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

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The Republicans Of Oregon are gettinl
frightened; they see the hand writing OF
the wall and are making desperate strug
gle to retain their power by forming
" Union parity" to be composed Of Doug
las Democrats and Republicans. Some o
the former, sOured by disappointment
eager for revenge and allured by prom
ises, have swallowed the bait thrOwT
cut to them BY the cunning Republican,
and convention has been called by the
latter, to which the apOstates have beer
invited to send delegates. On the OtheI
hand the Democrats, to save the country
from utter ruin and restore the DemOcFa'
cy to power, have agreed to forget and
forgive, ignore past differences, and unite
against the common enemy. The true
men Of both wings are opposed to Repub
licanism, and see the necessity Of fighting
under one banner to arrest the march and
annihilate the power Of the dangerous
faction which controls the politics Of Ore
gOn. 1t is the policy Of the Republicans
to keep them divided and distracted, and
for this purpose they are making piteous
appeals to Union Democrats to join them
and repudiate the "'secesSiOnists." 1t il
. shallow trick and has been treated with
scorn.
In the Portland Adcertiser we find q
call for Democratic State Convention to
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lis, for the purpose Of nominating State
and Congressional ticket to be supported
at the ensuing June election. The call is
signed by the Chairman Of the Breckin-
ridge State Committee, by thirty promi-
nent Douglas Democrats, and several Of
the Influential supporters Of Bell and Ev-
erett. The call has aroused the ire of the
Republicans, and they are particularly
"down on" the Douglas Democrats for
signing it. j. II. DOuthill, Esq, who was
: 9nszS,4s Es51cae ia neG9, aCdoSs sEtAs
signers Of the call, thus replies in letter
tOan attack made upon him by the StGfes-
man. formerly Democratic, NS~a 7as.s13s
Republican organ. We respectfully ask
our Douglas Democratic friends, especial
ly those who are not tinctured with Re
publicanism and are sOlicitous for the
success Of the Democratic party, to read
It carefully. Mr.. Douthill says:
"What is the matter! How Is Il that you
90 soon and so readily give up the sentiments
that the Democratic party, before the untortu.
nate division, without dissenting voice, held
to. Did We mot. in the Cincinnati platform,
say that the efforts Of the AbOlitiOnists or
others made to induce Congress to interfere
with the question OF slavery, or 70 take IDcipi-
eDt sIePs 10 relation thereto, are calculated to
lead to the most alarming and dangerous con-
sequences: and that ulI such efforts have an
inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness
Of the people and endanger the stability and
permanency II the UniOng Als'', that claiming
fellowship with and desiring the c0-0perati"n
Of all who regard the preserv AtIOn Of the Union
under the Constitution as the paramount issue,
and repudiating all sectional parties and plat
forihs concerning domestic slavery, which
seek to embrOil the States and incite to treason
armed resistance 10 law in the Territories, and
whose AVOwed purpose, il cOnsumated, must
end 10 civil war and dIsuniOn! Has not the
StatesmGR taught the same doctrine, and
warned the country that the success Of sec
tiOnal, fanatical party, would bring the worst
Of Consequences upon the country! Have not
all the leading men OF the country done So as
we'll as the party papers! Have We not, as
party, 10 every capacity, from precinct meet
ings up 10 national conventions, and the last al
Charleston and baltimore, reafirmed the same:
Did nut our lamented leader, Douglas. bold
these sentiments aLHll timesl Did he not say
that war was disuniOD, certain and inevitable
Did be not say 10 the Senate last March, that
the Republicans were responsible for the dan
ger with which the country was then threaten
ed Did he not favor the peace measures 81
Crittenden, and did not ell the Democratic
members Of COngress do the same? And who
was il but the Republicans that defeated them
and blasted the hOpes Of . peaceful settlement
Of our troubles that then threatened TO do what
hast since been done? The .StGteamGn then
said they ought to have been adopted. Repub'
licans said, no change Of our platform; the
Union may be dissolved, but our platform must
remain unchanged.
Now, l ask, in all cand0r, have we, ae party,
been lying, and trying to deceive the country
Have we, as men, been lying and deceivinR
ourselves, snd one anOtberI Certainly you
will not own up on your part think nut II
we have been, we should do so, and the sOOneT
the better. But il right theD--and surely the
result has proved it-should we not make every
effort in our cover TO arrest the ruin that ianat'
icism has brought upon u.s. For this object,
I, as Douglas Democrat, will cooperate with
any party whose ainI is to restnre eur distract
ed country TO its wOnted peace and prosperity,
and save the generation that may follow US q
legacy of burtheps and heavy taxes.
And WHY complain at Douglas men cooper.
ating With Breckinridgers, if Won please? We
differed but on one issue, and that issue has
passed, never again to return, and the object is
now to subserve the best interests OF the coun'
try"
What does the late call for so-called Union
convention mean, il il is not TO turn over pOr.
ton Of the Douglas Democrats. both Soul aud
body, to the Republicans; or in other wordS
70 unite them 10 marriage with the Republican
and AbOlitiOnists? Democrats may feebly
support such union and AmaIgamatiOn Of in
constituencies, but for one, am not yet TO be
united 10 negro equality AbOlitiOnists.
WILL PAss.-A friend ct San francisco
writes US that the bill districting the State
into Congressional Districts, will certainly
pass. Two have been introduced-Shurt
lifts and Hathaway's-and he does moi
say which one. Each We believe provides
for an election this coming September
Ours will be the Central District We
learn from the Republican that Staples,
of San joaquin; Cavis, of Tuoiumne