San Andreas independent., 1858-08-14

Above is presented to the public the
State and County Popular Sovereignty
Democratic ticket. 1t is, without excep-
ton, composed of such men as in times
past, the Democracy delighted to honor
men whose antecedents are quite free
from the odium of political chicane, fresh
from the body of the people, intelligent,
honest, receding from rather than in
triguing for Office, thoroughly acquainted
with the wants of the country and devo-
ted to her prosperity. Such men are
the strength and beauty of all nations,
but in a Republican form of government
there can be neither harmony or vitality
without them. Their prudence and
intelligence pilot us clear of the sands of
aristocracy on the one hand, and prevent
our driving amidst the wild breakers of
anarchy on the other.
Of the two candidates for Congress, it
is needless to speak at length. One of
them has been long resident and prom
inent lawyer in Calaveras, the name of
the other has become historical. Mr..
McKibben, by his brave and manly course
last winter, in defense of popular Sove-
reignty," that principle so vital to De-
mocracy, has endeared himself to every
friend of liberty, every consistent advo-
cate of States Rights in America; and,
whatever may be the result of the pres
ent battle raging throughout the country,
between the power of the Administration
and the People, his name is not destined
to be stored away on the dusty shelves of
oblivion. California will faithfully take
care of her favorite Representative. Mr..
Dudley is gentleman of talents, who in
Congress would certainly take high po-
sition. He is laborious in his profession,
and at a bar Illuminated by the most dis
tinguished legal minds of the State, he
has always maintained himself in the front
rank. His Democracy cannot be i'm
peached; and those who know him best
do his character the honor to say that he
possesses that enlarged order of intellect
which points rather to the noble laurels
of craftsmanship than to the "filthy pool
of politics" as the goal of his ambition.
In campaign before the people, he is a
tower of strength, and in every desirable
respect, an acquisition to the ticket.
Mr.. Currey, the candidate for justice
of the Supreme Court, is precisely the
kind of man which that bench has been
in want of since the organization of the
State Government. With Field and
Currey on the Supreme Bench, we may
hope that our court of last resort will SO
efectually serve the ends of justice as to
merit public confidence. |. N. Dawley,
for Controller, and III. U. Jennings for
Clerk of the Supreme Court, if we may
judge their merits from the tone of the
press, are in all respects worthy the suf-
frages of the Democracy.
SENECA H. MARLETTE,
the nominee of the Angels Convention,
for Senator, from the district composed of
Calaveras and Amador, is one of those
names that carry dismay into the ranks
of the enemy. With private and pub
lie character sans puir ct sans reproche,
he strengthens himself by Democracy
untarnished with "isms,' and unass..;:il
able. Mr.. Marlette has beer twice elect
ed County Surveyor of Calaveras county,
and was elected and served two years as
Surveyor General of this State. He is,
Notwithstanding, "mud-sill," if not in
the true Hammond" sense of the term,
still none the less genuine-he is labor
ing man, and for six months we have
known him as one of the most perseve-
ring and successful miners in San An
dreas. A man of thought and education,
with great practical knowledge, we are
bold to assert that the position to which
he aspires could not be filled by better
man.
THOMAS o'BRIEN,
is another "mud-sill." For several years
he has been a staunch miner on Carson S
Creek He was elected by the Democra-
cy of Calaveras last year, to the Assem-
bly,, and was the sole member of our leg
isiative delegation, who dared to oppose
| tbose miserable resolutions. denouncinp
the defenders of popular Sovereignty, !"
and which resolutions, the friends of the
President piloted through the Legisla-
ture. Mr.. OBJ. is man of education
and excellent good sense, who knows the
wants of the people and has the courage
and manliness to assert them
GEO. L. SHULER,
of San Antonio, is one of the oldest resi-
u