Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-03-03
Moantair democrat.
A LETTER FROM SPIKE.

MEbShS. IsDiIOikS. lIhNIHk UOlUlUK OI par
ticuIar interest to communicate to you Of
pirate nature, permit me at this late date, to
wish you and the readers Of your valuable
journal, IN happy New. ar'-and may their
years and yours be like jackasIs- Iong aud
pleasant. had designed furnishing you at
this time, with MI essay on Bummcrs, which
am free to confess, would have been partially
the production Of my own experience as a
.ncrtbcr Of the fraternity; but have tempo
sary abandoned the notion, because | atm
bcsct just now by one Of the class, whose
Artesian experiments upon my sensbiliics,
prevents that sensation Of "Otiunl- cum tIiig
absolutely essential to successful composition.
But for this impedimcnt. you should have been
supplied with discourse on the theme have
designated; which, had the author not been
personal acquaintance of mine, should have
been apt to have attributed to AddisOn-not
Jack nor Bill, but ,Toe-formcrly Of the Spec
tdfor II would have contained much OF his
wit, good deal Of the humcor Of Hume, much
of the hood-winking sophistrics Of Hood, and
very large proportion Of the crudition Of old
PArr; therefore, pr excellence, an un.pIr-
alrllcd example Of the wonderful capabilities Of
the human mind Had you published this,
~ vet WvriH,n ,il'u>ion, and had the M"rN.
lAIX DEWocWAr sickencl, fingered awhile, and
then died in dreadful agony from its effects,
then would | have exclaimed, "Shakc your
CORY locks at inc, thou ranSt say that did
it's Marhrth would have cj1culstrti, If hr
had possessed decent regard for the truth,
which he didn't" Ny taciturnity on the
subject Of Bnmmcr>." has saved YOU from
- any If these possibly awful -re~t,its. ----
nm rcjoiced that you have elected pretty
fair Democrat to the I. s Senate. Unless
the National Democracy hold the prcponder.
aIi,.r in that august body VT are gone coons."
The Black Republicans will have us where
the hirSn,i>h substance is II un innit1 sinai
longiludc. They have impor,cl Ned Baker
into -Oregnn, to demn,i>h the Democracy
A>abc bush, Of the .NdtsHIh, a traitor 10
our party, nnd an un>crupuous dcmagoguc, is
moving the heavens and III" earth, and the
u Ntrr> under the earth. to divide the Demo.
cratic forces. The fight in this State is bound
u he n fierce 'onr--a bully one! Jimmy
OMrArn Formerly OF California, is "srr,ing
the king in the Snuth" l. G. Russell Tome,
the presiding g.ni Is Of trc Vdry",Hr Erpr,,s
lnlOir State Is editing the Tn"', aud pun.
>u.n; a trn, manly AID disniiit.i t",li>e with
- Ltacl ,f(
Nou knnw me intend t" >lo>h around
generally lam National Democrat don't
hr,;csc in the sovereignty of thu tcrritmir>-
i.,r that C"nrrc,> las the right 10 .cgi>latr
cha,trs that John Iir"wn deserved more than
La"ging - l|Ht fee ships max" free e"nd-,
All shave ships MAKE good slaves. | believe
tat J~ry El7ch Demolished the Back
Dou:l,>>. rnot Fred but >tr,cJ hciryr ali
t,tc .ncr> ought t" Ice allowed t. vnte the
Democratic. ticket. am in favor It the n"\t
var doNn On all Bach Republicans, Know
Nrthng>. \hn'i,iuni>t> At a ytm"A amaze. and
in favor of .In Lane for the next President, Ur
tbs nominee Of the Charleston Convcnlion-
il his name amt Horace hrr'l,y.
"C,ut ,rnd th,i' t. !,te>.
Ftu-t' A. th"ir knU'i>h tu'ks,
CA TAN lar h"i"s "" hh.
e; ID save lid GAlu
Ithink lon Ind better move With the M"rN'
1N~ ptV"hAr, l,rA, >;"ch and IaInr"d. to
Otcs"n There i>n vide ir'i G'r the mission
Nry here. Come and ste. As the fellow said.
- the mcancSt kind of men get offices, and the
poorest, Nilr>t sort Of newspapers do wei. here
and think decent. GcEtl"mcnly men, with
t"lrrahlc abilities, like yourselves, anil an or
dinaril, respectable paper, like the DEN"cHA7
might succeed on the novelty principle. Sc'd
up an agent on tour "finSpcction. aad III give
him the freedom of the State, and put Lin
through like dose Of Croton oil
In the bonds Of political fellowship,
Irrmain yours, SPIKE.