The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-08


position was made Of it our correspondent
, ~--eS~NSN -NA---J >--- W. -s~ssO Oeso O'Sa'
bic to learn from the mcAgre CongressiOn.
al proceedings which We have received
since the commencement Of the present
session. It is substantially the same as
the resolution offered by Mr.. Crittendeu
At the extra session last summer, which
the Democracy everywhere indorsed.--
Who can dissent from the doctrines en-
bodied in itf Are they not sound, M.
tionaI, temperate and unO1ectiOnable
The extremists of both sectiOns-AbOli-
-iiOwe<A &M& SecessiUnists-9Of eeAa0G WI,
find fault with them, but no loyal Ameri-
csa,-,UO &r0e friend Of the Constitution and
lover Of the Union can hesitate to indorsc
them. What friend of his country can
demand more than is here set forthf II
is declared that the great motive which the
Government has in view is to save the
Union and enforce the Constitution. This
was the declared purpose Of the Admins
tration when the war commenced and q
call was made for troops. Does any one
wish to see the war diverted from this
purpose? RI it is not /" to save the Union
and enforce the Constitution" what is il
for? To divide the one and trample upon
the other! 1t disapprOves and discOun'
tenances and forbids "extreme, radical
and descriptive measures" such as Jim
Lane advocates and desires to introduce,
regarding them ~ unwise and ruinOus
In this respect it will meet with the de-
tcrmined opposition Of the followers Of
Cameron, Cochrane, Fremont, Greedy, Jim
Lane & Co., but the cordial approval Of
those who would rejoice to zee the Union
once more as our fathers made it-pros
porous, powerful and harmOnious-.re
spected and hOnored at home, and feared
abroad.
1t says, too, "that in suppressing trea
son the Government cannot prove trai
tor to the organic law Of the land" Il
there anything wrong. anything exception
able, anything that Union men cannot
approve, in thisf Certainly not. Would
not "the Government prove traitor tC
the organic law of the land" by emanci
pating the slaves of the SOUTH Eman
cipation must not be resorted to, and VI
arc glad to see such sterling Republican
as Mr.. Ten Eyck deprecating it In thu
language Of Hon. HoratiO Seymour, o
New York:
1.-THE abolition Of slavery would not end th'
contest, but il would be the commencement q
Q lasting, destructive, terrible domestic con
hict. We know that The people Of the NOrtt
would not consent that 4,O00, 00O Of free negroes
should live in their midst. That they wOulC
not agree 70 abolition Of slavery If those manu-
mitted slaves were " be moved into the North
eru States and placed upon the vast, unOccu
pied lands belonging 10 our Government
we would not live with them under these CIR
cumstances, with what justice do we demand
that the people Of the South should be subject
ed u all the evils and insecurity and loss o
constitutional rights, involved in the immedi
ate abolition of slavery?"
The resolution Of the New Jersey Sen
ator suits the Democracy Of California
they Endorsed Crittenden's, and have al
ways cOntended for the doctrine it embed
les. We hope to see it made part Of our
platform next summer; also the following
from Ex-Governor SeymOur's admirable
speech, which cannot be too often quoted
1--WE shall zee that the war docs not crust
out the liberties Of the citizen, or the reserved
powers Of the States. We shall hold that maj
70 be IS much traitor who urges our Govern
ment TO Overstep its constitutional powers, al
he who resists the exercise Of its rightfnl au
thOriiy. We shall contend that the rights Q
tie States and the General Government arr
equally sacred. Our motto is: The Union GnC
the Constitution and the Laws. The UnioI
upon equal terms, the schOk Constitution an'
all the Laws"