Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-07-13
The National Republican Party.


shall be substituted for Governor,. Secretary
of State, Controller and State Printer, in
place of those alresdy on the Union ticket.
The result of such action. if endorsed by any
considerable number of voters, must be the
election of Haight, Gelwicks & Co. Now
the National Republicans claim to be the
Simon pure Union men CT the State, and we
are willing to acknowledge that their record,
in the past has been one that all loyal men
can heartily endorse but how men. who
voted for Lincoln in 1860, can indirectly
assist such viilifer of our martyred Pres
idesr as Haight. or such an, open and un-
disguised secsssiDnist as Gelwfeks. IS more
than we can understand. They are an in
telligent body. and know that the issues
growing out of the war, almost as important
as the suppression of the rebellion itself, must
be set upon sound basis before We can ex-
pect lasting peace. Yet. with ell this star
ing then. in the face. they are doing that which
must, IT successful, throw o':r loyal Stateinto
the hands of their bitterest enemies Are
we willing, on the threshold of victory, to re-
sign al the fruits of our labors and allow
this State to relapse into the hands of those
who favor secession or Pacific Republic !:
viii we so far retard reconstruction as we
shall, if we.vote in favor of those who de-
nounce the action of Congress upon this
question +: By electins thtir men. we endorse
the platform of Democracy, and give encour-
agement to the half sub6ucd rebels in the
South. If the fires of rebellion should burst
forth anew. where would California be found
with Democratic Governor: either fighting
for the South. or setting up for herself q
Pacific Republic every Union man knows
this, and yet with the smouldering embers
still glowing, they are inviting the very
thing by encouraging dissensions in our
ranks. If we had had no war, If we still be-
lieved that Southern bluster would only end
i'll froth, we might smile at these gloomy
forebodings /; but we have had proof of their
belligerent designs, and have sacrificed mil =.
lions of money and thousands of our brothers
already at the shrine of their ebony idol.
Let US follow in the wake of Connecticut end
be followed by other northern states, and ere
long slavery will resuscitate, and the Govern
ment once more placed in the hands of our i'm
placable enemies. Every truly loyal refec-
tive man knows such will be the result, but
there is class that must either rule or ruin,
and we are sorry to find that many of the
old Republicans are numbered among them.
We do not believe that Calaveras will be
represented in the Convention Of the 18th.
Republicans here have fought southern
secessionists too long to let up at the eleventh
hour; they are determined to see the thing
through, and until peace is restored and the
Union reconstructed, they will vote with the
Union party. Two years ago old line r.
publicans on the ticket invariably received
the largest number of votes. This year they
have large majority of the candidates.
Every Union Democrat, belonging to the
Union party, will vote this Fall as they did
two years ago, for the whole ticket; will the
old liners do the same Don't scratch a man
because he was formerly Democrat, if he
endorses your platform and expresses your
views. Remember if you do you aid one
who opposed the war, favors the restoration
of slavery and division of the Union.
ENcouRAeINe.-We are pleased to learn
that 1t will not require the outlay of more
than two hundred thousand dollars, in addi-
ton to the appropriations already made, to
build the walls of the State Capitol up to
high water mark. This will greatly facili-
tate the completion of the building. as the
walls will not be submerged during the in
undation of the city next Winter, and conse-
quently labor will not have to be suspended.
When finished, the store-room in the upper
portion of the Capitol, will be kept filled with
provisions, during the session of the Legisla-
ture, to guard against the possibility of its
members suffering for the want of food in
case they should be confined to the Assem-
bly, Chamber by the food As further
precaution, an entrance for boats should be
constructed, in the proper place, and locks,
similar to those in use on canals, built for
the purpose of elevating them to the upper
story. The first business transacted by the
Legislature next Winter, will probably be
the making of an appropriation for the pur-
chase of life-prcservers.
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