Mariposa Democrat., 1857-07-23
HOR N IT O S.:
JULY 81,
THURSDAY MORNING. .Ju
JOHN B. WELLER.

To-day we place the name Of JoHN B. well
LER at the head of our paper for Governor, and
we truly believe that he will be elected to the
Governorship Of this State by larger majority
than was ever given to any of his predecessors.
That he is deserving of the highest official gift
within the power of his party to confer, the
record Of his past political services fully proves.
His blunders as a politician have been few, in
comparison with other eminent Statesmen,
while his firm adherence to Democratic princi
pies stamp him as a candidate for Gubernatoria
honors, well worthy of the confidence and sup
port Of every friend of the laws, the Union and
its government Whether we view him in the
forum, or on the tented field before the heights
of Monterey, he is still JonS B. WELER-frm,
true, consistent and patriotic. while other
men of note and distinction have changed in
their creed, or modified their political doc
trines to suit times or occasions, he has been
unyieldng-uncompr in his devotion to
Democratic principles Of Government. Though,
perhaps, not so sarcasticaly brilliant and ready
as Douglass, nor so rashly impetuous as a
Soue, yet he is scnsibly solid, and practically
learned in all the routine Of Governmental af
fairs, and is known TO be warm and unfalter-
ing supporter of the present Administration at
Washington. >Courteously dignifed in all the
social relations of civil life-a dwellcr and abb
der amongst US, having interests identical with
our own--he will in the future, as he has in
the past, prove useful citizen, and one, too,
who is thoroughly posted in all our wants
having ability sufficient to make them known
and understood. Ne are apt to expect too
much of our public men, but we venture to
say, that our present nominee for Governor,
while in the Senate of the United States dis
played surprising energy in forcing on the at
tention Of Congress, the just demands of Cali
fornia against the United States. Mr.. Weller
has grown gray in the service of his country
No truthful charge can be brought against him
of political trickery or official delinquency
What Mr.. Buchanan is to the whole Union he
will be to the State of California. He will ex-
ert himself for the good of all. Knowing no
factions, and acknowledging the claims of no
eliques, he will make private patronage sub
servient to the public welfare lie is the unan-
imous choice of the Democratic party of this
State, because a record of his past political
career gives assurance that he will administer
the State Government in strict conformity
with principles of government that have always
prevailed in Democratic Administrations. Mr.
Stanley, his opponent for the same Office, is a
fluent speaker and an apt debater, but he is
sadly wanting in all the attributes Of great
Statesman. With him ambition rules the hour,
and he is willing to merge his whggery in the
black sea Of Republcanism, if he can but float
on its surface, and guide the ship of State on
its troubled waters. Politically he is a second
John G. Fremont, cast in smaller mould,
composed Of less aspiring ingredients. In the
last contest for the Presidency, the Black Re-
publicans tried TO rally under the banner of a
Southern man and were defeated. Now, they
attempt the same mannuvre and will be Just
as assuredly disappointed. Let Southerner
vow and protest as much as he peases, that he
believes in every plank in the Black Republi-
can platform, he never can receive the full and
absolute confidence of the aboliionsts. They
will surmise, delay, and suspect until the day
of destiny arrives, when he is deserted and
made to stand aside while another victim of
their hypocrisy is sought after in the ranks of
the ambitious, the vain and the foolish