Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-09-28
Organization.

VII tiiO SOhtIdIt lLe1 are SOIIISlluiee
the precursors of brilliant victories. Napo-
leon, at nightfall of the first day of the battle
OF Rlvoli, was apparently beaten at all points
at dusk on the second day the broken and
dismayed columns of his enemy were scat
tering like chaf before his victorious troops,
leaving fifty pieces of cannon and twenty
thousand prisoners in his hands. Sheridan,
ct the conclusion of his famous ride from
Winchester, by simply the moral effect alone
which his presence had upon his flying
troops. transformed a serious reverse into .
victory as glorious as his seemingly inevitable
defeat would have been disastrous. On the
4th of September last the Union party in
this State met with a reverse. 1t cannot be
called defeat. because its forces were not
all in the field, and those that were were
badly managed. The result of the general
election should certainly teach US lesson
not soon to be forgotten no party can hope
TO win without organization. A political
party, like an army. must be disciplined /;
must act in unison and harmony, without
internal dissensions or strife, in order to be
victorious. "a house divided against itself
cannot stand" is true in more particulars
than one. The leaders of the Union party
in this State appear 10 have overlooked one
great fact, and that is that the organization
is composed of incongruous materials. Upon
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signal for the formation of the party, those
who were in favor of putting down the re-
bellion and denied the right of secession,
ranged themselves beneath its banners with
out regard to former political affnities. As
natural sequence the party was made up of
as many component parts as there were Ian
guages spoken after the confusion of tongues
at Babel, and in many respects they were
fully as discordant. 1t IVES simply q vast
spontaneous uprising of the loyal masses of
the people, actuated by a single idea, the
preservation of the Government. During
the progress of the rebellion. minor questions
were entirely lost sight of. 1t was enough
to know that nominee for Office was Union
man; no one thought of enquiring what his
antecedents were or to which party he had
opposed treason atoned for a multitude of
sins. He was voted for and no questions
asked. Under such circumstances as these,
no discipline, no organization, 10 leaders to
guide and direct public sentiment were nec-
essary to secure victory. The seal of political
condemnation was set upon every man who
by word or deed did aught in favor of hose
in arms against the Government, and even
those wEo refused to support, with their
votes, any of the nominees of the Union
party, upon any pretext whatever, were
branded as traitors. If those who then were
acknowledged to be the leaders of the party
had possessed sufficient foresight and sagaci-
-ty to have foreseen that the termination of
the war would sever the only bond which
bound 1t together, and tact enough to have
moulded, shered and consolidated the hete-
rogeneous materials of which it was COM
posed, the bitter lesson taught US on the 4th
of September would not had to have been
learned. Having neglected to properly drill
and organize their forces, and composed as
they were of factions jealous of each other, it
seems to US that the least political acumen
would have suggested the nomination of a
ticket as acceptable as possible, and every
effort made to conciliate instead of widening
the breach between the wings of the barty.
That Mr.. Gorham received mis- nomination
fairly and squarely. End would have made
an homestead upright Governor had he been
elected, we sincerely believe; but that a
great many Union men thought otherwise
and not wishing to vote for Haight stayed al
home on election day, the returns karnisf
undeniable proof. Whether the nomination
| of Mr.. Bidwell would not have been as dis.
tasteful to the friends of Mr.. Gorham, and
resulted as disastrously to the party, we are
not prepared to say. The defeat of TIE
Legislative tickets in the various counties i:
owing in great measure to the action of the
Senatorial aspirants. The result of the recent
election will probably open the eyes of ths
would be leaders to the fact that the cry o.
"Union" has ceased to be the synonym O
victory; and that while the people of Cali.
fornia are loyal to the core. some regard mus
be paid to their wishes in the selection o.
those who are to rule over them. The nom.
nations of Hon. John Currey, for Supreme
Judge, and Mr.. SWEET, for State Superinten.
dent, are acceptable to the Union men of thu
State, and on the 10th of October next they
will erase the blot which their apathy caused
to be placed upon six years glorious
record, on the 4th of September, and change
reverse into a victory.
NERMoNT.-The election for Governor anc
other State officers was held on Tuesday
September Sd, one day before the Californi,
election; but no news of the result cam,
over the wires. The mails bring the intelli
gence that the Republicans carried it by 90
900 majority-electing the legislature aut
all the State officers. In 1860, Lincoln hat
22,972 majority there, and, in 1864. 29.O9s
majority. In 1866 the Republican candidate
for Governor carried it by 22,725 majority
No falling off there.
SOME people think those evenings are onl.
beautiful when the moon shines forth in al
her silvery radiance. We are OF differen
opinion. Take one of those dark, quie
evenings, when the sky is unclouded, fo
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