Year: 1875

The State Central Committee of the
Republican party of California assembled
for the purpose Of calling State Conven-
ton, deem the occasion an appropriate
one for inviting attention to the political
situation.


SO far as the State affairs are concerned
1t may be safely assumed that the mass
es Of the Republican voters will, in the
selection OF delegates tC represent them
in the State Convention, choose from
among themselves men of such character
as will insure the nomination Of candi-
dates for State offices whose names will
be guaranty of honesty and capabiIty
in the State Administration. Unless the
Republicans Of the State are less honest
or less intelligent than their political OPP
ponents, they can elect from their ranks
in the usual manner, at the primary cleo
tions we'll guarded by law, as fair and
discriminating body of men as can be
assem- bIed in California, who shall in an
orderly manner name such candidates for
the State offices as will deserve and re-
ceiVc the support of all true Republicans.
Our call is addressed to all those who
have a decent regard for republican in
stitutions and are willing to vote intelli-
gently for their preservation. We urge
upon all who are with US to take an earn
est part in the election Of delegates to the
end that the State Convention may truly
represent them. In vain will be all pro
fessions Of desire for honest and econom-
cal government, if the candidates are not
trustworthy men. TO doubt that such
candidates can be selected by the united
efforts of all good Republicans, is equiva-
lent to saying that all who entertain cor
rect political views are unworthy, and
| that to insure good men we must support
those Of bad political principles or of none
at all. Honesty and cnpability in our
candidates will be the best platform we
can present to the people on State affairs.
| Those who really have the best interests
of the State at heart cannot easily go
astray in dealing with public questions as
| they arise.


The Republican party is National. The
aim of our ancient enemy is to cripple
and paralyze 1t, under false pretense of
superior regard for home interests in each
| State, in order that Democratic success
in the nation may be assured in 1873. 1t
is to this scheme that the Committee de-
sire to call especial attention.


The Democratic party Of the country
has not forgiven the suppression of the
Rebellion, the emancipation of slaves, the
extension Of equal rights, or the estab-
iishment of manhood citizen suffrage.


At the South guerilla war has been
remorselessly waged by desperate class
against law and order and government
ever since they recovered from the stun
ming shock given them by the overthrow
Of the Southern Coniederacy and the cap
ture of the armies Of johnson and Lee.
The sworn testimony of hundreds OF
competent witnesses-among them Con =
! federates and Unionists of high position
and national reputation-ii iilling more than
twenty volumes of large size with closely
printed matter, constitutes the faithful
history of period more degracelul to
the country than were the years OF the
Rebellion itself If the atrocities perpe.
trated at the South had been committed
only occasionally, they would have arous-
ed spirit in the nation which would
have brought swift retribution upon the
offenders but so common have wrong
and outrages become-death and torture
for political opinion-that they have APP
parently ceased TO attract the general
attention.


In the single State of Louisiana more
than four thousand citizens have fallen
| FlCthns W thc S"NHBe ana lHsallaDie natfeu
Of defeated rebels.


Not alone arc the blacks thus hunted
down, but throughout the lately rebel
lious States no white man, whether OF
northern or southern birth, can avow
himself a Republican without endan ger
ing his life. IT he is from the North, he
is insultingly denounced rs a carpet bag
ger; it a native Of the South, even though
he fought in the Confederate army, he i
known only as scalawag.


White Republicans of southern birth
have first been scourged ard then forced
to advertise recantation of their political
opinions, or as the phrase is there, "tc
publish their principles" ON pain of Il
repetition OF the outrage.


Peaceabe and thrifty citizens of north.
ern birth have been driven out of their
habitations and shot like dogs, on their
way under pledged safe escort to distant
and more hospitable abiding places.


Women and children have .aken ref
uge in the woods by night, steathily re-
turning home for food by day. having
! less TO fear by such exposure and deadly