The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-28

In one respect there is perfect analogy
between the advance Of the Federal army
into the revolted States and that Of Bona.
Parte into Russia-we mean the terrible
servile alliance in each case offered. Says
Ilazlit, in his Life Of Napoleon: zone
great fear Of the Russians was that their
slaves would rise up and throw off their
bondage, and it was, therefore, an object
to prevent their having any conmunica-
ton with the French. They made use Of
the most improbable and disgusting fables
to excite their terror aud hatred" "TbOse
serfS, as MOntbOlon says, who inhabit-
ed the little towns, were well disposed to
head an insurrection against the nOble@e.
This was the reason why the Russians
resolved to set fire to all the towns on the
route Of the army"
Such is the perfectly analogous situa
ton in the two cases. We believe our
true policy is precisely that which com.
mended itself to the greatest publici>t Of
his age. BOnapartc refused to avail him
self Of the disposition Of the scrfS to rise
against their masters. And why! For
precisely the identical rr,S0ns which force
themselves upon us. The Scrf>," said
he, "are unit to be trusted with the lib.
erty they desire. If | encourage the sub
jcCtS Of the Gar to rise against him, |
cannot hope that he will ever again be.
come my friend" lie subsequently, made
Use OF this language to the Senate Of
France: by prOclaiming the emancipa.
ton of the slaves, could have armed the
Rrn el,,. .:
against himself. In several villages this
was demanded Of me. But the war
made upon Russia was political; and, he
sid, S. the brutality Of this numerous class
IT the Russian people is such that this
measure would devote many families to
the most h0rril barbartirS."
Well, We are engaged in just such
potiticdt war, i'll spite Of our own will.
against an adversary that has been, and
whom it is Of great consequence should
again he, our friend. In neither case was
S"yugdtiOm the purpose, but simply the
restoration Of affairs to the sfdtusq u0 0nte
beitmm. That being the object Of Bona.
parte. as he himself declared, he did not
doubt that his true policy was to prevent
his political war from being the OCCASION
II social and Scrvilc one lie held to
this policy TO the last, even 10 the tim" he
left Moscow. As is said by Sir Robert
Wilson, an English writer, who was pres
rnt during mo>to the campaign: There
/ is no question that a civil war coull have
been fmcntcd in Russia; aud it was Bo.
nnparte who rejected the oti'.rS Of insur-
rccti"n which were made to him during
/ the time he was in Moscow.
Now, If Bonaparte was compelled. by
the Importance Of not permanently alien
ating the Gar, and also by considerations
Of humanity, to avoid all Indictment OF
servitr war, the same policy is most assn.
reilly encumbent upon us. The recover
ed friendship Of the Gar was necessary
to him simply that an external ally might
be won; but the rcgained friendship Of
the Southern people is necessary 10 lis
that our internal oneness may be saved.
The humane inducements in his case re-
icrrcd only To distant foreigners, Of alien
blood, strange religion and harbarous Ian
gnagc; in our case they refer To our own
hlth and kin, SlcakciS Of the Saulc mother
tongue. ""r>hippcr> AT the same altar,
aud fellow citizens of the same free rule.
The reasons which pressed 81 powerfully
on the great French Emperor. press with
far more force upon uS.-N L. WorM.