The mountain Democrat., 1864-08-27

LTlOe huu uhu NuC uOUGStN 10 Huullb IL
admit that the Democrats are right in calling
this war, not for the restoration Of tho Union
but for the freedom of the negroes Of the
South. Highly said bill had been introduced
into Congress to amend the Federal Consiitu
tion so 0s to forever prohibit slavery in the
States, but the Democrats had voted against
and defeated it-thus proving themselves fol.
towers Of JEFF Davis! The Democrats did
right in standing By the Constitution of Wash.
ington and the patriots and sages Gf the ReTO-
luliun, and the people will sassaiR them. eIn
conclusion, Highly said the Democrats had ad-
iourned their National Convention until the
29th Of August, and he would not be surprised
il they adjourned il again. II Higby's cleo
tion to Congress did not surprise" him we
don't know of any remarkable event that
could. That surprised his warmest friends
and mortified and disgusted every man who
has the slightest respect for the fair fame of
California. His speech was received with
freezing indifference, and the crowd gradually
dispersed before he got through, wearied, dis
appointed, sickened. Some generous lOyalist
with more kindness than judgment, proposed
three cheers for the speaker,-one of which
was family given, the others died away in q
whisper.
., Calls were then made for Tuttle, and that iu-
terestlng specimen Of conceit, vindictiveness
intolerance and shallowness, with a smirk of
satisfaction and the gestures aud dignity of a
I'll h. onI thror
ed himself" He said. al am peace man {:
and see what have said has caused sensa-
tion." Stuff. Nothing such an insignificant
creature might say could create the semblance
of sensation. al am peace man. and in
order to secure permanent peace lam IN fs-
vor of knocking out the brains Of every rebel
and rebel sympathiser." Why does not this
valiant aud sanguinary spouter prove his sin
cerity by volunteering? The country needs
soldiers, and he would make an excellent one
if his courage equals his words. Tuttle is
brave, savage, defiant, thousands of miles from
danger. lie is bold in speech action "on
the contrary quite the reverse" Unlike the
little bull, futile is plucky but prudent. He
heads were arning all over the State. and pre-
pairing to inaugurate civil war on this coast
He wanted the loyalist to watch them, catch
them, and string them up on the trees from
Shasta to Los Angeles. 1t is the privilege of
every blackguard to slander the Democracy,
aud of course Tuttle took advantage of it, He
! knew he was utieriug talSehood; knew that
the Democrats were not armed, were not get
! ting arms. and that they deprccate and would
prevent, if possible, civil war in California
did not hesitate 70 utter it. He eulogized Lin
coin and said at first he had feared he lacked
6rmness, but now be liked him and had conf
dence in him. lie would have liked him much
better had he hung. couple of years ago
Breckenridge and thirty or forty others, even il
! five or six Of them had been innocent men,
There are some things that men cannot read or
hear without that quickening of the pulse and
that strong heart thrill which betuken the
deepest emotion of indignation. And this is
one Of them. Danton and Rnbesperre, "drunk
with blood and crime," never gave utterauce
to more atrocious sentiment. M man oi
right feeling exults in the hanging of even the
guilty futile exultingly declared that he
wonld nave been pleased had Lincoln hung five
or six innocent men! We hope, for the sake
of deccncy and humanity. that Tutt!e is no:
such an irrecumable fend as bis language in.
dcates. A man who would exult over the
murder Of the innocent can reach no greater
depth Of infamy. In this particular we believe
, TWte stands "alone in his glory" "none but
himself can be his parallel" He received
some applause from the thnughtless. censnre
from the considerate, and when he left the
stand the atmosphere which he had poisoned
by his venom again seemed pure.
Calls were now made for Cooper, Hornblow
er, Henry, Ensminger Carpenter and others
and Carpenter, with hot haste, mounted the
sand, and mouthed the "old thing" His
"voice was still for war" OF course he slip
ped into lucrative office which he desires to
retain, by yelling forw He has made good
thing out of it it pays to be loyal, ard just SC
long as it pays he will be a loyal brawler-
Carpenter thinks it outrageous that Democrats
should be allowed freedom of speech. Why,
said he, JEFF Davis don't allow any one in Dixie
to oppose him; therefore Lincoln ought not to
allow any one to oppose him in California
Carpenter has an eye to another term as Clerk
and breads opposition. We have nothing to do
with JEFF Davis or Dixie. The Gar of Russia
does not allow opposition to his wishes within
his empire, bnt Lincoln ia neither jeff Davis
nor the Gar Of Russia, and we are not subjects
nor serfs. but happen to live in what is still
called a free country, and demand nothing but
what is guaranteed to US by the Federal com
pact; and what that grants us we will contin
ue to demand. Democrats have adopted and
will live up to Gen. Jackson's motto" De-
mand nothing but what is right submit to
nothing that is wrong" But is not Carpenter
mistaken about jeff Davis and Dixie? If he
is not, the" loyal press" have lied deliberately
and persistentlyi for they have repeatedly as.
sured us that Holton, of North Carolina, was
bitterly opposed to jeff Davis, and was can
ddate for Governor, in opposition to Vance,
the supporter of Davis. They have published
articles purporing to have been copied from
the Richmond Wing and Examiner, Mobile
Register, and other Confederate journals. and
speeches of members of the Confederate Con.
gress, bitterly denunciatory of JEFF Davis
Were these 6rgeries If not, Carpenter is
either excessively ignorant or recklessly men.
dacious. with these few remarks" we tuke
an afecIiCnate leave of the "War Horse" and
the brilliant donkeys that preceded him.
TowNEY IN LucK.-We notice that 8. T
Cage formerly prominent citizen of this
place, has been nominated by the Peoples Par.
ty for Sheriff of Storey County, Nevada Terri
tory. Although MIR. Guge is an old political
opponent, we trust that it is not out of place
for us to bear testimony to his high standing