The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-19

ADMITTED and its sentiments and structures
faithfully commended and reiterated by
the lesser organs of its party. 1t is an
acknowledged organ, speaks by authority,
and dictates the policy to be persued by
its party. The other organs of the party
have no opinions Of their own, and are
more echoes of the Record. The utter
ances Of an organ thus Endorsed and sane
toned, are entitled to consideration. We,
therefore. diSregarding the scnSeleSS twad'
die, springing from stupidity and senlIty,
of the Records contemplate imitators
turn our attention to the chief sinner. y
party is properly held responsible for the
sentiments Of its acknowledged organ.
The Record ridicuies, derides and denoun-
ccs the resolutions of the DemocI attic
Conventions of the States OS NV Hamp-
shire and Indiana. and exultS at the re-
cent Abolition triumph in the former
State. 1t says party passing such a
resolution as Jefferson drafted and recon-
mended-
Ought to have been beaten 10y the
people, and was, as the Democracy ol In
diana viii he.
The Record gloats over the expulsion
:, 81 -, rs,,> nom tne |. = Seua1S S's-'''
fies the suppression of Democratic news.
papers; it cordially indorses Van Dyke
silly resolutions declaring political par
ties extinct" it approves of the susPen-
sion of the writ Of habeas corpus by the
Administration it concealS from its read
crs the corruptionS at Washington; init
mates that Lincoln and tie members Of
his Cabinet are Democrats, and rtj"iccs
that innocent Democrats were arrested
without warrant 1t brazenly asserts
that
There is no state prisoner from any
loyal State, who has been arrested upon a
charge of treason, who cannot obtain his
rclva>esbv taking al oath To support the
y. yaE4~4t,. !t"'>3s&..S, ~
Does not the editor Of the Ltrord know
that the above is false in every particular:
Were not Me>>rS Butler, Wati'r>, ll'.' g
aud Boyle Of Michigan, arrested Il, " sn>
ried out of the State? Was not Judge
Franklin. of New York. arrested without
warrant, imprisoned without trial aui rc.
leased without investigation or cXanliua-
ton; Were not hundreds of others
served in the same arbitrary, brutal and
unconstitutional manner? D;l they not
demand trial, and WAS not their demand
treated With contcmptuouS Silence: AL
expressed the utmost willingness to take
an oath to support the Constitution q!
the United States" but not an oath t"
support tue Administration.
So frequent and outrageous became the
arrests that Mr.. Truuhull, Republican
Senator from Illinois, introduced in the
Senate resolution asking the Secretary
uf State whether pcr>"tS IN the loyal
States mad been arrested, anl il so, by
what authority Did ht hpt, IN the de-
bate upon his resolution, chaIarier.za the
arrest and imprisonment OF citiz is in
loval States as 1.-THE very c>>rncc Of deS-
poti>m"? \ Republican Senator :" char
acterzrl the arbitrary conduct al the Adj
mini>tratinu a bogus Democrat says the
Administration acted property; and the
victims of Republican prejudice ard vim
dictivene>S, joyfully eNc,aimS the Et:"r'I,
fought to rot in jail" We dj'l not he
lieve there could bc found in the State Of
California man so dc-picab'c MS t" us
tify the every essctcr Of d.>po;i,m. -
The editor of the leading organ Of the
"Ction Democrats" party does.
Why should citizens be seized under a
process aud in a manner a secret and a
infamous as those Of the lnqui>itlon, and
hurried off to a distant prison with scarce
" the privilege of a parting word with
their families ? Arc the States. in which
these arrests were made-Maiuc, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Michigan, to say nothing Of Mary
land, Kentucky and MisSouri-in rebel
lion: Are they subject to military rule:
Is the military superior to the civil power
and has it superseded it in the States
mentioned? Are their Courts, judges,
grand iuries powerless to enforce the laws
and punish treason? Is the AdminiStra-
ton afraid to trust its own officers and the
loyal vcople? Is secession so powerful
in the loyal States that it is able 10 in
timidate the courts and people? Is there
anything in the position Of these States
that can warrant the suspension of those
rights guaranteed to their citizens by the
, Constitution to which they are loyal, and
subject them to the whims and vagarie>
and prosecutions of deSp0tc and un-
constitutional authority? AS the Albany
4rgnS well says:
at is an implied diStrust of the people
an insult to loyal State to doubt that
a traitor would meet with swift and GER
tain punishment in our courts. tits dan
gerous to the liberty of all loyal ciuzcnS
when the Constitutional rights of even
the guilty are violated, and when an ar
bitrary and irresponsible power u>urps
the place Of the properly constituted au
thorities."
The man who approves of the very
essence of despotism," as the editor of the
Record does, is fit tool of the Republ.
can party and worthy leader Of the Alb
! clifton DiSunionists.
/ pRICE or Wool The commercial pli.