Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-12-25
Hi,torx of a National Nistaka

pctng from il little short Of nat Onal ruin
and yet the will show that the small minority vi
dsrrgaIdcd VOirrs IN the right. II II instructive 10
Keep this in view, and nstahcrs which prove II arc
| valuable.
''Thc union Of England and Scotland i. such case
Regarded ut the time in the latter country with horror
and n cushion for my after unpopular Ns to be
the Trading Of Sanguinary insurrcctOm this
measure has, nevertheless, turned IN 0hc highest
degree beneficial 10 both States and II woud nov he
impossible, in Scotland To lind single Vurr against H.
The public opinion Of l7n1 is therefore entirely mis-
take: speeches, pamphlets, poems, votes, rrbclll"h'
prove To have been holly in the wrong How stranK,
IA whole Prope Judging enormously for half century
and doing Mild deeds under the influence Of error! Two
generations away III dcusion, out Of which only
third aMakrs! !"
In our own country aud time We find an illustra
ton Of the philosophy and correctness Of the f"rcgo-
ing reflections. Or ii The proof is not at hand now
the day is rapidly approaching when il will be found
that large portion, IL not majority Of the Amcri'
Gun people, are indulgins in political parnxysm
which will be- hereafter demonstrated tti,c, the per.
lection uf political madness. Since the birth Of the
Republic, il may perhaps BE- safely asserted, that
the great Of the Amer lean people have. in diff
frrcn degrees, been npPnScd to the institution al
slavery. Among the ntelliCrnt patriots who framed
the Constitution under which We now live in U.s.
large number ifn"t decided prcP"ndcrencc ofthen,
were hostile To the 'eirinr that cass If human
beings. IN account Of difference in color and in
tcectua capacity. should he held IN state Of alb.
soluic it not cruel. bondage, by another. But they
understood, at the time, the full bearing ct the
delicate questions Involved, and rather than become
d>cudant. d,sunitcd, and fall an easy prey to any
foreign invader they sacrificed their convictions on
the abstract question. and pcradvrnture tolerated II
lesser evil that greater good might BE- attancd.-
They were further governed, also. by the belief that
TIE evils If slavery would eventually work their
own cure. This belief, from review If the past,
seems to b. based uprn unqucsii"nAhc facts aud
sound reason. State after State. Of the original
thirteen Us their interests have required the change
have abrngatcd slavery within their borders and
had those who piof'Ss 81 much anxiety on the sub.
cct If its entire abolition, been controlled by the
dictates Of common patriotism or common sense, 1t
is safe IL assert, that at this moment there would
not be single slave within the confines ut ten the
t1irf--n States parties to the OIgnal compact "f the
Constitution. New Hampshire, Massachusetts
Connecticut, Rhnde Island. New York, New Jersey
and Pcnnsy lvnula are now free States; and Della.
ware Maryland and Virginia. but tor the exnspcra.
ton produced in the popular mind Of those States,
bv the misguided zeal aud incendi,rv efforts ut indi-
vidua AbolioniStS, and the dissemination Of vile,
wing tracts aud other publications. tending To excite
slave instructions within their borders, w',nld
doubtless long since have yielded Ia the pressure Of
their geographical and agricultural interests, by IL
gradual eradication Of slavery from their midst
But not content with waiting for the fruon of
causes, silently but effectively operating to
plish the desired result, the theoretical lolsrurs
Of P"mh. h.lanlhrnry must fam engage in the
"U tta,mis emancipation of the children ot Airi'
IL. Il
cure their indefinite bondage.
The mania Of these abrrrant disciples Of mistaken
Kindness has resulted only in the r,ilng Of chains
upon the wrists aud ANGLES II the soUty tribe. From
the Scylla (sillyl uf an erroneous fondnrss they
have driven the blacks upon the Char, bdis Of u
fcrccr scrvitudc. so long as the People of the
South left IL the government Of those untnr-
tunatc beings whom the Constitution Of the conn
try If not the laws of G"dI had placed within their
power, they were indulgcnt and mrrciiul masters
But when their slaves, by the wrongful mercy o
Nurthcrn zcaloS, were sought I" BE- placed upon IN
equality with themselves, governed by the law 81
srfprcscrvaion, they did what men would do cv
crywhcrc,-thc degraded caste which an insane YEA
for equal gifts sought u bring into an equality will
themselves, they determined tocru>h. Uncle Tob,
said when intrusive fly intcrirrcd with his com
fort, " 60 away, fly; there is ro"In enough III Til
world for both you and !, but had he been besc
by MYRIAD Of flies, how different might have bcci
his observation.
/ Tie individual Efforts of Abclition-ts might hav
passed unnutcd aud the chivalrnS Judgment Of til
South might have said, ego your ways, and live +
regret your folly" hut when the great mass &
the people Of one portion If the Union participate il
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Constitutional rights,-ilc affair assumes di1ereu
and more malignant pIlasls. Then the season dawn
for the men Of the South to organize in consistent
united and determined opposition to these unrgi
eons and unpatrioiic schemes. Fortunately for oll
welfare as people IL crisis requiring the conSrl
taneous action Of Southern men, against the oura
gcous designs Of unprincipled fanatics, has ncvc
arisen until within the last few years. For upward
If twenty wears there has been filthy squad Of pc
ical maniucS, who have indnlgcd themselves i
: the loudcSt and most indiscriminate dcnunciaiOu
slavery and shareholders. For many Of those twel
ty years, although the incorporate language MI
ndiscrcet conduct of these few fools, gradual
Tightening the letters upon the limbs Of their unfo
- tunate friends. unfortunate principally in bcin
claimed as .fr;ends by the inscnsatc dos to whOI
+ We refcr,) yet no demonstration Of opposition Wa
= deemed necessary hy the men Of the South.
Within the last few wears however, the movcmcr
e in behalf Of the blacks has assumed signifcanc
i which must awaken apprehension in the minds
the most placid. M longer ago than SD, the car
e ddate Of the party which openly advocates the abb
llion Of slavery within the confines Of the Confcd,
. racv, came near to being elected to the PrcSdcnc,
The emergency secmS, therefore, to have now nriser
when those VIM are rca! anxious for the preserve
= ton of the integrity OF ihe Union, should co-"rcr"t
Il Should they fail to do so nor,-on the beadS :
. those protesting to be the conservative !en ct I'll
! country. will rest the responsibility Of the nation.
o ruin. Whenever the day dawns for calm reflection
and it will dawn within twenty wears, though til
Union should be dissolved in the interval in it wi
r be discovered, when too late TO remedy the mnlig
|, consequences, that great .Et;omdt miStdke hg
: been perpetIuted.
> The very men who now participate in all lhos
political schemes having for their ultimate obict
the subverSion Of the interests Of slavery recognized
as it is, by the Constitution, and its existence 81
cured t. our fellow citizens Of the South by the moi
= sacred guaranty Of Constitutional character vii
ere long discover like the dog in the fable crOsSin
n the brook with piece Of meat in his mouth, VIII