Daily national Democrat. [volume] (Marysville, Calif.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-24

represented the county Of I'll Dorado in that
Convention [cheers viii not feel indignant,
and be emDittered against the hyenas, and
embittered against you if you permit this TO
be known as your language. Norbingmep
of san Francisco, ! appeal TO you-not for
sympathy. never sought for that-I appeal
to YOU You are my brethren; for OF you
am / But a few short seasons and ! was m
apprentice at the mechanics bench but a
few short seasons, and had control and d.
rection OF houses of industry, such as you
are now engaged in. My brethren in my
county, those who met in Sacramento, are
men like me. appeal to you, then, work
ingmen of San Francisco, whether you will
not rise in your might and put down this
vile assault upon your fellows? [Applause.
Do not think of me while you are engaged
in it. j would to God that these shafts of
eamity and malice were now aimed at other
breast than mine, that might go throughout
this State and talk to this people, and have
the full credit of being entirely disnterested
in what l Should say feel indignant that
there should be any vehicle Of public infor-
nation conveying such vile abuse and SLAM
ders to the good people of this State.
ask you, workingmen Of San Francisco,
you merchants of San Francisco, you men to
whom the interior is the well the great spring
from which YOU draw the waters Of your ex
istence, ask YOU to rise in defense of the
characters of those delegates aid to stamp
the stamp indelibly on the fo:eheads of those
men who make Islander the medium of COM
munication between the man who writes and
the man who reads. (Applause) What of
consequence is it to me whether | be ever
Governor Of the State Of California, or no2-
Who that knows me, or knows one throb of
my bosom, ever supposed that | would be
any prouder mar, that would feel any more
| elevated than do, in even that Office? The
pride feel now as citizen daring those men
| to an exhibit of truth in connection with a
long public life gives ME confidence gives
me sustenance, gives me all the compensa-
! ton that have ever expected from public
station. (Applause. NoIcE: "Bulkhead. }
Well, | say, Blockhead. Great laughter and
applause) There are, | am sorry to say, in
this community few narrow Drained lugle-
men of this organ (holding up the Bulletin;
| applause); fellows that | doubt not if you
measure them, Will be found not to have
their vision extend beyond the end of their
noses. (Laughter) | repeat again of the
| Bulkhead and of every other measure, that
the citizens of San francisco and the citizens
Of the State, can have no greater protection
in that or any other connection, through any
nan who lives or breaths than through me.
Great Applause!
Enough Of that. Through four years,
rcaching Though a period of some eight
years in the history of the State, / have been
Intimately connected with its legislation.
have defeated during that portion of time,
many and many measures detrimental TO the
public interests. The record will also show,
| if any one will examine it, that have initia
| ted some of the very best legislation that you
are now the recipients of. Your swamp
| lands, amounting to millions of acres, will
/ now be redeemed from overflow. They will
he put into the market and sold; and become
taxable property, property upon which your
citizens can live. (Appluuse) This has been
brought about chiefly 10y my iustrumentality.
| say it; | claim il; il is nay due (Applause. J
! Your Common Schools as | before observed
have been, for the first time in the history of
the State, placed upon a substantial and sure
| Foundation Cor their support. Go 10 the rec
erd and ascertain through whose instrument
tality it has been dope.
took up copy of this paper (thc Bullet
in) the other day, while stopping in your city
and | found an article of this kind in it: That
had, during the past session OF the Legisa-
ture, taken II special care to make a clean
was "Ghe Union" the other the school
Question But, they said it was totally in
sincere on my part; it was only done with a
view of becoming candidate for public sta =
ton. Now look you, fellow citizens, back
to the first of last January, when your Leg
isature met at the Capital. Look at the ef-
forts which were then made by men elected
| by the people as Democrats, to transfer not
only Democracy bat allegiance to your coun-
try into untrue ann unsafe hands. Who was
it there, upon al occasions, used at least his
best energies and endeavors to preserve in
tact the organization that stood together in
defense Of your country and its flag. Zap
plause) Was ! found wanting? (Voice-
"No.' Great applause) Did | act the part
of demagogue in that? But your paper
| Ohe Bulletin) sc Represents.
Upon this question of the Pubic Schools,
| they did a meaner and more dastardly thing.
| They endeavored to invoke the hostility of
the Roman Catholics of tie State against me
10y representing that made an ill-tempcred
and vituperative attack upon that body of
Christians " hat can be more false or un-
true? Several voices: Nothing, sir" APP
plause Read what | said on the subject.
Read the expressions of Difference to not only
that body Of Christians, whose organization
is doing SO much for the peace ard happiness
of its people here among us, but to all other
Christian organizations. See the temper in
which | spoke uron the subject. Now, as
regards these newspapers, in this connection.
! They pretended to be against division of
the School Fund. They were bitter; they
were malignant; they did aspeise Catholics
They did in their discussion of the subject,
sow poisonous seeds in the public mind.
respected the Catholics then | respect them
now. But my opinions differed from those
of portion of them on this subject. They
desired the division of the School Fund of
the State among private Schools, ! demur-
red | opposed it. | thought true and
statesmanlke policy demanded that We
should have unity OF common schools; unity
of schools as well as unity of States. Great
applause No good citizen no reasonable
man amongst the Catholics can be msled by
this bald attetnpt of The Bulletin to turn
against me, and against the party represent
as a candidate, the feelings of this people.
| have no fesr of it, Sir. There is no danger
of il, and I only refer to it to expose the ma
| lightly wdth which these men begin the
opening of this canvass. They desire to de-
feat the party of which you are members
aud of which am a candidate. They open
ly advocate the election of Leland Stanford
as the Governor of the State, and the cleo
ton of the entire ticket he is connected
with Now, | have nothing to say against
Mr. Stanford as a citizen, as gentleman, or
even as a candidate IL this canvass. With
his political opinions as opposed to ouIs
whenever find an opportunity to deal with
them | shall do so readily But with him
entertain the most iutitnntn relations. for