Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-03-05
Meeting Il the BrOdsriCkitsA


The sacramento papers inform MS that the Bol-
tiers held Ia that city last Saturday night
for the purpose of adopting some plan To thorough
y organize their iactiOh throughout the State, &C.
Our umable friend Sloss, = Southern man with ="
no principles, very properly, attended and 20 did
George A. Douglass. We take il FOr granted that
they represented the Brods Of Fl Dorado, and that
their action will be approved by acme Of their
friends-nOt ALL SlOss and Douglass, Il seems TO
Ws. strangely overlooked the claims IT sOme Of the
Dr"ds in this county, and their sighting the Bird
erlrk leaders Ia attributed BY . few ~ envy end
teAIOusy. Il lie rumOrrd, and the rAlnor is genSr-
ally believed, that SlOes desires to supplant Judge
Hall. and that he has expressed hiS Willingness Ia
run fur The Senate In place Of the Judge. Tha Is
family arrangement. however. with which we have
u"hiMR TO do at Prc"cHt. and We only mention it I"
account fhF Sluss' remisSneSs in nut urging the
claims Of Hail.
Another Ubj rct IT the meeting was to provide
ways and means EF raising fund Of e7S.CCU, to be
expended In the ensuing camPaiEn. II is not sta
ted how much our fricnd Sims aabseribed. certain
" not the WhOlr amount. Dat u this fund paper
Is ~ be established. to DO vigorously conducted
and circulated cautiously Here again the Fl Dor
adn delegates acted 10 bad faith and manifested
their envy uf Hall and others. Estcl CrOsscttC and
others were pr"PuSed IL edit the new JOURNAL
Halls name was NOT mentioned. Why? Dccausc
Sloss thinks Hall stands in his way. Who has done
more Tnr lIrodcrck than Hall. Point to a single
one Of his fn"wers who haS sacrificed az much for
him. When men were almost ashamed to acknow-
ledge that they were numbered among his friends !;
when he was rrpudatcd by the people; when few
respected him, fewer still defended hiH course /;
when he was denounced throughOu the State when
he was regarded politically dead; when his pros
poets were darkest; when CrOeSelte abused and
Estell betrayed him; when McCOrkle ridiculrd aud
SloSs snccrcd at him when the idea ~ his going to
the Senate seemed too absurd to be gravcly conSid
end when il was anything but crcditablc ii Is SO
YETI to BE- enc Of his followers; when he was rr.
vatc citizen with little power aud no patronage Mt
his disposal. Judge Hall manfuy, earnestly, ClO-
qucnily pleaded his cause. In every emergency
Hall rushed to his assistance. Ills SimC his talents.
his money were freely given To his chief Early aud
late, in private circlea tho stump. everywhere he
Was sounding Broderick's praise. No trucr, warm
er ADLER friend than Hall had Brodcrick. In our
county he and Mr. COnncss, when others faltcred
and were ready To surrender when but fr their de-
votOn and uniring exCFtiOns the DrOderick faction
would have dwndlcd into nOthngneSs, rnllird their
weak and diShcartrncd ErccS, encouraged and in'
fused Vitality and hope into them. and made des'
Trratc fight Fr their fAvOri,e. now, after they
have ilCcd 50 much, done such faithful service
r their party, they are cody set aside, frced t.
take back seat by men who owe their position t'
-. To- haOn and n e. in
cOuMiySnOt 10 Mrsars. SluSs and DouglAs-is Mr.
tick indebted for hia election. Had they beer
lukewarm. Indifferent, had they taken grounds
against him, BrOderCk faction never would haVt
had un existence, and MIR. Sloss would not now b.
member If the Legislature fr"m II Dorado. The!
kent the faction alive-gave it influence, strength
vitality, and they arr extensively, rudcly. cavalicrl
thrust aside by HcdglingS by Hrn who, if,Icir owl
word be worth anything. entertain no very Cxalte'
opinion Of Mr.. BrOdcrick's intellect. Judge Hall
= Gu n, and able writer, his fidelity To his chief n
one will question. and whO among ell his follower
is more competent TO conduct an organ than Hall
Aud why ignore the existence If Mr.. Moses: VIII
pass him over in silence! Why not select him u
proprietor "f the new journal: Have you lost Gun
fdcnce 10 him! Is he not an unwavcring BrodcE
ickitc, worthy and industrious young man! u
! to the day If the election he was the proprietor q
your organ in this county, aud he IeAlOusly Eough
/ for you. Don't be ungratcfal and throw ID you
beat friends, the men who made you. when you hav
M immediate need for their services. YNu owe ST
Muses. much; you have Il in your power to max
| him some return fur the many tavors he has dom
you. Make him proprietor aud Judge Hall editor
aud you will have IN organ that will reflect you
sentiments, stand by your chief. be creditAblc I
your faction and worthy the eauss y,u advocate
Throw aside your PAltry envy and jcAlousy, in
augerAte = season Of gOOd fellowship" aud BE- ono
mere "Lving (even if distrustfHl) brOthcrs."
Al the same meeting proposition To openly tus
with tue Black Republicans wAs discussed, . ma
purity Of those present admitting that they agree
in sentiment with them and that they would be tW
weak without them. 1t Was objected Ia" solely oil
the gr"und that considerable number Of GIO'
Douglas Democrats, whom they had deceived, wer
acting with them in gmd faith, and the mOmen
they openly affiliated with the Republicans Ih
friends Uf Douglas would leave them. ]. was deem
ed Advisable To- keep up the deception until the re
turn IL their chief irVItn Washington. but IN tn
meantime tO have IhOrOuEh understanding Witl
the BlArka. The prOpFi@Iv IL drIpping the name u
Br'drrrk and adopting that 1T Douglas was full
discussed. 4 member suggested . startling ditIi
Guilty Could they expect their Republican allie
| tn fight under the banner of DMglas. "Ah," sal,
"hnnest Joseph" mot Joseph Surface but his pro-
i0iyPel that IL easily managed. Ill explain I &
them aud they'll be satisfied" The meeting nd
jOurned without arranging anything definitely.
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