The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-03
YentiIatIsn Of Fariaht

the pensioned Abolition libeler OF the
Butte Record for his perfidy; venaIlty and
mendscity. For doing so he has poured
upon US columns Of filth, which proves his
association and familiarity with the low
est grog-shOps, vilest brothels and mean
est chain.gangs. His tastes and INSTINCTS
are in exquisite harmony with his charac.
ter, and that is the lowest Of the low, the |
basest of the base, the vilest Of the vile.
We must be excused from bandying cpl
thets with this Abolition parasite, who
boasts of his skill in Safeguarding. 1t
is to his taste, not ours. This leprous
Abolition hireling says:
"The Democratic Convention which assem-
bled at Sacramento in June, IS, gave US the
uOminAtion for State Printer. Gelwicks aud
January, il not then Know NOthiugA, bOlted the
ticket 6ominSted by the Democratic State Con-
vention. and did not place the ticket 81 the
head Of their paper. until after the Editor Of the
RsoorG had visited Placerville with Edwin Bell.
then OF the San Francisco Times and 1TuRs'
eript and contracted a. share the profits arising
from the State printing with them, in cOnstde.
ration Of thier support Of the Democratic tick
ct We refer to Edwin Bell for the truth Of
this statement"
CrOsette calls upon Edwin Bell, who is
in the Atlantic States, to verify his state
ments. We are not compelled to go so
far from home for our witnesses they are
an in California-ail men Of NeTaciiy,
whose simple word would be taken, in
~: f4--'~"e-iaSS 10 pvs(ersOce to crosette's
oath. He says we did not place the tick
ct at the head of our paper, until after he
had contracted to share the profits ari-
sing from the State printing" with US. In
dealing with man Of his character, know
ing his failings a"d his easy virtue, it is
presumable that VIC had other than YER
bal agreement Crosette has our permits
sion to produce and publish it-even If It
be forged. II is reasonable to suppose,
after We had made a contract with him,
We would have placed the ticket at the
head Of our paper. Did we do SO? On
the llth Of August We made this an
nOuncement in the DEMOCRAT:
"P1As~SAA TX sS&c~& OsAGe, NGOOE
BILL, aud GEoRcE H. CScskETx, Dropped ia
upon Us Last week. They remained with as
bat day.
On the 18th Of the same month We raised
the ticket at the head Of our columns, and
explained the reason Of its nOn-aPpear-
ance before. We said:
"Our eouuty ticket has been slightly changed
BY the Central Committee, aud We now place
il at the head Of our paper
Warm friends Of Mr.. BrOderick, true
and loyal friends, because unlike CroSette,
Wmpurehdsed, urgently and earnestly beg
ged US not to raise the ticket. Why
Because men hsd BEEN nominated who
were obnoxious to the Democratic party,
whose defeat was certain. and who were
solicited to decline the nomination. 1t
was thought advisable to wait the action
Of the Committee before hosting the ticket.
Against our wishes and judgment we
Welded 10 the solicitation OF Mr.. Brode.
rick's best friends, John O'Donnel and
others So much for raising the ticket
now for the printing.
Ia Sacramento we were offered the nom,
ination Of State Printer, provided We
agreed to vote for Coz. Bigler'S rcnomina.
lion We Onhes.tatingly and peremptO.
rily declined. We thought it inpolitic to
reno,ninate Gov. Biglcr, and stated that
We feared his nomination v0Aatd defeat the
ticket, and the result proved the correct
ness Of our Judgment lie had filled the
position tVO terms. and G0rthy and pop
ular as he vac conceded 10 be, Sagacious
and reliable cid De4OOcIA:s thought the
people wanted change and would vote
for his competitor: We don't believe the
most popular man in California could be
thrice elected Governor. The certainty
Of CIV. Hsler's defeat provided he got
the nOminatiOU, MAS torcibly Impressed
upon cur mind in CAUCUS the night before
he received the nOaaination. by JOS W.
McCOrkle and the Butte delegates, Gro.
settle among the n0mber. We opposed
Gov. Bigler's denomination simply and
solely on account Of his not being availa-
ole. .........
Late on Saturday night after the ad-
journment Of the Convention sine die. the
senior Of the DEMocRAT called at the Mag
nolia to see Judge Murray. Mr.. BrOder-
lex met us and asked us il Crosette had
had conversation with US. We replied,
no, sir. He then added, "he promised to