San Andreas independent., 1858-07-17

speak, and that most emphatically We
are more particularly urgent in oursolici-
tations for united action at the primary
conventions, because whatever may be the
action of the County Convention, 1T VIII
be fnality SO far as this county election
is concerned. IF the "mud-sllls are In
the majority, the Administration party
will undoubtedly withdraw, as they have
done under like circumstances everywhere
else in the State, and form for themselves
separate ticket, and elect separate set
of delegates to the State Convention
ignoring the great democratic principle,
that n,ajorities should govern, and prac-
tlclng upon California the same determi-
nation to tahe the power and disregard the
voice of the majority, that they did in the
Lecompton affair If, however, the Ad-
ministration party are in the majority,
there will be but one ticket, and all pre-
cedent establishes the fact that it will be
successful.
We take pleasure, in connection here
with, In laying before our readers the res
olution adopted in Alameda county by the
Democratic County Convention, and, we
believe by almost all the Democratic Con-
ventlons of the State. 1t speaks the true
sentiments of the Democratic party, an
exposition of which nothing can prevent,
except the cunning, craft and duplicity of
politicians, or that tame submission to
oppression, or that proneness to neglect
their rights and duties on the part of the
people. Here it is:
Resolred, That this Convention endorses the
Cincinnati Platform, and recognizes it as the
legitimate standard of the principles of the
party which this Convention represents, and
that we deny the right or authority of any
administration to add to, or take from, or in
terpolate in any manner a political creed,
which the Democratic Party of the country has
established and endorsed as the basis of their
political existence and that when occasion
presents for practical application of lead
ing principle in that platform the power and
patronage of Office should not be exercised to
ignore it.
A more chilling rebuke could not have
been given to the Administration on it's
course, or to its patronage policy-a policy
which not only carried the Lecompton
swindle through Congress, but which is
seeking In California to have it endorsed.
We do hope that this resolution may be
reverberated from hilltop to hilltop, until
the gulches and vallies of California will
echo it back again-for, if there is aught
we do despise, it is the exercise of the
monied influence upon the cupidity and
necessities Of mankind, for corrupting
and unholy purposes, and we think it
should be severely rcbuked.
For the last time we warn the people
of the county against the Vaccinations of
political office-hunters We beg of you
to know the men, and the principles of
the men, whom you select for your dele
gates to the County Convention. Select
those whom you kno,c will understand
your position upon this great political
question of the day, and who will unswerv-
ingly defend and advocate that position
against all odds and at all hazards. We
refer you particularly to the manner in
which the Administration party, headed
by the notorious Phil. Herbert, have acted
in Mariposa county, who, finding them
selves in the minority, have withdrawn
from the Convention and nominated a
ticket to suit themselves, thus carrying
into practical operation the assertion of
their organs, that they would not support
ticket opposed to the Administration,
even though it fairly represented the will
of the people. Hence, thrusts like this
will not be disregarded by the sons of toll
ANONYMOUSLY and derisively called by the
leaders of their party, the "mud-sills of
society
Then, citizens, act your part nobly and
independently no attention to those
whose argument against your duty, good
sense and insulted pride, is the derisive
laugh and still more insulting epithet of
Black Republican" If it is " Black
Republican" to rebuke an insolent power
and defy oppression, then were our fore
fathers the blackest of Black Republicans.
We hope that to-day will long be marked
as the day on which was fought, in Gala
veras, the great battle between Principle
and Power, to the complete confusion and
annihilation of naughty assumption and
tyrannical arrogance.
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