The mountain Democrat., 1864-02-13
A Rer Ameae tAs 'LoyalI.ts.

A Kew Amon8 the Loyaltsts.
The lOyalists Of California are quarrel
ing among themselves. and some rich de
velOpments may grow out Of the beautifi,
snah. They are all 6erce, nslB.h pa
triOts, ready to sustain the Adininistra
!, tiOn and crush the rebellion, when the,
can do so without dctriment to theil
purses or persons. They will not unit,
the strings Of the one or endnnger tn,
other, however. to prove their loyalty.
They are loyal not from principle. but be
cause "it pays" us one Of their organs
confesses, With engaging simplicity
Both factions claim to be loyal, yet both
can't be, if We accept the repealerS' def
milton Of the term. The latter claim that
loyalty consists in supporting every meas.
ure Of the Administration, and that the
Special Contract Law is aimed at the Ad
ministration, cripples the Government
and is reasonable. A majority of the
organs of the party, especially the one
which was endorsed as their organ by
their last State Convention, so declare. -
They forget that it was drafted and intro
go. etr e..f q 0,~r Cnernocr 1e tiee@ fS,aos,.
enacted by loyal Legislature, approved
by loyal Governor and advocated by
loyal newspapers. Are all its supporters
'" diSloynly"
Oh Friday night Of last week, the loyal
citizens Of San Francisco held a mass
meeting iH PIatt's Hall and adopted reso
lutionS dcnouncing the repeal Of the Spe.
cial Contract Law-the Cop erhead
Law" as some of its opponents call it,
A loyal official called the neeti e to or.
der. loyal officers were elected. and loyal
speakers addressed it. The President, on
taking the chair, stated that the loyal au,
thor Of the bill to, repeal the Specific Con.
tract Law had hid himself away in a
wardrobe to eaveSdrop about something
that was being done in the way of making
u Senator. He might have stated that
each one Of the loyal fellows engaged is
that dirty transaction has been rewarded
with an Office by the loyalSts of CalIfor
mia. When the name Of the loyal caves.
drOpper was pronounced it was received
with bittereSt scorn. Just as the meeting
was about to close, after the resolutions
had been adopted by an unanimous vote,
Checsman, n loyal Federal official, i'm
properly inteifered and desired TO speak
The loyaliStS. forgetting their allegiance
to the Administration. yelled. Put him
"nt!" Hang him!" &c. They followed
him out, still threatening him, and he was
forced to take refuge in drug store, from
which he escaped by back .:oor All
this ACQUIRED in the strongly Abolition
and intensely loyal city of San Francisco,
and the parties engaged in 1t are all loyal,
lists. They nre all warm sup 0rtrrS of
the Administration when "it pays" but
not when it touches their pockets. The
Evening Journal. the organ Of the Ad.
,miniStratiOn, with some bitterness, but
more truth, thus exposes the hypocrisy
Of its party:
1--WE have known from the beginning that
our palriuiSm was IA sham. our professions nt
l.,,., Ia Il
cnnnirv, il WAS love nf the almighty dollar
more than anything else that controlled our
actions"
A frank confession ! A party must be
rotten, indeed, when its own organ con.
fesSes that it is destitute OF principle and
patriotism, and worShips the almighty
dollar. The Journal says the resolutions
W&ich the loyal supporters Of the Ad
ministration adopted, "benr treason on
their face" The Bulletin, Alta, Union
and Bee all endorsed them, and therefore.
according to the journal. are traitors -
1t says it was a meeting Of "hired bullies,
thieves, murdererS and bravoS." As the
meeting was composed exclusively OF
members Of its own party, we shall not
dispute its statements. The journal
knows the tnave'iai Of it's paety better
than we do. And these are the men, the
organ Of the Administration party informs
US, who govern San Francisco, who boast
of their loyalty, and who carry the State
for the Administration ticket! No Won.
der that society is demoralized. that
mountehnnkS occupy pulpits, that venal
newspapers thrive, that Democracy is at
a discount, and that corruption reign<
triumphant! No wonder that imbecilrS
fill Congressional and Legislative sta
tions and parasites abound at Rcpu0H.
can Courts"
"TnE AGE OF PURITY. THE Washing.
ton correspondent OF the New York Jour
nal Of Commerce says that great indigna.
tion is being expressed at the discovery
that the editor of the Washington Chron
icle (the Infamous F0rney)haS been draw