The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-07-15

PRINARTEs.-To night The free, independent
and ioyal-especialy l0yal-sovereiRns Of FL
Dorado County elect Delegates to the Abolition
County Convention, which will meet in this
place next Tuesday. The ''utmost harmony"
doesn't exactly prevail in q party held "t0geih-
e. BY the cohesive power Of public plumber"
and the obligations Of loyal leagues and
"hiGh old time" 10 anticipated when the dis
e0rdaut elements meet in Convention. Every
loyalists thinks he is entitled TO aud demands
pay for his loyalty, and as there are not Offices
enough TO supply the demand, the fight
for the paying ones is fierce and relentless.
Each wing OF the dominant party seems conf
dent Of carrying the ConVention-tbe Long
Hairs relying on their supposed strength, the
Short Hairs on their superior adroitness aud
long experience. Both wings are industrious.
y q work; both spending money freely, and
both counting the despised copperheads. The
Long Hairs claim that they made the party and
that, therefore, its hOnors and emOluments Of
right belong TO them; the Short Hairs reply
that. without their assistance, the Abolition
party would neither have honOrs nor emolu-
mentS at its disposal. 1t seems 10 be struR.
gle exclusively for the spoils--a struggle in
which principle is utterly ignored; but the
Long Hairs are actuated by another motive
They want 10 carry tie convention in order to
rebuke Senator COnness and destroy his influ-
ence with the new Administration. They ar.
que that if they can make his own county re-
pudiate him it will have powerful effect at
WaahiDgtOn-it will convince President John
cod aud his Cabinet that CONFESS is unpopular
and has little standing where best known
jealousy, envy and revenge are at work 10 de-
feat him, and il behooves bis friends TO be &c
tive aud Vigilsnt if they would save their chief
The Long Hairs and Short Hairs differ essen.
tally on the question of granting the negroes
the right OF su6rage-the former favoriug, the
IAtter OpPosingit The difference is irrecon-
cilibl0. It is one Of those questions that ad-
mitS OF no compromise. II bids fair to disrupt
che dominant party. Men who entertain such
stand upon the same platform. With that keen
eAeaeity and adroitness for which they are
noled, the leaders of the Short Hairs got the
leaders Of the Long Hairs committed in favor
Of the question, and then they openly took the
other side. 1t may not be fairly tested to-day,
because Il has been agitated but little but in
abe future il will leave our Long Hair friends
In hopeless minority, for many Long Hairs
will not endorse it. It was master stroke OF
policy 10 the Short Hairs 10 get the Long Hairs
committed in favor Of it, 1t places them in
opposition to the Administration. President
johnson has, on several occasions, declared his
opposition to it, and the Administration will
make Unjust make it, Q test question. 1t
was very pretty trap and the Long Hairs
blindly leaped into 1t. What will be the result
70 predict. The reports are 90 conflicting we
cannot form q correct estimate. Each wing is
aaDguiDe of carrying the convention by large
majority. The Long Hairs boast that they will
carry every ward 10 this city the Short Hairs
smile, aud with wink Of intense meaning,
merely deny it. 1t is matter of indifference
70 40 which succeeds.