The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-07

The EGeets OF AbOlitiOniSm UPOH
White LRbOrl

September 2, 1643, advising him to write
q pamphlet against AbolitiOnism, said:
az will give you an outline Of the man.
ner in which | would handle it. Show
the origin of slavery. Trace its introduc-
ton to the British Government Show
how it is disposed of by the Federal Con-
stitution; that it is left exclusively to the
States, except in regard TO fugitives, di-
rect taxes and representation. Show that
the agitation Of the question in the free
States will first destroy all harmony, and
finally lead to disunion, poverty, and per-
petual war, the determination OF The AT.
rican race-ultimate military despotism.
"But the great aim and object Of your
I<c~t ~~Ar"''l3 he 10 aEe1sS LhR lskeENc
classes Of the free States'againstA Abolition!
Depict the consequences to them Of im-
mediate Abolition. The slaves, being
free, would be dispersed throughout the
IniOn; they would enter into competi'
tion with the free iaodrer-withS the
American, the Irish, the German--reduce
his wages, be confounded with him, and
affect his moral and social standing. And
as the ultras 60 both for Abolition and
Amalgamation, show that their object is
to unite in marriage the laboring white
man and black woman, to reduce the
white Iaboring man to the despsed and
degraded condition of the black man.
al would show their opposition to Col
onization. Show Its humane, religious
and patriotic aim. That they are those
whom God has separated. Why do Abo-
litionists oppose Colonization To keep
and amalgamate together these two races
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blacks here, that they may interfere with,
degrade and debase the labOring whites
Show that the British Government is CO.
operating with the Aboitionists for the
purpose Of dissolving the Union. | am
perfectly satisfied it will do great good.
Let ME hear from you on this subject.
" HENRY CLAY"
1t is most astonishing that any white
laboring man in the free States can be in
favor in any event and under any circum'
stances, of the schemes Of the Abolition
lists If the four millions Of slaves at the
South are set free, they will swarm over
the North and West in immense numbers
When they arrive here they i'll either
have to be supported as paupers at public
expense, or else they will compete with
the white laborerS for employment. They
will either gil the pOor-houses. the jails,
or the penitentiaries, or compel the white
| man to work by their side, and thus de-
base and degrade him. There is no es-
cape from these propositions. The white
laborer, whose pride and personal dignity
will not allow him to consent to the dis
graceful companionship, will be left with
out work by the Abolition philanthropistS.
and he and his family will suffer and
starvc in consequence. The negro will
underworld the white man, and lower the
wages paid him for his labor.
There is no class of the community
who ought to be more thoroughly aroused
to the necessity of opposing the abolition
| of slavery and the influx here OF free me-
groes as the laboring men Of the North
and West. Mr. Clay saw this very clear
ly, and expressed it admirably in the let
ter which we have quoted above. The
partisans Of AbolitioniSm tell US that they
are in favor of free labor and of white
men, and get their measures tend precise
" to a different result. The fertile plains
and farms of the West, and its workshops,
ought to be kept as a sacred heritage for
the white race; but the AboltiOnists
would open the gates that lead to them,
and pour in multitudes OF the degraded
Africans to blight the fair prospect that
is otherwise before us. Even il the ne
groes remained at the South, Abolitionism
! would strike terrible blow to white in
dustry in the North. That section of the
country, in the event that the slaves were
set free, would not consume one dollars
worth Of our agricultural and manufac-
tured products, where they now consume
ten dollars worth. The cotton, rice, and
sugar cultivation of the South would, to a
great extent, be abandoned, as they have
been in the West Indies, by emancipa-
| ton, and without those great staples the
South would be poor, and would not have
the means to purchase much from us in
the free States. The free nergo buys very
| little in comparison to what the master
buvs for the negro slave. The latter is
far better taken care Of than the free ne
gro, and one might search the world over
to find four millions of negroes as happy
and prosperous and contented as the four
millions Of slaves in the South. No large
free negro community vieS with them in
comforts and in civilization.
TO destroy the relation that now exists
between the whites and blacks in the
South, and substitute political and social
liberty and equality in lieu Of it, would
be the greatest calamity that could befall
the North as well as the South, and would
give our country staggering shock, from
which it would take centuries to recover.
MILITARY DrELs. following anec-
dote is told by correspondent attached
| to Gen. McClellan's army:
During the first days skirmish on our
right, two soldiers, one from Maine and
the other from Georgia. posted themselves
each behind tree, and INDUCED in sun
dry shots, without effect on either side, at
the satne time keeping up lively chat.
Finally, that getting a little tedious, Geor-
gia calls out TO Maine:
Give me a show meaning to step out
and give an opportunity to hit.
Maine, in response, pOkes out his head
a few inches, and Georgia cracks away and
misses.
Too high, says Maine nov give inc
q show
Georgia pOkes out his head, and Maine
blazes away.
TOO low sings out Georgia.
In this way the two alternated several
times without hitting. Finally, Maine
sends ball so as to Craze the tree within
an inch or two of the ear of Georgia.
Cease firing. shouts Georgia.
Cease it is,' responds Maine.
Look here,' says one, we have carried
on this business long enough for one day.
'Spose we adjourn for rations!'
agreed says the other. And so the
two marched away in different directions,
one whistling Yankee Doodle and the
other Dixie
REMEDY FOR CnoLIc IN HOUSES. Many