San Andreas independent., 1857-07-18
polltlfal advertisement.
A CARD.

Mr Editor: = Seeing my name is used as
one of the Democratic Central Committee for
the county of Calaveras, and as have been
questioned so repeatedly of late in relation 10
it. take this means of setting myself right be-
fore the public. | once acted and voted with
the Democratic party but for two years past,
have neither sympathised with, nor voted their
ticket and do not expect to at the coming cleo
ton: and if find it necessary to vote portion
of it. shall most certainly not support the whole
ticket And therefore, according to the ruling
of the party, | cannot be recognized as forming
a part and parcel of modern Democracy. Yet,
claim to be q Democrat; have dtwdys been
one; am believer in the principles OF democ-
racy as taught by Jefferson, and practsed by
his immediate successors Madison and Monroe;
believe that in a republican government, all
power should emanate from the people; and,
therefore, the people should have fair express
sion as to who should fill the various ofhcesi
believe in electng good and honest men 10
office, and that voters should have the privll-
eye of supporting the best men irrespective OF
party, without being ruled ont of their party for
so doing; believe that public officers should
practice economy in public affairs. II that Is
democracy, | am a Democrat.
If all power in our county does not come
from the people, but emanates from ct'ques, VINO
take upon themselves the right to manage par
ties and say who shall be the candidates, and
then compel all members of the party to sup
port the ticket the whole ticket and nothing
but the ticket if to place in office none but
members of the 6 clique" or its tools, without
regard to their fitness or honesty and even
against the wishes of the mass of the party; if
to preach one thing before the people, and
practice another when in power; if extrava-
gance in Office, and squanderng of the public
money constitute democracy, then | am no
Democrat
Now, the question arises, am a Democrat
or am not If am not, what is the Demo-
cratic party going to do with my name on their
Central Committee? If am a Democrat, and
thev continue to consider me member of the
Committee, would recommend that it meet
Immediately, and issue call for another Coun-
ty Convention, and that we undo what has been
! done, and start anew upon true principles OF
democracy. A. p. HUMPHREY.
SAN ANDREAs, July 18th, 1857.
Mr.. Editor What has become of the Re-
publican Central Committee of this county p
Why have they failed to discharge the duties
| incumbent upon them? Has the defeat which
the party sustained last year, utterly annihila-
| ted it? Was there not sufficient sanative men,
tai ability in that Committee to administer the
proper political pills to keep the pulse of the
party throbbng for one year? Ifany "still live"
let them speak and tell us why they have been
so long silent, and what they intend to do
What was their motive in preventing the Re-
publcans of this county from being represented
in the Republican State Convention? This re-
suit has been produced either by their Incidence
or intentional silence. In either case, their
course affords ample ground for animadrersion.
But if they are defunct. and sojourning in the
dark dominions of political death, we do not
wish to disturb their repose. Any information
respecting them, will be thankfully received by
A REPUBLICAN.
P. S.-lnformation from living member Of
that Committee is preferable, If one still sur
| wives.