The weekly Butte record., 1862-05-10
Breckenridge Organization.

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One A. P Critteuden, who signs himsel
Chairman of the Democratic Central Commit
tee, has issued call for meeting of SAID
committee We would caution the Democracy
of California that this is bogus call. There
is nothing Democratic about it. Il IS the rem
nant Of clandestine organization tha. seeded
from the Democratic Convention at Charles
ton. They are traitors 10 Democracy. They
have no connection with any national party.
They are gueriIas, and the allies of the Re
publican party. II Is the same organization
that was, last year, opposed to the employment
OF force to put down the rebellion This man
Cri.tenden, it is stated, has two sons in the
service of the rebels. endeavoring to overthrow
the Constitution and Government Of the Uni
ted States. 1t Is the same organization that,
last year, resolved in favor Of recognizing the
government of the Confederate States That
organization is sustained By Bolts, Aylette,
and Laspeyre, who, in testifying to Judge
Hardy's loyalty, swore that they themselves
were for the rebellion. heart and soul. Let no
Democrat be deceived By this bogus call
They appropriate the name Democratic, -
that they mag the more effeetually paral7ze
and destroy the Democratic party, as those in
rebellion sometimes march against Federal
troops, under the Union flag Let none but
traitors, who desire the disruption OF the
American Union, respond to the call The
organization had its birth in treason to the
Democratic party at Charleston. and has end
ed in treason to the American Government
! 1t is a trap to deceive the unsuspeeting citizen
into aiding treason and rebellion against the
best government on the face of the earth, that
another may take its place, with the inherent
rights Of man crcamscribed, that reasonable
demagogues may rule. Let this treason to
Democracy aud to the American Union be
fTowned down by all good citizens. Mark
the traitors who respond TO this call Let
them deceive no one who desires to be good
citizen into their support. Point to the reso
lutions adopted by this organization last year,
favoring the rebel government and tell them
they are opposed to the government of their
fathers-that they are the degenerate and trea-
sonable descendants Of the heroes and patriots
of '76. The citizen who votes with them de-
clares by the right Of suffrage for which our
forefathers fought, that they lived in vain
that the Constitutional Government and glo-
rious Union founded by their noble and self
sacrificing exertions, is a failure, and that the
rebel leaders are the true rulers of the Ameri-
can continent. The citizen who votes with
the Breckenridge organization declares, by his
own exercise of the right of suffrage, that he
is incompetent to exercise that inalienable
right of freemen, aud that those who are in
armed rebellion against the Government, are
better judges than himself of what kind of
government he desires. He will stultify him
self by conspiring in convention against const-
stitutional government, or by expressing his
sympathy, through the ballot box, for those
who are armed for the dismemberment of the
Union of our fathers. Mark the traitors =
who respond to the bogus call of this father of
traitors, Crittenden Remember the admission.
under oath, of the les3e IN this Breckinridge
organization, (Botts Ayette and Laspeyre),
that their hearts ane-souls are in favor Of the
rebellion. There viii be vacant seats in their
next convention: Inquire for those who filed
them last year. and, if truthlully assured, you
must be told they are in the rebel ranks In
quire for Austin E. Smith, who was, last year,
a leader in this Breckenridge organization and
you will be tod that be is a persistent traitor,
confined within the walls of Fort Lafayette,
for refusing allegiance to the Constitution of
his country. Where is Patrick, Showater,
and host of Others who participated in the
councils of the Breckenridge organization of
last year? Are they not in the rebel ranks,
armed for the destruction of the American
Union?
Is there a citizen of Butte county who de-
sires tie overthrow Of the Government, and a
dismemberment of the American Union, let
him act with this Breckenridge organization,
WHICH HAS stHt uOStS uI traitors 10 ION the
army of the rebels. We ask our citizens to
not be deceived. Begin in time to examine
the bearings of this Breckinridge organiza-
ton. Call TO mind their efforts to carry
California out Of the Union. Remember that
the leaders in this Breckenridge organization
approached Col. Beal. who was in command
of this Department after the death of General
Clark, with a proposition for him to turn Al
catraz, and other Notifications on the Pacific
over TO the JEFF. Davis Government. Let US
preserve the good old Democratic party, and
the Government
" LINCOLN DEMocRArs,7 is the name applied
to Democrats who support the constitutional
measures of the Government for the suppress
sion of the rebellion, by the " gabbliug idiots "
who conduct the Brsckinridge press of Califor-
MIA. The resolutions of their State Conven-