The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-08-17

Mrs FultOm'S Sermon 10 Gno SOAUh0Hs'
The sermon preached by Mr.. Fulton to
the Volunteers at Tweddle Hall, short
time ago, as published in the Erentng
Journal, is tempered down from the tone
Of harshness and extravngance which
characterized the spoken discourse, as It
was represented to us. Yet the substance
Of its evil import remains. The troops
who were compelled reluctantly to listen
to it, had recently been sworn to obey the
Constitution of the United States. Ihat
Constitution is defined in written words,
by judicial decisions and by the prece-
dents of nearly three fourths Of q century.
Abolition is no part Of il; and as for ser
vile insurrection, it is the express duty OF
the Federal Government to suppress IT.
When a preacher bids the sworn SOL
dicr of the Constitution to disregard 1t,
where is he to stopH And how Is he to
understand such injunctions and such
illustrations as tbese!-
"Why not make the issue at once,
which shall inspire every man that shonI-
ders his musket with noble purpose
Our soldiers need to be reminded that the
Government was cOnsccratcd to freedom
by those who first built here the affairs Oi
Worship, and planted on the shore OF the
western continent the tree of liberty,
whose fruit to-day fills the garners OF ma
tionnl hope.
"It was this purpose which actuntcd
the breasts Of those who tinged with the
blood issued from their frozen feet the
SHOWS Of Valley Forge. 1t was this that
carried our own intrepid Scott through
the battle Of Lundy' Lane, over the bridge
of Chippewa. and that helped US to win
the victory of New Orleans.
1--WE owe it to our soldiers to declare
to them that the time has come, not only
to establish freedom, but to dig the grave
of deSpotiSm, and give to principle that
has thus fur blocked the wheels Of our
progress, burial from which there shall
be no resurrection"
Those who fought at Valley Forge, un
der the STAKEHOLDER Washington, were
themselves citizens Of slavehOlding Com
inonwealths as was the Virginian, Scott
when he fought at Lundy's Lane; ant
Old Hickory, at New Orleans Major An
terson, who defended Sumpter; Captain
Jones, who burned the Arsenals at Hnr
pcr's Ferry Gen. IIarncy, who suppress
cd the Missouri Rebellion; and Com
mander Prendergast, and a host of others
are all loyal citizens ofslavcholding States
So were jackson, and Benton. and thu
men who fought the battles of the Union
against Modification, thirty years ago.
The majority Of the people Of the South
as indicated IN the election Of 1860, wer'
for the Union. They would have remain
ed so, if this sectional conflict had not pu
on the form of aggressive abolitionism
Wherever it has been redeemed from tina
aspect, as in Delaware, Maryland, Ken
lucky, Missouri, and parts Of Virginia
where the conduct of the troops has re
assured the people, the Union men hav,
recovered strength and the Secessionist
been weakened.
Those who seek to turn this war from
the assertion Of Constitutional authorit,
and duty, into an unconstitutional an'
revolutionary crusade of Abolition, ar
guilty not only Of pcrvcrsion Of duty, bu
Of fatal impolicy. AS the contest nov
stands, in support Of the Constitution
and Union, it untes the whole North ant
divides the South. Let the issue b.
changed to Abolition, and the North be
comes divided and the South compactet
in one mass.-[AIbany Argus