Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-19
Correspondence Of the Democrat.
GrIzz1v EfAr Cnit LIZ 1at


MEssKs. EDIToRs Are you not act
ing iadisereetly in exposing, nj this early
day, the treachcry of few politicians
who have no party, and who arc anything
for money or place! Arc you not vast
ing your ammunition OH unworthy OBJ
jects? What are you to gain by it:-
The traitors are known and marked, and
even if they had influence or character,
they would be powcrlcss hereafter. You
may rest assured that they will never
again be trusted. They profess to he
Mr.. Broderick's friends why his bitter
est enemies could not have adopted a
more cfFcctual course 20 kill him off than
they did. know, gentlemen, for | was
approached by some of them, for / have
long been and am still friend Of his, and
therefore they presumed that l would
join them, that men who call themselves
his peculiar friends, electioneered against
the Democratic candidates. They dare
not deny this assertion. But unless you
namc the traitors, which would do no
good, for they arc politically dead, the
innocent will have to suffer and be held
responsible for the conduct Of the guilty.
IknO,e, and you must knO'c that large
majority of us worked heartily, earnest
ly for the whole ticket, without scratch
ing name or saying word against any
of the Democratic nominees. Although
VIC were disappointed in not having one
of our citizens placed upon the ticket, yet
we complained not, but like good Demo.
Gratis, gave it our hearty support. do
not wish to censurc you for the course
you have thought proper to pursue; 81
merely wish you to do justice to the men
who were disappointed, and who yet
heartily supported our nominees. hate
the expressions, trivial faction" "oppo-
sing division" &c. We are all, l hope,
Democrats, and while VIC differ in regard
to men. so long as we stand upon the
same platform and conform to the uSageS
of the Democratic party, it matters not
to what division" we may belong, We
are entitled to consideration and nolnina-
tions.
l neither wish to disguise nor conceal
the fact that many heretofore 70
gardcd as Democrats, did work and vote
against our ticket, but as l before said,
the true Democracy have mdrked them;
and if you say much about them they
will hypocritically cry out '.1'erSecution,"
in order to create sympathy in their ia
vor. You are notaS well acquainted with
the hypocritcs as am. l believed them
sincere and honest; l have found them
full of duplicity and trcachciy. II they
can make the Democracybeicvc that you
are prosecuting them merely because
they are or pretend to be the fricLdS Of
Mr.. Broderick, - and they have oily
tongues and sweet words and even tears
at their command, they may reinstate
themselves in our ranks to the dctriment
Of the party. You gave an undue prom
inence to one of them in your last issue.
You ought to know that his acceptance
of a watch from his superiOrS, for little
extra lcgislotion, has given him an unen-
viable notoriety. If you persist in pub
fishing the traitors, don't make an indis-
criminatc charge. Much as the spies may
deserve the scorn Of the true and faithful,
;:may not be policy at this time to ex-
pose them.
a few words more, gentlemen, and !
have done. The Democratic party Of FL
Dorado has triumphcd over all its foes,
secret and open. Let its representatives
so conduct themselves that they will not
forfeit the confidence Of the people. Let
them be true to themselves and their
principles, and the day is far distant when
traitors will defeat them, or when they
will be permitted to sit in our convcn-
tons. We have got rid OF them for the
present, and it is the earnest wish of the
Democracy Of Mountain township, that
they may never be recognized as Demo-
Gratis again. Yours,
JEFFERSON.