The Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1852-1872, 1860-05-26
Another Standard. Blunder.

The Sacramento Standard has committed an
other blunder, greater in extreme folly than even
that of /" Socrates" memory; fol. while the "Soc-
rates. article simply assaulted the honor and
democracy of Mr. Buchanan, this article pledges
the editor to oppose the nominee of the Balti-
more Convention if he is nominated on plat
form adopted at Charleston. "Socratcsn simply
"bolted' against one individual Democrat-the
Standard editor threatens TO bolt against the
nominee and platform of the National Democra-
cy made in regular National Conventoni
In two column article in the Standard of the
2lst inst, the editor declares that, if Douglas is
nominated at Baltimore on the platform adopted
at Charleston, " Breckenridge, or Dickinson or
Lane, or Hunter or some other good man will
be nominated on the majority platform at Wash
ington." After arriving at this concason the
editor, tacitly acknowledging the regularity of
the Baltimore Convention, and the irregular or
boiling character of the Washington assemblage,
submits the case thus:
"But we are frequently asked, You, who are
such Il stickler for party organization, what will
Z
Charleston Convention meet at Baltimore and
nominate Mr.. Douglas upon the platform of
sqnatter sovereignty
ave court the opportunity, not only of pro-
claiming our individual views, but of advising
the Democracy of California what, under such
circumstances, they would be bound, by every
tie of honor and consistency to do and that is,
to repudate the doctrine and its advocate"
That is, in other words, to bolt the regular
nominees of the regular National Democratic
Convention In view of this advice of the edi-
tor, we submit with all due respect that it is not
very probable tina. anybody will hereafter ac-
cuse him of being "such stickler for party
O. organization" A few months ago he claimed,
if we mistake not, that any man who would
pledge himself to support the nominees of the
Charleston Convention was Democrat good
enough to participate in Democratic primary
elections. Now he is threatening to bolt the
action of said Convention unless the platform is
made to accord precisely with his ideas Why,
even Gov. Foote is such stickler for party
as thatl On the same conditions-the right to
have a platform made to suit him precisely--we
presume John Minor Bolts, of Virginia, would
also support the nominee of the Baltimore
Convention
But the editor of the Standard, after claiming
to be a leader and not a foltocer of the multi
tuden-the Democratic multitude we presume
he means or the great Democratic unwashed"
says he and certain other "great leaders Of
the Democratic party" are bound to bolt the
nominees of the Baltimore Convention, unless
the platform is changed. And he thinks in this
State he and his followers will - fax out" both
the regular Democratic organization and the
Republicans. Hear him:
In this State, at least if we are only true to
ourselves we can overcome squatter sovereignty
even if it should again unite itself with Black
Republicanism which, if Douglas and Seward
are both nominated, it cannot very well do.
- 1t is the question between Black Republi-
canism and squatter sovereignty, and the DEM
ocrats of California have denounced, the one
bitterly as the other; we as much committed
to the defeat of both, and we should be rs guilty
of derection of principles in sustaining the
one as The other"
We confess that we regret this blunder of the
Standard We regret it for the reason that the
editor, in all probability, will be compelled to
take it all back, or retire from that position
which justly gives him the right to claim to be
" a leader and not .folloper of the multitude"