The semi-weekly mountain Democrat. (Placerville, El Dorado Co. [Calif.]) 1860-1860, 1860-08-29
corrsspondencs Of the Democrat.

been led on ana advocated ana supported
by the ignorant. All popular decisions oil
every kind, have been led on by ignorance
and kDavcry, and supported and Sustained
by superstition, crcdulity, fanaticism or
ignorance. Truth, reason and intelligence,
are never found among the followers Of
popular dclusiOD. The character Of the
leader Of popular delusiOn, is q pretty
sure index Of the capacity for intelligence
that may be found In the deludcd follow
ers, who make up the mass Of the crowd
Or party, who support popular delusiOn in
all its various forms.
The motley crew that make up the Ado.
ltiOn-Republican party, have been ex.
tremcly unfortunate IN the selection Of
their leader, or they are the most super
stitious, fanaticaI and ignorant of any
equal number OF mankind that ever were
the victims Of n popular deluSiOn.
Abraham Lincoln, the acknowledged
leader Of the Abolition. Republican party,
as Chairman Of the Committee on Reso.
IutionS, in the first Republican Conven-
ii IN ever held in Illinois, reported rcso.
luton, from which the following extracts
are taken:
ITO bring the administration Of government
back TO frat principles"
This proposition, to the minds of the in
con:ruous, deludcd, conglomoratc mass
that compose his party, must appear about
as clear as mud.
ITO restore Nebraska and Kansas 10 the p0-
SIiiOn Of free Territories"
Kansas and Nebraska have always been
free Territories; but for time a portion
Of the inhabitants were slaves Of pOpu.
lar drlusi0n.
THAT, as the Constitution Of the United
States vests in the States, and not in Congress
the power IN legislate for the cxtratii"n OF ft-
gitives from lavOr. To reveal aud entirely abro-
gate the Fugitive Slave Law"
1t is reported that the immortal, Herein
lean splitter, is also I" limb of the
law" il so, he certainly is deficient in that
knowledge absolutely necessary to con>ti.
tute q member Of the legal profession.
Does he, or does he not know that the
supreme Court of the United States, in
the case of PIigg W.. Pennsylvania, deci-
tlcd that Congress could not confer juris
dictinn- nn-StateL Cnurts,-oxeF- subjects
granted by the States to the Federal Gov
eminent That decision made void and
imperative the old Fugitive Slave Law
Of Congress i, and was the cause Of the
passage Of the present Fugitive Slave Law,
passed IN the Compromise Bill Of 1850.
Has the rail.Splitting expounder Of tho
Constitution, ever seen or read the Con.
stitutiOn Of the United States: II he has,
then his obtusencSS Of intellect aud men
tai obliquity are just subjects Of coinmls.
Grafton: for there is not All Intelligent l,oy
of twelve years Of age, who can read aud
write, that docs not know that the Con.
stituton Of the United States did not, and
could not grant, or r'sf any power, Of any
Kind, in the several States, simply because
1t had M inherent powers m itself. -
All power originally belonged TO the
individual, sovereign aud inIcpcndcat
States and the Constitution Of the l,Eitcd
states * hut grant Of certain cuuumcra.
ted and clearly defined powers. made by
the sovereign States, 80 aS to form a
more perfect uuioD.~ constitute the
| aggregate States 4 nation. Article ~, Of
the amendment Ia the Constitution saws
"Thc powers not delegated to the United
States by the Constitution. nor prohibited
by II TO the States, are reserved to til,
States respectively, or TO the people"
ITO restrict slavery to those States in which
| il exists"
The proposition shows how utterly
| Ignorant this great rail.spl:tlrr-thiS rep
! rc>rrtntivc ~ all the Cnngloinrrntc isms
and fanatical factions, is, Of the nature
and progress uf society. lie is ignorant
Of the fact, that the so.Cniled "slavc" pop.
u|ntion at the Southern planting States
now number more than the thirteen unitcC
colonies at the Declaration Of Indcpcnd
cnce and from their peculiar normal con
dition and climate, their number will sool
be ten, twenty, fifty and even hundred
million, and that they must forever remain
IN this continent as part Of its popula
tion, and it is much more reasonable tC
SUPPOSE that this modern Hercules coult
split rnilS enough to liam up the waters 0
the Mississippi, than to suppose he could
by any species Of legislation, prevent tn,
spread of the negro element Of our popu
lati0n.
1T" prohibit the admission of any NOR
slave States into the Union"
This is the full-bloo'lcd creed Of tn,
fanAtical Abolitionist. This modern law
Givcr is not aware Of the fact, that climate
and production designate, with unerring
certainty, the nature Of the labOrer beS
adapted to the production Of the grea
staples Of sugar, rice, tobacco and cotton
tina; now enter 40 largely into the com
merce Of the world, and contribute S,
much to the happiness of mankind.
And, while "Old Abe" might be able I,
split any number Of rails in Indiana O
Illinois, he would make very sorry hant
in the miasmatic swamps, updcr tropica
sub, in the sugar and cotton fields of III
South. And in his blindness or ignorance
he has entirely overlooked the importan
fact, that any territory with sutIicien
population, and having formed and adopte'
q republican Constitution, if then appli
cation for admission were refused by Con
| greSs on account Of their domestic insti
tutions, such territory would at once as
sumo the position Of an independent .Stat
outside Of the Union, and would be a
perfect liberty to make such treaties an,
alliances with foreign nations, as thci
position and interests might dictate.
ITO abolish slavery in the District of Colum
bia."
This would be violation of an implc
contract with the State of Maryland, an,
would Justify her in resuming jurisdiction
over the coded territory; the Genera
EnunrnnnnsnI ,rni,lA Ahnrnh,r En.Rn;k Ill Il,