Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-01-15
A Few Plain Questions,

As the senior Of the Sacramento (Broderick Re-
publcan) Register. with brazen audacity, presumes
to read the Democracy lecture and boasts Of his De-
mOcracy, 1t may not be inappropriate TO ask him a
few questions and refresh his treacherous memory.
more inconsistent. we will not ssy corrupt poll
tician does not breathe. His Democracy consists
IN spells. He has sought Office with aviJity, and
has always been unsuccessful. Because the De-
mocracy overlooked bis claims, treated them With
something akin to contempt, this immaculats Dem.
ocrst with characteristic ingraitude turned sganst
the party that had once, very imprudenty, rewarded
him.
Now, sir. did not you and the faction with which
you ere at present cooperating. last summer fuse
with the Black Republicans for the purpose VI de.
teating the Democratic partyf Did you not stump
the State for ticket the nt git Of the factions!
Was not Curry regarded thoroughbred Repub-
licani Did you not, in public speech on the 10th
Of May, 1885, boldly assert that the Republican par.
~ "has been organized upon dangerous and reek.
less bass"f Did you not then state that ell those
who connect themselves with It, however modified
and apparently reasonable its prsAsmt views may
be, will be compelled eventually to adopt the views
and principles Of the AB0LITIONISTS Of the
North = Have you not connected yourself with it
and according to your Osr~ language. adopted 1.-THE
views and principles Of the Ahol0ionists of the
NOrth"1 Did you not say that the wretched fac
ton with which you are now acting, whether in
good faith or not is n matter If indifference whose
doctrines you advocated whose candidates yOu
supported last September, fsucccssful, may strike
down forever the glorious snpersrucure Of liberty
Did you not solcmDly declare that its PURPOSES
ARE REASONABLY and "warn your fellow
citizens to come out from among the Black Rcpub-
iicans and be scparate'" Did you not afterwards
unite with, and are you not nnw regarded A. lead.
ing member Of that party whose "puyposes are
trNdson0bs"s Did you not stump Il State for its
andidates-vindicivcly malign the party that OPP
posed them? You, the pure, ardent, unwavcring
Democrat rushed into the arms and lovingly EN-.
braced the Black Republicans.
Vow, sir, are you AbolitioniM! Ifnot, why
did you stump the State In favor Of the views and
principles Of the AbolitOnists?" Did you, in May.
1856, misrcprescnt the RepublicansY II not, are
you cot proper object Of contempt for advocating
the principles Of party whose "pvrposes are neds
on0oteF" You shy you have been consistent and
have not changed; they, with equal pertnacity
and permit us to remark far more TRUTH assert that
they stand where they have always stood-that not
plank has been added to or taken from their plat.
form since 1855. when you made your patriotic but
(For you indiscreet speech. You profess to dcs.
pise the Aboliiionsts. yet you the bosom friend
Of fheir leaders, the champion of their views and
principles, the recipient Of their charity, and
the sworn but feeble trsducer of the party that has
always vehcmcn,ly opposed them. No true Demo.
crat ever fused with the Republicans or any other
faction. Douglas, the man you pretend to admire.
denounced them violently, virulently. And yet you.
protesting to be his friend. united with his enemies
to defeat the party that elevated him to his proud
position.