Year: 1859

neous, from this the great news fountain of
California.


First, and as most interesting at this time,
l have to record the gratifying intelligence
that the Douglas Democracy of this city and
county have girded on their armor of battle
with an enthusiasm and numerical strength
unprecedented in the history of the Democ-
racy of San Francisco. The party, in accor-
dance with the call of the County Central
/ Committee, met in their respective districts
on Monday evening last, for the purpose Of
organizing district clubs and to prepare for
the Democratic primary election for Dele
gates to the Anti Lecompton Democratic
State Conv vention. These elections are to be
held on Monday next The result of the
meetings on Monday night last has greatly
increased the confidence and hope Of the De
and created a feeling of enthusiasm in its
ranks beyond precedents, while at the same
time, it has dispirited the Leeompton- Admin
| istration party and given them a taste of the
bitter Sap" they are to partake of in Sep
tember next. The Custom House and other
Federal officials who compose mainly the en-
tire strength of this latter party here, are
terribly excited at these signs of threatened
extinction at the hands of an indignant and
betrayed Democracy, and their organ-the
National-is daily grinding cut the most ab :
surd and n, f,,1 to count or
act the Democratic fttror of the masses.


assure you, it will not be an unlikely
event, that the Douglas Democracy of this
city and county will elect its entire ticket
this fall-so strong, determined and exultant
is its condition. 1t is also predicted that
the few who compose the Administration
party here, will be ashamed to disclose their
real strength, as they must do, if they keep
up the farce of a separate organization from
all other parties, and hence they will fuse
with the " People's" or the Republican party
as the only hope of defeating the Democracy
For this, they have the example at the head
of their party-President Buchanan--in his
attempt TO defeat Stephen A. Douglas, in
Illinois, for reelection to the U. S. Senate
and to do so joined forces with the Republi-
cans to elect Lincoln, the candidate of the
latter party, in the place of Douglas. That
the result will be the same do not doubt


In the way of nominations for State Off
GERS, San Francisco will have but little to
ask of the Anti-Lecompton Democratic State
Convention. This little will be the office of
Clerk of the Supreme Court. For this we
have three aspirants, viz: A. r. Baldwin,
Marcus D. Boruck and Moses Z. Flanagan
Mr.. Baldwin was one of the nominees of the
Douglas Democracy of this city last fall for
the State Assembly, and ran the highest on
the ticket, so close, indeed, that for several
days after the election it was thought he
was elected He is young man of fine
abilities, irreproachable character, and fully
capable, and comes up equal to the mark of
that which should constitute proper candi- |
date of the Anti-Lecompton Democracy, |
both politically and socially. His name
would be of great strength to the ticket
among the commercial and business men, as
well as the general masses of the people |
throughout the State, and of such men, |
trust, will be composed the entire ticket
Old Office holders and rampant politicians of
past years must be entirely ignored as can
didates, if success is expected to crown the
Anti.Lecompton Democracy in the struggle
of this fall. Messrs. Boruck and Flanagan
are good men and true Democrats of the
right stripe, and am as friendly to them as
| am to Baldwin, but 1 do think the nomina-
tion of the latter would be by far the best
and strongest that could be made. Mr..
Baldwin is connected with the mercantile
firm of 5. H. Meeker & Co., on Front street.


Tell the Democracy of Yuba that the Le-
comptonites are playing their old game of
last fall in reference to Douglas They have
became suddenly in favor of the Little
Giant of the West" but their friendship for
him will last only till after the election, when
they will denounce him again as "traitor,"
and as being without the pale the Demo





against Buchanan's great Administration
measure Of forcing the Lecompton Consttu-
iton upon an unwilling people. Collector
Washington has just issued a two volume
and half letter in his official organ-the
National-of yesterday, which is intended as
a cue to the Lecomptonites of the State to
ignore the question of slavery until after the
election. The letter is only remarkable for
the folly of its author, who sets himself up
by virtue of his Office as a dictator of the Ad
ministration party of California. These
things show as clear as MONDAY how freight
ened have became our would-be Federal
masters at the political "signs of the times
and they are now resorting TO duphcitv,
hypocracy and concessions to avert the fate
that awaits them at the polls in September
next But all in vain. They deceived the
Democracy in regard to Douglas and the
| Administration last fall, and work rs they
may, they cannot do it again. Douglas
stands upon the Democratic platform as cree
ted by the Democratic National Convention
which nominated James Buchanan for the
Presidency, and plainly told the Administra
tion at the late session of Congrass that he
was firmly on that platform, while the Ad.
ministration had morcd off from It, and fur
ther that he was "t the same unconouered
rebel Ito the Administrator as ever" If
these facts, with those other evidences fpr-