The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-10-11
NO. II.
From the louisville ogu
The Real Look or EIliIssss III IS aatsies15'--
The Misrepresentation OF tsle Press


The Sag NIGHT and Fremont organs through
out the country have commenced a most un-
precedented system of falsehood and misrepre-
sensations in regard to the recent elections IN
this State. In this task the Buchanan and
Fremont organs are laboring side by side, win
the most tender lcvingness. The hreesolparty
have no hope Of success. unless they can induce
the North to suppose that blr Fillmore has no
strength in the South. They 90 not fear bu-
ehanan, but, If they can produce the impress
sion st the North that the South will go for
Buchanan as the Southern sectional candidate.
they hope thereby TO arouse sufficient sectional
feeling at the North TO overcome the strength
which Dir. Fillmore has there. and elect Ere
mont by g Northern sectional vote. This is
their only hope and ali their powers OF cum
ming. Misrepresentation atnd fiat-footed false
hood are actively employed to obtain this OBJ
iect IN this enterprise they are aided and
! abetted by the Buchanan press al the South;
and consequently, the Whole press OF both these
factions are assisting each other to HOOD the
country with false reports and infamous repre-
sentatons in reference TO the result OF the re-
cent election for judicial and ministerial State
officers in Kentucky.
We earnestly urge the Fillmore press to be
active in exposing this game. by which Ere
mont alone is to be benefited, and by giving
to their readers the true facts in regard to our
election. to counteract the Influence sought to
be exercised by the systematic falslfications to
which the Fremont and Buchanan organs have
| had recourse.
The recent election was altogether for judi.
cial and ministerial officers; not single political
Office was TO be filed. Early last spring the
| American Executive Committee appointed a
time for holding conventions Of the American
! party in each district by which. at the option OF
| the convention themselves. nominations might
| be made for the various Offices to be filed or
might not In nearly all these conventions
| even in MANY of the districts in which there
were large American majorities, it was deter
mined that it was not the policy of the Ameri-
can party to make party nominations for judi
cial offices, and they declined to nominate
| American candidates. Consequently in almost
| every county in the State there were two or
| more independent candidates in the field for the
| various offices. In some instances two Ameri-
cans, in others two old-line Wings, in others,
| two Democrats sometimes one Democrat one
/ American and one old-line Wing, sometimes
| one democrat two Americans, and AN old-line
! Wing were competing candidates for the same
office.
| Under these circumstances, while the Ameri-
can vote, the Fillmore vote, has been very
much divided the Sag NIGHTS have concentra-
| ted their strength upon one candidate and
claim victory or gain for their party. Take
| for instance the vote for Sheriff in Mason coun-
ty. There were three candidates; Coryell
| American, received CTS votes, Gogging, Amert-
/ can. received All, and Groves, Democrat, (for
| whom also many Americans voted), received
S52 To calculate the difference between
Groves and Goggings vote would not show
the fair test of the party IN the county.