The weekly Butte record. [volume] (Oroville [Calif.]) 1866-1887, 1866-08-04
The Philadelphia Convention.

This Convention, to which the pres. OF this
State has given considerable attention pro aud
con, will assemble in ten days from this date,
or on the 14th Instant. What influence The
deliberation. Of this body will have upon the
country at large, depends much upon the tenn
per OF its material, and the basis upon which
its action may be founded. Its necessity has
been very generally doubted By the Union
party press of California aud hence their op-
position to it, for We presume none will deny
the right of the American people, or any por
ton of them, to peacably assemble, and petit
ton the authorities for redress of what may
seem to them grievances, ard to respectfully
proclaim their opinions of measures now be-
fore the country, and avow the principles that
10 their estimation, are best calculated to ad
vance the unity and prosperity of the Repuo
lie. 1t must be emphatcally Union party,
based upon the integrity and perpetuity of the
Republic, or it will result in disaster to those
engaged in it. Plant its base upon the solid
rock Of Union, SO that the people may feel
that those who engaged in it, would furnish
"the last man and the last dollar" 10 defence of
the indivisibility of the Republic they ask
may be governed by the principles they pro-
mulgate, and they may reasonably ask the
people TO examine, weigh and consider the
principles they may put forth. Without
such basis of action, they will scarcely sue
coed in attracting the attention of tie people,
and cannot therefore, hope to succeed 10 car
rying into effect the principles they may advo
cate. How nigh they will come reaching this
standard remains to be seen. Those who see
90 necessity for such assemblage pronounce it
only an attempt to galvanize into existence
the party that died at Appomatax Court
House on the 9th of April, 1865. In opposi
tion TO this idea, however, is the prominent fact
that the Couyention has its origin with the
very men who were doing their utmost to put
down the rebellion SEWARD, and STANTON,
and WELLEs, and JoHNsoN-men who have
made many sacrifices for the Integrity of the
Union, and some Of whom have felt the knife
of the rebellion's assassns. Mr.. SEWARD has
been acknowledged and followed as the leader
of the party that lhrottied slavery in Ameri-
ca, for quarter Of a century. 1t would al
most seem now that he had lost command and
influence with those who have so faithfully
followed him heretofore never doubling bis
wisdom or questioning his policy. Here in
California, this Convention is not approved by
either of the prominent parties 1t is openly
denounced by the Union party, and those Or
gaus that stand up so straight IN their Demo
cratic professions as to fall over backwards,
disagree concerning the policy of sending del
egates to represent them 1t Appeals to have
too much South for the one, and too much
Union for the other. Down in Santa Clara
county, however, a convention has been held
and Hon. c. c. Cole, Senator elect frcm Cal
ifornia, has been requested to represent the
first Congressional District at Philadelphia,
and the names Of Hon. JAMES UUGHEs, now
Of Washington, General JOHN A. Dix; of n.
York, Senator DooLIrTLE, of Wisconsin, and
ROBERT LINCOLN, OF Illinois, have been sug-
gested as delegates at large for California. 1t
is, perhaps, just as well so, for the whole ques
ton will be solved before another election will
be held il California, and talk and foam aud
sweat as California politicians may, the other
States will determine politics for them by the
Congressional elections of the coming fall
Should the result be so close as to require the
vote of California. to determine the issue in
the lower House of Congress, our election Of
81 will enable all to wade into partisan poll
tics to their hearts content. For this Phila
delphia Convention gives promise of the form
alton of another Union party, despite the
cry of "rebe" and "traitor" that is raised in
opposition to those who originated it. 1t does
not meet with the approval of the ultra Dem
ocratie press like the New York Ddg Book
Others of that ilk, while it is very generally
Endorsed by the press of the South. who done
tie lighting in the late rebellion and have had
quite enough Of war Ii is only those presses
who were camorous for peace during the ex-
lStence OF the war. mat now Wish 10 night IL
cut on the line of the rebellion. 1t is "aught
rebellion aught nulus' with them. Those
who struggled for the preservation Of the I'm
ion, will not regret 10 see the ultra and im-
practicable remain on the outside of ali Union
organizations. Should they oppose the pro-
ceediugs at Philadelphia, it is not improbable
that the convention may nevertheless give birth
to national party that will ultimately exercise
great influence in shaping the policy Of the
country, although its projectors under the most
favorable circumstances can scarcely hope to
secure majority 10 the next Congress. 1t
will be the means Of bringing together those
from all sections of the Union who desire its
integrity and prosperity, for an interchange Of
sentiment. aud may be the means Of restoring
The feeling of unity and common interest that
formerly characterized the fiercest Of our par.
tisan striies Ii it shall do this, will it not be
wells II il fails. there is no cause 70 distrust
the people. Those who preserved the integri-
ty OF the Union through long aud dreary war
will hos :, Mill ratp-p a