The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-08-10

WY =" CU"tesS ABatnSt eacn Ot0ef t0F
religious supremacy, and to accomplish
their designs, have not scrupled to appeal
to Congress for aid IN the matter and.
falling there, have appealed to the baser
passions Of tho human heart to aid them
In their unhOly crussde against the form
OF government under which we have lived
and PrOsPered Tor more than eighty years.
The Sunday Mail Report Of the lamented
Richard n. johnson, Of Kentucky, eiEectu.
ally put . stop to their efforts in that di.
rectiOn for time, and new expedient
was resOrted to. TIE aged John Quincy
Adams was next employed in the uncon.
StitutiOnal effort to secure an opening for
the wedge Of dissolution of States He
did not scruple to advocate the right Of
POlitico ecclesiastical fanatics to force on
Congress, BY their petitions, the consider.
alton Of subject over which Congress
had no right to exercise any control and
1t remained for WIN. H. Seward to find
authority for the demanded right to inter.
fere with the institutions Of the South.
under tho sanction Of Higher Law"
guarantee.
The Reverend peace destroyers labOred
aasiduOusly to prepare the Northern mind
for sn energetic effort to establish their
pernicious, aggressive and destructive pol.
icy, BY false reasoning and lying misrep.
resentaIiOn Of the South, her people, her
manners and c0stOmS They succeeded,
and triumphed over truth and reason, and
hence We see the desperate contest now
raging among brethren. Priestly fanati.
cism urging the one to robbery, aggres.
sion and war, and love Of life and simple
justice stimulating tho other to acts Of de.
tiance and defence.
Shrewd politicians saw oil this, when
"nO larger than mans hand" II began to
darkeO the horizon Of our political SUM-
These, too, bad an object to accomplish,
namely, the adoption Of such policy as
would secure fortunes to Northern capi.
talistS at the expense Of Southern consu.
merA The tariG sct Of 1928, under the
younger Adams, Precipitated the people Of
the South into actG Of threatened resist.
a"ce, and nothing saved the country then
from ruin, but the sternness Of Andrew
Jackson, and the patriotism Of . Webster
and Clay.
The election Of James X. Polk mainly
resulted from compromise on the policy
Of tariff system, which in the end did
not fully satisfy the North yet peace fol.
lowed. only to be destroyed through the
agency Of the slavery question 60 per,ina.
ciOusly agitated by POliticO- ecclesiastical
fanatics. and free negroes, destitute a.
*Ome Of the most prominent Of the latter
~cre, Of every requisite Of humanity and
moi Ality.
1t became evident 10 certain eminent
advocates for Northern intereats, that q
war Of words could never su6jugate the
South 30 much IS to induce them to bow
their neck in voluntary slavery to manu-
featuring capital; hence union Of high
tariff and anti-slavery elements became
necessary. They were blended In effort
but not in object. The FIRST seeks to op-
press one section Of the Union to promote
the pecuniAry success Of the other; while
the latter seeks to gFatiiy revenge, malice
and . change in government suited "a
their views Of right government To reach
the goal Of their respective aims, both ses
the necessity for the utter extinction ol
Southern prowess. and hence we see out
government IN ruins, and = heartlsss eel
Of politicians and bigOts waving the irou
rod Of despOtiSm over our people. In the
language Of that tried friend to his cOun'
try and unsurpassed jurist, Judge Taney,
The suspension Of the writ Of ASbeal
esgpWs Is the suspension Of the COnstitu'
tion."
Not only is this Being done BY Mr. Lin.
coin himself but BY . Cat unprecedented
except among the despOts Of the earth, b
delegates this usurpcd right to his subal
terms. Gen. Jackson, at New Orleans
declared martial Law, but quietly submit
ted to the authority Of the Courts. No
is this the only thing that Lincoln haI
done 10 violation Of the constitution b.
has sworn to support He has declared
war Of determination against indspendsn
sOvereignties. raised money. increased th'
army and navy, Invaded the territory Q
sovereign States, and still persists In thss'
high.handed acts, without even . lins q
the constitution to justify bis conduct
whether regarded literally Or Constructive
y. Yet the people ere bliNdsd and ar'
literally forging their own chains. and b
come exceeding indignant against ever
person who may eek 70 show them thsi
error.
Let no one despair Of dOingEOOd 20 lOnl
- we witness the efforts bsing made d
the North 70 put an end 10 this Ifightaa
hnaticiSm. The North are not uaitel
against the South. Far iron Il Th'
great Democratic element there has Only
been skOtched, not killed. Be Of gOO'
cheer. Democrats; Jour cause b just ant
the people win 90 decide. ere many mooai
wane. SEvENTY.SIX.
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