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

Is Exchange Place, n. I.
SamHel +. Sewell, Boston, Mass;
Seth Paddleford, Providence, r. l.;
WIN. B. Thomas, Philadelphia, Pa;
Vim. McCuIIsy, Wilmington, Del;
Vim. GunnisOn, Baltimore, Md;
L. Clephane, Washington, d. c.;
Cassius NJ Clay, Whitehall, KY;
Frank P. Blair, st. Louis, Mo.
The undersigned having been appointed
a committee in New York to aid in the
circulation of Mr. Helpers book, on the
plan proposed above, beg leave to recon-
mend the object to the public, and ask
their cooperation.
COMMITTEE.
Charles W. Elliott, Edgar Ketchum,
David d. Field, Adm. Waterman, Chas. A.
Peabody, James Kelly, William Curtis
Noyse, Benz. Maurice, R Il. McCurdY,
Jas. A. Briggs. -------------'-------
IndOrsement by Members Of
Congress.
We, the undersigned, Members Of the
House Of Representatives ofthe National
( Congress, do cordially iao6SVae the opinion
set forth in the foregoing circular:
Schuyler GolEax, AnsOn Burlingame,
Owen Lovejoy, Amos P. Granger, E. B.
Morgan, Joshua A. Grow, Joshua r. Gid
dinss, Edward Wade, c. Z. Chaffee, VIM.
Kelsey, WIN. A. Howard, Henry Wald-
son, John Sherman, Geo. w. Palmer, D.
W. Couch, Henry l.. Davis, J. S. Morrill,,
Israel Washburn, jr, john A. Brigham,
VIM. Kellogg, E. B. Washburne, Benz.
Stanton, Edward DOdd, c. B. ToInpkins,
John Covode, C. G. WaShburne, S. q.
Andrews. A. B. DIN, Sidney Dean, N. B.
Durfee, E. B. PottIe, Dewitt c. Leach, j.
F. Potter, Timothy Davis, j. F. Farms
worth. 6. L. Knapp, r. E. FrntOn, p.
Bliss, NJ. W. Tappan, Chs Cass. Timothy
Davis, Iowa, James Pike, H. E. Royce, J.
d. Clauson, A. S. Murry, l. d. Ha'G Z.
b. Horton, F. II. Morse. D. KiIlgore, W.
4 Stewart, s.. R. Curtis, j. NJ Wood. L. NJ.
9 HH=zaSsS Stephen c. Foster, 6. 6. .GiImaN.
&c. b. Howard, jonathan Thompson, S. W.
Sherman, W. ID. Brayton, j. Burlington,
IS. 6. Mattison, Richard Mott, George K.
Bobbins, E. A. Walton. James Wilson,
5. A. Purviance, F. E. Spinner, S. NJ.
BoroughS.
The Impending Crisis Of the SOutk-a
work everywhere received and hailed by
the advocates Of free labor MS one Of the
most impregnable demonstrations of the
justice Of their cause, and the vital impOr-
lance Of its triumph to our National and
general we'll being. Were every citizen
in possession Of the facts embodied in this
book We feel contidc3t that slavery would
soon pass away, while a Republican tri-
umph in 1860 would be morally certain.
Horace Greedy, Thurlow Weed, John
Z JAY, VIM. c. Bryant, VIM. H. Austin, E.
ID. Smith, j. Kelly, Chairman State Cen
! trail Committee, Is S. Hidreck, r. H. Nc
Curdv, j. c. Underwood, j. A. Kennedy,
A. Waterman, W. G. Noyce and Marius
Sprig.
In aid Of the general fund for circula-
! ting one hundred thousand Of the above
Declaration Of War, subscriptions up to
the 9th of June, 1859, amount to about
SO, 200. Of which the following, as will
respectively appear, have been received in
sums of from $40 to $3.50. Among the
subscribers to aid in its circulation, we
find host of prominent Black Rcpubli
cans-asidc of the long list Of names Of
members Of Congress.
Let me now inquire whether England,
! France or Russia, could have declared war
against the United States in any palmer
language or more emphatic terms? Has
either or all of those Governments any
treaty stipulations with the United States
which guaranteed to them the right that
unless the States of this Union abolished
slavery within one hundred years, they
would have the right to declare war
against either of the States, with power to
contiscate their slave property, and even
to obliterate their State institutions, and
f hold them as conquered Provinces? The
voice of every true American would re-
spond in thunder tones, mol
Let me ask what constitutional authori
ty has ever been conferred upon Congress.
to prosecute war thus boldly announced
r by Southern renegade?
There was not one of the thirteen States
, which would have agreed to eater thu
. Union under any such stipulation. They
were independent sOvereignties, and they
q yielded small portion Of their sovereign
ty for mutual benefit to and between eacl
!, other, under written constitution, to
r Congress Of the several States-whicl
: constitution and the laws passed by tn,
: Congress, in pursuance Herewith, shoult
y be the supreme Law Of the land-all law
O passed by the Congress which did no
:, come within its constitutional sphere wer
g null and void and Of no binding force
either on States or of individuals. Tha
Il is the Interpretation Of the trainers of tn
u constitution, such men as Jefferson an,
J. Madison.
| will also adduce the testimony O
Daniel Webster, the great Constitution
0 al Expounder." | quote from his speecl
e delivered in the United States Senate Au
\ gust IL, 1s4S, on the Oregon Bill. H
!. said:
d So much for the Parliamentary ques
# i-tion. Now, there are two or three ques
n tons arising in this case, which wish t,
o state dispassionately-n to argue, but Il
r state.
= The honorable member from Georgi;
Il (Mr. Berrien) for whom have great re
: spect. and with whom it is my delight T.
cultivate personal friendship, has stated
!, with great prspriety. the Importance o
= this question. He has said that it is
= question interesting to the South and t
o the North, and one which may very vel
e also, attract the attention OF mankind
J.. He has not stated all this too strongly. i
+. is such question. Without doubt, it i.
i "a question which may well attract the at
tentiOn- of mankind. On the Subiert in