The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-24
wOuld the south Have Accepted ths
Crittendem COmprOmise

not accept the Crittenden Compromise
they were determined on dissoving the
Union, and that they are responsible for
plunging the country in this disastrous
war. The Congressional record proves
that every proposition for an amicablC
adjustment Of our difficulties, on fair and
honorable termS-termS acceptable to the
conservative men-was offered by a
Southern man and supported by Southern
members, and rejected by Republican
members. Crittenden and Douglas and
Pugh appealed to them in vain to forget
party and go for country. ThurlOw
Weed was bitterly rcviled and read out OF
the Republican party, for implOring his
Republican friends to vote for the Crit
tenden Compromise. The New York
Tribune exultantly and detiAntly declared
that the Republican party would agree
to no compromise" and that they "pre-
ferrcd the Chicago Platform to fifty
Unions" and its language was endorsed
and commended and reiterated by nearly
every Republican paper in the Union
"NO union with Shareholders" was pub
liShed in Republican papers and repeated
on the stump by RRFd :. .,,~v,:.>, . ;>,,,s
reiterated by Republican preachers to
theft congregations from the SNlyAt. This
feeling animated the whole party, and it
grew stronger, more intense and implaca-
BILE with victory. They had accidentally
acquired power, and they resolved to use
it to intimidate or destroy their enemies,
FROM the South they had nothing TO cx-
pcct-much to dread; and they determin-
ed to place it beyond the power of the
South to defeat them in the future, even
if by doing 50 it became necessary to dis
solve the Union and involve the country
in deplorablc and terrible war. Some
boldly, others coverty, advocated a dis
solution of the Union, and some even
wENt So SAY ss-eS JSAssiy secession. These
are facts which have not been and cannot
be disputed.
The Congressional record the best Of
proof-informs us that OH the 81 of Jan
uary, 1861, Mr.. Douglas addressed the
Scrate in favor of his proposition to settle
the question in dispute between the North
and South by a Compromise, and thus
save and pcrpetuate the Union. His Ian
guage is explicit and tells fcarfully against
the Republican party. In that speech he
said: -?
81 believe this to be fair basis Of nmicable
adjustment. If Won of the Republican side are
not willing to accept this, nor the proposition
Of the Senator from Kentucky, Mr.. Cfitten:
den, pray tel MS what YOU are willing to do?"
al address the inquiry to the Republicans
alone, Tar tie rt0&pn thH in the Cmwmit'ee ~
Thirteen, a .tsc daHs Gio, cg,EV memIer tjom
he >"nfh, i"rR"Iing H"*e trim the totton >fafes,
(MeSsrs Toombs and DdviS), erpyessel their
reqdiaess IN accept tie propositions Of my senera.
bic tiJtndt tram he"tutiH, (Mr. Crittendenl as a
FINAL SETTLEMENT n tie confrorersN, If intended
ard suStaine,i by he ReDujlican wfmhers
Hence, THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY
or OUR DISAGREEMENT AND THE ONLY
DIFFICULTY IN THE WAY OF AN AMI
CABLE ADJUSTMENT, Is WITH TIE RE-
PUBLICAN PARTY"
"A fair basis of amicablc adjustment"
was presented by Mr.. Douglas-a basis
satisfactory to the South. How was it
treated by the Republicans They re.
iccted it. We have the authority of Mr.
Douglas for stating that "the only dif
Guilty IN the rug Of an amicable ddju>t
ment, was ritz the R(pu6licdn party"
They would accept no propositions for
peace, listen to no terms of compromise.
What rcbuke to his professcd followers
in this State, who miSreprcSeut facts and
SANDER him by asserting that the "South
would not accept the Crittenden Compro,
mise" Thurlow Weed, good Republican
authority, and Douglas, good Douglas
authority, say the South were in favor of
and voted for and wanted the Crittendcn
Compromise, but the Republicans in a
body opposed it. Who are we to believe,
Douglas and Weed and the Congressional
record, or the Republicans and their Ab,
clifton Democratic menials We have
faith in the statement of Douglas. If he
had miSrepreScnted the Republican party,
Senators present would have promptly
corrected his statement That they did
not do so ought to convince the most
prcjudiccd that they could not with truth,
But, notwithstanding this positive proof,
we expect to hear the falSchood repeated
by men calling themselves douglas
Democrats" Paid to do the dirty work
of the Republican party, they must earn
their wages, and will even SANDER the
dead to please their employers. To such
a de>picablc state have they been reduced
by becoming the tools of the implacablc
enemies Of the Democratic party.
The monomarTiacs who would play John
Brnwr part and serve 0nr Southern brethren
with Sepnv brutality, are no more numerous
,I,,, nnr sp6 thipvnS - RsDuIIi,.JD M Uer