The weekly Butte record., 1862-05-03
The Marysville Express and the Demo
cratic Party.

an article to the joint consideration Of an art
Gle that appeared in the PlacerEille News ol
the 25th ult., and al article that appeared il
the last issne of the RECORD. Concerning
these articles. the Express premises in part 6
/ follows:
Maagre tie customary llibeTalitF OF the
writers n seeking 10 tie preseat &c, rctbsr
I by insInustion snd iazeHco than sy direct and
/ osensiTe inpatation 70 srsstioa e-r patriotism
and loyalty, Ee have no particular objections
to the articles 4 question.
TIE Express =i,l pardon Is. If ~e say that,
s2y seeming question OF its patriotism and 10y
atty in the REcoRos article. ~as employed
only IS TIE most charitable i,npgtstioa. pre-
sented by the sarroonding facts and ciscuu-
stances. The seeming doa5s Ct the Express
loyalty sad patriotism, arose from the fact that
it IS the leading organ Of political party who
soemnly resolved, in Convention assembled as
/ follows:
That we are opposed to the employment Of
/ force by the General Government. against the
seeded States. for the purpose of compelling
obedience and submission to the Federal au-
thority.
And again, in case a peaceful compromise
could not be effected, the Expresss party re-
/ solved that
/ We are in favor Of the recognition Of the
/ independence of the Confederate States, and a
treaty of amity and peace between them and
/ the United States Government, as the oaly al
! tentative which viii terminate the horrors Of
civil war and bring happiness to distracted
country.
Candor compels us TO say that we did doubt
the patriotism and loyalty of the Express, be-
cause that paper indorsed the above resolu-
tions We DO not doubt it now, because the
Express has abandoned the policy declared in
those resolutions, es will be seen by the follow
ing, taken from the article we are now noticing
in its issue Of May lst:
We opposed the war as long as we saw any
reasonable mode Of avoiding it, We opposed
ii IN the last canvass, because we believed that
it was rot then too late to find peaceful solu.
tion of our sectional quarrel. We should now
oppose the further prosecution of the unnatural
and bloody strife, If we could see a reasonable
method of terminating it peaceably with honor
to our Government. We now can only hope
that the time may speed II come when the two
sections of our beloved country can meet to-
gether, without dlshOuor to either and unite
once more in a common Union and under
common Constitution. In the meantime, we
desire to see the war conducted wisely, eff
ciently and honorably, as becomes great and
magnanimous people.
As the Express is no longer opposed to
the employment of force by the General Gov
ernment, against the seeded States, for the
purpose of compelling obedience and submis-
sion to the Federal authority" but desires d" to
see the war conducted wisely, efficiently and
honorably," that the two sections may "unite
once more in q common Union and under a
common Constitution, AS the Express has
repudiated the anti-coercion doctrine, and
adopted the employment of force, it would
of course, be captioasness TO doubt its patriot
ism and loyalty. He who surreuders precon-
ceved political opinions to sustain the Con-
stitution, honor and integrity of his country, is
better entitled to credit for patriotism and
loyalty than those whose political opinions
produced the war, and compelled its accept
ance as party policy.
Again, the Express, patriotically and loyal
ly, remarks:
We have never believed that we can restore
the Union OF our fathers by the sword We
know it can never be done. If we are TO live
under our present Constitution with the South
ern States, we must finally end the war and
restore the Government by mutual compromise
aud concession. We have seen our Govern
ment trucking, like trembling coward, to the
insolence Of Great Britain
Possibly not by the sword alone, but it will
be done, if necessary, by the sword, musket,
bayonet, artillery, monitors aud the gibbet
combined. Let the Express rest assured that
the war will not cease until the Government is
restored under the present Constitution"
which may then be amended in the manner
provided in that instrument The Express
may be right in saying that it has seen our
government trucking, like trembling cow
ard, to the insolence of Great Britain" The
fact is well established, we believe, that the
rebel government offered exclusive privileges
of trade to England, if that power would re-
cognize the bogus government of the South
Such trucking to foreign power on the part
Of the rebels, Instead Of claiming their rights
under the glorious American Constitution, is
indeed despicable, and the patriotism and 10y
atty of the Express may well exhibit bitterness
in its reference thereto. Some "gabblinc
idiots " Of the North, and empty-headed IL
bellers " in the rebel States, among other
i bold and atroc:ous faIsehoods and SANDERS"
have directed such charge against the Gov
erument Of the United States. 1t is well known
by every intelligent person, that principle
long contended for by the United States Gov
ernment, required the surrender Of Mason and
Shdell, upon the demand of England. and that
heir surrender, upon that principle, was ten
iered TO the British Government by Secretary
Seward, through our Minister, Mr. Adams. on
The Both day Of November last. the very dav