The union Democrat., 1871-08-26
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The Pending Election.

Is only TO be trial of strength. in point of
numbers, between the two political parties.
to see which party shell administer the State
Government for the next ensuing term, but
when stripped Of all disguise. something more
than this can be seen involved in the contest.
There are great differences of principle be
tween the two parties in tie pending contest.
had written it that the struggle was reall 8
between Capital aud Oppression, on one side,
and Labor and Liberty on the other. But
since. on reading the very excellece speech of
Gov. Haight. at San Francisco. | have con-
cuded his definition covers the grounds of
difference between the parties more fully.
/ He said 1.-The struggle now is between the
corporations, on one side, and the principle
of local self-government and popular rights
on the other" That's it about as near as il
can be told Although the Republican par
ty of California have resolved otherwise we
Of the other party are bound to regard them
as being of the side and working in tie inter
est of capital and monopoly. As evidence of
this they are supporting and UNFOLDING TO
the extent of their ability the dominant party
in the Federal Congress, that has done more
within the past ten years to create and foster
monopolies aud give to capital, power to OPP
press labor and abridge liberty, than had been
previously done during the existence Of the
Federal Constitution. They, by resolution,
condemn and Iepudiate in the State what
they justify and support in the Federal Gov
eminent. They are exceedingly ardent in
their desires to carry the State at the ensu.
ing election, believing such victory here
and now would be a powerful auxiliary in
next year. Deception and intrigue being
their strong suit in the matter of carrying
elections, we find them st their old games.
They have put forth with prjma tacje snceri-
~ q string of resolutions which they would
have the people believe are true platform Of
their political faith, but fortunately their
games and tricks are too we'll understood to
work much to their advantage. Their Sugar
coated resolutions won't go down. Let us
put no confidence in their declarations
| They are hollow and deceptive. While they
adhere to and support the present ruling
party in the Federal Congress and iudorse
their unconstitutional and tyranical acts, we
will repudiate them rs disloyal and hold them
accountable for the usurpations and vile
! Il Of ha,r
capital. The law holds accessories equally
guilty with those who commit the crimes.
and nothing less than aiders and abettors of
all the wickedness Of the power inflated
years last past, will we regard them. l re-
peat, that during the period the so-caled
Republican" party has controlled national
legislation, more has been done to put out
the pipes and to lessen the chances of the la
boring poor 70 obtain likelihood, than has
been before accomplished on such scores dur
ing the entire existence of the government.
The pablo lands, in large part and the best
of them, have been passed by the government
into the hands of greedy, soulless specula-
tors, and capital has been concentrated, by
chartered privileges granted by legislation,
in the hands of large companies, organized
for the construction of railroads and other
purposes, and these corporations operate as
grinding mills to grind down and pulverize
the price of labor. Money is power and in
dividual capital is quite hard enough for the
poor workers to contend against, and the
potency given to it by concentration through
chartered rights, converts it into a power
impregnable by the laboring classes, and
which almost invariabe operates to their de-
triment. Labor produces capital. Nothing
short of production itself adds dollar to the
common wealth, ard one of the most wicked
things the government can be guilty of do
ing, is to concentrate capital, by granting
charters to companies with exclusive privile-
ges, creating monopolies with money power
to be welded against the hands of the pro-
ducers of the wealth. thus made to operate
against them. Thus it is that the hard earn
ed money of the toilng masses, through the
instrumentality of the government which
was instituted for their protection, becomes
converted into an engine for their oppression.
This is the course the government has been
RAINING for the past ten years-robbing the
poor and aiding the rich. And yet the sol
distant "Republicans" have the brazen ef-
frontery to tell the poor toiiers that they are
their friends. That awful place we read Of,
spelled "H-e-ll," is literally crammed with
just such friends of the poor as they. While
the Central Government, as we'll as that of
several Of the States, is cursed with political
blaekness, California is blessed with an ex-
cellent ,cbite administration of her local af-
fairs. The position of California, in the mat
ter of her government. is one of which her
citizens should be justly proud. White and
clean. she stands as bright example of
.'white mans government. worthy to be
initiated by all her sister States. No State
IN the great sisterho2d is favored with bet
ter government or one better administered,
than that of California at the present time.
Our excellent Governor has waged an un-
coppromisinr warfare against the railroad