Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-08-04
THE BURDEN OF THE SONG.


THE BURDEN OF THE SONG.
Ever since the commencement Of the las
session Of Congress, in all the debates in tina
body, and throughout considerable portion
of the press Of the country, there has been ar
unceasing effort on the part Of Black Rcpub
leans, to make il appear that Southern mer
arc the only citizens Of the Republic, who al
vocatc or desire 4 dissolution If the Union
The organs Of the ncgro.worshipcrs on thi,
side, and the sheets Of the opposition on tn,
other slope Of the continent have Strivcn Il
the utmost to manufacture political capita
out Of the incorporate counScllings Of those
Justly dcnonnatcd fire eaters, "-as well A.
from the sane and moderate declarations, OF
such Of Southern incn aud Northern Demo
crafts, as perceive the bitterness and radicalism
Of the irrcprcSSiblc conflict doctrine, oi
Seward and Lincoln. In pursuance Of this
scheme. the string of the harp OF feeling on
which they have played most asSidouSly is,
that which gives ont the uttcranccS Of South
crn parOtSm against Republican intcrmeddling
with southern affairs. The lying subsidiaries
Of unprinciplcd fanaticisrn, also, studously
reproduce the assertions Of few ITotspurs,
| South Of Mason's and Dixons line, and insist
that those assertions are correct limitations of
the sentiments Of the entire people of the cot
ton-SrowinG States, towards their Northern
brethren \ bollcr Subtcrfugc. dirticr false
hood, more illtnitabiy erroneous impression
was never sought to he cngendcrcd In the
public mind. Taking this miserable misrcp.
rcscntation as the basis Of the arGument,-
the INSCRIPTIONS foes Of Democracy aver,
that the southern portion Of the Confcdrracy
is ripe for dissolution. We have observed for
some time past the language of the opposition
press in the Fast on this subject, and also the
TRADES Of the Black Rcpubliran gang here, on
the same point, hut have allowed the pitiful
slandcrcrS to pass unnoti'"l. But the Ucca-
sion has now arisen to ,irm,tn'I t,roct, and
force them to the issue. For this purpose,
then, we defy any Black Republican in the
whole country from Maine to California, 10
pr"!u"e the expression of any prominent
Southern man, limiting at, tending towards,
or Shadowing forth dissolution Of the Union,
until the unniStakahlc conduct aud doctrines
Of the Republicans forced the South to the
conviction that her Constitutional rights were
in jeopardy, or destined to bccomc So from
the inevitable fruits Of AboltioniSm in the
North. Not - iiahc, we'd, nor line, Of the
character We designate cnn he found on any
Of the pages of our political history. How
will the SkukinG mi>crcontS meet this plain
proposition: Either silently pass it by, or
come to the rescue Of their unwarrantablc 20.
Sition, with additional fnlschoolS. Mr.. Jetirr.
son well said. on one occasion, wonderful is
the effect of impudcnt and persistent lying.
The British ministry have 50 long hired
gazettecrs to repeat, and model into every form,
lies about our being in anarchy, that the world
has at length believed them, the English ma.
ton has believed them, the ministers them.
selves have come to believe them, and what is
more wonderful, we have believed them our
selves" And it may be well remarked now,
to similar purport, about the lies uttered by
Black Republican lips and traced by Black
Republican pens. Yet il is impossible to
realize that the American nation, and the
world outside, can ever be made to believe
that the only men. the only political party
within the confines Of the Republic, who have
strven for the integrity and preservation Of
the Union since the days of the warriors and
statesmen of the Revolution, with undated
zeal and singlcncSs Of intent, now~lavor dis
solution Of its fair proportions. "Wonderful
is the effect ofimpudcnt and persistent lying;
but there are limits to tho power Of this
mighty agency. November next, will dis
close whether Black Rcpublicanism has reach.
cd those limits. We await with patience the
solution of the problem.