The Placer herald., 1862-04-19
THE PLACER HERALD
AUBURN, APRIL 10, 1862.
REPUBLICANIsM IN CALIFORNIA.

race and referred to certain moves OF the Leaders
and law makers of that party. as irreragable
evidence in support of our position The ink
wa. hardly dryYwhen we received aceamulative
evidence in support of our charge, near at home.
It seems that Mcssrs. Chillis. Warren. Weeks and
others, spokesmen for the party in this State, de-
sirous of hearing from their boss republican, on
the subject of calling State Convention, address
scd Governor Stanford letter, who, in answer.
writes to them at some length upon the objects
and policy of the party. The Governor says
THE great problem of our times to be solved
for veal or woe to future generations. IS human
freedom. ana man's political ability TO eorTn
himself. IL is for tAe ISOLATION Of these questions
that the $Sil Of .7merfea nO,c reS0unds ,cth the
tread Of 0ymed rarriors. and IS crimsoaed t1iM
the blood Of her chidren.
For whom do they desire to secure "human
freedom if it is not the negro? The white men
of the United States. North and South, have been
bo.stng for the past seventy years of being free
men, and during all this time they have been the
power behind the throne in maintaing govern
ments, both State and Federal 1t is plain then.
that "the great problem of our times" referred to,
and for which the armed warricrs are arrayed,
and for which the soil is crimsoned is not the hui
man freedom of the white man, but the negro
The Governor is plain spoken, and we like him
for it, He tells plainly the object the Republ
cans have in waging the present war. He has no
hypocriticnl pretense that it is to maintain the
Federal Government, or save the Union. He
says:
The people of California understanding this
matter as they do will not am sure. ever sane
,t-it wi
knowing full well the banefH Influence Of sla
gerry. ever consent to yield one iota that the Con
stitution does not compel. For my part. am
glad to arO,r myself at oil times. as the uncOm
promising foe ofhuman sidcery TN erery form
Now let it be remembered that the Governor
and his party interpret the Constitution for them
selves. Where the Constitution says "all men
are created equal &c, the Supreme Court OF
the United States says it alludes 10 white men
only. but the Republicans say no. that it embra-
ces negroes. chinamen and other inferior races
Taking their position whole. it is apparent
they do not conceive themselves under any real
obligation to protect a man in the propretorshp |
OF his servant. The enunciation of the above
proposition naturally brought him (as he tells
us) to consider the question of denying China
men The right to testify against white men. which |
he mOurns aS u great narusnlp
The reasoning OF the Republicans upon the sub
ject of the equality of the white and black race.
is perfectly honest and logical, for if they are
equal "a proposition they start with as true)
then it is wrong to keep them in slavery, and if
they not in slavery. they should he educated
and placed in the enjoyment of the rights and
privileges Of their pecrs-the white men.-Hon-
estly believing these things, they bound to
maintain them, 20 long a. their party is in the ad-
mnstration of the government. Since then.
they regard slavery in the South as the real bone
of contcntion-the substantial cause of the pres
ent war, they must use every endeavor TO abolish
it. To crush out rebellion then. they must either
desolatc the land. or, fight until the children of
the present generation OF slave owners shall
cease to feel the wrongs done their sires
The Governor takes occasion to remark that
'the Democratic organization. medium for
loyalty and devotion to the Union. is out of the
question" thus most clearly enuncuting his idea
that there is no loyalty except through Republi-
cnnlsm. In giving expression to this belief we
Consider the Governor perfectly fair. he speaks
for his party and tells it so bluntly, that no one
can mistake him. Facts. however and the pro-
gress Of events, do not sustain his excellency,
even reasoning from his own stand point. Seven
tenths of the men in our army are democrats, all
the substantial triumphs in battle have been won
by democrats. The feats Enthusiastically attribu-
table to the skill and valor of Republicans are
the victory Of the stone feet and the ION to
Richmond" victory Of Bull Run; the swindng
Of the Government out of millions upon millions
of monies, and the flr-sighted craftsmanship con-
nected with Mason and Slidell. These are the
triumphs of that mushroom party that now as
sumes all loyalty and patriotism, and impeaches
the love of country and fidelity of every other Or
ganizaton.
Democrats! you, and your fathers before you,
for three generations have held sway in the land
You built up and made glorious this Republic,
you shaped its powers, and Infused policy into
its workings, that made ii pride and boast of
all it's sons and dau ghers and the very envy of the
world With these historic garands clustering
around your brows. are you content to become
the coff and bye-word of these advocates of ne
gro equality? You have the power-are you con-
tent to become the captives Of this mongrcl breed
of political upstairs? Can you not see that war
can neither be efficiently prosecuted, nor in any
"''nuer SATISFACTORILY cohcIuued "hlist ihese men
hold sway? Is it not plain thatthe Union cannot
harmoniously exist upon their policy! Demo-
Gratis, il you would retain you own rights and
discharge your duty to your country. you must
forget partixan feuds, and small differences
Never in our past history, has the country ap-
pealed to you with such powerful arguments to
come up like brethren, and save her from the ter
rors that environ her. You are impotent for
good while Republcanism holds sway.