The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-04-20
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chsnuu wus STD 81 o,u1 = l,ns
which present indictf't4S ~
about to Be adopsed Uy Pm ,I l'a,
IL was y PseaEt, i1lsp
using this latter sptSist ~ ~ 4N,ng
sense. Il waa 70 avoid d'MI1vi ll.
sions; to gain time. um9 taas sew -
heated passions Of the psut D Nv 81
by diffusion. Anything M sl1ess
to civil War. We ere ~ - ~ 1MT
views on this head conGFws1 og ~ ~
tellie eSht editor Of the L0aiseIlo bsuusl,
who thus comments on the Inaugass.
THE address, e. We uGd@S1en4 Il.
proposes so Ear 90 enforcing ~ laws y
concerned, to leave the present As1ss %.
touched, and favors, with respect q ial.le- o
dial measures, the assembling % Na-
tional Convention. In other Moc4A Ne
understand Mr.. Lincoln, instead ~ eUM-
templating the rscspture Of the y6FtB apd
other impossible achievements. 70 adopt
essentially the line Of acsion puEsuod By
Mr.. Buchanan, with the assurance list
current events and experience may IN.
duce him to modify or change eHen that"
Looking back upon the eventual last
three months ~ dispaESionateiy as one
can look back upon transactions 70 recent
and exciting, 1t will be admitted that ihis
pacific policy was tho sound one, - Il b
the sound one now. And reviewing whaE
President Buchanan actually did. though
We may detect sometimes want Of The
highest wisdom and the highest arhneas,
yet, when We consider the tTedRe0dOuR
difficulties Of his positiOn-makinG pFOpsr
allowance for human imperteetion -Ns
6nd much to approve; and the judgment
Of history, if Il will not give unQualiesd
commentator, will be very far from deal-
ing that unmitigated condemnation wlieh
partisan prejudice has awarded. That
the country was saved from civil wee u
much to be thankful for. fv
But what was the course ofthe ReFNh-
lican party, and the Rspublicaa pvs1H
towards the late Chief Nagistrste pf tie
cOuntryf Was there aDy consldtEekica.
any charity, any wfllngutr1 ~ eo1htInl
cases 70 adopt the mogos GhaDitlh1o .oanp
structi0nH Was th0ses es1ny Fee1Il,tIea
either Of the didcuisiea II DE- Rte 1tnfs
position, or of the critical coh1iII61 q she
coVntFye Was theve "a tempetaEySae aess
bearance Of partisan hostilityyN In eeAedh
eration Of the obvious fact, % patsns then
as Il Is now, that the President nesdedslhe
support Of all Union men % halp hiin.
carry on the Government On the other
hand, the messsge was Immediately e.
sailed with virulence compared 10 which
the tone Of the opposition press towards
the inaugural is Is mild ~ milk. Add
SO It was with every act Of the Adnninia.
tratton. There WAS nothing but Nn0n6lt.
fed condemnation and denuneiation I and
often couched in language nothing less
than brutal and ferocious. The preaaasne
was '' traitor /" "a an imbecile, = :. sTayiv.
cling dotard, "an old womaR," ~ COW,
ard, "a time.server." The faet q he
advanced age-which usually tsmpeft de
expression Of hostility-only served 70
sharpen the pOiut, and strsnKthswE ths
venom, Of the weapons with which u Ne
assailed. The cautious and pacine pe11gN
which in President Lincoln b hailoda1
the perfection ofprudenceS was denopnes1
in President Buchanan 90 the pieiblo in-
decision Of helpless inc0mpeteney, which
could only wiring IT. hands u - pref
ence Of imminent dsAgeT. s,da fvas ~
Nothing could be m0FN imp0ltlle lkW
such course ct such time. when the
government needed all the moral strSnelk
which public opinion could give 4 BE-
cause 1t served to show the States which
mcditated secession, that the gcvta1m1ilE
could have no support from ~ xflS
which was dominant in every NaaEhcln
State. 1t proved that the Repnhl aWaas
gans could take none other than parfiran
view Of the condition Of the ceO6Et3 1l3
that they could see IN President BHe IN,
not the Chief Magistrate Of oounAtg. ilI
the process Of diSnemberment, bnt 0nly
the head Of the Democratic party. nsf
Now the moral, the impIoVemsNk ~ he
above sermon, addressed 70 our Hennkll-
can contemporaries, is this: that n khaf
meet with rough treatment at enol k8
Of the Democratic press, the1 annek -.
nit to It as the fruit Of their awn lsaehs
ings. They have set the 'DemccrSRs 4
lesson which the latter will not dnlS& u
learn. For eight long years, o., :, lnaes,
during its whole existence, the Elp1s
can party has enjoyed thS luxury q 4
ciEing, fault. finding and sbusingt e ~
have made good uaa of Ahelr l.ll
Now the tables are tuFJ.ed, thu ~ 9,
cans have gos 70 carry on the R0Sof| 81.
and the Democrats ars. ak llbefty 81 ~
of old scorea Nov the Rspo6I "a nsa
authors, and the Democrats 6rik Tie
Republicans give the entertainil . M
the Democrats are guestl the IA
cans are the target and the DamntI11l -
the archers. Courses are llkA fonna
chickens, they always come Rc,Rs o
roost," says the prOverb Rappk -
must submit with equanimity. e. the
clucking and clawing Of the uncltha 6s5td
Of their own Matching. All Sfit'