Year: 1861




There are some whe cannot exactly under
stand why it is that the Democratic and
Breckinridge organizations cannot fraternize.
To US the matter is perfectly clear. One par
ty maintains that the United States is COM
posed of thirty y-four States, and several terri
tories. The other holds that there are an in
definite number of States in the Union.-per
haps twenty-three The Breckinridge party
was confined almost entirely to the slave
States, last November, and its members in
those States now declare that they are no
longer citizens of the United States. Their
pretensons are justified by the Breckenridge
leaders in this State, who, nevertheless, ask
US, who still recognize the existence OF the
Nation, to fuse with them. How can we be-
long to the same political party with those
who are citizens of foreign nation? 1he
Breckinridge men of the free States East OF
the mountains no longer affiliate with that
partv. The semi-secessi0nists of this State say
that the nation is dissolved. We say no.
We differ as to the little matter Of our ma
tionality The Democrats still believe that
Sccessionists say there is no such nation. The
Breckinrdgers are divided into three dis
tinct clesses now. 1st. Those in the seeded
States who say that they arc no longer within
the jurisdiction Of this nation. I'd. Those in
seventeen of the free States, who say that
they have been deceived, and are no longer
members of the party; and Sd, those in all
the other States who would like to see their
States join the Southern Confederacy, and,
falling in that, will aid the rebels as much as
they can by crying against coercion, and OPP
posing all Government appropriations to
carry on the war against treason. TO re-
capitulate: the great obstacle in the way of
what the Secessonists, ,,and Bohemians of our
own, call "a union of the Democracy" is the
simple fact that one wing is composed rebels
and their defenders, who deny the authority
of the United States Government, while the
other is composed of Democrats who hate
treason, and want to see traitors punished!


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separates men who formerly acted together,
the rebel wing desire admission into our
ranks, and there are Bohemians among us
who lend them encouragement, aid and COM
fort. There would be about as much sense
in a proposition for the Miramon party in
Mexico to fuse with us, as there is in the
for fusion between US and a fac
ton whose members for the most part claim
diction of jefferson Davis. Were we to fuse,
how should we meet together in the next
Democratic National Convention? Should
we meet at Cincinnati to nominate a successor
to Lincoln? Or should we meet at Charleston
again and there nominate successor to jeff
Davis? Which would be the National Dem
ocratic Convention We hope the masses of
our party are alive to the trickery which will
be attempted upon them. We warn them
again and again, that strong effort will be
made to get unsound delegates into the 4th
of July Convention. Men who profess to be
Union men are concealing their aims, which
are to either modify our present radical Union
position, or bolt tie State Conpention. Let no
delegate be sent TO Sacramento who will trim
! off one single sharp corner in order to cltch
semi-secession votes Let no man be trusted
in the State Convention who will not pledge
himself against all anti coercionists and
fusionists. The Secession Convention may
appoint State Committee with view to
fusion afterwards, by the withdrawal OF GER
tain candidates on their ticket; or they may
make n ticket at present but adjourn to July,
hoping to fuse the Conventions or portions of
Hcm.


The primary mass meetings in this county
must be looked to. Yuba county must send
twonty-siX delegates who are above suspicion
as to fusion proclivities. Let good and true
men in each township take hold of the matter
in earnest or they will find, when it is too
late, that fusion emissares have quietly
stocked the delegation.