The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-02

| TeyHTu, HIltl common iHteFt6t huu WHSu
these iraternal feelings cease to exist,
mere paper Constitution is but a deLusire
m0ckery. In l840, the act which my
friend who just preceded inc spoke Of, and
was called in common parlance, the nine
months law, was repealed. II permitted
our southern brs thrcn, who visited the
State "t New York, to bring With them
! their servants, and remain nine months;
aud yet they were aS fully protected aS
they were in the States from which they
ollnc. In $40, sir, TINT act was Repealed
! was then IL Incmh,rUi tlr Senate oi this
STATE, aud although never dreaming that
| should bc Oh the national boards Of egS.
Misunderstanding little Of this great qurs'
ton compared with what know now, ]
resisted the repeal Of that law to the best
Of my ability as long as could by aIgu-
mcnts-aS long as | could by fair efforts,
aud finally when driven to the wall, my
blood c"urSing more rapidly than now,
! r'Si>t,d II Ecti"usly, and kept the INA
J"rlty waiting Tor ncary II Whole night.
| received the rruaId> It appreciation
! from patriotic mon TOR my CXcrtirnS uli
the one side. and ny iull basket Ol nn"ny'
NOUS lcttt,Is al abuse on the oIhrr. But
| Sc"in To speak al my pcrN"naI nctIon.s
hcllcvc that was the .E'St source y tTOuGle
between thr North anl South, and thimk
the IcStuIa atom Of that bin would do mnrc
u irSt"re good feeling and good viii than
almost any other course that could he al
vucatcd. 1t is not an amendment Of the
Constitution that is wanted mercly-thc
laws are well rnough-the federal laws
a 4
Is their execution according to the spirit
III which they were runclrd, that is called
for and dvulahdcd on the part Of the South.
They insist upon the great principle "t
the equality uf the StatS, dnd Mey are
ehttttcd To 10 upon every consideration
tnat can inliu nee men, communities, and
States. 1hv Constitution makes them
vQuai- the law makes them equal they
are vquuI i'll tn, sight "t honest men, aud
are Quui~ III the sight Vi GOd, aud roe be
10 htm tchO undertakes 10 trdmptC them
tto~n. (AppIau>e) The South SIC and
feel the advancing population oi the North,
aud that huw III thc National Legislature
they are III the minority. They say that
in II lew years thrrc will be II majority Oi
two-thirds against them, not only Of States
the Legislature, and they well mny fear
that the sentiment ol the cntire free States
viii sweep their Institutions away. And
hcncs il l. that they take am hence II
is determined that now, while they have
sumo poMcI and some strength, unless
hty cdH hare djttttOmdt guarantees Ia
prot Ct and sustain them, 10 seceLe from
tie Cmton. lh,y arc fOrcwarncd und in
tend to hc lOrcaImed, and unless they can
hnd safety, security, equality and repo>c
in the Union, they intend TO seek it out
side, whatever fate may await them. !
know here are those among us who say
that Ihc South ito not intend tu Scccdc,
they say thIS Is unnecessary alarm, they
say tnry can he coclccd aud driven back
IN their position. All that is necessary is
lrmuvSS. But the South have seen for
years these little rlvulrtS Of opposition
tTmIng upon the hills and forcing down
through the gOrgrS, until they form the
Jhack aud bitter tcdterS Of one great set q
abolition, Which thredtenS to 0rerchelnI
dnd cngUy' Mem.
lnavr already remarked that this Union
was union of good feeling, n fiaternnl
unInn, oi equals, ol good fellowship; aud
he who SuppuscS that these States can bc
continued as members 0i the COnirhcracy
by cOeTctOn-that they can be T0Hght, de-
Jttt10 dIod Su6duod, into tQual aud inith-
luI numbers oi the COnieteracy should
90 home To his domestic hearth and there
breed jcalou>ics, di>truSt and nnimnsity
between himself and the partner of his
uoSum--shc who pledged he sell to love,
AZ,
Of his children, who has attended him
through the vicissitudrs Of life and the
bcrcavrIn, ntS which have awaited them
aud after hc has created this disturbance,
LIT him then attempt tO chnStisc her III
make her love aud honor him more. And
when he has succeeded, let him attempt
to chnstiSc n STATE, until 1t shall become =
more faithful member Of the COntcdel acy.
All the paper laws We have-'nlI the
strength, force and power Of the C0nstltu'
ton - the army and navy, the national
kgiSlaturr and the executive power OF the
gov crnment, are all not NOrth a singh
rush to compel StHte to remain one
hOUr in the COnederdcy longer than Il
h0OscS to remain. II the allegiance Of II
Slntc can lie secured to the federal Con-
Siitutinn. it must he because II believes
that it L. its duty To the sister States under
the Constitution Hp"n the Srent plnci'
pies of equality, upon which the federal
GnvcrnIncnt rests. Will the children OI
common father, who sit down ut the
family table a. rQunlS, consent to he de
graded hy being driven under system OI
domestic inequality To submission 7 Let
those who believe that this evil can be
avcrtcd, and that the Union cnn M pre-
rvcI 10y force, attempt that method, hut
let good men. every patriot set to work Ia
correct the public sentiment Of the North
The ,hIblir feeling Of the South has bccn
.oadrd aud irritatvd until it has arrived,
m good degree, at point of d,Sprra'
tinn. The SunIh cares little about the
mare ciCcti0n oj Mr.. Lihcoih they vie"
1t ~ the development al pHbhc @nft'
mtHt, asa last and final violence Of the
sentiment nf the free States. They look
at uS aS StatrS--n0t ms individual mem.
bvrS ol the community, aS we look at
them, aS States, not aS individual mem
nrr> nf S~irty.' They regard this ns M
evidence oi public sentiment which has
passed beyond their control, and they
say now that there is no hope for them
within th" Union as equals, aud they will
>rcedr. What W. must convince them 0l
is, that we will not only repeal our ObnOx'
inus laws upon paper, but we will repeal
the prcr"iii"g public sentiment that is
1 -U5Urr- 71rrnfrfuuS -ttrnit-ill tt-ebRexiaVt
laws "f New England aud all the free
States together. [Applause.] hisa sen.
llncnt that has been infused by political
drmagnguts who have gone through the
land executing n commission Of evil; II
Satan himself had been permitted to come
upon earth to scourgc msnkinI, he, could
not more successfully have accomplished
his mission than by going through the
country and preaching 'lemagogueism and
Sccti"nniSm on the subject Of slavery,
[applauSc,l and whether he dig It as
political drmagoGue or ministerial one
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