Daily national Democrat., 1861-07-25
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every State officer has in his hands immense '1'
power, either for veal or woe, not only LILLE W 'n,'
| State. but to the whole Union because, gente-
| men. although do not believe that there II any
nlan afoot, nor do believe that any plan couiu
| be carried out to band California with the states
| which have seeded, yet do beheVe rom tIe
bottom of my heart, that II an occasion snouu
| come there would be an attempt to push, urVe,
Aide. or by some mode get California into that
contemptible, insignificant and miserable aDor-
| tion known as Pacific Republic. want 10 Jake
no such chances. want a man Tor uoVernor
of this State who is sound for the Union, VINO
has never fa,tered and never wavered. Did
| hsIi.ve Ills was a mere political fight, certain
Iy would not be before you to address you W.
| niVht A candidate as | am, for h1gh posltloh
ON the ticket should think had lar Detter pe
AWAY were such the case. But let no man ueii
me this is n fight for mere politlcs' Is the loVe &c
| Won bear your father and mother matler OF
| uulltics? Are the highest and hohest ieenngs Oh
human nature, politicsl Is it mere polltcs TO
love ones country; to be willing to serve one s
| country 10 desire to preserve the Union, the
Constitution and the laws II this is so, then am
here defending political cause if not, then
am here in the cause Of patriotism pure, heart
felt, undoubted patriotism. [Applause.l
| As said before, gentlemen, did not come
prepared or intending to make speech
| tVoIoE-Go on] thank y0u-no. Other gen
| tlemen will succeed me, who will explain the
| wished simply to add my voice and oller my
mite, little as it may be, in aid of the grand
| cause which, trust, next September Will De
made gloriously victorious by the votes OF the
free people of California.
Mr.. Whitman retired amid enthusiastic ap'
plause.
SPEECH OF J. c. MKIBBIN.
Mr.. McKibben advanced amid tremendous ap-
plause and cheering:
Mr.. Chairman and EeiloU Citizens of San
| Francisco Il am here again, a candidate Tor
| your sutirages have no record In connection
| with local legislation that desire to bring be-
fore the people of California. There Is some
thing above all local matters that have been
suggested in this contest. There Is high and
holy duty to be performed by the Representa-
tiyes of California in Congress, which is para.
mount to bulkhead and all other questions local
in their character.
am here gentlemen, closing up long bat
tie. For years have stood and warred upon
the platform which the Union Democratic party
| ON the 4th of July spread before the people oi
this State. | believe that in il there is peace to
, | the country; | believe that only upon it can
peace come to the nation. 1t would seem that
two great parties are now in this contest, each
claiming to be the Union party.
Fellow citizens, as the nominee OF one OF those
parties for single moment will detaih you
| and attempt to show that peace and happiness
in the future in fact that the only future to the
| country is upon the platform we have spread
| before the people of this State, and founded
| uuon the Democratic doctrines of the past
| Sirs, what has brought this contest upon the
| country2 1t hes been ucCasoned by the action
| of two parties the one ~aging an "lrrepresslble
| conflict" against slavery, the other attempting
| to plant it upon the country by Congressional
legislation. Applause Four years ago took
| NV stand between those two parties, believing
that this question of slavery was one of political
| economy. and that it would be disposed Of out
side of Congress and Of all Legislation, by the
people themselves. [Appanse.l Sirs, calamity
| and perl have come uuOn the country by the
abandonment Of that idea Dlsuiloh ana an nS
| attendant train are upon us; and while, slrs, !
have no word of apology for the reasonable ac'
ton of the South, while 1 condemn the doctrine
of secession, equally object TO that other party
not as party, not az men, but simply because
believe the principles which were enumerated
| in the Chicago platform, principles that they
haye adopted, at least by indirection, IN their
platform in this State, are as pregnant with evil
to the country, as the other lApplause'l
| Fellow.citiZens. in this contest for the Union
| and the preservation OF the Government, where
is the true index as to the Union men OF the
land? You must find it With the men who are
battling outside of personal interest. 20 you
believe that Brownlow ia the pulpit &ne through
the press would be laundering his anathemas al
the South if he thought it was to plant kepuO
lican doctrines upon the country 20 yon De
lieye that Andrew Johnson, the chlvarlc mail
the country and the age, would peru me; repu
tati0n and property for the support OF Repub
J licau doctrines Do y ou believe that Easter
Tennessee. Western Virginia, Maryland, Della
ware, and others in the Southern States ina
: nave shown that they me Union at heart, are 81
: for the perpetuation OF Republican principles
1 Srs there would be no Union Eaep south Of Ma
} son and Dixons line to-day, if they did not be
leve that in the great n North, from which come
u,ere is a conservative feeling and II c0nserV
tige element which would preserve the Union
them. and their rights ApplauseJ Sirs' they are
looking to the men of whom the dead Douglas
Ieheers1 was the leader; to the men who fol
lowed him to battle last Fall, and who since
have followed hib& TO his grave-to them and to
the principles he espoAFed, they OF the South are
looking to preserve, in coErq1pn with them TINS
Union. [Applause.l Upon tAGae principles we
stand to- day. in the platform we haze spread
before the people of California, there is not one
| word that does not breathe patriotism and love
for our country. [Appanse. 1t is there de-
clared, that in the principles Of our party alone
can we find repose and security u condemns
proslavery parties and anlsiaVery parties IL Is
for the Union, the Constitution and the preserv'
alton and execution Of the laws. tAppiause ]
| I tell you fellow citizens, looking calmly al thl'
question, looking as men who look the iuture IL
. the face that whenever tso determines ltsell II
| coming alectons that the whole North ia agalns
the institutsa of slavery, and is waging al
" irrepressible eeadict for the conilscation O
southern property, y@H have not war Tor
, year but for hundred years. Applause.
WHY cannot you, as will do to the best of IN
aiNiIty, reckless of consequences to RvSeH, tax
hold of this banner Of equality and OF justice
bear ID through the State, and send, by the elec
tion in september, Ghe greeting back TO thos
gallant mel who are lighting IN the South 70
the Union that while California is Union a
heart, while she will contribute her men ant
money for the preservation of this government
while as long az rebellion rears its head she il
ready to strike it dowE. ghile she makes the
battle against secession, yet CHE Will preserve
all your rights. [Appause.l TEla is the issue
fellow citizens narrowed down. teib you, an'
yet assume to be no prophet, but my rea9on
nv Judgment, the honest love that have for IN!
cOuntry-and that is above all have to love out
side oil my State-assule me OF It's trutn, that a
long as you carry the banner OF Republlcansn
alone as the banner of the Union, there is NJ
peace to the land. [Applause.] Think well o
it when you go home; think well OF the attitude
; the Union men who are not of the Free States
stand in. Ask yourselves what they are lighting
for, what their hopes in future are; and the still
small voice will whisper to each OF you, as II ha
to me, that It is in the gallant, chlvalrons splrl
of the Democracy of the North. [Applause.l
Sir, it is said by the Republicans-and as mel
and as party hold them, as do all politica
organizations, in perfect respect-that they have
never yet attempted to carry into practice the
tenets of the Chicago platform. That is true, tt
the best of my belief. But what the future may
! open to us; how far the mad spirit may rur
when once installed in power by an army, it il
hard for you or me to tell Where they may go
+ what may be their stopping point, we canno
: certainly foresee. 1t is with feeling of regre
i that have allude to them. Among them are