Year: 1860




The City Election approaches, and it is I'M
portant that men, who reckon themselves
good citizens, should make up their minds as
to the proper course for them to pursue
Certainly, the first consideration should be to
vote for candidates who will be likely to ad-
minister the affairs Of the city with fidelity to
the interests intrusted to their care. Now,
who are the men most likely to do this thing
Are they men who have been nominated 10y
the masses Of the people or are they those
who have been put forward by the mere
wire workers of an ofice-seeking clique
There will be Just such candidates in the field
as these latter-men pretending to be the
nominees of party but in reality nothing
more nor less than the nominees ofa self
sufficient domineerng cabal who want every.
thing ia their own hands. We allude to
those persons particularly who assume to
think and act Tor the Administration Democ-
racy Of this county The masses of that par
ty desire union of the Democratic strength
of this city and county. Both they and the
majority of the Douglas organization regret
that the Democracy are divided, and are
anxious to see all divisions healed But no,
this little ottieious cabal, (who happen to be
able to control the County and the City Com
mittees) say that it shall not be-they will
not suffer this union to take place-and whyY
Because, they are afraid that majority OF
the party would repudiote them in the Con-
ventions! Suppose they 'csre repudiated, we
would like to know, if the sense of the ma
jority of the party is not Of more considera-
ton than their little individual interests =
Suppose they did not happen to get Office
what have the party to do with that, and
who would care anything about it, saving
and excepting themselves p


We think it is the duty of the Democratic
masses to throw this selfish cabal overheard
and the sooner the better They do the party
no good whatever They keep it divided and
distracted, when it is more necessary than al
any former period that it should be united
They excuse themselves for making theil
ridiculous and preposterous tests, on the
ground of regularity" when they know, and
the people know, that. if there be any regu-
larity in the county at all, it belongs to the
Douglas organization Certainly, the Doug
las organization is at least as regular as
theirs, if no more The fact is, that there is
irregularity to some extent in both organza-
tions. The Douglas organization did not
send delegates to the regular State organiza-
tion, and the Administration organization,
being an illegitimate concern in this county,
and having boIted the regular county con-
vention, had no right to send delegates there.
. This is the exact position of things, and there.


fore. there is no earthly excuse for these


mems acting in the manner in which they
do The great bulk of the Democracy
q of this county cry aloud for union, the only


barrier that stands in the way is this Cour
House Clique and their adherents The De
I mocracy at large cannot afford to be ruineC


for their sake and cannot afford to be thwar


ted at all points on their account If they
were ruling the party by any fair means, i
would be all right But, when they choke


down the majority with the cry of "regulari
ty," when there is no regularity" about it
and keepup divisions upon pretensions which
do not exist in any shape or manner, they
i should be made short work Of And the bes
use they can be put to, for the good of tn,


Democratic party, is to be dragged up to TIN
block fpublic opinion and there politically
decapitated.