The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-15
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can pGrty-always maintaining the Demo
cratic doctrine that the majority should
govern, and that in q representative gov
eminent, the liberties Of the people will
always remain secure in their hands-if
by uniformly advocating . strict adhe-
renee to the ConstitutiOn-equallyO ppo-
sing the heresy of notification on the one
hand and the federal doctrine Of CONSOLE
DATIoN on the other-if endeavoring to
maintain the ascendAncy Of the Laws, in
stead Of a6mOnishing my fellow citizens
to their resistance by brute force, as the
modern Wing presses have done, will rem
der me obnoxious to the term, I Oson I
stand c0nUicted.
But sir n you, or your correspond
ent should attempt to cast the insinuation
that one drop Of Tory blood was courSing
through my veins-sHch TOryism as mark
ed the oppOsers Of American freedom in
the days of our revolutionary struggle,
and which still manifests itself in the ranks
Of the modern Wings | should repcl the
foul SANDER as an indignity offered to my
honor, and hold yourself or the writer Of
the article in such estimation as the foul
lnsinuatiOn would justly entitle you.
1.-The term Wing, as applied to the pa
triots Of &c, is still dear to every freeman,
but never knew SO hallOwed . name Of
earth so shamefully dcsecrdted as it now
is by being assumed by the present enc.
mics Of the Democracy.
"YOu will therefore do me the justice
to give me the name of your correspond
ent, or to publish this, together with his
definition Of the term as applicable to my
SELF Yours,
August /, 1887"
Mcssrs. Editors, l know not but may
weary your patience and that Of your
readers by quoting any further from my
editorials, but the dangers to our instltu-
tons which | have long fOrseen and which
have ever deprecated, have now culmi-
mated in the present unnatural war, under
the lead Of President Lincoln and his Pre-
mier, VIM. II. Seward therefore quote
from the first number of paper styled
the Danville Republican, Feb. 8, 1912.
We transcribe only that portion which has
= bearing e2 the prafe24 iSSo.e -
1--WE say, then, to all, our paper is pc.
HticGl-that its doctrines are REPgRtAcAN.
- SAs~1%sa- 3. LeAH tss.coe f,iSsstlc0f priiI:
ciPles acted upon by our Revolutionary
fathers, which prompted them to stand up
in defence Of their ewn and their cOun-
try's rights in opposition to the combined
powers Of the ariStOcracy of wealth and
the kingly power of Great Britain-which
principles, IN rs, brought upon It's sup
pOrters the term Of 'Whig,' in contradis-
tinction to such rs proved, in the day Of
our cOuntry's SevereSt trial, her secret and
sworn enemies-which term, as then ap-
piled, was synonymous with that oil Re-
publican, but recently desecrated by being
assumed by the friends Of ancient FEEDER
ism. These principles elevated Thomas
Jefferson, their great champion, to the
Presidency. The same principles have,
since then, successfully elevated to the
Presidency n Madison, q Monroe, Jack
son and Van Buren,. True Republican
ism seeks to secure the greatest good to
the greatest number. 1t inculcates the
doctrine so clearly expressed by General
Jackson, that it is not IN splendid gov
eminent, supported by powerful monopo-
lies and aristOcratical establishments, that
the people will find happiness, or their
liberties protected, but in government
which, like the dews of heaven, showers
its blessings alike upon ALL
Another great Republican principle
is that Of the right Of conscience. 2 This it
secures to the most humble citizen, who
enjoys the undoubted right to worship
his Creator under his own vine and zig
tree, and none are suffered to modest or
make him afraid'-who has the privilege,
but is not compelled to worship either in
the public sanctuary or his private abode,
or to perform any external act of devotion
whatever. True Republican principles
impel men to observe wholesome laws,
which have an equal bearing upon all.
Under such laws men can here enjoy The
privilege Of becoming as holy and harm.
less as is possible for finite beings-pos.
sessing as they do all the helps afforded
BY the woad Of inspiration and the aid Of
the spirit ofgracc yet is he not compelled
to profess any religion whatever so that
his belief or unbelief does not conflict with
the right Of his neighbor. =
After having expressed my views upon
the institution of domestic servitude-as it
exists under the compact Of the Consttu.
ton and of its final overthrow through
the mild operation of our Republican form
Of government and the benign influence
Of a Peaceful Gospel, then proceed to
say:
ave are equally confident that our
safety as a nation-yca. that our very ex.
iStence as Republic depends mainly up.
on the observance of the rights reserved
to the States when they entered the ma
tional compact. They were, prior TO the
formation of the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, separate and independent SOW.
creigntics. They mutually surrendered to
Congress, for the general good of all, GER
tain portions or attributes Of sovereignty,
reserving to themselves the sole and absO-
lutte control over all others not thus clearly
designated and defined Should Congress
undertake to legiSlate for or assume con-
troll over those States in matters not con.
ferred, then does she plant the seeds of
disunion which will speedily bring forth
the germ of Dissolution in the doctrine OF
Notification. ~.
Coon ADVICE TO DoCTOBS Have you
heard of the BOwery boy, who being cut
short in hard life by sore disease, that
quickly brought him to deaths door. was
informed by his physician that medicine
could do nothing for him.
What's my chances, doctor?'
Not worth speaking Of
'One in twenty