The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-12

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"A Tho vIsh ard intend - do =. have
I'd ri absadOasd tbs Akalitiod Demo
crsh. ThOss RE arc Il hssst DsnOcrats
W have bish AsIed and dsceised, cling
to- beir old lsaders in the Vsin hope that
thes will, ere long. rsnouncs their hsreG.v
and come back to the old landmarks
will stand by the Democracy Of the East
and Northwest. When they become con-
WINGED, as they soon will, that their lead
ers, who arrOgantly and insultingiy state
that they can transfer their followers to
any party, are plunging headlOng into the
slower deep" Of Republicanism; that
they have affiliated and worked with the
inveterate enemies Of the Democratic par
~ that they have renowned the princi
pies Of the Democratic party and are eight
ing its champions; that they have ap-
proved of the appointment Of Helper.
Burlingame, Clay and other malignant
AbOlitionists that they justify and ap'
plaud the suppression Of Democratic news
papers; that they excuse the villainies of
Cameron, Welles, Fremont and Morgan /;
that they approve the abolition Of slavery
in the District Of Columbia, they will GER
tainiy give up this grOundipss hope. Ab-
clifton Democrats see the handwriting on
the wall and already despair In spite OF
their encouragement XXX support, Reqah-
licanism is daily g7oEing weaker. Instssdr
Iofbeing connected with the stronger they
Hsss. alternatives os1~snudNz6 She weaker
party.
Every day develops some new humilia-
ton for these wesk-minded spostates !;
some more positive proof Of their want of
principle; and every succeeding day only
renders more plainly and Strikingly their
disgracefGl destiny. The courtship that
commenced in the Legislature in 81, when
the rcncgades and Republicans voted on
every question Of party nature together,
terminated in a wedding between the fac
tons in the present Legislature. They
voted together on resolutions indorsing
the "wise, efficient aud conservative poll
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ton; together on the Notary bill which
turns Democrats out Of Office and indi-
rectly directs Governor Stanford to fill
their places with Republicans; together
on the negro testimony bill; together on
Van Dykes childish and false resolutions,
which declare the Democratic party dead /;
together on every question Of a strictly
party character. There is no longer an
iOta Of Democracy in the practical creed
Of the selfstylcd "Union Democrats. ~
They have voluntarily placed themselves
outside the pale Of the Democratic church
voluntarily renowned their allegiance
and voluntarily Endorsed every
odiOus measure and act of the Republi
can extraordinarily entered into dis
reputable conspiracy to defeat the Demo-
cratic party. They have ridiculed the
resolutions Of the Democracy Of the East
and the Northwest; they have denied
that the Democracy of Illinois carried the
State by sweeping majority; they
crowed over the election Of Dickinson and
the defeat ofthe Democracy of New York /;
they glorified at the expulsion Of Bright
from the United States Senate. They
have been welcomed into the Republican
ranks, and placed in the front ranks as
its champions, and we have but to con-
graduate them upon throwing off the
mask and taking their proper position,
and to warn Democrats to beware Of their
professions and appeals.
We are satisfied that honest and con-
scicntious Democrats, who have hereto
fore acted with these apOstates, will come
back to the good old Democratic party
will not renounce their old faith nor fight
their old friends-will not permit these
political hucksters, with Democracy on
their lips, Abolitionism in their hearts, to
transfer them to party they detest and
dispise Let them examine the record o.
their leaders, blackcned by ingratitud,
and perfidy, and they will see the neccs
sily of bidding them farewell.