Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-10-29
Timely Warning.

An oppOstunity WIN soon present itself "a
those Democrats who, at the late election, 70.
luctantly, we hope, voted with the opposition,
to set themselves right and get back to the
DemOcFatIc party. Another election will soon
be held, and IL they be Democrats at heart
they will cooperate with the Democratic par
~, not with its enemies. There are peculiar
" favorable contingencies in the history Of po-
litical parties as we'll as in the affairs Of ndi-
vidunis, upon which It is the part of wisdom
to seize and turn to political account As a
man is sometimes placed in circumstances
which he has only to employ and they will
bear him onward TO success, 30 party is oc.
casionally brought into such relation to the
popular will, that it has only to open its sails
to the breeze that courts them, to be waited
swiftly into the haven Of victory. The saga
city and the practical, administrative talent Of
the party, not less than Of the individual. are
displayed In understanding such favorable
conjunction, and in seizing upon its advant-
ages.
The Democratic party Of this State, at this
moment, occupies just the commanding posi-
ton which We have described, and the practi
cal question is, whether it will use it judicious-
y, and BY an easy effort secure the permaneUcy
of its principles The current Of rrverseS,
which has borne down the Democracy in sew.
eral States for some time past, has been ar
rested and turned into different channel
The popular breeze blows from another point
Of the compass. The result Of our recent
election has carried terror and dismay to the
camp Of our enemies, while it has brought
confidence and enthusiasm to our friends Our
majority far exceeded the expectations Of the
most Sanguine, and another such victory
would completely annihlate the opposition
California having declared its adherence to
Democratic principles, and fidelity to old
friends, we may now expect to see the Un~il-
ling fusioniSts pause and reflect on their
course. They may have INDUCED the hope
that national organization could be maintain
ed upon principles TO which they were willing
to subscribe, but the defeat in this State de-
tnonstrates the folly Of any such expectations;
and il is now quite clear that those members
Of the opposition who arc not willing to be ab.
sorbed in the fusion process conSummatcd in
this town with so much dextcrity and under
such fAttering auspices by Judge Hall and
Col Baker-who, in . word, are not prepared
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have no other alternative but to sever their
present associations, and act with the Demo-
cratic :party-the only party which now has
the least prospect Of being able to maintain q
national character, and stand upon platform
broad enough to include the citizens Of all Sec.
tons Of the Union. II those douglas Dem
ocrats, who acted with the opposition, have
distinctive principles and are not prepared to
renounce them, and embrace the heresics
against which they have long been warning,
IL strikes us that, to maintain q character for
honesty and consistency, they must abjure
their Black Republican allies.
! What have douglas Democrats " to gain
by fusion-especially by fusion with the
bitterest enemies Of Douglas? Would not q
fusion merge their individuality, cut them off
from association and sympathy with their po-
litical brethren in other parts Of the Union,
and sink them from the position Of Democrats
into mere appendage Of Sewardism! Most
assuredly. Are they prepared to renOunce
their faith, sacrifice their friends, war against
their principles, to crafty and assist and give
power and influence to the Black Republicans
What have they to expect from the Rcpubli-
canSs The Republicans installed once in pow
er, could not resist, II indeed they ever in.
tended to do so, tho claims Of their old parti-
IAN associations. They would reward their
friends, treat their allies with indifference, II
not contempt. They should remember this
truth. which accords with all past experience,
that Republicans cannot be relied on to leave
their party, and join in any reiormatOry en-.
terprise of the day, and that they will betray
that enterprise just at the point where trcach'
cry is most mischievous.
The inquiry naturally arises, who is to BE-
benefited in the long run by such fusion
Is it to be temporary or permanent We take
it for granted that those who profess to b
" Douglas Democrats, who proclaim that they
stand on his platform, deny all sympathy Will
Republication, have no intention Of sinking
their own faction and joining any new politi
cal associations. They then regard this unior
as temporary on their part Do the Rcpubli
cans intend to melt down, disorganizc and be
come fused with the douglas DemocratsI
We do not so interpret their designs. They
will not give up their organization, abandon
their platform, bctrAy their leaders and friends
They look to the future and anticipate success
One Of the leading characteristics Of tn,
Democratic party, and one which has perhap
more than any other, contributed to its per
manency and success, has been the steadines
with which it has, through prosperity and I'D
versity, adhered to its own distinctive princi
pies, eschewed all isms, and declined to merg
its own individuality in any Of the new idea
or excitcments Of the day. Its policy, in thi
respect, has been the reverse Of the leading
party which has been its opponent The Gle
ments Of opposition to the Democracy, from
the dissolution Of the Federal party down Il
the present hour, have undergone all aOrts o
transformations, have assumed q number O
different names-taking on, for the sake Of sue
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