The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-22
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The Placerville Republican.

The PlacervIlle Republican.
EDITORS DEMOCRAT: Presenting on your
usual good nature, take it for granted
you will permit Republican, who owes
nothing to party yet revereS principles,
to pass in review through the aid of your
columns, few of the leading features of
the Republican organ ofthis county and
in doing so trus: it is under the convic-
, ton Of duty we owe to ourselves, our
party, and the reading community.
! The Republican party of this county
having been destitute of medium through
which to disseminate their principles,
were overjoyed Oh the announcement
that it was in contemplation to establish
! such an organ on permanent basis as
would place our party at least on an equal
footing with our opponents. We'll, the
legitimate offspring OF the County Central
: Committee was at last born to light and
heralded forth to the world under auspi-
cious circumstances, under the euphOni.
! Gus cognomen of the PldcerrilIe Reptab-
Erdh, to be guarded, guided, directed and
: trained in the way it shouidgo, through
all the meanderings OF its young and
tender years, by its reputed and redOubt-
able father. the great Goliah, under whose
fostering care, and the milk Of Republican
kindness, the young prOtege gave out a
! healthy appearance and bid fair to rival
the older contemporary, the big boy
, MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT, while ever and
anon might be seen admirers Of the young
i Republican vending their way to the
halls of Seba>topol, to pay their dcvotions
to the Magni NomiMis CmJra. But,
alas, alas How often the cup Of bliss,
at an unprOpi;iouS moment, is dashed
from our lips! Unfortunately for US and
the prosperity of the young stripping, the
reputed father and kind guardian, after a
few months Of parental care and anxiety,
departed this life in fit of chronic spleen
and pecuniary debility. Then, what was
to be done, iN SOEh an emergency Friends
Of da--S,-,,' -. - ss-.,.r -: < ,.yom
hung upon the countenances of the wor
g.. shippers al he jDD0ceDt.S sbyipe; bence il
was concluded to transfer the young heir
at law, with all its hereditary appendages
to a young and erratic bird Of passage.
having no fixed principles beyond that OF
gaining notoriety as Major by promise
aud Congressman in embryo. Why
should the faithful not exult at their judi
rinuS selection; and though the Hep"b,
hcaH. to its patrons, has ever been nd
die, why should they complain or attempt
to flthom the depth Of human lorey
But uncle .Tommy'S patrons require
something more substantial. Having un-
dertakcn To guide the Republican ship Of
this county amid the stormy seas of Re-
bellon, he has been Strenuou>ly endeav
oring 10 run her upon the quicksands of
bogus Demociacy which, if persisted in,
Ni bring contumely upon our heads and
pluck the star Of glory from the horizon
If uncle Tommy's ambition.
II. asks the Muu>rAlN DENOcRAr to
publish the speech Of Andy johnson.
W. ask him to publish 1t. lie refers Us
90 the Sacramento f'aioH, which brings
} us To arothcr feature OF the organ, which
has r,>mncd. of late, the position of an
advertising Journal for that paper, and
Instead Of giving his readers at least a
synopsis of the latest Atlantic news as it
cnm,s to hand, he continually refcis us to
the (nDn.
We fully expected when Major Tommy
brought his battery to bear On the MnrN.
rAIN DEMOCEAT, that he would have 81
! .cnced secesh, but atm afraid it is going
to turn out second Ru!l Run, as the
DEMOCRAT is gaining in appearance, while
the H,pubItcaa is like the moon in her
last quarter, getting beautifully less
, We've it not that Nonsensical Sally had
left town, one would infer that she was
the local Of the R,pujiican.
q, Dammiih, Dammith where art
thou. Thy stock in trade reminds US of
the Ilshman's grocery, which contained
but two empty flour barrels and three
heads Of cabbage.
TUESS. ALONIAN.