The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-03-09

and " Docskins," by a malicious publica.
tiOn AMI gross libel upon the culinary de-
partment in the dOmicilc Of the latter in.
dividual, but who has always defended the
cherished institutions and household gods
Of bachclordom against the envious at.
tackS Of members Of the order Of st. Ben.
ctlict.
Taking these circumstances into consij.
Grafton " DOcSkins," after protractcd 81.
lcncc, which was owing to sort Of politi-
cal vertigo, caused by too close obscrva-
ton Of the rapid rotary and back actiOned
ev6lntions Of certain politicians during
the last six months. is embOldencd once
more to venture to the footlishts, make his
how, and bcspCak for himself kindly
reception, while he spreads himself for q
few moments upon the Union in general
and the Middle Fork in particular; and II,
in the cOurSc Of his remarks, he evinees
symptoms Of q diaTrhoca Of words and
cOstivencss Of ideas" he trusts that the
mantle Of charity will afford him the saunc
protection that is afforded several men,
bers Of the present Legislature who are
grievOusly troubled with the same CON-
plaint
As everybody is or ought to be busily
engaged in saving the Union, | take this
opportunity Of immOrtalizing myself, by
hereby prOclaiming to the readers Of the
DExocWAr that 1.-THE Union-it shall be
preserved"
To effect this desirable object, it Ger.
tainly becomes necessary for every person
to shut his eyes to the causes which have
brought about the present state Of affairs,
and show his fcalty TO the Union by de-
nouncing as trnitOrs all who would sug.
gcst the removal Of the causes Of griev.
anco a. the most effectual mode Of permA-
nently rcuniting che dislnembered Con.
fcdcracy. History. reason and common
sense will bear US out in the assertion that
acOnsOlidated Republican government can
never have permanent existence where
the people have not, in the different Sec
tons, not only q mutual interest in and
love for the common country, but mutual
confidence in each other. Confidence is
engendcrcd by love; and the questions
naturally arise-how are We to acquire it
how shall we reunite the hearts of the
American people!
Why, bless your innocent heart, the
questions admit Of but one answer, only
one! Whip them, to be surel The South.
ern peOple-gcntlc sOuls!-in this respect
resemble the spaniel, the more you whip
them the better they will like you'll And
they are easily subdued! Just let the
Federal Government give the refractory
States good sound drUbbing-make ke un.
conditional war upon them-burn their
cities, slaughter tho Inhabitants, clean
them out generally, and rest assured the
blood that flows will form q cement that
will indissOlubly bind together this great
and glorious Union, tirmcr and more last.
ing than the rock Of agesl All must ad.
mire the Christian fOrbearancs and kind.
meas, the ftaternal love and neighborly
feeling such spirit suggestsl TiInid and
old Iogyish and milk and water politicians
like CritteNden, Breckinridge, Douglas,
Everett johnson and . few others, may
doubt the efficacy Of this treatment, and
possibly might quote the following appro.
pirate lines:
"Whatl lesp late the Tvt, our Hives 70 savei
10 savs oHF lives. leap eli into the gravel"
But what have we to do with twaddlinC
crOakeFs like themI They do not keeE
pace with the spirit Of the age, and we
the sasaciOus and patriotic. have no us,
for any Of their sortt
II coercion pending compromise an,
Munday'S resolutions, (Which he didn'
get readh fail, well may we exclaim, Al
tum est dc RspWOlicG
The people over here are sound on th