The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-07-27
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KDEToRs MOUNTAIN DENocRAT: In the
San Francisco Herald Of the 18th inst,
the new editor, John r. Ridge, says;
Whatever Of feeling there may have
been in the Convention, all animosities,
and there were but few engendered BY
the contest, were buried In the adjourn.
mcnt Of that body, and heart, soul, InfIu.
enco, personal or political strength, What.
ever belonged Of these or Si,ure 10 each in.
dividuai candidate and delegate, kere
pledged to the support Of the ticket in its
entirety. The enemies OF the party rep.
resent . different state Of Affairs. They
claim that many persons went away dis.
SatiSned With the aUmInau onsaRa threat.
ening TO work against them. We do not
believe that one solitary delegate (much
less candidate) can be named by any
'nan Of responsibility within the limits Of
this State, who has declared that be win
oppose the ticket, OF has Aaserted that he
would not use his utmost exertiOns In iIs
behalf"
Now, Eirs, as q citizen Of CalaveTas
county, claiming "respeetability" ct least,
and some lIltlO knowledge Of public cen.
tiInent. ! do assert that the Aforesaid edi.
tor and nominee for State Printer Is labor.
ing under an hallucination that may prove
injurious to his prospects. Men did come
away from the convention dissatisfied,
and delegates who were candidates and
who were not, are open in their denunci-
alton Of the ticket. The CONFESS clique
are not popular in this county, and can
not poll the vote Of the Douglas party Of
last year, by some hundreds The best
men Of the party, men who held front pO-
sitions last year. wholly repudiate the con.
gloneTate ticket, and meA Of respectable
~, who were delegates at Sacramento,
where Co6rOth presided, and Dick Irwin
talked democracy with Whitman and
Bowie, say they were sold and win not
abide by the nominations. That Conness
~hu voted for. Baker and Joe McKibhin,
should be called to save the Union, and
that John Rollin Ridge, the whilom Know
Nothing editor. should be called to aid in
Inarshalling the democracy, under Capt.
C1nness, from Fl Dorado, causes sensible
men to pause and reflect before fartht .
committing themselves to the notified
and pie.hAId party. 10 all this have
said nothing Of the platform. That CON-
buSittie document which commits the
blind dcvoters Of che party to blood, mnr-
der and rapinc. witch would leave the
Republicans In the shade from its blood.
thirstiness and consisn to eternal disgrace
and q traitors doom, al conservative
men who do not desire 10 see brother &
imbrue their hands 10 each others blood,
But enough Of the platform and The nom.
inees doomed to be sacrificed upon L.
Ny Object was simply to show that good
men, respectable" men OF the party
would not stand by The extreme measures
it has endorsed nor the Liliputian candi.
dates huidled upon il.
On the frSt Of August, prOximN the
"Old Guard" Democracy will hold con-
vcntion at San Andreas in this county,
when full ticket Of strong men will b
placed in nomination, who will carry the
county by sweeping majority. or thi,
I am confident. All, here, confidently
expsct nominations at the hands Of the
State convention on the 23d, that will
once more rally the Democracy to their
Old standard. The Inauguration Of TIE
era Of blood BY the Black Republicans
and the tame and EsciEe yielding to their
infamous policy BY the mongrsi, sell
styled Union Democracy, has disguised
oil true, Union-loviDg Democrats whO ere
now eager to marshal themselves unde'
proper leaders and thus save the Seat'
from the foul embraces Of Black RsPUb
licanism, and its plant tool, the COnnesi
UniOnists. There is little local news. o
interest, 90 I will omit special mentor
for another letter. "0LD GUARD"