that he be re-
turned as their Senator That monster mo-
nopoly, the California Steam Navigation
Company, WILL it is said, expend thousands
to secure Mr. Norman's defeat, because he
had the daring to introduce bill that inter-
fered with the outrageous extortions prac-
tised by the Company upon traders and tray-
elers; but we sincerely trust that the SOW
ereign people will not permit faithful pub
lie servant to be crushed by purse-proud
association of heartless capitalists, whose
only end and aim is their own selfish ag-
grandizement All kinds of fusion, and all
kinds of cliques and factions, under all kinds
of names and pretentions viii be organized
against him; but they viii all emenate from
the same fountain head-they will all owe
their existence, whatever the professions of
those who get them up--to the same com
mon cause Not doubling either the sagaci-
ty or the honesty Of the sovereign masses,
we feel confident that they win not be de-
ceived by the weak inventions Of the enemy.
W. b. Norman will be returned to the Sen
ate, despite the efforts and influence of all
the steamboat companies and other monopo-
lies in existence.
AssEMnLYMEN.-Th nominees are VIM
NJ. SEAwELL, of Fiddetown, and JAMES LTv-
ERMoRE, of lone Valley. 1t would have
been impossible to select candidates more ac-
ceptable to the Democracy and the people Of
Amador county. Messrs Seawell and Liver
more are universally recognized as gentlemen
of the highest moral and political integrity;
they are extensively acquainted, and they are
men in whom the people may with perfect
safety place the most implicit reliance
Search the county through, and we would
hunt in vain for two persons better qualified
to represent our interests in the Assembly
They are both men of strong common sense;
well informed ON all political subjects of a
local, State, or National character; perma-
nent citizens and taxpayers of the county
having all their interests centered in ouI
midst; of mature years and experience, and
yet possessed of all the vigor and industry o.
early manhood they possess, in word, al
the qualifications that are required to consti
tute them first rate Legislators. Messrs. Sea
well and Liyermore do not belong to the kid
gloyed gentry, but on the contrary are quiet
unassumng men, closely identified with the
working classes. They are themselves work