Mountain Democrat., 1857-06-13
Corre,popdepos Of the Democrat.

GEoRGErowx, juno 9th 1851.
DEAR "DEHocRAT MAN :" II yOu will trouble
vuurSrff tS4s4,iSsjg IA yAir tle nf .0HE LLpsr,
the Empire County .4rgWs of May the 2$d, you
will see a communication over INC signiurp O'
OM Line UemOcrCf. II will appear from
"DemOcrat'H' showing, that he wishes to cur
rv favor with h1ng DtciFS rina and to tllat-
cnd, EXPOSES his sins for the past few ycnr';-
Now | think ~, nIOcrat'S" idca good ono; t.T
d ,cs not the good Il, OK tell lis i,at "iull
CuntcSsi,n II H. good for the ~ ~ul. Now I"
Ifuvc ia YOU fully that ! endorse ih" course
which "DcnOCrHt pursued, VIII Prnceed 10
make brief statement cf sUnlc II his lollt-
ical sins both, Of omission and conii.lsslOl,
which are justly charged To nc during my ca
rrcr Of four or live eycArs--prcn'iNng, h0weVer,
that This Ia tO he strictly private except So
much Ot II aS yt',l 9An rlIll to my pWrlnse.
You doubtless remember that ~ lo''G, +. l..
SOuthwurih aud myself were candidates before
the Democratic CUuuty Convention fer the
Office Of State Senator. New =. was high
minded, PrvWi old Gentleman. aud Httrr bring
defeated far the Senate indignantly refused the
nomination for the Assembly. But also liav-
ing been beaten t0F the Senate by hr~ mt
iOrifH, cOndescC4i,lcd tO receive the nomination
for The Assembly, for ] well knew that the
(Hirdliy would try to carry resolution
through the Legislature tavoring the Nebraska
kniSIS act, and was dcSirOuS Ol cushing my
vote against the little Gupt and his 'odious
act,' Which did. Now this vnte did not suit
MY friend Wp here CHARLES for he told me in
all probability the neat Presidential contest
would be made IN u great measure On the pin.
ciplcS embodied IN this net, and against which
| had voted, and that would be dtieth
"ga'@ IT my 6cfftr jmIgIneM to vote for and sup
pert .Ior Opfcc candidates who favored the bill.
Had I not committed myself by voting
against the Nebraska resolutions b!'pntlnR
my name to u certain pdp,r IN 1853, which
your retcntiIe m 'mOfy will Ciuritubly rSet-t.-
my mentioning by abusing the public and
private character Ot all who refused to follow
King Davt's lead, By having been burn with
aspirations too high and cunning too low,-
alas. the fault was natures fault, MT mine.
!, little johnnie, might ut this time have been
Governor 0 California.
But, tOrcsumc. When returned to George
town in - found that many Of my cO%1iit-
ucnts thought like Charles, that had acted in
'liscreetly in signing the lapci. and III voting
against III" Nebraska resolutions. sUon
toundtomv sorruw, at the ensuing Democrat
ic County Convention that large majority Of
the Democratic party were Of Charles opinion.
We'll, IA soon aS ] found that ] was III
II minority 60i'td, held separate convention,
got myself nominated for the Assembly, found
il convenient Ia visit The Atlantic StaIpss got
Thomas put on the ticket in my Place. Th"m-
Us and all of my friends were defeated; NINA
David told us that we did wrong and that we
must return iO the DcMOcIniic party. Wcdid
su md rs the convention Of ,sI WIS fast alI-.
rr0nChing, il became necessary to fix the wires
III order il possible TO rule the Demos ratio
County Cnuv vGntiun, or t0 destroy its harmony
by introducing Know NOthingS intoit. Now.
in order io accomplish this object with the h.
Ms, David, mot our King Thomas, and
Charles. with Others Of the raIne ilk, t'ined
the American party and some Of them
thereby succeeded in working themselves into
office and assisted me tO destroy, for the time,
the harmony in the Democratic party. lou
remember that in lSi5 Georgetown was pro-
P"rIi"n"bly the largest X. \. precinct in the
county, nearly all ct the native citizens lInN-
iNg joined them. | entertained scIiUu doubts
Of my ability to carry the precinct, for he II
known that the Know NuthiugS worked in se
crct and was npprChCnsivr lest sufik lent
number of them who had formerly acted with
the Democratic pHrty should deny their aiih.
take possession Of our precinct meeting. aud
thus defeat me. So, IN order io secure u scat
in the County COnN cniiOn for my self prom
iscd to pay visit to Lake Biglcr in company
with the State Surveyor, and be absent nj the
time the precinct meeting was Ia be held PrD-
rWftf, the h. Ms would send me delegate
and the other fur (who were TO be X. N.s,l
would vote for BiElcr delegates 10 the State
Convention. 4 tu"cWS WdS hcIIi" he Il: us
ings WAO hGd Iwm.rly b,eA D,m~T0ts, and
tlNy ncccdcd to the proposition made bymc 10
them through one uf their number. solvent
to Biglcr Lake. The Know NoihingS compli-
ed with their agreement, with the exception Of
one, who refused tO 20 intU convention after
his seat was allowed him. The committee OH
credentials reported against allowing the h.
Ms from GeoIEctown their seats, tho delegates
spoken of did not deny being X. Ns.l Mr..
Thos. Hcwes moved the Convention. ",hat the
Georgetown delegates. against whom the conn
mittep had reported be questioned before the
COnyCntiOn HS tO whether they were DrnO-
cratS." ] opposed Mr.. licwr>' motion and told
the Convention that il ii refused to allow the
| whole Georgetown delegation their seats,
would leave the Convention. 80 the Know
| NotlinCS retained their seats and YOU know
| the result.
l have always voted FOR CG10ma For county
scat, but last year IareW up he I~fi'on to the
Legislature. for adiri~ic", and pi.%.dmy~o'I
| at a puLiic NEE ting IL N. k"cY MA At Gor, g,-
Georgetown for county seat .frI. last ami "N
| Tie tine. But ! soon found to my surprise
that the div ision move wns becoming more
formidable than had anticipated, aud in or
der tO secure its defeat and ut the same time
concili0fe ny .1ri'nds at Phn"rrMr | wrote
letters to. the capitol against it. Mr.. iIume
read an extract from one Of my letters in a
speech made by him on the subj ct in the
Assembly.
The man who accuse of wiring the article
for your paper signed "Old Line Democrat"
Cbut who denies il tries To get to windward Of
me by displaying q versatility Of talcnt, for he
writes poetry rs well al prose used TO write
poetry myself in my country and will giveyou
one stanzn which is prepared for u contingent
| cy. Here il is:
As sure as my name is little John c.,
A Gov. of State AM bound for to be;
And if Dave throws off and causes me trouble,
BY going for that "tirst choice. " JO McCOrklc
will serve him the same as he did Old Buck,
And give up politics, und sell chSmHrk.
LITTLE ].
by Wells, Fargo 4 Cos Express. l.. J.
| To the Hon, the board or sunervi.