The Shasta courier., 1862-08-23
What Latham had to Say.


politics of the day. at this place, on last Sat
| urday evening. He devoted at the outset
about thirty minutes to showing that the
pretended secession Of certain Stafes, was
without any valid excuse. He said that the
idea of two Governments being created in
the limits of the United States, was out of
question, that division was impossible, and
that We must conquer peace"
He then proceeded to attack the Admins
tration of Mr.. Lincoln. He read declara-
tions emanating sixteen months ago from
President Lincoln, Seward, Mcclellan, and
the Crittenden resolutions, in which, at that
time, it was declared by those gentlemen
that it was not the policy of the Govern
ment to conquer or subjugate the South, or
to intefere with slavery OF other domestic
institutions. Under these declarations. from
their high source, the speaker sought to i'm
press the idea, that Government was ena-
bled to raise an army after Bull Run. As
of his party t?l responded to the call, at
that time, for volunteers, he said that three
fourths of the file of the army were Demo
Gratis, and that out cf the two hundred vol
unteer Generals, all but twenty fire were of
the same political faith. He then said, for
getful, perhaps, that he had just remarked
that the army was so constituted, that
wherever this army went, it betook itself
at once to the work of freeing the slaves
sad instance, we will take occasion to OBJ.
serve, of Democratic Generalization
The Republican party, with Lincoln at its
head, had emancipated the negro slaves in
the District of Columbia. We state here,
for the benefit of Mr.. Latham's oratorical
fuglemen, that Mr.. Latham stated that
Congress had right to do this thing.
Make note of this and modify your views
accordingly He complained of the Eman.
cipation Message of the President, and said
that to carry it out would cost the Govern
nent thirty-six hundred millions of dollars.
He complained of the Wilmot Previso, and
that under the law as now established, our
fellow citizens of South Caralina, and other
rebel States, could not 60 into the terrific
ries with their slave property. He then let
into the corruptions and swindles of Ere.
mont, Morgan, Welles, and others, and
showed very ccnclusively that great yillainy
had been practced upon the Government in
the way of Government contracts. In which
he was unquestiorahly correct. AS a whole
the Senator's speech was just such a one "a
we used to hear when the country was at
peace, and we were disputing about some
little scheme of policy, which did not affect
the integrity of the country, no matter how
it was decided. The Senator seems to be
unaware that the United States Government
is in any peril from armed domestic oppo-
sition. As an oratorical affair, it was
poor piece of business.
So much for what he said. We will men-
tion few things he did not say.
lie did not tell the audience how he came
to bolt the nomination of Douglas. or how.
having done so, he was entitled to call him.
self Democrat, He did not say how much
of the Breckinridgo platform he yet aphsld.
He did not tell US which "wing" of the
Democratic party he is now acting with in
this State.
As he supported Breckenridge. and as
from his position and surroundings he must
have KIN ,wn that the nomination of that per-
son was rart Of the Great Secession and
Treason Scheme. he did not inform us how
he came to supper. it.
He did not give us his present views re.
garding Pacific Republic.
He did not say. as he seemed to be oppo.
sed to the Confscation Bill, why he did not
remain at Washington and record his vote
against it.
He did not indicate the remedy to prevent
dishonest officials from plundering the Gov.
ernment and overlooked the fact, that such
vile practices have been frequent in all Ad-
ministratiens,
lie did not say that he proposed to re-
establish slavery in the District of Columbia,
which he must faycs if lis aboiishnsent was
wrong.
lie forgot co nieatio1 that Lincoln s enaan-
cipstioa scheme goes for nothing until
Slave State asks fer Federal aid
He gave the Republicans" "merry
h--ll.H bat omitted to mention that there
was no such party now in California.
We might continue this indefinitely, but
it is not worth the trouble.