The Placer herald., 1861-07-27
[From the Albany Atlas and Argus]
A Declaration from Member Of the Cab
inet-..What does it Mean!

To the health of the President and the Secrc-
tary Of War the latter responded. He said he
could scarcely realize that by the Secretary of
War was meant himself. for it seemed but brief
period since he was journeyman in the Office of
his friend on the right Colonel SeatoA Speak
ing of the war, he said that though not three
months had yet elapsed since its inception, IL
quarter of u million of volunteers were in the
field and in six months the number will be in
creased to half million The deiuded being in
the South, uhOse inS0lence ,ce haze borne for q
quarter Of century, must be su6dued, and the
President UW not let the tUar end until all the
causes ,rhich produced it are removed. and ,chen
the ,car terminates zoe shaUhear no more Of Vr
giuians as such, or Of North CarOiinianS or of
South Caroiini1ns. but we shall all be .4meri
cans one and indiuisidle.
The above is an extract from the Washing
ton correspondence of the New York Times,
and Processes TO give The substance of a
speech hy Secretary Cameron. al dnner Of
the St. Andrews Society. What does he
mean? ''The deluded beings in the South
must be subdued' "lhe President will no,
let this war end until all the causes which
produced it are removed" "when The war
terminates, we shall hear no more 0. Virgin,
ians as such" tEc, DC. What does this Ian
euage mean except this: "The people of the
South are to be conquered and suhjngated;
the President will not let the war end Till
slavery is abolished: when the war ends we
shall hear no more of State lines and State
rights, but shall have one grand consolidated
government" What else than this can See
relarv Camerou'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
wal to he waged to reduce the people to VAS
saage-to overtnrn the domestic institutions
o the S,aes-~to destroy State rights so that
we shall no longer have an existence as New
Workers or Vironians but all be merged in
"A grand scheme of consolidation? Is this
the entertainment to which we are all invi
ted? Under the pretense Of supporting the
Constitution. is it to be subveried? If See
retarv Cameron is correctly reported 10y the
Times, he advances doctrines as reasonable
AS those of Jefferson Davis, and is an enemy
o' The Republic This is not the first time
he has thus vaguely put forth similar views
concerning the object of the war. The Pres
ident and the other members of the Cabinet
owe it to the country and themselves to let
it be known whether Mr. Cameron speaks
for the Administration. For if such be the
object of the war, there are a hundred thoul
sand muskets now in the field which will
never be used to overthrow the Constitution.
Our bravo man have taken their lives in their
hands and gone forth-as they supposed-to
maintain the authority and the integrity Ct
our Government, as our fathers formed it,
and they will never turn aside from such II
holy purpose, to wage an Abolition crusade,
to subjugate the people of orton OF the
States, and to annihilate State rights and the
security and protection Of the citizen afford
ell by the State Governments. After repeat
ed declarations of this kind from one mem
Der of the Cabinet, it is high time that the
Administration distinctly defined its position.
AN EDiToR RoBBED.-A New Hampshire
editor was lately robbed while travelling
How much the thief made by the operation
may be discovered by the indignant episte
he Immediately sent his victim, returning
the pocket books
"You miserable cuss, here's your pocket
book. l don't keep no sich For man
dressed as we'll MS you was to go round with
wallet with notbin in it but lot of news
paper scraps, pair Of wooden combs two
newspaper stamps, and pass from railroad
director, is contemplate imposition on the
public. As hear you are an editor return
vour trash. never robs only gentlemen"