Mountain Democrat., 1857-06-20
A Word to the IlsmocrnrY.

letter from its San Francisco CoiTCsron-
dent, dated April 81, 1851, in which the
following pregnant compound sentences
Orc,lrs
alt is not an uncommon circumstance to hear
ndhvicntS ot ih" Tr1,lcIrl VIM oi tine Drnuc-
rarl declare that their own and Republican
principles are AL but identical and that, s,Irn-
or ar later they will find themselves united
with the Republicans in the adv0cacy uf tlIt
grand, distinguishing doctrine Of the latter
nor-CXtcnsion Of Slavery. HourCorrrSp0ndrn
has heard II close uulitcal friend uf our senator
express himself thus more than once, which
leads him To believe that Mr.. lIrudorick him
self cmtcrtanS similar views"
This extract is published hy u. for two
reasons 1St, because We desire to show
tlat our a>ScrtiOns relative 10 Mr. I'r0'l-
crich 5 doubtful Democracy have not been
based upon personal prejudice; ID, 10
show also the inSidiouS policy pursued by
the l;rodcrickitcs for the purpose Of tic
fratin" the administration party in cur
ncNt Stntc Convention.
We deem il the hcighth Of misfoi'u
that Mr.. Brodcrick should have permitted
his friends 10 expose his hand before he
had conSmrwatcd his plan nominating
John ConncSs for Governor, thereby adj
ding another spoke in the wheel Of re-
volving Rcpublicanism. Mr.. McCorkie
has been made the target at which to
shoot lie is advanced because his poll
tics are not doubtful; therefore, fight
can be made over him at primary cleo
tons and conventions with some hope Of
success. But the moment the "W arlorll"
$50 the SIN calls him, for the definition
of which sec Wcbstcr's unabridged die
tionary.) succeeds in having majority,
ho will quietly find that Mr.. McCorllc
will not suit, because he is too friendly to
the principles of the Kansas-Ncbraska
Bill.
II is well known that an overwhelming
portion of the Democracy of the State of
California stand firm upon the Cincinnati
platform. They will not strike out or
add one word to those resolutions. Mr..
Buchanan was elected upon them. lie
stands to them. The National Dcmocra-
cy of the Union have endorsed them, and
We chccrfully yield implicit obedience to
their dictates. "I is mt IN uncommo"
circumstance to hcor mdhcThts cf .N'.
Br0dcrjck'S ring IF Tie Ucm0crtcy d.
cltrc th"t MtW OUn aad RepublicoM prize
cipl,s are all Jut Identical" Have we
not said so all along? Is it not because
we so spoke that the JOurnal, SIN, and
kindred pScmIo Democratic papers accus-
ed us Of disorganization? There is no
doubt VIC have disorganized the plans and
faction ty which Mr.. Brodcrick hoped to
build up the Republicans. There is no
doubt VIC threw into his camp such
bomb.shcll us to compel him to come out
in letter Of defence, (cxcusc the misap-
plcation of the worCD which, however
contains nothing relative to his political
principles, wherefore we must conclude
that he endorses our accusations Of polit-
ical Inconsistency. ",SOOACrOr utter, Wcy
~W. .fm Hcm@1rCs Wnitcd aeM tie hc-
TWbI;ca0a IN The Gdrococy cfMot grond,
Distinguishing dorttiac Of the Mttcr--
non-CrtCnSiom Of .Ilorcry" Was there
ever moro insidious attack upon the
National Democracy than is contained in
this extract? Non-cNtcnsion of slavery!
Can Mr.. Brodcrick or any of his friends
find in the Cincinnati platform any cx-
preston suggestive of tho idea that the
Democracy are in favor of the extension
of slavery? Tho doctrine of the National
Democracy has been and now is n0n-in-
tcrrCntion. There never was n Democrat
who advocated, rs n distinctive measure,
the Introduction of slavery into any ter
ritory unless majority of the citizens to
be effected by its existence among them
so desired. We say it is matter TO be
left with the citizens Of the territory and
Congress has no right to lcgislate upon
this subject. The inhabitants of terri
tory alone should decide whether they
will or will not have slavery; and by
their decision all parties and branches of
tho Federal Government are concluded.
AS a national party, VIC do not advocate
nor oppose its extension or prohibition,
because it is none of our business. When
the Democracy undertake 10 introduce it
into State or Territory, then Mr.. Brod-
crick, his friends and their allies-thc
RcpublicNns-may charge us as slavery
cxtcnsionists-not before. No Democrat
in or out Of Congress, journalist, stump
speaker or cssayist, over, to our knowl-
edge, advanced the idea that slavery
should exist in Kansas or any other terri
tory Notwithstanding the wishes of the
people; nor did they ever say it should
not exist in opposition to the expressed
wish of the people to be affected. This
being so, why do Mr.. Brodcrick's friends
say that they affect the Republicans be-
cause they are opposed to the extension
of slavery and will, at no distant day,
unite with them in the advocacy of their
doctrincsp Mr.. Brodcrick and his fricn
know that not even in private converse
tions, have the Democracy proposed to
force upon tho people of territory any