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

"'N S"Ploy IhS theIn, lucy would wei.
come such terrible calamity with fiend.
iSh joy. without stopping TO calculate its
fearful consequences. On this subject we
copy the following considerable and well.
timed article from the Albany Argus
The ATgw well and truly SAYS, and the
Abo!itiOnists, if they are prudent, will
heed the remark, that 1.-THE sympathies Of
the whole world, in such contest, would
he with the master race, and not with the
scrvilc class" To precipitatc the South
in such @contest would inevitably secure
its independence
"Whcn the Sepoys Of India rose in re.
belliOn against the English residents, aud
in the first outbreak Of savage ferocity,
committed crimes at which humanity
shudde-ed, the hearts Of the American
people were with the victims. These muir.
dered men, these agonised women, were
our kindred; and every man felt that, a.
Commodore Tatnall said when he sent
American sailors to aid the BritiSh,in Chi.
na, that blood is thicker than water
live had been near enough to India Ia
make our aid available, thousands would
have volunteered to save those 70 whom
community Of race and language andoEcli.
gion united us.
And docs any one suppose Europe
would look with any different feeling upon
Negro War, wased with all its revolving
horror against the white citizens OF the
= Confederate States The sVmpathies Of
the whole world, in such contest, would
he with the master race, and not with the
servile class. We do not say that Europe
would interfere; but Europeans of all IA
tons would volunteer Oh the side Of their
impcriled Kindred.
The African and the Aaiatic arc an alien
and inferior race. Less than 100, 000
EnSlishmcn, interpolation Of 800, 900, 000
in India, 0vcrcamc the ScpnyS. Yet these
were intelligent, armed, disciplined, had
money, and even a literature What arc
the Africans Of the South! Without arms,
without habits Of cooperation, without
money, or arts, or means Of communal.
ton, and outnumbcrcd two to one, by the
whites, their attempts at instruction
would he followed by overwhelming de.
feat. Terrible to them would be the re-
suit Of the conflict Onc.haf would, il
-trreri he he tnadr the rxrcutiunrrs Of the
other half
We have had many phases Of miScalcu
lAtion, mi>cslirate anI false confidence
hut there is no dclusinn 80 great as that
which counts upon the instigation Of ser.
vile war in the South, as a means to be
employed 10y the North. 1t would sci
the world against Us. Even those who
have checked our boasts of freedom, by
the taunt If slavery. would point the fin.
ger Of horror at us, five brought in ser
vile massacre to aid US in a war like this. "
We cue well understand whv the MOUNrIIN
DEn'rmAT should L"hrVc We we're actuaicd bv
self interest IN the views Which We set forth On
National questions, iur il reasons from party
'.-I,0in,. aud Is Olr 1t those papers that
haze bcrei"inrr shared in Government patron.
sae. and done The dirty work which their un.
scTuIulnus masters have demanded at their
hands. The MOS has. aud has had, u legiti.
nAie business III its tn u. and ~ uUt obliged IA
depend upon partisan iAv"Es. ar weaken and
change lis course undcr Tue influence 0i parti.
san fr"whs. Can tue DkNrRAV say as much =:
We reckon not -.NicrdM,hh Ihl"H.
We reckon" it can. Gen. CaSS. when
Secretary Of State, designated the Demo
GRAFT "as one N the official papers for the
Government in this State, but the price
which the Government pays for its adver.
Using mot being up to the standard
which the DENoCRAr has fixed upon in
dealing with its customers" We 'dcclincd
performing the duties which that position
required" The DEVorRAT is not and
never has been dcpcEdcnt upon oticia!
patronage or partisan favOrS for support.
1t has received hut ittlc Of either and ask
ed for less. Had it trimmed its sails Ia
the popular breeze" in imitation Of the
Union, it doubtless would have benefited
its propric,ors prcuniarily, but being a
little more independent and far less mcr.
ccnary, it Gcarle*sly took the side Of the
weak against the strong. in defiance Of
public opinion" when it thought public
opinion wrong.
Certainly the Union lean well undo,
stand why the MnrNrAIN DEMOCRAT should
believe it To be aclualcd by self'intercs'
in the views which it sets forth on Nation
NJ questions" There is no mistaking the
('MiOMx past course. SclfintereSt has
ever been its governing principle. i in
dorsed the platform and encouraged the
leaders Of the Know Nothing party, ask
ing and expecting for its support the nom
ination of State Printer. Paul Morrill,
one Of its prOprietors, went before thu
Know Nothing Convention, solicited 1
nomination but was defeated by Genera
Allen. Immediately after, the LMio,
discovered that Know Nothingism was
humbug, mentioned il derisively and GOV
ertly opposed it. 1t hesitatcd sevCra
days, to find out the popular side, moved
by self.interest, before it sail word fol
or against the San Francisco mob. Pub
lie opinion Endorsed the course OF thu
mob, and Of course the Union did, ant
with bitterest invectivo denounced thu
friends of "Law and Order" Then, be
cause it was popular, it Justified rebellion
and with detcstaGle glee trampled upoI
the laws. Then it could see neither
wrong nor iniamy in unbridled viOlenc'
and bare. faced perjury. Again public