The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-10-05

The CALIFORNIA ELEcTION.-Ihe following extracts
will show the opinion Of the leading California papers
on the late election in that state. The Sacramento
Union says:
"Those who regard this election as Il triumph in
favor of the obsolete Democracy, or - IA verdict
against the plans of Congress for the Reconstruction
Of the eX-States, or an affirmation of the conduct of
the President, are greatly IN error. These things
did not engage the attention Of the voters: or, ii they
did At all it was only to reduce the majority given
against the head Of the Union ticket \ square vote
on the issue between the President and Congress to
lay would result IN u majority OF 1000 for the
latter. The ruling idea in the election last WclncS-
day WAS this: That the people mean to hold their
leaders To fair anil honorable dealing la political
affairs and they will condemn any candidates who
dO not accord with this sentiment. That the limo
cent were made to suffer with the guilty Is the fault
Of that general apathy among Union voters which
resulted from the necessity Of supporting candidates
anil slnctioning arts they could not approve. or Of
staying away from the polls. OF tine 1900 voters
registered ia san Francisco, "a quarter STAYED away
from the polls in Sacramento City, ouc-cighih OF
the registered voters dill not vote: ia the strong
Union county Of Nevada, one OF the local papers
there tells us that . Ot 81 200 voters ON the Great
Register, hardly $3.50 votes were east in the county,
IL was the same, We presume, in nearly all the coun-
ties and Of those who did not vote II j. safe t. as
sumo that nine-tenths were OF the Union party.
With a ticket such ~ the people would have nomi-
mated, the Union vote Of the State would have been
2J.OJO more than IL j. recorded. They were utterly
Disguised Mt the hypocrisy and corruption Of the
AA@AA NAN ANH'NAGA ~ - anu aA ~
tcrrOHs % party discipline and the insane raying Of "A
Else-heartei and pusillInimus p eSs were n una
vailng rs the lille wind. so may il ever lie. In
this degree Of spirit, intelligence and honor. the well
fare Of the State Is 30 safely lodged that no one need
ever again despair Of it
The Bee observes
1.-The Union people Of California will not. II they
know II, endorse u wrong, whether committed by
friend or fOe-and they have, by their actions, pub
iicly declared that in politics. n in business. honesty
j. the best policy. The Union party j. stronger to
day Ia the true affections II tLe people. under its
apparent defeat than il would he II wrong had been
crowned with victory in it, camp. Its record is
pure and unsuliiel, aud i; can rally now beneath a
noble AMI unblu-hing banner for awaits il in tn.
Presidential campaign Of ISIS. The public now
know that il Is AN honest Party-or at least that
there are enough upright men in il To- swiftly punish
those who would attempt to use IL for ignoble ends.
IL will now regain the confidence Of the people, which
some of the acts Of the last Legislature, and the
more recent acton Of the Jane Convention, estrangei
from IL. IL has purihel itself IL simply reyoltei
against those who sought 90 lead into evil paths.
We could have wished that the shock had been less
extensive and that none but the guilty ones had been
punished but the sweeping power Of the rejection
u evidence OF the cnOrmity of the Ciiensc committed
against the party and the people by the usurpers.
The election then Is not a Democratic victory, but n
revolt Of the Union party against wrong in its own
ranks. 1t Is n victory of the Union party over itself
which morally speaking, is the most glorious Of all
victories"
The -fha says:
The first plain proposition demonstrated by Wei
ncSlay's vote, l., that politicians and tricksters
cannot, with IMMUNITY, trife with the will Of the
They may cheat and defraud the people at
the primaries they may manipulate and manage
conventions - that the delegates shall miSTepreSeHf
tire wishes of their constituents, but there will come
day of retribution at the ballot-box, and outraged
defrauded people viii be heard, even though the
be disastrous to themselves and their
party. The vote in this city is n fair illustration.
800 voters were on the Great Register, and yet
but l. .435 votes were cast. Every one knows that
the whole Democratic vote was brought out. and the
only rational inference Is that at least 1000 Union
country, were so disguised with the manner in which
the interest Of two Questionable men. that they did
carry the city by default. Truth Is not always
pleasant, but Is best 1T such an hour rs this TO talk
4 out plainly.
The Flag, a GoTLam paper, says:
The lesson to be learned is, we repeat, that politi-
;ians cannot with impunity override the viii 81 the
people. and that the party must throw overheard
hsse Jonahs, and reorganize upon a broader, purer
basis. for the terrible conflict We have now before Us.
! Grass Valley paper has this
We are badly beaten in this election, but not COM
5letely anuihilated. We have TO organize under our
I'd name, and put up men for cur standard bearers
hat are not obnoxious 20 the people. The fact =,
i0rtam was not the choice of the party, and any
me with half an eye eoull see that we were beaten
on= before the election. Republicans stsyel away