Weekly Trinity journal., 1871-10-28
THE DEFEAT IN CALIFORNIA.

Brick Pomeroy, having returned home from
his electioneering trip to California, gives his
views of the Democratic defeat in this State and
other States, as follows
"On the heels of the terrible Democratic de-
feat in California, the Democrats of Massachusetts
antiquity, John Quincy Adams and mounted
their wad-shooting cannon on the ramp0rts of
the New Departure, and getting ready for
another defeat.
Policy.
Cowardice.
Ignorance.
Inability
These are the planks of the Democratic plat
forms to-day.
The New Departure trap was to put Chase and
Vallandigham in the field team of all work
to catch the darkes and heightened Republicans,
and the cowardy Democrats from whose crops
the political sand has been extracted by the
boring or buying process.
This was their scheme
Chase for President
Vallaudigham for Vice-Presdent
No change in financial affairs, but the money
Of bank owners and bondholders to protect the
rich by aiding the election of the above ticket
God moves in a mysterious way, his wonders
to perform
VaIlandigham's s death was n retrbution for his
treachery. Treachery is the word, for those who
lend themselves to such schemes, even if born
in the rotten brain of Tammany are treacherous
to friends aud no use to foes,
The plan was hatched. An emissary from
New York was sent to Ohio The offer made,
The bait took. The plea a seeming good
one, and one who had been Democratic leader
gave order
Right about face Ground arms Break
ranks Swallow your words 7
Then he died
One State after another adopted the cowardly
expedient.
North Carolina tried ii, and with disaster to the
Democrats.
California tried it, and went from nine thousand
Democratic to i've thousand Republican.
Iowa tried the remedy and will go Repub-
can by increased majority. Wisconsin has
tried the fooshness, and her Democracy have
nominated Republican for Governor to emerge
from the campaign of 1871, worse whipped than
ever. The Democrats of Wisconsin may as well
stay from the polls, save their money and save
their expenses, for they have no more chance to
elect their ticket on such platform than they
have of owning Great Britain.
SO the result in California teaches even fools.
M & dIv
and demoraized from the irst--a thousand-fold
more so now.
The Democracy of San Francisco is rotten to
the core and corrupt with the ring leaders of
New York
The strongest man in the State, an honest
man. William Watt, Superintendent of the Eu-
reka gold mine, at Grass Valley, was thrown
overheard because he was brave, honest, and in
sympathy with the working men, to make room
for the election of II. II. Haight political snob
a Presbyt yteran Elder-a policy Democrat to-
tally unfit and too short-sighted for a leader, on
purpose that he might be traded off by the San
Francisco and Sacramento politicians.
This was the first foolish move. Then an in
vestment of twenty thousand dollars sent on by
Tammany leaders secured the adoption of the
New Departure plank platform, to the disgust OF
the truest Democrats in the State.
Then came member of Congress from New
York City, speaking in a few places in California,
endorsing the New Departure and upholding the
damnabe trickery, robbery, corruption and out
rage Of the Tammauy Ring in New York City.
This finished the work. The point was too
thin Honest Democrats turned from such nom
sense in disgust. Workingmen, Democrats,
heads of Interpretation societies with whom
we talked in San Francisco and other places, on
learning the truths and facts of the case, said
the New Departure-T -Tammany and its paid advo-
Gates, seeking to ruin the people, might 90 10 hell
and either kept from the polls or voted the Re-
publican ticket, defeat being safer than VIC
tory on such principles and for such men. When,
0 when, in Gods name, will the people cease
to be fooled, deceived and humbugged?