The weekly Butte record., 1862-12-06
Editorial Correspondence.
Ia8EE RIVERS, Michigan. ;
November : IS2


you from New York, where we arrived cn Sun
day last, twenty-five days from San Francisco.
Was 80 agreeably surprised at the political
prospects in the Excelsior State. that dare
no. trust ny pen to paper until after the cleo
ton. for fear Of spelling a good thing The
people Of California, Al their recent election,
pitched into politics wrong end foremost, and
become the dupss of the Republican party
The warnings Of the Democracy, the true
Union men Of the country, were uuheeded
The dominant party Of California viii now
find themselves compelled to react with
express haste. or rank with the abolitionists of
the Northern States. The Union sentiment.
and the Union party il the loyal States is the
Democratic party, fact which the Democracy
of California endeavored to beat into the thick
heads Of the voting population of California
They could not see it, and voted with the
Republicans, in favor OF Gov. Andrews and
Chandler. aud Phillips and Greely, and against
the army, and the patriotic men at its head,
who are offering their lives, sacrifice for the
maintenance Of constitutional government
They will see the error Of their way and wheel
into the correct Union line another year. They
would have done so last September but for the
rebel BTeckinridge organization Of California
The clce;isns
II,r-s I - -
racy. At the present time, have not the
data before me 10 determine the complexion of
the next Congress; but there is fair prospect
of its being opposed to the political sentiments
Of the present one. In New York, the eec-
ton Of Seymour is conceded by the Tribune.
The feeling Of the people of that glorious old
State may be imagined, when we reflect that
they have returned such men as Fernando and
Ben Wood, in opposition to the hide-bound
God-forgotten, intriguing and contemptible
Republicans, whose fanaticism has turned
them into enemies of the Government Of our
fathers. Political generals and colonels left
the army to run for Congress and other official
positions in order to carry the elections for
the Republicans. 1t was no go. They have
been beaten in New York. New Jersey. Hi
nois and such gains made in other States as
foreshadows the doom of the Republican party.
Even Michigan elects two Democratic Con
gressmen.
Tho Results
OF this election will be check to the ultra
sentiment that was crowded into the admins
tration of the Government; stop to the fat
contracts that have been the reward of Repub
lican politicians, and a cessation of the Repub-
lican war upon the generals commanding the
Government army. 1t is an expression of public
opinion that the President will hardly fail to
aud profit by, although the Repub-
lieaus, under the lead of Greeley, threaten TO
imprison the members elect, who are opposed
to their political idiosyncraeies. Do they not
feel bad over their recent drubbing at the bal
lot-box? The results of the elections are set
forth, by the Republican press as uufavorable
TO continuance Of the war. Nothing is far
ther from the truth than this assertion. The
change which has grown over the people so
rapidly does not proceed from a desire for
peace at all hazards-eyen that of disunion-
but from firm and unwavering determination
10 bring the war to speedy, glorious con
clusion. The Democratic party has become
ii gusted at the intrigues Of those radical poll
iicians who have conducted the war with
view to their own selfish designs. and with but
little thought or care for the Union Abo!i-
tionism has run rampant over and above our
great cause, and the people, the Democrats
those who have ever been the most determined.
the proudest supporters Of the Union-are no
longer willing TO stand patiently by while the
iestiuies of our country are jeopardized by the
utrigues Of the radicals The conduct of the
war up 10 the present time has betrayed in
capacity, to say the least. and the great Demo
cratic party has determined to take things into
its own hands and prosecute the war with Wig
Or and determination in fact to make good
and entire use Of those enormous resources We
possess.
Let 70 European politicians suppose for
moment that the triumph Of the Democratic
party will be the signal for foreign interven-
ton. Tie Democrats are the true patriots,
and they would repu!se interference to the
death.
The assumption of power By the Democratic
party marks the commencement Of new era
in the history Of the rebellion. There will be
no more Inexplicable delays. seandalous quar-
rels among chief officers and unaccountable re
missness in attending to the wants, the necessi-
ties Of our armies. A stern purpose, an innexi-
bic determination to conquer a peace will be
evinced by the Democrats. is evinced already.
by the great changes which have swept over
political parties within the last two years. IN
trigues and petty personal schemes will be laid
aside when the Democrats are in rnve- and