The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-07-27
The Pres1dsns,s ConservatI.m.

The PrestdsnG's Conservation.
F." Lest there be some uneAsiness IN the minds
OF candid men as to " hat Il to be the course o
the Government towards the Southern States
after the rebellion shall have been suppressed
the Executive deems II proper to say that III
VIII be guided By the Constitution and the
laws and that he will probably have no differ
ent mnderstan ding Of the powers and duties O
the Federal Government relative to the rights
of the States aud the people, under The Consti
tniion' than was expressed in his Inaugural
ADDRESS. lie desires Tn preserve the Govern.
nent, that II may be administered for all, ia il
waa administered by tho WIN made il. Loyn
CITIZENS everywhere have the right to claim this
OF the Government. aud the Government has
no right to withhold or neglect it,"
The above extract from President Lin.
coins late Message, is quoted by the editor
Of the Marysville appeal 10 prove to the
National Democrat that the President is
not amenable to the charge of Abolition.
ism In consequence of hifalutin passage
in that document, which,, in the opinion
Of the Democrat, squinted that way. To
our mind it proves nothing Of tho sort.
II 1t be proper to employ one paragraph
separately as a witness to the President
conservatism. ii is assuredly equally fair
and proper TO employ any other separate
paragraph to prove the converse; and, il
the appeal can rely Oh its quotation, the
Democrat can certainly rely upon the para.
graph that arouses its fears, the more
especially since its tone is in tune with
formerly expressed sentiments Of the
President IL it is not AbolItionism, we
are free to admit that We do not under.
stand what the President means in the
following sophomorical passage
This is essentially people contest on this
side OF tho world. for that form and substance
Of government whose leading Object is to ele.
waite the condition Of men to lift artificial
weights from our shoulders TO clear the paths
OF lOudable pursuits for all; to afford all an
untettered start aud fair chance 10 the race Of
life. yielding to the partial and temporary de-.
paltures from necessity. This is tho leading
object Of the Government, for whose existence
we contend"
In the paragraph quoted BY the Appeal
to prove conservatism, the President does
not say Tho will have no different under.
standing Of the powers and duties of the
Federal Government relative to the rights
of the States and the people under the
Constitution, than was expressed in his
Inaugural Address" On the contrary,
he intimutcs that his understanding" is
liable to be different, BY saying he will
"pro6ablV have no different understand.
ing" thus leaving door open in the thin
partition wall between Republicanism and
Abo!itionisIn. Nor would his unqualified
declaration that the rights Of the States
and the people under the Constitution
should be respected and preserved under
his Administration, be Of any value, since
he has tramplcd upon the most sacred
rights Of the people, BY authorizing his
minions to exercise power that the Con.
stitution gives only to the National Con.
gross, and which the Queen Of Great
Britain could not exercise in her heredi.
tary dominions, under the British Consti.
tulion-thc suspension Of the writ Of
hGb,ds corpvS-and has also violated the
rights of property in Selling private tele.
grams and letters. We think the editor
Of the appeal free from AboliliOniS,n, yet
the candidate on the same ticket with him,
Tor Attorney General, is an Aboltionist of
tiic-most- ultra character, and, unless
greatly misunderstood, is Of the opinion
that every slavein the South should DO
freed before the civil war that is now
drenching the country with fraternal blood
shall be permitted to terminate. The
sentiment Of the Republican party is fast
sinking into tho most fanatical Abolition.
ism, and it is time that the honest mem.
bers Of the party were opening their eyes
to the fact, lest they, too, fall into the
sink into which Giddings and Garrison
and Sumner have so long been endeavor.
ing to plunge them.