Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-03-20

IN nus second chlldhOOd-R man IN hts dOtage-s
living FalStaff--as he has been facetiOuSly and
cOurteously styled BY that SenatuT weak. iiSipid
slobbeTing tIOtHrd, lie would have us believe the
President ~ the United States to be. An expert
enced Observation-Disclosures discharging faithfully
the most important offices aud the most sacred
trusts known to the People; with knowledge 4"
State affairs equal, it not superior to any other
IN the uRfiOn-he stands by the helm Of State
guiding the good ship through the bowling storm
raised by the Black Republicans aud their disap.
pointed allies. No wish for Scttn term distulb'
the equilibrium Of his integrity or Judgment he
has reached the acme Of human glory, far il
regards place His sole hope and desire is, that Iii.
cnuntrv-tn which he is welded by the mos; sacred
recnllectiOns and tics-may live and PROSPER; and
that his adopted childrcn-the people, may, when
he shall be gathered to his fathcis-an event which
III the ordinary course Of nature, he NAV l0Ok fol
before II occurs To us-as they peruse the page 81
history, bless his memory for the part he acted
This is the man all Democrats fought for eighteen
monthS since; that the peOp raised above the Op.
position Of tactlOnsts Of color and kind, and
placed in his hand the If power, with the eX-
press understanding that lie was TO do such lawful
acts as in his judgment was right and proper to adj
vance their interests, preserve nvOlatc the COnsil
tuition, to crush ont trcaSOncome in the most dis
guscd f0rm-and preserve this Union as whole
He is diScharging that trust now wherefore, them
will Democrats jOin hands with our enemies, Ia
strike it from his grasp? Do Senators believe the
people will desert the man Of their chocc? do moi
interests 10 fail NJ The proper time. to bear up well
tried, ithtnl public servant. They viii say to YOU
somewhat Caesar said once upon n time Ia the
Tenth Leg on: What. do you think we will desert
our General, who has grown gray in our service,
for a set Of mere bovS?" Ave- and if need be, they
will come to his support
Come as the waves come when navics are stranded;
Come as the winds come when forests are rcHdtdi"
Aud. shoulder to shoulder, in solid column, as the
Old Guard mt into BATTLE 81 will they sweep over
the field. THIS is my Judgment
We commend to our readers the above OK
tract from the speech Of Senator Anderson,
of Placer county.
Disappointed seekers Of Federal patronage,
lrrogating to themselves the leadership Of the
Democratic arty, availing themselves of the
difference oC OF inion among Democrats as to
the admission or rejection Of Kansas as a
State under the I.ccompton Constitution, may
seek to create an impression that the Demo-
cratic masses have lost confidence in the abil-
ity, honesty aud patriotism Of the vencrntcd
head of that party and of this nation but the
efforts of all such ambitious striplings will be
more than futile. This is no time for Grimm
alton and rcciimination among Democrats,
and no man who loves his country and who
is for and with the true Democracy, and who
desires the success Of the Democratic party
solely because he loves his country.-uo such
man, we say, will permit either the hope Of
receiving spUi!s or losing them. to do any act
which might tend TO disturb the integrity,
destroy the efficiency and weaken the iniiu-
cncc of that party. We differ from PrcSi-
dent Buchanan on the question which Kansas
matters now present, and We coincide with
and indorSc the views of that question as pre-.
scented by Senator Douglas, and we do so the
cause we arc conscious that in so doing we
are not taking position among the opponents
Of the Administration. And VIC will not be
forced, by the unjust imputations of our party
friends, or Srduccd by the inSinccrc iusidious
aud hollow plaudits Of our party's foes, to
swcrvc from our allegiance to that party, its
principles, or its acknowledged and honored
head
Believing that Mr. Douglas was right upon
the Lecompton question VIC have so said and
have trusted that his views would prevail in
Congress We still 50 say and still so hope,
the action of the State Legislature to the con-
trary notw ithStanding. But we have arraign-
I'd no Democrat Lecausc he Thought diHcrcnt=
~, unless our motives and sincerity were im-
pugncd by hin, and We have not then failed
to rebuke the calumniator and expose the cal
umny.
We have from the first diScountcnanccd all
agitation of this question in the Legislative
Halls, no matter from what source the attempt
originated, because We were unable to per-
ccivc what possible benefit would or could
accrue TO the party, the State or the Nation,
to the Administration or Senator Douglas,
from any action the Legislature might take in
the matter, and evil results only could we be-
licvcd, follow from such action. We so stated
to Mr.. Stratton, the introduccr of the rcSolu
tons, and begged him not to be guilty Of the
ncxcusabIc folly of bringing the qu' stion be-
fore the Legislature. lie said he was deter
mined to make the members "show their
hands," and the vote on his resolutions would
fix Them How far he was actuatcd by
principle we leave others to judge.
The Democratic members Of the LegiSla-
ture have, however, passed resolutions Mr.
Stratton's) flvorlng the admission of Kansas
with the Lecompton Constitution, and per-
haps suppose that they have, in that manner,
committed the PARTY in this State in favor of
those resolutions. Let them lay no such
"fattcring JUNCTION to their souls" One and
all they have exhibited too much vacillation
and inconsistency Of purpose in this matter.
At first, those men who arrogatc to them
selves the title of Administration Democrats,
desired, as we thought properly, to keep out
of the House and Senate all resolutions upon
the subject; but they soon commit the same
folly they had condemned but few days be-
fore in others. by that action of Democrat
ic Senator's and Asscmblymen the party was
not bound, and for it cannot be held RESPONSE
bic.
In 1854 a majority of tho Democratic men,
bers assembled in caucus, attempted to die
tate to the party, and impudenty asserted in