The mountain Democrat., 1863-02-21
THE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.
Cartridge Box Consressmen.

Il might be supposed that the present
Congressman would have somewhat heed
ed the rebuke Of the late elections; but
il seems to be more rabid, more vndic-
tive, and more revolutionary than ever.
GOaded to desperation by the prospect
that the Democracy will control the
House Of Representatives, the attempt Is
to be made to carve out new States, so as
to all up the Senate with bogus me'noerS
and TO overwhelm the Democ'atlc ma
ioritY in the House, by electing abolition
ista. under the directions of Generals III
the Reld. and military Governors. But
Ter az New Orleans, has already inaugu-
Tntsd the movement, by electing two
members Of Congress m that city. 1t is
notorious that they do not represent the
citizens Of New Orleans, any more than
they do the deniZens Of Paris or London,
vet these bogus congressman. elected by
the cartridge box instead Of the ballot
box, will balance Democratic Congress.
men from the North. Words fail to do
Justice to this assault upon every basis Of
free government. The Administration
have Just as good right to prohibit the
fair election Of Congressman as 10 fore
bly, use their power to Overbalance those
rightly elected. The right Of the people
to govern is defeated, and that. too hy
making the military the superior and ru-
ling power. 1T is, in a word, using the
army, not to carry on the war, but to
perpetuate the political power Of the Ad-
mi1istration. In the furtherance Of these
plans, Western Virginia has been INIT,
ted Is State in the Union, in utter vic,
lation Of the Constitution. 4 more glar.
ing. q more revolutionary act, has not
been before committed. But this seems
to be only the beginning Of these high.
handed measures. \ daily abolition pa
pcr of this city. says that " the PROJECT 0f
dividing Texas into four States, with
eight Senators to represent them IN Con
gress, is under consideration, with good
prospect that the measure will finally be
resolved upon" We also see that 4
"loyal State Government is to be start.
ed in North CarU.ina, somewhere on the
coast, which will Of course, ia. ui>h two
more Senators, and the same may be
done in Georgia, South Cafolina and
Florida, indeed everywhere where there
are few soldiers or " contrahauds' to
vote. Carry this plan out, and with an
army to sustain them, there will b. n,
need Of holding elections in the North,
for the cartridge box can beat the haiot
box in electing men to office two To one.
The question will come up in the next
Congress, and an ugly one it viii he.-
What is to be done with the caruiigt
box Congressman Are TREY u he
placed on All equality AMI t. outvute the
ballot box CoHgre>Sncn II the Admin
iStration intend to fnrce the Representa-.
tivcS Of bayUnetS upol the rcQF' >rrta.
GiycS Of the people, in order 10 su4otner
the voice Of the people, it viii have a>'
Sumed a fearful responsibility Wi;ir r'p.
TcscntAtiveS who have constituents. dvSir"
90 Ire outVot,.sl bv those "h.. base T,,,t,.- r
Will the people Of the North, who hav
Just gone through a hard i"u.ht battle,
IN which all thr u3u> were .,aiu>t t,,,n,
feel like seeing thcir lah"r>, ti,,lr eac'i,i-
res and their ,if,riS g inr 'Inu.u':
These questions viii come ~, all tiirr
have 10 he answered. X j. upst iErlv.
however, that the very h"iine>> 81 t"i~
plan will dcfca, i:s,lt The rrr>,I, ! l.
Ininistration is lkt u drowning uan, ready
to catch at any straw tn r.Hl.hlotr its
existence. Having failed Ia ovrraAirg
tine people bv arbitrary arrests ard hy
supprcs>ing irccio ot Sfc O. ;.'f. tw
press, it now seeks. 10y iraud and cGnr'I =
70 hang on T. liir. Ii Il Ia! been ~i-- 'n
the day of its :oWcr, a"I ta! de.rnd,d
the rights Of tl'r pcnr'e, an'! nc," wiling
TO listen TO advice, even from it, 90 i't.
nentS, it would have shown some >rmia.
thv with the gcninS, and >onir t""" ,r.' -
Of the character Of our il >ii;Gti ,n>. Bot
unfortunately it cvinccl u-ithcr; a-,d il
may get up as many ca'ui!-c box Con
grcSsInen and Senators a> it can. and vet
truth and right will come out uvPerm,>'.
Honesty will win in the long run, even
IL cheating gets the advantage al III 4
start Caucasian.
SKETcn OF SENATOR BrchALEw. - \
Pennsylvania paper gives the following =
sketch Of Charles y. Brckair y, recently
elected L. S Senator from that State.
His brain front of the car is massive,
the back part Of the head v,ry >utA a'.i
confined. In manner he is perfectly in.
passive, 10 social intercourse full nf r.!j"y
ment, Appreciating kccniy both the jest
and that which inspires it, though never
being demonstrative In parliamentary
debate he is perfectly urimpas~i"ncf, st
clear, concise, logical. His political opin.
ions were formed in the Calhoun school ;
they are Of the extreme State rights
stamp; seldom in strong debates doe, he
fail to quote from Calhoun'S Speeches and
writings. He was nominated AMI elected
without opposition in his Own party for
two State Senatorial terms. On his trial
fnr the third term, que hundrcd and ten
ballots were cast before his nomination
WAS accomplished. After having received
. very high reputation AS debnter, at the
end Of the first year Of his third term, he
was appointed by Buchanan Minister to
Ecuador. He returned from that mission
soon after Lincoln's Inauguration.
YOSEMITE IN WIXTER.-A visitor to
these celebrated falls. gives the following
description of Winter view, in the Mar
iposa Gazette
The valley has not that cheerful, invit,
ing appearance which it has when clothed
in the verdure of Spring To me tie as
pect was cold, cheerleSs and forbdding
There is but little water at either the Bri,
dal Veil or Yosemite Falls. The spray
from the water as it falls in the coolest
weather, is turned INTO SNOW, which ac-
ocumulates at the foot of the falls in i'm
menSe masses. The small streams of wa
ter which in many places run down the
rocky walls Of the valley, freeze so that
large masses Of ice are formed, which at
times cleve off and full with a laundering
noise. This. with the Snow slides whirh