The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-18
c.,1poRSIA VOLUNTEERS.

all expenses, so that California has not
been Mt the expense of dollar. Some OF
the officers have been to much expense
In raising their regiments, and the Legs
lature should reimburse them.
STATE MILITIA.
The militia law of last year is good
one. A military tax should be levied to
nav rent of armories and procure arms
We should have 10000 stands Of arms,
while the fact is, We have not 3,OOO, ana
many Of those are useless.
FEDERAL RELATIONS.
Extreme men in both sections hurried
the Nation into civil war. The ComPro:
mise Measures of 1850 had disposed Of
the question of slavery in the Territories,
and there was no difference since that
tine that might not have been adjusted
also "but unfortunately for the Republic,
the extreme men who a year since had
the power to pass measures Of conciliatl0n,
like that proposed by the venerable states
man Of Kentucky, declared that the day
of compromise was past. The Nation,
therefore, is now fully committed to the
policy of war; and whether it be the best
policy in order TO preserve the Union and
restore harmony, or not, those States that
have decided to remain in the Union are,
by the supreme law Of the land, commit
ted to this policy; and every citizen in
the loyal States is under obligations to aid
the Congress of the United States in the
execution OF all constitutional laws, III the
manner indicated by those laws.
Every good citizen must Of necessity, in
his civil duties, obey the win of the ma
inrity, when aScertaincd, and unl0 RE
same is revoked by the same authority
To departure from this democratic rule
we attribute, to great extent, the pres
ent difficulties, which threaten disaster 10
the principle Of free governments through
the world, founded on the idea OF the Ca
pTcity of man for eiEgo4e+Hmcnt. y
disregard for the will Of the majority, in
our system Of government, hcgetS dis
respect that terminates in a contempt for
all Salutary legal restraints whatever. >
Whatever may have been the desire
Of individuals, as 10 what policy the State
should adopt in view of the condition of
things in the Older States, still the result
of the election indicHtrtf her poiicy be-
yond any reasonable doubt X cannot be
said that the result did not clearly express
the will Of the majority. Every true aud
loyal heart in the State will, therefore,
willingly bear whatever portion Of the
burden may fall To his lot, in sustaining
the authorities of this State and the Uni
ted States in every constitutional and law.
full attempt to defend the Union and the
Constitution against foreign aud domestic
foeS-no matter how he may ditlrr from
the majority as to the prop ieIy Of the
policy adopted it is obligatory and bind
ing upon every citizen until lcgiiimatcly
changed. Although, with one single
exception, the only Executive of all the
free States entertaining political proclivi-
ties at variance with the party admins
,ering the National Government, not one
of them can have displayed a greater
prOmptitudc in obcyinS every constitu.
tiOnal requisition of the President.
The principle Of "Hty is only special.
ly valuable for the security Of our liber
ties. for the protection Of republican in.
stitutionS; and for the overthrow and
destI uction of these, diSiAtegration is the
Surcst course that can be adopted IT,
then, the warning sections of the Union
are sincerely devote 10 the PRINCIPLES oI
freedom and elt.governmeut, and under
no circumstances would tolerate any form
of government but republican, a Mon OF
some kind, If nothing more than an ALI.
ANCE, offensive and defensive. will he e..
tabliShed, whatever may be the result Of
the struggle Of the Southern States for a
separate independence and nationality
For the prot, elton OF their commerce on
the high seas, for the purpose of prevent.
ing monarchical IDEAS and policy from
OverrunniHg the American continent, As
they have overrun and Subducd Europe,
a union of some kind will he found ALSO.
iutely necessary between these rcpubli.
can States. The principle Of Union is
hte-the principle of Di>intcgration i,
dedth.to American policy, American great.
ness, and American progress and civiiza-
pressed on another occasion, to the public.
In the very beginning Of the process Of
severance and Ii>iutegration OF the Amer.
lean Union. we have a demon tration Of
the fact, that however hostile 10 each 9th
er European monarchcS may b., they
will settle their own disputes and league
together for the suppression Of republican
ideas and the maintenance Of privilege,
birth, and official honors in hereditary
descent. Three Of the great powers Of
Europe have now combined to force
monarchical institutions and ari>tocratic
privileges upon that living embodiment
of disunion principles, the Republic of
Mexico. And if the present unhappy
war continues in the United States, until
the forces of the Republic are unable
longer from exhaustion to prolong the
conflict, except in guerrilla warfare be-
tween the sections, the same powers will
combine to enforce aristocracy and royal
ty upon Americans, partitioning among
themselves the splendid domain of the
American Empire. The union of the
States Is not only necessary to the exist
ence Of republican institutions on this
continent, but it is the only hope of the
nationaltics Of Europe in their
for liberal laws and equal
rights. The same combinations of mo-
power and wealth have hereto
fore been successful in crushing republi.
can ideas on the Eastern continent, when
ever they began to obtain ascendancy in
any portion of Europe. The increasing
power and greatness of the American
Union had inspired hope in the oppressed
Of Eastern nations, that in due time, the
policy asserted by us on this continent
non'interference of European monarchies
in crushing out republican institutions
would be extended there.
"In concluding my official connection
with you, the representatives of the peo-
Pile of our State, having communicated to
you the condition Of the public interests,
it affords me infinite pleasure to attest
the general prosperity now existing in all
the branches Of our ira lie and industrial
pursuits. In Surrendering the trust to
my successor, which have held for the
past two years, | have every confidence