Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-19


MUD VIEw, Sunday, Feb lSs'1eb9.
Dr,n DAN: BEING At leisure turn my attention
to the MOUKTAIN DEHOcRAT with liked ana unalter-
able determination and inRextle Steadiness Of Pur
poses TO bore its " numerous readers Win ine
crude lucubratOns Of an unPrAeiiced political out
sider You may make up your MIND tneFeiOre' 10
an indefinite infection Of scssy be careful that you
commit here DO photographed blunderl, eOmmunl-
cations which, promise yOus shall De remaI.aoIe
for their undiplouate iRgenuousnees ana uupoheneo
direetneas, iftor nothing else. ] have long since
arrived at the cOnclusiIn that tho wei mean the
DemOerats-Of Mud View are sufficiently intelligent
70 I'LL "anN Office with honor 70 ourselves and ben
eft 70 our country" from ROad OVerseef dorm 70
for . diplomatic station, and earnestly hope Mr.
Buehanan will not and it necessary, in The manage
ment Of our Foreign relations " PTess uPon our &C.
ceptanee any Of bic fOreign missions. We have
never learned to practice that most important arr
without which there can be no efficient diplomacy
Of thinking one thing and saying another, nor TO
practically appreciate the maxim Of Talleyrand-
wasnt ii-Ihat words are givcn 70 conceal our
thOughts." We have . blank, direct, uncO@PrO'
misinR manner shout Ne which admits O. 10 con:
eeaIment end tOleFates no ekss0Ai0aS-ify you viii
allow me The uss Of HUmeFic expression. We
satisfy ourselves Sor exsmPls, that the Island Of
Cuba Il important 70 the people and government Of
the United States 10 many more respects than j
have nov time to enumersae. aud that We ought to
secure Il 10 some legitimate and honorable way
We then, without auy political bush-wheekinG or
diplomatic aEsiul dodgng. walk Up 70 ne shak enc
after the manner Of Senator Slidel, authorize the
President 70 offer Her Majesty Of Spain en- install.
ment Of thirty mili0nS on account Of ts purchase.
and direct him TO make the proposition Plumply and
Aatly, Just as u the subject matter were baG Of
salt ~ barrel Of messpOFk. Re wOuldnt stop 70
might think aboot Il, bseaaSe IL 10 none
Of their business, nor would We write ave OF six
volumes Of unintelligible prOlixity eOmmtneiDg
with, I have had the honor 70 receive, Re" and
s!G:in6 with "'''ur'oo'' Of Distinguished consider
Again, and 70 come nearer home, ct the last cleo.
ton which was held In this State, We made up our
mirds that the political issus inycsEea was that Of
and supporters Of the existing National AdminstrA-
ton were the representatives, Of the true Democracy
a. the questions were here presented, and that ell
others engaged in the contest we're, no matter how
to the same thing, Instruments and allies Of that or
gani1atiOn. David G. BrOderick participated In
this contest against the Democratic party and its
nominations, having Travelled ell The way from
Washington City for the avOwed and Wanted pur.
pose Of defeating It. He caught particular Fb and
returned to Washington again. Now 70 the point
we have irrev0cably made up our minds, in view
Of these facts hat BFOdeFck does not represent the
opinions and sentiments Of the people Of this State
10 the Senate Of the United States and that be has
therefore, no business there and that, having NO
business there, the Democracy Of the State, repre-
scented BY controlling majortes In both her Senate
and Assembly, shouldn't hesitate 70 tell him go
distinctly, caI:gOrieslly,, unmistatably. TO The
subject Of political action. he didn't work With uS
and be don't belong n us-he did work with the
enemy and he does belong TO them. Why not tell
him 90, and at the same time remind him that ODE
dience instructions 10 Of the highest and moS
inAexible duties Q Senator in the COngFess Of the
United States owes 10 bis constituents? Where 10
the necessity for delay this matter! No frieDdS
can be made By il nor enemies cOnciliated. Frank
nA.- Ill - - N -
Gri0Rih, Of Yolo, On intOlesable deelamatOry bore
whether HOlden's resolutions pass OF not. All the
adhesive supporters Of David C.. will eontinus IN
adhere, whether Democrats Of the Legislature pet
Of punish him-cOmmend OF condemn his political
course. Il never occurred any where-in any State
Of The UniOn-that the Democracy, with power 70
oct and act efficiently have quietly and INCREASINGLY
borne 70 be misTePreSented. In this State, more
especially IL IL their bOunden duty to maintain their
dignity in this respect, ErR here they have more
than once endangered the triumph Of their priSci.
pies and jeOpardized the perulanency Of their or.
gani1atiOn, By foolish fear Of offending HoGsrS and
an ungrOunded hope Of cOnciliatiDg enemies Had
General Jackson TASK Col. Gift il this is not the
faet) pursued this suicidal policy after the expition
Of his rS term, he never could have again succeed
ed. lie had friends 10 reward and enemies 10 pun
ish-he rewarded the one aud PUHiaksd the Other.
and BY THE means succeeded in stamping his great
and wise policy upon all future Democratic admin
istEatioos. Had be OOce sought % eOocihste or
ceased 70 pursue those wbO In formidable phAlanx
asrayed themselves against the public policy be
sought 70 establish, The dominant Democracy.
which The spacious patriotism Of Jefferson founded
aud the wisely directed energy of the Old Hero
6xed, might and most probably would be now 10
the condition Of iiS once proud and powerful rival,
the Wing Party.
I think may now consistently conclude having,
without doubt written sufficiently " sa.iafy you
any SensLs man, Ike yV. 81 the truth Of The prOpO-
sitiOn With which set out viz: that the DemOcTsy
Of Mud View they are ell alike and I'm one 81 them
tho eminently capable Of filing gay OtAcT &c.,
totally unit for \ diplomatic Station.
~ Please aend copy "f this communication "a
NJ. Buchanan, that be may govern himself accord
ingly.