The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-14

with the rights Of the Slave States, and
so to wrest the Constitution as to leave to
these States none Of the guarantees with
which that sacred instrument has invested
them. This fact, if it means anything at
all, signihvs-revolutiOn. 1t is not, in.
deed, that kind of revolution, which,
through peaceful means, and by virtue Of
law, seeks To change the public policy Of
the country, and shape it to the ends of
Justice, humanity, civilization and the
wcll-being Of the governed. On the con-
trary, it is the revolution which graspS ut
political power by violating organic law
and uScS force as means Uf its attain
ment.
The barriers of the Constitution once
broken down by this party, who can limit
its entertainments on the rights of the
States and the liberty Of the citizens; or
determine the sphere Of its Irresponsible
action? Once fairly launched in its ca
rerr Of destruction, no obligation of law,
morality or religion will impose upon it
any restraint But one impcrous ex
gency will he presented preservation
of political power. All the multiplied
passions Of avaricc, malice, political profit.
gacy, and puritanical cant, will be let
loose upon society to war upon its best
interests, 10 stitlc its nOblcr instincts, and
Supply it with the horrors y o,>1l 's>,SNx,
or maiden il in an discriminating war Of
races.
The AboIitionistS, for four months,
F., e. Ea9S uuti~hsseu Sway IN. FawgrvsS,
and what have they done tn mitigate the
terrible experiences of civil war which
they have mainly contributed to provoke?
| The paramount idea presented IT, their
discussions blends invariably with the
subject Of slavery; and the SUN of their
remedial measures is found in the advo-
cacy Of laws prescribing the penalties Of
sweeping cOntiScation, that must fall up
on the States and individuals interested in
the institution of slavery. In this respect
Congress enaclS Some of the proceed
ing> oi the national assembly Of rcvolu
tionary France.
! The rraurr Of French history will re-
memh,r that the inSurrr, elton of the 10th
of August, lTy2, WAS insli gated 10y the
lca2cts al that Assembly. It's object was
To overthrow the monarchy bv forcing
the king to abdlcate. The palace Of the
king was invaded, his guards massacrrd,
and The royal tnmlIy driven to take Shel.
ter in the bosom of the very Assembly
which was plotting its ruin. In the midst
of this iIightiul cnmmution, when the
very existence Of the Government was at
stake, this grave body of legislators were
"quietIy engaged in the discussion Of the
treatment Of the negroes of St. Domingo!"
From this discussion they passed on
ward, in a few days, to decree the de.
throncmcnt of the king; the annhiation
OF that very constitution which only a
short time before they had sworn to de-
f'nd, and the conviction of that national
convention which invented the bloody
trinmvirate of Robespiere, Danton and
Marat.
1t is not intended that any permanent
good can result To the country from this
act of emancipating the slaves in the
District. tits simply gratuitouS insult to
the conservative men Of the country, who
would seek the best means Of pacifyins
the passions likely to be evoked out Of
civil war. and save the constitution from
the violence of party who would attain
power by striding over its shattered form
and qucnchcd spirit.
Let us not deceive ourselves. This act
is only one OF series It's the enter ing
wedge Of Il policy which has for its end
the destruction of that Constitution which
they have pronounced to be "a covenant
with hell and IL league with Satan" 1t
does not cmhrace the reconstruction Of
the Union on the basis Of the Federal
Constitution. This is distinctly avowcd
by the orators, logicanS and lecturers Of
the Abolition pulpit aud press. \ leading
member OF this party.-Mr. Lander, If
the Senate of Pennsylvania scoifcd at
the idea Of rcconStructing the Union "by
compelling the slave States to fall back
into 1t with slavery, Slave representation
and all its concomitantS as aforetime.
This would be false and fallacious cure
for our existing ills. Let no one dcludc
himself and others by pointing to this
pathway fiom the wilderness to the
promised land. 1t never should, never
can, it -neycr WILDE done" Such lau-
guage is plain, unequivocal and full ui
significance. 1t is the logical sequence to
that idea of " State sin" which has "no
rights" except the new tangled one Of
Estate suicide" .--.--.-..----.-
If slavery has no rights, most assurcdly
liberty has some left. The felon whc
commits murder possesses rights which
society is bound to regard in the intere> s
Of justice, human and divine. lie has
forfeited his life by his crime, but the law
defines the crime, and only by law car
he he adjndgcd. The sophS;> Of Adolf
tioniSm assume the crime Of slavery, force
it out Of the pale of the law, and then 81
in judgment on it, not by virtue Of thu
law, but in mockery Of it. This is AbO
lition justice! The Constitution is in tn,
way Of the summary and vindictive pun
iShment they would intlict, and hence i
must be stricken down in order that they
may attain their infamous ends. They
would deluge the land with the blood o
the white freeman; Cypress him with thu
heaviest burdens of taxation; deSolat'
his family hearth; subject him to thu
manacleS Of an armed despotiSm, AM
leave him unprotected by the guarantee
Of the law, in order that the slave nigh
/ ~ u SI w lbt III W lIOh u
Nth and Incidence, and war on the race
wttjcls has given him the only civilization
he has ever reached, and with which, il
the very nature of things, he cannot live
on terms "f social and political equality
This is Abolition humanity, philanthropy
and religion!
] HAVE heard persons conlem fairy
tales rs trash, unit for childrcn.' Bu
no properly balanced mind can SubsiSt OF
bare facts; they must be varied by fan
cirS.aS the landscape by lights and shades
The rainbow, spanning cloud or cataract
is not taaaiolr; the frost pictures on the
pane are unreal and cvancSccnt; the world
that trcmblcs in the dew drop does not
exist therein the hueS of the flower, even
what are they but the fantasies oflight: