The semi-weekly mountain Democrat., 1860-10-03
The Happy Family"

hold brethren dwelling together IN unity.
Il is . sight as welcome to the humane
eye % is the SAVIOR Of mingled ointments
70 the fastidious olfactory or the flavor Of
spieed wines to the epicurean palate. We
have IN appropriate illustration Of this
a0cisnt spOthegem in the harmonious pro-
cssdiags Of . Wide Awake" meeting re-
Gently held in San Francisco, as found
reported IN the evening organ of that
party. We are informed that the Wide
Awakes hold frequent meetings of the
kind, rare, rich and racy, but heretofore
they have been inaccessible to "the press" I"
The proceedings Of the meeting to which
We have particular reference at present,
promised to be Of so important q charac-
ter that report was deemed an indispens-
able adjunct To that individual the
world is indebted for the following spicy
SpecimeO& A project being afloat for the
reorganization Of the body, in order to
secure its greater activity and efficiency,
Mr.. Louis r. Lull, "shining light" Of
theftatsrnity, entered his protest, express
ing Il a. his decided impression that the
only defect Of the organization was its
paucity Of members In maintenance of
this position he is reported as follows:
Sir. was greatly surprised on looking
over The roll, after an active organization OF
1--WE OF SIX weeks, 70 find that we have only
907 names there inscribed. That list should
embeaoe thousand names ct least. He moved
Q Pat roll Of three from each District be ap-
SiGnaturoS 10 our Constitution; TO rally 10 our
ofeaatsatio0 good Gctivs men. Carried"
m. yULLRR REPUDIATEs 1HE THIEVES.
Nr. Fuller said:
IL have seen names on that
roll, end ~ JaOss IN Eis hall, of nssn iOiM
aVAO1s I SOcxld not GssOciats. do not like to
Gsaaciafs lVi&A Mieres and know that there
are men now In this organization on whom the
Police have Q vigllant eye"
Wide Awake. fS0ddenly springing from
his chair II it u IN order, Mr.. President,
wish to tender my resignation. Laughter.
Secretary Atchison said that at the Second
Word primary election We wore our Wide
Awake eaps, end l believe that come Of our
es:.sd scsTS pOi"s'd at BY the Police and called
Nh. vAR1RnAN DoN'r WANT THE POLICE TO SPOT
THB FMIRVsS TILL AITER ELECTION. has USE
EOR TMRM.
sThey-the Police-talk about thieves.
They talk Of watching over the character and
acls Of m0o within our organization They
secured the filthy places Of this city, the alley
waya, the brothels Of Jackson, Pacific and Du-
pO6t streets, on the day Of the primary elec-
liOua, y get voters for the pure Peoples ticket.
] claim % b e respectable citizen as any
man in this city. Bot ! am free to declare,
that for the purposes Of this organization, /
an willing to joIn In procession with any man
who eeos ht 70 attix his signature to that Con-
stitnti0a. II hs be . thief, we want to save
him from the further aud en- ormous sin of vo-
ting The Democratic ticket"
Nr. Fuller having charged that at Oak.
land certain ladies' had been insulted BY
members Of the organization, Mr.. Love
denied the charge, asserting that there
was no foundation for it. To this denial
Mr.. Whatley responded as follows:
~ eaa tell the gentleman that there was
to1ndaSioo tor the charge. Ladies were in
anlted ct stOakAnd By men wearing our uniform.
TheRe are men By me who can substantiate
this assertion"
The abOve "pcarls at random strung"
show the complete harmony existing in
the household Of the Opposition to the
Democracy in the city Of San Francisco
II shows, too, from the testimony Of its
own members, Of what excellent material
this immaculate party is composed. Well
may It claim to be par ercellence the
"purity party" With q humane spirit
worthy the primitive teachers of Chris
tianity, they 90 out into the highways
and the byways, they visit every den and
alley Of iniquity, in search Of proselytes
to their cause. Thieves, pickpockets,
burglars, murderers and midnight assas-
sins ere indiscriminately called to repose
in Abraham's bosom. In the language of
one Of their orators as above quoted. they
are perfectly willing to join in process.
sion with any man who sees ct to af1x
his signature to that [theirl Constitution"
be he thief or be he an honest man. All
they ask Of him is to vote against the
Democratic party. To vote the Demo
cratic ticket is the only sin in their right
eous sight for which there can be no for
givsnss& A gallant set Of fellows are the
Wide Awakes Of San Franciscol With
courage and courtesy and refinement
charactsriStic Of amalgamationists, they
"insHltSd ladies at Oakland" Such men
are not unit associates of thieves and
aRanaaina