The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-03-09

The Union OF the states.

There is no true American-no lover Of
his country-nO friend Of rational free
government, but must dcplorc dissolu.
ton Of the American Cnion. Since the
formation of the Constitution Of the Uni
ted States, We have advanced more rapidly
in oil the elements that are requisite to
constitute a great empire, than any nation,
ancient or modern, Of which history gives
any record but strange as it may appear,
to the future Gibbon, whose task it may
be to write the history of the Decline and
Fall Of the great Republic, notwithstand.
ing all our greatness and prosperity as q
people, yet We sppear not to be satisfied
unless like Don QuixOtte, we must have
all mankind, and all the nations Of the
earth to share in our prosperity and be on
an equality-sOcially, legally and political
ly with US. In our insane attempt to equal
izc that which the Creator has made dis
tinct and different, We may loose the great
est blessing ever possessed by any nation
that ever inhabited the earth.
The ilea that the American Union is
indestructiblc, that it must last forever,
and be as eternal as the Almighty Creator
Of all things, is SO absurd and preposter-
Gus as to be unworthy Of moments no.
tice. The idea that finite man, being of
to-day, mere speck in tho pathway Of
time, should bc able to make a government
or anything else that would endure for
ever, could only emenatc in brain that
was hopelessly idiUtic.
The dead can no more bind the actions
Of the living, than the living can bring
back to life the dead. Every nation and
every generation must assume the respOn-
Sibility Of acting for it9elf. The whole
history Of the world is but the history Of
the rise and fall Of Empires, Kingdoms
and Nations.
|, Tho Jews were to possess the land Of
Canaan forever. But where is the Jewish
nation now! Scattered among all the na-
tons Of the earth.
The Modes and Pcrsians had q claw
that altcreth not" But where is the
mighty empire Of the Medcs and Persians
now Scarcely vestige Of their empire
or history is left to tell that they once ex.
listed.
Rome was oncO called the External
City" What is it nOwf Splendid mise
ry, grand desOIatiOn, and magnificent ruin
is ell that IL left of her once bOasted Eter.
nal greatness.
So with all the works Of man. Like
himself, they are all subject to the immu
table law Of change and decay; like him
self, they must oil pass away and be seen
no more forever.
The idea that any human government
will be everlasting, is the last link in that
chain Of despOtism that claimed TO rule
by divine right The science Of govern
mcnt improves like everything else, and
it is only when We attempt retrOgrade
movement that we derange the whole ma
chinery and are liable to destroy the whole
system. Any attempt to bring the gov
ernmcnt back to the early days Of the Re-
public, must signally fail. Our whole sys-
tenn Of government is progressive, and any
man who has to administer it, If he wants
to be successful, must be progressive. lie
must be like the immortal Jackson, aehO
could GI'OayS hear the .t0otsteps Of coming
generations! Any attempt at retrogres-
sion must be attended with disastrous re-
suits; to stand still will end in ruin. We
have now the strange spectacle presented
to US, Of two great parties actuated by en-.
tirely different motives, but both aiming
at the same Object-the dissolution Of the
Union. The North insist on destroying
not only the Union, but liberty itself by
incorporating the negro element into the
political body of the nation; and the South
to save liberty to themselves. their poster
ity and the white race Of mankind, are
equally determined to destroy the Union.
An AmalgamAtiOn Of races must ultimate
Iy and eiisctually destroy liberty, and rem
der the Union valueless; and successful
revolution, blythe secession Of the South,
must sunder the bond Of Union, and de-
strOy the present Government
How very small is the hope Of the pa
triOt when viewing calmly the present
condition Of his country. History telli
him that fanaticisln is an incurable dis
ease, that is transmitted from generation
to generations and it also tells him tina
revolutions never 60 backward. In tn
North there is . great triumphant party
whose IOrs fer the negro is stronger thAI
their attachment TO the Union; and in tn
South there is great party. whose lov