The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-03-30

- sSessDa Dasia UiIh SiseuilS eOCInsss,
arboaranoR sd ssaso en- patris4sw. They
Aeld TbeiE HlDs ~ epits q tns1tts 70 then.
elves sud CDuMtFy 500 e. - pagty bad to 90
lurs beEfs, su1 are nOw pesparsd to make any
eAeriacs q GssliAg r. the preSssvaii0n q The
UsiOs.-kS11svilS appeal.
We a. an American, not a. Q partisan,
say that the Republican party Was origin
sted in and promoted to power BY unfta-
ternaI feeling toward the citizens Of the
SoutAern States; that principles which
array one portion Of confederscy of
equal States against another, are not and
cannot be national; that principles which
are not national cannot be right so long Is
there l. ground for any general protest
against them that this secession panic"
was produced BY the professions, the
practices and the rise Of the Republican
party, that the object oil that party. de-
clared before and since the last Presiden.
tial election, is the exclusion Of sny more
States which may wish to enter the Union
with Constitutions sanctiOning negro
slavery. We say that this object aims to
entirely destroy the just plan Of equality
upon which the cOnfederacy was founded,
and to make q certain body Of States NOR.
ally inferior aad politically subS<rvisnt TO
another body Of Ststes. We say that
the Republican assertion that, It is not
the object Of the Republican party to In.
terfere with slavery where 1t exists, is not
an evidence Of honorable concession, for
bearAnee, patriotism and "sacrilce Of
feeling for the preservation Of the Union,"
but that, in the true view Of the object
and causes Of secession, il is an exhibi.
ton Of the singular GOODNESS" with
which party In the wrong can self ap.
provingly turn around under the respon-
siLiIity. We say that the citizens Of the
Southern States have not been actuated
BY fear Of immediate Republican intcrfe-
renee with slavery where it exists, but
that they have rightly found cause Of
alarm and dissatisfaction in the determin.
alton Of the Republican party to deprive
them Of equal rights in the government
frst BY establishing free State prepOn.
dsraSOs and second. by employing thai
pVepOOdeTance in means, direct and gov.
ernmental, for the utter abolition oil
slavery 10 the United States.
As an American, not as partisan, We
say that the proCessed desire Of the Re
publican party to preserve, or reconstruct
the Union is proof that the rise Of the
Republican party has created the "seces
SION panic" and b IN acknowledgment o.
the unjust sdaptability Of Republican par
~ principles to the harmonious govern
meat Of the Union and the increase o
ffatsrnal feeling among the masses Of ID,
IPsOpla We say that our system Of gov
eminent admits Of no general disturbAnc,
except from oppressive majorities; tha
Oppressive majOrties cannot be supported
BY any fundamental principle Of our gov
eminent; that any persistent oppression
calls up the right Of revolution; that tn,
right Of revolution extends to the furma
ton Of any government which may sui
the sovereign portion Of the people en-
gagged aud interested that . sovereign
portion Of the people is the majority o.
the citisens Of State. II the slave States
had the opportunity of gaining q perma.
nent majority in the Federal Government
and should aim BY an inevitable course o.
party and governmental policy, to force
slavery upon the free States, would moi
those States possess the right to CHOOSE
their own means Of resistance II they
should discover that the slaveryised power
vaS advancing 10 such . direction % ID
continually Lessen them 10 the scale oil
confederate equality, would they not b.
justified 10 adopting the mast available
rs@sdy for the preservation to themselves
Of sovereign importance and the enjoy.
me"t Of the privileges which they had
determined were riShtfully their own
Who but themselves would have the right
to decide upon their means and their
courseI