The mountain Democrat., 1865-09-23
The Alta californIa.

cal embodiment Of consistency and inde'
pendence, the San FE=ncisco Alta, is evi.
IDENTIFY suffering from the VaporS and is
troubled with forebOdings Of the tum-
bling down of the shoddy throne that has
been erected by him and his confreres in
California. He evidently feels it in his
bones that the Democracy are going to
carry the October election, and as boy
whistles when he is passing through a
dark wood to keep his courage up, so he
enters into a long diSquiSition to show
that they have no chance Of doing so, for
the purpose of infusing something Of life
into the carcass Of the almost defunct Ab.
clifton party. He might as we'll have
saved himself the labor and his readers
the inficton Of the diSh-water dose allu-
ded to. The fat has gone forth and Alb.
Olitionism, at the close of the election,
will be found as dend as it is now rotten
The people Of California are too intelli
gent and independent to continue to sup
port party that cannot determine how
it stands on such momentouS questions
as are now before the American people
for arbilrament. A great party that can
not say whether it is in favor of, or op.
posed to, granting the right Of suffrage
to the negro; that is afraid to express an
opinion in regard to the sale of the min
eral lands, and other important questions
affecting the interests of the nation, has
become imbecile, worthless, and ought. in
decency, to retire from the public gaze
and entonb itself among the things Of
the p,st ere its filthy carcass becomes an
object Of disgust. Therefore, we say the
Atlas effort is labor lost. This wi|eacre
makes text Of a paragraph in our last
issue, in which we say thata contingency
may arise in which the conservative men
may find it their duty to support PreSi-
dent johnson, and from it arrives at the
conclusion that the Democratic party
has no principles, and that as a National
organization the Democracy does not tx
ist" Wise logician! The editor is Ger.
tainly related to the fellow who "could
see as far through a mill stone as anoth
er." By what mode of reasoning he ar
rives at his Conclusions we cannot imag.
inc. 1t is just because the Democratic
party HAS principles and DOES exist as q
National organization that the President
can rely on it for support against the ia
naticalOnslnughtS of the radicals. Should
Mr.. johnson yield to the Vaccinations
Of Chase and Sumner and their party, he
will neither merit nor receive the support
Of conservative men; but will be firmly
and boldly opposed by them. Our para
graph was predicated upon the Presidents
record as public man, and our belief
that he will adhere to the liberal policy
he has so patriotically and successfully
inaugurated in regard 10 the restoration
Of the Southern States. The Alta al
ready gives signs that it does not have
confidence in the President In its issue
alluded to il has a long article of quasi
approval Of his course, through the whole
OF which is an unmistakabe tone of dis
trust-a sort Of damning with faint ap
plause." However, if the San Francisco
Auctioneers adhere to the President the
Alta will not desert him. 1t is shoddy
personitied, and will stick to cause as
long as it will pay, and not an hour lon
ger. The Alta says the DEMocRAr was
ultra secessionist during the war
Whether this is true or false we will leave
to our readers to decide. The Alta was
secessionist" at the beginning Of the
war, but soon become ultra AbolitioniSt,
and continues to be so still What We
were during the war, we are new when
the war is over, and our worst enemies
have given us the credit Of being honest
in our politics. How is it with the Alta ?
TRUE. The New York Times SAYS "the
public writer or speaker who indnlgcs in
sectional denunciati0nS should b. rked
at once as a mischief maker and public
enemy" So we have always thought