The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-02-23
ThoInaIvIauaIIsm Democrats.

Will che Sierra LVssoeraC Acknowledge lie
error, come out and indOrne the Democratic
aud Union doctrine, and Mr.. Dyuglaa, on COM
promise and peacsf or will u continue 20 ad-
vocate the AbOlitiOu dOctFIne Of war and GER
tain disuuiOn and dsstFuetiOue The MaFysvtIIe
DeHsocrut announces that, in choosing between
consistency and patriotism, u chOOoes patriot
ism. Sierra Citizen.
Those partisan newspapers which take
after men completely and principles par
TALLY, must always be distinguished for
the various difficulties Of their position
rather than for Q favorable convincing
effect upon the public mind. This fact
should long ago have interrupted and dit.
ferently instructed the three or four quite
able journalists in California, who have
c0ntended for such . construction Of De.
mOcracy as would make their few favor
ties grand high chiefs and InialIiblc incul-
Gators Of Democracy. Equality in par
ties Is well as among citizens and States,
is a necessity without which harmonious
organization cannot be maintained; the
advocate Of the cause Of single partisan
who is ambitious for the support Of organ.
lied party, can only iIjure his iavOrite
and destroy his own chances by neglect
ing to temper his advocacy with higher
consideration for the general principles,
the general leadership and the importance
of general good will among those upon
whom the single partisan must depend for
individual success. PartyisIn IL an indis-
pensable part Of our system Of govern.
mcnt, and unless it be systematized so as
to prevent dictAtorial assumption and
reckless determination to raise up men a.
expoundcrs Of doctrines, -candidatcs for
Office and managers Of combinations with.
in combinations, party principles will fall
away from their true object and the gov
ernment itself become deranged and con-
temptible. The individual partisan should
not be condemned for arriving at new
conclusions, but when he forms opinions
radically new and for the purpose Of sell
elevation employs his party organization
and public journalism to prove other CO.
partisans radically wrong, he must end, il
he be an extensively known and superior
parsonage, like Senator Douglas, in pull
ing his party into two great divisions, or
numerous factions, producing govern.
mental crisis, placing his first, second and
third cO-Operators in uncertain and incOn-
sistent attitudes and admitting at last
that he as . citizen, statesman and pat.
riot must acknowledge that his political
course was . great partisan mistake.
The individualism Democrats who have
been daily and weekly expOncnts Of attach
ment to the personal interest Of faction
causing leaders, should certainly have
had enough Of the vanity Of " sticking to
q man through thick and thin" to be as
sured that their degree Of public cstima-
ton docs not rank with that superiority
which arises from the tirelcss prolnulga.
ton Of independent opinions upon public
measures, political principles and party
privileges and duties Democracy desig.
mated, necessarily, together with any
mans name or speciality will not greatly
exalt its advocates or acquire for itself
fortunate power and long stability. But
will the individualism Democrats Of Cali.
fOrnia now act justly toward old and sue
cessful former day usage and assume for
themselves . more liberal preference for
principles and organization Some Of
them are sufficiently improved and polite
to moderate their personal preferences
and to grow strong in natiOnalism and in
dislike for individualism but there are
others who not being competent to agitate
without idols, will when their idols are
removed dance around the places where
they stood until others, either such as are
shining with deception or moulded crude.
ly from party mud, are lifted up for 3D.
grafton.