The semi-weekly mountain Democrat., 1860-11-14
The Election.

The election is now over and it has re.
suited, we are free to confess, somewhat
different from what we expected. We
did think, very enormously, that major
ity Of those who voted for Latham year
ago last September, were actuatcd by
principle, and would not stultify them
selves by -cpudiating a principle this
year that they had heartily endorsed last.
Planting oursclC ON the reasonable but
mistaken idea that all men arc sincere If
not honest, we predicted that Fl Dorado
county would give her vote for the Demo
cratic nominees. We had heard men ridi.
cuIe the platform Of Douglas, pronounce
it the greatest abSurdity, and call him a
lcmagogue and charlataR, and we were
not prepared nor did we expect to see
such men march Squarcly up to the polls
and vote for Douglas and his hcrcsicS.
Now that the election is over, their
platform buried in ruins, their leader
politically dead, their party "gonc in
institution, "-they are welcome to the bar
rem victory they have achieved. We
would not deprive them of the luxury of
little joy, the first and last they shall
ever know. Before they get through re-
joicing their shouts Of joy will be changed
TO means Of despair.
The Brcckinridgc Democrats, in defeat,
present the same calm. cool, intrepid
front, as they did on the morning Of the
election. They wait patiently, for they
know, just as sure as the tide Gibbs and
flows, that their hour of triumph must
conc. With unialtering trust. inllcXible
resolution, undertaking devotion to prin.
ciple, the Breckenridge Democrats shoul
der to shoulder, with renewed energy, far
greater zeal and unqucnchable enthusiasm,
again renew the contest against the Doug
las. .scctionalists and the Lincoln fanatics.
They are struggling manfully for great
principle, principle which has received
the Endorsement Of the wiScst and greatest
and pureSt statesmen Of our country,
"principle which is immutablc as truth.
imperisha6le as tint" principle which
must be approved by the American people
to preserve the integrity of the Union.-
They feel and know this, and it encour.
ages them to perscverc, encourages them
to keep up their organization. 1t inspires
them with hope and confidencc-a conf.
dence that no defeat can weaken or destroy.
They know that they are right and they
are satisfied that . vast majority of the
people Of the United States will 80 decide
before the next Presidential election. In
times, perilous times, like the present,
when bold, bad unscrupulous men arc
banded together in an unhoiy alliance to
make war upon the Constitution and the
Union, It is reasonable and fit that good
and loyal patriots should unite in mani
testing their reverence for the one and
devotion to the other. In every crisis
through which our country has passed,
it has devolved on the Democratic party
to uphold and preserve the Constitution
and the Union. Again do the times de-
mand that the Democratic party step for
ward and preserve these from ruin, and
again is that proud old party equal to the
emergency. The Breckenridge men have
them both in their keeping and they will
preserve them untarnishcd and transmit
them unimpared TO their successors.