The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-05

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because hosisa naaa 4, 3,
land dbilltyy bEl
by acts hls.dosollgn u
liberty. Ttaweaia
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shall not take uRop nrsl'l e
mine whether the NertR 0s M.
been most to bIanis 10 FsRStt fS
rieS, examinations and nacEi
have brought the NcEth 1Ild Ddt
collision. Every one inst FSsi|1 s :
| speech mast O6sesvs TINT iSVa ~
fairly stated the cause Of tho 61IktI61a
but even ifit be adrdiile6 thu they Nlsls
not tustiiiedf m appjeAii I. "
OUght tp consideF a1lmlf 1t6S e.. L
eventfIl Issue OF the VeGRQuest liz
xset; US Grst contemplate ths sssi
which success shall have snoRneaa athe=ef
forts Of the Unionists and that Chsslns
ton, Augusta, savannah, Nantgouagys
Mobile, Memphis and New OFIsspa shsIl
be in possession of Federal troopa. as2
Will such contest tend q recOpcIl
the Southerners to an acqOiesrsaee p ~
Union?
Does not the whole course df hESsls
show that conquered nation can s. kenl
in subsection only by the same means k
which II was c0Rqaefedf - - {. - l-- 4
At the end Of the struggle, The mtadsit
the SOutherners will be mpTe exAaptFat61
t tAtgGSSsAk eSue SSsStfsax&SsS stssGas 90
at its commencement. Itwillst thsseAssas
become necessary to keep ~. QqsaeA
{ h..se~-.s<st'
whoa 'PFSssSs; ana s 6IEssd, ana eEss Il
Austria uses in Italy. havs pseeAIlg
passed thrOagh the hltla aneleesf Id
which still remains subject TO khstsia.ns
| cannot state. the exact npmbsr 0f Ange
trian troops which are employe - ssaalp
| it in subsection, bat Ihave FeasqA a knsiS
that more than thirty thoaslna AnntFiaR
soldiers are quartered 10 the teWn a gns;
roma alone, and that the othee AuatsiSns
garrisons in Italy are tnaintnined up0A 3.
scale proportiOnate to that number.
Have you estimated what huinbef u
men will be required to keep 10 subioc-
ton territory which is nearly rs lsrge
as the whole Of Europe, or what will Be
the annua! expense imposed upon the
Union by the maintenance Of such >
force?
Have you considered the probable opA-
ration OF this system of military govern
ment upon the conqnering and the con.
quered States of the, Union
DO you believe it possible to maintain :
Republican form of government in the re-
volted States? s
If representative institutions be allowed
to subsist, will not the discomfort of 3
conquered people break out, not only u
inpatient murmurs, but in perpetual o.
forts to counteract the policy Of the Unisne
On the other hand, are you preparedto
domineer over ten millions Of people and
their descendants throughout all timp hT
the coercion of military powerf slsx
Do you believe it possible to mainiain
the Republican institutions Of The Ncfsk
concurrently with the maintenance cf 8
standing army OF a halfmillion of soldierA
who must necessarily be placed st 4he
disposal OF an executive chieEf = r.
These will be the results Of the present
contest, which shall be favorable 10 de
Nnrtherners '".li -
Let us now contemplate the remHinfNk
and more probable alternative AlreddY
this unhappy war has destroyed theP0ls
er and prestige of the Republic, In itsFs4
lation to foreign States. Not England
alone. but even the second clnss pOWsss.
of Europe, can now insult, with impunltyl
the divided Republic Of the West sIAA'
warfare of the first month of this etEnaNAA
has destroyed national resources yhiek
cannot be recovered without sneElA
labor and expense; and every succssdihG
month has not only brought with Il tesls
porary destruction to proporti6nate ex-
tent, but has inflicted on postefftx II.
manent taxation. In the meanfims ~
the guarantees of public and perso6.af il6.
crty, which belong to free States. hGSS
been violated on both sides. ' taaa
This is not the opinion Of an aristo6taes
but OG one who has spent his lisa anAl6ssa
tune in the cause of human hbesty.s s=a
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