Mountain Democrat., 1857-08-29
OurLasa Annaal.

NSJ ~ Wv ptAhOtptco VI yVuh PSASyb
and your uncomprOmising hostility to the
factions And'7sms which, under tho lead
Of unadultcred demAgogueS, are forming
unnatural combinations and unholy Goa
litiOns to defeat and destroy them. Ours,
in days 'lang syne," has occupied the
proud position Of being distinguished the
banner Democratic county Of the State.
We are really yet entitled to this distinc-
ton, and Il only requires united and en-
ergetic effort upon our part to crush out
and annihilate the last lingering hope Of
the enemies who assAil us, and the trait
Ors, If there be, who would betray into
tho hands of heArtless factions and insidi-
Gus alliances the political integrity and
Democratic fidelity Of the Empire County.
An election pregnant with more impOr-
tant results than that in which you are
required TO participate on Wednesday
next, has not before occurred. Even The
great Presidential contest which resulted
30 triumphantly for the Democracy eve
rywherc; which, in thunder tones, pro-
claimed to the world that the PEOPLE Of
the United States were yet true to the
principles on which the perpetuity Of
their beloved Union was founded aud yet
depends; which bruised the head of the
monster, FGctiOn, and scOtched, if it did
not kill the poisonous reptile, Fdnatieism,
even so far as California is concerned,
this great triumph was pregnant with re-
suits not whit more important than
those involved in tho pending contest
Then, vauntingly, the GOliah Of Black Re
pUblicanism exposed u bold and daring
front to the David of Democracy, and met
undaunted tho hurtling violence ofTruth's
unerring pebble; nOU, the giant skulks
like the veriest savage, in ambush, and
from his cowardly cOneeGlment would in
sidiOusly destroy an enemy whom, in the
open field, he dare not encounter. Then
the champions Of Black Rcpublicanism
mounted upon their black steeds; clad in
| their black ar1nor and pOising their bIGcl
lanCes, CALAMITY entered the lists and
J proudly tossed the glove to the adherents
Of Democracy; nOO, they are distinguish
able only by their motley habiliments
Then, they were fearless and bold; nO,c
they are skulking and strategic. Them
herald announced their approach; 'sO'O
they crawl like the serpent or the savage
singing in Concealment and striking un
der cover. Yet their objects are th,
same.
The nomination of Stanly Of North Car
OIinG is and was mere ruse. They hav'
no confidence in him, nor he in them
They nominated him because they though
he would subscrve their, to use Zabriskie'i
language, Unreasonable purposes; h,
accepted the nomination because he i.
ambitious and "hOped to win by't."-
Stanly has no principle nor does he act or
any, but those who use him hare, ant
they use him only to advance that prin
ciple. The men who make an ninstrumen
Of tho MortA Caroline stakeholder or,
bitterly hostile to the institutions of tn
South and, profess what they may, will
be found in the end uncompromising ant
radical AbOlitiOnist&. Stanly has savage
ly denounced AbOlitionists-violently cas-
tigated their leaders, and earnestly ''pray
ed Almighty God that tho question Q
slavery should never become the subjec
Of party platforns." And yet Stanly j
the nominee Ofjust such AbOlitiOnists q
he denounced, the co.labOrer and co-ad
jutor ofjust such leaders as he castigated
and must be elected, IL elected at al, up
on just such platform as that which h
earnestly prayed Almighty God nigh
never be constructed
But Stanly is said to DO good and pur
man, high.tOned and ChivalrOus gentle
man, . man Of ''piOus meditation ant
study" and possessed of many other vir
tues too tedious to mention. Your sup
port Of the Black Republican candidat
is solicited on these grounds. Let us ex
anime for q moment Professions, it mus
DO BONE IN mind, are nOthing-practic
is everything. Hypocrites prQtsss Godli
ness, good men practice it What Is Mr.
Stanly now doingH He is seeking to 70
ment discoFd and stir up bitter sections
strifes and hOstilitiCs between people of /,
common State, which should DO common
brotherhood, for no other purpose, Is W,
conceive, than to promote his individua
views and advance the object of hia per
sonal ambition. He knows, as well a
wO do, that the agitation Of this question
of slavery waS,settled by the people q
the last Presidential election; that it wa
argued, debated, thoroughly understood
and voted upon from Maine to Texas
from Massachusetts, to California; that il
further agitation can only result in evi
without the most remote probability o.
incidental good to any bOdy-negrO o.
white man, people Of the North or South
East or West; and yet Mr.. Stanly agitates
the question: Why I-tO b Governor
Would good man dOsOe
Mr.. StAnly, when member fCOugress