The mountain Democrat., 1865-08-12
4 FAlsshooA E1pesaa.


for noticing such insunerabls stuff. The
falsshoOd is 90 silly, % barefaced, SO no.
toriUus, that in this county it needs no
exposure, and had it not been published
in paper Of vide circulation, few would
have seen and none would have believed
il, and . notice Of it by US would have
been unnecessary. It's appearance in the
Union, however, forces US to refer to it.
Here is the precious bantling Of stupidity,
presumption and simplicity
"TuE BotsEas IN al DoaADO.-Ths Placer
.il(a NIreNs sseeSStS4S AsA abatement that the
Democrats Of II p0rSd0 Cdunty bad postponed
their call for County Convection, SAYS:
"'Siucs that statement WsS made, 9 few dis
appointed Office. seekers (every m&D Of them
friends of Senator Conuess) have bolted from
the Union ranks, thereby encouraging the De-
mocracy to hope for . division Of the party and
its consequent detcAt, and they have accord
ingy issued call for . Democratic COnven.
ti0n TO meet on the 2lst Since the issuance Of
the call, however, the utter weakness OF the
boilers has manifested itself, and now both
the contest were II not for the ridicule attend.
ant on such Q course. We have known men
fRht duvls and be killed because they were
afraid 70 acknowledge that they were wrong.
That will be the case with the bOlters.'
The editors and proprietOrs of the Mirror
are almost total strangers in our county,
ignorant of the condition of parties and
unacouainted even with the sentiments Of
their own. 1t is doubtful if they know
twenty residents of our county outside Of
the city Of Placerville. 1t is evident that
their own party distrusts them. does not
contide in them aud uses them only when
it is convenient. Such being the case
and we will prove it by their own course
lis it likely that the DEMOCRACY would
tell them what they intend1 to or
Some waggish Democrat may have hum.
bugged them, but he deserves no credit
for doing so simple thing. In our last
issue we stated that one Of the editors ol
the Mirror was . representative man oi
bis party and spoke by authority. We
had right to presume SO, from the fact
that be is editor Of . recognized organ Ol
his party, and the candidates nominated
by his party, knowing his sentiments,
bad selected him to make the opening
speech Of the campaign at meeting call
ed solely for the purpose Of ratifying the
nominations. We could not believe il
possible that gentleman of his ambition
and ability would allow himself to be
made q cats paw Of by the candidates ol
bis party. To intimate such thing, we
thought, would be insulting to his digni-
ty. his intelligence, his manliness. We
were ''mistaken in our man." and owe
him an apology for attributing to him
qualities which he does not appreciate
and Indignantly disclaims. The editor
alluded to. in q wordy article in reply, in
his paper Of Tuesday. with refreshing art
lessness confesses that, although be is the
editor Of the organ Of his party, yet be
does not speak the sentiments of his par,
ty; that be is not representative man ;
that be does not speak by authority -
His reply, dvested of the verbiage in
which it is enveloped, amounts simply to
this, and we give him the full credit for
it-that be is willing that the candidates
of his party shall make cats paw ol
him whenever they find it may benefit
them to do SO. A gentleman of principles
so accommodating and feelings so plastic
can make himself useful to q party. -
When bis sentiments benefit his party he
will claim to speak for his party and au'
thoritatively; when they do not, then he
is only individually responsible for them
When it is inexpedient for it to express
its sentiments, and they are demanded by
the people, it thrusts him forward with
"his individual sentiments" to act as the
scapegoat for the organization. He is q
party man all over, he supports heartily
the candidates Of his party, be takes th'
stump for bis party, he is the nominee o
bis party, and yet neither in bis papel
nor on the stump does be speak the sen
timents Of bis party! Does his party
agree with him in sentiment? An awk
ward question; if answered in the affirm
ative it will kill his party if in the neg
ative, it reads him out Of his party l.
What an anomaly the candidate, th,
editor and speaker Of party not express
ing its sentiments through its organ or or
the stump!!I Where's Barnum3
The Mirror, if it we're prudent, woult
never speak Of the weakness" of party
The weakness Of its party was fully de
monstrated at the grand ratification meet
ing in this city on the night Of the 29tt
Of last month. Every exertion Of its can
didates, it's Central Committee, its lead
ers and blowers was used to get up /,
large meeting, and the result was 9 mos
complete failure. But few persons wer'
present and no one, except the candi
dates, seemed to take an interest in it,
proceedings The organ of a distracted
divided, disguised and rapidly decayinG
party-a party which one of its most in
Auentialv organs admits is held together
only "by spOilS"-A party which another
of it's organs says is composed of "lOafers
bummers and thieves"--a party which il
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