Daily national Democrat., 1861-08-29
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openly declare hostility to the Federal Gov
ernment When State decides to remain
trne to the National cause. the programme
seems to he that bandits from abroad shall
he precipitated upon her soil TO coerce her
into rehelion-to sul jugate her and drag
her into the foul mirts of anarchy and disun
ion. The recent invasion of the loyal state
OF Missouri ly holdes of rutiians from rehel-
lious states proves conrlusively that the pre-
sent rebellion aims at the destruction of peace
to bow down at the feet of the frotby usurp-
er. Davis. We have In this StOte good y
number Of traitors. men who hate our Gov
eminent. aud all who adhere TO IT, McCon-
nell will receive he votes of all these char"c
trrs Does any one presume to deny ii ?
NJ ny will vote for Mcconnell because they
are too blind no to see the real aims Of the
10 lster spirits of his party The actual trail
tors in the State are lal oring night aud day
with Internal zeal to foment civil war here
They know that after next Wednesday their
Influence will lie gone, 20 far as the ballot
OK is concerned. They are desperate and
bad men, and do no, eeruple TO represent 10 ig-
nurant men that they must resist to the death
the rule of any party ont their own. We
believe that the election of Nee, nnell would
emIo!den these desperate characters to at
tenlt a resistance 10 Federal authority in
this state Such result ns McConnel's elec
ton ia, however. impossible. Whnt then :?
The belief is gaining ground that as soon
o. the election is over, and false professions
OF fraternal love by Secessionists are no long
er necessary for partizan purposes. some A.
temps to disturb the peace will be made 10y
them 10 this State. We believe that no sane
man doubts that large and powerful or
gnnization hostile to the United States Gov
eminent, exists among us. 1t is, in our
opinion. the controlling power in the Me-
Cnnnel party. Time will show whether in
its desperation, this faction will rush on t.
certain destruction by raising its head in this
Union state. or whether it will agree with
the burly knight that "the better part of
v,lor Is discretion" Some Of the Union
press express one opinion and some tie other.
For our part We hope to see Union men
alive to the terrible condition Of affairs which
now exists throughout the country. and ready
at all times to rise in organized might, TO
crush out anything like Claib Jacksonism in
California We quote a few extracts from
State papers in reference to this subject, for
what they are worth.
The Morning Call says:
We hear positively of various Secession
sympathizers in this State who vow positive
" to resist, even by force, the collection of
the United States Property and Income Tax
Before The time for its collection arrives they
may think better of the matter
A correspondent of the Call eays that Nc
Culloch was in secret council with G win be-
fore he left Washington, and that Gwin is
furhering the efforts of Secessionists to pre-
cipilate II revolution. We confess that G wins
presence in the State at this time is wholly
unnecountahle. if he is not eudeavoring to
aid the cause Of hi. bosom friends, the South
ern conspirators. in some other than IA polit.
ical way. The "old Badger" knows very
well that his party here caDnot now or a
any future time have nay power il the State
Is he not stud ing up are revolutionary plan
or slowly working ont one previously ar
ranged He is out of his element if he is no
engaged in mischief and we think every
Union paper in the State should warn the
people to watch his movements and those o
his we'll known followers. We believe that
Gwi ought to enve the State, md every
friend Of the Government agrees With us -
| The whole country believes that he WAS one
Of the original movers in the present cons j.
rncy. His presence here is an insult to Cal
ifornia. He told the United States Senate
before the Presidential election that he kaeu
there was to lie rebellion and if Iaw aud
common sense are in auywise related, as they
are said TO be. he is an guilty of trea
son as are Of Davis. Benjamin and the rest
aud is proper subject for the next Uni-
ted States Grand Jury.
The San Francisco correspondent OF th,
Union wrote to that journal II few days sine,
as follows.
Even here in San Francisco wc have an
organization of Secession sympathizerl, who
| hold regular meetings to di-cuss reasonable
plans-ht least such is the public avowal OF
persons who profess to be able to furnish
proof of the ct Evidences of the existence
Of large organizations of Secessonists in sew
,tp pl Of ha nj AT anuntips nnt WAutinO "
to show that our State possesses an element
of treason that will bear watching
A WRITER in Tuesdays Alta Californian
says:
| I assert tr1tat I know. when / say that
throughout the length and breath of thit
State, exists II secret Secession organic alton
its ramihciaons extending into nearly every
city and town in California. Our enemies
have thus far confessedly eXcelled us in eye-
TEN combined action method. secrecy. and
thorough organization. They are exel cising
silent bat ceaseless activity all over this
State Combinations full of danger, nre
forming about us, and it ia our own fault i!
we sleep in fancitd -security. Sumter like, uu-
til are placed at their mercy. In this
very city the traitors are active aud punle-
rons.
A Sonora (Tuolumne county, correspoadent
of the San Francisco Herald says:
IL am only speaking what kaooo, when
say that an effort is being made hy the Me-
Connpll party TO revolutionize the State
Citizens of California who are Of Southern
birth are about equally divided in numbers
on the question of union or diSunion The
dsuuionists for the most part are the moSt
desperate men in the state, and are banding