The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-08-30


COLUMBUS, OHIO, May IA, 1862.
My DEAR OLD JOSHUA talk mi pen
in hand to rite you few hasty lines. The
Legislator has got dun with its ponderous
Iabors We dun a nifty site Of good Ges
the tine we was at it. Mi deer old feller,
it is aStoni>hcn VIII site of pro slavery
cusscs thare is in the State. About sixty
thousand petitioned US to pass law for
to keep our deer cullcred brothers and
sisters from cumin into the State, but our
Republican friend the members of the
Legislature, come up manfully and re-
corded thare votes rninst sech inta-
nous law. Tue good time fer which me
and you and other sound Republicans
have praid and labered, aud for which our
patron saint, John Brown, porcd OOt DIS
last li(e'S drop on the God accused silc OF
Nirginny is fast apprOachin. Hundreds
and thousands of our cullered bfuthers
and sisters is ruShin to the State of Ohio
to enjoy the blesSens the Republican
party has so long Strove to gain for EN-
and 50 freely offered EN-. Thare is CRATE
mcnny men dien off and eittcn killed in
the army, AND IN happy to say that for
every one lost in that way our populaShun
will receave at least thrc beluved Africans.
We have districted the State so that
the lGcofocos will cum up short on Con-
gresSmen at the next clccShun. 1t vas
very necessary to do this for if we hadent
the locofocos might have got a majority
in Congress, and then tha wood stopped
| abtli>hrn slavery, and levied no tax for to
buy slaves from masters what was willcn
| to SET, en- free Ue.sjQts ,1LAi2 ibat {la
wood bring the war to close, (thare HI
On hxcu up fusseS,) and then all our rich
army contracts and government spccuIa-
tions would he gone forever. \ locofoco
Congress wood ruin the prospects of our
behaved cullcrcd bruthcrs, put thousands
of good Republicans out Of oilice, and
b'ing the count y to peace 10y cOmmtten
the government to the degraded Niger
driven policy of Washington, jefferson,
Madison, Monroe, jackson, and them other
fellerS That is what we will never sub
nit to; this country must be fr or bust.
The locoioco members tried TO get us
on a hook by passcn law to allow the
Solscrs to vote in camp the same as tha
do in Pensilvany, New Jersey, Illinois,
&C., but We beat en- on this In the
States have named, the so.ers nearly
all voted the locofoco ticket, and fir II
what can find out the soigers from thi,
State wood do the same thing if tha had
the chance to vote. Mr.. Smith, Mr.
Hills and several other good Republican.
made glorious speeches agin allowen the
I ..nlrnra, 70 4 E,, iii,
shood be sent to Congress.
Congress is dozen the thing up brown
and | beleav that if We ken secure ma
jority of jst sich men in the next Con
gress we ken keep the war until every
slave in Ameriky is free, and all dis
tnchun on account Of cutler banished
from our country. Oh, that the year ol
jubilee may quickly cum when the whites
and blacks will fondly embrace and kiss
each other and lay down together head tc
tail and tail to head like litter of pigs.
Farmers and other people growl about
Congress assessor taxes to keep them big
government officers, buy slaves and sich
like. Well, man what will growl about
that haint got no sense. Why, if You gil
all the slaves free, it will make laboFers
50 plenty that you can hire em for ten
cents da instid of payen em from seven
ty-fve cents to a dollar as you now do
But if thare was no gain in it every maj,
what luvS his felleTs and is sound ON thl
goose sh0od be willen to give all he's gol
to bind the devil and establish a heaven
upon earth, as thare will be when humans
of various cullers associate together like
the various cullered sheep, hogs, horses
cu"s, dogs &c.
Sum stingy cusSes complanc about pay
en- taxes to purchase our African bruthcrs
and sisters, but emmy man what wood
complanc at that haSent a proper revcr
enre for his God to emmy alarming extent
BESIDES gettin our cullercd brutherS anC
sisters free it will mai the Shareholders
so mad tha will keep on titen and we vii
have the fun Of shooter EN-. No christian
will care for the cost if we only git to xii
the Srceshers. What if our men duz gi
killed, tha wood have TO die sum tim,
cnnyhow. The taxes aint nuthrn for tho
people kin work a little harder and ca,
less and maik up the amount as easy a,
lie.
In konklushen, deer Joshua, I wood ad
wise you to run for Congress. We mus
have the next Congress komposcd of {
majority of Sich SubStanshel and liberty
loven men as yourself We ma have tc
drop the naim of Republican and call on,
party the Union party or sum si,h nam
but a African lady smells as sweet by on,
naim as she duz by another You kin
talk hint from this and govern yourscl
accordingly. Yours forever
JONATHAN 9. SMITH.