San Andreas independent., 1858-08-28
TO THE FREE and INDEPENDENT VOTERS
OF CALAlERAS COUNTY.

To Old Fashioned, lSimon-Pure Democrats. Le-
compton Democrats, init Lecompton Demo
crafs. and all Democrats by ichaieper Bapfis
NAL name designated: TO Republicans. Black
Republicans, Red Republicans, and all Ref,u5-
hcans of ,chateuer eotor: To Crazy 4boiition
lists and Fanatical Secessionists,-to 4snerico,a
Ri Us, (Knolc Notiings, and 10 all Natural
ized and Unnaturalized foreigners, be then
Irishmen Germans Frenchnen, Danes. Iai-
ians, Norwegians, Petiec Islanders, Chinese or
Yankees, I address myself-GREETIYG:
announce myself a candidate for Member of Assem-
bly, for Calaveras County, and ask your votes-for you
are all votersand whether legal Illegal it makes no
difference to me, you, or the Judges of Election.
am an Independent Candidate.-that is, not depend
upon any bribed or bought County Conventon-not
dependant upon any CLIQUE of intriguing designing
wirepulng, logrollng political deagogues but solely
dependant upon your magnanimous suffrages
am an old resident of Calaveras and have not been
imported fresh from San Francisco to be returned to the
Assembly. 1 am Mudsill Democrat, and do not seek
to MOUNT into Office solely for the sake of the pay
VoTEEs OF CALAvERAs! What is Kansas to YOU. or
you to Kansas You want good and wholesome laws tn
protect you in Life Liberty and Property: Laws for
the benefit of all and not for the benefit of favored few
You wish reduce the expenses of State thus reduc
ing your taxes? You wish state of things institu
edyou order for confusion economy where there
is lavish expenditure-wise legislation where there is
internal legislation ito effect reforms seek for men
who have reformed themseves-not seek men who are
made to order who tools of corrupt politicians
who are manufactured in County Conventions, which
managed and controlled bya class whose heads are
as light their hands are lighfngered "a class who
If left to live what they should honestly earn would
be reduced to Chameleon diet of air. have worked
and toied hard the past and the beautiful earth has
responded to my efforts by bestowing her bountes
the legitimate fruit of my labor and toll take hon.
est pride in saying what ofthe Candidates for office
before you cannot truthfuy saythat during the past
year my living has been gained by means which have
caused no one sgh groan, or tear have supplied
by my labor the dining table with the and
uxuries of life, while they have been tending billiard
table and dealing out strychnine whisky. have min
stered to the wants of man-they have ministered
their depraved and corrupt appettes and passions.
also take honest pride in saying that for the past year.
my intellect has not been couded by any of the poison
beverages by which Of your candidates for office
have made their living and If elected will carry that
clear intellect into the halls of Legislation.
Who will you support? viii you do as you have done
in former years. suffer yourselves be driven up the
polls many cattle to the corral to be marked and
branded Or will you for vote for an honest
Would not it be well to do if for nothing more than
the rarity of tie thing and for the sake trying novel
experiment.
The poet hath said " An honest man is the nobest
work of God" try then, if only for once and how
piece Of Gods nobest workmanship will look in the
Assembly Chamber.
If elected and chosen to work for youin your Legsa-
tive Ranch, at Sacramento shall do as have done the
past yer in my garden, at Campo Seco, where have
planted use vegetables and pulled mp and destroyed
noXous weeds. shall and plant the seeds of
my and of useful proyident and benfcent legislation;
and shall work faithfully and vigantly to destroy the
vermn which nst your granaries and strive to the Mt
most of my power to eradcate-pull up and throw away
sail the thistles and thorns which have sprung up and
taken deep the past nine years. Wisely and truy
is it said in Holy Writ As ye shall ye reap"
II you, the people, plant Burdocks you must expect
reap crop of Burdocks.
VoTEas OF CALAvERAsi Ifyou do the DUTY which
you to God and your Country, you will elect me;
aud if elected will faithfully honestly and trutsfully
do my DUTY to you and to the State ;-something you
have not seen for many year.
In conclusion wish to caution voters that am the
Thompson of Campo Seco, not Thompson of Mok.
Hill, no kin to whose f4ats of ground and lofty
tumbling done and performed the Iecompton aud
antf-Lecompton Platforms have astonished turn
ing, twning twisting A. ID himself and every who
is JUDGE of such matters.
l am the Peoples most obs equous and obedent SER
want, MAJOR JESSE THOMPSON.
Campo Seco, August 10th, 1858. 21-49