Amador weekly ledger., 1858-04-24
A State Convention.

Convention this year, leaving 1t TO the Dem
ocratic State Central Committee to make the
nominations. We are opposed to such pol
icy. 1t is true, the election of Congressman
having been postponed for year, that we
will have very short State ticket but that
does not authorize the State Central Commit
tee to assume that the masses of the Democ-
racy shall not be heard in the nominations
that are still left to be made.
One of the offices to be filled at the next
election is that OF Supreme Court Judge
Is this an Office of such insigni6cance that it
should he left to few men, composing the
Central Committee, to say who shall be the
man to fill it Who delegated to the Cen
trail Committee any power to make nomina-
tions Certainly not the Democracy. As
well might the Central Committee propose to
make John B. Weller, (our worthy Chief
Magistrate, Governor for second term, as
to name the man who shall be made Supreme
Judge.
A Democratic cotemporary at Sacramento,
says: "a Judge of the Supreme Court
should never be elected on q general ticket,
and now we have an opportunity to test the
question of legal ability and fitness for the
Office on its merits" What difference would
it make, in the sense the matter is thus
looked upon, whether Convention or Cen
tra Committee nominated ? Oh, what
shallowness The Democracy are not to be
humbugged in tina: way. A few individuals
congregated at the capital cannot thus con-
troll the hard-fsted yeomanry Of the State.
Give them no more of your sophstry they
know their rights, and will maintain them.
Because there are but fep State Offices to be
filed feaO of the State Central Committee,
(Which at best represents but very small
portion of the State want to arrogate to
themselves the whole power of the party in
the coming campaign-at least this would
seem to be the fact from the significant hints
that have been thrown out.
Those who oppose State Convention had
better "show their hands" clearly. Do they
want to dissolve the Democratic party, for
the time being? Are they not possessed of
sufficient Democracy to keep up the organi-
zation of the party when there are but feio
offices to be filled? There are some men in this
county who have acted with the Democratic
party, but who are now exerting every effort
to stop It's organization for the present. A
"scrub race" is desired and they want to for
get or bury Democracy for the time. 1t
would seem that some Stale politicians have
the same idea in their heads.
We call upon the Old Guard Democracy,
and ask them to take this matter in hand.
Send us your opinions, written as you, your
selves, wish to express them. Tell US or tell
the people whether you wish to be "sold out"
to the highest (or lowest) bidder, or whether
you intend to remain as you have been-your
own dctators and sovereigns.
DoN'T BE HUMBuGGED.-Why is it that
people scH be humbugged? ? 1t really seems
that Californians are not satisfied unless some
humbug or other is periodically practced up
on them. The present one is the Vancouvers
Island gold excitement, which has already
carried away hundreds, and no doubt thou
sands will follow. Do they not recollect
Gold Lake, Port Oxford, Kern river and the
thousand and one local big stories about rich
dggings, by which they have been duped in
times that are pastY There is, no doubt, a
little gold at Vancouvers Island, for there is
gold from the southern to the northern ex-
tremity of the western coast Of North and
South America. Possibly, there may be
rich diggings at Vancouver's but this is by
no means as likely as that the discovery OF
hitle gold has given spectators a chance to
make money by carrying suckers" on board
steamers and saiers to the land of promise,
and there transfer the aforesaid suckers to
other or 'land-blubber" spectators, having
temporary hotels, saloons, &C., and who will
cheerfully and speedily relieve the "cm
grants" of the overplus cash that may be in
their pockets at the time of their arrival
W. would ropaat tha oort;o,, of th;e ar