Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-10-30
Mup V1Ew. SUNDAY. Oct.

Mud VIEW Sunday, Oct. "a, 1853.
DEAR DAN: "Mud View" looks refreshed and
grefn-not IN vulgar metaphOrical sense rs the
latter word is, sometimes invdiously applied by fast
young men ~ the Bay City to gentlemen. esurcinl.
~ printers, from tho mining &ounties-but green
us an emerald, green as garden in Spring lime
green Us the season of bursting buds and opening
flowers, green 0Tdss Late ceestial shower baths
having washed the accumulated dust and dirt of
long months from her Mud View is fcminine) phys.
!0Xhomy. she steps out this blessed Sabbath morn
ing radiant as an only baby after its mautnal ablu-
tl0n or an Ell Dorado editor in conscious ceunlncss
with an unaccustomed shirt collar and unnatural.
lied Dlckey, threading, what to him, after short
solourn IN San francisco, appears the may iutrica.
cies Of Montgomery street between the Bank Ex-
cnSnge 9nd Barry Patton's Our people are, &C.
cordlngly, amable to-day. An hour since I was at
the City Hall lit would have been Church but for
the ndisposltiOn Of pastOr) aud there were as
sembed various persons Of diverse religious senti-
ments as well as political opinions engaged in con-
verse; touching matters Of public interest in man
ner at once amiable and entertaining Although
contessedly moral people the absorbing topic With
us, not only during the week, but on Sundays too,
lspoltics. We discuss questions Of State with the
earneStness II not the ability Of Cabinet officers and
the conduct of pnbc men is subjected TO the sever
est ordeal Of criticism. On the occasion just referr-
cd to, the course Of Messrs. BrOderick and McKib-
ben was up for consideration the thonSandth time,
ana although there were one or two Republicans,
relying upon the aniabillty OF the Democrats super
induced by the influence Of the Sabbath sufficient.
~ daring TO attempt vindicatiGn of their political
tergversations, there yet seemed with the true
Democrats but one Opinion-th0t these distinguish
ed gentlemen (perhaps notorious would be the more
uppTuprute udjectivct had forfeited all claim upon
the Democratic party Of the State; that they had
proved recreant to the principles upon which they
wert, unfortunately for those who trusted them eI-
cvated to their present positions, and that if they
had any respect for themselves, they would no Ion
ger persist in holding such positions against the un-
mistakabe wishes, and to the ntolera6le disgust Of
the people Of the State whom they have so wantOn-
" misrepPesented.
amable than my friends Of the City Hail. attribute
'hdt sdte 70 an accidental call upon Charlie Evans
or to anything else ycu may see proper
MckIbbenS Congressional infictiOn, because Of
Its limited duratiOn Is borne by the Democracy If
this State with tolerant tortitude than that OF
trOderIck Notwithstanding his public, political
duct is If possible, more rcprehensible than that Of
his Senatorial cogtrtre. Brode:ick's proclivites
have we'll nigh, all the time, leaned towards Black
RepublicaHisn. True, he has received the support
OF genuine Democrats; his associations, hitherto,
may have been, TO great extent, Democratic, but
II Is equally true that, during this time, and while
he mus progressed Democracy, the Democratic party
were lndisputably in the ascendant throughout the
State and therefore, the sagaciOus ambition of the
senator linked his external action with the FREEDOM
inant party, while, at heart, those who know lin
best believe that he was prepared at any tme-nay,
deslrnilS especially II threatening cloud lowered
upon the prospects Of the ascendant Democracy to
throw himself into the embrace of its enemies. In
short Frederick never enjoyed the confidence Of the
Democratic party, and his election to the Senate Of
the United States, ~ far as they were concerned
was spure political se,dtcA. Not so with McKib.
ben. You and |, Dan were both members of the
Convention from which he received his nomination
and, worse STILL both Of voted for him; (lct us 20
and Siu no murcD and, during the canvass worse
and worse, you wrote and gdSse.i for him. IfvOu
have not forgotten the incidents Of that campaign
YOU WILL also, remember that it was M holiday at
fair to force the conviction upon the minds of the
people that Joseph was peculiarly fitted IL represent
their interests IN the National Legislature With the
greatest respect fur your veraety shUuldn like TO
swear to the truth Of every paragraph which az
peared about that time, in the MouNrAIN DEMocKAr
suggestive OF Jos public worth and private virtues
would you? lie was elected u Congress. He
went there endorsed by and in the confidence Of the
Democracy. They sustained aud supported him
under the most adverse circumstances; against the
Interest personal as wei! political viurtralon
against the attack Of the most powerfully bar!ded
.;iJrs. who's" formidable organization threatened
'i' Gera"li - .f ".r p"iy; they sustained and Sup
i'!itd h''n. >'r, uuu.I all these adverse crcuni-
S:'nc"s S':"'rrnE hi'A % u.e his own elegant and
Gitss' l""c''"g"' from "coy"ic hole" in Sierra
-ant a.i' Transfer ring him 20 scat in the Halls OF
gu National legislature II devoted adhesion 10
tie Democratic party If ibis State is required of
.nvb"iy, II should have distinguished 10 McKib-
ben. Ibe DcmucIacy owed him n0ihing-he owes
the Democracy everything. Personal or intellectu.
al force lac had comparatively, none to bring to its
support and "f public character, most certainly
that presented by him not such us 10 lend any
vr.y efficient aid towards the maintenance Of lis
principles. But he WAS, nevertheless, elected bv
them, and scarcely had he gathered The robes Ofhis
mirdc"lors (Gnw 1t seems such) elevation about
him, than he clnpcA fiom those who sustained and
supported him, aud with the disgusting abandon Of
a d,Anircp, luxuraeS in the embrace Of u newly
found, more congeniAl and oiorVoOUs lover, to wit:
Black RepublIcanIsm.
What ia hia nou,;on uowP IT,. or N liz n 49,
reant TO his party fidelity. What are his assocu-
tiuns now? With those whose principles he has
heretofore violently denounced, and who, in turn,
have dashed him with the whip Of unsparing invcc-
tive until his public aud private character bcd at cv-
cry pore What does he at the hands of those
whom he has deceived? To be taught that polit-
cal as we'll as moral hOncsty-if there be distinc
tion-is the best policy; and that selfish trimming
inevitably cons gns the trimmer To the deserved OBJ
security of coyote hole from which a too conGdng
constituency may have unhappily dragged him.
Aud now, Dam for the present suspend. A go-
rious sunshine dances upon the Bay which sur
rounds aud flashes thro the old oak trees which dec.
crate Mud View. must go out and bdthein ii (the
sunshine. not the Day> after which I hope to be
lighter hearted and lighter Leaded-thc latter, how
ever, must depend upon the exlcnt of the bath and
whether taken strdight or half aud half" In the
meantime --.--- AU REYOIR.
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