The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-02

the CONSCIENTIOUS Dettet OF Sue OVuSu -"
rest on the sincerity Of our resolutions,
addresses and speeches as representing
the public mind Of the North, and not
till then, will come concord and unity. ]
have little faith in anything excerpt that
which goes towards creating or developing
at home a pure, patriotic, slsvdted public
sentiment
huvc little faith in n meeting in this
great commercial city, or in anything II
can do,a aIurther than IL Is evidence 81
public sentiment. The South are sure 0t
the fidelity Of the city Of New York
I (ApplauSc:J II las been true ut III uner,
II has never swerved with its great anu
mighty patriotic minority. But the south
have seen that the vote Of the country ~
Overw helming, and renders the city Of
New York pOwerlcSs so far as 1t is an eV'
dencc Of the public sentiments Of the
State and city, It will have its influence
and no further. But We must 60 iurIher'
aud must repeal the obnoxious laws on
our statute book, aud the repeal must car
~ evidence that 1t Is not for any tempo
rnry purpose that II Il not because our
ptcuniary- interests have been touched,
| Dul " Iluhl UC IIl CWbuCHNC - -
Election 0f the returning public sense. ana
that those who would not see have been
made to fce:, and that the returning sense
aud reason are real aud will be permanent.
The free States must bc brought up to
the consideration Of great public duty.
The South have not offended us. We
cannot say that they have ever laid hnger
upon us They have not invaded our do
main. They have not interiered with any
interests belonging to us as S0verelR"
States. But they have read In our news
papers that their slaves have been run on
in numbers by an underground railroad,
aud they see il set down in derisiOn that
one more Suuthern individual has been
robbed Of his property --Ons more slave,
instead 0t having been Tetu' ned according
to the compact Of the Constitution, had
been run 0fF into the provinces Of Canada.
mud insult and injury returned for q con.
Stitutionnl duty. They have determined
to bear these things no longer, AM II be-
comes Northern people, 70 determine
whether they viii permit this state 81
things to go on, or whether they VIII
make one last grand effort to see whether
this sentiment and evil practice can be
corrected. You cannot send forth stream
by any naturnl process higher than the
fountain. The South know It, They
have no faith in addresses nd resolutions
that have not their sources in the feel
ings Of the Inasscs Of thepeoplc. It'll use
less to say there is 40 serious trouble
believe that South Carolina will seced'
so Gar as the movement Of her convention
can do il, on the 9th or 26th Of thii
month, aud events must trnnspircDehortIy
after which will bring oil the cottoT
States in association with her, and event
ually eUcry State achich 10 a stGre State
mud intends to continue such, wtH "
along together Wnlcss the danger cdn b.
arrated. This Ia Oh certain NJ the law o
gravity, and he Is blind man and mac
man who cannot see it. All that we CAT
now do IN to get time to convince thu
Southern people that there il returning
sentiment OF truth and justice in the North
crn States; that the honest masses hav'
been misled and have misunderstood thil
: irritating question, as | believe they have
and upon proper consideration will g
hack to their. duty "a members Of thi
Confrderacy, and will welcome back Ou
Southern brethren to the great family o
political, social and moral equals. Zap
plause.) Our constitutional and Fedora
laws, repeat, are well enough. Our Ob
nOxiouR State laws should be repealed
aud in their places a public sent;lnsn
should b. set up and borc aloft, as tn
great law .givcr Of olden times set up tn
brazen serpent, that every one who hat
been bitten by AboliiionisM my look up
IN il and be healed. (Great Applause.
| will close as ! begun. did not intent
to take part in this meeting. have NJ
particular views but what | have Otter
repeated, and my hope is that by this re
spectacle meeting public sentiment maj
he drawn out. lf it be AZ just, cOnserva
tive and beneficial rs We believe II to be
we msy then properly 80 represent Il u
our Southern brethren, and no longer b'
misunderstood. Look the danger fully
and Squarely in the face. We must no
put too much trust in meetings, In Con
gress or in legislation but if zoe SenaGit
It united peopLe We must say that hOweveI
wrong we mny have been, however much
error we may have committed, we hav'
reconSidered our conduct and are salts
tird that re must treGt the SOwtberS
States as We treated them on tho inGWOW
ratiOn Of the government, Gs POttttc6
eQWdL. When we have done that w
shall have done our whole duty, and per
haps this glorious government may stil
90 forward to the fruitiOn that awaits It
Loud Applnusc.)