The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-12

country principles Tor dogmas) diametri.
cally opposed to all the former practices
Of the government-OppOsed to the will
of the majority of the people, and in d.
rect and palpable violation Of the immu.
table law Of nature and the eternal decree
of natures God.
This, then, was the real cause Of the
war which is now desolating the land,
and which threatens to annihilate the last
hope, the last vestige Of freedom for the
unfortunate uhite man from off the face
of the earth. 1t is vain, idle and absurd
to talk about a conquered people being
free people; a free people of the Caucasian
or white race once conquered, and COM
PEELED to submit to be ruled over by mil
itary power or brute force, never can be
free people, for the moment they are
free they at once revolt and take ver-
geancc On their OppressOrs. The history
Of rhite sLdeery in the Roman Republic,
and the terrible instructions and conse-
quent slaughter of free and slaves, should
warn US of the danger and impossibility
of conquering eight millions of the most
perfect type of the Caucasian race, and
attempting to hold them as slaves, or as
inferior to the other citizens Of the coun-
try.
Il II the North and West can by numeri,
cal power and brute force destroy the
property, and compel tNN... - .c 4: ~, ::
may ytt'tive iU the su6jugated South, to
submit to a government they utterly de-
Spise and detest, and whose cardinal prin-
ciplc Of negro equality and amalgamation,
if carried out, would be worse to them than
a thousand deaths; would or could that
people still be free people? Would they
not rather be in the condition Of opprcSs-
ed, unhappy Ireland, or like partitionvd,
dying Poland, or downtrodden, struggling
. Hungary and Venice? Let the unhappy
struggle for dominion (under the false and
decisive name OF Union) continue, and
numbers must ultimately prevail; the
remnant that are not slaughtered may be
,i'-s'''--t' Rt<95ggH,S@ oy Sesished tspm
the land; al these tnIheS may Happen,
h,AHrvcr can or will they live under the
same government as free and equal cit.
zcn>. What, then. is to he the future Of
that beautiful aud fertile portion Of the
Southern States those States whose
staple productions added SO much to the
wealth aud independence Of the uator.
and bid ta!r. ere long. To render England
c. n4uesi ul India valnc.p,s.
Are they to be bl,tlcd ont Of the map
# the nation, and held as conquered trr.
ritory, and governed by military power ;
ar are they to hr turned over like Janaica
anl other West India islands, to the ne.
giocS who are turned loose, to lapse back
.i.an in few wears into their native
state Of African saVagtrv, thereby render
ing the fnirr>; and most fertile portion of
the continent hIlrous desert and bar,
rem vast: II this is to be the final re
>,It of this war Of ic>oiation, then il
wouiI bowel for the people Of the strong.
81 portion - look well 10 the cOnsegucu.
ce-, before they. too, (bhrd Instruments =
have hop,ira>ly >urrrndcred their own
liberty to tie power Of a military dc>pot
Ism, lrhosc imprcg ,"bie h"itrdris rW h.
.toayHiy Mfcr4t""b|c, nTrtr.nding dt5'
'H,i itl'fip..
If the South is dc>olatrd, the prolur,
tons which formed thrce-lourthS of a!
our exports, AMI upon which our imports
"a, well a our, commercial navy was main.
is based, Will be taken from the Gu>in. -
OF the country. AMI consequently the deb;
will fall upon that portion heretofore the
least able to pay.
Al governments, except Sclf-govcrn.
n-nt, are mere human inventions, imprr.
!tct at bcs. ami it were better that Il
thousand governments should fall, than
that one white man Gods modest WORT
should lose his Heaven given right-hi>
liberty. Liberty once tamely or vounta
riiv surrendered. never is regained; and
when taken by force, can only be regain.
cd by bloody revolution.
COMMON SENSE.