Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-19
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bic efforts Of q wretched and irrcsponsi-
BILE faction to defeat the Democratic nom-
inccs, we alleged that some prominent
members Of the opposing division of the
Democratic party" had scratched our
ticket, had clcctioneercd against it, and
printed and circulated spurious Demo
cratic tickets on the day of election. The
editor of their organ does not deny the
charge nor even attempt to justify the
conduct Of his friends, but seeks to cvade
the issue by coming out in u card and
charging us with making IAN Improve.
ked, ill'timed and personal assault" upon
himself Now wehave nothing to do with
personalities; nor are we to be diverted
from our course by false issues. We
did not mention Mr.. Smith, VIC never al
luded to him either directly or indirectly,
we never thought of him nor held him re.
sponsible for the acts of his friends; and
his barefaced attempts to excite the SYM
pathy of the public in his favor, by ingc-
niously though grOtuitOusly asserting
that we had made ian unprovoked, i'll.
timed and personal assault upon him."
does not rebound much to his credit nor
will it to his advantage. 1t "a sickening
appeal for sympathy. We have no quar-.
rel with Mr.. Smith, scarcely know him;
what his antccedents arc and how long
he has been Democrat are matters of no
consequence and Of perfect indifference
to us. He may be all that he mOdcstly
claims to be; he is certainly too unim
pOrtant an item forus togivc notoriety to.
VIC dismiss him by simply rcmarking
that it is false, mcanly and maliciously
false, that VIC made ian unprovokctl, ILL.,
timed and personal assault upon him.
We have made no assault upon him
whatever.
That there was deep-laid, concerted
plan to defeat the Democratic nominees
by some of the opposing division of the
Democratic party, acting conformity with
the Americans and Black Republicans, is
an indisputable fact; and that they were
unsuccessful does not in the least excuse
their treason, nor should it screen them
from cenSure. That they had tho will
but lacked the power to defeat the Demo-
cratic nominees, is evidenced by their
clcctionecring for the opposition candi-
dates, pcddling spurious tickets, and cir
culating infamous ISLANDERS against some
of our candidates. That they did this,wc
have abundant proof That they did it
is we'll known throughout our county, Us
tho communications VIC publish to day
Gear evidence. They indirectly admit it
by not attempting to deny the charge
They may try to cvadc tho question and
force US INTO false issues, as they have al
ready done, but it will be in vain. We
have nothing to do with outside issues
We are after the b0ltCrS, after the men
who profess to be Democrats and who
yet work with and for tho enemies Of the
Democratic party, after the knavish crew
who are ready to sell themselves and their
party for an insignificant office or pitiful
sum of money. We would be false to our
principles, unfaithful to our party, un-
worthy the position we occupy as the or
gan Of the Democratic party Of FL Dora
do, did we overlook their treachery or
shrink from exposing il. II my be pre-
mature at this carly day to alludc to their
boiling, but while the fact is fresh in the
memory Of all, it is proper to record it
for future use. a year hence these fel-
lows might say, "why did you not make
the accusation at the time, when we had
witnesses to prove that we voted the clean
ticket? You wait until our witnesses arc
gone, until it is impossible to refute tho
charge, and then you bring it against
u.s." This frivolous excuse they shall not
have the benefit Of. They stand charged,
and the charge has not been, cannot be
truthfully denied, with scratching the
Democratic ticket and attempting to de-
feat the Democratic nominees. II this
charge be IAN unprovokcd, ill-timcd and
personal assault" those assaulted may
''makc tho most Of it," ,............