The Placer herald., 1868-10-24


Resolutions OF the Placer County Demo-
cratic Convention.
The representatives of the Democracy Of Placer
county feel that. they would not do their whole
duty without making a declaration of the senti-
ments Of those they represent. Therefore
Res0lved, That we regard the present Radical
party and its representatives in both Houses OF
the Congress of the United States, as band of
the most desperate fanatics and usurpers, who by
successive violations OF their most solemn pledges,
by infract ons Of the organic law, and Of the pub
lie faith, to encompass mere partisan ends, have
brought our people and institutions to the very
verge of ruin. They have, after tapping the life
blood of the Nation, and expanding millions of
treasure, under the most solemn and repeated
pledges and declarations that the same was done
to prevent the States which sought to withdraw
from the Union from doing SO, themselves driven
those States out; treating them as subjugated
provinces and rs held by the right of conquest,
and now hold ten soveregnties. subject to control
and military supervision, and the guaranteed
dominion of an inferior race. They have def1-
antly spurned the Constitution rs the organic
lew of the land, and issued their DEGREES and
erected their will as the higher law to which
coordinate branches of the Government, the
Judiciary and Executive are to yield acquies-
cence. and to which the people bound in letters
and thralldom as their mnOns, are to submit with.
out murmur. They have, under pretcnce of
diminishing the public debt, imposed heavy
tribute upon every citizen, saving always those
who have riches, and making the poor, poorer.
They have invented the most oppressive systems
of taxation to take from labor the hope Of re-
ward, and they have filled the land with swarms
Of officials who harrass the people and eat
out their substance. Hoping thereby to in
sure their final dominance in the pending cam
vass through corruption and frauds and to com.
plete full conspiracy to overthrow the Govern
ment Of our fathers, they resolve to overthrow
the President, and to install one of the worst Of
their chief conspirators in his place. an act which
the conservative freemen Of the country declare
to lie without justification or plausible excuse,
and which we denOunce rs an outrage without
parallel in the history of the civilized world, and
worthy only Of its corrupt and revolutionary au-
thOrs.
Resoiped, End. That we believe in and will
practice the doctrine of +" let the dead bury the
Dead" and therefore extend a cordial invitation
to all honest ,Chife men, to join with us in our
endcavors to redeem and reinstate our beloved
country and Government to the happy and pros
porous condition of the days when Democracy
and Democratic IDEAS honesty and craftsmanship
held control.
Resolued, 3rd. That as honest men and the
representatives of honest men, we believe that
the Government should pay every just dollar that
she owes, and in the same money, according to
contract, as citizerpays citizen.
ReSOired, 4fh. That we DelleVe IN Sucn just,
wise and economical administration Of the Gov
eminent as will secure speedy return to specie
payments. and will render the Government
promises to pay equal to gold
Resoived, 18th. In furtherance OF these views
we ndorse the financial doctrine and statesman
ship Of GEORGE H. PENDLEToN, of Ohio, (who ie
the almost unanimous choice Of the great Cen
trail, Western, and Northwestern States,) and
hereby instruct our delegation to the State Con-
vention, that it is our wish and desire that the
State of California send delegation to the
National Convention, pledged to vote for GEORGE
II. PENDLEToN, as our first choice, as candidate
for President of the United States.
Resoiped, 9Th. That in His Excellency, H. II.
Haight, Governor of this State, we recognize the
pure and enlightened statesman and patriot. faith
full and devoted public servant, and we most
heartily endorse his administration.
Resolved, tn. That our delegation are hereby
instructed to oppose the nomi nation of Con-
gresham or Congressional elector at the present
time, from this District
ResOiued, 8th. That in the event OF forced
nomination at this time. of a candidate for Con-
gress for this District. our delegation to the State
Convention is authorized to act in the Congress
sional nomination, and is instructed to oppose
the nomination Of any one for Congress whose
past record, either in or out of the Legislature,
points tC him as in the interests of Railroad and
tide land monopolies, and corrupt combinations
or corporations of any kind.