The Shasta courier., 1862-12-06

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suire's orsasLousc.
IF~sm the Cincinnati Commercially
Pretended Democrats but Real Traitors.
We regard the Democratic party move
ments al ncailed for and dangerous, and the
leading ssirits of that rartv, sin the present
political .,ntest, rs not only hostile to the
Admins alton, but unfriendly to the Gov
ernment We by no means confound the
Admins ,fions and the Government; the
one is f.. term, the other. we hope, is for
all time The acts of the Administration
should ~ . sha q s. scrutiny, and when
there is eaiSness, negligence. on positive
error. olY eiors 10 tie Eharpest criticisms
cannot b3ssll taken. But the Administra
ton reur1sents, expresses. the Government,
and the @ion is in the midst of dangers.
dark and Imminent. Therefore it becomes
all GOOD 3itizeas 70 give the Administration
such sapsprt as is consistent with fair judgt
ment an bonest convictions Of duty, and
fact;ous, %sAbittered, malignant, indiscrimi-
nate hostility to the Administration, resolves
itself into warEare upon tie Government, and
allied, it.necessarily is, with bloody trea-
son, maktag outright war upon the Republic,
becomes snkly treasonable.
10 Reasonable person will charge the
masses d the Democratic party with disloy-
atty. T1s outcry made by organs of the
Democracy that all Democrats are accused Of
being ti:- tors, is the noise of the lying and
treaehertsis demagogues, who seek TO shield
their ow, -cntusous and daring rascality from
the dcnu .eiatioa it deserves. by ditinsing il
over m.ititudc to whom il does not belong.
1t is impasslble fos aev patriot to be insensi-
Bile Of + g 8. se.'esssss e .ssas II sss
war for tiis as7His md tl'ass the dmia
ton is n.t inapn rceiatirc Of their valae
indispossv - giiye them the highest .reeoesiS
ton, is S, "a ID the humble Of Aeas6 6cratk =
ing the i feapons hleatd hsI5erabts pszi.s
tons in tie army s S ~
But, ,snst pntartunately, the formidable
political mud 9nefy sand the prestige of the
name Of Democratic party, have been pos
sessed, aad are being employed, by the lead {
ers of thssparty whose ambition IS most un-
serupuletss md they are welding the party
power assinst the Administration with 4 dis.'
regard asxe6nsequenees to the Goyernpsant;
that mas be noted as reckless in. the cxtscnae,
or n,arkd as the initiation Of rerolatihil.E
is tistorf, t!Jat the leaders in tterebelif6n
were es;<S Hti.e Democratic party. Its
iliStory, Ant lS;sQEfs VI 4tHc present
Esg.as.,itt saly ~. Nassls ase J.
forgsi,e mos: part, those VII, were in princi-
rle and by as nc;ation most intimate with the
leaders of the rebellion and it is no violent
mption-no imper;inent suggestion
that the interests of the Democratic rebels
South. ana the projects of Democratic parti-
sans North have an affinity that's dangerous,
not to say an identity that is absolutely
alarming.
The situation becomes the more startling,
when we consider that the very misrepresent-
atisns used in the South eighteen months
ago, to preeipitate States out of the Union.
are now employed to carry Co gressional
Districts in the North for the Democracy
and we do not hesitate to say, and the more
minute investigation is made the more the
remark will be confirmed. that the speeches
of the Commissioners Of the State of South
sent out to persuade other States
to secede, and to inhame the passions Of the
people to the pitch of making war upon the
United States. were not more unsound in the
theories of Government advanced. or more in
flammatory in their substance and style, and
we're not in their tendencies promotve OF
public disorder in greater degree, or more
subversive OF constitutional law, and
the peace of communities, and net more at
variance with common sense and common
facts, than the speeches of several Democratic
candidates for Congress, in Ohio, in the can
vass now pending
The Democratic party is thrust before the
people. and insolent and arrogant demands
are made in its behalf. that they shall con-
cede to it the right exclusively to rule the
it is utterly without policy
on the supreme national views Of the times.
No Democratic candidate for Congress of
whom we have heard. has named. or attempt
ed to name. one measure of public policy.
definite aad practicable, that Is. in his iudg
,nent. suited to meet the exigences OF the
times. There is OF even a simulated states
among them. Their declaration as
to the future is vague and stormy with
Their professions Of faith are
intangible They cry peace, peace, when
there is no peace. They pirate about concili-
alton and compromise, when it was exhausted
before the war commenced and every hint
of such a policy, during the war. has been
received by the rebels with manifestations of
the sharpest hatred and scorn. They claim
to be spec al devotees of the Nnion. and vet
the idea that it can be re-
stored by force If. therefore. they have
Union policy. it is that of submission to the
and turning the whole country
over to eonspirators, in order to keep it TO-
gethet. The whole party movement is as in
sidious as it is energetic, and as sinister as
bold and justifes the deepest distrust. and
gravest apprehensions.
Daniel S. Dickinson, New York Democrat
of national fame, rtrayed the political sit
uation as exactly as vividly-giving US in
deed an illuminated photographic his
Cooper's Institute speech on Wednesday
night last in these ;rds:
Rebellion knows from spies and sympa-
thizers quite too near US, what is going on
as well as We do 1t is struggling on in the
hope that this peace party may gain the as
eendancy. when it expects to be forgiven for
its treason. have murder washed from its
bloody hands. and be rewarded fer its vii
iainy by liberal propositions This party.
with its propositions of peace having been
exposed. abashed and in glorious overthrow
last year. has covered its framework this,
with veneering OF different shade, but quite
too fimsy to deceive discerning and loyal
people. Like the cat in the fable. 1t has
whitewashed It's coat. but the teeth and
claws are plainly discernible. Call back
your sons, / repeat, or crush this insidious
monster a. home and the rebellion abroad