The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-07-27
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To the health 1t the President and the Sec
rotary Of War, the latter responded. He said
he could scarcely realize that by the Secretary
Of War was meant himself, fnr Il seemed but .
brief period siuce be was jOurncyman III the
Office Of bis friend on the right-COlOnel Session.
Speaking Of the war, he said that though not
three months had yet elapsed since its inccpa
ton. Il quarter of million Of volunteers were
in the field, and In six months the number will
be increased to q half million. The dslHdef
beings in he South, Sohoss inSoItncS Sos AdUs
borne fer quarter Of q century, must b. sub
duet. and Me President wX not let he 9aF cad
until all tie cduSes Which produced Il are re.
Duoraf. and rhen The igdr terminates, zee IhdN
hear no more Of PirgintdHs az sucA, or 81 North
CdrotiIiGnS. or q South Cdrot'n!6.e, bVt We
shall all be ADlsricunS, one and iRdiUisiblS.
The Albany argus, which supports the
war, thus comments on the above The
foregoing Is an extract from the WASH
ingtOn correspondence Of the New York
Times, and processes to give the substance
Of a speech by Secretary Cameron, At
dinner Of the st. Andrews Society. What
does he mcanl 1.-THE deluded beings In
the South must be subdued"-"the PreSi.
dent will not let this war eEd until all the
causes which produced II are removed
"whcn the war terminates, We shall hear
no more OF Virginians as SUCH" etc, etc.
What does this language mean except
this: "The people Of the South are to be
conquered and subjugated-the Presi.'
dent will not let the war end till slavery
is abcliShed-whcn the war ends we shall
hear no more Of State lines and State
rights, but shall have one grand consOli.
dated government" What else than this
can Secretary CNmerOn's language mean!
Is this the policy Of the Administration,
and has Secretary Cameron been deputed
to put It forth in this unofficial form ! Is
this war to be waged to reduce the people
to vasSalage-to overtnrn the domestic
institutions ofthe StNtes-to destroy State
rights no that We shall no longer have an
existence as New Workers. or Yirginians,
but all be merged in grand scheme Of
consolidatioal Is this the entertainment
to which we are all invited! Under the
pretencc OF supporting the Constitution,
is it to be subvertedi II Secretary Cam.
eron is correctly reported by the Times,
he advances doctrines as reasonable as
those Of Jefferson Davis, and is an enemy
Of the Republic. This is not the first
time he has thus vaguely put forth SINH.
lar views concerning the object Of the war.
The President and the other members Of
the Cabinet owe it to the country and
themselves to let It be known whether
Mr. Cameron speaks for tho Administra.
ton. For ifsuch DO the object Of the wsv,
there are hundred thousand muskets
now IN the field, which will never be used
TO overthrow the Constitution. Our brave
men have taken their lives in their hands
and gonc forth-as they Supposed-to
maintain the authority and the integrity
Of our government, as our fathers formed
1t, and they will never turn aside from
such holy purpose. to wage an abolition
crusade, to suhjugatc the people Of por-
ton Of the States, and to annihilate State
rights and the security and protection Of
the citizen afforded by the State govern,
mGnts. After repeated declarations Of
this kind from one member Of the Cabinet,
it is high time that the Administration
distinctly defined its position"