The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-08-06
A Member of the California Dem ocratie
State Central COmmst'ee Announces
Himself for Grant and Colfax.

The following communication was address
ed by p. Ii. Slbey to the Democratic State
Central Committee of California. of which
he has been until lately member:
Gentlemen Of the Democratic State Central
Committed:
would be doing violence to my own feel
ings, and guilty of unfair conduct to you, did
cOntinne longer to share your counsels and
possess myself of your plans in the coming
political campaign. In sentiments and syn-
pathies am no longer With you NV iudg-
ment neither approves the platform of prin-
clpleS put forth by the New York city conven-
ion. nor does my sense of duty to the coun-
try justify me in aiding to advance Horatio
Seymour to the Office of President OF the
| United States. In remembering that am "a
Democrat, cannot forget that l owe high
er alleigance to the American Union
| should be glad to remain in the Democratic
| party, could believe that IN doing so | am
not sacrificing those principles OF patriotism
that are higher and hOlier than any senti
ment OF mere party iealty.
| believe that the war was inaugurated by
the South IN the interest of slavery. believe
that 1t was the duty OF the government to re
| s'st the heresy OF secession by arms | be
lieve the calling out of troops, the draft o
soliiers, the prosecution of war against rebel
| lion, was constitutional and necessary for the
| preservation OF the republic. | believe the
emancipation OF slaves was necessary and
unavoidable as war measure. L believe the
creation OF national debt grew out of IT,,
eXiSencles OF long Continued and desperate
conflict. l believe he issue OF p3per curran
cy was an evil incident to the struggle. | be
lieve that the national debt should be paid 4
the last dollar in coin of the national mini
and that no form or measure OF Reputation
is consistent with national honor.
am opposed to the taxation of govern
ment bonds as breach OF covenant mad
with the bondhoders, and am opposed T.
paying those bonds with currency instead O
gold. l am not in any degree fearful OF negr,
supremacy, nor do | believe that if to the ne
groes are conceded their just rights under th,
law, there will be any danger of eIevatin.
them to social equality with any superlo
race. l am and have ever been opposed t.
mob violence, and | never will cast my vot.
| nor use my influence to advance TO high hon
ors any man who, as Governor of a glea
| Commonwealth, could traternize with moi
or encourage opposition to Just laws. or who
when the nation needed it's last man to pu
down the rebellion, could by opposing th,
DRAFT put himself and the State IN hostility
to the General Government. e.
L could have supported a war Democrat
like Hancock or Hendricks. could supper
Republican like Frank p. Blair, Jr., YOU
candidate for Vice-Presdent. His earl,
stand for the rights OF the black man his op-
position to slavery; his brilliant war record
commencing in the streets of st. Louis ant
ending in Sherman's march through Georgia
l approve; but, as / cannot sustain Blai
without sustaining Seymour, L feel in dut,
and conscience compelled to vote for Gran
and Colfax. .. "at sI.
shall expect the bitter animadversions o
all who love the Democratic party bettel
than they love their country. l shall expec
to have my motives questioned and my hon
kSeimpugned. ! shall expect to be assailet
by partisan malignity, and to have heapet
upon me an unlimited amount of persona
abuse; but conscious of the rectitude of m
motives, and in the confident belief that
am but doing my duty, have deemed
proper to resign my position as a member c
the Democratic State Central Committee
therefore respectfully tender you my resigna
ton, gratefully remembering our past pleas
ant relations, and entertaining for you a
only kind personal feelings, sas ga
L am, very respectfully, gentlemen, ~ 't
b. p. III. SIBLEY.
San Francisco, JuIy Is. 1868. --.-.-rr