The Placer herald., 1862-11-01
THE PLACER. HERALD
AUBURN, NOVEMBER /. 1862,
Republican Rule and its Lessons.

in human government, whether of prliti
cal or domestic rule. Personal and private
rights, such as are held most sacred among
men, and for the requirement and retention
Of which the white man has been struggling
for centuries, were to be enlarged; labor was
to be exalted to a dignity heretofore IN l.
known; commerce was to receive new
stimulus: the breath of purity WAS to be in
fused into the administration Of the govern
ment,-n short, the liberties of the Ameri
can people were to be made more perfect
than as established by our ancestors. The
people of the North and West believed in
this new Utopia, and placed the Republi-
can party in power. Twenty months OF
unfe,tered rule by this party has demons;ra'
ted to the world how we'll it has realized
the hopes of those who placed them in power.
II has been weighed in the balance and is
found wanting. Its promises have been
compared to its practices and are condemn
ed as deceilful and false. Ohio, Indiana and
Pennsylvania have spoken. In 1860 Indiana
gave twenty five thousand more votes for
Mr.. Lincoln than any other candidate. She
now condemns his rule bv eight thousand
majority of votes. In 1860 Ohio made hun
her choice 10y over t'riytou thousand plul
rality; she now repudiates him 10y dozen
or more thousand He was the preference
of Pennsylvania in 1860 by a plurality Of
over eighty nine thousand votes; she now
casts him off by majority Of over three
thousand Of her freemen. New York, New
jersey, and Illinois will be heard on Tuesday
next, and without doubt will give majorites
against the Administration party. There is
deep significance in these demonstrations
of the people. The fight has been made di'
rectlv between the Administration and the
Democracy. The former has used all its
powers to crush out the latter, but the peol
pie have arisen superior to duress and dic'
taton.
The people demanded that the govern
ment should be administered according to
the Constitution, and their rights be resperl
ted as freemen, and would not be satisfied,
when told that this would please the lead
ers Of the South. They demanded protec
tion of person and property and were not
satisfied when assured that was not the prac
lice in the seceded States. They asked to
be released from the despotism of martial
law, and no assurances that such wrongs
were imposed upon the people Of the South
" oud content them. They were denounced
As traitors and secessonists, but they an
swered by pointing to their poticsl breth
ern, composing for the most part, the ar
mics of the Government.
And what wonder that these voters should !
prove so perverse'-did they not, all these
same Republicans 90 forth in 1860 with, |
free speech, free press, free labor free homes
and free men," inscribed upon their ban
1erl and what part of this has been realized! |
8 it tree,speech2 Let those who are now or |
ave been during the last eighteen months
inmates Of military prisons answer this
question. Is it free pressl Let the editors
of those apers who have deem denied the |
use Of the mails and the Fxpresse, or who
have been ncarceraled, answer that query.
Is it free.labor? let the LAT orers Of the closed
factories and the poor young men who, from
force of circumstances have b, en- freed into
the army and navy respond to this. Is it
freehomes9 90 to those whose houses ~hethl
or hovel or palace, have been, in violation of
law, rulhIesslv invaded by the mi ions Of
office for an answer Is it free menl exami
inc the facts and you will find that even in
California far from the flash of hostile gun,
a man may be imprisoned and be denied The
privilege of trial, or of knowing why he is
held in custody. Is it strange that these
' oters should prove obstinate, knowing this
party asked positions upon the ground that
certain corruptions existed in the financial
department of the government which it pro-
posed to reform, and being told by Senator
Hale that the country was at this time in
greater danger from the plunderers of the
Treasury than from the hostile legions of the
South Men begin to Shrink from this high
er law" party. They begin to see that un'
der such rule no right whatever is held sa
cred. no man is secure from the abuses of
power.
The people have awakened from their
lethargv, the plotters, mounte banks, and
false priests of Republican sway beware
The avenging arm of a wronged and outrag
ed nation will fall crushing and terrible
l ne IlSe VI lHo Iopuoilp'"o w p'"S's VIII
not be so surprising as their downfall will be
overwhelming and astounding.
A party that denies to the people, their
rights, shat refuses to admin
lister the government under its well establish
ed powers, cannot expect to hold the relns
of government among our people. Such a
party must necessarily become odious--must
necessarily 90 down before the awakened
judgment of the people.
A people who have for seventy years en-
loved the privileges of freemen are not to
be stripped of them so soon as these scotfers
a. sacred rights. and would be dictators
have imagined They will find the people
more loyal to their government, and more
quick to comprehend what that government
really is, than is agreeable to them. Let
them look for convenient places to hide their
diminished heads. for light is breaking in
the East, and such vermin cannot bear the