Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-20
Mup VIEW. Nov. 18th, 1858.

intelligence and, in view thereof the Rcpub'
Leans think they have played the very devil
with the Democratic party OF the Union.
They wink at each other with extraordinary
significance, and chucklc over the Democrats
with immense sclfgratiticntlon. To see the
turkcy-cock style Of spreading their ban
nerS TO the breeze" now IcdiculnuSIy assumed
BY the very few who have her, toforc SHc'tk0i
about the puiliruS Of Mud View, one, iEno.
rant of the facts, might hr i,d TO suppose that
Buchanan and breckenridge had already alb
Dictated, and that Seward ard Broicrick had
been already selected by the triumphant
"niggrr woi>hiptrS" TO supply the vacan-
cirS. Even my old iicnd Topper, the bears
no relation tn Martin Farluhar, however, nur
is he n pocty a,thO victim Of the most un-
rclentng and WhrentiLIiing asthma, d,claimS
Of Black Republican triumph>i in Ohio, Penn
Sylvania and elsewhere, until his lungs collapse
aud 0bStructctl respiration positively prohibits
further indulgence. Now have no Ohirc.
/ ton To all thiS-it is an innocent and harmless
amusement, and the poor faction, styling itself
the Republican party, should he allowed To
enjoy the sport without "lrt or hintlrancc
: from any quarter. But c"i b0ao? Docs any
orc believe for II moment that II Republican,
Black Republican will ever pyCSid,
over and direct the ,lrS,nicS Of this country .
Without principle Of nationality; without Il
measure reaching beyond the lacicus purposes
of fanatical hut corrupt combination Of
dcmagoSucs; with no comprehensive orgali'
cation resting upon q comprehensive basis
with comprehensive Objects in view. hut act.
ing upon and Su!cly guided by the most mar
row, selfish and sectional rviudccS-what
single feature docs it present 10 commend it to
the enlightened support Of the patriotism of the
country. True enough the elections which
have recently occurred in SOME Of the Atlantic
States have not resulted 81 favOrably To the
cause Of the nation, AS represented 10y tho
! Democracy, aS We WIRE led to anticipate, hut
what then? Temporary and local defeats
have been encountered before, hut they serve
only to strengthen the Democratic party and
renew its energies for a more important and
decisive contest. 1t is utterly impossible
that a single idea and that sectional, u single
principle and tint n prejudice if Nou will
allow the apparent sol, ciSiu) can succeed il,
the hearts ct the people, To the exclusion Of
all that is extended and national in policy and
productive of incaIculablr blessings To man.
kind in it, practical operations upon the great
and ramilivd interests Of the country. Now
and thcn-it has often happened comli
nations at once corrupt and inconSi uouS ar,
effected, and the Democratic party thu,
temporarily defeated. 1t has happened st
now 10 some extent, and the same corrupt and
incongruous combinations have temporarily
prevailed in few Of the States. Black Re.
tublieahS, Knew Nethinss and anti I,eea,tit,-
tonitcS-Frcc Lovers, Frcc-thinkcrS and Free.
ni2gerS-wOmcn in brccchvS and men in
crino!ine-the "tag-rNg aud bob-tal of all
factions and all iSuS, have "lniNcd, mingled
and united" i'll their opposition to the nclnoc:
racy in the rccvut elections. This has beer,
done that short lived, cphrmcral local tri.
umph might be won. Know NothingS who
dctcst RI publicans- Republicans who hold in
the utmost contempt ahti-LccOmPtonitcS-
and anti LccOmptOnt'S who can tolerate
neither tie iactioniStS nor the cXcusioui>S
waived. for the time, their bitter h0StiiiicS
and Tn@d against the common enrmy-thc
Democratic party. Oiland water may minglr,
but such factions as these, for any permanent
purpose, can never do so. Besides being com.
posed Of incompatible elements they are each
jealous Of the other; all grnSpng, selfish,
cnviOus and intolerant Once in power, once
with the beStOwa Of public patronage ell
trusted to them, they would madly, rccklcSsly,
irantically rush To the feast Of SrOilS, and II
short year would not rlap>c before they Ind
broken into Thousand shattered fragments
and again resolved themselves into their orig.
NAL di1jointcd elements. What contrast to
this is afforded by the great and yet uncon.
| qucred Democratic party. With u platio:m
broad as the Union Of States; having for it,
chief object the promotion and advancement
OF the common county; laborinS with its
untiring energies IL unite IN the bonds of II
common brotherhood the North and South.
the East and West; strengthening, Clrvatiug
cnergizlnG, expanding TIN Republic; crushing
out factions and building up principles (;
destroying Sectiuna'i>m and encouraging a
>pi'it 81 nationality; >nl"luing the narrow
bigotry of intolerance AMI throwing Wild, the
portals Oi civil and rc'i%i us lih>Ity- when
such Il party aS this shall die nj the hands of
Back Rcpubliral.i>n, the people will have
lost their senses Or their honesty, neither of
which. think, nce,l bc unprecedented for the
next dcru'ic or two at all events
conclude, upon the whole, therefore, that
we have nothing to fear from the recent cleo
tons. They Indicate nothing permanent and
they have certainly produced nothing decisive.
The ID, mOcracy are as strong to-day rs at any
time during the past eight ycarS-.nay stronger.
Mr.. BuchananS administration daily wins
upon the admiration and affection of the
masses. lie lahnrS for the countryside Re.
puhlicanS bcwnil bred Scott; he unitcS the
Atlantic and Pacific, betting the continent
with line of mail StagvS-the Republicans
shrek Kansas; he initiates mastery aud