The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-08

intends 70 make this his permanent home.
He is identified With the early history Of
our county, having been elected County
Recorder in 1851, and reelected in '6S by
an incrSA sed majority. He discharged
the duties Of bis Office faithfully, Efficient
" and acceptably, and could have been
again elected had he desired it He is,
rs he has always been, an enthusiastic.
inHexible, true-hearted Democrat, and
gives Us a glowing account Of the pros
poets of the Democracy in the North
west, through which he lately passed.
He is q " Douglas Democrat" fresh
from Illinois, aud states that the Democ-
racy of that noble State, denounce, in un'
measured terms, the intolerance, fanati-
cism and prOfigacy Of the Republican
party. Six months ago It was dangerous
to speak disrespectfulIy Of the Admins
tration, doubt the honesty of its agents,
question the wisdom or policy Of its acts,
or denuunce its measures; now, in the
streets OF Chicago, Democrats fearlessly
express their sentiments and condemn the
Administration and are encouraged by the
honest and conservative men Of ell par
ties. He says he never witnessed such
a remarkable cbaRqe IL public sentiment
30 UnOrOugu, so overwhelming. The PeO-
pie are not only dissatisfied but disguised
with Republicanissn it is infinitely more
odious even than Know Nothingism in its
last days In LOvcjOy's District, which
was overwhelmingly Republican, the re-
action has been unprecedented. At the
next election every county in Illinois will
20 Democratic.
In Ohio, Indiana and Illinois the Doug.
las and Breckenridge Democrats have uni
ted on common platfOrm.-OppOsitiOn to
RepNb.ica~ism---andd ia& Rtn ard Everett
men and thousands Of conservative Re.
publicans, mortified at the venality Of
'Shtir leaders and their want Of principle.
are swelling the ranks Of the Democracy.
Throughout the Northwest the utmost
harmony prevails among the Democrats
Of both wings Of the party. They have
adopted as their motto" Union, harmo-
ny, concession; everything for the cause
nothing for men,"--and they are pre-
pairing for the contest.
Let those who have encouraged the
Republican party, this party fostering
with corruption and covered with infamy,
take warning. A DAT of retribution is
fast approaching. The Democratic party
will again triumph. and be stronger aud
purer than ever. Let Us recall the past.
Jefferson originated system Of political
doctrines which forms the basis Of true
Democracy, and the elevation and prac-
teal operation Of which secured our pros.
perity as a people. 1t is pleasant and in.
sIructive, at the present time, to glance
over the triumphs Of the party which has
adhered to this system. Twentv-four
years successful in waging war against its
opponents, under the guidance Of Jeffrr-
son, Madison and Monroe.-then came
defeat, and for four years John Quincy
Adams was ut the helm Of State. II
triGmphed again twelve years, led BY
jackson and Van Buren, lit was defeated
by Harrison-.when the popular mind
seemed, for the first and last time in our
history, infatuated by a single desire for
change. Again were its hosts led on in
their victorious career four years by Jas.
X. Polk, and again did they experience
defeat at the hands of "Old lack
Finally, for eight years. under Pearce and
Buchanan, it had control Of the Govern
ment, and was again, unfortunately for
the country, defeated by Lincoln, owing
to dissensiOns in its own ranks. Thus
we see the great Democratic party, has
triumphcd forty eight and been defeated
twelve out of the sixty years which
have elapsed mot including President Lin
coins term) since the plastic intellect Of
Jefferson shaped and conferred political
individuality upon it Within that period
it has numbered among its followers, at
different times, almost all OF the great
men of the country. Those who have
adhered, with undertaking fidelity, to its
standard, have filed the high places in
our National councils. and transmitted
glorious names to grateful pOsterity.
At each defeat its enemies predicted it's
humiliation, and exulted at its weakness
and overthrow. Some Of its most prom
inent members, on whom it had hcaped
favOrs, deserted it at different times
What has been their fate? Some Of them,
gifted with noble intellects, have played
conspicuous parts in our National drama,
and secured unquestiOned Immortality I;
others, once recreant to the faith, (devO-
ton to which had given them all their
celebrity dropped into the pool of obliv.
ion, and are only mentioned ITO point
moral or adorn a tale" All Of them,
guilty of detection, lived long enough to
behold the grossness Of their error, and
to taste the bitterness of its fruits. Rives,
Clay, Van Buren,, are signal instances Of
the business of our observations. There
are other more modern cases we could
cite to illustrate the absolute ruin sure to
track the footsteps of those great men of
the country, who seek personal aggran-
dizement by treading under foot the usages
and doctrines of Democracy. An who
have deserted the party and opposed it
died politically and the party survived.