Year: 1861

A letter from Santa Barbara TO the san
Francisco Times, dwels most doefully upon
the weakness of the Republican cause there,
as well as upon the poor reward the few have
thus far had in the distribution Of the public
plunder. Such exposures are disgusting to
the public. What care we whether new
convert or an told liner" get the sweeping
out of Federal office? These lamentations
of Republican partizans over the appoint
ment or the disappointment of this or that
individual are in bad taste, when paraded in
their organs, side by side with hourishing
protestatons of disregard of party" We
believe the masses of those who voted for
Lincoln in this State are getting their eyes
open to the insincerity of those Republican
leaders who promised a month ago to pave
the way for great Union party, but who are
now tugging wiuh might and main to draw
party lines closely, with a view to obtaining
power in tae State for mere partizan pur-
poses. The Times Santa Barbara corre-
spondene says:


The Surveyor of the Port, as first in rank
and Importance as in pay, find in the hands
OF Doctor Brinkerhoh, a prominent Breckin-
ridge Democrat; that's good, thinks we
will now see our new Postmaster Douglas
Democrat, quoth he; that's pretty good on
inquiry of Mr.. lluse and Captain Thompson,
who are both by-the-by, good Republicans,
the reason of this state of facts they both
referred to DIR. Rabe but as he tells me in
letter | received from him few days ago,
that we down here will have to swallow the
sops thrown to the Democracy for the sake
of securing those doed ont to the Republi-
cans proper, | suppose it is all right though
to tell the truth its justice is hardly to be
seen by eur obtuse intellects. Can you tell us
if you think it the intention of the Admins
tration to purchase the support of these men
in the future, or is it their intention to give
them official station and emoluments for the
purpose of fighting against us during the
not remainder of this Presidential term? Is it
not holding our bosom the vipers egg, which,
when Matching, is to sting us in q vital part
These are serious questions requiring grave
consideration, both by those having the
guidance of State and national politics.
The Republicans proper here consists of
some ten or twelve good men and true, and
| a few thirteenth hour I'D est Democrats before
and up to the last election and Republicans
since. As TO what yom or / wo,ld call good
hearty iaJorer an the Repu6iican vineyard, [
cannot put my finger on more than two or
three at the outside, and in Los Angeles not
one of them has received Federal appoint
ment


The only Republican of the true color who
applied for an appointment here, is Captain
Thompson, who was an applicant for Port
Surveyor, and that appointment, as l stated
before, has been given to a Breckenridge
Democrat, and he Secessionst or an apollo
gl for Secession, at least up to the time he
left here for San Foancisco two weeks ago
But such is the way of the world. Truly,
virtue is its own reward; und if we. that is,
the Republicans, cannot enjoy the offices when
successful, we will be the better able to sup
port the disappointment after our party has
thus committed political suicide We are so
used TO being beaten, and seeing the Democ-
racy enjoying all the patronage of the Fede-
raj Government, that no doubt we can still
allow them it and beat them at the polls; to
say the least, it is good encouragement to
men to fight the Republican battle and gain
the victory, as there will be the more plum
der to bestow on their political enemies.