The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-19
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H. Gazette, that the question havin
been FAiSed Is to the political cOmplexio
Of the Regiment, it was proposed to settl
it by a vote; accordingly the roll wa
called and each soldier answered, declar
ing his choice Of the three candidates 70
Governor, and the result was as follows
For Stark, (DemocraD 1872; for Berry
Republican, 1871; for Wheeler, Junior
Democracy 4S This vote must be cen
selling to the Abolition editor Of the Butt
Record, who savagely blackguards tn
Democracy of New Hampshire for adopt
ing resolution which embodies Jeffer
sons political creed The resolution
which has aroused the ire Of the migrate
and traitor who edits the Record, anC
which he spitefully pronouuces "fOOlist
and absurd" reads thus:
ResOlued, That in the loyal States now
exempt from the presence Of troops anC
the necessity Of military government, w
do not believe in the right or the expedi
ency of abolishing the freedom of speech
and the press by force, whether exercised
by the Government or the Mob, nor i'm
prisoning men by Iettre de cGchet. oil
mandate in any form issued by the Pres
ident Of the United States or the Secreta
~ Of State without the authority az law,
and depriviDg them Of the right Of Iegal
< examination au& \EiAi AMI the beheGt s.,
the writ Of HGbeas Corpus, .jUSily regard
ed by all true friends Of personal freedom
as the great Writ of Liberty aid that
we regard all such acts as unwarrantcd
by the Constitution and as tending to
despOtism by familiarizing the people
with the acts and instruments of deSp0t-
ism.
Foolish and absurd" is it? There is
not loyal Democrat in the Union who
does not cordially indorse it. The found
er and fathers of the Democratic party,
wise statesmen and pure patriots, men
who have conferred numberless blessings
upon mankind and shed imperishable lus.
tire upon the brightest pages of their coun-
try's history-JeffersOn, Madison, Macon,
JactESc 4,:i I1a4N&Scek 81 a<AerG--,AppToV-
ed, wrote and fought for the principles
embraced in the resolution which the
Abolition jackass Of the Record styles
foolish and absurd"!! Not content with
Safeguarding the living he vilely SIAN
derS the illuStrious dead! This same fcl,
low eagerly sought and procured, (by
what humiliating concessions it is not me-
ceSSary now to state), the nomination for
State Printer from the Democratic State
Convention Of California, which assembled
in Sacramento on the 9Th day Of March,
1861 Convention that passed the fol-
lowing resolutions which he then SEEM
ingly Endorsed. His friend and patron,
Hon. j. W. McCorkle, representing his
own county, reported the resolutions and
they received the unanimous vote of the
Convention. They are as follows:
Re.olred, That we nscribe upon our
banner the following principles of our
political faith, which were proclaimed by
The immortal Jefferson, sustained aud en-.
forced by the illustriOus Jackson, and
which have been adhered to by the friends
IF liberty and humanity to the present
period.
g. strict construction Of the Constitu-
lion, that the honest will Of the people
may be carried out.
Equal justice to all men, Of whatever
State or persuasion, religious or political.
Freedom of religion, freedom of the
press, freedom of person, under. the pro-
lection Of the hUbeGS corpus, and trial by
juries impartially selected"
In SO, when the Democratic party was
strong and the editor of the Record want
ed an office and had prospect Of making
money out of the party, he Endorsed prin-
ciples which he now pronounces foolish
and absurd" principles which were
proclaimed by the immortal jefferson,
sustained and enforced by the illustrious
Jackson, and which have been adhered to
by the friends Of liberty and humanity to
the present period" Was he honest
then? Or is he honest now? He says
"The adoption of such senselesS reso-
luton is simply an insult to the intelli-
gence and patriotism Of the people. The
Democracy Of New Hampshire adopted
it, and were beaten by about 5000 ina.
jority."
The intelligent Democracy of New
Hampshire and her patriotic soldiers in
the field, Endorsed the resolution, and had
it not been for the ingratitude and treach-
cry and mendacity of just such Union
Democrats" as the editor of the Record,
they would have carried the State. But
there as here the Republicans have min.
ions in the Democratic party, who devote
their whole energies to breed dissenSions
in its ranks, in order to defeat it and
achieve triumph for their employers. -
They were beaten by about three, no,
t'renty thousand Majority" They
greatly reduced the Republican majority
and increased the number of their repre-
sentatiyes in the Legislature; but the
convenient and serv;ceable instrument o
the Republicans, the Record, dare no
speak the truth about the New Hamp
shire election.
The UNION NOT TO RE RESTORED Il
cannot be denied that the more uItr;
Republicans do not desire to see tn,
Union reconstructed. They regard slave
ry as an objectionable sin, and have ex
pressed their hostility to the institution
in every form and declared their unaltera
BILE determination to not live in the sam,