The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-02-09
a wAlSIxo AoAIxsr AsoLIrIorr.r..

WAHNISo AGAINST ABOLITIOHIsTs.
Abolition should no longer he regarded
as an imaginary danger. The Abolition.
lists, let me suppose, succeed In their
present aim Of uniting the inhabitants OF
the slave States. Union on the one hand
will beget Union on the other. And this
process Of reciprocal consolidation will be
attended with ell the violent prejudices,
embittcred passions, and implacable ami.
mositics, which ever degraded or de.
formed human nature. A virtual disso-
luton Of the Union will have taken place,
while the forms Of it's existence remain.
The most valuable element OF union, mu.
tual kindness, the feelings Of sympathy,
the fraternaf bonds which now happily
unite u, will have beOn extinguishcd for
ever. One section will stand in inenacing
and hostile array against the other. The
collision Of opinion will be quickly follow.
cd by the clSsh Of arms.
TIs PICTURE OF the CONSEQUENCES.
! wifi not attempt TO desctibe scenes
which now happily lie conceaicd from our
view. AbOlitiOnists themselves would
shrink back in dismay and horror at the
contemplation Of deSolattd fields, confia.
grated cities, murdered inhabitants, and
the overthrow Of the Iairest fabric of hu.
man government that ever rose TO animate
the hopes Of civilized man.
Nor should the Ab0Iitionists flatter
themselves that, II they can succeed in
their object Of uniting the people of the
free States, they will enter the contest
with numerical superiority that must en-
sure victory. All history and experience
proves the hazard and uncertainty Of war.
And We are admOnished by Holy Writ,
that the race ID not to the swift, nor the
battle to the strong.
THE c0SQUERER AND TIE CONQUERED.
But If they were to conquer, whom
would they conquer! A foreign foe-onc
who had insulted our flag, invaded our
shores, and laid our country waste? No,
sir, no. II would be conquest without
!aurcls, without glOry-a SELF q suicidal
c0nqucst-a conquest Of brothers over
brothers, achieved by one over another
portion Of the descendants of common an.
cestors, who only pledging their lives, their
| IOT tuUG3N 1Uu btIGII b8GIGu
fought and bled, side by side, In many q
hard battle on land and ocean, severed
our country from the British crown, and
established our national independence.
MS DEFENCE OF sorrHeRN ACTION.
The inhabitants Of the slave States or,
sometimes accused by their Northern
brethren with displaying too much rash
ness and sensibility to the operations and
proceedings Of AbOlitionistG but beEOr,
they can b. rightly judged, there should
be reversal Of conditions. Let me sup.
pose that the people Of the slave States
were to form societies, subsidize presses,
make large pccuniary contributions, send
forth numerous missionaries throughout
their own borders, and enter into machi
nations to burn the beautiful capitOls, de-
stroy the productive manufactures, and
sink IN the ocean the gallant ships Of the
Northern States. Would these incendia
~ proceedings be regarded as neighbOrly
and friendly, and consistent with the fra
ternal sentiments which should ever bt
cherished by one portion Of tho Unior
towards another! Would they excite nc
emOtionl occasion no manifestations o.
dissatisfaction, nor lead to any acts Of re-
taliatOry violence? But the suppo ,eC
case falls far short Of the actual one, in {
most essential circumstance. In no con
tingency could these capitOls, manuiacto
rieS and ships rise in rebellion and mas
Sacre the inhabitants Of the Nor therr
States.