The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-04
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appears to be a one.sided affair, started
expressly for the benefit Of unobtruSive
John CONFESS, who aspires to a seat in
the United States Senate. He has man,
aged the fusion movement adroitly, but
not sufficiently so to conceal his Interior
designs. The Republicans are not quite
such simpletons as he supposes. They
have discovered his plans and are prepa-
ring to Illustrate them. John intends to
capture the Convention and then magnan-
imously propose to put an equal number
Of Union Democrats and Republicans on
the ticket, with this apparently fair pro.
viso. that he shall have the privilege OF
naming the Republicans. To gain his
point he has secured the cooperation of
several prominent selfstyled Republicans,
whom he has promised to nominate
Carpenter, his fugeman, is to be one Of
the Republican nominees FOR the Senate,
and r. X. Berry one Of his nominees for
the Assembly. This is very pretty ar
rangement but not paatable to the Re-
publicanS, who will insist upon noInina.
ting other than Johns instruments or
dupes. 1t is not the entertainment to
which they were iaVi;;e3 " ZEE >''>siT.'"'7
party they boye men quite as competent,
less wavering and far more deserving
seat in the Senate than the new recruit,
and they will not permit two Senators
and four .4SSemblymen 10 be nominated
pledged TO go against menIbrrs Of their
own party. Old and conscientious Re-
publicans cont approve Of. the fusion, and
they freely express their determination to
change the programme or nominate a
straight Republican ticket. They have
no idea of giving up their party for the
benefit of u political adventurcr, who but
recently denounced them and their plat
form in the vilrst terms. We anticipate
fun when the Convention meets. if the
straights are not defeated at the primary
meetings by their treachcrouS and sneak
ing bICdIEsPA, lt2rhj"b I'h" mort 'nd
kick and repudiate the whole concern and
revile his Union allies if they were to nom.
mate a ticket composed exclusively Of
Republicans? Instantly his patriotism
would evapOrate
GLoRors FREEDOM Judge Burch, one
of the most distinguished and loyal men
of Missouri, lately announced, without the
permission Of Uncle Abe, himself as an
independent candidate for Governor, and
in doing so-laboring under the pleasing
delusion that this is free country-in-
discreetly stated that he was opposed to
the Presidents emancipation policy. -
This was enough. 1t convicted him Of
treason, not treason to the Government,
for none but duprs or knavrS claim that
the, Executive is the Government, not
treason to the laws of Missouri or the
Federal Constitution, but treason to a
cherished measure Of the Republican Alb
clifton party? lie was arrested and i'm
priSoncd by military officer for daring
to differ from the Administration Is
not this glorious liberty? Was it for
this that the patriots of the Revolution
fought and suffered:
DIpN'r THEY KNOW THEIR MEANING?-
1t is fair to conclude that the trainers Of
the Constitution knew what they meant
by the language they employed in that
instrument. In 1889 the Constitution
was adopted. There were some Quakers
who were opposed to slavery, and in 1890,
only the year following the adoption of
the Constitution, they pet:toned Con-
gress to abolish slavery. The same sages
who framed the Constitution were in their
seats, and they passed the following reso-
luton:
! Resoleed, That Congress a&ring so authority
| to Interfere in the emancipation ct slaves, or
I in the treatment of them iii any Of the States,
II remains with the several States alone to pro.
vide rules and regulations therein which hu-
mAuity and true policy may require.
This reveals the fact that the trainers
Of the Constitution placed the same con-
struction on that instrument as is now
put upon it by the Democratic party. An
Abolition Congress declares that Con.
gress has right to cmancipate the slaves
Of the South and have introduced bills
for that purpose; aN3i the President goes
a step farther aud declares he reserves to
himself the question whether he shall free
the slaves. What cares his party for the
Constitution or for the teachings Of the
fathers of the Republic? The Chicago
platform is the only instrument they have
any respect for.
A GODDESS STATE.-Kansas was found
ed upon the principles proclaimed by
Beecher, that lone rife was worth a
dozen Bibles" in the scheme Of colonial.
ton. The result is before the world. 1t
has n murderer for Senator, swindler
for Governor, revier of the Constitution
for Congressman robbers and tmeVes
roam nnDnniShod throuph It's borders