Year: 1873

TUESDAY neat II tuS NuJ HAeu ioT ihc
assembling of the Republican County
Convention. The primaries throughout
the county will be held this Saturday.
evening. We took occasion last week to
call the attention of the voters to the i'm
portance Of attending the primary cleo
iions, for it is upon the action of the dele
gates chosen at these primary elections,
that the success of the party in a great
measure depends. If good and true men
are sent to the Convention, men who are
actuated by desire for the success of the
party, and are willing to sink personal
feelings and preferences to secure that
end, we will have a ticket which will
command the confidence Of the people,
and add much to the chances of Repub-
lican success.


The Republican party Of the past has a
record of which its members may we'll be
proud. 1t was called into existence by
the sudden prominence of great princi-
Piles and great events, and though croak-
ers may say its mission is ended, it is not.
But with the rise to power Of Repu blican-
ism evils crept into the organization which
in its strength found their own. As men
"put on the livery of heaven to serve the
devil in" so there were not wanting those
who assumed the cloak Of patriotism the
better to further the accomplishment of
their own selfish ends. That they have,
! in many instances, been able to be sue
cessful in their purposes, is due to no
lack Of patriotism in the hearts of the
people, but rather to the genuineness of
that feeling, which caused them to over
look the minor qualities of those present.
ed as candidates for their suffrages, if as
sured of their standing upon the great
and leading questions of the hour. Loud
mouthed advocacy Of some popular prin-
ciple too often carried to triumphant sue
cess the selfish, narrow minded parti-
san, whose only controlling motive of
action was self-aggrandizement. With
the triumph of the Union arms, the dread
of the great calamity of disunon passed
from the minds of the people, and they
ceased to manifest that interest in politi-
cal matters which they had shown in
those years when the fate of the nation
hung trembling in the balance. Politi-
clans and wireworkers obtained contol
of the organization in many instances,
and, in the elections Of 1867, led the Re-
publican party almost to the verge of
destruction. With the reverses Of that
year, the horde of camp-folowers believ-
ing the party near its end, took a hasty
fight and sought congenial company in
, the Democratic ranks. There they are
to-day, shouting for reform I" and un-
conscious that the first step toward the
desired reform had been unwittingly ta-
ken by themselves, in the publication
which the Republican party received
when relieved Of their presence.


From the elections OF past years we
gather this significant fact which the Con-
vention must bear in mind-that the day
has passed when the charm Of the party
name and the formula of regular nomi-
nation can make a ticket acceptable to
the party. The nominees must represent
the intelligence and worth of the party,
and must be trustworthy on other mat
ters than those Of purely political char
acter.


1t will be proper, too, for every Repub-
lican assemblage in the United States to
unite in placing the seal of public con-
demnation on those who, IN high places,
have basely betrayed the trust of con-
fding people. Democrats and Republi-
cans in Congress seem to have We'd with
each other in swindling the Government.
Then let Democrats and Republicans
unite in ostacising the fathless wretches
whose acts indicate that they believe hon
esty in Office to be crime. The Repub-
licans Of Trinity have no word of approx
al for Credit Mobiler schemes nor back
pay grabs, nor with those who sustain
such measures. Upon questions of State
policy the platform should be drawn in
such terms as will truly represent us,
without descending TO low palterings to
prejudice. We think public feeling on
this Coast grows stronger year by year
in favor of such notifications of the trea-
ty with the Chinese Empire, as will give
to States the right to limit the immigra-
ton of that class of people.


This is the last issue of the JOURNAL
prior to the primaries and Convention,
ard we have spoke freely upon what we
believe to be proper action in the prem
ises. To secure faithful and competent
officers in all the elective departments of
government, rests with the people and
with them alone. If they fully appre-
ciate the importance of the duty of at
tending the primaries, and sending only
good men to represent them in Conven-
ton, it will not be their fault if the nom
nations are not all that could be desired.
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