Daily national Democrat. [volume] (Marysville, Calif.) 1858-1861, 1860-02-03
Interfering

We are gravely told by newspapers and
political leaders in the South, that our Gov
eminent has reached II crisis in her aifairs-
the turning point in her destiny. and that in
the event of the election of a Black Republi.
can President, the South ought to seeede
from the Union. This is an alarm which the
Hotspurs of the South have beenaccustomed
to sound at intervals for some time past
and hence, it is by no means strange that on
the approach of another Presidential cam
paign, the alarm should again be heard. 1t
is but threat designed to subserve politi-
cal end; and when the question of the next
Presidency is settled, the Hotspurs of the
South will acquiesce, whether the result be
in favor of their man or the candidate of the
Republican party. Why should they not
acquiesce? Why should they not be willing
to ut least give Republican President the
reins of government for while and see what
sort of Chief Magistrate he will make and
what his edicts will be.
Yet it must be confessed that if the peo-
pie of the South ever had cause for aPpre~
henson in regard to the safety of their "pe-
culiar institution" that cause has been given
10y John Browns foray. and the partial aban.
Comment by the Republicans of the constitn.
tional doctrine common to the Union, that in
the government and regulation of their own
affairs, the Suites are sovereign. If the
general government cannot NEEDLE with
slavery in the States, it must certainly follow
that individuals outside of those States cam
not do so. But Republicans 1--WE do not speak
Of the party as whole) appear to have
strange notions in regard to interfering with
the business of other people. True. they
do not say that the raid of old John Brown
was justihable, or that in any case it would
lie right to use force to drive slavery from
the States. But what do they do? Besides
the everlasting harping upon what they
term the great evil of slavery. they get up
q book written for distribution in the South,
and send it forth. 1t is an anti-slavery doc
ument full of hot words, addressed to the
"peOple of the South, to teach them their
duty" aye inhabitants Of the benighted
South your enlightened brethren of the
North, knowing that you are sadly in need
of instruction, send you this book read it.
You will find therein the words of wisdom.
1t will teach you how abominable that thing
called slavery is-root it out from among you
have no more of it. So long as it exists
there must be an unceasing conflict between
us and YOU" With words like these, the
book called the Impending Crisis" prophe-
sying a crisis to come, is sent forth on its
mission of evil, and its vendors swarm thick
in Southern markets. Anybody could have
puGlicans would have. A nice way it is of
carrying out the doctrine of non.intervention
with the affairs of the States. But perhaps
the Republicans do not call this meddling
If they do not, they have a curious way of
the English language, and it
were better to get up at once. dictionary
suitable to the times-especially for the
benefit of political parties. To hear the or.
gans Of the Republican party speak, one
might suppose that they would condemn any
interference with slavery in the States, the
same as they would with any other local
laws in reference to property. The New
York Tribune, in setting forth the position
of the Republican party, says:
"The Republican party is national party,
having exclusively in view national objects
within the scope Of the powers Of the Ma
tiOnal Government; and nobody in the Re-
publican ranks has ever yet suggested that
the National Government has any authority
t0 interfere with the institution of slavery in
the States in which it exists, any more than
it has to interfere with the other local laws in
reference to property, the domestic relations,
and personal rights.
AS we have already said, Republicans ap-
pear to believe that individuals, or a party,
can do what the General Government can
not If the Republicans wish to elect a
President, it will not do for them as party,
to sanction the circulation of Helpers book
in the South. They must rise above all such
means in the carrying out of their freesoil
doctrine. The Tribune says that its party
will be beaten, and badly beaten in the next
election for President, if they do not shortly
organize the several States and let the PEG
pie know what their true position is. Il
cannot be denied, that late political events
have told amazingly against that party.
OuTRAGEs ON THE INDIANS ON THE MENDo-
cISo REsERvATIoN.-If accounts that reach
us from the MendOcino Reservation, Gays the
Peialuma Argus, are reliable, the viIlainies
that are there perpetrated are exceeded only
by the exploits Of the valorous heroes of the
North. and the whole affair is an outrage
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