The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-10-04
THE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRIT,
YrOa The ctsSinaHti EnqaFsr.
The WeRFo as q NaR EaSHSmat

beculiarities oil the negro character, or
fathei with q persistent determination to
hssume that the negro is exactly like the
White man, or exactly what the white man
would he it. placed in his position, the
philanthropisls, aud indeed a large body
If the Republicans Of the North. have ~.
solved 10 make the negro an active cle-
Inent in the war, und--SOme to a greater
and sOme 10 less extent-an implement
For putting down the rebellion, aud redu.
cling the people Of the inSurgent sections
to the state in which it is thought desira-
Die for them Ia remain. That some use
may be made Of the negro in war is pos.
kible; ut in his case, az in that Of all
materials. munitions aud supplements, the
question which prudent governments will
hrd settle is its economy. Will the given
article cost less or murr, in prOpOrtiUn to
It's efficiency, than some other? Is it
more or less safe to handle, or more or
tess certain in is eft cts!
IN the best equipped and conducted
wars, there are great uncertainties. The
best men are selected for soldiers, the best
materials aud workmanship are employed
In the fabrication Of implements II a
man IL found constitutiomally weak ar M-
~ :ss''I.'r.. thN>l, ne Is discharged /: IS
kun or musket proves defective, It is laid
6side; if sword or baVOnet is wanting
In the requisite temper, il is thrown away.
We are rejecting wood in the construction
pf ships Of war, and employing IrOn.-
Whyi Because we want only things
that will stand the hardsbips Of the rough
est work in EhicS sS44S. GP 51ings can be
employed. Because We want to render
the contingencies as few as possible, and
thrive IS near to certainty in the produc-
ton Of desirable results as the nature Of
the case will admit. IL was said Of Car.
not, by Napoleon, that nc organized VIC
tory. Whether he did so or not. this is
the thing to be sought in all the prepare
lions for war: 10 o ganize victory--to
have the best men and best things under
the best control, so that when given re.
sult ought TO be, it may be looked upon
a. accomplished. .
In proper ton Is the idea Of the end and
object Of the war has changed-in proper
ton As . war commenced to restore the
supremacy Of the laws and the Constitu.
ton has come, in the minds Of the party
Of the Administration, to bear the aspect
Of Q war TO disturb the domestic relations
Of the South-has the desire to employ
the negro in its operations increased in
strength and in urgencv. With different
orders, It appears in different phases. The
AbolitiOnist demands proclamation Of
universal emancipation, under the idea
that its effect would be to produce gene.
raj rising Of the cOlored population, in.
vOlving the South in the troubles Of SER
vile var, and depriving the people Of the
power to make further defense sgainst the
armies Of the Government. They, whose
philanthropic sympathies do not extend
quite 90 far, recommend that the negroes
Be encouraged to leave their masters, and
be organized into military bodies to serve
against them; while others still think
thst the honor Of being \ soldier is too
high Tor . negro, and that the escaped
slave should be formed into corps of la
borers to accompany the army, handle the
spade Instead Of the musket, dig bitches
and throw up cmbankmentS. All agree
that the cOlOred brethren should be set to
doing something for the salvation Of the
country and their Own-ShOnld take n
part in the great work of human freedom
now going on, and become colaborers in
che vast enterprise in which they and
their posterity. as well ~ we and ours,
are so highly interested; in short, should
be in the employ Of the Government. and
should have ratiOns and p y at its expense.
Opposition TO this, has, by the organs
Of the Republican party, invariably been
put upon the ground Of treaS"nahle feel
ings-Of sympathy with the rebellion.
Any doubts Of the humanity Of exciting n
Gervile insurrecuon with the indi>crImi-
nate cru-lties which usually accompany
such events, any miSgi,ing~ aS tn tie ia
ture economical effects upon ourselves of
an universal emancipation, any suspicious
Of the inetiiciency Of the negro as u war
like element, have at once been charged
20 feelings Of completely with the insnr
gents. Even to QUESTION the propriety Of
extending general invitation 10 the es-
capped aud escaping negroes If the South
to settle among US, and become indepen-
dent labOrcrS, and free and enlightened
citizens, has been taken as cOi.c.uSIv.. eT.
AuCnCG W q hdlN w W ~ N'l'bNf
great principles nf humln liberty. Ahich,
aecur'ling 10 hiS authority, are I',v".vcd'
in the contest in which Ne aye engaged.
OF eours~, tO attrmrt IN cunrr~cc GEM
men. who hayl pa ~ Interest IL n.., be-
ing convinced, Is Out ut the question. -
They have sail aud viii say tItr say {"
the emf II the chapter; and Wr shall have
70 be content 10 be- called the ''whtr slaves
Of the North; TO he told that We "natu.
rally take part Of the Oppressor against
the oppressed, admire the strong hand
that keeps the struggling victim down in
the dust, mourn over the trials and Attic
tons Of the lords Of the plantation" and
that We are 1.-THE real aud genuine mud
sills of our society, whose degraded ma
tures and serviIe life may we'll make every
loyal free man blush for shame"
The rash and hot headed fools. howev-
q, who make these charges and write this
sort Of balderdash have nothing to do with
the actual working out Of the problems
which are now being solved upon this con-
tinent The noise that they seem to
themselves to create is simply the whist
ling Of the wind in the hollow where brains
might, had nature been Kind to them,
have inhabited. The problems will work
themselves are working themselves
without their assistance. All the great
operations OF nature and OF society go on
constantly under the noses Of fools; and
fools not only never zee them, but take to
themselves great credit for not making
the discovery.
Let It be remembered now. and in all
the future, that DemOcrats-the Demo-
cratic party-have not stood in the way
Of any use to which the Administration
and its party desired TO put the negro.
Democrats have been in the minority
The Administration and its party have
bad everything their own way. II there
has been 9 conflict as to the particular use
to which the negro should be put-whe
ther Is insurrectionist, soldier, laborer or
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