The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-08-10
What Lincoln wants with the Forts Ars-
nels Navy Yards, and Dock Yards in the

South.
One Of The excuses made for this INVASION
of the South is to reake and establish the
jurisdiction of the Government over the
public property Of the U. S., but the only
real use thus far made of Fort Pickens and
Monroe is to furnish pens for the runaway
and captured slaves Of the Sonih The
more of these places they take, the more
pens they will have for darkies, and this
seems part of the programme for Kidding.
the South of the horrible sin of slavery
In July 1853 Mr. Lincoln sail-"I have al
ways hated slavery, think, as much as any
aboli,ionist. + Il In my opinion, it
Che slavery agitatisn) oiU not cease until a
crisis shallh aYc been reached anil passed. A
house divided against itself cannot stand.
believe the Government cannot endure per-
mancntlv half slave and half free do
not expect the house to fall, but do expect
that it will cease to be divided. 1t will be-
come all one thing, or all the other
The faithful old Repub. recognises in this
war the crisis, aud is trying his best to canse
the Government to endure permanently, and
all this t,mc the people are told they must
avenge insult to our flag" and place it tri
umphanty upon the forts arsenas navy
yards and dock yards of the South.
"KEHENBER SUMrER-TELL Us ABOUT SUN
TER-were cries raised by the Republicans
AT the recent meeting held by the Democrat
the question poser. Now what are the
facts Sumter is is fort buiIt to defend
the City and harbor OF Charleston Lin,
coin and Cabinet had unoff ciallv agreed to
evacuate it. This was mere pretense, for
he was at the same time secretly fitting out
an expedition to reinforce and provision it,
that he might keep it to overawe Charles.
ton. Whilst his agents were obtaining adj
mission into its walls under the assumption
they were making preparations to abandon
it, an immense expedition was on the point
of starting from New York.
The falsehood and treaehery Of Lincoln,
was discovered, and the necessity of cap
ing the Fort, acted upon before the feet ar
rived. This in the Providence of God was
effected without the shed ling of one drop
of American blood. The very day after
IL, l,f x,I
offs powers and strength, and propbesied
that it would march to victory over the slain
Caroinians. That's about Sumter all
about it,.
Mr.. RANDOLPH AND HIS TREAsoN.-It
seems that this gentleman made some ex
IRENE remarks at the Democratic Convention
recently in reference to the President, for
which the entire Republican party are about
to organize AS Vigilance Committee and
hang him. 1t is asserted that he was but
quoting from the N. Y. Tribune of last fall
and that the reporter mistook it for his own
sentiment, bat suppose it to be all they
charge him with. Now long since these
very Republicans were denouncing Mr.. Blu.
chanan as traitor, and declaring that he
should be executed as such9 If we mistake
not this same gentleman used quite similar
language of Buchanan and was every where
applauded by Republicans. Who talked of
hanging them? Oh you innocent lambs
you are par excellence the advocates of free
speech, but cultivate very short memories.
The Sac Union denounces the Virginia
and Kentucky resolutions of 1898 and '99.
They were equally distasteful to all the
old tory Federaists.