Amador weekly ledger., 1858-05-08
" Turn out the Guard"
lone Cry. MAY 3D. 1855


put the Democracy on the alert and at the
same time carried diSmay to the enemy.
The "hshy" Democrats that give, aid and
comfort to the Sentinel were astounded the
pfoof-their writhing in its last ISSUE
There is no sham about those contortions:
1t is real, and the fright too effective to be
even funny"
Ii this is not the true solution why that
incongruous array of names in the Sentinel of
the 3Oth ult? Why that grouping of dis
agreeing and divergent parties Why that
CHASING OF those separate and separated in
dlviduals as conjoined, if not combined, op-
ponents of you and your Democracy Why
the insinuation that you hate, yet fear, those
individuals p? Simply, sir, the desire to
create the state of things that were suggested
That, however, is merely an mpossiblity.
For there can be no afIiiation in feeling,
much less in action, between Paugh and
Hatch, and Axtell and Cope and Gordon.
To suppose the contrary would be an absur-
dity. That there is little affinity amongst
them, as clique is matter of public notori-
ETY. certainly there is none as to conjoined
dislike to you and quite as little as to any
real liking for each other in many things
they are the antipodes of each other in no
one thing are they combined
The attempt to create that state of things
will be failure for no array of names, no
concealment of circumstances, no evasion, no
shift, no trick can avail to hide the motives
that prompted the assertion. The Public
Printing" forces its way up through this lle
of names as plain as quartz ledge does
through the everything slate and granite it
crops ou; palpably with its sinuosties, its dips
and angles no one is deceived by it,
If, however, it could be palnied off upon
the Democracy that those parties were CON-
bined for the purpose of injuring your inter
ests, the mere entertainment of the supposi-
tion would add strength directly to the "fishy'
ones by the association of their names with
the names of the thorough going Democrats
| illegtimately linked with them in the Sentinel;
indirectly the Seatinel would be strengthened
by the suppositon that the true Democrats
mentioned. as we'll as the fshy ones, sup
ported its assumptions.
For its action in this matter the Sentinel
is obnoxious to but slight blame 1t is an
independent sheet. 1t belongs to no party /;
it is guided and governed by no party it
has no political afinties and may do as it
pleases. These facts, however, give to party
men the privilege of rejecting its advice and
its pretensons.
1t may be proper for that paper to be at
once neutral democratic and independent in
the same issue and even in the same article
1t may be right for all Independent, Demo
cratic and Neutral paper to belong, seemingly,
to party until the action of the nominating
convention and, should that convention
fail to nominate one or both Of its favorites
then "bolt" the nominees of that convention
and conscientiously hooray and clamor in
support of a Neutral, Independent or any
other ticket that may "by chance" be op-
posed to the Democracy. For such course,
the Sentinel can. by short examination, find
precedent, and should it be inconvenient or
troublesome to investigate the matter will
volunteer to furnish the precedent" without
charging the Sentinel either a blush or a
smile for the trouble.
1t may be right for the " Sentinel" to re-
ceiye part Of the public printing now, as it
may have a tendency to allay its opposition
to the Democratic nominees for the time to
come. It's opposition to the Democratic
nominees, hitherto, has been, in the maj jority
of instances, fierce and unreenting, and Ger.
tain officials may be right in reducing its
wrath preparatory to the ensuing campaign
particularly should they design to run wheth'
er nominated by the convention or not.
If, however, party-tes bind party-men,
then the public printing belongs to the par.
ty-paper, and we will see this custom sus
tanned by the action of the next county con-
vention. If party-ties do not bind party
men then the official can ignore the claims Of
of party-men and party-papers, and grandy
distribute the patronage of the party as may
best suit his views to secure q reelection