The union Democrat. [volume] (Sonora, Calif.) 1854-1946, 1871-09-30
ELECTION RETURNS.

nowledge that | was never more disappointed
in the result Of any political campaign.
though, We had a good administration Of our
LEGAL go7ernmen,,-on run in the interest Of
all the people, showing particular layors and
granting exclusive privileges to none,-and
on the whole, just such an administration Of
our State government as Gil fair and honest
citizens wanted. really did think that we
had "a good thing in the State Administra-
ton, better thing than usually falls, to the
lot Of this or any other State to get, and hence
my disappointment at its being discontinued.
What particular cause or causes operated to
/ bring about the change worked out through
The ballot box at the late election, | am not
able to understand, providing the electors
were controlled By honest motives and pure
/ designs. The right Of tie people to change
| the administration OF their government, or
even the government itself, is not questioned
1t is the object sought to be obtained by such
acts that | am seeking to know. 1t would
appear in accordance with reason and wise
policy, that when we have just such an sd
ministration of our local government as the
real weliboing Of the people and the State
require, 10 continue it. Let US come right
down to the bedrock of the question. Does
any sensible person believe that Mr.. Booth,
without any previous experience in the Of
fee, is capable of making better Governor
than Mr.. Haight, who has had foar years
experience in it? do not believe that with
s4ual experience, it lies in the brooches or
brains OF Booth to make as able q Governor
as ilaight Mr.. Haight is statesman of
distinguished ability. and a r.an of emin-
ence in the legal profession These are ac-
knowledged facts throughout the entire
Union. His moral character Is without a
stain upon it, and be is man of probity in
every sense Of the word Can as many IA
vorable things be said Of Mr.. Booth? | hope
there can be now that he is elected to be our
next Governor, but | have good reasons to
doubt it,
According to the resolutions adopted in
both the Democratic and Republican conven-
tons, it was surely to be inferred that the
people, ALL or nearly so, were opposed to the
subsidy principle. If this was really SO.
why was l!aight, n man who had proved
himself to be with the people on the subsidy
question, rejected, at tae hazard Of getting
an administration of the State Government
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that the anti-subsidy resolution of the Kepub-
/ lican convention was false, and only put
/ forth to deceive and mislead the voters and
! further believe that the railroad interest.
! through the liberal use of money. and all
/ manner of trickery, has been successful in
the election, just so far as the Republican
candidates are chosen.
Under the present order Of things political.
our ball0t-hox ceremonies are but little else
than cheat and humbug. Among all the
institutions, political and otherwise. the wide
world over there are none so cAntemptblv
rotten as that Of the balot-box in the United
States Of America ct the present time All
manner Of low, dirty games and the most
raScally and vilianous quality of trickery are
enacted through it. in order to carry elections.
1t is common receptacle Of raScalty, ignor-
ance, filtbiness ana humbug. Il used to be
purer and better Institution than now, since
everything with a pair of legs, without re
! gard to race or color. y is admitted to it. As
our foreign born population increases in
number and in variety OF nationality, the
! Girtiness of cur hallot-6ox is augmented. since
/ the Immigrant bring along with them the
/ old home iSSres-the ismS and schiSms Of
their native land-and carry on their old
/ home quarrelS and vent their native spites
and spleeus through our hallot-box This
should not be tolerated When n foreigner
comes here and adopts this land as his home.
in renouneing his allegiance to his former
government and country be should also re
nounce allegiance to all Of the issues and
troubles oi every nature Of the land he left,
and coaine hiIaSelf exclusively 60 the oueS-
items and issues of his adopted country, We
are not able to stand all the political and re-
I Er5 DF. - 81,
of these Of our own manage, and in justice
should net he troubled with the difficulties OF
other nations.
/ BY way Of showing the singular inconsis-
tency OF the men, or many of them, who com
pose the present "Republicanr party. | will
mention that in times gone by end not far be-
hind. they were great siioklers for the 'sprri-
/ ~ of the hallot-h0X.N About thevears 1854
/ 80 and 90, they were in favor Of extending
/ the time of naturalization OF foreign-born
/ citizens 70 either fourteen or tweatr-one
years. The reason they gave for making
such extension was that thew wished to main
tain "the purity of the ballot-box," that per-
sons born and educated in foreign countries
were ignorant of the natuTe of our political
institutions. and consequently not competent
to participate in our government affairs.
/ Ignorance of the principles which underlied
our form of government and of the workings
/ of its machinery, on the part of our foreign.
| born and educated population, was the only
reason assigned for putting them under sach
/ long tuition. Our foregn-raiSed voters in
those days. almost to man, voted with the
| Democrats, and hence the atteInpt of these
purity" fellows to keep them away from the
/ haHot-box. But what do We see now? Why.
we behold these very same purity advo-
+ Gates leading Up to the Polls the aeqroes. the
most isnegapt Of all. who, as general oondi-
+ ton, know no more about the Government
than SO many Jackasses, Aud why is this
+ This question is easily answered Tie ne
groes cote f3r or 'c03 these pinks of purity"
and t3e foreigR-dora 3ebjte men djdat.
I That's what's the matter with these pare,
/ progressive hgmhugS. That's what makes
/ the odds. and the odds, You kaow, Mr.. Edi-
TOR. generally makes the difference. Ia view
of the many new departures. the politi-
cal angles made BY those who make up the
sum total Of tie oong.omeration dubbed the
Republican party,-it would be scarcely
/ too much 10 presume that, rather than be de-
+ ieated in struggle for power, they wonld