The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-05-11

liShcd call for meeting ut the Court
House or those favorable to organizing IA
"Dcm0cratic Union Club" An invita-
ton was extended to those, and only
those, who were opposed TO Republican,
i'm and ndursel the sentiments Of the
call, to he present aud participate in the
meeting. The object Of the meeting was
explicitly stated in the call No one but
fool or knhve could have misunderstood
it. II was to organize u Democratic
Union Club"
10 the surprise Of the Democrats the
brilliant law firm Of SloSS 4 Hume, backed
by the Republicans Of Placerville, crowd
ed into the Court House and claimed the
right To take pat in the proceedings Of
the meeting. although they declared their
deadly hostility to its object SloSs &
Hume unwarrantably and indcccnlly oh.
truded themselves upon the meeting, aud
With an assurance matchlcSS in its brazcn-
mss, attempted, with the assistance Of
the Republicans, to drive those who is
sued the call for the meeting from the
Count House. Failing in their gentle.
manly object, they tried every diSrcI'uta
hlc means to break up the meeting.
They attended it expressly for that pnr.
.FVBSC';; had previously notified their Ntri
kcrS To he present to back them; had re-.
-qurSlrd the Republicans attend, to
ont vote aud intimidatc Democrats. Not
anticipating such inSolence and baScnrS',
not dreaming that the opponents of the
Democratic party would thrust them.
selves into II Democratic meeting aud
claim the right tn participate in it's pro-.
rccdinsS, generously surprising that SloSS
4 Hume and their Republican followers
would conduct themselves with proplicty
and dcrcncy, the Democrats did not turn
out in their strength. Had they nntici-
patel what occurred, they would have
been present, and Slo>S aud Hume, MS in
times past, dccminS "tliScrcti0n the bet
ter part Of valor," would have silently ne
quicsccd in the proceedings or quietly
left the Court House.
Had they right, as they claimed, to
take part in the proceedings. We're
they invited To the meeting? Every un-
pr,judiccd person will answer, no. Sup
pose the Republicans call meeting Of
their club, has II Democrat a right To at
tend the meeting aud vote, &c.? Suppose
the Professionals, on bright Sunday morn
ing, would march in body to the Cath.
ole church, take possession Of it, prevent
the priest from performing the accuS-
toned service and install one Of their own
ministers in the priests place, would il
not DC regarded as high-handcd out
rage? Would not Tie Respectable por-
ton Of the community condemn the au.
th0rS Of such outrage in unmraSIrcd
terms? Most aSSurcdly. We have So
crct benevolent s0rictics-a vast majority
Of the people do not belong to them
suppose SlnSS 4 Hume and their followers
disappearing their object, should thrust
themselves into the halls Of the societies
and claim the right to make motions
vote, &c.. would their claim bc regarded :
their conduct be justitiablc! Certainly
not, yet with the same propricty that they
intcrIcrcd with the meeting Of the Demo-
cratic Union Club, they might interfere
with other meetings. Their sense of jus
tcc and dcccncy, like their principles,
. hangs loosely on their shoulders.
We nrc proud to state that the more
respectable Republicans, and every true
Democrat, condemn in unqualified terms
the contemplate and outrageous aud mob
ocratic conduct Of SloSS 4 Hume.
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CNIoN SENTIMENTS. AT this particular
time the Black Republicans arc boistcrOus
in their professions Of attachment to the
Union, and malignant in their dcnuncia
tons Of men who question their sincerity
or doubt their patriotism. Every man
who darcS 10 ccnSurc the Administration
or proclaim himself Democrat, is de.
: nounccd by these fanatics aud sectional
lists MS n traitor and sccesSiOnist. No man
can be for the Union, according to their
notions, who is opposed to Republican.
ism. We have.a number Of telling cx.
tracts from the speeches Of the leaders Of
this precious party, which show the base.
ness and hypocrisy of their prctcnsions.
We give two choice specimens to-day,
and at some other time will give more.
The following we extract from the speech
of Senator Wilson, of Mass, delivered in
Maine, in 1853, as reportcdb by the Boston
.ltldS, an influential organ of the Rcpub-
lican party:
"Thcrc was M. rire,l0m NJ he .SoWN rortikLpr
~dIe ar Wuct. aud he would strive Ia protect
the free soil ot the North from the same blight
ing curse. There was reality no iDim mar
Lt'WtcH The North 0ed tie SoWfk and lie be-
licvcd M tw0 nations upon the earth enter.
tanned feelings Of more litter rIhcvr toward
each other than these two sections of the Re.
public. The only s"lyaiDM critic inioa. M,rt-
fare wds Ia h. f"und IL dr'~finy Il entirely
tram al m;n' Of SLAVERY. There was no
Union with the Snnth. let ia have Union,
or let nS sTc'p array this remnant which we
call Union. IyD jar Enjon Wh.re all men
(nrgrurS aud ALI ar" '2"dt, or for no LnioA at
al, and 60 for right"
Hon. Thaddcus Stephens, in speech
at Lancaster, Pa, in 1856. said:
81 would rather see tue Union shivercd to
atoms than preserve il with Shareholders"
PALMETTO FLAG IN PERIL.-It is stated "that
bet was recently made by u man in Placer.
vile, that nj certain hour he would raise
Palmetto flag on the flagstaff there, the amount
being $ln" Before the time specified. the flag
staff was surrounded by crowd Of q thousand
persons in high state Of excitement against
the exhibition Of the flag Of treason. The