The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1864-12-17

We clip the following significant item,
which has created dissatisfaction in the
Abolition camp, from the Sacramento Bee
Of Saturday:
McCallum IS Electoral Messenger, the Bulletin
says:
"This is good choice, McCallum is an El
Dorado lawyer and politician, a good speaker,
and q man Of digniied and respectable cbarac-
ter. He formerly represented bis county in
the State Senate and was President of the last
Union State Convention"
We are not surprised at the Bulletins
declaring "the selection of J. G. McCallum
as Electoral Messenger good, but we are
s0l1c4Uax q, ~ ~ y" X -, ! 80 mr.
ment of it. The Bulletin is bitterly OPP
posed to CONFESS; tho Bee is regarded as
his central organ. McCallum is particu'
larly obnoxious to Conness; they have
never been friends they are rivals; they
dislike each other exceedingly, and his
selection as Electoral Messenger is a re-
buke to CONFESS and was so intended
1t tells Conness,in unmistakable language
that the old line Republicans have no con
tidence in him, do not fear him, and are
resolved to manage affairs without con
sulting him. 1t tells him that be is nc
longer regarded as leader of the party
and that his wishes are matter of indif
ference to the men who control it in Cali
fornia. 1t tells him that there is power
full combination formed against him, form
liable in numbers and omnipotent ir
influence, which he may conciliate bu
cannot coerce. 1t tells him that he i:
standing on slippery ground, and that 9
false step will be fatal. Will he heed the
warning and gracefully succumb ?
McCallum has been thorn in CONFESS
side. The Republicans knew it and re
warded him for his hostility to him. HI
was elected a delegate from the thirt
ward in this city to the last Abolition
County Convention purely on account OF
that hostility. He was elected President
Of that Convention as an anti CONFESS
man, beating Connessite. He was Sent
by that Convention as an anti Conness
delegate to the Abolition State Conven'
ton. He was elected President of that
Convention, defeating devoted personal
friend of CONFESS. That Convention
knowing his deadly opposition to CONFESS,
made him an Elector for the State at large.
The Electors met, knowing these facts,
and selected him as Electoral Messenger.
CONFESS openly avowed his hostility 10
McCallum-McCallum his hostility to
CONFESS. The issue was squarely made
in primary meetings, in County and
State Conventions, before the Electors
In all CONFESS has been defeated /; Mccall.
lum, the representative of the old liners,
triumphant. CONFESS exerted all his in
duence, used all his power to defeat him
and failed-miserably failed. These facts,
showing the feebleness and unpopularity Of
Conness, have been communicated to the
President, and that shrewd politician will
be governed by them in the distribution
of Federal patronage in California. The
old liners quietly chuckle at their victory,
and intimate that the friends of CONFESS
will be removed from Office. Cole is said
to be Stewards protege, and the tremen-
dous exerti9ns CONFESS made to defeat
him, because he was an old liner and q
friend of Stewards, has materially lessen
ed the influence Of CONFESS at Washing.
ton. McCallum's selection as Electoral
Messenger will not only morti(y and hu-
initiate Conncss, but almost wholly de-
strov The influence Of CONFESS with Lin
coin and his Cabinet. This is why the
Bulletin exultS at his success, this is
why the old line Republicans are so de-
lighted. The Bee will be apt to be snub.
bed by CONFESS for its qualification at the
triumph of its idols enemy.