The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31
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Under this caption, the Sacramento
Bee, 9 vile Abolition sheet, hes an insidi.
Gus article, calculated and intended to
deceive and mislead its readers. / says:
A large number Of the members Of the New
York Legislature. who heretofore were assOci.
ated with the Republican party or with the
Democratic party, have agreed TO cast party
aside for the present aud combine in one great
Union organization for the sake Of the Union
to prosecute the war and support the Presi-
dent"
Now, what are the facts! The mem.
bers Of the Legislature, who were elected
on the fusion ticket last fall, objected to
the name of Republican" and refused to
unite with the Republicans unless they
renOunced their principles and abandoned
their organization. They had been Dem
ocrats, but last fall they joined the Re
pu6lieGns md run in oppOsition to the
regular nominees Of the Democratic par.
ty. Not single Democrat, elected as
such, countenanced the new "Union or.
ganizatiOn." The new organization is
made up exclusively Of apOstate Demo-
Gratis and Republicans-of Democrats of the
Dickinson, and Republicans Of the Greeley.
school. They met in CAUCUS and decided
to ignore, expunge and discard the Re-
publican party and its organisation and
set up new one in its place, for the ben
eft Of that prince Of trimmers, Dickinson:
The movement met with determined and
| violent oppositiOn from the friends ,.of
eeS55SEsra, out they cdd46 not save their
party from destruction. 1t is . corrupt
and rotten and lOathsome institution, and
men are ashamed of its name, its leaders,
its acts, its measures and its doctrines.
Everywhere the people are repudiating it
with scoIn.
The caucus Of the renegades and cor
ruptionists decided upon a political Or
ganization separate and distinct from all
existing parties, and appointed a State
Committee to carry their purpose into
effect. This is the end of the infamous
Republican party in the great State Of
New York, where, but two years ago, it
was proud, powerful and Overbearing. II
has been weighed in the balance and found
wanting. The new organization, under
different and more attractive and popular
name, indOrses its most Odious doctrines.
Seward and Weed have been deposed-
Dickinson and Greeley exalted. 1t is =
combination of all that is execrable in
politics and detestable in morals-a COM
bination without character, principle or
influence. A similar combination the Bee
wants to form in this State, and appeals
to Democrats to unite with it! 1t says
CONFESS is in favor Of it, and thinks his
favoring it is conclusive argument. 1t
may be with wavering politicians, but not
with true hearted Democrats.
1t was time for the Republicans to
abandon their organization. In the words
of the Albany Argus, "it was organized
l,ss than eight years ago, and its first act
was to nominate Fremont. Its failure in
1856 was less fatal to it than its success
in 1860. Mr.. Ltncoln's election his un.
fortunate Cabinet selections the setting
up Of the Chicago platform above the
Constitution, and the sui sequent wreck Of
that Juggernaut in the collisions Of the
civil war the waste and fraud and folly
Of many acts of administration the tri-
fling with civil liberty, and the tendency
Of the Government to anarchy, present q
career which, for the sake Of the best in
terests Of humanity, should have termina-
ted before now. The Divine mandate
against self-murdcr does not extend to
such an act; but it will be rather record
ed, hereafter, to its credit, that when it
awoke to the consciousness Of its actions,
it persisted by its own hand. No device
of Union party will serve, which does
not array the elements it proposes to
gather against the anarchical tendency Of
events at Washington. We can compre-
bend the magnitude Of the influence which
party. rallying in defence Of the belea-
guered Constitution, might exert at this
time. 1t might enlist the hearts and
heads Of the patriotic masses to work
above the work Of party. But u Union
party which throws its weight to give
new impetus to the revolution now threat
ening to engulf all the distinctive princi-
pies Of American liberty, will deserve to
be regarded as a giant conspiracy, against
which all good men should combine. We
wait for time to develop which of these
characters the new party will assume.
Meanwhile we congratulate the world
that the Republican party has gone out Of
it."
Suppose Breckenridge had been elected Pres