The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-03-09
Restoration Ofthe linton by RestOra-
1Ann n the Democratic Party.


United States upon the supposition that
the sectional difficulty will he settled 10y
civil means, must conclude that there
should be Encouragement of the Demo
cratic party, aud that no other single Gle
mcnt can maintain antag0ni>ln with the
Republican party. 1t must be clear be-
fore all, except the fdnatical, that since the
Presidential election the old Democratic
element has been gaining while its factions
have been losing, and that opposition To
this elcmcDtrtn. be sustained only by the
Republican organization which will obtain
its main forces from success in the last
Presidential election. 1t is plain that the
Republican Administration will attempt
to be National rather than sectional, and
that the effect upon the Republican organ
ization cannot be such as must make il
hereafter the strong party of the country;
it will decline after the new Adminstra-
ton shall have settled into regular course
Of policy, aud all Of its difficulties, not
withstanding whatever attempts at i'm
partial nationaism it may make, will be
alone sufficient to establish the Democratic
idea of the moral inadcquacy Of the doc
trincs of the Republican party to the ne
ccSSitics of n confcderatcd government
connected with great geographical differ
ences and institutions which in the one
extreme challenges the educational abhor-
renee of large portion Of the community,
and in the other receives the sanction of
custom, latitude and paramount interest.
a party who aspire to national admins
tration must DC equal to the requirements
of a station which obtains all Of its re-
spectability and power from the consent
of the Preponderating mass Of the people
through the expressed will of the major.
ity and the forbearing acquieSccncc of
those whose preferred measures are de-
fePrcd by the successes Ofopposing parties.
tits now to be iamCntably seen that the
Republican party have been the first to
overcome forbcaring acquicsccnce, the
first to turn the attention of body of
States to the practical assumption of what
they naturally deem reserved right, one
which, rising from the obscure quietude
engendcred by the sway Of National De-
mOcracy, appears in the first triumph Of
the Republican party to be the most nee
essary and the most tangible and the
most sacred.
fractional spirit in the Democratic party
has enabled the Union dividing and the
cquality-cndangcring party to ascend To n
height from which no tokens but those Of
dissatisfaction and disaster are coming
down to the disturbed and embittcrcd sec.
tons. lflactions Of the Democratic party
have assisted materially in producing I'M
fortunate circumstances, the more conScr-
vativc and thoughtful and patriotic clc-
ments Of the party should seek to firmly
reunite in search Of the generous, wise
and eftectual remedies, the existence of
which has been proved i'll our political
system by operations Of u grandly and ir-
rCsistibly organized Democratic party in
times which continually testified the
growth and glory Of the National Union.
We arc certain that the needed remedies
do not require entire and radical changes
to bring them to successful application {;
VIC are certain that concession to the dis
affected section must be promised by the
Democratic element Of the North in con-
formity to the terms presented by the dis
affected section previous to the last Presi-
dental election; We arc certain that the
Union cannot be restored by the conflict
ing operations Of divided element in OPP
position to the Republican party; we are
certain that no plan Of restoration pre-
sented by the Democracy against which
the South protested before the election,
will rcunitc the South indavor of the I'm
ion; VIC arc certain that thousands Of the
free State Democrats who assumed rrgu-
tGrity Of nomination in the National Dem
cratic Convention as the point Of dispute,
ardently desire to return to former good
Democratic fellowship; VIC arc certain that
while concession is necessary to all means
sufficient to restore the Union, concession
will be necessary to the restoration Of the
Democratic party and We are certain that
unless there is an carly and definite pro-
ceeding toward Democratic restoration
in California, the Republicans will gain
enough from their Federal success and our
dissenSions, to become the dominant party
of the State. We see that the restoration
of the Union without coercion" is the
chief desire Of all of the best classes Of
democrats. We propose TO unite upon
that desire, and while knowing that the
have been the cause, acknowl
edge the cOnstitutioLality Of their success
in the Presidential election and, justly
placing the burden Of error upon the Sec
tional party in power, re-establish Demo
cratic supremacy for tho benefit of our
State and the permanent establishment Of
the old Union Of free and independent
States.
Therefore, VIC approve the platform
suggested in our paper oflast week: First,
hat the Republican party occupy po-
'ition antagonistic to and destructive of
equality of rights. Second, that we cher
sh attachment to the Federal Union and
with sorrow the sectional
roublcs Of the country; that the true
attitude Of the people Of California in
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