The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-29
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and will not hold any more conventions.
A few weeks before the last State cleo
ton these same veraciOus papers asserted
that the Mcconnell ticket would not get
ten thousand votes in the State; that in
every county it was unpopular, and that
after the election the party that nominated
it would dissolve their organization and
never be heard of again. A few days be-
fore the election, however, they changed
their tune, and then said the fight was
between Stanford and Mcconnell, and
that it was the duty Of all loyal men to
vote for Stanford. They are now playing
the same game, and are silly enough to be-
Iieve they can humbug the people again.
These guerrillas would have happy
time of it" if they could succeed in kill
ing the Democratic party, but fortunately
they are destitute of ability and influence,
two requisites to accomplish their object.
The leaders Of the Union Democratic"
party sing the same tune. According to
their statement the Democratic party is
in hopeless minority and frightened to
death. Admitting that our party pOlled
but small vote at the last election, yet,
small as it was, it was much greater than
the vote their ticket received at the same
electionl II our party is weak their par
ty is still weaker. We had everything
to contend against, they had everything
in their favor. We were stigmatized as
TRAITORS" they were called patriots. All
the opposition was concentrated against
the Democratic party, and unfair and dis
honorable means were resOrted to to rem
der it obnoxious to the people. Passion
and prejudice, ambition and sel6shness,
fanaticism and bigotry, were invoked,
and not in vain, to put down the Demo-
cratic party. 1t was an exciting time,
<fees, IASen 1i1 not reflect Ind would t<e6
reason. Yet with all this against US and
lsN jzlthejr fssn+. ~" G'.b~e-SSsi6SiY lIs5,.
ct in the race. Since that eventrul period
excitement has cooled Of-men have had
time to reflect and to investigate the
charges made against our party and re-
| Election and investigation has convinced
them OF the groundlessness Of the charges
and the receptions that were resorted to
to mislead them. A reaction has taken
place, and now "the arbiters of others
fate arc suppliantS for their own" They
see and feel that they can no longer de.
ceive the people by Misrepresentation,
excite their anger by insinuations, or
convince their judgment by vile ISLANDERS.
! One last resort is left them, the weakest
and most senseess Of all, and that is, with
brazen effrontery, to assert that the Dem
Ocratic party is dead.
They are now industriously circulating
this idle and supremacy ridiculous report,
but the people have found them out and
will not second time be deceived by
them. They know that our opponents
insidiously assume the name Of Democrat
purposely to divide the Democratic and
strengthen the Republican party. They
know that the Union Democrats" on
the stump, in the Legislature and through
their organs, have encouraged the Repub-
Iican party and supported its measures
They know if our organization were dis
banded there would be no opposition to
Republicanism in California. The organ
Of the Republicans of this county justly
declares, that the Union Democracy are
sustaining the Administration" that they
agree with "the Republicans on all ques
tons Of public policy; and that "all past
differences between them and the Repub-
licau party are forever settled and laid
aside" Democrats, not tainted with Re
publicaniSm, see and know this, and they
are focking in scores to our party--a par
ty which has never lowered its flag to
Republcanism, which has never renoun-
ced its principles, never approved of IN.
constitutional measures, never desired the
expulsion of loyal Democrats from the U.
S. Senate solely on account Of their poll
tics, never assisted the lifelong enemies
Of the Democratic party to get up large
meetings and cheered its speakers, never
voted down patriotic resolutions, contain
ing literal extracts from clauses in the
State and Federal Constitutions, and new
er disowned its name and called mass
State Convention and invited all parties
to send delegates to it. None Of these
sins can be laid at the door Of the good
old Jeffersonian Democratic party to
which we belong; all of them can to the
bogus organization. While our party
has been trying to break down the Re-
publican organization, the bogus concern,
which has stolen our name, has been try
ing to build it up. We have fought against
RepubIicanism-they have fought for it.
We have exposed the villainy Of its lead,
ers and agents and pets-they have con-
cealed aud excused it Can Democrats,
who are such from principle, have any
respect for such an organization or con.
6dence in the professions Of its leaders?
Of the thousands who voted the Dem.
ocratic ticket last September not one of
them has fallen from grace. They passed
unscathed the fiery ordeal and are more
firmly fixed in their resolution to rescue
the country from corrupt and unworthy
hands than ever. How is it with our op-
ponentsy Both Of them have lost adher-
ents, and what they have lost we have
gained. Men opposed to RepubIicanism,
opposed to fraud and corruption, opposed