The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-05-04


FRIEND DAN: II has been my intention for
some time past, to let you hear from the vi
cinity If Gold Hill. but having nothing of i'm,
portance tn write, I did not wish 10 take NJ
room in your valuable and interesting journal.
must sny, that such journal ~ the MOuN-
rAIx DENocRAr is needed in eur county, tn
check the selfish Pandering Of fanatical press.
aud teach the people the true principles of
Constitutional riyhts-eQualiiy 6faStates.
We have here IN our n'idAt u set Of brainlcss
patriots, or pretended Observation-Disclosures ii
miserable faction that deserted and betrayed
the true National Democratic party-that ind.
rcctly assisted in the election of sccti"nal
President, for the purpose of bringing Disgrace
and trouble upon the country. They have, 5"
far, succeeded in their treacherous schemes.
They, WIN consider II a crime to be born in a
southern State. and have publicly declared
that "they never would support Southern
man for office. no matter what party or prin.
ciplc he may uphold, and rather than surrender
TO them their rights guaranteed by the Consti.
tuition, they would stand 10 see this CniOn dis
severed and brokcn intoa thousand fragments"
Such are the expressions of the Union savers
IL these days. whn are IOud-mouthed in the ad.
vocacy Of civil wa, without pnus ing to reflect
upon the miseTies intO which they are endeav.
oring to plunge themselves and the thirty mil.
lions Of their coun.rymcn men, women aud
children. No c0mpromisc-nOthing less than
the slaughter f the Southern people will satisfy
these blOod.thirsiy Rssassins. 1.-THE Union
must be preserved, and there is no other re.
st0rative but by the slaughter Of the Southern
people. The Federal Government must con.
quer the South With Northern sword" These
are the expressions Of these black hearted IA.
raiics Of free government, who can best ex-
hibit their patriotism 10 the horrible butchcries
If o war against their own country men, and
are determined to rule BY supplying damnublc
means to hideOus mObs, a. they have done
heretofore in San Francisco. They take after
the sirangling editor" Of that sneaklng Abo-
lition sheet, the Sacramento I'Mioa, who nd
vocated mob violence in opposition to oil Law,
and urged the people on to violate the C"ns'i-
tuition Of this State, BY placing the reins Of gov
erument 10 the hands Of q Awless, hide"us
mob yet he, like the State Of Massachuse,,s.
is very urgent in enforcing the laws Of Con.
stitution they have already brOkvD and violated.
How long has Massachusetts been tamper.
ing with the Constitution! Why, sirs, when
they had become tired Of tamperiug with it on
the negro questiOn-when they believed they
had done ell they could 70 excite the Southern
people by their OdiOus laws, aud failed, we find
them trying to arouse the feelings Of our adopt
ed citizens by extending the naturalization
laws from five To seven years. While the Con.
stitution Of the United States requires but five
years, the State II Massachusetts, requires
seven, compelling the foreigner to remain two
years longer IN become citizen of that State
than Of the United States aud yet, they give
the black the privilege Of voting when he is
but one year a resident. thus placing the for
shown the example to her sister States in the
East us she did in passing the Personal Liberty
bills.
Now, sirs, love the Union! love no par.
ticular section OF it'll love both North and
South, East aud West love it far dearer
than love life but yet am called disunion-
list! And why? Because am an anti cOer-
ciOnist--opposcd to civil war, aud 10 the slaugh.
tcring Of my brethren in the South aud FUR.
thermore, because uphold true, national
principles, taught me by Democratic father
in my boyish days, and although it was in a
Northern State, he taught me TO love my COIN.
try, both North and South. X. ID.