Year: 1875

questions Of local Importance which will
occupy the attention Of the incoming
State administration. In the scramble
and hurly-burly induced by the desire Of
each party to out-do the others in prom
ising q reform in State and county mat
ters, he fact that the present election
will have a deep national significance, and
that it is SO regarded 10 the East, appears
to have been lost sight Of. This state Of
affairs exists partly from the fact that one
party hes been strictly non-committal,
and studiously ignores all reference to
national politics. Bat the reasons are
many and urgent why Republicans should
stand 70 their colors, and keep aloof from
any organization which threatens to give
the control Of our country into the hands
OF those who were so lately its b.tteres4
| enemies.


We do not refer to the late rebellion
with any desire to revive sectional feeling
or tc re-awakou buried animosities. Tie
sincere desire OF every patriot must be to
see all thoughts and feelings growing out
Of the late struggle which may tend to
prevent a perfect reconciliation, hidden
away beyond the fear OF resurrection.
But in the general desire Of peace, pru-
dence must not be lost sightof, nor should
we allow our acts and intentions TO DO
given a false construction. Here, for
instance, is wherein the people Of the
North and South differ in political action.
At the north we allow the events which
have passed into history 70 give place in
the politics Of the day to what is Of greater
present importance, but such is not the
case in the Southern portion Of the coun-
try. With Us the dead buriss ts dead"
The part borne by a man during the
rebellion does not seem TO either hurt or
help bin if be is an aspirant for official
position. The most rampant ex-rebels
receive the assurance OF forgiveness in
the shape OF Republican votes. We see
this in our own State, whore we are mis-
represented in Congress by the blatant
| Luttrell, and that, too, from q district
which is Republican by Thousands Of
votes. We would not object to this, but
| the forgivingand forgetting thepa seems
to be wholly on our side, and while the
known record and opinions OF mon OF the
Luttrel stripe were no lar to their
tecaiying the votes OF the thousands who
had been Union men, the fact was their
secord and opinions was the only cause
" their securing Democratic support.
With the Peace Democracy and ez reb-
els the past is kept scdulously in view /;
the part borne by men ten and twelve
years ago is made tho test Of their quali-
acat.JTs for Official position. From the
South hardly any but ex-C9nGitrate
officers and olicols are elevated to high
places in the rational councils. but the
/ North makes no such test, and from
the strongest Republican sections men
are elected whose sympalhie. were direct
ly in opposition TO the national unity
during our struggle for existence.


Does this prove that the men Of lle
North regret tho results o. ihe war for
the Union Not at all. It simply
proves that so inras the past is concerned
they are satisfied TO let ii drop out Of tie
political field. II thig disposition were
met BY kindred one in the other section
all would be well. But it must be plain
to the most ordinary observer that while
fealty % the " Lost Cause" Is made the
test OF worth in one great section OF the
Union, that the policy we are pursuing
is fraught with dangerous consequences.
II is easy enough to see that in the event
OF Democratic supremacy which element
OF the party win control itspolicy. What
that policy will be il only dimly shadoweI
, forth at the present t.mo. 1t is such as
viii onue more unite the North into a
solid phalanx ot IcpuLlicNn States, but
not until irrorarabio mtscn.ai has been
done to the country. 1t Is far better TO
avert the evil than to wal. until Il is done
and then attempt TO remedy it.


Whichever way the election in Caiilor-
min may go it win have its influence upon
the cnnyass in tho great Eastern states.
There the contests ARE conlo.sodly national
in character, and the tide which set SO
strong 0gaiast US last year is about to be
turned in anticipation o. the preaidontll
canvass next year. Tho Democratic
victory here in 1867 was followed by
Republican rover5es everywhere. Such
will doubtless be the case again, and none
know it better than those who lead tho
Democratic hosts OF California.


We say then TO the Republicans Of this
State, stand by your nominees. They
are men OF talent, chayacteraud integrity,
men whom you should be proud % honor.
Tho State is loyal to tho Republican party,
and it is only through our own divisions
that We can be beaten. Every vote for
the Sorehead ticket, headed by John
Bidwell, is a vote favorable to Democratic
restoration. That ticket has no hope OF
an election, nor should it have such a
hope. It was gotten up By hungry place-
hunters, and is composed almost wholly
Of Republican renegados, who, faiiing to
secure recognition in their own party,
determined to defeat it. II ia silent upon
national issues at timo when national
issues are foremost in every rejecting
mind. In the great States OF the East,
in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New jersey, and
elsewhere, the lghtis a square one between
the old parties, The people there have
tasted just enough Of the sweets Of DEM
ocratic rule to desire to reverse the decis-
ions Of ono year ago, and restore those
whose professions are proved to be some
thing more than empty words. In this
battle, then, the Republicans viii look to