The Placer herald., 1861-05-18
From the Alameda County Gazette.
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is made to depend upon whether we support
the Administration of Mr.. Lincoln or OPP
pose it. II a cordial support is extended,
then in the estimation of these precious
Union tSauiors, we are Union men; but
should we dare to intimate even an objec-
ton to the policy or principles avowed and
acted on by their immaculate and intallibe
rail splitter, then we are rebels, secessonists,
an traitors. Tongues are to be paralyzed,
brains are to be torpid, hearts are TO be con
jeaed. and freedom of thought and opinion
taboocd, unless all of them unite in deiying
claiming, without mental reservation, that
King Abraham can do no wrong" To
avoid the pains and penalties attaching to
the commission of overt acts of treason we
must not alone acGuesce in every act OF the
Administration, but we must announce II
from the house tops and shout it in public
places, that
In spite of pride, in errng reason spite.
One truth is clear" old .46e is al,cays right.
What right have we poor devils to think at
ALL or thinking whence derive the privilege
of giving utterance to our thoughts? True,
the people exercised it occasionally during
the Administration Of Gen. Washington,
aad were allowed to do SO sometimes, so his
tory informs us, under succeeding Admins
tralions down to that of Mr.. Buchanan; but
this was under 'he mistaken and palpahly
erroneous idea that the president of the Uni
ted States was the Sergant, not the master OF
the people. Now, however, the Republican
party, for the first time, having come into
power, are determined to demoish this gov
ernmental taliacy and re construct upon its
ruins that ancient aud veneratel system that
all civil authority is directly derived from
God. Th- "Vor popuH, vor Dei," is ascer
tanned to be an exploded humbug, and the
executive brow shall hereafter be encircled
with the more potent and regal "Er Del
gratia."
Already has it gone forth to the people of
California that the brand is wrought by
which, in burning characters, THAIroR is to
be stamped upon the forehead Of the vile
wretches who dare to impugn the motives,
attack the principles or murmur against the
policy of the existing administration. What,
if in our opinion, the whole course of the
Republican party has been and is to destroy
ard dissolve ilrevocablv the North American
Union; what, if in our opinion, Mr.. Lincoln
was elected upon principle, and it is the
avowed purpose Of his Administration to
carry that principle out, which necessarily
results in the disemberment of TIE Ameri
can Conf tederacv;--stll we dare not now de-
declare s0-h 20 be our conviction. lie is
traitor who denies the intalliblity of the
Republican Administration. Armies may
be raised to devastate the homes and tiresldes
Of Southern people, that the political apoth
eym Of Mr. Seward may be verified -"lhere
is higher law than the Constitution which
regulates our authority over the domain.
Slavery can aud must bc abolished, and You
and must do it," Nav,es may be equipped
to blockade Southern commerce, that the
! Union dissovng and rreverent sentiment OF
Anson Burlingame shall have practical and
successful operation: the times demand,
and we must have, an anti slavery Bible, an
anti slavery Constitution, and an an,isla
very God.' Civil war may ravage and des
olate the land because the Republicans and
Aboli;ionists have said that "the Union is
not worth preserving in connection with the
South And yet we are to be denounced
as traitors if we venture to open our lips
or waG our tongues in opposition.
VIII the Democratic party of California,
which has always stood by the Union,
which has preserved and protected and de
tended the Constitution of the United States
against the wicked aud tanailcal ons!aughts
of wicked and tanatical Abo|itionists, sub
nit thrs to be huniiated and tranpled
upon! Who are those who demand uncon-
otional submission to the Black Republican
powers that be-" They are those who have
encompassed our beloved country about with
the fires Of discoId, and driven her to The
verge of rain. They are those who for
wears aad wears have labored and toled and
struggled to build a wall Of sectiona! ha-
tired and ennty between the Northern and
Southern States. They are those who have,
with persistent maiice, corrupted legislation,
subsidized presses, prostituted pulpits, resist
ted the execution OF laws, denied the az
thotity of the Judiciary. and violated Con
situations, that their darling schemes OF Dis
union or Abolition might be successfully ac-
complished. And noA, forsooth, "elothed
ia little brief authority" they require of
Democrats, patriots and true Union lovers
an uncond1tiond support of President
elected by them and pledged to the "an-
tenanoe Of their naonstrous doctrines. shall
this Union, dissolved aud disrupted 10y these
unhoy agencies. be restored' 1t can be
done bot in one way. Fighti@g cannot dc
it-civ;l war will aeeer effect it---a les are
powelless and naves utterly useless for this
purpose. A Union OF these States eau nei-
ther be restored nor pefpetuaed by IRE and
sword. It can be done but in one way-re,
move the cause that has produced the evil
defeat the Republican party and their
friends and allies, it not their blood tela-
toas, the AboGtioniss.