The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-07
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ported cordially, and in this respect the
Union is evidently bent on exceeding its
The Union not only justi-
fies all its outrageous unconstitutional
measures, all the peculations Of its agents,
but goes a step further, calumniates its
opponents and perverts facts. In its issue
IF Wednesday it utters the following bra
zen falsehOOd:
"In New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, all
Republican in the late canvass,
party names and party organization have been
-epudiated for the cause Of the Union"
"All overwhelmingly Republican in
the late canvass! Party names and
party organization repudiatcd"!!! What
shameless falsehoods! The Union must
have contemplate idea of the intelli-
;ence of its readers if it thinks it can de-
ccive them by such unblushing state
ments. 1t evidently is under the impress
sion that its readers are fools. Now il
party names and party organization"
were repudiated at the late election, what
right or with what propriety or consistcn-
cy can the Union claim that New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio were "all over
Republican in the late can
vass"2 With bewitching simplicity it
its own statement. Instead OF
either State having gone overwhelming
ly Republican in the late canvass" in all
Of them the Democrats made great gains,
and carried Pennsylvania. In all Of them
the Republican speakers and organs call,
ed Democrats secessionists, traitors and
advocates of JEFF. Davis bogus COnfede-
racy,". In A Of them party lines were
avn and party platforms adopted. In
Of them minions of the Republican
party were Supplied with funds to defeat
the Democratic party. In all Of them the
Democratic candidates were opposed and
viIliied by traitors Of their own PaFty in
league with Republicans. Wshave the
proof Of this in the Pennsylvania papers,
better, because not purchased, authority
than the Sacramento Union. What say
they ?"cThe Lancaster IntelLigcncer, one
of the oldest, most reliable and infiuen.
tial organs Of the gallant Democracy Of
the Keystone State, says:
"SEcEssroNIsrs, &c."--The absolute folly
TO call It by no worse name,) Of stigmatizing
Democrats as ''secessiOnists," &C., is fully ap'
parent since the election. II the Republican
papers told the truth when they thus denounced
The Democracy, then there Is 90 secession
the " secessionists" have LARGE MAORI
TY OF THE POPULAR VOTE!
The Philadelphia Bulletin, a staunch
Republican Organ-more honest and re-
spectacle than the Sacramento Union nd
mits, reluctantly, it is true, that its party
has been disgracefully defeated. The
Bulletin says:
"The Democrats have carried the Legisla
lnture but il is gratifying to know that all tn,
men elected to office are. aud always have been
unqualiiedly in favor of the Union"
Yet the Union says "party names ant
party organization" were repudiated!-
and the Republicans carried the State "by
an overwhelming majority!
What says the Chambersburg pa.
Valley Spirit?
Before the election the Bulletin said thu
Democratic candidates were all secessiOnist,
and traitors; after the election il discovers
they are and always have been. unquAlliedly
in favor Of the Union THE bulletin ha,
probably discovered that the secessiOnists
have carried good old Pennsylvania"
What says the York (Pa.) Gazette
The reader will please bear in mind tina
We quote exclusively from Pcnnsylvani,
papers, who ought to know better thar
the mercenary and falsifying Sacramento
Chi0n who carried their State. The Ga
zette says, rather exultantly, excusabl'
under the circumstances
"At the late election the Democrats carried
the State BY from THIRTY To FORTY
THOUSAND MAJORITY"
This the Sacramento Union falsely call,
" overwhelmingly Republican! Again
says the Gazette:
"The Republicans branded every man as I
traitor who refused To desert the Democrat,
party and meekly bow in submission to wha
they called tie onion party. But the gallan
Democracy Of the Keystone State we're not "a
be deceived or intimidated into Q desertioE
Of the principles which they had revered fol
years, and which they felt assured must pre-
dominate in the Government to insure the
peace, the prosperity, and happiness Of the
Republic. The people Of Pennsylvania have
lost all confidence in the Republican party, and
decided by their ballots that even the sacred
name of Union should not save that party
from defeat. The Republican party has been
thoroughly OverthrOwn in our loyal patriotic
State. The lower branch Of the Legislature ID
now Democratic and the State Of Penasylva.
mia. which in November, 1850, gave majority
Of 70, 900 for the Chicago Platform nominees
NOW GIVES A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY
NEARLY AS LARGE IN 1861. The triumph
is complete"
No "party or party organization" in
the above, is there? All "overwhelm.
ingly Republican! Again, says the
Union
ain Ohio, o man who has been q lifelong
Democrat, was elected Governor BY a very
heavy majority of the votes Of the people, Re-
publicans and Democrats voting for him al
most in body"
Republicans and Democrats voting
for him almost in body! What match
ess mendacity! What arc the facts ?
Tod, the successful candidate for Govern.
Or, was the nominee Of the fusionists-
" Republicans, Democrats, Americans,
Radicals and Conservatives" of all who
applied for and expected to receive favors
rom the Administration-with every
hing in his favor he carried Ohio by a
smaller majority than Lincoln did in
1860! If Republicans and Democrats
voted for Tod almost in body" who vo-
ted for Jewett! There were about 87O,-
BOO votes polled, and out of this number
Jewett, the candidate of the Old Line,