The daily Butte record., 1858-06-01
Communicated.

danger of losing sigtSt Of the fanaticism OF
the South. Matters have changed since the |
DAYS of one ASDaEw JACKSON, whom We OF
the Democr tic party have cAnouised. la
those days treason at the South received
such a rebuke that, for twenty years, II
did not dare Look up. But crafty men OF
nedium parts have labored with such zeal as
10 lu'l into forgetfulness the press AMI the
people, everybody seems now to take it for
granted that Al eye Of eeaseless vigilance
should be kept on the home of Black Repub
licanism, but that love Of the Union is 80
and Mr.. Hammond, Of mud sill memory,
that they alone, 10 ther capacity OF special
Democratic policemen, are ample guards tor
the vast region lying south of the Potomac.
X is true Mat Mr.. Davis ran for the oth;e of
Governor d Mississippi under very question
able circumstances, aud that he was defeat
ed by Henry 5. FJote, who, however fallen
from grace, was anl is, to the cIre. sound
UnioD man. Mr.. Davis, then "A secessonist,
(Which. in South Carolina, means traitor
to the Uniou,) was utterly repudiated by
his repudiating State.
Mr. Fierce, thinking, it is supposed. that
be could disarm the sec>ssioni-ts as Mr..
Monroe had dsarmed the Felerals,s. viz
by giving them Office, invited Mr.. Davis to a
seat in the Cabinet. which was, os course,
accepted The ressl, daring she Presidents
term, seemed to Justify hir expectation; and
the new Secretary's conduct was exemplary.
His bosom became animated 50 profoundly
with an adherence OF traitors, that the pos
sibity of Shsrpe's rifles, in the hands Of the
Massachusetts Aid Societies, being turned
against the Union, caused him promptly to
unite in mea ures to crush the thrcatened
rebellion. 1t is true that the Kansas rebels
were called rebels; and some people go so
far ~ TO say that, If they had been more for
tunate in procuring n name-slrst of seces
! slOnists f0r instance, or nulh6eN--they
would have been looked upon by Mr.. Davis
as very patriotic people whose uprising"
was rather to be encouraged than crushed
Be this rs it may, the Secretary used his in-
hueuce and patronage go well wislsin the
borders of his own State, that the Legi,la
ture, n body OF men whom we OF Californi ,
| 10 not regard as entirely incorruptabe, set
itsolf up as higher court than that of the
People, ani reverse their deci ion--thus :
sen ,toral toga III, UniJn air with which
he has worn it, let his course IN the Senate
attest. lie scarcely deigns to look upon the
Cincinnati Platform, and the ly use to
which he will permit it to be appIed is to
corral supporters in the name OF "thc par
ty," for such measures rs common honesty
blush to own. THIS is one of the glardsmen
for the southern end Of the Republic
II is but fair 20 say Of the other special
policemen Of the South, that he has not
stul,ifled himself in the least. lie repre-
scnts the Charleston Mercury, which iu its
turn represents sentiments waich obtain to
n very great degree among the public men
Of South Caroliua. 1t any one is cCrious
enough to read the .Nercury, he will there.
in hnd no sentiment OF Uniun-he will there.
in soe day after day, year after year, with
II steadiness OF purpose which. in a good
cause would be worthy Of comnen iation,
articles written with signal ability, in which
1t is argued that there is no salvation for
the South but in disunion n-that society"
is everywhere corrupt, except in the cotton
growing aud sugar.raising States that de.
mocracy is a humhug and love of Union "A
myth--that South Carolinians should never
permit themselves to become identified with
National parties, and that secession is the
only balm for imaginary Southern wrongs
Hence, when Mr.. Hammond endeavors to
aggravate National men by the applica.
tion TO their constituents of such an epthet
as "Mud. sill" he does no more than his con-
s,ituent, the Mercury requires of him. Swift
rctribution would overtake him if he dared
TO faulter in his redoubtablc assaults upon
the Union. Although he is patted on the
back by the Admiaistrati, par erceifence
agood Democratic National guard, he is an
employee of what he regards higher power; :;
aud Acknowledges for his country first. last
aud all the time. South Carolina only! Such
are the men who, after the iusldious la Dor
o. quarter of a century, have at last aver.
to from themselves the suspicious scrutiny,
of the democratic party, and who have
taught US to believe. that the only abiding
place OF traitorism is at the North These
men. together With Toombs, BENZ ,miu, and
Stevens (strange names to democa,s Of Al
now lead tho Senate, the Cabinet aud the
House. aud spur on ''Democratio'' Presi
deat soa dssertlon Of the very principles
that carried hin into poweri There are