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THE CALIFORNIA ELECTION.
A Clear Demscratfc Defeat.
From the Sacramento Reporter September 81
Hope springs eternal in the human breast
Man never is, but alwsys to be, hest"
We are forcibly reminded of these lines
by the signal defeat which has just been
sustained by the Democracy of California
Although the majority, which the full vote
will show, for the Radical ticket will be far
short of what some journals and speakers
OF the winning party predicted, yet it will,
no doubt, surpass the real expectations of
the most sanguine members Of that party
The victory is sweeping one. 1t is worthy
of notice that the victOrs did not need the
negro vote at all-in fact, if that vote does
not exceed two thousand, and had been cast
solidly against the party which called it into
existence, still the Democracy would have
been defeated. The Radical majority in the
State will probably reach tive thousand 1t
is not yet possible to state how the legisla-
ture will stand politically, but it is, We think,
perfectly safe to say, that though the
Senate will have very small Democratic
majority. the Radicals will largely outnum-
Der the Democrats in the Assembly There
will, therefore, he respectable Radical ma
.jority on joint ballot, and Cornelius Cole,
George L. GOrham, or some other leader of |
the dominant party, will be elected United |
states Senator for the term commencing |
March 4, 1873. The Governor elect has de, |
clared that he will not take seat in the |
Senate if rendered him. GOrham, however.
mas been careful not to make such foolish
pledge, although he very probably knows
t lat the people would have been greatly
pleased had he done so. If Gorham does
not enter the field as a candidate for Coles
seat, we shall be greatly surprised, and if
he carries of the prize, the people will have
themselves to blame. They have again
called the Radical party into power, and
party should confer the highest honor in
their gift upon the only honest exponent Of
their principles, who took the stump in their
behalf IN the campaign just closed.
1t is certain that the Democratic candi-
dates for Congress in the second and third
districts have been defeated, which is
democratic loss Of one in the national
also claim that the prospect is good for the {
election OF their candidate in the third dis {
tnct. We, however, still believe that Judge /
Archer, Democrat, has a good majority.
1t is no child's play, this fighting radical s
ism in California. The Democracy tri- G
umghed four years ago by the aid of thou .
people Of the State are radicals, and the t
election u the sixth instant leads US to be- /
Ievo that they indOrse the whole policy of !
That party, and desire to see it continue its il
injurious career. 1t is rather hard to be- {
heve that the voice of the people is the t
voice OF God, 80 far as concerns California
poitlcs. Until immigration from other d
States and foreign countries shall bring t
large accessions to the ranks of the Democ- Il
racy, the latter will only achieve in this a
state an occasional triumph over divided I
enemy: There is this consolation. The il
radicals in this State are not able to dwell g
la unity very long at time. And thew are Il
painfully conscious of the fact that the "
now and then tall out and 90 to uuarreling lie
over their plumber. Upon such Occasional b
N the fueure as in the past, the Democrat;c ii
party will not fail to take adv antage of the "
situation.
From the San Francisco Builetinl
California may be safely claimed as once
more Republican. Indeed, at heart. the CO
ANIMATION Of the Union party in 1862. The fo
lection OF Haight in 1867, which was due @
o local causes entirely, was followed nv a of
majority for Grant in 1863 Yet the Dem ST
cracy might have won the State again this HI
ear had their administration been, in ali Al
aspects; wise, just and prudent. Governor liza
iaight himself has been an honest, we'll dr.
leaning man, and has prevented some re-
7rongs; but he has been strong partisan A,
nd has exhibited certain inconsistenc;es cIs
Inch exposed him both to criticism and Ct
dlcule. His early record on the subsidy q
uestion, which he sought to make the lead. Cl
lg Issue, was at variance with his later Mt ma
frances and these, sincere as they undoubt-
dly were, offended many of his own Marty fo,
lille the Republicans neutralized them fire.
by nominating Booth on &C,
rong ant!-subsidy platform. There was de-
o very well defined local issue in the can. an
ass in which the Democrats had the add pr,
antage, while the bad legislation of their de,
arty, their manifest lack OF sympathy with int
'e national government, their develop-
ent of sectarian and race preiudices
u them ON the defensive, which is always S
weak position. They further weakened sh
emselves by extreme partisanshlp and in r.
r3or nominations in San Francisco, and by tor
lnng TO sluarely meet public opinion on sbf
verai matters OF municipal policy. They on
we fairly earned their defeat, aside from -" ~a,
political considerations. These Of 81
urse, contributed to it, for many Union Vi,
emocrats who had voted with them fonr ~.
'ars ago felt that they were proscribed. Gr;
10 that illiberal and reactonary IDEAS fro
ntrolled the organization. Many German Ger
Also were driven off by the ex No,
- - p"Ihy SHOWN Tor the French in Sur
e late war, coupled with much offensive heo a
lCcism OF the fatherland As the last a e
raw winch broke the camels back. the cre
lored voters, numbering not less than fif. gIe
en- hundred In the State, went, nearly to a ANU
an ior the great party that had enfran-
And so the Democracy of California have f,c,
Il hava an ;rnno,tan otI utter discontinue Of {
, fa1, e,ant;ons I'D DTarng on the East thr,
hi;oars throTrhn,,. oo naiied Dy Re van
800 ~ uhot thor no Union as an colt
,u;J".t;a, aIo.+;~.S nay expect at the the
...' :. U..;"a on"..ri y Cne nauonal to
.s w.e. onvufI ~ Ao.iS" soo0 coun- last
= w ouoS: So ola" w Nominate was
'pef caAuAu@Coe. tod
cleo
lenry Clay once said that the true secret Tay