The Placer herald., 1861-07-27

speedy way OF striking Z nara dow at slavery {,
and as Mr. Seward expressed "Germarizlng the
South But it is becoming apparent to all that
.crushing out" is not re- toring. That it is as bad
to dissolve the Union by war. rs by quietly seced.
ing. That in every gun fired there is more ana
worse secession, than in all the efforts OF Jeher-
son Davis and his chiefs That the Constitution
WAS never granted to bend its energies to the
destruction OF the very sources OF its own being.
Upon close inquiry then, l find no difference in
the result quiet secession or tOrcible dismember-
ment. Nearly every one will admit war to end
but in dissolution of the Union, and this appears
inevitable Tis but more hasty way. or 1t may
be- should say II more certain way OF termlhat-
inc our constitutional existence. "Wby then VIII
We fght?'
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
The adjourned Democratic State Convention
met in Sacramento on Tuesday, 23d inst. at hall
past two o'clock. at the Methodist Church on Sew
enth street. Todd Robinson. President. called the
Convention to order and said:
Gentlemen of the Convention: At our last
meeting Il series Of resolutions constituting
platform were adopted, expressive of the politi
cal sentiments and the desires Of the Convention
with regard to the great transactions which are
transporting in our country. The purpose for
which the Convention meets again is to select
ndv iduals az candidates for State and Federal
Office who will advocate those sentiments, and
proclaim the policy which we believe in to our
tellowcitizens throughout the State. The events
which have TRANSFERRED since our last meeting. are
calculated, if anything could be calculated. to
give additional emphasis to the wisdom policy
and patriotism which are expressed in our resolu-
lions [Applause.] At our former meeting we
were at the beginning of fearful and terrific
revolution; that revolution by no means has turn
ed backward. Contending hosts ale now in the
field. The fields OF Virginia and the plains of
Missouri age dyed with the blood Of our fellow
citizens. The commerce of the most fertile coun-
try upon the face of the cal th. with population
OF thirty millions Of the most industrious and
Intelligent inhabitants, has been destroycd-both
its torci gu and domestic commerce. Ships. sailor
less. lie rotting at their wharves, and throue bout
the whole couatry nothing but I. scene OF carnage
and strife is presented to the eye. The gentle
solicitations OF humanity for more perfect civil
ization. the fervid prayers OF piety, for more
iervent Christianity, are senced by the trumpet's
clangor and the cannons roar The darkness oil
madness covers the land and the curse .! madness
governs our rulers. [Applausc.] More striking
still. free, constitutional. a republican Gov
ernment has been subvercd. [Applausc.] The
principles of the Declaration of Independence
have been disowne'l. That instrument declares
that government is instituted for the purposes OF
protecting us-protecting life. liberty and the
pursuit of happiness Our Federal Almlnistra-
ton. by murder and carnage, gives us our secur-
ity for life; by the Imprisonment of our citizens,
it furnishes the protection to the liberty of the
citizen; and by the attempted destruction OF
S2.OOOOO0,OOO or property. IT shows what regard
it pays to our pursuits of happiness. [Applause.]
To make solitude and call it peace: to spread
desolaton over the land anal call it more perfect
union; to introduce discord and strife into the
midst Of our country, is to insure more perfect
tranquility: to dethrOnc State and old its citl-
zcns in subsection to an armed sodery, is to pro
vide tor the common defense and general welfare;
and to tramplc upon Il Constitution and disown
its principles, is said to secure the blessings OF
liberty to us aud to our posterty. Applause
and cheers
II we raise our voices in the mode and m,nner
which the Constitution Of our country secures to
US the enjoyment-if we freely meet in Conven-
tion citizens OF this Government. to express
our opinions upon those subjects-we are termed
rebels an traitors If we do not give our assist
ance to carry on this most unhallowcd, this most
Internal war, we are secessionists and rebels
against the Government. [Applause.] If this
be true. the action and conduct of Brutus WAS but
the frenzed conduct Of mailman. If this be
true. the devoted patriotism of Tell but IL
piece Of infamous charaanry. for sooner than sup
port such doctrines and maintain such princip pies,
| would bow to Geser's hat and say that pario,-
ism only existed in his mind that would so do.
! [Applausc.] To save us from those evils and
their attendant consequences. to rid us OF the
pers which now surround and threaten to sur
gentlemen, and that is the policy which you have
adopted policy Of peace [Applause.] All
history is an argument in its behalf. History
furnishes no instance in which the prosperity of u
country or the freedom Of people was main
tanned by force OF domestic The splendid
empire OF Charles V. was erected OH the grave OF
liberty. History points from the grave of Rome
to the spccter OF Carthage. The contests betweci.
Marius and Scya between Caesar and Pompey,
buried the liberties Of Rome forever. The strifts
amidst the Grecian Republics eXterminated civil
| lzatlon, destroyed philosophy, and blotted that
pioneer country in the history of free govern
ments entirely out of the earth The convulsed
| lips of the dying Demosthenes utter an argument
in our behalf and Rome speaks in our favor in
the mute eloqucnce Of her mangled Tully."
[Applause] Not only protane. but sacred his
tory, furnishe illustrations and arguments in be-
half Of the policy which we advocate, for it is
written in sacred hist ry, and it is the decree of
Prov dence itself, that in the history of nations
Upharsin follows Tekel. Tekel thou art weigh
ed in the balance and found wanting: Uphar-
sin, thy Kingdom is destroyed and given to the
Modes and Persians. [Appause]. Nay, the great
God OF Hosts, the ultimate nrbiter of battles.
has said that they who live by the sword shall
perish by the sword; and that Union, that Gov
| eminent; that banner which has to be preserved
by the sword must, in the DEGREES of Providence,
inevitably fall before the sword. [Applausel
Impressed by these convictions, gentlemen. we
are assembled to select the candidates who are to
advocate them in our State. 1t is no sectional
cause; there is no private or social purpose in
volved in it, The object that we have in view
is to invoke the return of peace that has been
banished from our midst by those whom we have
selected to rule over us. Let deliberaton wait
upon our counsels; let unselish patriotism guide
us in our selections; let dignity and decorum ac-
company all our proceedings. For my part,
will attempt to prevent any confusion resulting
from the clashing priority Of the claims of
posing or contending resolutions. (Applause.1