The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-07
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the Constitution is covenant with death
and an agreement with hell, and with q
banner, mo Union with shareholders. "
Its adherents are just now exultant over
u batch Of converts. Its press, for in.
stance, welcomes Gov. BOutwel's Elnan-
cipatiOn Grafton at Lowell on the Fourth
as sounding the key note to the war and
this effort is understood to he we'll re-
cecived in the female circle Of the strong
minded who direct the distribution OF
Abolition tracts among the slaves and the
general working Of the underground rail-
road. But the great body Of the cOmmu-
nifty recoil with horror from an anti slave
~ cruSadei and, so far rs we can gather,
immediate emancipatiOniSts meet with M
favor from them. THE plain people"
are against this method6f national suicide.
But it is no use to deny or to attempt
to cover up the fact, that this old party is
busy, here and now, in preaching its old
anti. slavery crusade. There is sin in
crying peace when there Is no peace and
however Constitutional may bc the course
Of President Lincoln, the anti Onstitu-
tionns clamor is becoming louder and has
got to be met It's the fact that the ne.
gro question is t-otted out on every Occa.
sion BY the Lovcjoys Of Congress; ON the
Fourth Of July by Abolition Orators in
the press in speeches on festive Occa'
siOns and in the pulpit. Our Abolition
ministers can sec absolutely nothing but
blsckneSs Of darkness in the war cloud
now palling the horizon, unless they are
allowed to see as lining in the distance, q
fringe Of taper lights destined to blaze up
into four millions Of freednm watch.t fires.
We repeat: il is no use in affecting to BE-
so blind as not to see this anti slavery
crusade So deaf As not to hear its ap.
preaching footsteps, or so puSIllanim0uE
Ms not TO meet it manIully. Here ut the
North are two codes: the Higher Law
code, as int rprrtcd hv the Abolition
terprrled by the courts The former is
held by the leaders Of this crusade; the
latter is what the plain people" under
stand aud are willing to walk by.
As sign # this Abolition crusade take
the voice of the Charlcstown City Adrer'
tiSer, zralous Republican, whose editor
! has just been rewarded By the President
by being appointed Postmaster Of that
city. On Saturday this ofiicc.holder thu:
lectured the A!Jdny Journal, in special
and told its thoughts in genrral:-" We
must say to the venerable Albany Stuti
tier, that instead Of craning, in its elegant
language, To trot out the negro, we ar,
Of opinion that it is about time to begin
To trot him out Not talk Of negro slave
~ in the halls Of Congress NOW! Thur
low Weed had better tell New England
not to pray" Thus reads this Abolition
press. italics and ALL This Otficc-hOlde
thinks the negro should reap the beneti
Of the war; thinks the people Evil
never again for n moment consent to re
new il all their extent To the South thu
guarantees Of the Constitution thinks
tina, the " United States troops with light
ell linStnck will never again march fugi
tive slave down State street nj the eau
mons mouth, because = man claims hin
a. his property :" and besides ovc,tlOWin!
with a gu>h Of Abolition indignation a
the al!rdged (rure hunbug) Southern
demand for uS "tO get down IN our knee
aud Acknowledge slavery To he of disiH
origin" he thinks that 1.-The occasion i
nOw offered To the people Of the States T.
wllaSh their hand nj slavery" To rcmarl
in passing. while President Lincoln ha
summoned to Washington from Bunkr
Hill a. noble n band nf citizen soldier
aS can grace Az army, IL oppose rebellion
to the Constitution aud the laws by Davl
aud Braursard, ne has put III office Sucl
an advocate of rebellion ~ this, IN the pIac
they cain. from. The rally seen il
Charlc>tOwn about the Constitution ant
the Uni0n-a truly noble effort OF mel
sand women that speaks for itSclf--de>crv
= better representative than this groS
unconstitu;iumali>m.
But word as to the legal attitude @
this Postmaster. Which must We believe
what he says or villa; President Lincol
says! The President, for the sccOn
timc, has Just S,irmnly avowrd that h
would stand by the Fugitive Slave claus
Of the Constitution and return the fug
tive. There are his words, patent to al
His generals are carrying out this policy
SO far as it belongs to them to do ii; bu
this CharleStuWn official announces tina
never more is this Constitutional guaran
ty to have force in Boston! There is, q
this hour, prompt execution OF the law
carry out this Constitutional clause i
rUhin, Indiana and Illinois; and this tide
ity to the Constitution Of the Union
doing immense sci vice TO the loyal cauS
in Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri
but we arc told, this is no law here!
this so: Is not this q good deal worS
. tnan nonsense? IN st. Louis, a newsps
per because it preached rebellion, hS
been, unwi>ely We should say, suppressed
how much less presidential is this dOctrln
Of our Bunker Hill ncighbOr! Then loo
at the pure nonsense Of this reSIStanC
: talk. Who can doubt that, if HOnditiO
case in Law should occur here, PresidcU
Lincoln would do what he sOle,nnl
pledged hi'HSelCAO do! And ifi wer
necessary to do it, that he world Orde
limited States trUops with lighted liz
stock" to help him do it 1t would b
rather . singular spectacle TO see tues
: constitutional ''lightrd linSIOckS" on I'll
Si.le, and see an anti Constitutional an
All anti slavery uaSh at them by motle
, regiment. mad" up Oi President Lincoln
P0AtnaSters, Ab"li,IOn orators and clergy
men, strong-minded women. benton emaI
cipation. narshalcd on by the Charlie
> town Postmaster aS their Colonel! COul
, their leader save this band from the "ligh
, Q l linstOck"!
) But the tone Of public opinion, as
= meddling with slavery in the States
sound here, and is on President Lincoln
side. "Ih0re no Iascfs.I rigAt to iNts
tere UitA sIdrcry Okers it srista." Al
President Lincoln's words; while h
pledge to stand by the Constitution, a
its guarantees, is before the world. No
pray, where does this ChnrleStOwn Pos
master get hS authority to consider n
solemn guarantees Of the Constitution {
. abrOgatedl When did the people thrO'
them Off When. for instance, cid Ma
sachusettS set aside the Federal ConSt
; tntion? What need Of renewal? VIII
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