The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-08-24

States 20 eubi 6el.oU ane
obedieucs 20 cor liwhS44
will. lido not sag tAaen1S
has been made. haepsno orllltll ~
saving It. 7rLst - ggleetlAm mtsela -
truth cannot hugt tAgyoQAys u
Then, SIR, let ARG saIsA,. 81
find out what the e1tiWaaa N Gl2!a ~
for supporting this thtpo iyfhe n.1A !
should like to know WhatbeE e q ealIWneea
that IL will require, 81, Goa soQo ~ fT1Ey
regiment Of nine hundEyd msa j. shp-
firld, or.wbether Il win SShulEr = ~
900 to keep that numbet 81 t4te - -
field for single year. q thi. y the
estimate, or il Il shah approach thee4 us.
ures, | should then 'ikSr 10 snow NnsFs
the money il coming ifOSF ~ supply thunp
men in the field. You haswjug1 mndSlP
tariff; but do not thiNNaJ aowill GO
$500, ,000, 900 Of revenue 0ut Of that ~
you get $50, 900. 900 yousEill be tDoretoF-
tnnate than think you will be. have
not consulted the late ChnhTmn cf tho
Committee on Finance, Mr. Huntef.)
whose opinion / would Appreciate hlgher
than any other mans on the-alajN0 hut
I have no hesitation iRI axp51wln9 Uh0
conviction that you cannot dsxise 4 taFtR
by which you can raiSs $l0e 0o0 00n1y1r
year. Where are the other S30Q. .0QQ U00
coming fromi Will you resort ~ Igoet
taxationS Is It your purpose 70 rush
this country blindly into war a 4. .cNat Og
a30O. 900, 600 per snnum; to levy 800.
900 200 Of direct taxes uDoH th{ kanplc.
and then call upon them to nav II 0eI hss
Won have involved us in civirHdfH
Sir. I expect to stand bS nv e&of1rv
under all cireuru stances GnahthUs I VIA
saw. hcr. n I can. from being plhdiHNfnt0
A civil var Of indefinite du. ati6sS. liUkNal
dnire quarter or 4 millioAkmsn and
,xorbitant taxation. levied on one hSlf1hO
American peOpls. 70 wubdue. tl,aeeihar
halC Ren,sn,Ler. this, eRtraa1v,lnHrv
amount OF revenuu. these ,exrrnoadinar,e
numbers of men. are To- ha. .oallsd 80 n
eighteen States 10 Heht Amen: icr. Il .ia
useless to disguise the net. 'd,at whsnSFor
You make tho question one OF ni6rS III
war, the slavcholding States win 50 4 nnik.
and Il viii be eighteen against nIi
Are we preparcd E,r civil war WIN al ~
horrors and calami,iesP Lei y6ht b1II16 .
be proclaimed to the world. ntS1 Slot as
people determine the question" NiI7n'k
il criminal when We are on the 1vNVf
events like these. ai9 sgfbrHis1
Mr.. Fessenden-Eye ofan electloi4ep
Mr. Douglas--No. sir: not Nnvh1navR
of an election. but of bloodshetl ui,Aasst2l
war. have not concealed my opinions
or objects; the Senator has cOnceaiaA ais.
| therefore can Justly say. If the nahdinR
elections control mems actions a. mis
Question, he dodSes on the eve ot fstAee
tim proclaim boldly the pollovsol,tl
with whom l act Wr Ann Yon, pn1an.
There is no conccalmcnt on this aldes NJ
this conivocation. this concealmen{' "a b,
consequence Of being on the w 6l n
election, Il applies oniy to the RsNktllenh
side Of the Chamber. -o1 fSa
I repeat. IL ia time that the lina of NJ !.
lev was adopted. and that the cosnerre
knew It. In NV opinion. wa muaf N, 80
and that pr0mptlv-bet vEesh drlf AZ
three lines Of policy. ' tss ,Ts1sessss
/. THR REsroRATlox Ann rnEsRnva9.n.s
OF rHr UN,oN bv such amen,Imenis "a f6a
Constitution as win insure tho do'nsss Z,
tranquility. safety and equality. IA flI T. =
States and thus restore peacc. ,inlf5i iNira
fraternity 10 tho whole conntr,ss' ,sE.zS
Q. ArrAcRrv1. dissolution of the IINiS1
nv recognizing the indenendeneea 81. 49,
States as refuse to remain M {hS In -
without such Constitutional a,nS6IIti .klI1
and the establishment of a liberal sv-fe1S
of commercial and social iOtepconpos ,Hl1h
them, by treaties of commerce a,,d 'SusitS
8. WAR. with a viewito,the SI6iaas -
and military occupati6h or th6cRs Nlk -
which have seceded or NAV ssSAda - 4
the Union. t, :. ..st9ssS -
repeat that. in nv opinion. ...ve,, nnn.e
adopt and pursue one of thssa t6rro IIsse
of policy. The suonert vcti 1dkoSll ~.
tween them. and proclaim vsowiT n IL
the country. the better f,,.-xu,. aAn.IaS
for us. the hstter for avenv frie1a ~ llIH.
erty and or constitutional aoIIsrsosne
throughout the world. In nv '3iSR
tho first proposition il the besk f'Il t.|s
last the worst. Whv cannot - ~ ~
some amicable adiuetmAnta oe ~ 8.
tions in disDutei The Prenidcna A. ~
United States has told us cie2rls. MI 2|s.
these difficulties. / think Be IA ,SsnleS
them truly. frankly. He A "a tkS3 ! -.
bles all arise from the absei,cs 81 n a'3t
press provision of the Constitua'ua 4 -
ing the power Of Congress OveAlhb nnen
ton Of slavery. II il be trpe slhrf -
troubles arise from tha absenee II fft 4
provision. il necessarily follows q q
true remedy Is the supplvink
provision. Hence, the PiFniiunklt
marked out clearly the path t0ha hn1
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