The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-08-03

Will throw into the hands of Government will
invest it with so vast an influence and hold out
such means and temptations to corruption as all
the virtue and public spirit of the people will
be unable t6resist."
In this brief memorial of British taxation, we
but too surely read the future history Of the op
preston that awaits our own dear country. And
we shall thus see Government that was intend
ed to be administered upon principles of the
strlctcst economy, for the purpose Of saving the
people from u heavy burden of taxation, pervert-
ed into an oppressive despotism
. But, it may be said that the English people
live and prosper under their onerous system OF
taxation. and that in the event of the restoration
OF the Union by military coercian. the resources
OF our country a"e such, that we may bear up un-
der the burden of our taxes. and still continue to
be prosperous and happy people In reply.
would say, that the Engliih Government has ex-
listed for many centuries, and although the pop
ualon OF great Britain proper is but little greater
tan our own, yet Queen Victoria sways her
sceptre over several hundred millions in the East.
the productions OF whose industry enures to her
benefit AND however we may feel disposed to
fatter ourselves, the wealth and resources Of the
United States is not at all comparable with those
OF Great Britain. One of our own great ora
tors, in describing the extent AMI magnitude of
her possessions truly said: "She is a power that
mas dotted over the surface of the whole globe
with her military posts; whose morning drum
beat following the sun, and keeping company
with the hours, circles the earth daily with one
onlnuous and unbroken strain of the martial
airs Of England"
Notwith landing the vast resources of this
wonderful Government, large numbers Of the ma
tive population of Great Britain fill the poor
houses; and strange ar it may sound to American
ears. hundreds die annually from actual starva-
ton. This know from recent inquiry and per
sonal investigations
In my humble opinion, in no past period has
Il ~ H.,
great people such an unspeakable misfortune as
did the election Of Mr.. Lincoln by The people
of the United States. On the day of his elpc-
tion the orbit OF the great States that crcled
our Federal Union passing north along the
shores Of the Atlantic to the Canadas: thence
weeping over the Sierra Nevadts and down the
shores of the Pacific; and then whirlny South,
almost cutting the Tropics, along the banks OF
the Rio Grande; east again to the Atlantic. EN-
bracng the most God gifted land that the sun
ever look ed down upon, Inhabited by thirty mil
lions Of people Of one common descent, langu-
age and history received shock from which
fear it never will recover.
AN entire change of our Government as well
as the total wreck OF our Federal system, under
the present Administration. appears to my mind
to be almost inevitable.
am not Il Secessionst, but cannot support
or approve Of the course taken by the present
Administration in its war policy. My views on
tnlS su'Dect lnu expressed III single sentence
by General jackson in his Farewell Address
He said: But the Constitution cannot be main
tanned nor the Union preserved in opposition to
public feeling, by the mere exerton the coer-
cire powers confidcd to the General Government
The foundations must be laid in the affection of
the peoples in the security it gives to life, liberty.
character and property IN every quarter Of the
country; and in the traternal attachments ,ohich
the citizens Of the seUera/ States Jear to one an
either as members Of one political family. mutu-
ally contributing to promote the happiness OF
each other"
have in this rough and dcsulto.y manner en-
deIvored to communicate to you frankly my po-
ltlcal sentiments. and | greatly regret that tlcy
do not accord with your own.
have the honor to be. with great reg ,r1, your
cricnd and obedicnt servant.
C.. NJ HuClICoCK