The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-07


MEssRs. EDIToRs: Now that the cleo
tiOn is over, that ell have cast their suf-
frages according to the mt Of their own
inclinations, and the verdict declared BY
the people, no one can accuse your cor
respondent with any motive Of swaying
votes to either party by his declarations.
That the popular Union" cry has been
insidiOuSly taken advantage Of to defeat
our candidates, all must admit; that
dishonest and unfair prejudice has been
created among the people by CHASING ell
those who supported Mcconnell with
SecessiOnistS is equally true; that the
Republicans and their more than next
door neighbors are now laughing at the
gullibility Of the sovereign electors Of the
State, is just as apparent as either Of the
former propositions. Now, for one, OPa
posed Mr. LincOln's candidate just as
opposed Mr.. Lincoln himself, with no
captiOus opposition, but in the holy belief
that he, and the party represented by
him, are responsible for our deplorable
National condition, and will continue to
cause our country to be distracted with
sectional issues as long as power with
them remains. Let any candid observer
and sclf.thinker but look upon the rise
and progress Of the Republican party,
aud reflect upon all its bearings, and un.
less he be ono Of the dccp-dyed party
adOrers, he must be convinced of its evil
tendencies to any republican Government
formed as was ours. Rising in the msts
Of AbOlitiOniSID, thence probing its way
through Free SoiliSIn, and finding both
20 unpopular with the people that sue.
cess demanded Of them change in name
to effect the thorough observation Of their
principles, they finally adopted "Repub
lican" as their party nomenclature. The
device, misnOmer as it has horribly proven
to be, took with the people, and under
the guise Of RepuLlicanism, they have
achieved just what the small number Of
men who formed its basis-in Abolition.
ism-have desired from the beginning.
The declarations, now well KIN ,wn, OF the
primary organization out of the loins of
which the Republican party sprang, and
to the patcrnal efforts OF which they arc
indebted for = being, all tended 10 the
disruption of our cOuntry-all bred sec.
tiOnal hatred, which, they were often told
by the lovers Of their land, would event.
uate in horrible, devastating civil war if
persisted in. Notwithstanding the warn.
ing, the infancy imbibcd hatred to the in.
stitutions and men Of the South, were
yet INDUCED in, and still nursed with a
more tender sOlicitude. Crushed must be
the institution Of slavery aud no matter
If with its destruction were involved the
lives Of men. women and children, and
the humiliation Of q prosperous nation.
Let any 90 take the speeches Of New
England men, the pulpit Orations Of New
England clergy, and trace the intimate re.
A'i'n', the more than brothcrly conncx-
ion, they have to the Republican party OF
the present day, and they will learn that,
Notwithstanding the sophistic dcnials it
employs, the one grand object of it was
and is to gain possession Of the Govern.
mcnt, use its power in cffecting their
cherished idea, and place a Governmental
ban upon all who unfortunately own
slaves. Dipping the people now with the
cry Of 1--WE must sustain the Govern.
ment,' they are strenuously working to
achieve their object, and care not over
what SmouIdering ruins, Or what cata.
combs Of bleached bones they NAV be
called upon to tread, but yet cry go
on" Let US admit that the North can
conquer the South. What then! Sub
jugate her, whist then! After years of
sanguinary conflicts and their attendant
horrors, what will have been gained, but
an already acknowledged prOweSs, an i'm.
mense national debt, . bitter feeling of
relentless hate never to be eradicated, and
other events to be deplored alike by the
victor and vAnquished:
DOLORES.