The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-08-02
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The Union One and IndIvIsable

dppTeClaleu Nv thc people, would make !
as permanent IN duration as the world.
the war were over to-day, we should still
have in our body pOli'ic the elements O
dl>cOrd, because we should have enemie
OF that Union among us. In seeking TO
permanent establishment Of unity All,
harmony, we must seek to convert o.
eradicate the, men who are opposed il
principle to that Union. 1t is a CRANE
error to imagine that the removal o
slavery will remove all opposition to tn,
Union.
The only basis on which men can unit,
in government is the basis of mutual IN
tereSt aud mutual yielding. The same i,
true OF States, eminently true of large
number Of States, banding together Il
form one great nation. The enmity tC
the Union is not local 1t exists at The
North and at the South. If any one
doubts that Northern Abolitionism is the
ally OF Southern Scces>ionism, II study d
history will remove the doubt and STAMP
the truth Of the alliance as an everlasting
tact. II is true that some men, good men
too, forgetting in the fierce excitement Of
the present the whole history of the pro.
gress, step by step, which brought US into
the trouble, are disposed to look with
leniency on the Northern disunionists
among rs, because they so earnestly ad.
vOcate the war against the Sduthcr% DIS.
DDioDistS But We have said, and we
repeat, that no radical AholitinuiSt is ",
I iuVUr 81 4 ~af TOr me 'Ufd Union, and na
candid Abolitioni>t will be found to-day
who denies that he is opposed to a resto-
ration VI the Union as it WAS. We are
living in the midst Of triangular war
Southern rebellion attacks the COnStitu-
ti"n and makes war on its defenders.
Northern Union men and Border State
Union men, by hundreds Of thousands,
rise to the defense Of the Constitution.
the old instrument Of Sanctitied memory,
aud worldwide influence for good, while
third party, protesting to be for Union,
are acting with Stcadtast purpose against
! the American Union, and when driven to
the wall, openly confess that they regard
the mon with the adherence Of a "R0-
'VuSu SviJHS,al chained to a Isathsome
corpse" and that they uphold the war
only because they hope to have it effect
what the Constitution failed TO accom-.
pliSh." We do not use our own phrase.
We quote from the leaders of political
radIcailSin. We invite any American
who has at heart the true interests Of the
Union, TO recall few facts in the past,
which are too near being forgotten. We
shall state rOthing that will lie disputed
by even the radical men Of the dav.
The theory of radical Aboiti0niSm as
propoundcd by its most eminent leaders
was this, that the Constitution Of the
United States was sinful and, therefore,
deteSlahlc instrument They demanded
the exodus Of the slave over the ruins Of
the American | Mon. They avowcd hos
Utility 10 the Constitution in all their meet.
ing> and IN all their documents. The OBJ
lrct OF their eXcrtlonS being the abolition
of slavery, they recognized no human
law, treaty or compact as Of sufficient
force to stand III the way of ctfrcting that
result. Part If the radical Aholiti0uiSts
were opposed 10 the Introduction of the
subject into poItics-othcrS favored that
idea. The result was division If the
ranks. and the formation Of an Abolition
political party. by gradual but certain
pr"Sre>>. the Two elements virtually re.
united, and radical AbUiiioniSt, became
politicians
For ten years they have continued their
di>uuinu lahur> Is pll:irlnS. They rub
lr>hri their papers and documents with
the memorable words he ton>tItu.
ton Is hague with death aud a covenant
with hch. They abused aud Whitfield the
memory of III" fathers. We go back to
one Ambition meeting in Massachusetts,
Il specimen al huudrrrl> that were held
throughout III" country. \ speaker
uaIncd Foster thus argued:
WAS it not that the only hope for the
slave Was over the ruins of this Govern.
mrnt and of the American Church ? The
dissolution Of the Union was the abolition
of slavery. Why not. thcn address them.
selves plainly To- their work :"
Another speaker, one Rcmond, said
that
RrmembeIin. he was a Shareholder,
h" r""h pit "PoH W"shi"qton Loud
misses and applause. The hi>ScrS. he,
said, were Slaveholicr> III spirit, aud every
one would enSiave him if they had the
courage 20 do it. 50 ne1r 10 Fanfui
H'H "m B"nItr mn, ,rJS he not Ia he
p'rmititd IN say Mdt that ~onhirei
Gs"rgs Wnshihgton hw nslnrd hm teE
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And Mr., Wendell Phillips, the Apostle
"f Aholilioni>In, and now tile representa-.
tive If the conditional CnioniSm 50 ele.
,,nutl,, H. 1 l.
Of Massachns, It's, thus, in an apologize
manner, intimated that he conceded in
the views concerning the Scoundrcl
Washington, and proposed to vall the
statue Of the, greatest Of men. He said
" He should he 10th to aiiix to the name
Of Washington the cpthet which Mr.. Re-
mond did. lie knew his defectS-the
effect Of his evil example; but let us re-
member his times, his cducation-lct us
remember the good service he did once
and again for the sentiment Of liberty.
Washington was a sinner 1t became an
american to cover his face when he placed
his bust among the great men of the
world, for it was stained with a great
govt Of blood. Yet he was n great man,
had great virtues, and he would not give
him the name of Scoundrel, because there
were too many for whom they should
keep that naue."
And this was a meeting Of men who
arc now pretending to the name Of Union
lists, who are upheld as bright and shining
lights Of patriotism, who are received on
the floor of the Senate OF the United
States with distinguished honor by the
Vice President.
Is any other record necessary than that
of this one meeting to show where the
Abolitionsts we're acting, and in what d.
rcction their exertions were laid out p
We have before us host Of witnesses, in
the shape of speeches, resolutions, address
SeS and the like. But We refer to one be.
cause it shows not only that they were
acting for diSunion, but that they knew
themselves even in 1859 to be co.opera-
ting with Southern treason, and accepted
n md ack nowlpdped the Confederncv W. 1