The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-12-20

"Acts speak louder than words, |" ssys
tile old proverb. Let Us see. then, how
their acts" tally with their wOrda On
the LIST Of February, 1850, Senator Hale
presented two petitions from Isaac JeGries
and other citizens of Pennsylvania, and
John T. Woodward and others, praying
that "some plan might be devised for the
dissolution of the American Union" Me-.
Webster, Of Massachusetts, was unsparing
in his denunciation Of the petitions, and
suggested that there should have been o
preamble 70 them in these words
Gentlemen, members Of Congress, -
whereas, at the commencement Of the ses-
sion you and each Of you took your SOL
e'nR Oatbs, in the presence OF God, and on
the Holy EE0DgeliF'c >@-~s--''--' y
sort ShAEs AEs~.rsS1ruuon OF the United States
now, therefore. we pray You to take i'm
mediate steps to break up the Union, and
overthrow the Constitution as soon as you
can.
Yet II receivedN tntce wees and only
three, being the votes Of every Republican
Senator then in the Senate, to wit: John
P. Hale, Of New Hampshire, William II.
Seward, Of New York, and Salmon P.
Chase, Of Ohio. See Senate journal, 1st
session, 31st Congress, page l29.
On the 25th of February, the same pc.
titiOns we're offered in the House of Rep
resentatives by Joshua R. Giddings,
where they received eight votes, being
the Abolition vote in that body, to wit:
Charles Allen, Of Massachusetts,, Charles
Durkee, Of Wisconsin, now one Of the
Black Republican United States Senators
from the Sta:c, Joshua r. Giddings, of
Ohio, Rufus X. Goodenow, of Maine,
George W. Julian, of Indiana, now the
Black Republican Member Of Congress
from the Fifth Congressional District Of
that State Preston King, Of New York;
now q Black Republican United States
Senator from this State, delegate to the
Chicago Convention that Nominated Lin
coin, and Chairman Of the Republican
National Executive Committee, and j. NJ.
Root, Of Ohio every cne of whom is a
supporter Of Lincoln's Administration.
The time is fast approaching when the
cry will become too overpowering to re-
sist. Rather than tolerate national sla-
very as it now exists, let the Union be
dissolved at once, and then the sin of sla-
very will rest where it belongs.-N. Y.
Tribune, Republican.
BLOOD TO THE HORSES BRIDES.
shall do all in my power to bring the
people Of the country into a collision
with this thrice accursed Government !
Were not the nominal free States OF this
Republic completely subdued," within
forty-eight hours from the time Charles
Sumner was murderously and cowardly
assaulted in the Senate, every custom
house, arsenal and fortiflcation at the
North should have been in possession oi
citizen soldiers, and long before this time
an army of twenty thousand men should
have expelled from Washington the Goths
and Vandals of this Administration.
And give inc leave to say to you, the
people are ready to do this work, and
are only kept from it by the "cool head.
ed management Of political leaders. On.
ly let the capitalists of the North furnish
the means, and the men are ready TO fight
T'Inis PrOpagahdizing government upon its
good behavior. sincerely. hope civil
war may soon burst upon the country
| want to see American slavery abolished
in my day-it is legacy have no wish
to leave to my children; then my most
fervent prayer is that England, France
and Spain may speedily take this slavery
accursed nation into their special consid.
eration; and when the time arrives for the
streets of the cities of this "land of the
free and the home of the brave" to run
with blood to the horses brides, if the
writer Of this be living, there will be one
heart to rejoice at the retributive justice
of heaven.-[W. o. Duvall, Of Port BY.
ron, N. Y, an active Republican.
COLLISION HOPED FOR.
Political action is just now our greatest
evil-Our greatest danger. We are look
ing after the interests Of civil rulers, when
we should be seeking after military ru.
lers. only hope, sir, to hear that thers
has been collision at Topeka. only
want to hear Of a collision between the
free State men aud the Federal troops and
that Northern Inen have fallen and ther
will soon follow the gratifying news thai
the Northern States have arrayed them
selves against the Federal Government ir
Kansas. And will that be the end? No
Missouri will be the battle field, and ther
slavery will be driven to the waIl!-IGer
rit Smith at Buffalo, in 1856.
DON'T WANT TUE UNION RESTORED.
1t will be seen from the above extracts
taken from large number of the think
crs and leaders Of the Republican, ant
now the Abolition party, that they de
liberately determined to have disunioI
and civil war, if necessary, in order t
abolish slavery" Well, they have both
The Union is divided, and has been fo
nearly two years. and we have civil war
the most gigantic and the most stupen
dous one on record in history. All thi
has been accomplished. Now, we pro
pose to shsN br;",',. from few of tn
leading 'mtn q their party, ard from tn
spirit which animatcs their speakers, tha
D.. they are detcrmidOd to have no -Testora
ton Of the old Union-the Union we al
loved SO well, and which has been such
boundless source of prosperity to twent,
millions of people. We commence witt
Horace Grceleo, as he is the bell-wethe
of the Abolition flock:
'DowN WITH THE OLD UNION"
In the Tribune Of the 2Sth of January
1861, be says; -.
Speaking for ourselves, we can honestl,
say that for that old Union, which We