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

But We will notice the prcQvorsNe r.
this party further, and see how far they
have aimed to bring about exactly the
present terrible civil war, As means to
accomplish their purposes II will be re-
membered that . man named Hinton
Rowan Helper, once on . time published
book, called the Impending Crisis"
and that this same Helper is now one Of
Mr.. LincOln's oficials-a consul some.
where in South America, We believe
That book was endorsed BY sixty.eight
Republican members Of Congress, and
tIste are IT'S doctrines:
THE HELPER CREED.
l. That it is . solemn duty 10 abolish
slavery in the South, or die in the at
tempt. Page l76.
2. That no man can be true patriot
without first becoming an Abolitionist-
Page 179.
8. That against shareholders, as body,
we that is the Republican Signcrs and
eOcOrsers] wage an exterminating war.
Page l2O.
4. That the present is the time to try
the strength Of our arms, and that now is
the time to strike. Page 12l-l22.
8. That Shareholders must emancipate
the negroes, or we will emancipate them
for you. page 1876.
O. ThN shareholders are nuiSances, and
that it is our imperative duty to abate
nuisances; we propose, therefore, to abol.
ish slavery, than which strychnine itself
is less q nuisance. Page 139.
Z. That shareholders are more cruel
than common murderers. Page 149.
8. That all Shareholders are under the
shield Of . perpetual license to murder.
Page 14l.
0. That il the negroes had a chance,
they would be delighted to cut their mas
teFs' thrOats. Page i5S.
10. That We are welded to one purpose,
from which no earthly power can divorce
Us. We are determined to abolish slavery
at all hazards. Page l49.
II. That there is scarcely q spark of
honor or magnanimity among slavehold-
ers. Page 1853.
IL. That now is the appropriate time
to strike for freedom in the South. Page
1853.
PROGRAMME RECOMMENDED.
/. Thorough organization and indepen.
dent political action on the part of non
slaveholding whites Of the South.
2. Ineligibiliiy Of Shareholders; never
another vote to the trafiicer in human
flesh.
8. No cooperation with shareholders in
politics, no fellowship with them in reli-
gion, no afiliation with them in society.
No patronage TO slaveholding mer-
chants no be1uests to slave waiting COL
lcgeS; no fees to SlavehOlding lawyers; no
employment to SlavehOlding physicians
no audience to slavcholling parsons.
8. No recognition Of pro.slavery men,
except as ruffianS, outlaws and criminals.
6. Thus, terror engendercrs Of the
South, have we fully aud frankly defined
our position; We have no notifications to
propose, no compromises to offer, nothing
to retract. Frown, sirs, fret, foam, pre-.
pare your weapons, threat, strike, shoot,
stab. bring on civil war, dissolve the I'm
ion, nay annihilatc the solar system if you
wiil-dO all this, IN re, less, better, worse,
anything do what you will, sirs, y6Uean
neither foil nor intimidate us; our purpose
is as firmly fixed as the eternal pillars Of
Heaven; we have determined to abolish
slavery. and, SO help us God, abolish it We
will! Take this to bed with you to-niO!..t,
sirs, and think about it, drpsm over Il
and let Us know how you feel 20. morrow
morning. Page 90,
AF. sEwARD's ENDORSEMENT.
Seward. the Secretary Of State Of the
Lincoln Cabinet, endorsed the book con-
tanning the above, IS. follows:
AUBuKS, June 90, 1857.
GENTLEMEN. have received from you
= copy Of your recent publication, enti-
tied the Impending Crisis Of the South"
and have read it with deep attention. It
seems to the . work of great merit, rich,
yet accurate in statistical information and
logical analysis, and do not doubt that
it will exert great influence on the pub
lie mind, in favor Of the cause Of Truth
and Justice.
lam, gentlemen, very respectfully,
Your ob't Serv't,
W. H. SEWARD.
We now propose to show, from the
speeches and addresses of lesser lights.
that ell the teachings Of this party and its
leaders have lead to just the programme
laid down above. AS Garrison said, they
were "moulding public sentiment for the
dissolution of the Union and the abolition
of slavery" We ask every candid man
to read the record and then say, if he can.
that they are not disunionists. We will
commence with
GIN. n. p. BANKS
Governor Banks, of Massachusetts,, who
was elected speaker Of the House Of Rep
resentatives in 1856, by the Black Repub.
licans, now ono of Mr.. Lincoln'S Major
Generals, in a speech delivered in Maine,
in the preceding year, said:
Although am not one of that class of
men who cry for the preservation Of the
Union; though am willing, in certain
state of circumstances, to let it slide, |
have no fear for its perpetuation. But
let me say, il the chief object Of the PeO.
pie of this country he to maintain and
propagate chattel property in man-in
other words, human slavery-this Union
cannot and ought not to stand.
Still later, in 1856, in speech in Mas
sachusetts, we find Mr.. Banks turning
prophet, and predicting q military die
tatorial government" in this country. He
had no faith in the stability of "free in
stitutiOnS." He said:
1 can conceive Of time when this Con.
stitution shall not be in existence when
we shall have an absolute military dicta.
torial government, transmitted from age
to age, with men at its head who are made
rulers by military commission, or who