The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-14
FUSION

The san Francisco !ih concciycS that
Union Democrats and Republicans vii,
fuse in this State; but that the -i,gu'
will oppose such fusion, On the grourd
that our proclvitics are secession. The
.ilm is laboring under strange error.
1t is because our prOclivities are not Sc
! ccSSiOn, that we refuse to fuse with par.
ty that has proven itself To b. not only
the cause Of secession, but appears deter
mined to drive the South out OF the l'nion.
We cannot fuse with party that de-
SircS to set free /, 0uU,u uU negroes, using
this war as an excuse for so doing. Such
an attempt, if successful, is dlsunion OF
itself
Neither can we fuse with party that
pr0claimS that the Constitution is second
AIRY to the moral nature Of the Repuh-
lican party; for this again is secession,
rs no portion Of the Union will allow it.
SELF To lie at the mercy or the uncertain
ties Of the "moral nature" Of another
portion Of the Republic.
Nor can we fuse with party that holds
over the head of any portion OF the lni'n
the threat Of an "irrrprc>siblc conflict,
that means war, lift means anything; for
that, too, is secession, as no | Mon can
exist where one portion is in constant
dread of attacks from another portion Of
a common country.
And, too, there is no possibility Of our
securing our own consent TO fuse with a
party that declares the negro is citizen
Of the United States; for that is cause
Of secession, as Americans as Il whole in a
large number Of the States conceive them.
selves to be the superior Of the negro,
and will not live in Union with white
men who believe themselves to be no bet
ter than the black man.
1t is because our prOcllviticS are not Sc,
ceSSion that We oppose fusion. Our posi-
ton we sincerely believe to he the only
one upon which the Union can be saved.
The history Of events the past few months
prove this. Fusion will avail nothing To
save the Union. Its only safety lies in
laying iown al sectional feeling, in obey
ing the Constitution, and IN allowing each
State to govern its iatrrnal policy rs best
snitS itself, in accordance with the States
Rights doctrine as guaranteed by the Con.
Sttution of the United States.
The idea that fusion OF parties where.
by the different offices may be divided will
be productive of good to the Union, is a
fallacy. We are surprised that the .1itd
should fall into it. \ few months since,
Missouri was Union State by the &C.
ton Of Fremont and the unwarraEtabc
dcvastatlonS of his army, overwhelming
Union men and SccrsSioniSts alike in its
track of dcSolation, the State now burns
with seceSsioniSm. This act should have
its proper bearing. Let the Union men
in other States be crushed as they have
been in Missouri, and secession is inevita-
bile. As Hon. Edward Everett says. "to
expect to hold fifteen States in the Union
by power, prrpoStcr0uS." And Linco!r.
in his Inaugural declares that war of itself
could not settle The question betwccn the
North aud South. \ fratcrnal feeling
must be excited guarantees must be Civ
en- that the rights Of no section shall be
invaded; sense Of security must pcrvadc
the land. All this cannot be effected by
a fusion of Union Democrats with Rrpub-
licans.
The effect Of fusion would hc indeed
the reverse Of what is desired, and the
South would be made to understand that
she eau have no sense of security but
that her rights will be invaded regardless
of all consequences, as it has confidence
in the Democracy of the North alone, and
when it sees this party fuse with the Re.
publicanS, there will he nothing left her
To hope for. The Alta is right, when it
says we are opposed to such fusion; but
it is wrong when it says that such oppo-
Sition arises from secession proclivitieS.
Our views owe their birth to a heartfelt
desire to see the Union undivided. Stock
toM .Iry"s.