Year: 1859

adopted:


RESOLVED, That the Republican Party of the
State of California are now, as formerly, unalter-
ably opposed 10 the introduction of slavery into
the Territories now free, and will use all just and
constitutional means to prevent 1t.


RESOLVED, That we repudate the modern dog
ma that slavery exists in all the Territories OF
the United States by force of the Constitution,
and view it as the entering wedge for the enslave-
ment of the free States.


RESOLVED, That the intervention of Congress
for the extension and protection OF slavery IN the
Territories recently announced in Congress by


leading Democrats as a cardinal element OF Dem
ocratic faith and practice is an alarming evidence
of the advance in the demands OF the slave power
and gross infraction of popular rights


RESOLVED. That the corruption and errors OF
the National Administration demand the sternest
rebuke which can be administered by free peo-
pie.


try. and particularly the welfare and political in
nuence of California, depend upon cheap and easy
communication between the Atlantic aud Pacific
States; and while patriotism and philanthropy,
no less than interest, conspire to mpel the Ma
tonal Republican party to facilitate such com
muuication, the interest OF the Democratic"
party lies in n different direction, aud its entire
energies are devoted to other sectional measures;
and it s therefore, the deliberate opinion of this
convention that the dependence of the country
for Pacific Railroad is upon the Republican par
tv, and in no sense upon cir opponents.


RESOLVED. That California demands for the
Central Mail Route from St. Joseph, via Pixies
Peak, Salt Lake and Carson Valley, to Pacerville,
the same protection and encouragement as is ex-
tended by Government to the Southern, or But
terheld mail route.


RESOLVED, That we approve of the Homestead
Bill, giving home free of cos, TO every land
less man, who will occupy and improve 1t; and





that none of the public lands shall be sold except
to actual settlers until the plots OF the surveys OF
these lands shall have been in the Land Ollce ten
years from the time of the survey.


RESOLVED, That we are opposed to any unjust
discrimination against naturalized citizens, which
shall require any length OF residence after natur-
alizatiou before they can vote.


The nominations were as follows: Leland
Stanford, for Governor; j. F Kennedy, for
Lieut. Governor c. S. Shafter for Judge of
Supreme Court; S. D. Parker, for Clerk of
Supreme Court; Philip Plain, for State
Treasurer; J. II. Clark, for Controller; T.
w. Brown, for Superintendent of Public In
struction; A. G. Randall, for Surveyor Gen
eral - Murdoch, for State Printer; II
5. Love, for Attorney General p II. Sebley,
for Member of Congress from Northern Dis
trict and +. d. Baker for Member of Con-
gress from the Southern District It's proper
to state that Col. Baker declined the nomina-
ton, on the ground, as we understand, that
he had no desire to go into this canvass for
the purpose of throwing away the votes of
the Republican party. However different
might be the views of the Douglas and Re
publican parties upon principle, they were at
least agreed in their opposition to the present
corrupt Administration, and he did not desire
to see the Administration party succeed,
when they could just as well be Defeated
The nomination, however, was forced upon
him. But he will probably not try very
hard to get the Republican masses to vote
for him.


Avery vigorous discussion arose on what
was virtually question as to whether it was
not better to dispense with any Republican
in this canvass, by a sort of gen
eral consent of the party. The principal |
disputants were Col. Baker and f. NJ Pixley
Immediately after the discussion the vote
was taken for the nomination of candidate
for Congress from the Southern District, the
names of Col. Baker and Mr.. Pixley being
before the Convention. Col Baker received
92 votes aod Mr.. Pixley Sc. The vote was
considered more a test vote as to the sense
of the convention in regard to the views res
pectively Of Col Baker and Mr.. Pixley, than
anything else. The majority being for Baker,
it may be taken for granted that the conven-
tion did not consider it necessary to urge the
Republican masses very strongly to support
the Republican ticket The fact is, that the
Republicans generally desire the defeat Of
the Lecompton party, in this State, and will
endeavor to effect it. They are in favor of
popular sovereignty for the present and as long
as it works in favor of free States. In other
words they favor it now from policy, while
the Douglas party favor it from prjnciple-
The Douglas party will favor it always, no
matter how it operates. Consequently there
is wide difference between the two. At
the same time there is no earthly reason why
the Republican masses should not aid the
Douglasites in defeating the Administration
party in this State. Under the operation of
the Douglas principle of non-interyention,
the North has an equal show with the South
in the creation of new States, but under the
operation of Lecomptonism there is no earth
ly chance for the North whatever. This the
Republicans have sense enough to see, and
they will therefore lend the Douglas men
their votes in this contest, when they know
well that they themselves cannot succeed
We say, therefore, again, that we expect to
receive the support of the Republican voters
in the coming fall election, and we expect to
do so without compromising a solitary prin-
ciple that the great National Democratic Par
ty has ever contended for. Any man of or
dinary intelligence can see the truth of this
proposition. OF course fools and shallow
heads will be humbugged with the cry that
because the Republicans, for their own rea-
sons of expediency, for the time being, choose
to vote our ticket in preference to the lie
compton, they and the Douglas party are
identical. But, with fools and shallow heads
it is not our business to argue.


MINING IN PLUMAs CoUNTY.-The Plumas
Argus, Of June cd, has the following:


AT Mount Pleasant, Wm Jacks d Co., four
men after two weeks work cleaned nm tupo