Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-04-09
LETTER FROM avid FRESHMAN"
IOLsvILLE, April 4th 1859.

IDLEvILLE, April 4th 1859.
EDITORs DEnoCRAr: Massachusetts, hes agaiu die.
tingmished herself The old Bay State has added
another laurel to her brow. Again shc has assert
ed her devOtiOn 10 frrrdm, To Iiberalty and jus
tice ; and given another glOrious msnfrstatiOn u
her fidelity TO the constitution. We QuAkeTa wills
per not Of her domineering or Persecuing prOclivi
ties. Ye miserable old women, with witches IS
prct pass 10 peace the SAd remnant Of your days!-
Massachusetts has RrOw enlightened and humane.
sad acquired 9 distaste for barbarism. We vile
SOuthevneTH. puLlish more Of your iibels On the
celebrated Commonwealth. She has no sympathy
and h0lds no fellowship with tFaItOFous conVen.
Iions. She testifea her Nationality By fulfilling
al her Cn"n allegations. She holds out M induce
ment To runaway negroes. She hsrbOra no fugi'
lives and she makes ample and ready restitution In
oil cases II offence injury. We Of progress,
sligmaiAc her more being = conservative i'm
beetle. bury the past. Il she not now in favor Of
the AtarS and strips waving over Nexico. that fair
but Inflated and distracted Iandg Is not her phil.
antrophy excited and Der avnrice enlisted IN the
wish to see Cuba nesting under the broad and pro.
tcctng shadow If the Eagle Of Liberty! Then al
hOn"T-nl kinds Of honor 10 the Commonwealth OT
Massachusetts!
Repeat away then your calunlniOvs tales re Irish
Papists and Foreigners generally; who will believe
y'mr report! Massachusetts is nriIhrr bigotrd NOR
int rran She hes the aMIlcst indulgence for these
Who differ irm lirT Ia opininn and it il inpnsAible
that Ahe engages in prescribing any CIas" "f eitzsns
for does she not &" her "pilc" on freedom?
hut, Nrssrs. Edit"rs. tho E"cgDing is but fancy
nknirl nf ul aha,,
what is. For Massachusetts Is the very home and
center of biGoiry aud in'oleranre-"f sectionality
I'd disInyaity. Were TO write Ill her Characters
tIcA into plnasc compr, hrnsive and e1plit'
it PlrSse-And apply It TO her, ! would call her
B,0rt RJUJi'rdH. ] am H'rry Tor it. II is little
pleasure iT I" SAY that such il the character ~
any enc Il The States that compose this noble Re.
public. Itis with extreme reluctance am compelled
Ia SIrak thus harahly If her, when remember the
gInies Of her earlier history " hen I remember
that gallant minority who still cling with courage
und faith and undated affection Ia the Democratic
party cling with tenacity fund "nly in New Flu
glaud, fJr within her GUrdcrs found many DEM
OcratA whO have nat bowed the knee 10 the BAal III
black R"IublicanisnI HWt these are not the "nes
Who lcnd c'r ~ character ~ MaaAachuseits to-day
They those that cheer Parker, or sHfrvri Hanks
Gardner. What a lAInenIable lack " Judgment
she shows in choosing such fur her guides, while
she can sI blast Il such men ~ Everett, Winthrop
Ch"atc, Gushing, HaIlet and Grecue-nnen, great
juAt and distinguished-mc Il large hearts and
comprehensive minds, Who live ia al atmosphere
higher and rurcF than tia, inhaled by the fanatics
-n~n Er ~hom vulgar applause or evanescrnt
popularity has MI chatns. when it las 10 he pWr-
- Al IL. r
line u conduct subversi,e IL the best principles u
homer.
Il IL not this amendment or proposed amendment
IL the Constitution uf Massachusetts; lie not mere
~ these two years Uhough that Ia son.cthng) ad.
diii"nal term IT naturalization that she mposes
that has lent bitterness tony language; but it is b.
Er years nle has idvn hCd herself with every
thing hostile to the citizens II Irish birth, rarticu.
larry those whose religion aud politics are Oppusrd
or different To- hers.
hut IL 10 not To le supposed that this disability
inIrMcd by this tolerant State adopted citizens
10 IN reality any reflection il in the minds Of
unprcjudiccd men-on their loyalty To the Cnion.-
Il 10 rather the proiHudcat testimony to their con-
sentative attachment to il that could be brought
forward. II they had imLibcd tho sectional teach.
ings OF the Black RcpnLlicans-if they engaged IN
tho cant II dcnouncing the "LlAvc power; it, with
ducliy they trod 10 the footsteps Of the Ambition.
iats or displayed any taste for their dOctrincs; IL
they rcpudiAtcd the decisions OT the most august
tribunal Of the land IT, in Zinc, they spAt upon and
drrided the Constitution, then would Massachusetts,
fold them IN her arms. 'nlyhttned ciIizens fitted
Er her fellowship. hut a. they do not-as they
Democrats and mot Black IcpuLCans-as they es-
innate the Union as something higher than MAsSA.
chusetis therefore they subjected ~ the malice
and petty persecution II this free State-therefure
ere Black Republicans everywhere " down on" the
LiAA.
What do they hope 70 gain BY this extension -
Sound policy would seem N dictate m opposite
course. The sumner you make an American Of .
foreigner the better. These politicians teach the
longer you keep E'FrignrT without any political
tie in the country the better citizen he will make
forgetting that pride aud interest are great incen
iivcs to loyalty. II the Irish abuse the franchise
will two years IL dIsn>e cure the abuse: II would
be nanlieT and mere decent t0 withhold the right If
suffrage altogether III I'll s;rnge il in such petty
manaer. hut there parties well as individuals
with whom deccncy aud mAnlincss ere utter stran-
gcrs.
What vanity In Massachusetts, To think . citizen
81 the United Ststes il nat enough qualification tn
be . citizen "fLers. Aftrr sl that citizenship can
not be OF q very exalted character which even the
negroes can enjoy. FrOm this view. TO be deprived
of Il altogether would seem Ia be a compliment
would Seem to be l.ali blessing aud wholly an
honor.
In this action of MassAchusets ia there no Lesson
or warning for US in California: Let these Demo-
Gratis who last fall s,rnck hands with the Black Re-
puLcans consider il. Let those adopted citizens
who, aIso, dred into that alliance, consider it well
fHr with them il is most important question.
What assurance have We that Black Republican
ism would be whit purcr or less prOseriptive here
than there! They profenS modcsiy and federation
here only because they labor under the repression
Of an existence but half unfuldcd. Let the viper
develop itself in the warm sunshine Of favor and
you will swiftly feel its sting.
Yours IN undated Democracy,
WILD FRESHMAN.