Mountain Democrat., 1857-08-15
Correspondence ofthe Democrat
Tricks or the EMemY.
GxoRGvrowH, August 10th, ]

MEsAr.. EDlroRs; II is really amusing TO
| Witness the tW iStinE and turning, the m0rtit.
! cation aud despair Il ny friends the Know
{ Nolhimgs aud Republicans. They are in
, "Ewcci hx." DiStIWstcd by the people. at war
| NTH each other. with no principles u contend
| for, M party to sustain them, how are they 10
sneak into ";1irc: The Democrats won't per.
init them I" lin their raaks without full and
free confession Of past tranagreSSiOnS and
/ promises of future goOd conduct, which they
are loath To submit W. Culess they can breed
| disaiIcction in our ranks. allAy excitement and
cause the masses to look upon the election with
indifference, they know, to use an expressive
but hoMrly phrase. their cakes all dough-
To produce lukcw armnrSa in our rauks. they
go into the southern portion Of our county and
| Say that the Democrats on the river and in the
northern portion If the couaty nre greatly dis
satisfied with their candidates and intend TO
cut them. and in the northern portion Of the
county they Say the same feeling prevails In
! the southern portion. Now. gentlemen, there
| is mt n word OF truth in their assertions. A
/ prominent Know Nothing Of your section atA-
/ ted TO me. and in the presence Of . humber Of
others, that south Of Placceville the Democrat.
ic candidates would be badly cut To test the
matter-for | AlwAvS take the statements OF
! Know NothinRS with some grains Of allowance
IL visited that portion " the county alluded
! to, aud found, TO my AmNxement, that IL was in
my part Of the county that so much dissatis.
faction was expressed, and not in the southern
portion, where the Democracy are united ~
one man. told our friends that lived in the
neighborhood of Georgetown, that was fa-
miliar with the feeling Of the Democracy. that
my business was such a. to bring me in daily
contact with persons living on the river, and
that had yet to hear the irst objection urged
ugainst our nominees by o Democrat. IinQui.
red who started these reports. and the names
Of several leading Know Nothings were given
me.
Now, sirs. I merely write thia to put You and
our friend, Ion on their EDarS & and to expos: u:
the impression that the Democracy are disap.
pointed and diAcontCnted with their ticket and
that they will not support il. Il would be we'll
enough If they could make the people believe
them, but "therc's the rub" Ask who start
these reports. and the Answer 10 20. don't
know" or II heard somebody say So;" or,
more frequently, the name Of some honest (cf
coUras) Know Nothing ie given - the author.
They are the men who are to profit by the re.
ports, and they only are circulating them
Watch and expose them.
The X. n. Convention was pretty liberal to-
wards uS, giving us more than We expected
three doomed Men--thc candidate for Sheriff,
one Senator and one Asscmblyman. Illwagcr
you . new hat that srhen Gibbs gets into the
Senate he'll Get the American-not party-rv.
er on ERE. Mr.. Bowe don't know, but il he's
half as sqtt, Rgnrativelv speaking, mean, as
our accomplished friend Gibbs, he is the very
man to represent the American party aE.d iis
Principlsl Yours.
OLD LINER,
P.S. II is hinted that J. C. Brown, Of Colo.
ina, not the Learned blacksmith" has challCn.
gcd our friend g. " discuss the priNeipLes-
lis no joko-really SrineiPIest n Of the K. MS
and Black Republicans. Brown 10 ''some," or
ne thinks be is, which amounts 70 the sAne
thing. and in this hc has not the slightest ad.
vantage Of Gibbs.
N. B. Capt. r, in speaking Of one of the nom.
ineeS Of his party--do you know who he means!
says, "W. 7. g. is an ass, air; very much Of
an ass! believe the people here think The
Captain an excellent judge Of the company he
keeps, and are not, therefore, disposed to dis.
pute his Judgment in this particular. really
think Nv. T. g." ought to be Hattered by this
opinion Of the Captains. OIL.