Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-07-07
SaoantaiH AtwOtrat.
For THE Demoerat
Is THE BLACK REPUBLICAN, FARTT
NATIONALP

NATIONALP
MRssRs. EDIToRs Is the faction that met IN Chi.
cARo and nominated Abe lincoln for the Presidency,
national in lie We've. IL IL national to Keep up
continued fermentation Of sectional ISsues ITO cur
~ on series Of sectional nsltat!nhs lot series Of
years. Is II national to stir up the warm blood Of
one class If citizens agAInst another by traducinR
and interfering with their domestic institutions, the
peaceAble possession and Enjoyment Of which is
guaranteed TO them by the Constitution Is it
national tn increase, by the continual agitation 81
the slavery question: sectional eaouscs aud heart.
burnings' To array the North against the South
Ia political organization aud bitter strife, until the
bonds II friendship which link the Union Together.
are relaxing and growing I~eaA and the heated
Seal0ts who compose the Of the Republican fac.
ton. are coolly estimating itA valuc and painting
the benefits to result from its dissolution , From
such nationality mn, q IN his mercy deliver our
beloved country II evrt the time comes when
these free aud prosperous States shul be rent asun
DER and when the future historian shall record the
downfall uf this splendid confederAcv the csusc Of
its decline aud overthrow will be written down rs
reAultinE. not from involuntary usurpatiOn; not
rom foreign war aud invasion not from the
nuSh talked Of the RraSping spirit Of the slave
power; but from just such nationaSm as the Re.
publieAna favor.
And who have The Republicans non,!nstcd TT III"
Presidency I VII! tell your readers. When our
country was engaged In c 6lyrdy war, for the main.
IGnAnce Of her territory and h0ndrI WrIJ our gut
liant armies were in the irld conpurrinR asainAt
'es'Ful "dds in etets h",,lr, patiently 'ubnitingt IN
pr'vaiionS Of every character. planting our flag up.
on the bloody heights Of Cherubusco and over the
proud palaces Of Mexico; We had men in Congress
ct that time, aud Abe Lincoln among them,
who openly declared their country in the wrong.
and the war unnecessary and unjust, and exrrtcd
their influence TO create dsprnsi"n and opposition
in the National Councils. and talked Ofthe " blordy
hands and dinhonnred graves" which our relatives
an IreUds might justly mrrt furrirn lnnd.
The very mention Of that trying period strikes u
chord in every patriot bosom. linculn's Congress.
si"nAl record is sufficient " crush him. were he the
candidate OF national party. In ndd',nn. his sec.
'onal political principles and attachments tsc up
in judgment against him on every side and nothing
can redeem him from the blgh,ne curse which
s"eh attachments and such principles have fastened
with hooka Of steel. upon him. We want a Prrsi.
dent who can stand up and be respected and re
Earded BY all q nalnnal man. Who can take every
and inspire in all feeling If confidence that thy
meet in him friend and patriot. But such mar
IL not the candidate Of the Black Republicans IT
the Presidency.
On the other hand the Democratic party j. found
ed On fixed national principles II is the great ma
I'NnAl party of the country. Party machinery may
confuse, and party leaders NAV deude. bu, they
eAnno, undermine those great principles that make
az free and enhRhteu'd people. The history of
the Democratic party is successful triumph Of
measures tending TO the welfare of the country
binding together our Cnionprotec'ing these States
10 their sovereignty, and promoting general peace.
prosperity and happiness. Every measure tending
81 the public good has sprung frnm that party and
although occasionally the opposition have held pow
~. from the d'ssensi"ns or nismanag cement "f the
Democratic party. vet they have never repeated any
graf nstouAl measures Of that party. but have fall
en- in nth and ,ndrs ID it. TIL opposition, under
Whatever uAme. never brought fnrW ard any great
national measures They iicdictrd that d'-A,tr"u,
Tesul,a would flow FROM the VAR with Mr1.c" and
the annexation Of Texas. but their predictions have
InI been verified.
The brm"crauc party never workshops men, Its
'nen are but the opponents of its principles. From
thus acting. II stands as a glorious example If en-
lArYrd views aud the cApnbllitv II the vc 'p'c for
self government, aud n guide To other nations in
Ihe,r onward march to freedom. And now ask, IN
all cAndor. can rejecting men. conservative m,n
patriotic give thrir support to the #
q sectional fActrnt IL itn"t reasonable tu presume
that ell such men. next November ill be found
sighting under the national banner II the good Oh
democratic party II 10. In conclusion. permit
me 10 express my approval of the course Of the
DnnocUAr. and to wish 1t the greatest prosperity.
UNIOS.