The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-05-18
Lye ana Oh.

The Black Republican sheets through
out the State, have been jubilant over the
failure Of union between the Democracy
and the Douglasites. In every direction
thcy have worn still more thread bare,
the trite expression that oil and water
cannot unite;" and therefore, Democracy
and Dougla>ism could not coalcsce. In
the use Of this expression, they doubtless
designed that DOugLdSism should DC con.
sidered the oil and Democracy the ndtcr.
And sure enough they dill not unite. on
the 7lh inst, as we earnestly hoped they
would, Though hoping against hopc,) at
San Francisco, at the time Of the convcn.
ton Of the Committees. But since that
time Douglnsism has fallen in with an az.
Similant DouglnsiSln and Black Rcpub.
licanism have stricken hands, and agreed
to support tho same ticket, Mt the NUM-.
cipal election in the Bay City on Tuesday
next. The oil has found the lye. In
happy combination, they now seek to
sott.Sodp decent men into the Use Of the
dirty materials of which they are sepa.
rately composed. We have neither time
nor stomach to dwell upon this villainous
conEiomcraiion. The diSgracefHl com.
pact was contaminated without the Sli Sht-
est Prctext Of principle, to justify it
Both Of the contracting parties, it is true,
have recently been blatant for the Union !;
but continually profesScd to be as wide
asundeT AZ polls on mere political propo-
sitiOns. The men put forward by the
Peoples Party, are equally pledged to
the Sustenance and defence Of the Union,
at oil hazards II, then, the ground Of
conjunction between the DouS!asitcs and
the Republicans BE- asserted to DC, deco.
tion to the thi9n, it is nothing more nor
less than silly falSehood. The substan.
tial motive to the diSrcputnble coalition,
was greed for the municipal officcs--a
bcaStly hankering after the neSh,pots Of
official cmOlumcnts. We cannot think SO
meanly Of the conscientious men, belong.
ing to either Of the political factions, pro
Tossing to be represented on the mongrel
ticket, which they have oStcntaciously
deNOminated "Re Eni0n Ticket" ms TO
suppose that they will participate in the
venal trickery Of office seekers, at the ex.
pcnSc Of every sentiment which should
appertain to an honorable man. They
will not b. transferred, like drove of
cattle, at the will Of uSurping owners.
The oily arts Of the few greasy dema.
gogucs, who claim to own the Douglas
party in San Francisco, cannot induce
the honest men Of that party to swallow
the Iye Of Black Republicanism.
During the Presidential canvass the
Douglas orators found much fault with
the Democratic speakers who advocated
the election Of MIR. Breckenridge, because
they attacked Douglas and his principles
more than the Black Republican creed
and leaders, They 0he DouglaSitcs)
claimed to he, par excellence, the enemies
Of Black Rcpublicanisnl. How is the
programme now changed! Hand in hand
and shoulder to shoulder, we now find
the slHndercrs (if such they were, and the
slandered, marching in solid array against
the rights Of the masses, for the benefit
of miserable gang Of paItry ofIicc.seck-
ers. Are respectable Douglas men ready
to admit that there is no line ofdiStinctiOn
between the niger worshipcrS and them
selves? We pause for n reply. In the
meanwhile, we are compelled to acknowl.
edge that il oil and water will not unite.
oil and lye wiU.