The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-08-02

has served the county so long and himself
so faithfully and proIitabIy, was cleft out
in the cold'-Mr Davis defeating him for
the nomination of Supervisor. Moses
TebbS calls this a" case Of heartleSs in
gratitude!
Union Democratic Convention.
The Union Democratic County Conven-
ton, which met in this city on Saturday
last, was much better attended aud passed
off more tremendously than CONFESS sat
elites anticipated and predicted. At II
o'clock A. NJ. II. {. SloSS, Esq, chairman
Of part Of the late Union Democratic
Central Committee, called the convention
to order. A temporary oSgSNiLation was
had by electing NJ. X. Shearer, Esq, an
old stand by, Chairman, and {. i. Club
buck, Secretary. 4 Committee of one
from each township was appointed by the
chair on credentials, permanent organiza
ton and order of business. 4 recess was
then taken until ! ! o'clock =. NJ.
I'''N'~''at2'y r. Z: - * %Gsea6.iNg u
the convention, the committee reported
and the reports were adopted. Pcrma-
ypellt oHteerS, Prrsadcut -JRnps johnson {;
Vice Presidents, Theron Foster and James
Burke; Secretaries, C. f. Chubbuck and
B. ROdehan. On sa&ing The chair Judge
johnson got off clear, lorcible, telling
oldfa>hiuned Democratic speech, which
was received by the convention with tn.
multuouS cheering. lleridded the Union
party platform, aud mercilcS>ly dashed the
renegade Democrats in the Abolition fu.
sion camp. We presume his speech viii
be published with the proceedings and
shall therefore not further comment upon
it. Before proceeding to nominate, the
""pM2ii!ee on resolutions reported the
following, which were unanimously adopt
ed:
prosecution of the war, until armed rebellion is
suppressed. and traitors acknowledge the SUI
prrmacv at the laws
H,spl,"i, That We will Civ" "nr UNDIVIDED
support IT, the Government IA all its Cans ltu-
tlunal efforts 10 suppress this wicked rebellion.
enforce the laws, aud Pcrpeluare our Republic
can form If Government.
Ht~|s-'f, That we are opposed 10 Abohlon.
ism and all its tanHiIcAl supporters, whu seek
tt divert Tins tran - l.trIfiu.tt
OF restoring the Government t. that Vt incIe
crusade against the institution of slavery.
H'S'tr'i, That We are tor the Union as uur
fathers made ii. and to that end We pledge the
G1vcrnmeat un: undivided aud cordial support.
Nomination Of Senators being next IN
order, u. c. McKenncy from the northern
andJ. NJ. Douglas from the southern part
of the county were nominated for Senators
the latter 10y reclamation. John II.
Dennis and Il. Rodahan, from the north.
rrn, and VI. l.. Mcdonald and Samuel Il.
StilIw,ll from the southern part Of the
county were nominated for the Assembly
Supervisor # the second District. 4
Central Committee was appointed, the
course Of the anii-lu>inn members Of the
late Central Committee indor>c,l, the nom.
inatinn of j. d. Stcven~cn,' for >uucrn.
tendrut of Public Instruction, ratified,
and then the convention. in harmony and
good spirits, adjourned si", dir.
OF the numin,cS We may have acme.
thing to say hereafter Most of 'lcm are
old and Dcl.known residents of our cuun.
ty-geutlcmcn Of high character aud fine
Judgment, and il elected would reflect no
di>credit upon their constituents.
ANOTHER CuNvENTIoN.-It is rumOrcd
that }. &. Eastman, has received uumcr-
Gus letters from prominent Republicans
in different parts of.ihe county, request
ing him to call convention Of >traght
Republicans. Mr. f. is ">traight," aud
in the late Republican CONVENTION fought
boldly against the fusion movement and
predicted that the Republicans who went
into it would be sold. His prediction has
been verified, and the Republicans now
are satisfied of the fact. They swear they
will not support CONFESS ticket, as they
not appropriately term the ticket nomi.
mated 10y the Abolition fusioni>ts on We'd
nesday. They arc unwilling to fight sole
ly to crafty the inordinate ambition Of a
man who lately viiliGcd them, their lead,
crs and platform. 1t is not unlikely that
Eastman will comply with their wishes.
SILLY.-The resolutions adopted by the
AbolitiOn-fusion convention on Wednes-
day are matchlcSS for nonsense. They
are supremacy ridiculous and must have
emanated from brainlcss IDIOT" There
is neither sense, force nor point in them
Will the author or authors, for we take it
for granted they were not the git of one
man, point out the "patriotic and praise
worthy efforts Of the present National Ad-
ADMINISTRATION, to sustain and preserve the
Government? Can they tell us what the
Government is? DO they know the diff
ference between the Government and the
Administration
Every intelligent man knows that the
Administration has been trying 10 sub
vert the Government that it has repeat
eddy and causelessly violated the Consti-
tuition and spat upon the decisions of the
Supreme Court,-and both the ConStitu.
ton and the Supreme Court are part of
the Government, but not Of the Admins.
tration. Davis, the Union Senator from
Kentucky, stated on the floor of the Sen.
ate, that the Administration had recon.
mended and Congress passed "unjust,
| iniquitous and unconstitutional measures.