Year: 1861




fact that those candidates for Office nominated
by the so-called Peoples Convention, and the
Breckenridge Convention, being intended for
one and the same object, are men not true to
the Union and to their Government. Day by
day does this fact become more and more ap-
parent to the observer of events. This Breck-
inridge Secession and Disunion party cry out
Justify for peace, on the basis of acknowledg-
ing the independence of the Southern Confed-
eracy This proves, beyond all cavil, that
they are untrue TO the Union, and only use
the term, that they are in favor of it, to mis-
lead those who are not sufficiently intimate
with them and their acts to show the con-
trary.


We ask is there single candidate upon the
Breckenridge Mcconnell ticket, in this county,
that will not support, By his vote and inhu-
ence, all the nominees of the Secession Conven-
ton? Is there one of that set of Secession
and Disunion candidates who does not endorse
and subscribe to the following resolutions of
/ the Disunion State Convention, held at the
city of Sacramento:


/ Resolved, That we are opposed to the en-
ployment of force by the General Government
against the seeded States, for the purpose Of
compelling obedience and submission to Fede-
raj authority.


Resolred, That we are in favor of the pres
ervation of the Union upon Constitutional
guarantees which will be acceptable to both
sections Of the Confederacy, but if that desira-
/ bic consummation be impossible, then we are
in favor of the recognition of the independence
of the Confederate States, and treaty Of
amity and peace between them and the United
States Government, as the only alternative
which will terminate the horrors of civil war
and bring back peace and happiness to our
distracted country.


How can men who claim any political in
tengrity, claim at the same time to be Union
men, and endorse as they do, such reasonable
doctrines as contained in the above resolutions? !?
and some of the most prominent candidates
upon the Secession ticket of the County were
members of the State Disunion Convention
that passed these reasonable resolutions; take
iOl iuSlslilCt, luc lCtGGSSlOL iOt CuCl-
if, Mr.. Middleton. Now how can be consist
emily say he is a Union man, and stand by the
secession and disunion platform of Bolts,
Hydenfelt Randolph & Co.? Has he not
claimed for his great leader Breckenridge, the
same kind of Union sentiments he entertains
himself? And where does Breckenridge stand
before the people of the country? Is he not in
open and declared sympathy with the rebels of
Davis If the world don't lie he is It's his
shame, and 4 eXecration of many of those
who have hltl-.to honestly supported him on
this same kim of declaration that he was
Union man =


In contrast with the hereses put forth in
the above resolutions put the following, adopt
ed by the Union Democratic party of the 4th
of July:


ResolCed, That the people of California in
the past have been most anxious for peace
throughout the land, and will hail with 10y an
honorable adjustment in the future at the
same time they are, dboue all things, for the
| UNION, the Country and the Flag, against all
assailants-no matter who they are whence
/ they come, or nth utat poref armed.


Resolred, That Governments are political
organizations, armed with coercive power,
without which they cannot exist that it is
not only no assumption of authority npon the
part of Governments, but their positive duty
to exercise such coercive power in order to
maintain themselves against either foreign in
vaslon or domestic rebellion.


And under such doctrines as these we have
put forth men as cordidates, who will stand by
and support the Union and the Government,
and upon whose loyalty to the Union there is
not and cannot be cast the breath of suspi-
cion. Then can the Union men of our county
hesitate TO choose? We hope for the sincerity
Of their known and often declared principles
of devotion TO their county and her cause, that
they will allow 10 personal preferences to get
the better of their judgment and principles,
and be blndiy led iuto the support OF men,
who, like Breckenridge, will sooner or later
show their true colors.