The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-14

cessity" to prevail upon Democrats to
"follow suit" There can be no question
about the "political necessity" but the
patriotic duty" part is another and
quite different thing. Latham aud Nc
( Dougall would return to California, recon
Struct the Democratic party, and unless
the Republicans and ConnesSiteS united
under the plausible name of Union
party" they would be defeated. lie was
fearful, frightfully fearful, that the friends
ofLatham, McDougall, Downey and Den
yer would unite with the Chivalry De-
mocracy, in which event he would be
defeated for Congress and his friend
CONFESS for the U. S. Senate. This was
not exactly his language, but it certainly
was what he meant.
Eastman sarcaStically replied that his
colleague, with all his eloquence, had
lodged the question. Mr.. Patterson took
the same ground, and stated that hereto
fore propositions had been made by the
same parties to the Republicans, and
while the Republicans had carried out, in
good faith, their part Of the agreement,
their allies backed square down. He did
not wish to be cheated again. He was a
Republican, believed in the principles of
his party and had contended for them
when his party was in hopeless minOri-
ty, 0Nl req 20 cotton Of SurrepIeEi1S,
them now at the dictation Of men who
but recently ridculcd them. He doubted
The simt'ity 0f such Republicans. He
spoke with feeling, force and sincerity,
but the packed Convention would lis
ten to no arguments. \ majority of the
members had attended the Convention
solely to cOnSummate fusion, and they
were not to be frustrated by anyeals NJ
arguments
Carpenter feebly denied that he and his
brother deputies had packed the Convcn-
ton. lie had the assurance of promi-
ncnt Union Democrats that they desired
to unite With the Republicans, and would
do so, ife this Convention adopted the
resolution under discussion. One of them,
high in authority, had assured him that
the Chairman of the Union Democratic
County Central Committee, in rejecting
propositions for fusion, submitted by
the Chairman of the Republican Central
Committee, did not represent the views
of a majority of the Committee of which
he is Chairman. The Chairman Of the
Committee referred to was present when
Carpenter made his statement, and
smiled incredulouSly when he got through.
Carpenters brother deputies checrcd
family and called for the question. Mr..
Andrick and several others advocated the
resolution and it was adopted mnaHi-
mouSly.
After the adoption of the resolutions the
following gentlemen were elected dele
gates to the Republican State Convention:
Thomas Fitch. o. II. Burnham, \. V. V.
Post, r. X. Berry, Robert Chalmers, ID. v.
Stamford, \. II. SaXton. J. &. Eastman, Il. Il.
NickcrSon, W. IL. Rogers, Samuel Knight AZ
&. }. Carpenter.
.iA,,oahA-Jamcs Ellis. T. I. Moore, J. VI.
Arnold. j. X. Clark, Robert Bel, l.. NJ. DAVIS,
j. 7. jackson, J. q. McCallum, e. G. Batter
man, Robert Rogers, j. w. keyser and j. W.
Shanklin.
Several "Union Democrats" are among
the number The Convention was tame,
Spiritless and dcSpondlng, and the few
dcllg gates present showed concluSivcly
that the people have become sick aud dis
guSted with RcpublicaniSm. The masses
took no interest in its proceedings, aud
at no time was there more than twenty
spectators in the theater. We have at
tended every Convention that has ever
been held in this county, and this by far
exceeded them all in dizziness and lack of
interest. Rcpublicanism, in the Empire
county. is dcfunct. The President, 5. j.
Ensminger, presided with dignity, and
was prompt in stating and putting ques-
tons and impartial in his decisions Some
one proposed a cheer for the President
whether Lincoln or ESmingcr, was not
stated which was given, and the Con-
vention adjourned sine die.