The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-05
"Ths Greed OF ear Political Faith"

IsThs Greed OF cur Political Faith"
Brief comprehensive and grand is the
political creed Of every loyal Democrat
of every follower Of jefferson, Madison
and Jackson. No one who loves his par
ty, his country, his neighboF, can object
to it. 1t is comprised in a single sem
tencc, and We give it in the terse language
Of Jefferson" Freedom Of Religion, Free
dom of the Press, and Freedom Of Person,
under the protection of the habeaS corpus,
aud trial by jurieS imparlially selected"
By adhering to these principles the Dem
ocratic party attained power and confer
red innumerable blessings on our country.
They made it respected at home and fear
cd abroad. These principles have received
the Endorsement Of the ablcst statesmen
and purest patriots OF the Union. Elo-
quent and gifted men and respectable and
powerful parties have in vain labored to
induce the people to reject them. They
have been fercely assaiIed and basely
mireprcSented and ignObly trampled up
on, but they have always recovered from
defeat and witnessed the death of the par
ty that opposed them. At the present
moment they are unpopular; those who
have always opposed them are in power,
and the unprincipled, who profess to
cherish them, are assisting their enemies
to destroy them. But, in spite of obloquy
and persecution, in spite Of treachery and
cOwardice, in spite Of selfshness and We
nality, they "stil live,". and are loved
and reverenced and advo ,ated by great,
patriotic, an unconquerable party
Those who wandered from them in mo-
ments Of terror and alarm" are "retracing
their steps" and will soon be ON the "rond
which alone leads to peace, liberty, and
safety"
The Republican party, in numerous in
stances, has shown its contempt for Free
dom of the Press, and Freedom of Per-
.saR"; and so too baYe Ab0GttcR De'00-
Gratis by cxuliing at the suppression of
Democratic newspapers and at the IN,
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bcaS corpus. What Il humiliating posi-
ton these Abolition Democrats occupy!
What Jefferson denounced they approve
what he approved they denOunce :!
Without a single exception the Abolition
Democratic organs Of California-the Red
Bluff Beacon, Horsetown Ayus, Shasta
Courier, CalaveraS Chronicle, Mariposa
Gazette and their weaker and vaincr
brethren-have noticed approvingly and
encouragingly the suppression of Demo-
cratic newspapers, whose only sin was,
their opposition to RepubIicaniSm
The Democratic party has always OPP
posed proscription-the papers we have
named indorsc it; and yet they have the
insolencc to boast Of their Democracy
We wish to call the attention Of Demo-
Gratis, who are such from principle and
not from interest, to these indisputable
facts, and ask them to reflect upon them.
We wish them to remember that the or
gans of the L Mon Democrats" heartily
approve the most odiouS measures the
old Federal party. We wish them to re-
member that every Abolition movement
of the present national Administration"
has received their cordial Endorsement.
Can Democrats of the good old school,
who revere the memory Of Jefferson and
jackson, who fought CALAMITY under the
old Democratic banner, who eXulted at
former Democratic victories, who cherish
the principles of their party, longer con-
sort with and assist party that laughs
to scorn Jcfferson's creed and upholds the
bittercst enemies of the Democratic party ?
We think not There are hundreds Of
true and wcll-meaning Democrats in the
ranks of the Union Democratic" party
who will not consent to be transferred to
the Republicans, and at the proper time
they will stand by the side Of their breth-
rem who stand by the political creed of
Jefferson, as enunciated by himself
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THE enemies of the Democratic party
arc praying for its dissolution, and the
Republican mInions in its ranks are Zeal
ously working for that object. Week af-
ter week, they reiterate the falsehood that
it has disbanded We believe, all good