The semi-weekly mountain Democrat., 1860-10-31
Demoeratie Meeting.

Democratic Meeting.
The Democracy Of Placcrville had a
glorious meeting last Saturday night
large, attentive, spirited. The opposition,
the leading Black Republicans aud Doug
lasites, got up opposition meetings in or
der to prevent their followers from attend
ing the Democratic meeting. They are
afraid to hear the truth, and distrust their
own adhcrents. The Republicans an
nOunced at their meeting on Friday night
that they would have a club meeting on
Saturday night, and earnestly urged all
their friends to attend. On Saturday
prominent Douglasites circulated extern
sively among the faithful and persuaded
them not to listen to Weller. They pre-.
dicted that the Democratic meeting would
be failure, and had made arrangements
to telegraph the news to Sacramento and
San Francisco. They were mistaken. At
the appointed hour the Thcatcr was crowd
ed to its utmost capacity with sterling,
uncomprOmising, devoted old Democrats,
to the annoyance and modification Of the
corrupt fusiOnists. Rage, disappointment
and defeat were written in characters of
living light on the forehcads Of the allied
forces. They saw the hand writing on the
wall, and leh with malice in their hearts
and curses on their tongues. The old
and ever faithful soldiers of the Demo.
cratic party, gentlemen Of influence and
standing, who worship no false gods, fol.
low no apOstates, desire no new creed,
filled the Theater to overdowing and list.
ened with breathless attention to the bold,
spirit-stirring and unanswerable argu.
ments Of their gallant and able old cham.
pion, Gov. Weller, whose record is with.
out blewish. He proved conclusively
and to the entire satisfaction OF every un-
prgudiced man present, by the record,
that Mr.. Douglas did not receive the nom.
ination in accordance with the rules and
usages of the Democratic party. lie
quoted from an authentic copy Of the pro.
ceedings of the Charleston and Baltimore
CONVENTIONS, and proved by the testimony
Of Mr.. Douglas particular friends, that it
required 2O2 votes to nominate, and that
Mr.. Douglas never received more than
1871. He showed up his dupIicity and
vascillating course, exposed his inconsist-
cncy and laid bare his Republican pro.
clivities. He stated that il he was forced
to choose between Douglas and Lincoln
he would give his vote for the former.
As he had been misrcpresentcd with
regard to supporting Douglrs, had he re-
ceived 203 votes, he would take this occa.
sion to reiterate what he had said, to pre-
vent further Misrepresentation. What
he had said and what he now repeated
was, that IL Douglas had received the nomi-
nation in accordance with the rules and
usages Of the Democratic party, be would
have supported him. The Convention
had repudiated the usages of the party
by adopting q minority platform. and re-
jeeting platform recommended by ma
jority. He did not regard him as the
nominee Of the Democratic party. The
Convention that nominated him violated
the time.honored rgles and usages Of the
party, and forced him OH the party in Op.
position 10 the wishes of the Masses
Douglas was actuatcd by ambition, not
principle, and was insincere and unrelia-
ble. He ridiculed his Squatter Sovereign
ty and showed its glaring absurdity. lie
completely and etfectually disposed Of the
Black Republican party and its platform.
His rebuke Of their fanaticism and Sec
tonalism. their want Of principle and
deDagoguism, was whitening in the ex-
treme, and they felt it His whole speech
was mastery effort-fOrcible, lucid, ear
nest, sarcastic and eloquent 1t was ad.
mitted to be, by friends and foes, the
ablest, most convincing and effective de-
livered in this city during the campaign.
It changed the opinions Of number Of
Douglas Democrats and confirmed the Old
Liners in their faith. It was the largest,
most attentive and harmonious meeting of
the campaign and the Democracy Of El
Dorado will gratefully remember Gov.
Weller for his services.