The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-28

member Of Congress, thus expressed him,
self: .. ! as
Although am not one of that class of
man who cry for the preservation of the
Union-thouSh 1 am uillin0. in certain
state OF circumstances, TO LET 1T SLIDE
|. have no fear for its perpetuation. But
let me say, if the chief object of the peO.
pie of this country be 10 maintain and
propagate .chattelS property in man-in
other words, human Slavcry-Me Union
caanOt, and OUGHT NOT TO STAND.
Giddings, Of Ohio, formerly member Of
Congress, now Federal Agent in Canada,
in the Chicago Convention, gave the. fol-
lowing interpNetANiO&S4 " = :s;a;, Btsirh
was Immediately aferward unanimously
t:;A!S5ss, ~ g. r.. - p
yhe Republican party was founded on
the doctrine or fttsro Eqdnnt yf'ft grew
upon il, and existed upon it. When yOu
ledre THIS TRUTH OUT, you ledre ont the
party.
In the Republican Convention Of 1856,
James Watson Webb. editor of the New
York Courier and Enquirer, leading
Republican organ, said:
Theyftbe people tell you they are will
ting to abide by the ballot box, and are
willing to make the last appeal five fail
there, what thcni We will drive it back,
spOrd in hand. and, so help me God, be-
lieving that to be right, l am with them.
Erastus Hopkins, also delegate, in the
same Convention, said
II 9c&ceCul means SaI, ns, and we arc
driven to the last textremity-when ballots
are useless, then we will make bullets ef-
frctive.
Rufus X. Spaulding, of Ohio, said:
In case the alternative being presented
of the discontinuance of slavery or a dis.
solution Of the Union, AN FOR DIssoLU.
TIoN, and / cure not ho,o quick it comes.
During his canvass Gov. Dennison, of
Ohio, declared:
IT | am elected Governor of Ohio. no
fugitive slave shall be sent back to Ken
tucky, Or any other State; il cannot 9th
erwiac protect him froIn his purSuerS, I
'ciH employ the 6dyOnet, 30 help me God!
j, W. Julian, member Of Congress from
Indiana, said of the Republican party:
tell you zee are u sectional party. 1t
is not alone fight between the North and
the South it is fight between freedom
and slavery; between God and the devil
between Heaven and hell.
Anson Burlingame, formerly member Of
Congress from Massachusetts,, and now
Lncoln's Minister to China foreshadowed
the policy Of the Administration as fol-
lows:
When we shall have elected President
-aS we will--who will not be the PreSi-
dent Of a party nor of a section, but the
Tribune Of the people; and after we have
extsrminated a. few more miserable dough-
faces from the North, then, If the slave
Senate will not give way, we will grind it
between the upper and neither millstones
Of our power. >.s
On another occasion he said:
The times demand, and we must have,
an anti-slavery Constitution, an anti.slaVc-
ry Bible, and an anti-slavery God.
Charles b. Sedgwick, member Of Con.
gress from New York, said:
The Republican party hated tyranny
and oppression everywhere, at home as
we'll as in foreign lands; and if it remained
true to itself, it would accomplish its cork
[ the erti.ction # Slrery under the
FederaI authority.
From the New York Tribune we select
the following:
The time is fast approaching when the
cry will be too Overpowcring TO resist
Rather than tolerate slavery as it now ex-
lists, LET THE UNION BE DISSOLVED At ONCE,
and then the sin of slavery will rest where
it belongs. -.. -
Gerrit Smith wrote to the National Era
in 1889:
Slavery might have been brought to a
.eaceful death at the ballot box; but neith-
er the North nor South would consent to
do that. It's cioLent termination is all
thlLt remains. would have
no man made Federal Judge who recog-
nized law for slavery and every Judge
who does should be impeached.
The Pine and Palm, an Abolition jour-
nal established in Boston since the inau-
guration of Lincoln, has published and
proclaimed the most infamous and treason
able sentiments, without Censure or inter
ference from Republican authorities. Its
Prospectus boldly advocated dissolution
of the Union, an alliance of some North
ern States with Canada, and other equally
reasonable measures. One number an
nounced the following atrocions senti.
mentS
If freedom can only prevail through the
agency of vengeance, so be it; if the TEN.
pie of Liberty can only stand securely on
the corscs of Shareholders, so be it. Rather
let the White race be swept from the sur
face Of the earth than endure the perpe-
tuity Of Negro bondage. We would hhesi-
tate at no conceivable atrocity. We acould
spare neither PdrlOr nor Cradh-neither
age nor ser--did we believe that they must
perish IN order that Negro slavery might
perish with them.
In Helpers Impending Crisis, approved
and indorsed by sirty,eight Republicans
in Congress, occurs the following:
We are determined to abolish slavery at
all hazardS-in defiance of all opposition,
of whatever nature which it is possible
for the s.aveocratS to bring against u.s.
Of this they may take due notice, and
govern themselves accordingly
We will conclude this record with that
most Infamous and reasonable sentiment
delivered by Wendell Phillips, who is
now a foremost champion and admired
representative of the Abolition Republi-
can Constitution and Union" movement.
This is it:
The Federal Constitution is a League
Nth He'll and a Corenant with Death.