The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-12-06
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The organs Of the AboliIiOnists in this
State, the Sacramento Union and Dee, the.
San Francisco Alta, Call and Herald, are
endeavOring 60 make their readers believe
that the people sustained the Admins.
tration at the recent elections and that
the next Congress will not be Democrat
ic. They know better. but as they are
paid by the Administration to uphold its
sinking cause and suppress the trnth and
boast Of its popularity, they dare not men.
ton its reverses To them lying comes
easy, it is natural, and it pays, and so long
as it pays they will indulge in that not
remarkably reputable luxury. The Re.
publican editors Of New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. lrss
mendacious and servile than their Califur.
MIA brethren. grievCusly deplore the re.
suit Of the recent elections aud mournful-
lyNdm;t that the people rePaiiated the
Administration. The New York Times
says the vote in New York, in PennSyl-
vania, and in the West, indicate a pro.
found dissatisfaction with the AdminiStra.
ton; and the President himself, in a
characteristic anecdotc, moro pointed
than polished. con(esseS that his policy
has been condemned. lie secs the folly
Of trying to concert the defeat Of his party
longer. The defeat Of his friends, the
Ss'N---~ :7f h, ----,-;;;T,.;;tS, thc tremendous
gains of the Democratic party sisTV-6ioN
full in the face. He was deceiv d he
was led to believe, by the statements Of
Greeley and Andrew and other radicals
and th= &a0lati0n OF sycophants, that the
people cordially Endorsed his Adlninistra.
ton that his friends would carry every
State by a sweeping majority; that n
more obSequious Congress than the pres
ent, if that were possible, would met on
the first Monday in December, 1868. to
car y into effect his recommendations i;
and that whatever he might do, so pOpu.
lar and invincible was h., the people
would approve. From this bliS$fu dram
Of illimitablc popularity he was suddenly
awakened on bright October morning
by news no less unexpected than mort.
flying. Instead Of being the favortc #
the people he discovered that he had been
the dupc Of politicians, and that the pco.
pie hal pronounced against his policy.
They had, in spite Of his wishes and pray
ers, elected men to Congress uncompro.
misingly opposed to his principles and
measures, and this, too. in the face Of
threats and promises. No longer deceived,
he has the candor to acknowledge his de.
feat, but not the disposition or 6rmness
or patriotism to yield obedience to the
clearly expressed will Of the masses. lie
still pertinaciously clingS to his repudiated
policy, thus showing his contempt for the
people and his determination to rule or
ruin. A Democratic Congress will put
a stop to his miSchievous course, and call
to account dishonest aud tyrannical agents
and officers of the Administration, who
have Swindlc the Government and tli,re-
garded and violated the laws and robbed
the people Of their liberties. The next
Congress will be largely Democrats. 1t
appears, from official returns that in all
the States that have now voted for mem
bers Of Congress the Democrats have
made the following gains, which gives
them the control Of the House Of Repre-,
sentativeS: