Daily national Democrat., 1861-09-04
lie. CAL WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 4 1861

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years, as the Peace party say but such a
peac as they call for, would place us in the
rear Of civilization for centuries.
Their whole course question Of telling
to say nothing of patriotism, Is a false one
To oppose the war is to prolong it. A vigo-
rous var is the short and the only road to u
speedy peace Instead Of sapping the ener-
ries OF the nation by mistaken or insilions
opposition, rather let US (as Mr. Douglas urg-
ed in his latest appeal TO the natlon,) unite Ia
"the most unanimous and stupendous prepa-
rations" for the war, that We mny the sooner
arrive at q settlement Of our difficulties
satisfactory to both sides if possible, and not
| humiliating to either.
That there must be much debt and taxation
is inevitable 1t is the price which great
nations have to pay for their power. their
position and their rights. The people that
submits TO li.memhtrmeut loss of place and
nationality, until after tremendous and ex-
haustng struggle. is doomed on the earth. lts
history is written and the volume closed, Its
"sun has gone down, while yet it was day
For fifty years we have not been called on
for a war tax out Of our abuuiauce shall
we grulEe this mite to sustain the test GO
vcrnment on earth, to which we owe 1t all
Oar brethren In the other States pour out
their money aud their Ulood in the cause.
Shal! California. to " hom the Union ia more
than all the rest, lie heard to complain of Il
tax? Let the Union fall, and she will re-
pent in sack cloth and ashes she had not civ
! on her all to preserve il.
/ Peace aad The Southern Confeleracy are
/ demanded, also because (say they) this is
/ an "Aholition war BY this understand that
! the war is or ia to lie, waged for the ahoH-
/ tion Of slavery in the hostile States There
/ is no just ground for this charge, either in the
original purpose of the war or IN the conduct
of IT, thu- far II isa war begun and wnged
to uphold the Union and the Constitution
a.i not to destroy them 1t has not been
perverted from that sacred purpose and can
not be- The irresponsible fanatics, here and
there. who seek to give it q different chario
trg will fail in their efforts 1t must be that
the accus tion is intended only for political
effect. Who can credit it that reflects thn
the war is earnestly sustained by Critenden
and .Iohuson (of Teuno4see) and piekiuecu.
and Cass and Dix ana Walker and ~anJ
such men That it Wae approved by Doug
las with hi4 dying lreathg That it Is firmly
upheld by Maryland and Kentucky in the
popular branch of Congress" That it had
the solemn sanction Of the pious and venrra-
! ble heads of the Christian churches. who for
the Gr.t time in all their lives made public
their views on political question? Are all
those ercat and good mon and those south
ern and slavcholjing States guilty Of hound
ing on an "Auolj:on war;
The statement is cruel ca'nmny Al GU.
rage equally upon all Iropiety oud sensa.
Thetruth H., the demand for "peace at any
price" ia simply The prevent version Of the
old cry Of" mo coercion in any event Both
I e.
/ this ~lula in the interest, net OF the Cuiou
but Of the States in arms TO destroy it. That
cur fellow cil,lcua who are bound 10y jjuh
, tload or Giaud7hip to the hostile stare
should have their sympllhirs deeply excited
tor them is rot at all surprising. ! can the
better npprecilte--bccauac have felt and
still feel in nay own person--thc power @
those strong and kindly Influences. Yet
wAo can donht Chat the very strength o
those f. ,,iugs is mo.t apt to orcrcom. to-
patriotism and the Judgment Of ihotr ~
whom it is greatest and to render then
most unsafe guides in questions between the
country and those States, and which reaci
beyond our time into iuturity? That they
should love part of the country better thar
! the whole, may be natural. That they should
/ therefore IN this contest side with that pant
| AGAINST tine wh.lc j. also mo- ye-y uneturaI
( however erroneous. Put | put il to those
men thcmsels ses ana 20 their candcr is it Just
to the whole to seek to force upon it policy
which is fatal to il, for the qualification OF
;heir feelings and the Advantage Of a part z
Civil war il terrible; yet it is tie ordeal
/ in which all the nations are tried. some
) surv,g. the trial and come out the stronger
/ for it, Those are the great nations Of the
/ earth, like France aad England. Have we
] l.. ~ E.. ii.
/ they Or are We t. perish in the fires, Ike
some inferior race2
# the country Is now 20 surrender Mt dis
cretiou. We may as woll give up entirely, tur
everything - GONE There is neither Union
nor Constitution for the States that 90 uu'
or those that rcmail Secession ana revolu
ton will be the new order Of things Free
institutions, government by The will Of The
majority con-ttutioually expressed, are nc
more No election will sieud where the de-
feated party has the force 80 overthrow it
We are sunk TO the Mexican level The power
and the glory, and the very name of America
among the nations are departed forever
To California this election has a consc-
Gueuce nearer aui even more mJmentous, OF
which her people should think very deeply.
The evils Of the times have been to her ii
material advantage. From the mistortuuea
Of the country she has reaped nothing but
benefit Wealth and population, and the
expectations Of many in all the states, have
begun to SET toward her Ike @ tide, and a
long course Of boundles5 prosperity was OPP
ening before her She was known to be a
loyal State, aud she was remote from the
civil strife Men knew that within her hol-
ders would be found peace, concord and Sc
curi'v.
If the Gclot leaied ~ Mr. Mcconnell
shah receive any considerable vote, all this
bright prospect win disappear Though a
large proportion Of that vote should have
been cast for him by men entirely loyal to
the Union and on grounds distinct from the
question OF pence or war yet the rcsult vii
most AZ urcdly be claimed aa q triumph O
those Who symputhi2e With The hostile otatei
more than thry do with the country, auc
who are for an unconditional degrading anC
fatal surrender 10y the Government In the
canps 81 Secession il VIII he hailed rs a lIi-
umTh. and viii do moce to encourage the
foe and protract the war at the added cost
Of fthsusluds ofliyes and millions OF money,
than another Manassas But tC the friend,
Of the Union and Of California it will bring
sorrow and gloom IT will show the exist
en2e here Of an element Of danger; and it
viii blast all hef bri.htprospeets at stroke,
destroy her credit arrest the flow OF wealth
aud population, and paralyze all the elements
OF her prosperity and power. Her sister
States viii look on her with grief and dis
trust and the nation will turn with ayerted
brow from the ungrateful child to whom she
has always given, and lately more than ever,
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