The Shasta courier., 1863-03-28
PresumPtive Evidence.

The presumptive evidence in faror of the
democracy" is clear. explicit, cumulative
and overwhelming. Let the case be COM
menced with the Charleston Convention. Out
of the eight delegates sent by this State to
that Convention, in which the old National
Democratic organization was broken up, and
the regular nominee and true representative
candidate of the party-the immortal Doug
las-was repudiated, all but one supported
the democrat" Breckenridge, who is row
doing service in the cause of the "Democra
cy'' at the head of division of the rebel ar
my, fighting against our Government, and
striving, by force of arms, to establish the
slave confederacy.
Austin E. Smith, of Democratic" noto-
riety, was killed in that service. OF the
Democratic Congressman who have represent
ed the State of California Scott and Herbert,
if still alive, are in therebel armies. fighting
in the same cause, and Burch, of the " Griz
Zly- Bear Cactus -Cesarean- Pacific Republic
flag" memory, has returned to lead on the
Democratic hosts in the enterprise of re-
constructing the 9 Democratic" party in the
loyal State of California. And likewise one
William M. Gwin, Democratic United
States Senator from this State, suddenly quit
his constituency of California, and sought a
refuge under the shadow of JEFF. Davis, in the
Southern Confederacy, where he is now cheek
by joe completing with the arch traitor
to overthrow the Republic, and establish
tyranny upon its ruins. Brooks, "Demo
cratic" State Controller, and Higley, 'Dem
ocratic" Surveyor General, have departed, IN
peace, to fight in the rebel service. And re-
Gently, ex- Chief Justice Terry, duello MUIR
derer of his political opponent, Broderick,
and member of the Democratic Central
Committee, and ringleader of that party, has
left for Dixie to join the rebels, and, from
whose we'll known zeal in the cause, it is but
fair to believe he has left his proxy-to vote in
the committee, while he is fighting for the
Southern Confederacy. This parsonage, who
is ofconsiderable note-ex chief ustlce, now
Brigadier General in the rebel army-and
good Democrat" equipped and fitted out by
his brother Democrats in this loyal State,
and duly commissioned by the highest au
thority recognized by the Democracy
jeff Davis-has gone his way rejoicing in
the thought of ofoverthrowing our free Govern.
ment, and establishing slave confederacy
upon its ruins.
In juxtaposition and connection with this
Democratic" enterprise of the ex-Chief JUS
tice, is detected and nipped in the bud an un-
dcrtaking of piracy, set on foot by the ''Dem'
ocratic" brethren of that distinguished
democrat" for the purpose ofpreying on.the
commerce of the Pacific coast, carrying Cal
iforniaout of the Union, and aiding and abet-
ting the Southern Confederacy' in general.
In the sacred archives of this piratical crew,
oaths, pledges, and programmes in conso-
nance with former certain Democratic"
platforms were found, and with the few
notifications and impro, ements therein con-
tanned, were admirably adapted to the views
and plans of the so called =" Democracy" all
the country over. 1t would seem that
this piratical platform is but the completion
of the platform to be adopted by the recon
structed g Democracy" in this State. See
the Breckenridge Democratic platform see
the Mcconnell Democratic platform; as also
more recently the Nevada Democratic plat
form, as we'll as the Shasta Democratic Cir
cular-so hastily withdrawn,-the consider
the gloomy changes in the prospects of the
=. Democratic" party, and the people will
Judge that desperate cases always require
desperate means to accomplish objects, and
that this improved edition Of their platform,
found among the secession crew of the j. NJ.
Chapman, is "iust the thing" for the new
tangled, reconstruction d" Democrats" of the
loyal State of California; for votes they can
not get, argument they have not, and patri-
otism is foreign to their cause; there is no
hope left for them but in rebellion and piracy.
Such, alas, is proved to be modern g Democ-
racy" in the only free government on earth.