The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-07

The official vote says there was, Fitch
says there wasn't; we believe, without
questioning Fitch's well known veracity,
the official vote. The verdict of the peo-
pie, against Old Abe, his platform and
party was as follows, according to the Of
fetal returns:
LIncoln-the Chicago PiAtiorm--........l $50 200
..........................."y9o,lSo
brecklnridge.................... OO4, 80
BeW. '.........".'...oNo.%6
kuslon..... uoS
Majority against Chicago Platform. s6SS74
The majority. in the Presidential cleo
ton, was overwhelmingly against the sec
tiOnnl candidate Of the Republican party !;
and the Chicago Platform, which, to the
Republicans, is worth fifty Unions"
was condemned by nearly two-thirds OF
the voters. 1t was the duty Of the minor
ity, accidentally raised to power, to ex-
erciSe that power in Difference to the
Judgment Of the people; but instead Of
doing so, they exercised it exclusively for
the benefit Of the Republican party. IF
there had been but one instead Of three
candidates against Lincoln, Lincoln wo I'D
have been disgracefully beaten, because
thousands of fence men and trimmerS,
who voted for him, seeing the hopelessrcsS
Of his prospects, would have cast their
vote for the stronger candidate. Docs any
sane man doubt this ! Every man who
voted for either ofhis opponents expressed
his adherence of the Chicago Platform,
and under no consideration could he have
been prevailed upon to support Lincoln.
The three parties-Breckinridgc, Doug
las and BellEverett-p predicted that the
election of Lincoln and the consequent in
dorsement of.the Chicago Platform would
dissolve the Union and cause civil war
These are facts which admit of no denial.
1t is not necessary for the DEMOCRAT to
admit what it has never disputed nor de-
MED. Certainly Lincoln was eonstitu.
tionally elected President Of the United
States" Has any one ever questioned
the constitutionality Of his election: Not
to our knowledge.
We quote again from the Republican ::
MIR. Lincoln being elected. it was proposed
BY the Breckenridge Senators, representing less
than One-sevenih Ut the voters Of the PreSiden-
tIal election. To Incorporate into the Constitution
the doctrines Of their party--doctrines that bad
just been repudiHted ut the polls by nearly sew
en-eiRhtLs Of the vOteTG,-and the refusal of
Republicans to eagerly embrace this insolent
proposal, As the price Of being permitted to
peaceablv enjoy the positions to which they
bad just been legally chosen by the people, is
called BY The DEMocRAr pushing matters to
extremiiies."
The Breckinridge Senator's" did not
propose, but in a spirit Of harmony and
concession, in a spirit which brought
about the adjustment Of our National
troubles in 1850, they agreed to support
the Crittenden Compromise, provided the
Republicans would accept it. They de-
sired to avert, not provoke, civil war. The
Crittcnden Compromise they we'll knew
would have preserved the peace of the
country and maintained the Union intact
The Breckenridge doctrine which, the
Republican says, chad been repudiated
at the polls by nearly seven-eighths Of the
voters" was voted upon and adopted by
the United States Senate in 1860. Every
Democratic Senator, with the exception
Of Mr.. Douglas, advocated and sustained
it, and John j. Crittenden cordially in
dorsed it. 1t embodied the principles
of the Constitution of the United States,
IS interpreted by the United States Su-
preme Court" This made it objectiona-
BILE to the Republicans, who have no re-
spect for the Federal Constitution. 1t
was insolent" in the Democratic Sena-
tors to ask the Republicans to iudorse
the principles of the Constitution of the
United States" They had never done so
and it was folly to presume they ever
would do so. Why did the Republican
Senators refuse to pass the Crittenden
Compromise ? Certainly not because it's
terms were unjust or unfair or dangerous
to either section of the Union-not be-
cause it conceded to the South more
than she was entitled to under the Con-
stitution; but simply because It conAicted
with the doctrines Of the Chicago Plat
FORM" and to modify that platform in the
slightest would have degraded the Re-
publican party" They could make sac
rifices for their party, but none for their
country.
The Republican reiterates the stale
statement which has been proved false
repeatedly, "that. the CrittendeR Com
promise was defeated, not by the Repub-
licAns, but by BrcckinEidge Democratic
Senators deliberately refusing to vote"
The Congressional Globe, the highest
authority, proves the statement false
Without Republican votes it could not
pass, and the Republican, more frankly
than prudently, "admits they would not
have voted for it." In the second session
of the thirty.sixth Congress, there
were thirty-three States represented by
thirty six Senator's. -:
The Federal Constitution, article Y,
says it requires tlro .thirds Of both Houses