Daily national Democrat., 1861-03-19


that of persons held to service. To avoid mis-.
conception of what have SAID depart from my
purpose to speak OF particular amendments so fan
as to say that holding implied constitutional
views, have no objection to It's being made ex-
press and irrevoc4b The chief magistr,ta de.
rlves all his authority from the people, and they
have conferred none upon him to fix forms r the
separation Of the States The people themselves
can do tins only, If they choose; but the Exucu-
tive, as such has nothing to do with it, His du.
ty Is to administer and preserve the Government
as II came to his hand, and to transmit it, unn-
paired by hnn, to his successor. Why should
there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate
justice Of the peopeg Is there any better or equal
hope in the world, in our present difficulties? Is
either party without faith berg in sight of tne
Almighty ruler of nations with his eternal truth
and justice on every side. This same people have
wlSeiv given their public servants but little power
for mischief and have with equal wisdom provid-
cd lop the return Of that little to their own hands
at very short intervals, while the people retain
tEeir virtue and vigilance No administration in
any extreme OF wlckedneSS or folly can very seri-
ousy njure the Government in the short space Of
four years. My couutrymen, one and ALL think
fayorubly and wei upon the whole subject Moth.
ing valuable can be lost by taking time. If there
be an object to hurry any Of you in hot haste to
step which you would never take deliberately,
that object will be frustrated by tx ing time; but
no good object can be frustrated by it. Such OF
you as are now dissatisfied still have the old Con-
stituton uuimpaircd, aud on the sensitive point
the laws of your own framing under it; while
the new Administration will have no immediate
power if it would, to change either If were ad.
mhtcd that you vino are dissatisfied, would be on
the right in the dispute, there still is no sin
gle good reason for prtcipittte action.
Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and Il
firm reliance in Him who has never YET forsakeu.
His favored land, are still competent to adjust, in
the best way, all our present difficulties. In your
hands my dissatisfied countrymcn, and not III
mine, is the momcntous issue Of civil war.
The Government will not aSsail you. You can
have no conflict without being yourselves the az
greSsorS. You have no oath registered in heav-
en- to destroy the Government, while shall have
The most solemn one tG preserve, protect and de-
fcnd it. am 10th to close. We are not enemies
but friends We must not be enemies. Though
passion may have strained, it must not sever our
bonds 0failtct!on. The mystic chords of memo
rv, reaching from every battlefield and patriot 5
grave to every loving heart and hcarthstOne all
all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus
of the Union, when again touched as surely as
they Will be by the better angels OF our nature.
REPUBLICANS CowED.-According to the
subjoined extract from an Indian Hill letter
to the Sierra Citizen. the Republicans didn't
dare raise their flag at that locality, on the
day OF the Inauguration of Lincoln:
Now, Messrs Editors, we come TO politics,
and you bet Brcckinridge is mighty strong
here, suppose the Old Rail Splitter, (OiI
Honest Abe, scme call him, but you cant
stuff the homes part down me,) ,quatted him
self in the Lig chair at the White House YES
terday, and that now we will all be mauled
into either cocrci9u or some other sea port
Now, sir Indian Hill owns flag, and the
Republicans do not, but they hejrg black,
made proposition, on sunday night, to raise
that banner as Il Black Republican flag, and
the words We're no sooner abroad than big
six foot Kcntuckian jumped up and told them
if it was done he would cut it down, and old
Mississippi siid he would cut it down., too,
and there was a good many others ooucurred,
but said nothing. and consequently the 1lay
did not 90 up.
CoTroN ~ ArGcA.-lt was remarked TO a
number of intelligent natives near the Shire
lakcl,t; "You should plant plenty Of cotton,
and perhaps the English will soon come and
buy it," "rurcly the country is full of cot
tom, said au elderly man, who was a trader
and had Travelled much. Our own obscrva-
Uou convinced Us OF the truth of this state
ment. Everywhere We saw it. Cotton
patches of from two to three acres were seen
abreast Of the cataract5 during the first trip
when Lac TamanIua was discovered
though in this journey on a different route
none were obsrryed of more than half an
acre They usually contained about quar-
ter of an acre each There are extensive
tracts on the level plains on both the upper
and lower shire, whore salt eNudes from the
sell. Sea Island cotton might grow wild
"a. . . ;
longer in the staple. The cotton growers
here never have thcir crops cut of lay the
lrosls There are none Both kinds Of cot
ton require but little labor; none of that se-
we're and killing toll requisite in the United
States. The people are great cultiyators of
the soil and it repays them well. They
grow hssaycr in large quantities, preparing
ridges for K from three to four feet wide and
about foot h;ah They also raise maize,
rice, two kinds of millet beans sugar cane.
sweet potatoes, ynms, groUnd-nuts pump
kins, tobacco and indian hemp. Near Lake
Nyassa we saw indigo seven feet high.-Dr
L,riagSt9a
Wruurns RAyINE, SIERRA CouNry-A cor
respondent of ihe Citizen says:
S!uicing is not SO extensive as it was year
ago. vet those that have continued here, have
made fair wages. !. Q. Smith IL Co., have
been siu!ciug at the junction of the raNinc,
for nearly three months, making wages The
boys haye turned the most of their attention
to prospecting for quartz there having been
one ledge opened in the ravine, 10y IIill Il
Meady, which promises to be as rich as any
in the county They are running two aras-
tras, crushing ahoat three tons per day. The
company are erecting another arastra, and IA
magnificent water Wheel to drive their
starups. When tkcs" operations aro compile
ted, which will be about the first Of April, it
will ie second to u0ae in the county.
II Joe Lane is SO much diepleusod with the
T. :. Government, and SO ANXIOUS to destroy
why does he not ta.;e lis sous from the naval
and military schools, where they are being
elucatel at the expense of the Government
And why don't he resign, and refuse to re-
ceiye his snlaYy?-- Orcgom StcttSh}a'.
Because cll Joe is a miserable, sniyeing
old demagogue We beg all the worlds
pardon, thousand times for having at one