The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-11-01

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When The Republican papers and lssd
ers, ct the time Of the Introduction Of the
Crittenden Compromise, when hOstilitie'
were threateasd and could have been
nverted by . temperate and cOnciliatOry
course, declared that they would yield
not an inch" Of party platform, purpose
or interest to save the country. we told
our readers that they meant disunion-
that they were entirely willing to provoke
a rebellion in order To obtain an excuse or
a pretext for either aboliShing slavery or
separating the North from the South.
The history of the past year, and present
pregnant indications and avowals, fully
corrOborate our statement of Abolition
purposes. A Major General of the Fcde-
raj army, who aspires to the Presidency,
ridicules the idea of restoring the old
Union. Leading Republicans everywhere
declare that they are opposed to the
Union as il was" and will never consent
to its reconstruction. The Sacramento
Union and its slavish followers rciterate
the reasonable sentiment. The Union
is the mouth-piece Of the Abolition party
of the party that carried California at
the last election--and its opinions are in
de"'rJ 6F T.: 49, a1ad its ipSiSnj6csos
and Pnerile organs without hesitation
UUM W'19S, $50 I:!:=sela's Negro Eman-
cipatiOn Proclamation, not one Of them
had the courage to comment upon it, but
as soon as it commended the Proclamation
the other organs Of the AbOlitioniStS ca.
ge9!J Aifowed Snit, in order to prove their
zeal and fidelity. The Union has pro-
nOunced against the Union as it was,
so have its satellites, and they are all fol-
lowing in the footsteps Of the lluStriou:
Phillips, Garrison and Fred. Douglass
The Umion rs it was" the Union of ouI
fatherS--the Union that made our country
great, prosperous and happy-the Union
of "white men, for the benefit of white
men and their poste'itv forever" is hate
full to the Abolition traitors and fanatics
and their obse4uious defenders and sup
portcrS. For the diSmembermcnt Of thu
old Union they have laborcd zealously
assidiouSly, perSStently and inSidiouSly
for years. That this was the real desire
and purpose Of the leaders Of Republican
ism--of the men who proclaimed the sir
renresSible conflict" doctrine, we have Of
ten stated. When they said mo Unior
with shareholders" they meant what they
said, and they have worked and are now
working, backed by the power and inhu
ence Of the Administration, 10 carry tina
motto into effect. The cry has gone forth
from Washington that the old Union il
not to be restored that it WAS not wortl
preserving; that there was guilt in its in
ception and the stains Of original sin upor
its life. The Emancipation Proclamation
was issued to prevent its restoration; ant
the organs of the Abolitionists have de
clared that opposition to the Proclamation
in other words, opposition to dissolution
of the Union, is treason" The vote OF
the Crittenden Compromis. was a ties
question, and it proved that the Adolf
tionsts were determined to dissolve thu
Union. Following it came the abolish
ment of slavery in the District Of Colum
bia, incendiary proclarnn;ions, feeding
clothing and protecting fugitive slaves
and last and worst of all, the Negro Eman
cipation Proclamation, which, if adhered
t.. will render a restoration Of the ole
Union impossible.