The Placer herald., 1861-03-30
United we Staad, Divided we Fall"

Do'""ou ny tHe tdnsilOiy Co"iuSion III
the ranks of their enemy, which caused
the election of the Republican candidate to
the Presidency, the Republicans are so vain.
glorious at the unfortunate accident, that
they forget the duty of the magnanimous
"conqueror" toward the foe. 1t is not the
first time in the political world or out of it,
that fear begot exaggerated triumph. In
their rotten mask of mutual congratulaion,
they vie with one another in traducing their
foe, by gross misrepresentation and false
charges. One says to the other, "you tell
a big story about them, and I'll tell bigger
one;" sort of "you-tcke andl'll- tickle
you" arrangement. In view of the fact, as
would be supposed, truth is the exception in
their charges, and caumnious phaniasm the
rule. Indeed, the victims of the auto dd fe
were never more undeserving of the treat
ment they received, than are the Democracy
of the shabby treatment they have received
at the hands of the Republican self glorifiers.
There sure y can he no excuse for accusations
founded upon evident untruth. The conflict
of truth and error is irrepressibe.
When the ranks of the "old guard" be-
come confused, fraction, styling themselves
"Regulars" attempted to do battle, under
the deusion that they really were fighting
for themselves. We allude to those who
were always slaky and weak in the knees,
and who we're so easily knocked off their
flimsy pegs, 10y that furious .ehu, the Little
Giant" But majority of them now de
plore their infatuation as sincerely as their
former comrades in political warfare, and
announce their determination to re- enlist in
the ancient and honorable corps.
A small minority only of the Douglasites,
who have shown that sef-aggrandisement
alone is their incentive 20 action, have joined
the enemy in their unholy crusade; and now
behold the hounds, and hear their cry. Like
the fish women, CRYING their commodity, the
Republican shouts after tie manner of Fish!
fish," and these Douglas men following in
their footsteps, cry with tmid, squeaking
voice-"Us tool"
What do they CHARGE They charge the
Democracy with being the promoters and
advocates of secession. They must mean by
this that the party protest as one man against
the shedding of the blood of their fellow
citizens. They have the evidence Of the fact
that the question of the right of secession is
An open one-that ii has never been decided
aye or nay by those who alone have the
power so to do-the people; and that protest
has arrested the parricida arm. Ifthe peo.
pie say aye they submit; if they leave it un-
decided they are willing now rs they
ever have been, to meet them halfway, and
smoke the calumet of peace. If nay, they
bow to the decision, bat, as in duty bound,
would strive to avert the shedding of blood.
The course of n majority of the party proves
as much. To sustain this charge, the Re
pubicans and their camp followers say that
all the States that have seeded, gave a ma
jority for Breckenridge in the recent Presi
dental election This is not So Georgia
gave Bell and Douglas 54,663 votes, and
our standard bearer SO, 2,13l. On the contra
ry, she gave 1882 votes for the Union.-
Louisiana gave Bell and Douglas %, $50
votes, and Breckenridge 22,607--a majority
of 5,232 for Union. And we may say that
it is not foreign to the nature of the charge,
and other States that voted upon secession,
either in the negative or affirmative, gave
mnch larger majorites to the Bell and
Douglas tickets; according to the viilifiers,
for the Union.
It is gratifying to feel the assurance, that
the eyes of the entire Democracy are now
open. 1t is useless to lament what has oc.
Cured. "Up, and at 'em!" Remember,
Omitted we stand, divided we fall"
iSononea Democrat.