, 1857-02-20

l,ri-zll-za rss-z.ssl--. l1a1.l
l1hs thoroug1 olganlEdtiop Of The hlack-Ft'
ipAblicaB party. prove not only subsersiYe
ofits Interest,", but maymateriaily contrib
ute to itsoverthrow, and to the. defeat d
the democratic nominee for congress. As
the misinterpreted motto Of the now de-
funct knownothing party vas" put nom
but AnerioaHS on guard, SO let our officials
see to it that their fayors he extended only
to the "irnen and "prorcdT' of the party.
with the black-republicans in power, we
apprehcnd that no "trusv or "PrOrcd"
democrat would have the temcrity to think
Of asking for place or Office, and should
some one chance so to do, he would be in.
suItingiy repulsed, Let us have none but
democrats in Office .. ....
Growing out of the Indian war of the
past year, We are well aware that appoint
ments to civil Offices in the Indian service
could not of all times be made within the
party, nor would it in many instances have
perhaps been expedient or proper to delay
the making Of such appointments until the
services of suitable persons Of the proper
political complexion could be ascertained
and procured for the filling Of peculiar civil
stations. The appointing power in the In
dian service, too, in many instances may
have been imposed upon by pretended dem
ocrats, and thereby temporary positions Oh
tained, and many circumstances may have
taken place with the various federal Off
cials within the past year, TO prevent a
strict conformity in the making of exelus-
lively partizdn selections for place. We
hope and presume that now aud hereafter,
no one will seek an apology for departure
from the course indicated in the above re-
solution, and that all existing evils to which
1t refers will be remedied And we would
here take occasion to say, that we have as
certained, that no official practice has been
more severely censured by the party, than
that Of making appointments of persons to
be sent into the different portions Of the
territory to attend to public business, that
might as well and proftabIy be attended
to BY persons there residing. .a %. -'
But members Of the party, too, are at
fault in many things about which we have
been discOuFsiDg. Why do not some per-
sons apprise the appointing power of the
fact when wrong selections have been
madel By what test can the appointing
power ascertain who are democrats aud
who are not, but by positive assurance
from a reliable sourcel What rule have
We had given us, as the conductor of this
journal, for finding out who were demo
Gratis and who were not, that had been ap-
pointed to Office We answer, that here
tofore we have been exclusively indebted
to public report in coming to our conclu-
sions. .siestI .HlDT t..i -s5- a ..l
Now, that the democratic members Of
the late legislature stand pledged to sus-
tain us in carrying into effect the provisions
cOntained in the above resolution, we will
expect that each one form himself into a
vigilance committee, and keep US constant
ly apprised of all matters Of interest to
the party, aud that they from time to time
advise us Of any person or persons holding
place or Office, in the vicinity where they
severnlIy reside, who may be tinctured
with either "knownothingism, bIack-re-
publicanism or abolitionism,"