The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-16
ZANEsvILLE, O., Sept ls, 1861.

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ZAxEsvILLE, O., Sept ls, 1851.
T. H. HoDDER, Esq, Marion, Ohio:
DEAR SM:-T am in receipt Of your val
ucd favor Of the 18th instant and regret
my inability to visit you and address the
Mass Meeting at the time designated. 1t
is gratifying to learn that the people Of
your section Of the State fully appreciate
the periIOus times upon which We have
fallen, and regardless Of minor considera.
tons, are inquiIing how the dangers with
which our belovc1 country is threatened,
can bc most effectuVlly and speedily avert.
ed. II we would all thus inquire and act
in accordance with our honest convictions,
can. but believe the storm now portend.
ing ruin to all our best interests Ould
soon be allayed.
II may well be said that the people of
the North are united in the determination
20 support the Government and preserve
the Union. With some the object to be
accomplished is not very laudable. but
with the masses the object is pure and
single" to a,rescrte the Union .for the
sake Of the UniOn." And the great ques-
tion which we should oil sOberly and can
didH consider is, how can this be done
with the least loss Of life and treasure, and
without q sacrifice Of honor?
In my letter accepting the nomination
for Governor, cndcavored to state briefly
and distinctly my convictions % TO our
duty in the premises, and the line Of poll
cy which thought ought 70 be adopted.
In il said what now repeat that '' the
great body Of the people South arc loyal
to the Government, their sympathy is
with it. and for IT, Il the real nature Of the
controversy was fairly before them, and
they were permitted 70 act 10 accordance
with their own feelings and tudgment&" "
Entertaining the belief that the masses
of the South we're honest, bat deceived,
that their present hostile attitude toward
the Government was not because they pre-.
ferred any other form Of government, or
had lost their sympathy for that Of their
fathers, but because they had been led TO
believe that the people Of the North had
adopted and cherished sentiments and feel.
ings hostile to them and their interests,
and that their only security was in gov.
ernment TO be administered by themselves,
] expressed the further opinion "that it
was our duty, in justice to them - well Is
TO ourselves, for the sake Of humanity, 70
undeceive them, to invite them into . Ma
tiODal Convention, where. we might con-
suit and advise together for our common
country, for our common good and By
wise measures provide against any Spd
every line Of policy which. . II persisted IN,
must result in our common ruin"
In expressing these 0pinionsand indica-
ting this line Of policy. l made the dis
tinctiOn between the people thus deceived
and overpOwered, and those who had prac-C
ticed the deception and were now leading
in the rebellion or revolution intended to
be produced by It, and as against these
and all others, insisted, and shall ever In
sist, that the Government must be main.
tanned and the Union preserved.
Mr.. Ewing (the President of the 9th Of
September COnventiOn), . gentleman Of
large experience and undoubted patriot
ism, concurs in opinion that the mass Of
the people South are, in sentiment and
feeling, loyal to the Government; that their
present attitude is either the result Of re.
straint or Misrepresentation.
Col. Tod, the opposing candidate for
Governor, is still more emphatic in bear.
ing testimony in iavor Of this opinion.
He says: Believing that the masses Of
the South still love the Union, and would,
were they left untrammeled and unflrcadl
declare tomorrow their will IoFits contin.
uance; utterly repudiate the lnoHstFous
and wicked plea and petition Of tho ring.
leaders Of this conspiracy, and wouldargu
for war eternally, until they are brought
to condign punishment, and their misgui.
ded followers restored to reason and
brought back to recognition Of the true
purposes and intentions Of the Federal
Government, from which, by artful cum.
ming and gross misrepresentation, they
have been misled and blinded"
We then agree that the masses are loyal;
We agree that they have been. dsCslVsd /;
wo agree that they have been led aslyay
by Misrepresentation +; we agres that tAe
Government should be sustained the or
my rendered efficient and vigorous D tie
end, that tho leaders 10 this wicked coa.
spiracy shall be, brought 70 dmtv And q
submission to the laws; but ve 9llssgpe e
to how thOse decsived, misled and kIlpd
masses Of the Honth ere 70 ha FscsII1d e
tht UniOn g they love- = an0 iron NI'.z
they have been allenaAad hE n Rt 1sI
representation. I" COlOnel Ted WoIlsf ~
them visited with the sword d-WilA 1I
war etsrnally," means heFtla afo1S
heard Of to c0nvinee tke FoasoaI -
the Judgment Fsmeve the pENindls =
restore the Affections of unekS.
have them appealed 10 - meos + 1IrIE
seek to convines theA. ihss t
error. IL would give thanl III
the representation m
which thsy lHeEas z IRis1 -
were 6laAa kaHal
would lAhor siu
dulS-aa Gu,aft