Year: 1859

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lie in favor of a general opposition by
all the elements adverse to the present
administration, against the powers that
be- An uprising is known to have be-
gun, with luminous signs cf ultimate sue
cess, in the east.


The indica tions are favorable for a
combination for good in this long mis-
governed state. The cordial unity of
liberalized political elements in support
OF McKibben, at the last election, de-
monstrates the practicabillty of a politi
cal union of the parties opposed to. the
present corrupt administration. To our
mind the thing is easily accomplished.
and with good nominees as the standard
bearers of the opposition forces, success
certain. When the country in distress
calls upon her patriotic sons for aid i! is
not the time to cavil over distractions
There is a common enemy of all of us to
overthrow, an enemy of good govern
ment to vanquish, that duty impels us
against, before amusing ourselves with
the discussion Of minor differences of
opinion we can afford to tolerate yet
longer for the public good. Of what
moment is you. opinion or mine upon
even quite important question when
the sacred fanes of the country are in
the hands of its enemies The great
question of country first, and smaller
ones afterward, is the principle on which
patriots will act.


That the government is in the clutch
es Of the spoils party, Wings, Ameri-
cans, Republicans and liberal Demo
Gratis will admit. The admission is
made openly, daily, and vehemently.
and is in every true friend of the public
veal, the basis of action. A knowledge
of the fact is a sufficient incentive for
an alliance for the defense of our COM
mon country. The profigate spoilsmen
of party should be driven from power
not only in the general, but in State
governments also. California prays for
a radiance from the carrion birds of
Democracy. She needs to be redeemed
from rapacious politicians who have fed
for years apon her very vitals. Debts
are contracted to enormous amounts
without the color CT law, the payment of
which is disregarded when the good
sense and good policy of every business
man rises up to expostulate the Treas
ury is depleted to sustain and subsidize
hireling press to defend the nefarious
acts of party men without character or
brains are foisted into high and lucra-
tive positions embezzlements and de-
falcations are the rule and not the ex-
ceptions; the legislature has become
the tool of holders of fat offices or ex-
pectants ofthe same, and the pardoning
power turns the vilest scoundrels loose
and unpunished again upon society.


In this deplorable condition are we
found, and all men who have arrived
at a proper understanding of the real
condition of the State are anxiously
looking about hem for the door of de-
liverance. The time has come when
. virtue and education should be recog-
nized as the basis not only of social but
political society.


The time has come when the ele-
ments, incongruous in action at present,
but homogeneous in purpose, which are
scattered around the borders of the
party in power should be banded to-
gether for vigorous assault upon a
common enemy entrenched behind his
ill-gotten gains.


We want leader for the coming can
vass We want profound statesman,
a man of cultivated and liberalized in
tellect, a man of honor and integrity as
a candidate for Governor of the State, a
man under whose banner all the opposi-
ton forces can combine and who can
lead them on to victory.


In ranging our eye over the State ii
rests here and there upon good men and
true. But there is one whose sagacity
in counsel, whose tried integrity, whose
elear-headed insight into the machinery
of government. whose indefagitable in
dustry. and well stored intellect, and
whose staunch independence of mind
and action in every relation of life, in
our estimation. fits him above all others
for the high station. We allude TO nc
other than d. L. Ashley, of Monterey
lie is no office seeker, no spoil sman. nc
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