Daily national Democrat., 1860-07-22
Declares His Intention.


Charles Lindley, County Judge of this
county, publishes card in the Express, de-
fining his position as a member of the Ad-
ministration State Central Committee. This
Committee will meet on Monday, the Soth
inst, at San Francisco. In this card, Judge
Lindley plainly avows his intention to bolt
the State Central Committee, if it does not
declare for Breckenridge and Lane. He will
not be satisfied with its simply calling a
test excluding all from voting at the pri
mary elections who are not straight out Breck-
inridge and Lane men. In other words, the
Committee must bolt the regular National
organization, or C Lindley, Esq, will bolt
the Committee.
No doubt Judge Lindley, in this card, ex-
presses the views of all the Breckinridge and
Lane men in this region. They have bolted
the regular national organization, because it
nominated Douglas, and now they are going
to bolt everything that don't jibe with their
course. AS boilers they have began, and as
boilers they will end, and all their interme-
date steps will be boiling steps.
That Judge Lindleys position may not be
misconstrued, and that the position of the
bolting Breckenridge party in this county
luay not be miseonstrued, (for Lindley un.
doubtedly speaks upon due consultation with
his confreres) we give the main portion Of hi
card. lie says.
81 shall attend the meeting of the Centrs
Committee, however much my inclination and
my relations to the Judicial Department of the
| Government tend to restrain me. As the Other
member of the Committee from this county, Mr.
| Ely, has removed do not feel myself at liberty
to leave the Democracy yes, the Democracy !
unTepresented.
aI shall urge the adoption Of the platform upon
which Breckenridge and Lane stand and shall
urge a recommendation that no person be per-
mtted to vote in primary election unless pledged
| to support the above named candidates. II
! this should be refused, or tbe Douglas test and
! platform be adopted, then should be in favor of
having those on the Committee friendly to Breck-
inridge and Lane and the platform on which they
stand, reorgauize the Committee and call a con-
vention to nominate Breckinridge and Lane elec
tors.
The rupture has come. Politicians may try to
narrow bat the people will widen the breeth.
1t is best to simplify the contest-not chain the
lion and the bear together. Let US avoid the eX-
hausting Gue,Tetd warfare incident to the meet
ing of the antagonisms in primary election, and
avoid, also, a certain and disgraceful rupture in
convention which convention some would have
called on harmonious (?) principles.
You will, therefore, understand that | am in
favor of having either the majority or AainOrity
(o~ fba baA, 10 oil lirnina r.
rangements for the nomination of Breckenridge
and Lane Electors. OF course the old Douglas
party or new one, will present Douglas electors,
and then Brecknridge Douglas, Lincoln and
Bell all be fairly and squarely before the peo-
pie on trial ofpolitica strength, and every voter
can vote his choice"
Is this not most shameful avowal? A
man claiming to be a Democrat claiming to
represent Democratic constituency, ,brazenly
declares that he will insist that Democratic
State Central Committee shall abandon the
party, or that he himself will retire from the
Committed Douglas men supported the
Administration party in the last contest in
this State, because they were told by Lindley
and others that they would be boiling the
regular organization if they did not. Now,
these same wonderful sticklers for organiza-
ton are proposing TO bolt the entire Demo-
cratic organization of the Unionl
Connecticut and Massachusetts men are
following in the lead of a disunionst Of the
South, VIM. L. Yancy, Of Alabama. He dc
clared his programme several years ago, to
be first to procure certain amount of power
in the Democratic party, and then withdraw
from that party in time to weaken it SO as to
secure the election of Black Republican
President. The election of Black Republi-
can President wonld enrage the South, and
the South would secede from the Union and
establish a Southern confederacy. This was
his avowed programme At Charleston and
at Baltimore he drew off a portion of the
Democratic party, and now, no doubt, looks
to the election of a Republican President.
We believe that the traitor will be deceived
in his hopes, but this prospect does not in the
least degree lessen the odiousness of conduct
of those pretended national men who follow
in the tracks of this arch conspirator and
modern Cataline.
The State Central Committee, Mr.. Lindley
may rest assured, will adopt no such plan as
he proposes, and he may as well save himself
the trouble of going down to propose it.
They will never be guilty of such open and
avowed treason to the Democratic party.