Daily national Democrat., 1861-07-04
The Union Democratic State Conven-
fion.

delegates to the Convention are supposed TO
represent that great body Of men who are, as
they ever have been, opposed to the Seces-
sionsm on the one side, and the aChcago
platform on the other. The voters who viii
support the nominees Of the Union State
Convention are from all Of the various politi-
cal parties of last fall, although the friends Of
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, known as Union Dem
ocrats are by for the largest element. We
are to have the largest Convention ever held
in California. Six hundred and f5rty-eight
men nre to counsel together, and TO put forth
candidates for the various State Offices. Inc
Object to be aimed at is the concentration oil
all the votes of the State which stand firmly
between the two extremes Of Disunionism
and Sectionalism.
Ours is a proud old party. We ore not
beggara for aims, we are advocates of prin-
ples. We do not believe that the adherents
Of the Chicago Platform desire any return o.
the former friendship between the \ orth and
South We DO not believe that those who
rebel against the Government, because they
lost an election are anything better thar
traitors. We have no compromises to MAKE
with eiteer of these disorganizing extremes
We haze 10 inducements to offer to either
Our party is for coercing all traitors ngains
the Government, and would be, had the re
hellion commenced IN tho Eo,th.' We ar,
for Law, Order, and good Government ant
against all auarchs. We have good, homes
language in which to clothe these views, anC
We are confident that the resolutions on,
Convention will place before the State will no
be ambiguous, timid or cold. They will, W.
| believe, be eouched in terms upon whicl
every man may stand who loves the country
and whose soul fires at the thought Of thC
indignilies which have been heaped upon it
because it was patient and forbearing. Nc
| loyal Tord should oar Convention omit from
! the resolutions to catch secession votes. The
words of Douglas should be uppermo.tin the
mind Of every delegate: There are only
two sides to the question. There can be no
neutrais m this gar-on2y patriots or traj-
tors"
Ia the selection Of candidates wo hope TINT
no delegate will become so bound down to
individuals rs to forget the good Of the cause
1t is not the province Of party paper TO eX-
press opinions upon the merits of individual
candidates previous to nominations. We
shall only say, as We have often said before,
that the true Union Democrats of this State
will support no man who has ever equiyoca-
ted upon the all absorbing Union question,
and they would be slaves were they to 60 so.
We have candidates in abundance for every
position, and men enough who are not cand
dates from which to select ticket free from
blemish. If we arc overpowercd in Septem-
Der either 10y the Bolts party or the Stanford
| party, il will be because we failed in Con-
vention to displease both Let no secession
howl of "Abolitonism" drive us from The
support Of the constitutionalIy elected Presi-
dent in all measures for enforcing Fedora
authority; and let no Abolition howl o
"Secessionsm' drive US into the support 0
Abraham Lincoln as a party cheftOin.
LET Them Go TO AND WIN "TuGlR STATES.
E&eas 1buE,rr, t',,: 4'n4a -tsaeip i4G, to
scorpions that have SO long iulostel IL. W
hope and pray that in twelve month thcr
may not be one single hater Of the Govern
ment left within our borders. Let all thos
gentlemen who say, ~ 60 with my state,
and then, ignoring the fact that CulJornia il
a State, declare for the Davis cause becous.
tho State that they left ten years ago has
Seeded, let all such pestfcrous enemies
California and Of the Union, 60 10 their
States, and then they can really go a2iH their
States The Secession States' Rights advo-
Gates have no business here. They are neither
true to the Nation, nor te the State Cali
fornia is not a county Of South Carolina
Perhaps, however, it is only when a State
wants to secede that she is sovereign
State having equal rights with her sisters
The BLOCKADE OFF CuAELLsroy. - TIL e
Charleston Mercury of the 9Th ult. has the
following in regard to the blockading fleet
object Of interest among our citizens yester-
day, there being in sight off our port at one
time no less than four armed vessels During
the day party went down in the steamer
Charleston and approached them as near "a
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