The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-09-20
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Ihis is sQuestioD Of fearful importance
just nov, Involving the liberty, perhsp,
the lie, Of every man who insisss upon I
saeSed observance of the Federal COnsti
tuition by the Administration. Are thoss
who question the wisdom Of the policy OI
the Administration, censure its exuava-
ganee, deplsre its ine(Hciency and condemn
the peculations of its agents, traitors
Are those who refuse to give 1t an uncon-
ditional support traitOrsl Is it treason
to contend for that for which our fathers
perriled their hives and shed their blood
Is the Constitution mere piece Of parch-
ment without any binding force! Does
not the Constitution make the Union, and
does not violation Of the one involve trea-
son against the otherI Have not prom
inent Republicans repeatedly violated the
Constitution Are they not now throw.
ing obstacles in the path of the Admins.
tration? What said President Lincoln in
his Address to the Border State Repre-
sentati-esy We quote his singularly sig.
nifcant language:
al am pressed with difficulty not vet men,
tioned-One which threatens division among
those who, united, are none too strong
In repudiaiing il, Hunters Proclamation
gave dissatisfaction, il not offence, to many
whose support t6e 4SyS2trg cNasot, Hizft1S 10
lose. And this is not the end Of il. The pres-
sure in this direction is still upon me, and il
increasing. BY cOnceding what l nOw ask,
you can relieve me, and much more. can relieve
the country in this important poiut"
What confession! and what damn.
ing accusation does it imply against those
TO whom il refers! The Albany Argus
says ait is a surprise 10 Democrats
who have been accustomed to be called
traitors by Abolition Pharisees-to find
the President thus defining and making
history Of the qualified loyalty of Repub
lican Senators and Congressman! lie
intimates plainly that he is obliged to
conciliate them, or the country will lose
their support, and thus we have it re-
corded by the highest authority, that the
motto and determination Of these JacobinS
is, the Negro first, the Union last! We
challenge any such exhibition of limping
loyalty IN the ranks of Democracy. They
have denounced the peStiIcntial agitation
Of Abolition and emancipation in the
midst Of civil war, because its obvious
effect was and is, to add strength to the
! rebellion and dccimate and imperil the
Union men South. This denuncintion
was their right, US lovers Of their country,
Of the Constitution, of the Union; but
when and where have Democrats imposed
conditions for supporting the President
in putting down the rebelliony Have
they not sprung TO arms at his call ? Have
they not as private citizens given Of their
money, and when in position to do so,
have they not voted men and money to
aid his effort? And yet it now comes to
light that the faction most vociferOnS, in
applying epithetS painful and mortifying
to those having at heart their country,
and nothing but their country,' has.
flung ut the President ar intimation that,
to secure their support, the effort to
qnench the rebellion must be conducted
as an Abolition crusade. Out on the
traitors! The President comedies them
too much in estimating their power or
influence. Let him cast them off, and
appeal to the people. They will see that
the demngOgues-representing but mi
nority Of the total votes Of the North-are
hurled from the dictntorial position they
have assumed, into the obscurity proper
for men with minds too small, and views
too narrow, to comprehend the eXigen-
cies Of the nation"