The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-12
ven pxke,s Resolntiens.

Van Dykes Resolutions.
The pusrile and false resolutions, known
as Van Dykes, although he is not the au-
thor Of them, passed the Assembly on
Friday the 4th inst, by vote Of 81 to .
"a number of the members being absent.
The resolutions are the git ofGen. Oulton,
Republican Senator from SiskiyOu, who
made tool Of Van Dyke to entrap the
"Union Democrats" Van Dyke Swelled
prOdigiously when he submitted them to
the Senate aud was alluded to as their
author, and his pride and vanity beco,n-
ing insupportable in consequence, the
Senator from SiskiyOu was prevailed upon
to expose his vanity and folly.
The resolutions declare that the Presi-
dent "has pursued a conservative and
patriotic course" when his own party
admits that he has done nothing Of the
kind, and Republican U. S. Senator's re-
fused to indOrse it. They also declare
"that the questions which have hereto
fore divided the people into different pO-
litical organizations have either become
obsolete, or are for the present in Nbey.
ance." Democrats think differently. and
believe it the duty of all conservative men
to rally to the support of that party which
alone can save the Union, and which is
proud to not number among its supporters
such drivelers as Van Dyke. They further
declare-mark the language" that nc
party considerations or party names
should be allowed to distract the loyal,
which, in plain language means, that no
opposition to the Republican party should
be tolerated. Lincoln, they say, has pur-
sued "a conservative and patriotic course"
and that, therefore, "nO party considera-
tons or party names should be allowed
in opposition to him. What do they
mean by " distract the loyal? Ask the
Republicans who are loyal, and they will
declare the Republicans, a party which
numbers in its ranks thousands Of parti-
sans who have prayed long and earnestly
for dissolution Of the Union! What is
loyalty in their eyes? Blind obedience
SO - - g., l.. ..ss
Who are diSloyal? All those who op-
pose the Republican party! 1t is ques
ton whether Van Dyke understands the
meaning Of the terms. Men who are i'm
measurably his superior in every attribute
which constitutes the good citizen, whose
patriotism consists not in senselesS words
and Boosting professions, but in noble
acts, men who have dore more for the
country than a million of Van Dykes
would or could, who riskcd their lives
and shed their blood in its defence, are
called by Van Dyke and his Republican
employers disloyal! Disloyal to what and
to whom? To the Administration and
Abraham Lincoln!
Is it not singular ami significant that
men who profess to be Democrats voted
for resolutions which declare the princi-
Piles of the Democratic party "obsolete,
and deprecate the longer existence Of that
patriotic old party? They were eager to
abandon it and express their fealty to the
new organization. Can they hereafter,
with any propriety or decency, claim to
be Democrats? We think not, and VIZ
think Democrats everywhere will agree
with us and hold them to the record We
copy the vote. so that the Democracy OI
Ell Dorado may mark the men who in.
dorscd the policy of the Administration
Republicans in Roman, Union Demo
Gratis" in italics:
Ayes--Amerige, Avery, Barton Of Sacra
mento. Battles, Bell, Benton, Bigelow. Bro'rn
Campbell, Dean, Dennis, Do'c. Dudley IF So
lara, Etason. EreY, Fay, Frazier, Gordon
GriSwold, Hay. Hodg, H:fman. hpin. Etndalt
Leach. l.Owey, Machins, Maclay, Natthe,rs, Ifc
CUlLovgh. Myers. Moore. O'Brien, Orr, Parker
Porter, Reese, Reeve, Sargent, .StUI .SedtOn
Shannon, Smith of Sierru. Ieegdrden, ThorA
bury, Tilton of San Francisco, Van Zandt
WddleN. Warwick, IIerk, Toodman, Wight
Uorthingtom, Yule, Zuck.
An even vote ;-27 Republicans and q
"Union Democrats" voting for resolution:
indorsing the policy Of the Administra.
ton and regulating the Democratic par
tyi DooolIoot nouoorotc Of III no..Jo
that the representatives of the Uniol
Democrats" Of this county, MeSsrs. Dean
Dennis, Frasicr and Parker, voted for res
olutions that announce "that the people
should be represented by one great party,
and that party the one at the head o
which stands 1.-THE conservative and pa
triOtic Chief Magistrate Of the Nation"
They have at length taken sides and We
congratulate the Republicans on theil
valuable accessions. We hope that al
who approve their vote will follow them
and that speedily, into the Republican
camp. The Democratic party will bC
stronger and purer and worthier of sup
port when it gets thoroughly rid of traitors
of men who profess to be Democrats
and yet vote for Republican measures.
ExPIRED.-Thc first ninety days Of the
session Of the Legislature the members
are entitled to a per diem of $40. The
time expired last Tuesday, and On We'd
nesday morning they commenced on the
five dollars a day system. The session
promises to be protracted and more ex
travagant thaa protraeted. A number o.
bills, some Of them Of great Importance