The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-11-15

The abolition papers are rejoicing owe
the unanimity with which the Presidentt
emancipation proclamation is endorsed
This unanimi-y is readily accounted foj
by the fact that opposition is denounced
Ncasonable, and silence is construed int
assent. II is Of the same kind of unan
unity as that by which Louis Napoleon
was elected Emperor of France. and tn,
last el, cli0ns were carried in Maryland
1t would seem to US, however, that q
more reliable indication Of public senti
ment upon this subject may be found ir
the recent Democratic triumphs where
this question entered largely into the can
vass. 1t may ais be dicntrd by th,
: ~MN~imOus detn4N&.. = ttS. ,-,.....e ,,.A,
Mcclellan, Buell., Mcdowell, Porter anC
:, -. : : :, =!hc5i:s2 5G sGpSt%A,s, c22..S.-
ais who are in favor Of the emancipation
policy. II may be indicated also BY the
fact that 10000 troops in one body, Off
GERS and meh, stacked their arms and re-
fused TO move until Mcclellan was re.
! stored to commaud. II would be very
strange if many Of the soldiers IF E rtunC
should not readily and zealously embrace
any policy which the appointing power
should announce there are always those
who are ready to "bend the pregnant
hinges Of the knee that thrift may follow
fnwning." The immaculate FOrney tells
us that "many notable Democrats" are
for it Daniel S. Dickinson, David Tod,
Dan Sickles and Dick Bu>terd. Nota
blr," indeedl Notorious would be the
better word. Their Democracy is like
the old Indians whiSkey-" Me got plen-
ty good whiskey, all gone" Democrats
who have acted with the abnlitionistS for
nearly two years, and held office at their
hands, must be as audacinus as FOrney
himSc,l--who would shame the devil hy
his impudence to claim any stock in the
Democratic party now.
This is the kind ofinhucnce which took
advantage Of the country's extremity tC
force this policy upon the President, and
the radical aholitioniSts, the contractors,
tho office holders and place seekers, and
the rccreant Democrats alone indorse it
No consistent Democrat, no honest con
| Servative, no man who desires a rpstora
tion of the Union or the preservation o
the constitution will give it any counte
nance. What is more, it will never b.
carried into effect; the purpose sough
by it-a servile insurrection-woult
unite the civilized nations against it
when it comes to that, all other questions
will be merged in common sympathy
with our race. When the Sepoys REBEL
ed, and commenced an indiscriminat
slaughter of the whites, no one stopped
to discuss the crucltirs and wrongs whicl
they had endured for period as long al
the existence Of African slavery in thi
country, before they turned upon thei
oppreSsOrS; no Christian man took side
with the inferior race then, though they
were much infe'iO to the negro and hat
been made the victims of oppression
compared to which the slavery Of the AZ
ricans in America is n blessing. 1t wa
a war Of races, and the sympathies of al
men were with their kind. Thus i
would be in case Of a Servile inSurrectiol
which this proclamation is expected I,
incitc. 1t would bring upon the admin
istration and its party the execrations o
the civilized world.
The New York Tribune Is undoubtedly
right in anticipating the recognition o
the Southern Confedrracy by France ant
England simultaneously with the taking
effect of this proclamation-on the frs
of January next II will not be recogni
tion only, but armed intervention in caSt
this policy is persisted in intervention
will not be confined to foreign nation.
exclusively, but will extend to all who dc
not prefer the negroes to their own race
1t would plunge this country into a civi
war, in which the entire white rOpula
tion wonld be ranged on one side, anc
the abolitionistS and their negro allies or
the other We take no pleasure in tn,
contemplation Of such a calamity. but be
Iicve it would be the inevitable conse
qnences Of the abolition policy [Sar
Joaquin Republican.