The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-01-05

PLGcEEvILLn. De. sist. 1890.

every man an earnest SsamlnatSon Of himSe
with regard ~ the dangerous aaA threaieaIn
7 POsiIi"n NJ our country. 70 such an alaFmIn
extent has this Gene, that be OHly l. G;,Ol a
bIOckhead who says there Ia no danger. "
hear oil the pEemOnitiOns Of violent storm
We ace the cloud m bigger than mans hant
in the horizon. The BrSt EighinKs Of the lem
pest are In eur carr" Let ua be prepared. I,
believer 10 Republics, believer in the virtue
and capacities ~ the people C,r selEgovern
n'eni, aPprehead danger. fear. from the eV
licences NJ civil disscnaiOna, GFnm the uncnm
ProInisinR con6icts, from, The war and collision
II 'ec''"nul passions and PFciudicrs thst hav
been increasing In number and intensity fur III
~ YEAR,. that eur preaeni Eorm IT gOvernmen
will mot be II long duration. Evidences the
we ehHnntbe blind To Or ignorant VI, eiScuaI
"'ancea that W can neither pOdIIy nor control
attest the truIn Of Thu assertion. The 6lstOr!
cal student knows that the peculiar danger I,
Republics arrives frum Internal dissensious
Our RspasbIic laughs "a seOvts IN external dan
ger. He'd We no'hIsg N Tear buta EwsiEn wal
mr. E'Feign enemy; would hare no feelings q
dread, Aye, we're oil Europe combined SgSins
'n, woSld isOk ~ aneh c"mbinstiOa vial
feslf6gA t'euud ~ lark, ~ whiIe we ere uuiI
ed. osr -spansFy h InPusEsabIs go osV psOpI'
"sC"nqustablc. Ept The PUwer ~ selEdestruc
tiOn is &c eOmpIeGc, 10 the hasdS 1t . naIIen .,
IT an individual; II cannot. with impunity
"sGiIe at the draws dagger asd defy lie POinI.
SuPposngmy hypothesis to be tTue, 10 th,
event II u disS"luihn ~ the Union, what viii
California d"! What ought she 70 do! Ac
c~pte' in the Sl'nII"west manner. thene ere mo-
Wrnt"Is qurStiUHE, aud are but incidental l.,
'"her q"es'i"nsid stAtcsmanship and govern
H'ent IT OersbadOwing Importance. Well in
the succeSsfuI end permsneBt seceasiOn ri sny
! portion II the States Of this Uui0n, California
canU"I aia"rd Ia beI"DG To part ri UHiun.
She will be M member II fraction of II, MI
matter how large that fraction may be. She
will sc''ut the lseTesiea ~ Massachusetts, o. we'll
a. the eR"iisns of S1HIh Car"I,na. Tie inter.
est" of ""r State. a. Nell a. the feelings II aus
pcOple, furbid alike an alliance with either he
South or the North.
am not one II those who feel tie Cnion a
burden and have mere passing rcspsst E~ IL,
am mot Uac Nf IhOso Who value II fur the mere
material benefit Il cnnfrrs lint am 'one ~
ih"se n he ere proad of theErAnd p.,liiieal life
il gives tn all WIN bear the American name
and me WIN. in tue Passipn Of his soul. would
make any nacritice fur the cnIntry he nMEe than
l"vr-. AID the COnsiiiuii';h be thrice swore to
support. But iT "ur brethren II tue Ailsniie
States are ~ GorgetfnI " their "wn hsppiHrsa
aud ProdigaI II their avn inieresis. ~ dr.
v"ih ii pure patti "IIc feeling. 70 CuipaLlr " the
high privilege" they cnjgj sav, IL they. In
the very wuniWnesa Of fErrdUIn aud the rioiouS'
ness II tan much prosperity. dsssruy at nae fell
awOop the fruitful snurce Of al their blessings.
lei us at lraat profit BY their fully, in the etori
I" d" justice to ourselves.
In discussing the duty Of California 10 The
event At dissertations AZ the Uai"n, we ere nxi
ther cs'nspirsaoFs like Catalina, NOR trniIors like
AFn"Ias Er WhsteveF gait may attach q tbOae
wh" bring AbOaI dssa'Iution. We, nut paTtici.
Paiing In the crime, cannot Le partakess 0( the
punishment.
In I""king "~eF the ch,R"Graphy Of the Unit,
ed States. We canno. perceive any natural bar
ricadc or division Cetwrcu the North aud tho
south We do. between the Pacific aud the
Atlantic Sia'es. The boundaries between the
Nut,h and SaVuth are ArtiHcial-ih"Ac bviwcen
the Pacific and che Atlantic are natural; and
the natural hsnHdArics hare slwnys been the
true national boundaries. aud " III eSrr be-. Take
swAy African AcIviSulc ~ Wn.liiy II, land that
not alone slavery. hui the black race it,clf. il
bound tO he crushed cut Ly the natural increase
"f The ~biie race, 10 = truth every iyrn in phi.
msoPhy aceep's.) ard yOa leave the people of
the Atlantic SEA .Aaard one 10 bl,Wd, language
and the boul nrirs 1t their country. Bu, with
US the case i$diGerent. Broad and arid plains
and vast vsHgeA Of mO'snIaIns, the CreaiOr him
self has placed between rs and the Atlantic;
and though the SC encc and eDieFPrise Of "ur
race have already conquered every hilltop and
vHlL-y. made Ilsr distance bet . ride Of h,Mra-
though The electric wiFea will SOan span the
Whole C"ntinrn'. aDd though Gre decade Of
.Nosp JEW NC Usoy - Nbg uNOst1 OUktl0 ~
ing like an rDchaatrr Ovrr the RHcky M0unt.
aims and through The gOFGrs OT The Sierra Ne
vadAa, still Il will oil VrOve nothing but that
We arc near enough fF personal Or political
communication. but not GUr community or
oneness Of interests.
d" mot hesitate to cay that if there h aHy
portion Of OlS Country that languisheS In the
Union. il 10 thai portion Of Il 40 the Pacific
c'Ast. ] do not hesitate TO say, nay, dOgmaI-
ieAIly assert. IL there is aay PortiOa Of the Tn.
ion that will gain BY dikSolution. Il will be
the Pacific cUast. white the UuiOn lasts tet
CaliE~nia be the heaFtiesI, a. she IL the most
enlightened and unseaGsh. ssppOrter ofit. L.,
devotion 10 the Unwn BE- legacy she will
beqneaih fr"m Que lasneraiiun to another 81 her
chi!dreu. Let her imbibc the sentiment that 10
DO = sOvcrrigW SaaieA'f the Americas COnisdcr-
acy, is the greatest glMy Of her political
life. Bss when IL 10 diaFSpsed. let her seek an
",her glory. Let her. then. be not like the
planet IIerschcl In the s.'lar aySten'. and con.
time .beSii0G The OnerOuS hbOFs and d,Sies Of
revolving 10 ? Sypiem-is Me Deter SJgs OfG
'stsrm- from which she receives little light and
lcss heat.
I ll'ink knoW something Of the spirit al the
people Of the Pacific coast. Lei dissoIsliOD
cO1e. and they will nat tie GhsmsslVes " the
fag essd NJ an Atlantic Confectionery. Let II
o'mes and In ii Dorado slOas Il will be iaund
that not AIons hundreds. but tAo1@sds will be
in favor IT Pacific COnfedeFacgL len con.
strained TO admit, when IsOk Of . dissolution
IT the Union sQuarely in+he Iaee. Do pot see
20 nsch cause 10 10 ~ terribly nlArnsa either
for hbcr'y, property or prosperity. Mp posd-
bIs calau'ityy no freak Of fOstuUs. ~ eOnpli-
Gated position Of AFFAIRS, esu deprive the Amer.
ieaa Pes'pls 0G that power ~ ially and perfectly
devsl"ped 10 them: Z mean, Of eoaras. the pow.
eF u sslEgOvosnmsaL Let what will bscQusr
NJ the COnFederaey. NsSts sOssrvigaty SiH ~
sGia aaarrhy can ROtsnsus. The very pow.
Or Of the peOPat. We senSs At their capacity fO'
sOIf.gOvsrn'hent. aaksA Aisa6iOn ia sO'as ssnss