The Placer herald., 1871-07-15
SAN FRANCISCO CORREsPONDENCE.
San Francisco July II, 1871

In the Sacramento daily Uaion Of June oath
and in the leader Of that day in speaking OF
the Republican Convention which was to
assemble ON the following Tuesday sayf :
"They cannot afford to put forward an equ
vocal platform, nor weak, unsound, untrust-
worthy men to stand ON it"
That Convention met and selected a per-
son to head the ticket whom the Union
claimed possessed the qualifications they had
80 long and strongly contended for; bu
how is it as to the remainder of the ticket
which was nominated by the Conventioni
are they strong and sound on the vital ques-
ton which has so aroused the people of the
entire State, and which the Union claimed
Mr.. Booth to be the embodiment? had they
worked with the friends of Mr.. b. to secure
the nominations Of only those whose views
were known to be sound and trustworthy?
Now these are simple questions which it
takes no extended investigation to answer,
and which need only to be propounded to the
members Of the very party whose Conven-
lion made the sominations; for, they be-
coming SO utterly disgusted at the surrender
of the Convention into the hands Of those
who went there to fight the nomination of
Mr.. Booth to the bitter eud, that in their
disappointment they honestly express their
true sentiments and feelings in regard to the
light and soundness of the men composing
the balance Of the ticket, and it's not un-
common here to hear them say they are
weak, and unsound, and they ,cW not vote
for them. The rank and file of the Repub-
iican party as well as the great mass o. the
Democratic party are a unit on this question;
it entered into their primaries, and controlled
their Conventions in each county in the
State, and outside Of San Francisco delegates
were either pledged or strongly instructed to
support no enc who was not sound Anti
Subsidy man for any position, and now will
they tamely submit to having their wishes
or instructions trampled upon, and quietly
rest under the load of guilt which their ticket
has heaped upon it? where beyond the NOM
inee for Governor can the finger be placed
upon a single name of any prominence on
the ticket who can be relied upon to carry
out the views of the masses? ''By their
acts ye shall know them and as many
even in your own intelligent county may
not know that two at least on their ticket
have printed record of votes cast in the
Senate during the last session | would cali
their attention to the Journal of the Senate
of that session now 30 fresh in the minds OF
the people Let them find where Mr.. Pa
checo or Mr. Green ever voted against
railroad bill in the interest of the great Cor
poration of which the citizens of your own
county know az well; had these votes been
cast when the railroad interest was entirely
new here and the people were untaught as to
the graspng and monopolizing disposition OF
those corporations, ready excuse might
be afforded for their acts. But this was no,
the case, for the injurious effects and the
Of the demands of these
" land sharks were fully ventilated by
able Senators on the floor, and in addition
to that our noble and firm Governor Haight
in his objection to the bills left no room for
any candid mind to still persist in making
them laws, when such minds or such per-
sons were not bound by stronger cord than
a conscientious desire to act by the light be-
fore them.
But it was not my desire 10 extend my
remarks to 30 great a length upon the dead
'ceight Of the Republican ticket, for when
these facts are known the people have
already repudiatcd the nominations spoken
Of And where it is yet unknown our pub
lie speakers will enighten the masses before
September. And as to our own ticket i,
needs no notes of praise from me; there it
stands speaking for itself; each name
tower Of strength, all comprising one Of the
strongest and best tickets ever presented to
the people Of the State for their sufrages.
Men who know the wishes and wants of the
people, and are so identified with the mate
rial interest Of the State, that from Governor
Haight down to the last name on the ticket
none can say but he is honest, he is compe-
tent. Nota Bene