Mariposa Democrat., 1857-08-27
The County Central Committee.

tember next
The County Central Committee.
By the correspondence below it will be per.
ceived that the doubts Gf any really existed
of the propriety and legitimacy of the Demo
cratic county convention of the 18th inst arc
entirely removed and cleared up. After the
failure of the convention of the 1st and Sd Of
August to make nominations for county Off
ces the central committee could not have
avoided calling a new convention without
proving recreant to their duty and the party
which appointed them. 1t is well known that
the second convention was provided for or
principles perfectly fair and thoroughly Dem
clude improper influences disturbing the will
of the majority of the Democrats of the coun
tv. The second convention was not calculated
in any manner to interfere with the chances
Of any one lawfully entitled to nomination
for no one can be so entitled unless with the
sanction Of the majority he purposes to repre-
sent of the Democracy of the county, and nc
better mode Of obtaining their sense could
have been provided than the one adopted by
the late central committee.
The cause of the rupture, adjournment and
failure of the first convention arose from ina
bility to ascertain the will of the majority, ow
ing to the delegations of certain precincts
being contested. 1t was only a question o.
counting noses, which the convention could
not for the above mentioned causes clearly
and satisfactorily do. How then under the
circumstances could any true, sane, and relia
bic Democrat object to a new convention
Now it is certain who favor the great Demo
cratic doctrines ofjustice, fair play and The
will of the majority.
Upon the adjournment, sine die, of the Dem
ocratic County Convention, held in the Towr
of Mariposa, Mariposa County, on the 1st day
of August, 1867, the Democratic County Cen
tral Committee issued call for another Dem
ocratic County Convention, to be held in thu
Town of Mariposa on the 18th day of August
1857. The power to do so was questioned by
number of the Delegates Of the Convention
of the 1st, when Messrs. Merritt and Worthing
ton addressed the following letter of enquiry
to the Democratic State Central Committee
and received the subjoined reply:
MARiPosA, August lith, 1851.
Messrs JOSEPH p HoGE, Democratic State
TERENCE FOLEY, Central Committee
GENrLEMES--In consequence Of local causes exist
ing in County at this time, the Democratic party
are so distracted and divided to make defeat inev
table, unless something be done to reconcile thu
conflicting elements. For this reason, therefore, w
write to give you statement of our difficulties, ant
obtain your opinion relative to party usagcs &c. be
lieving that it will have much weight coming from th,
State Central Committee The Democratic Conven
tion Of 1856 after making all nominations, elected
Central Committee for Mariposa county, Of which
Committee II. G. Worthington was member. Pre-
vous to LIST of August 1857, this Committee duly is
sued their call for Convention, to meet in Mariposi
on August lst in which said call they invited the co
operation Of Merced County far as the nomination
of Members of Assembly was concerned Upon til,
lst Of August the Convention met and after the elec
ton of Chairman and Secretary and reports of tn,
Committee on credentials, the Convention nominated
Assemblymen, one from this and one from Mercet
county. After this was done the Merced Delegation
withdrew from the Convention. An effort was ther
made to organize into County Convention for nom
inaton Of county officers. This occasioned ndescrib
able confusion in the midst of which and without or
ganizing into county Convention, motion wa,
made and carried TO adjourn sine die. Whereupof
the meeting was disbanded. Thereupon the old coun
ty Central Committee deemed 1t their duty to cal
another Convention, which was done for the 18th o.
August This Convention met and nominated
Ticket.
Now srs, the question is, did this Committee hay,
the power to call this new Convention? This powe
Is denied, on the ground that the Office of the Cen
trail Committee of 1885, expired on the assembling o
the county Convention of August LIST, 1857. If so
the Democratic party was without Central Commit
tee in the county.
This is an important question, and we beg of you Il
give this your immediate attention. as upon II may de
pend the success of the party in this county. W,
therefore trust you will give immediate reply
Very truly we have the honor to be
Your Ob't. Servants,
H. G. wORTHNGTON,
SAM'L. A. MERRITT.
| SAN Francisco, August 18TH 1857.