Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-07-27
The National Republican Farce.

upon 1t was performed by the political buff
toons who assembled in Sacramento, on the
10th and 18th of July, for the avowed pur-
pose of revising the Union ticket. Under
"calP' issued by sol disant Committee, OF
which that notorious political renegade. j.
NJ. Wood, signed his name as Chairman.
forty men, pretending to represent thirteen
counties. met in Convention TO substitute
names in the places of four of the candidates
nominated by the Uni~n party. which the
"independent" and Democratic press pro-
nounce objectionable to the Union men
this State. No Committee on Credentials
was apponted-none was needed; the dele
gates were self-elccted. The doors were
thrown wide open, and all, no matter wheth-
er blatant secessionists, venomous copper
heards or traitorous UnionistS, were invited
TO take part in the dirty work. No ques-
tions were asked. As the forty or fifty Ca
daverous, ghastly imbecilts, would-be res
urrectionists of skeleton which lies buried
deeply beneath the glorious Achievements OF
the Union party and the momentous issues
of the past, sneaked like coyotes to their den
in an engine house, in trembling accents they
whispered in the ear of their master the mot
to of the party, :" Rule or ruin" or exhibited
its emblem, a deaths head and cross bones.
Such was the cabal which has undertake, Il to
''r~vise" ticket which was put forth by IA
my -p11f fIC1, hTGh ,l,o
State was fully and fairly represented. Just
think Of it Forty old, worn out. broken
down political hacks; disappointed ofiic--
seekers; Shiny copperheads traitors; boil
ters; serfs; lickspittles fawning. crnging
and crawling in the dust like whipped ours
before their masters; political sneaks and
apostates from every party under the sun a
sort of a hodge -podge of self constituted con-
servators of the public veal "happy FAM
ily'' sort of arrangemcnt-such men pretend
ing to revise the Union ticket. Closely 1e-
! sembling Macbeth's witches in form, features
and disposition. they repeated their incanta-
tions, performed their orgies and cast their
spells over the political caldron, and as it
seethed and boiled, the gaunt, thn-visaged
mischiet-makers laughed and danced like
demons, and pointed their bony fingers glee-
fully at the commotion and dissensions their
hellish arts had conjured up. Insignificant
in point of numbers beneath the average in
intelligence totally devoid of principle ;
false, traitorous and cowardly by nature; ac-
tuated only by desire to defeat those whom
the people have preferred before them, con-
ccalinS their real sentiments under a fimsy
coat of honesty, they are assailing portion
of the Union ticket with the coarsest vitu-
peration, grossest misrepresentation and ma
lignant fasehoodS. The ghouls made four
nominations For Governor. John Bidwell ;
for Secretary of State, J. G. McCallum for
Controller, William JONES' for State Printer
E. &. Jefferis. Why did they not nominate a
full State ticket: If, as they contend, Cor
ham, Parks. Howell and Mccarthy were nom-
mated by fraud, was not the balance of the
ticket also nominated by unfair means d: The
same Convention placed all the names on the
ticket. Why is there distinction made in
the cases of the four gentlemen mentioned
above: Simply upon personal grounds, and
no other. Having purchased the services OF
two or three Hcssian sheets, they are con-
ducting the campaign upcn the plan of per-
sonal abuse and Misrepresentation. Mr.. Cor
ham has repeatedly denied their lieing asser-
L. l.
the charges they have made against him but
their only reply is a reiteration of their cal
umnies. Manifestly these soreheads have but
one object; the election of the Democratic
ticket. Messrs. Bidwell and McCallum have
positively declined the honor @ proffered tc
them by the boilers, but their names are still
emblazoned on the piratical banner. The plat
form adopted by the resurrectionsts does not
differ materially from that of the Union par
ty, and as they cannot have the slightest
hope that one of their candidates will be
successful, they mnst be actuated by a desire
to divide the Union ranks and thus crafty
their thirst for revenge and personal spite by
beating the ticket. Union men, however
Will not allow themselves to be hoodwinked
by few recreants; their game is understood
and will be cffectually blocked. The up
holding of the principles of the Union party
durng the past six years, has cost too deal
to allow of their being surrendered at the
beck of score of disaffected politicians
Union men are coming nobly up to the work
and on the 4th of September next, despite
the efforts of the scarifed scalp allies cf the
copperheads they will roll up such a majority
for George c. Gorham and the entire ticket
that when the sun goes down on that event
: ful day. the Democratic snake will BE- wrth.
ing in the agnnies of death and the leaders OF
the = National Republicans" will be nailed
to the cross of public scorn.
t J. G. MCCALLUM, Independent candidate
5 in the Second Congressional District, is The
nominee of the late Republican State Con-
vention for Secretary of State. 1t is fair tc
presume that he assented to the nomination
living as he does III Sacramento. and is
therefore no longer contestant for Con-
greSslonal honors.-Datch Fiat Enquirer.
That's corrcct.-Sacramento Bee
When will YOU cease your bare-faccd
senSeiesS iicins: Has your propensity fol
falsifying become so uncomfortable that YOU
, are unable to tell the truth under any cir
cumstances: If you will take the trouble to
, read the advertisements in this weeks CHRoN-
IcLE, you will see that Hon. J. Il. McCaliurl
and Hon. Wm. Stewart viii address the
citizens of jackson on August l4th and at
San Andreas on the 18th, for the benefit OF