Daily national Democrat., 1860-07-25
The Douglas Cause in SOIano.

BENIcIA. July 2Sd.
EDIToR DEMooR&T ALI Douglas down
this way, excepting of course the Mare Island
clique of Office holders, who have some few
months left them to feed from Mr.. Buchanan's
bounty, at the expiration Of which time some.
thing must be done for them; and our popu-
lar young Governor, for charlty's sake,
should recommend in his next annual mes
sage to the Legislature the establishment Of
House of Refuge for all these Office hold
ers who sacrifice principle to Office and who
will meet their reward by losing both at the
ensuing Presidential contest. For don't you
see, they are of the same breed as was that
candidate for constable down in Arkansas
who, in appealing to the sympathies of voters
said. che was too lazy to work, afraid to
steal, and would like to be elected to some
office" Now, Mr.. Editor, you know full
well that the administration office holders up
to the time of receiving the news of the reg
ular nomination for the Presidency, have had
entire control of this State No matter how
deeply imbued were the people of California
in favor of Douglas and the Cincinnati plat
form, they controlled our conventions, and the
Democracy generally voted the regular tick
ct; because, say what you may, it is the old
Democratic principle to stand by the regular
ticket; but man, what do you see? Why
these same men who so long imposed on the
Democracy of our State, bolt the regular
nominations, with the expectation, if success
ful, that they will be retained in office
Cannot the Democracy OF this State, the
most intelligent of any in the Union, see
plainly the amount of principle, Democracy
and patriotism that influence Mr. Buchanan's
retainers? Will they longer submit to be
ruled by these men, who are ready to sacri-
fee the best interests Of our State for the
purpose of being we'll fed and clothed by the
Administration who hires them? No, sir;
California will redeem herself this year, and
will cast her Presidential vote for Douglas,
who has always been the choice Of our par
ty proper.
There is but one expression among the
farmers and laboring class in this region, and
that is for Douglas. Even all our county
officials, with but one exception, support the
rule that placed them in Office, and conse-
quently support the regular nominee, the
choice of the party. Solano will be the
Banner County of the State. So look out
for vour lanrels in old Ynba
The influence in this State of such men as
as our most excellent Governor, John G.
Downey, together with Edmund Randolph,
of Virginia, (whose grandfather was U. s.
Attorney General under Washington Gen.
McDougall (no relation to Il, john and a
host of others, will show these boilers that
there should be some morality in politics. and
that Democratic principles were not intend
ed solely for making Office holders. Then
hurrah for our side! we are in the right.
We have candidate for President that
should have been chosen to that office twelve
years ago but it is never two late to do
good, and we'll have him now
En- paSSa,.t, what do the Democracy up
you way think of Austin E. Smiths action in
Convention a Ia mode Billy Mulligan? Sup
pose (hardly a supposable case) that Mr..
Bidwen or any other respectable delegate
had acted in this manner, the effects might
have been disastrous to our party in this
State; but as it was Extra Billy's" son
there was no real harm to our party, more
than misrepresenting it for the time being.
The voice of the people of California and not
the Smith family is the criterion to
take. However, were the precinct of Val
lcjo, lin which is Mare Island, the Navy De-
pot of which Mr.. Smith is AGENT will be for
Douglas, notwithstanding at the Island ac-
cording to the Solano County Herald of the
18th inst, there are "three overseers to one
poor niger )" i. e. the proportion in some of
the shops is three of Messrs. Buchanans and
Smiths office holders to one workman
(Smith and Buchanan, Buchanan and Smith,
great names. equal to John Tyler and Napo.
leon Bonaparte.) Mare Island is but fair
sample of the prohigacy, and might say
prohgates, of most of the Administration
asylums and poor houses in this State and
the 100000, 900 that Mr.. Buchanan has got
behind hand whilst President may be &c.
counted for in this manner in all his official
departments in the United States
MoNTEzUNA