The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-21

nave them IN charge, liable for the value
Of the slaves so rescued.
"And in regard to the other vexed
question, viz the right Of going into the
Territories with slaves. why not restore
the Missouri Compromise Liner That
secured to the South all Territory adapted
by soil and climate, to its peculiar insti
tutiOnS'"
These suggestions aroused a storm Of
indignation. The Republican Press, in
and out Of this State, responsive TO the
New York Tribune, denounced, protested
and rcmonStrated-s0me in anger and
some in sorrOw-all however, concurring
in one view, viz. /: that our suggestions
were unwisc If not pcrtdiOuS. IL several
journals by which we had been always
judged charitably, we we're denounced as
u betraycr ofth Republican cause. From
old and influential political friends We re.
ccived letters OF remonStrance and rcproof
Republican Members Of Congress, when
We visited Washington, gave us the cold
shoulder. The idea that the "Chicago
Platform" could, for moment. be over.
looked; or that, if needs be, the Union
claimed q forgctfulneSS Of party, was
secuted. In word, this journal, in hav-
ing made the suggestions above quoted,
WAS tIbooei. We produce extracts from
some mldcr articles to show what the
feeling was:
From III" t'h".l-r Daily Dcm-ra'.
! "Thi$ brief article has been read by pO.
litical friends and foes with considerable
anazelncnt. 1t seems to shadow forth a
! proposition fur Compromise, in some re
Spects impracticable, and in other respects,
as it seems to us, uncallcd for, and not
likely tO do the least good. Il is seized
upon with eagcrneSS by Democratic jour.
mails aS an evidence Of the irSincerity Of
the Republican party, and as . sort Of
admission that in the long struggle to
overthrow the power Of slavery in the
General Government, We have been in
the wrong and our advcrSarics pretty
nearly in the right"
Prom the s!rAru~ Daily Journal.
"Thc Albany Errning Jonrndl speaks
for great many Republicans" when its
uttcranccS accord with their convictions
The measures il proposes are not fair, they
will not be generally responded to in the
Free States, they will not be received with
favor nor even patience by the most de-
voted friends Of that paper. In fact, We
know Of n"thing that would sooner dis.
rupt the Union than per>I>tance in urg-
ing these measures FIR adoption.
Mud Why. let us ask, IT that the North
only, even by leading Republican papers,
i called upon for concessions, mcnial and
ahjcrt. when the South is infinitely more
in fault: The opposition I" the execution
of the Fugitive Slave law has never been
from official action; but always from inli.
vilunl>; willie southern Legislatures, anil
southern GuvrrnnrS and Southern Courts
have pcrpctratrl nuinhrilc>S outragcS on
NoIthrrn citizens. II is quite time that
the Nnith should ask release from com.
promise ~ from these wrongs.
F-ar ~ Caenanso Telegraph.
The Northern people have become so
"u>rd I" being skinned" by rotnnroni>c>
anl concrss;un> (nr the benefit NJ slavery,
that like the ii>hwoman 5 "rclS, they
take il without much "squirnIing." and
we should not wonder if they could be
brought To cn,luIe the iniiirtion Of the
compromise here suggested with a non.
chalnncc which would suppress the first
symptom Of an uneasy "squirm.' But
to none would the process he more tOrtur-
ing than to those brought up at the feet
"i the Gnmalirl" of the .Ipurndi. and by
him taught according tn the perfect man.
ncr OF the law uf the Fathers and il
til, Sc are to he embraced among the num-
bcr expected TO chccrfnlly ncquirScc in
this Or any similar plan calculated Ia
strengthen the power and satisfy the dc.
mandS Of slavery, they should insist, as n
condition precedent. TINT Mr.. Weed will
ut least try to undo the lessons which, by
prccvpt aud example, he has inculcatcd
upon the readers Of the Journal for more
than quarter Of u century.
To these, and the articles Of other po.
litical friends, we replied with carnrstncSS
and emphasis. The New York Tribune,
in the progress Of the discussion, insisted
that the "Chicago PlatioI m" was sacred
and binding. and that our duty to the
Union was subordinate TO the duty We
owe to party. We quote from that jour
nal:
From the Tribune.
Senator Seward, in his speech Of Thurs
,lnv last. declares his readiness to rcnounce
Republican principles for the sake Of the
Union. IL this readiness the Senator diff
lcrs totally from the almost incompatible
+ majority Of the Republican party, and
from the President elect. They regard
these principles as sacred. They will moi
Corswear them ut the bidding Of world
Of seeding and reasonable Shareholders
They see no necessity to choose between
them but #, such n choice must be made
they prefer their principles to FIFTY
Unions.
In the same issue Of the Tribune it
Washington correspondent said:
"a REPUBLICAN DENoNsTRAT
withStanding the compromising aspect o
things, there is likely to be decided Re
publican demonstration here before many
days There would have been q very
emphatic expression Of opinion by Repub
lican Senator's on the day Of Mr.. Seward''
speech on the New York petition, but fol
the fact that Mr.. Mason was awarded thu
flOOr instead Of Mr.. Fessenden. It can
not be long postponed. Gov. Chase ar
rived this morning: lie is explicit agains
the compromisers."
And a few days later the Tribune in
Quired;
"Why can't we now hope that Mr.
Seward, Mr.. Weed, Mr.. Cameron, Mr.
Kellogg, Mr.. L. G. Spaulding, and al
Others who have manifested a readiness
to sacrifice the principles of the Chicagt
Platform to the preservation Of the Union
will discover what Mr.. Clay has discover
! cd, and like him, once moro set their fee
firmly on the rock Of Truth"
Though occupying more space than w
usually devote to iterations, we venture
to ask attention to the following views
and sentiments, bearing, as they do, upor
+ vital questions:
From the Evening Journal, December II. lssO.
, "No MoRs CoNPROxIsEs"-"No BACK
| ,Nc novr,Az " With txO Or three eXCeD