The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-08-24
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intolerance, in all its littlencss, and in al
It's ianaticism, turned out on Wednesday
night to pay its respects to and fawn upon
Leland Stanford, Mr. Lincoln's candidate
for Governor of California for it is a no
turious and conceded fact that the friends
expectants and hirelings of the Admins
tration-from the Collector a: San Fran.
! cisco to the petty postmaster Of an insig'
nificant village - spent their time ard
money to secure his nomination, in order
to carry out the plans Of the President
Long before Mr.. Stanford returned from
Washington, where he had gone to SUI
! perintend the Federal appointments in
this State, It was authoritatively stated
that Mr.. Lincoln desired his nomination
for Governor, and the announcement in.
iuccd the Federal oficc.holders and thou
sands Of Federal officoAseckrrS to labor
zealously for him. President Lincoln
therefore dictated the candidate. Mr.
Phelps was the favoritc Of the masses VI
the party, but the politicians and place
men and placc-hunters were against him.
and he was thrust aside. The incorrupti
bic Live Oak ZabriSkic, who has belong
cd to all parties and betrayed all parties
and the stately Croker, accompanied
Mr Stanford.
About sunset the cannon was fired, and
soon after the placcrvile Band commenced
playing on the portico Of the Thenter
which attracted . crowd. The Theater
soon filled up with Democrats, ConnesSites
and Republicans and about eight o'clock
Mr.. James Patterson was elected PreSI
dent Of the meeting, and MessrS. Foster
and Doolittle Vice Presidents. Briefly
the President stated the object Of the
meeting. Calls were then made for thu
Presidents candidate, who waS sitting or
the stage. In response, he rose, took ;
glass Of water, stepped to the footlights
and, in slow, measured, guarded tone
as il fearful Of committing a bAnder, re-
peated the same speech, almost word fol
word, which he had made at Folsom thC
night before, and which was published ir
the Union. His manner was calm and
unimpassiOned, without animation OF
force, but earnest and clear. He ignored
the Chicago Platform, and seemed to re
gard 1t as ungenerous and cruel in tn,
Democrats to comment upon 1t. or holl
him or his party responsible for its vaga
! ries. He stated, much to the surprise o
his audience, that the slavery question
had been settled forever, to the satisfac
ton Of all parties, and mainly BY the Re
publican party. Slavery in the Terrific
ries need no longer be an issue. Iii,
party had disposed Of IT, lie was In ia
vor Of retrenchnent and reform; hi.
party had always been, but it had nevel
been in power, and therefore its oppon
ehts could not bring any charges of ex
travagance or corruption against it. TIL,
Democratic party was both cxtravagan
and corrupt, had ruined the credit Of tn
State, blasted its prospects, and it con
tinued in power, would bankrupt it, No
particle Of proof did he produce to sus
tain his groundless charges. His speech
was made up Of sweeping assertions, ex
travagant promises, reckless charges, vic
lent denunciations Of tho Democrat,
party, and eulogistic comments OIL Lin
coin, his Cabinet and his party. II,
spread himself magnifcently on "oul
glorious old flag and beloved Union, bu
guardedly avoided saying much with re
spect to the Constitution, which his pm
tron and party had repeatedly and fla
gravity violated. He attributed our pres
emit deplorablc difficulties to the South
forgetting that the Republicans were thu
first and constant aggressols, and that tn
Republican President, the Secretary o
State, and nearly all the prominent lead
ers Of his party had Endorsed the senti
ment-"that We are welded to one pur
pose, from which no earthly pomer car
divorce US. VIZ ARE DETERMINED TO ABoL
ISL SLAVERY AT ALL HAZARDS" For
getting that oil the South asked was
that her Constitutional rights should b.
respected. Forgetting that before hos
tilities had been commenced, before
State had withdrawn, that his party hat
persiStently rejected the Crittendcn prop
ositions, which would have prevented
war and restored peace and harmony
Forgetting that tho theory upon which
his party was organized, is essentially Al
war with sound principle and hostile tt
the Union of these States. Forgetting
that the Republican party is confessedly
3 sectional party; that it neither seeks
nor expects nor did it receive the support
Of the people Of the whole Union thai
its purpose is to array one portion Of the
country against another portion. and tc
labor for the triumph of one section over
another section. Instead of inculcatine
fraternal feeling among our WHOLE popula
ton and thus binding them together as
one nation, its leading idea is to SOW the
seeds Of bitter and interested strife, to ar.
ray the men Of the North and those Of
the South against each other. and to in
duce them TO treat each other as aliens
and members Of different and hostile iu.
risdictions, instead Of citizens of com.
mon country. The Republican party is
held, and justly held, responsible for our
difficulties, and no ingenuity or sophistry
Of Mr. Stanford can relieve it of the tire.
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