Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-03-26
LETTER FROM "AU REvOIR."

LETTER FROM "AU REVOIR."
MIN VIgw, March 81, lsj9.
DEAR DAS; sec that meeting Of the Democratic
Central Committee " the State Is called for some
time IN the month IL April. This is, Of course, the
PrrtI"nit0ry symptom 0f our approaching phi
r"ntrsi. WhiclI is To determine whether or lot the
triumph achieved by the Democracy nearly tw q
years nGp, over the combined hOrdcs Of demcntc,
Factions and dctcstablc renegades, wus the result u
" a Scratch Or the offspring OF u firm, fixed and
abiding principle whether, nj that time, We iatc
ON the surface Of the occasion und trusted To thu
H''blinty IS luck, whether, in the cInleSi
were ncrvct, sustained and strengthened by nn IN
swerving confidence in and devotion TO our party
~ well ~ nm utter aud immcdicablc nbhurrcncc IL
" all aud singular" the constituent elements and
collective materials IT which those fragments Oi
Factions opposed 10 us composed. II will moi
be considered premature trust, nor rrcsunp tuouis
To hg'" to talk adviSatory about this apIr,nt hing
election. Every body whO knows any thing nl",ui
il, knows perfectly well that we can't be TN active
nor ton wide awake in respect tn it, For, whether
formidable in HnnIbrrs not, the enemies Of the
Democracy in this state Mrc vigant ~ wild cats
and trcachrro,sIy snXacious as whole Tube al
10y lntc-thats ,igilunt; Of others By fear that 5
trrarhri"u$ and wary Il others again by u con-
sciousi"S- IL having mcriTcd disgraccfni election
from the party hcrausc IL the frequent exhibition
iI''ir part ii plentiful lack" Of political integrity
and that's relentless. even tow, these ho,drs
81 lOlIIal barhaI iuns are not secretly connecting
un-rIupnlms schemes aud matchmaking unprnci.
pied plans H.; the overthrow ii their ancient enemy
ihrn they are untrue to the native hue ,bIarkD III
their insncts aud the fact would belle the recorded
history IL their past mode NJ warfare. Were the
truth ut this noIIcnt capable of being developed,
wouldn't lA ut all afraid wager one ulr NY real
estate in Mud View that, between some asnic Ivndcr
IL Republicans W. Park, for cxaInllc-.
and some equally "~'.tutc leader Of the " allied
forces, SIN" such comprehensive communications
"S the follow "E have already passed:
MY DLIn SIH: We m"st give ihcm-fts In
order I" cunGIc US IL do this successfully We are
bound t0pliy roots on rm First, them get ~ many
II T'Ur stripe ntU M"tr cunvcntirn ,u,i can CON
vcnicnlv wiring in" II they are If tie SANE plas.
tic material. IN Any dgt"c ii which those If you
who aided aud c,MmIoricd us in the last Democratic
State Convention we're. there will be NJ Trouble IN
inducing them {" threw the Democratic "c4isscS''
III at the proper time. You mus, by all means iay
the pcnilrui aud nssiduulsiy seek rca,mi>s,n into
the party. F"r this purpose, swear al and abuse
az r"un'Ily aud v"luby as you will the more pro-
fancly pcrphasiic your ObjuI Ssi"ns the better
~ understand You but it may deceive old Lynx.
eye Play an D,Incrar!.
This is "nc ii the most commanding moves on
the board. an'l il property male would beat r"Ii.
cal u"~ihy. Won can't therefore, talk too rimlucnt-
!! aud t,rlingly about compromises and the ncrcs.
Srty 1t c,MIcaInn. PrrhuI's it wouldn't b. Mldl /.
sable ia such c"rmci"n Ia al!udc, e you 10y chance
rcnIcIuLcr u, tn the lai able III the Pro,iga Son.
| have knOAn such allu>"ns when ca>tcly and in
grLi"usly inn. aiuc"d, I" produce wonderful suits.
u is :" the last Importance To that get hex
at their I'D excuse passr"ni primary rcci"ns.-
In them is t0 be found h r ut Il all nur evils in
them. i: uai,i an order prevail, then quiet and
der prevail ia heir County Cunv, uii,m>. aud il in
them, then in their STATE Convention aud il in that
then the "d"N Il is 10 ay aud u" pitch hot" S"we
nIsi manage I" kick Wp MN~s ~ their County Com
Vcn'i"n>. and there is u" possible way To do this.
that can detect, except I" participate in their ri.
mary meetings and thus secure Delegates "f our own
=, hctiUn- n course, with one ar two in each C"un-
~, r'u!l easily make the old Democratic caul-
dion boil up
LAr foam fh-ai tho ruu-rd ocean 81 deep He'll ~:
7" accomplish this all impoIiaut move, don't be
clarry e rar PrUASions IL the Dcmncr prom.
Use every III aG- To almost any thing. Dn ~
cur cs,imnLtc aud clmlu,nt friend from Mississippi
m~,d Ia d" wlP:n hc became the pcripatctic Mission
AIRY Df the DARK Liant, tnics-!ay your hand Violent
" year diaphragm and appeal to Heaven Tor the
rcci,u~ 'f year intentions and The sincerity If your
lint Will lFin mt
will. TlS Aansc Democratic party, hy the way, with
all its yid mc AMI hnasicd Observance Of the
"bli .:st"ry Errc If precedent and experience, urc
yet mighty S~S'"'S "n Ih'S question Of concaii"I
aud conf E..iAisc. IN CaErnn. PARTICULARLY. they
lave in xraLly bitten NJ il whenever the bait WAS
throwu 1" i.cIn. and more than once they have felt
, the baIAsd hook fastened III their gillS aud came
being dragy, gaspingupon the shore Of defeat,
set the 0~juI"us and silly old Porp"i.r EhgctA II
as-l is just ia apt tn nibLlc again as not Twenty
tiuics therefore, repeat, y" IA for compromise and
c,Slciliat,A. aud under M state oi circumstances
omit or "-y''F Re participate in he Dsmrrdt: !ri-
! m"ry cI,''iA~
| Again, I Nre through that outrageous sheet the
L|N"-y0tI- .IIAItri that jur. llngc has just called
= In,SiinS IL their Central State Committee. Now
this Iusst be Iu,E-d Ia. Some disturbance may be-
halchci IN uaiS Urst. Isn't there snncbnIy di%Sat-
iStcd with t%ai,cbolv about something. some LAS
piIng Lancaster" Disappointed in something: Keep
sharp lock cat far the Slishtes, indication Of dis
affection in amy quarter, und nj once mil the dsal.
fccted. With sharpcnrd, Hlv inspect M We may
meet, here and there, some particularly deserving
< 'Mtlenan, whnse peculiar. claims upon the party
have nut been distinctly recognized sufficiently
| rcWardcd by those " hO have the bcstnwal Of public
patronage, aud their Democratic dignity may be
tound therefore, to have been greatly and grcv0us.
~ outraged. Sr~re all sWch. II he Is indignant at
the course pursued BY Mr.. Buchanan towards him
then come down ON cold Buck" like thousand vi
bricks; If Gwin is the object Of his hostility, then
search up all the lies that were ever written about
him in this State BY tprvate, and thrust them into
the complainants over c0@t pockct-!f y'a o'".-
In short, keep your eye skinned for Democratic
groxlcrs for Of such the hopes Of our purity nj
the ensuing contest. II is Enthusiastically apparent
that &c can't beat these llows organized ~ they
usually are-uneSs We can divide their forcrs dis
tract their councils and slip traitor or 80 (nO per.
Sonal sllusOn) into their ranks. Let US, then, "a
earnestly at work about It, aud to il that all
have suggested and more, if possible. shall be Of
iectcd tor the summer Conventions and the ia! cleo
tons.
Yours hOHesfly in the faith," &c.
Now, I say, you can bet that documents, in FORM
size. shape and spirit, resembling the foregoing
have already passed between the lenders Of the fOg