Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-26
who are the Mud sills P

somebody would collect, ana pupllsn uii 'i'e
clap-trap devices to which the Enemies ol
Democracy have from time to time resorted
for the purpose of catching the popular
breeze and gaining political ascendency The
last dodge is to style themselves Mud Sills,
whereby they hope TO cajole and humbug the
laboring classes to do their bidding. 1t is
not surprising that they should take adyan-
tage Of remark that fell from the lips of a
Senator, aud charge the Democratic Party
with sweeping denunciation of that class
of community who are the real bone and sin
ew Of the land, for, as already intimated, the
Enemy have always sought for their " thun-
der" in clap-trap rather than in principles
Now we propose to inquire who aud what
the Mud Slls of society are-or rather who
and what arc the political Mud Sills of the
country, for that is what is really meant; and
in doing so we shall by no means feel called
upon to mnce words. In this State, from
the Union down to the least of them, there
is not Republican sheet, or one with pro
cliyites of that kind, that does not teen with
hypocrtical appeals to those who earn their
bread by the sweat Of their brow, and The
sole burden Of their song is Mud Sillsl Mud
Silsl Mud Sillsl
From the beginning of this Government
from the Declaration of Independence itself
it has been held that "al men are created
equal" And only for the existence OF
this great popular principle, the ihdepend-
ence of thecolonies as Republican people,
never could have been accomplished; and the
people Of America would this day be the
subjects of British crown, or otherwise of
a monarch owing his power and position to a
revolt in which the people must have been
the "mud siils" if you please, but not the
soyercigns.
The political contests that followed the
War of the Revolution, are, or, should be IA
miliar to all classes of the community. After
that glorious struggle gloriously terminated
because Of the existence of the principle that
"al men are created equal, there were those
who favored the establishment of a monar-
chy The blood of the patriots-whether
flowing upon the battlefield or as they
marched bare-footed over the frozen ground
had not fully established the doctrine Of
equality; there was still an arstoeraey which
claimed superiority, and even to this late day
that Internal heresy has an existence.
How often and how recently has it been
insnltngy charged and repeated to any Dem
ocrat who reads this article that the Demo
cratic Party has owed its power and its sue
cess TO the votes Of "the ignorant. the uned-
ucatcd the Observation-Disclosures
classes Of the community How often has
it been contended that where schools existed,
/ Democrats lcers scarcei How often has it
been contended that they have "al the de-
cency,' and the Democracy nothing but. the
''ignoraar laborng classes When aud in
what place, whether half century ago or
not one year ago, has q Democratic victory
been pronounced by the enemy anything else
than a triumph Of those who did not repre-
sent the business the Commercial" (or
mo'e property the wealthy and aristoeratic)
classes Of the community Show one in
stance, and you will show what has never yet
been shown
No, mol the Mud Sills, as the silk-Stoek-
ing gentry are now wont TO call the laboring
and producing classes, have ever been Demo
Gratis; and they will not be led estray by the
nonsensical iargon aud hypocritical profcs-
sions Of Soll-handed, well-dressed, aristocrat-
ic advocates Of modern Repnblicanism The
Democracy have long ago been called the
"hard-fsted,' the ignorant "unterrifed." the
"uneducated" the "unwashed," and by all
the powers they do not fear to be called
Mud Sills y Give us the name; wen take
it, or any other you may choose to call u.s.
Only remember this. That under the auspi-
cies and rule Of these hard-fsted, ignorant,
unterrled, uneducated, unwashed Mud-Sls,
the United States Of America has accom-
plished something considerable within the
last three quarters Of a centuary
Who and what are the Mud Sills of Cali
formal Let us reflect little. We will
take, for example, the miners Surely they
are all Mud Sis, for ever dollar they enjoy