The Placer herald., 1871-04-01
About '!BOlting.V

Our old friend X. j. Steele, of the san
Joaquin Valley Argus continues TO insist
that we have said something that carries
with it an implied intention to "bolt" the ac-
tion of the Democratic State Convention,
and quotes this sentence from ali article of
ours
II the actions of the Convention are Demo-
cratic, and its nominees able and honest Demo
Gratis, we viii support them, but if not, no, for
ever nol''
On this declaration of ours the Aryts
says:
Thus. you, Governor, set yourself up as the
sole Judge OF the fitness Of the candidates that
mny be presented by the Convention for the
suffiages OF the Democratic voters of California
You say, in effect, that, unless your favorites
are chosen as the STANDARD bearers of the Dem
ocratic party by the Convention for the mkt
campaign that you VIII not support them.
Robert, this is a violently strained con-
struction of our language. We have never
had nor never expect to have any favorites
on Democratic ticket, when placed on a
Democratic platform and filling the Jeffer-
sonian test Of honesty and competency. Per-
! haps the above extract from our article does
place us in position to "bot," but if so,
then have we stood ready to "bolt' for thir-
ty years, and never "boted" yet; and in all
that time we have rarely had our favorites
on the ticket we voted. But to see what
we stand ready to bolt, let lis change the
sentence thus: eff the actions of the Con
vention are not Democratic, and its nomi-
nees are neither able, honest nor Democrats,
then we shall not abide its actions nor vote
its ticket" We would then be a Democratic
bolter, but not bolter of Democracy or a
| Democratic ticket or candidtte because
such ticket, platform or candidates would
not be in existence. We have bolted Top
posed) everything in politics that was anti
Democratic for thirty years, and will con-
tinue to do so as long AS we have a vote or
voice; AMI that is the kind of boter we are
We also refer, with pleasure. to the tim =
when you and us fought the first subsidy
scheme in Placer, and whipped it and give
YOU great and boundless praise for that good
fght; but we have since had another fight
in Placer with vastly more powerful enc
my, and got whipped, and You have not
/ been here, Robert, to feel the tyrant di,poil-
er's heel and suffer his plunderings. We
have felt the acc.lrse1 corruptions, tyrannies
and plunderings of the Central Pacific, and
are not disposed to allow other counties to
suffer as Placer has done. BIT now, since
Johnston, the only gentleman spoken of for
Governor who was supposed to be stbs'dy and
in the interest Of the monopoles has demo ,'nc-
ed subsidies and attempted even to % fa,
thsr thln Governor II light on that question
what is there left Of the subsid visits in our
party to quarrel about. And now, friend
Steele, we here NJ objections +, yolr pub-
ishing to tho world that we have stood
ready from 1910 to 1871, anI still stand
lady to oppose, danounce ana bolt every
/ ptin:iplc thu ID anti-Denocrltic, anl every
IN IN, pol.ily, who Is not a Democrat and
hom2st. 1t is not eye;y nun thu slyeth
Lotl, L>~l, thlt sh ii en- -er mo til, King
lon of H,lven, but Only him who know
eth and doeth his Masters WILL SO t is
with us, and to sham Democrats, and
such as nai her In W nor practice Democ-
racy, we must say for oursef, dep rt from
rs we know ye not, and we hope such will
be the voice of the whole party