Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-06-04

operaOns Il eompriao4 IN tlAs Oas end ed aim
to distract aud divide, aud ibuS, a. they suppose,
and reasonably, tOO weaken the force Ofihe DemOc-
rAcy, which, Il united. they perfectly we'll under
stand, is imprcgnAbIe to any assaults either Of
Nhs@aslSss % cuuisssing and combining with Othss
factions, they are capable Of making on it. With
this end In view the BrOdercLitsA l OSCs thsState,
have been Ordered 10 do 80, and are seziDg the Oc.
sssssa e SOsNty sOmioatioRs 70 cOaSty OGsees 70
bring about, 90 fer o. within them Iies divisions
amonest thu several AspIrantS 10 the several posi-
tons to be supplied. In this they are shrewd aud
not little saHaeious-POlitc and very considerably
unacrupulOSs They hesitate TO circulate 90 report
which teuds to engender personal hostility, nor to
give currency IN any fabrication calculated 10 pro-
ducs political Sntagonism. Their wide mOuthed
agents and emiSsaries are everywhere cumming
aud buzzing everybody, and where the least break
10 the barrier which excIudes them frOm psFtiCPa.
ton In the peltical aud goVernsntal Affairs II the
ststs devsIOpes sen no matter 10 what II sOnsists
DOr bow triaiHR is nature, they SeiIs upon it and
insdiOusly seek " convert Il " their purposes and
the consequent deiriweut Of de Democratic party
BrodeFick 10 10 fool II be 10 BLACK. Republican-
be appreciates the fact because be has experienced
u 10 his time and PFacticed it, too, that when
mems political principles become, % ODe al our cor
respondents very appropriately desIgnatcs thcm,
s<IfFegulating." the party with which such men
are affiliated 10 afflicted with caDkerous sore which
will sooner or later, unless esuterized and cured,
prove fatally destructive. or course, In judging
the Democratic candidates lIv county Offices in the
several counties Of this State BY the standard Of in
teusely selish OGRce-seekIng which has character.
lied himself and his n,yrmid"Oa. Snes their unSOr-
tuuats advent to The State and iaNRstie pas.lePa-
ton 10 iis political sgarS be AooS Ihsa sask In
justice; and judges ibsm aeeosAlAg 70 . standard
which We think be will 81 lsss eeA L sssalesd 70
measure their pOieal end pssSuoal ehssaesess. BE-
cane, not the standard - xhiaA Aaoss1 mea and
iDeOTuptibls Democrats sAsulA b siSd. Never.
thsIsss, Il e sAvlsabIO To guard every pOiat and
look TO II WE'LL that mn diXisiona. On aRy GnnoHAf,
obtain amongst NJ. Every Democrat haa the undis-
puted right to present bis claims 10 . Democratic
Convention ior nomination TO any oIhce within the
gin Of the Democratic party. The Convention is
invested with plenary power tOPaSs upon his claims
and settle his preteDSiOnS, aud whatever may be
the result Of it's action, far a. the nomination Of
genuine and true Democrat 10 concerned. no mem.
Der Of the party attached to II principle and no,
because Of offices and em 7umcnts IN be derived from
IT, has any right To complain. More than this there
10 no exclusive claim Or title 10 q nomination.
The Convention which assemblies at Sacramento
90 the 99nd u this mouth 10 the representative Oi
the Democratic party Of the State, and IL presumed
In making their selections u men to supply the
iOus sGacss-GOv Members Of Congress, Treas
uFeF, Comptroller SRpreme. Court, &C., &c.,-tO be
adjusted by other motive than that Of the great
est possible good to the party of which II is the
conceded representative. When this selection ID
thus made and presented to the people, he is Meth
| eF good Democrat nor reliable man who, for no
other or better reason than that he or his friends
have not succeeded 10 their aspirations, to secure
certain nominations, will turn about and with ma.
licous sel6SIDeSS, either directly attack the party
With which he had pEoleaeed 10 be identified By an
open onslaught upon its nominations, or indirectly
BY covert utilization with lie open and avowed enc.
mics. We hold u the doctrine that IL the princi.
pies Of the Democratic party are worth preserving,
rigid organization Ev this purpose 10 worth main
tsiniDg; and long experience has taught that
system Of conventions before which ihe pretensions
q ell aspiFants are pre- scented sud the final action
81 which 1IuSt Le adhered to, is the only eGectual
and effective system If organization Hence We
say, there need not he nor should there be, any
disahecthD 10 the ranks Of the Democracy, no mat.
ter who Of those applying for nominations. whether
County or State, fail Or succeed. Weller, Denver,
Latham, Dudley, Nugent. have all their peculiar
friends, earnest and anxious to secure their nom.
nations respectively-sO with the candidates for
Congress. % with other State and County officers ;
k.,,Sv 4. A..
nor is 1t right, az proper or Democratic that per.
sonal or political sntAgOn-m should be engendered
thereby. nor, after nominations are made, that the
friends Of the respective candidates defeated should
withhold in any degree, their aid and influence in
sustaining tho chosen standard bearers Of the par
". Let their eAemies say what they will, true
Deus0Crat, unlike BrodeFick and his cOadutors, 10
no mere Ot0ce-seeker. He may apply for an appoint
lnenG or seek nomination, but the result Of ous or
the other does MT aud cannot jEeAeaS&hlI DS.Ic:.
Pis' BE may be dsE..... again and oSain, but he
YET De%.sUcrat, and win sustain tie men as we'll
Is the measures Of bis party when those men hare
been legitimately selected and presented for his
support. II is only selfish time.server. such a.
the youthful and brave" and an inveterate but
VnGRPreci0ted OHice-seeker, as are most Of those
who support him. who will abandon their party
because they cannot control its nominations and
regulate tho dislrbOtiOn VI itS PasrOnaGe. The
Democrats Of Fl DorAdo, and We speak sdvisedly
when We make the declaration, belong to no such
ciasS Of trimmeTs and trckSters. They will BE- true
to their party organization, and when the time
comes for decisive actiOD, will engage 10 the con.
test precisely % ifsvcTy single Individual favorte
II every single Individual member Of the party bad
succeeded.