Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-03-12

- he AaE1ists.
TAaes ere soaas msus intelligent patriotic. well.
nsaning mss, who are OOnssituOOally 30 timid that
they ssaRnify every nsOb into army Of rebels -
every speech ofa anatcal orator they view the de-
RbeFaae oppression ut the seatment OF the people.
1hsy talk dOGiFOusly, and are pregnant with for
bodlnss q evil They have no tAith In the psrp@-
salsy IT Oar UpiOa. reliance upon the stability Of
sar Asm Of govrFnment, no confidence in the intel
Heeaes and integrity Of the masses, aud they pre-
diet dISaninn aud the horrors Of civil war At times,
wS=sFs=fes- 10 confess, the political horizon
p0rseH6sd stOsms. and the purest, the wisest, the
ssuese Of our Statesmen Gelt deeply anxious for the
rssut Party feeling has been 90 intense at times,
ssvClutioaary have been the resolutions Of Of
the State Legislatures, 20 iuGammatCTy the appeal"
of eeVssin recognised leaders Of the people, sincere
uo.a0ubs bat hazardous, that the braveSt and the
Sesg ksve been weIlEnigh appalled, In EnrOpc,
WheEe pyally llstIs % known Of our institutions
where lcsa is knOwn Of tAs character Of the people
u THE Unioa, and where the capacity uf any people
Gr selegoverument 10 denied, every indication OF
dissO1sent, Of waat Of Affections by the people for
their government end country, 10 sought for eagerly
and hsValdsd with -cOaeeaied satisfaction and ex-
ultAtioa. They copy with avidi'y the inccndisry
"Vse0lves" Of The Black Republican press; they
publish In glazing capitals the proceedings Of the
sseessionsts. They 20 farther they assert not that
rebellDn and dissolution may come, but that such
state Of affairs has actually come and now exists
that the laws Of the Federal Government In more
than one instance, have been boldly nulli6cd BY
State Laws and the execution Ofthe acts Of Congress
deed by the people Of those States, and exuiingly
ask these arc not revolutionary acts! They fail,
AoweSeF, b infOsm their readers Of the peucefuI
tssmimatiOn Of the many severe political commissions
throngh which our government has passed. They
fFeA az meRect tO tell them that all Constitutional
aetp uf CUagrcas have been enforced nOtwithstand-
lnR ne thrsasened diAsOInIiOn Laws, enforced, IL
h tsUs, n come Instances ct great cost and not
withoat serious opposition, bat enforced by the
citizens 1T the States whose Legislatures had passed
the vebeIlious reAolves-and their enforcement
saIned and approved BY the great masses Of the
people in all the States. And more than ell, they
aFs exceedingly careful to omit eli mention Of the
DISASTROUS defeats that party 10 the Northern States
has sustained which passed those traitOr0ns ERE
aolvea and that in the S0uihern States. outside al
6Outh Carolina, no man who sseks political prefer
meat dare avOw himself . secessOniat. And even
On that I'D State men have become little more con-
sestasive.---.---.
81 hog a. political parties continue TO struggle
fur the government Of 0ur Nation, we have fears
al aay hog continued resistance to the laws Of the
GniUn. while there exists In each State patri"sic
aAa powerful party 10 favor Of maintaining the
UsSon and at obedience to the Constitutional enact
aaaaas Of the General Government, dissolution ia
impasAible. Aud 10 every State there is such g
party asd party strong that IL 10 oil the States
e net slways victorious, yet. possessed of SO
much energy. having 90 fully the confidence Of the
smasses. budding 90 firmly TO principle, attached
70 dsssEsdgAs country, that rebellion or revolWtiOv
ean ed wiN - crushed out BY II, whenever anC
whsssssR &hair existence IL manifested. From th'
@tsr;s C eks - EAjg party, from the misguidss
Of the Mack @spatsean party, together with ihOs'
gePsataee Aaes vita &Aae stTayed from the NatiuRa
Dsmsessey. ous FrO~A party has received and vii
esasnue - eeceiee salssbls aecessio0s Our ex
sAsSees ttsm Maine 81 New Hsmpsbire ere 6lle'
sish eanmaGieaIionA from %stingushed men VIII
hass wishArswa fF0a aers hetiOns and given IL
aheis sAhssl0n 10 the Nati0aai Democrstic party
Every trus man who unites himAeK with II, enroll
hlnssw s@Osg The lGe-guards a AAs UOiOn an
pledges he al 20 the preservstiOA istact Of tb
CensHtaaion eiScn us hT our ElheRA. The astOund
iag vietosies u the Know HOtliAeS akew years ago
much 90 we disspprsvA q proscTieaive principles
Aisgrscefal and antiAgericau IS Ne regarded tbei
oswAnizatIon. with ~ Awk-laatsrn @ystesieS. II
AstsiAuis 1sinGy 70 tAe iatsOse IOss end pride a
eeaatry eaimating the American people. de tina
SSze The PeOpas seen to hare OvesssOkeA. Esr SHS
tAe:Nhs Ialusious ssnAsHess sG that skilAfSay con
tsissA organization. Aad the intelligent end patr
ee e aaat party have too swealed the ranks If IL
xe6suA Ocnscracy. Let tbe timid and saarHsist
~ ssAsct spOs tire past achievements Of tAAE part
AShs@ IL PAet ssFvicss to the country. juAge q
e. po~er fe sssalusss in the Natsre, and their up
psSAsasions must be speedily dIssipsted. Il kos
16vsh bearing aloGt our XatiOnal banner. with No
sszips erased oF polluted, NOR Q single star Oh
eeuesd, aud rouDd II will rally the pure and true
OF cOantIy Gor ell time - CONS.