The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-07-13

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di>InteresssI. pa'riutic Federal officials.
who are HberaIIy psid FIR their services
out Of the public treasury, would address
! the people in the thyater. CuIi'sity to
see how the Republicans would receive
the hircling> If the Administration who
Presume to dictate to the people," as
: they were wont to say whrn a D.mrratic
appointre took the stump. attracted .
crowd. Our new Postmaster, with cnm.
Inendable kin,lneS. and zeal, tn manifest
his attachment to Old Abe and his re-
spect for brother officials. introduced Dir.
! Bunker To the meeting without calling it
to order--fearfiI, perhaps. that he would
not enjoy the proul satisfaction of pre>ii-
ing il a vote were taken for President
1t was certainly proper and patriotic and
huiiful f"r the three recipients If Federal
bounty. to sustain and praise che power
that fell them, and to denouncs- those who
questioned the wisdom or patriotism II
the Lincoln Administration. II WAS not
to b. supposed that they would not "g"
the entire swine" for their loving and pay.
ing master. 1t was their duty-a duty
they owed to his pariiAlitv and their salary
Ito pruiSU the one to secure the Other !;
and keeping upperno$t in mind tho
"loaveS aud fishes" they " spread them.
selves extensively" for Old Abe. "Ihr
beautiful Stars and Stripes and our glOri
"uS country"
Mr. Rodgers, with singular nuency and
afability, rs il performing = di>agrerablc
duty, introduced tho powerfully weak
and Intellectually stupid" Bunker to the
meeting Bunker. Of New Hampshire
Bunker. the favorite Of Oil Ahe-Bnnker,
I" u"e Gen. Eyc's chsste language. "who
comes fr"m State barren in everything
hut men," and Bunker proved to the sat.
iSiHcIion Ofall who heard him no difficult
task that he at least was barren Of
brains. Bunker commenced speaking te.
diou>ly. heSitatingiy imnetho'li"a'ly, and
lie continued. with wonderful Akili and
perseverance, IN tho sane strain ill he
! closed. lilo may he g"Ni lawycr-he
certainly Is not good speaker: and it was
a relief to the meeting when he rat down.
Gcn Nyc was the trump carl and the
audience seemed impatient {" hear him
/ Cur fliend Rodgers, with becoming ea>"
and dignity. introduced the HuccckSful
G1nersl-Suc''eHSful in So,Iiting and oh.
tHiuing an Office. easy. lucrative. and far
,, FROM Danger. H. is an entertaining and
impressive speaker, Somewh1t Resembling
the style Of Greeley. Ills Language j.
clear and E'E4'ibi", his Illustrations Etrik
ing. his Quotations choice and apt. his
gestures graceful. AMI his voice CHAR
strong and mu>iaL We judge from his
speech that no is an Abo'iTi"i>t. lie
stated very clearly, in language that could
neither h. misunderstood n"r perverted,
that the mani 1t this war i the .looml
Of slavery; that in our country there va /,
an antagoni>rn to fre-d"m. and that an.
tagoniSn must he and would b. crushed
b. FIRE the war closed that he believed
it was question TIN powerful f'r tho in.
iell"ct "f man I" grasp and settle: TINT =
me'ciul God, in Ills own g"nd time and
wav, would settle it. and that that time
had come and the way all could see. Gen
Nye clearly f"reShai"w~l the policy #
the A administration. lie inIiinAted, AZ
plainly a. n man could intimate, that the
war would he continued until slavery -
the antAg0niSIn of frccdom-waa nb"I.
ished in the South and the Rentenc" wa
vehrmen,ly chrercd by the Republicans
IIU knows the views and feelings 0f tho
.Admini> tratinn. aud a. their accredited
agent would not mi>rePrehrnt them. The
war, then, according IT, the statement ola
trusted and prominent agent Of the Gov.
ernment, i~ mt for the protection Of prop.
erty. the recovery of forts, the honor Of
the flag. hut for the tmanc pati"n Of the
negroes Of The South. Bear this in mind.
Democrats.
Gen. Nye m"~t unequivocally Endorsed
the platform Of the Convention which
nominated ConncEs f,r Governor, and ad.
m"niShed his Republican brethren 10 t'c mt
backward in supporting the Ad"inisira.
ton. ifthey dill not wish the zea'ous Don
glaSiteS-zealouA for the Adm. Illustration
It" steal their thunder. The platform.
he contendrd. and challenged denial. con.
tanned EOumd Republican doctrincR; it
went little further than tho Republican.
and he was undecided whether he wOnld
stick to the Republican party or Jim his
more ultra Republican friends. who had
met in Convention on the Fourth Of July.
The hit was direct and deserved, and ellie.
tied great applause. The General Was
willing, nay anxious, to peril his life in
defence Of the Stars and Stripes. and all
the reward he asked for his invaluable
services and his di~iRterrSted patriotism,
(snjoying q salary Of $500 = year. in
happy security, thousands Of miles distant
from the battie-drld.) was, that it might
he said II him. truthfully, Of course. "EIs
fell in defence Of the Aagl" That reward
will BE- withheld. unless he resigns, returns
tn the East. participates in the war. and
falls with "hi* hack to tho ield. his feet
to tho foe" Will h. reign. 10 obtain she
much.c"veted "rewardt" "If the Court
knows itAelf, and We think it do, =" he won't.
He's mot on" the resign AT tho con.
cluSiOn Of his speech. which waH well re.
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