The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-12

Four-tifths, and perhaps nIne-tenths, Of
oil the men that carry muskets and KNAPP
sacks in the army ofthe West are opposed
to the doctrines of negro equality and ab
clifton, as preached by the gentleman
from the Bureau district of Illinois. He
is a man of great bOldness, apparently,
and | must do him the justice to say that
he advocates abolition and its consequent
ces with great fearIesSness, though he is
too discreet TO make as strong speeches
in Southern Illinois as he does at Chicago
He and several other gentlemen of kindred
opinions favored me by canvasSing through
my district during the last campaign that
| made for Congress, and it gives me
great pleasure to state that they were
quite moderate.
A Voice. Didn't they give you votes ?
Mr.. Richardson.-Well,s sir, they we're
like the boy whom the minister Of the
Gospel found fishing on Sunday. said
he, my boy, you are very wicked, you
ought not to be sporting upon the Sab
bath" oh" said the boy, 81 amt
wicked, for haven't caught single fish"
So it was with my abolition friends when
) sA4v ED0reea' 60 VNy AisAyicH; sSay, ,.tZe
not very wicked for they caught no fish.
Laughter
Sir, will not digress, but return to
the consideration of the solemn RESPONSE
blitieS that are resting upon us. Our
country is menaced by secessionists in
arms, rebels, upon one hand and by abO-
litionstS nullitiers of the laws and the
Constitution upon the other. Sir, pro-
pose bayonets for the former, ballots for
the latter. These two classes disposed,
and there will be a return to the pros
perity, the peace and happiness of the
earlier days of the Republic. Sir, these
armies we're raised to execute the laws
f;iEJiS1tvsAtGtn sSts ~. .>.,>..<>s.s+>, >
tuition in all the States. They are, sir, to
suppress armed violaters of that instru.
ment. And sir, it remains for the people
at the ballot-box to suppress these north
ern violators of the Constitution, il they
would preserve the rights and liberties Of
American freemen.
For one, wherever l am called, and
whenever, shall be always ready to dis.
charge my portion of this duty. Neither
the cry Of disloyalty nor the charge of
sympathy with the rebels, whether it en-
anates from usurpers of the people'srights
in high places, or from the base plunder-
ers Of the Government, who make the
negro hobby-horse upon which to ride
into enormous and extOrtionate contracts
neither, sir, shall deter me from the full
and complete fulfiilment of my duty as a
Representative. | denounce here-and
no one shall gainsay my right to do so as
the Representative Of a gallant and loyal
peOple-the action Of this Congress and
of the several Departments upon the ne.
gro question. ! denounce it as having
neutralized to n great extent the effect of
many OF the hard earned victories which
our soldiers have fought and won for the
Constitution as it is, and the Union as it
was" This, sir, is what life and happi-
ness has been pericd for IN the loyal
States; for this | now address you for
this, upon this issue, shall go before the
people Of my State during the coming
| year; for this ! shall there expect TO
speak, to act and to vote; for this, sir.
expect that extreme men, Abolitionists
and disunionsts, will be banished from
the councils of the nation.
This great work accomplished, grim
viSaged war will smooth his wrinkled
front The din of arms will be lost in the
hum of busy industry and the hymn of
domestic endearment. The Constitution
as it is will stand sublmely forth, an en-
during monument to the wisdom Of our
fathers the States restored, like stars that
have wandered, to their original places in
the Union as it waS;" our people once
more on the highway of nations and on
| the march toward the fulfillment of that
grand destiny which God has assigned to
them. ..------.-
All these things I hope for, all these
things | shall realize, unless the people
are again deceived by Abolition under
some new name. Under the name of Re-
publican Abolition can do no more harm !;
in that character its rOle is ended. 1t
will next appear in new dress. Already
its leaders are calling loudly for the for
nation of a so-called Union partv-thS
is indeed an attempt to steal the livery Of
heaven in which to serve the devil. Let
the people, being forewarned, be forearm
ed against the next appearance of Aboli-
ton. Trust no such affiliations, for one
more success Of the Abolition party, un-
der whatever name it may assume, and
our nationality is lost forever, and the
wreck of our Republic will strew the
pathway of nations with those of Greece
and Rome. From the contemplation of
such future turn in horror upon such
scenes, Mr.. Chairman, trust my eyes
may never rest, over such results never
weep.
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