The mountain Democrat., 1864-10-01
shodaystss out An eAesr str.nrth.

their stFspktb-ous b tbl gldry-oas in lheir
pockets : For week kPs ous thoy h6a sent
courieIs 70 different bar 4 81 the county Srder-
ing the aithful to sfl2nd I'D ssickiuR up post.
ers @Ay haAlmPt Sted ssyalists from Saera-
meutO, Amador and Placer counties to make q
big show they made extraordinary exertiops
to have al e4theiahfy usstinG, aUdttS ~
tSM T'9'>A saE- disappointment. Many were
Invited, fsWsAHs. EVsE the sedaCA5pp5r 3nce-
ments o6ered-ffee hdE OAve diuuer, free lie
quor, Aue music. tOrchligbt procession, an elo-
quent speech and good time generally
failed to attract great gathering, such as was
expected. Tho procession, including men
boys, children, Cinnamon, Diggers aud contra,
bands, numbered Ave hundred aud ,thirty-one
What 1t lacked in numbers 1t made up In
length, the men, two deep, being from Eve to
thirty feet apart. 1t was a fine dIAplAy and
capuVated Young America, for whose anuse-
ment it seemed especially gotten up. Very
appropriately . large transparency, bearing
the names of Lincoln and johnson, was placed
at the heel of the procession. It is precisely
the position they will occupy after the Novem-
Der election-at the foo. Of their own party
the position they now occupy among American
statesmen. But their friends should not have
treated them so dsdainfully. They we're enti-
tied to some respect at the hands of their
friends. 1t locked like gloatiug over fallen
httleness-like kicking dead ass. The insult
may have been uniutentional, but 1t seemed
premeditated, and fPr the sake Of dscency We
hope 1t will not be repeated IN our Streets
Other transpareucies, bearing notices Of sting
ing reouke to the Administration party-such
as " the Constitution our sheet. anchor"-"the
ballot, not the bayonet" speech and a
free press were mixed up In admirable con.
fusion in the procession. The procession
marched to Upper Placerville and back, and
halted in front of the Cary House. where a
stand had been erected for the speakers. A
respectable number of ladies were seated on
the pIazzas In front Of the speakers stand
Time was given the thirsty loyalists to moisten
their thrOats and arouse their enthusiasm be.
fore the meeting organized. The meeting was
called to order by N. A. Hamilton, Esq, upon
whose motion G. ]. Carpenter, Esq.,. was elect
ed President, and a number Of others Vice
Presidents and Secretaries. lie had every
thing his own way and made the most Of it. 1t
was the first'time ho had addressed large
meeting, and he wanted to show the audience
how easy it was for man With huge capi-
tai OF assurance TO exhaust the patience of a
crowd. and be succeeded. A wink from Sam
Ensminger, Hamilton's rival, put stop to bis
harangue, and he made room for the consistent
Carpenter, who takes peculiar delight in sian.
dering the men who assisted him in former
times, when he thought or prcfessed to believe
that "Abolitionism was the sum of all villain
eS-men whose favor he solicited, whose hos
pitality he enjoyed and whose kindness he now
returns with rank ingrattude. He made q
few remarks, but the impatient Sam called for
Edgerton, and Sam being the belIwether of
the party in this county the crowd repeated
his call, and 10 spite of the winks and mods Of
Carpenter who wanted to splurge, he was
forced to give way To Edgertou
That specimen briek" of sobriety purity and
loyalty stepped before the audience, and for
nearly two hours spit his venom at the Demo,
cratic party. He misreprescnted its PLATFORM
villi6ed its champion, perverted its history and
praised hihiAelf for renouncing its principles
Does any man believe who knows Henry Edg
erton,that if the Democratic party we're now in
power he would not be in its ranks. AS long
as it had Office at its disposal Henry Edgerton
chung to it, swore by it, eulogised it. spoke for
it and denounced every man who opposed it,
Then he said it was great, a magnauimous, q
patriotic party; now he says it is awcked, in
fAmqus, reasonable party! 1t is precisely the
same now it was then, its principles the same.
its history the same. its supporters, 18th some
EXCEPTIONS, the same. But three years ago, in
this same City Of Placerville, this same Henry
Edgertou as fiercely and as intemperntely de-
nounccd the very party he Is now praising as
no did the Democratic party last Saturday
night. He then said" The Democratic party
is going to put down this rebellion, and after
We have put II down, We will turn our arms
against the Abolitionists of the North, those
reasonable fanatics who are the authors of our
calamities." Can such a man, who damns
party one day and dei6es it the next, be trust.
ed? Is be Sincero? 10 be hOuestI He is a
talented, eiOSuent man be knows right from
wrong; and he was either an Infamous hypo
critic when be professed to be a Democrat, or
he Is an Infamous hypocrte now. He acted
the hypoerite three years ago when he de-
nounced the AbolitioniSts, or he is a hypocrite
now when he eulngizes them. man who so
lightly embraces and renounces principles, who
is to-day Democrat and tomorrow an Abo.
litionist; who to-day is ready to butcher the
latter, and tomorrow hang the former, is q
dangerous man and unworthy the confidence OF
any party. And snch a1man is Henry Edger-
ton. He 10 wholly unreliable. Next year, in
the event of McClellan's election, vhich now
seems certain, be will be laundering his
anathemas against bis present employers. His
political status may be defined in few words
He is political Dalgetty. One Of bis sayings
we mast quote RS it shows how his party
stands on an important question. He said,
speaking for the Lincoln party" We ,aas in
favor of gran ting freedom and equality to eve.
ry man, without respect to color or race" He
said, "Copperheads talk about arbitrary ar
rests, and the freedom Of speech aud Of the
press A copperhead speaker or editor has no
right to speak or write; and they ought 10 be
stopped" Is not such language calculated TO
provoke strife in this Sate3 Do not the men
who utter such sentiments desire to inansu-
rate civil wari Suppose that some of bis ig-
norant partisaDS should act upon his advice
aud attempt to stop freerAsn from speaking and
writing what would be the result! The most
atrocious sentineutt uttered by the speaker
were loodty. aPplsudad. During the. time Of
his speaking hD waS interrupted By Hamilton.
who read lying telegram, manufactured for
the occaaiOn. 70 the eaAct that "EarIH and