Daily national Democrat., 1861-05-26
The Republican Slogan The Party
Above all Things.

up to party lines. Yesterday we quoted
from the San Francisco Times, extracts from
an editorial, in which the position taken was
about 10 the effect that, although the cause
Of the Union j. all very well in its way, it is
nothing whom compared with the perpetua
ton Of the Republican party organixo-
ton. The Times, in its next ISSUE fearing
that the public might think it ahead Of the
leading Republican gentlemen Of the city
and country, made known the soundness Of
the solfconstituted leaders Of its party in
the following language
"Jhe determination expressed by the Times
yesterday TO maintain the integrity OF The
Republican organization independent OF any
other Iarty anlinlion and without the sur
render of any Of its principles or its distlnc
tive views OF public policy, 'odS the Tes"H 1
co,i.Set uih a grcat 5,aH,bcr of the lcodtng Re-
pubIican geHtcmcn of HiS city anil of the
co,J.ffH our city is at present filed with
Republicans from The couptes-and as yet
we have heard no dissenting opinion from
the proprieiy OF odherins to the position 50
taken
"We invite Democrats, such as are nation
al in their views, such as desire TO sustain the
Administering TO cooperate with and aid
US. The country needs its true men, and all
of them The Administration is RepaJticaa,
and as such it must be sustained"
The Union men of this State know Of no
authority which can bind Them, by its imper-
alive must TO support Republicans, as
such A Republican who drops party tests
and subscribes to a sound Union platform, al
though that platform may have been written
! by Democrat or Bell and Everett man, is
II true Union man. A Republican who will
not support Union resolution, unless some
one of his party wrote it; who will not at
tend Union meeting unless called by lie.
publcans, and who will not sit in a Union
State Convention composed of men OF all
parties, simply because it was called by the
Central Committee of anothe party-suoh a
Republican has no more patriotism in his
composition than has Zack Montgomery or
b. f. Washington.
1t is the aVOwed determination Of those
who regulate the affairs of the Republican
party in this state, to place before the people
ticket, composed of radical Republicans,
and to re-alrm tbs present radical party
platform. There may be several side Con-
yentions held, under the name of Union Con-
ventions," in which the same untirng wire
workers will have control; but they will be
merely auXiliaries to tie Republican State
Convention, and their action as TO thenominees
will be such as the latter body will endorse.
The proposition for Union Convention
for June 10Th seemed fair enough at the start,
but its circulation in this vicinity must have
been confined to members of the Republican
party At any rate, we have asked all Of
our acquaintance, other than Republicans,
whom we have met, whether they had been
asked to sign the call, and the answer has in.
variably been in the negative. We do not
hlo,c Of one siHgle person uho has signed tie
doc,aacm IN question, or been asked TO sign IT,
1t has chiefly been under the supervision of Il
Federal oilice-holder here, and if any Con
vention should be held on the 18th of June
and if Yuba county should be represented
| therein, the Federal ollicc-holder aforesaid
| Will own the dclegaJloh as colhpl'lcly us Ht
owns the right of way up stairs into his fat
office.
Any Union man who cannot aid in sending
delegates TO the Fourth Of July Convention
refuses because the Convention was suggested
by Democrats and not by Republicans. The
call is sound to the core. No man tainted
with disloyalty can, without lying, vote at
the primary elections. The extreme parti-
zans of the Republican party must run their
own machine. The hir-mindcd members of
the party, who feel friendly towards all who
are for the Government, will not train in such
bigotcd company