The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-12
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To use the forcible but not compliment
airy language Of Judge Bates-victim Of
misplaced confidence-"e eight members
Of the Union Democratic County Central
Committee, who wear Conncss' collar.
sold out the Union Democratic party to
the Republicans" on Saturday last John,
evidently afraid to trust entirvly to his
tools and dupes, came up from Sacramcn-
to and personally transferred his subser-
Went followers to the Republican party.
The papers were signed, scaled and de-
livered" to the agent of the Federal Ad-
miniStration in this place-Postmaster
Rogers-by Strout and Bell, two office
hating fusioniSts, in the presence of
large concourse of sympathsing friends,
wrathful victims and weeping mourners.
Bates was furious, Simmons scornful,
SlOss calm and dignifed, Shearer gloomy,
Patten solemn, johnson sad aud serious,
and CONFESS, Rogers, Bell, Strout, Hum
phrey & Co. gleeful and jubilsnt. 1t was
none Of our funeral" SO We took no in
terest in the matter, other than to watch
the victims, mournerS and purchasers.
1t was divorce and marriage-both at
tended with chickering's and jealousieS.
CONFESS 4 Co. ruthsessly dissolved their
connection with the Union Democratic
party, and embraced with coyneSs and
evident distruSt Abulitionism. DIR. Har-
vey pronounced the marriage ceremony
Sa7-''S, T''Or EItck-f Harvey competitor for
u nomination for the Senate--GlCssed the
happy couple. The offspring of this
adulterouS connection Bates predicts will
be an hermaphrodite-a thing as hideous
as its progenitOrS.
In this marriage Abolition amalgama.
ton was beautifully exemplifed. A few
months ago the faslidious bridegroom
soleinnly swore that he would suffer mar
tyrdom before he would stoop to the de-
graduation Of wedding the black and hate
full and perfidiOus harlot. Repulsive in
appearance, impure in character and bank
rupt in fortune, the connection then did
l Kot vsgeNh ~aesSnNo,e, o>ure the uca,n OF inc
brides dishonored father and her adop-
ton by spurious Union family, gave her
fictitious charms and a respectable stand
ing, and the cool, calculating, mercenary
bridegroom, destitute Of character and
devoid of principle, at once addressed and
espoused her. 1t lisa union ofpuritaniSm
and prohigacy-of Know NotLings and
Freedoms Phalanxers-of slave stralers
and slave catchers-of diScordant, antag.
Onistic and putrid elements. They will
move along smoothly and harmoniously
and piously until it comes to a-diviSion Of
the Spoils, when CONFESS and Fitch, gree
dy and needy, will kick up a grand row
and dissolve the partnership in a violent
struggle for the inheritance. \ delicious
muss, amusing to outsiders, will rend
aSundcr the loathsOme union.
For future use we give the names of
those who voted for and against the Abo-
lition fusion:
For I-Bell, Lowry, CoIburn, Shanklin, Nc
Coy. Kennedy, Parker and Srrout.
-igdtnSt N-Bates, Graham, Simmons and
Sloss.
Strout, Lowry, Kennedy ard Parker are
all fice.holders at the present time. Is
it not impudence-excessive impudence
in them to denounce office holders and
seekers? Do they not utter falsehood
when they affirm that it is the people not
politicians taking the lead in the Union
movement? There is not in the State OF
California more nvctcrate politician and
importunate office-seekcr than Strout.-
Since his arrival in California he has been
nothing else.