The mountain Democrat., 1863-10-31
Letter from Georgetown.
GEoRaErowN, October 95, IS

GEORGETOWN, October 25, 1868.
EDIroRs DEMocRAr: Notwithstanding the
continued pressure of the war. the exodus to-
Reese River, and the scarcity of water, George
town still survives. With generous indulgence
she has concluded TO let the war go on, not to
check the rush of her adventurous children to
the new "Silverado," and feels a selfassuring
confidence that the water in the bitches will last
(if the cattle be kept Oft until another dispen-
sation of the aqueous element is vouchsafed
from above.
The war news, the enrolment, the Reese
River sensation, and the result of the late Judi
cial election, divide the public mind
The Associated Press still serves out to our
credulous citizens the wonted quantity aud
quality Of telegraphic supplies from the seat of
war. In quantity they are usually voluminous,
and in quality rather indigestibe to reasonable
and conscientious minds but as we are loyal
community, and exceeding anxious to evade
the charge and the disabilities of CislOyslty,
we illustrate our "whole- hearted devotion TO
the Government" by swallowing, with apparent
relish, the daily dish meted out to US by The
Sacramento Union and other exclusively loyal
papers, including, by way Of sauce, the savory
and delicious comments of their editors;-a
rather severe test it is true, but no truly loyal
man (measuring his loyalty by the Administers.
ton standard) will pause to reflect, or hesitate
to believe. or DO anything suggested by our
present wise and patriotic Administration, and
its disinterestedly devoted supporters. Of
course not!
"To doubt would be dsloyalty-
To falter would be SIM"
"The end justities the MEANS" is the practi-
cal doctrine Of the political Jesuits of the day.
They not only acQuiesce in, but openly indOrse
the most outrageous excesses of Admlnistra-
tive power In the insane and vain attempt to
free the negro and subjugate the Southern peO-
pie, not even the heaven built temple OF Ameri-
can liberty is sacred in their eyes, but with
impiOus hands they would, Samson-like, raze
its majestic columns to the earth, though they
perIshed amid the ruins.
Says an eminent British writer, denouncing
the corruptions Of the Ministry of his day and
the assumptions Of the Crown "There is q
moment Of difficulty and danger when Hattery
and falsehood can no longer deceive, and sim.
pIlcity itself can no longer be misled." To the
party in power that moment has arrived. II
not dazzled by ambitious prospects and blinded
by sectional prejudice and fanatical zeal, they
might see and realize it. But who can hope
that the truth will ever enter their sightless
minds and arrest them in their career OF mad
ness, until forbearance ceases, and the sover-
eighty of the people shall reassert its jurisdic-
tion in the Government.
While our modern Nero is 6ddling and
venal and subservient press is dancing to the
music-WhiIe more than Rome is burning,
and the substance, the happiness, and even the
hopes of the people are consuming together,
let us not despair Of the Republic, however
dark our national skies-hoWeverc cheerless,our
political future. It is the intenser darkness
that proceeds the dawn. For we verify believe
that the very means resorted to by the Aboli-
ton party TO hide Its imbecility and corruption,
and facilitate its steps toward arbitrary power,
will defeat its own purpose. The suppression
of facts-the lettering Of the hands of reporters
and telegrsphic agents, show weakness Of
their cause and want Of confidence in the
people, the result of which must and should be
to the prejudice Of the former and the loss of
the lattar 0PPIIMMi0N-