The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-02-23

We hold lhcae tF1,ihs to be selEevidcnt--.
TINT all men are created tgual !: that they are
endowed BY their Creator with certain inaIien.
able rightS; that among these are life, LIB.
EkTl, And the pursuit VI happiness. That,
to secure these rights, governments are insti-
tuIed amnng n,eU, DERIVING TnIR JUST rowERs
rRoA TuE CONSENT W TIM GOVERNED
~ have quoted 90 much ut this time merely
to show that, according to our ancient faith, the
POWers Of Government are derived from The
consent oG the governed. Now, the relation Of
master aud slave is, pro td"tO. a tOtGl riototion
IF the principle. The md'irr not only governs
the Idc without his consent but he governs
hi@ BY sst u rules altogether different from
those which he prescrihcs for himself Allow
ALL the governed an RorAL VOICE IN rmE GOV.
EHNNRSr; and that. and that only. IS selEgov'
eru@snt." tHowehS Life OF Lincoln, =. go. !
Again, in speech delivered in Chicago,
during the Presidential election, which We
find published in the Illinois State Jour.
nal, the State organ Of the Black Repub.
lican party Of Illinois, on the 10th Of
September, 1856, Mr.. Lincoln said:
THAT central idea, in our political opinion
at the beginning was, aud until recently contin.
0ed to DO, the equality of msA. And although
it Was submit patiently to whatever inequalities
there seemed tn be rs n matter oC actual no.
cessity, its constant working has been Q steady
progress toward the PRAcrIcAL EQrALurr or
ALL HRN.
Let past differences rs nothing be and with
steady eye on the real issuc, lot us re-inaugu.
rate the good old cSair0l IieuS Of the Republic.
We can do Il. The human heart is with us ;
God is with ne. We shall again b able not to
declare that ell SeateA Is States. are equal, nor
yet that all citizens. aS citizens, are equal but
renew The broader better declaration, includ.
iug both these aud much more, that all men are
created equal"
Yet again in his speech at Chicago, on
the 10th day Of July, 1858, MIR. Lincoln
said:
"l should like 10 know, taking the old Dec
laTItiOu Of Independence, which declares that
oil GsU ere equal upon PriaOiplc. and making
exceptions to Il where will Il stopl IL ONE
MAN sATs IT DOES NOT MnAN NEaRo, wRV NOT
ANoTHsa SaY II D01 ROT nHAN s6nR OTHER
NAMP II that declaration u not The truth, let
W get the Statute book u vhiCh Ne dad Il and
TEAR il out Who is 90 bold ~ to do itl II Il
10 not true. let US tear Il out! [Cries Of "No,
nOi"l Let ss sticeo Il, MeH, Ltt us stda6 Firmly
by Il, then. Let Us diaurd all Gis
qsis6l;SS sboGt die sAda aad lie otAer a.Gn-
GRis rs,cs sA6 GAat rucs Ga6 tie other race being
i9bsSSOr. and. thcFSi6re, they must Be placsdi In
a. isIesiOe pOsitiOn--discaPdlng the standard
that we have leN us. Let w discard az tksss
0iAFs. GHd SAit1 e. oAr people GAVOv9AOat tais
tsnsi, SRtit ~ NAaH SNOs Movs a1Rd wp dNeIariAg
tAat ALL nux GVS eFsGted sesal
leAys ysQ. hoping that tho AusAp Of b;ssrty
will burn b your 6Osoms pr1lL SAsAsmkIL
NO LOxGRR n DOrBH FRAT ALL MEN ARE
CsHNEED vRER AxD EQUAl-" .t,ts.
We have, 10 these extracts, the follow
ing distinct propositions; 81
i. That the Declaration Of Independence
applies to and msaUs negroes.
8 That negro A" slavery" is violation
Of the DeClaFAtlOH ct Independence.
9. That e shO0lf NCtS construed q h
allow "aII," both master and slave. an
equal voIcs u he government.
We wObld HkS . sss ths Republicans
explain ths meaning 10 any other way, 4
they can.,
We fnd the IOilOwIng In the New YOrt
Times, RspublicAApAper, e. quotation
from ore Of LinCdlnS speeches:
"NOw, ny opinion b. that the dtf~sN
ISssaes Aass tAs ROwr b sAas ASgr0 eitiSsa
uHdsr &s Constellation Qf ts UaissI Ssats,. |
Asv choose. The Drsd Scott decision decide
thaa hey have AOA hat powSr."
Who viii nov idivu to AnseEt thGs Abrt
ham Lincoln, the President elect is nc
an AbOlitiOnist Of the very darkest dye
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