The weekly Butte record., 1862-02-15
Excessively Ultra.

tains an article on the Conduct of the war. so
excessively ultra, and so much in opposition TO
the evident policy of the Government, as to be
entitled to notice. 1t occupies the ultra posi-
ton taken by Fremont. Cameron and Phelps,
and which led to their dismissal from the public
service by President Lincoln.
1t is strange that, after the removal OF saeh
ultra characters by the President, and the pas
sage of resolution, by Congress, declaring
the object Of the war on the part OF the Gov
ernment, to be for the supremacy of the Con
stitution, aud that when that end was attained
it should cease, that men can be found in Cal
ifornia to urge the necessity Of making the war
an Abolition one They are as much the enc
mics of Constitutional Government as the re-
bels themselves, and deserve and will receive
no greater consideration at the hands of the
great body of the American people. 1t is true
that, those who have been discharged from
places of honor and trust, for their demoniacal
determination to override the Constitution, will
draw with them sufficient of the ultraists to
form a minority party, but not of sufficient
numbers TO rise above the dignity of the old
Abolition party.
1t was hardly expected that this Abolition
party would find advocates here, particularly
since the recantation of their Abolition doc
trine by Beecher and Rcdpath But we are
compelled to acknowledge that it has a repres-
entative here. in the Placerville Republican.
The great delight of that paper would be to
raise the war slogan Of universal emancipa-
ton" and placing musket in the hand Of the
slave, bid him, in Gods name, strike for the
liberty of the human race" How perfectly
fanatical and nonsensical is the proposition
1t is not in the present power of the Govern
ment to arm the slaves, for the reason that
Government has not yet got to them or got
control of them; and when Government shall
have control of them, where will be the neces-
sity for arming them? Where are the officers
to command the blacks and where are the
soldiers to be their companions in arms? Are
we fighting for such a disgraceful consumma-
ton, or for the maintenance of Constitutional
Government According TO the Placerville
Republican that is the great object of the war.
The American people can thank God that it
is not the object of the war, according TO the
record made by Congress or the Admlnistra-
ton, however much Fremont, Cameron, Phelps,
Placerville Republican & Co. may desire it.
But the manner 10 which the abolition of
slavery is to be accomplished appears to be
the particular glory of the Republican. 1t is
not to be by the philipics of Beecher, the ora
tions of Sumner, or the silver-tongued lectures
of Abolitionists, but" says the Republican,
let great battle be fought, and few thou
sand brothers, and fathers, and sons be slain
and when their comrades in arms stand still
for a moment beside their bodies and ask
What is this for? and grip their muskets firm
er in reply, it is in that grasp that slavery has
most to fear, it is in the clank of FIVE hundred
thousand arms that its death knel will be
rung"
This glorious consttmmdtion is TO be effected
not by the exercise of the cool reason and
judgment of the people, but by the slaughter
of :" a few thousand fathers, brothers and sons.
Out upon your atrocious Abolition schemes
But for the fact that you are a rayng maniac,
your treason would not be less than that of the
vilest rebel in JEFF. Davis's ranks
Upon a par with the Republican, is the
Mountain Democrat, paper published at the
same place. We look through it in vain for a
word in condemnation of those who are fighting
for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the country. Over
looking the resolutions of Congress, and the
removal of Fremont, Cameron and Phelps
and the act of the Administration in appoint.
ing Buchanan Democrat Secretary of War
the Democrat treats the reported assertion OF
jim Lane, at Chicago, as authority, that the
radicals have forced the Administration TO
adopt their policy with respect to the prosecu-
ton of the war; and that Emancipation or
determination is their motto" This is simply
ridiculous! If Jim Lane ever said so, he ut
tered as gross falsehood as was ever told by
those inveterate enemies 10 Constitutional Gov
ernment, Abolitonists or Secessionists ANY
one who desires the continuance of the nation
under the Constitution ought to be able to at.
tach greater Importance to the policy of the
Government, as declared by resolution of Con
gress, than to the reported assertion Of noto-
rious Abolitiouist.
The Republican and Democrat DO not yet
comprehend the issue, or they would take sides
either with those who are struggling for the
supremacy Of the Constitution, or with the re-
bels who are armed for its destruction, and who
have persistently refused all overtures for re-
concilation, offered by Mr.. May, Member of
Congress from Baltimore, and other Democrat
ic members from the North. These two papers
are only continuing the war between Buchanan
and Greely. If they cannot sustain the Gov
ernment in its constitutional efforts to restore